User talk:Philg88/Archive 5

This is an archive of past discussions about User:Philg88. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Archive 1

←

Archive 3

→

Wuzhi Mountain

I argued for the name to be such after it was changed to Mount Wuzhi because nobody calls it Mount Wuzhi and it sounded silly. Now, I am having second thoughts. What do you think? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:16, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

My preference is for Mount Wuzhi - you wouldn't say "Everest Mount" or "Kilimanjaro Mountain" would you? I have followed this convention in articles I have created such as Mount Wangwu. However, in the case of a range of mountains I reverse the word order e.g. Zhongtiao Mountains. Since Wuzhishan (五指山) is not a single mountain but a collection of five seperate ones (Chinese makes no distinction), the article should strictly speaking be titled Wuzhi Mountains. Best Philg88 (talk) 23:14, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

How many mountains comprise Wuzhi? I thought there was only one. Is it a range or group? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:31, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Five - hence five finger mountain(s) although one could argue that they are the five deperate peaks of one mountain. I don't know enough about geology to call that one. Philg88 (talk) 23:39, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Ahhh five finger. Of course. I made Howser Spire, which is a bunch of spires, and it is singular. Who knows? I'm starting to lose interest. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:50, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Lists of caves in xxx

I welcome your input for the tables. It might set a precedent for other lists in this cat. You wrote that location isn't necessary. Seeing that the table is sortable, it might be useful. Naming the column "location" is an idea, but space is limited, and remarks col is useful. What do you think? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I didn't mean ditch the location, I meant the text in the column itself "Located in...". I think this column should be headed "Location" rather than "Remarks", after all it is a list and we don't need to have additional specific details other than those already there. Looking at it again "Depth" is slightly confusing - should that not be height? Philg88 (talk) 21:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I'll answer at talk as some other editors might want to input. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:44, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Luobi Cave

On 18 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Luobi Cave, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the 1990s Luobi Cave near Sanya, Hainan, China, yielded the oldest evidence of human settlement in Hainan, as well as China's most southern occurrence of Upper Paleolithic era stone tools? You are welcome to check how many hits the 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.

Dravecky (talk) 06:03, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Image uploads

Hi there. I put this on my talk page, and a kind editor uploaded the images for me the next day. Before, I kept posting at village pump, etc. This is much better. Simply upload a low-res version yourself, which you can likely do. An image of, say, 100kb will upload before the GFWC notices. Then, the whole "filling out the upload form" thing is done, and all a fellow editor needs to do is described in the box below. Hope this is useful to you. Of course, copyedit it to your liking. I have trimmed it down to make it less Anna. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

(Queue is empty)

Thanks Anna, this is a great idea. Since my are self-generated graphics or photos I will need to find a place to park images for upload. Best, Philg88 (talk) 06:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

I've moved it to the top of this page and commented out the code pending a requirement. Philg88 (talk) 06:37, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

You can park images at http://www.stashbox.org/ No registration or hassles, it seems. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 18:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Anna, I set one up at FileFactory using a dedicated gmail account which so far (around a week) has received no spam. In fact, I managed to upload a 110K image for the suffosion article a few days ago. GFC eat your heart out! Wow! Huge! Philg⁸⁸ talk 13:09, Saturday, November 23, 2024 (UTC)

I checked out filefactory. It looks good. But, you should be able to UL files to commons that are that size. I'm curious what you experience when you try.

Cool article, by the way. Sinkholes are cool and I never knew about suffosion. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:56, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm having second thoughts about FileFactory, uploads are easy but its a pain trying to get the files back again (multiple ads, unintuitive etc) which is a lot of hassle for anyone. I will check out your suggestion when the occasion arises. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 21:25, Wednesday February 23, 2011 (UTC)

Template talk:Did you know#Benjamin Burns

I have replied to your comment at Template_talk:Did_you_know#Benjamin_Burns. Harrias ^talk 18:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments: I've replied at the same location. Harrias ^talk 20:45, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry I got a bit snappy with you: most reviewers at DYK don't really pay half as much attention as they should to articles, so mostly anything with vaguely acceptable referencing gets passed. Your comments were fair, and probably improve the article, I just decided to be an idiot towards you. I'll have a fiddle round with the article. Harrias ^talk 21:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem, Wikipedia can get to you sometimes :) Give me a shout when you're through fiddling and I'll tick it. Best, Philg88 (talk) 21:12, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I've followed your suggestion in the lead, and tweaked the main body a little: I'd still rather not have references in the lead itself though; I think the references in the body cite the hook obviously enough? Happy to discuss it further though. Harrias ^talk 21:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Done! ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:43, Tuesday February 22, 2011 (UTC)

Nan Guo Newspaper

I would suggest adding that too. Also, it might be good to specify newspaper. That sentence is right after TV and it is a bit unclear.

(I commented on the peppers. Not sure if it is helpful.) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:21, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Newspaper done - Nanguo article to follow. Thanks for the comments on the Naga Viper - still ongoing! ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 23:34, Wednesday February 23, 2011 (UTC)

Nanguo Newspaper

I stubbed Nanguo Newspaper. Could you help me with the name? Thanks!!! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Oops! Sorry to step on your toes. Were you about to stub it? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Stub what? my toe or Nanguo Newspaper? Neither - don't worry. I'll check into the name. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 23:40, Wednesday February 23, 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:54, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Feel free to move the page to whatever you think best. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:08, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Hm... I think maybe Nanguo News would be better as no other titles seem to use the word "Newspaper". If you agree please move it. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 13:09, Saturday, November 23, 2024 (UTC)

Why not Southern Metropolis Daily? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:18, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Nanguo Metropolis Daily? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyedits. Both papers are 1 yuan, right? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Right, 1 RMB each - the currency code is better than the word "Yuan". Some semblance that this is a Chinese Newspaper should be maintained I think - hence Nanguo. The literal translation is "South China Metropolis Daily" which doesn't make much sense. "Nanguo Metropolis Daily" is ideal. Go for it! ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 12:34, Thursday February 24, 2011 (UTC)

Done with thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:16, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Odd. Price doesn't render in infobox. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:17, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't think it's a big deal if the price isn't shown - arguably unencyclopedic anyway. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 13:21, Thursday February 24, 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Robert Morrison

Hello! Your submission of Robert Morrison 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! Stemonitis (talk) 06:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

linked Opium War

Hi Philg88;

I wonder if we could agree to link Opium Wars someplace in the lede, since otherwise there is no way for the reader to know that the other article exists, and it is linked in Second Opium War. In the WP-MOS I don't see any objection to "lead titles not be linked."

The real problem, I agree, is that these three articles should be coordinated, perhaps even merged. But in the meantime, doesn't it seems prudent to link them all together?

All the best in any case ch (talk) 07:31, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the message. I've edited it so that Opium Wars is now linked in the lead. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 08:06, Saturday February 26, 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks. Awkward I agree, but useful. ch (talk) 06:47, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. If you are interested in areas related to this topic please see some previous comments of mine at Talk:Jardine Matheson Holdings. The article could really do with some work and I don't have time right now. Best. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 07:02, Sunday February 27, 2011 (UTC)

Yes -- I see what you mean! I'll add it to my list, but I don't have much hope of getting to it soon. It may be that it should be split even if we can't do much radical editing. ch (talk) 02:57, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello again -- I made a few changes to First Opium War, which I think improve things slightly even if they don't go far enough. Cheers ch (talk) 04:59, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Nice work ch, well done. Are you up for the Jardine Matheson thing? - If so I propose that we split the article and each of us works on either the historical or current one. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 05:29, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

List of Caves in China

Just a note to say thanks to you and User:Anna Frodesiak for persisting in finding a table design for the List of caves in China that works. Best wishes! Verne Equinox (talk) 21:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Morison

On 28 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert Morison, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1672, the Scottish botanist Robert Morison became the first person to write a "monograph of a specific group of plants", the Umbelliferae? You are welcome to check how many hits the 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Naga Viper pepper

moved from user page Hello can the naga viper description not be listed the same as the infinity chilli? "The Infinity Chilli pepper is a chili pepper created in England by British chili farmer, Nick Woods of Fire Foods, Grantham, Lincolnshire.[1]. For two weeks in February 2011, the Infinity Chilli held the Guinness World Record title for the world's hottest chilli with a Scoville scale rating of 1,067,286 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). On February 25th 2011 it was displaced by the Naga Viper pepper which registered 1,382,118 SHU.[2]" Thanks Gerald Fowler--User talk:Chilliarbitor (talk) 14:45, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

If you have an issue that you want to discuss you should do so on the relevant article talk page (in this case Talk:Naga Viper pepper) rather than on an editor's user page, an act which is tantamount to vandalism. I have replied to your request at Talk:Naga Viper pepper. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 21:23, Monday February 28, 2011 (UTC)

Wuxi

You might have not realised it, but you added a CSD to part of the article - the Template:empty redirects to CSD-A3 - Maybe you might have wanted Template:Empty-section? Ronhjones ^(Talk) 22:45, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Whoops! Thanks for pointing that out, should of course have been Template:Empty-section. I see you fixed it - thanks again. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:53, Friday March 4, 2011 (UTC)

Science in the Middle Ages: Vote and scope

Hi. Check out Talk:Science in the Middle Ages#On vote Gun Powder Ma (talk) 01:33, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Emperor Huaizong of Song

All of History book call him 宋帝昺、宋少帝、宋幼主，Huai zong is invented by the netizen.听明白了没有？——星光下的人 (talk) 02:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses temple names for Emperors, none of the names you cite are temple names. Huaizong is. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 02:11, Monday March 7, 2011 (UTC)

看不懂英语？怀宗是网民编出来的，赵昺根本不存在庙号。——星光下的人 (talk) 02:08, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

This is English Wikipedia. Use English when posting messages. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 02:11, Monday March 7, 2011 (UTC)

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Hello Philg88, a very warm welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors. We are pleased to have you join us!

To start, you may want to copy edit an article from our Requests page, or pick one from our backlog. If you need any assistance, feel free to leave a note on our talk page, or you can contact any of our coordinators. If you are new to copy editing, you may want to join our Mentorship program. You may also want to participate in our Backlog elimination drives. Below, you will find list of useful links for your convenience.

Thanks again for joining the Guild, and do make yourself at home.

– Your GOCE coordinators: Diannaa ^(Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs and Slon02

05:06, 7 March 2011 (UTC)