Jump to content

User talk:Warofdreams/2010

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archives

Bureaucrat discussion for Juliancolton RfB

[edit]

A bureaucrat discussion has been opened in order to determine the consensus in this request for adminship. Please come participate. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Constant harassment against me by a small group of editors

[edit]

Can you please do something about this? There are a small group of editors that keep harassing me by constantly insulting me and then requesting that I be banned. It has gotten well out of hand and I feel that the bureaucrats as a whole need to step and tell them to stop it. Here is an attempt by them to get me banned Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Wiki Greek Basketball. I am 100% confident that there must be some kind of site policy that is against trying to wrongly get people banned and doing it simply out of some sort of hatred or personal issues. I don't know what exactly to do about this other than to report it directly to a general group of people. That is why I am telling you and all the others directly about it. Because reporting it on the noticeboard is not working and does not work. As long as only a small group of people are involved they are able to harass you and get away with it. Please kindly tell these editors to stop harassing me and to not bring any false abuse reports against me again and please tell them to not attempt to wrongly ban me again. I thank you very, very much if you will help me with this. Thank you sincerely for any help as it will be greatly appreciated.Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 09:46, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ping

[edit]

I have sent you an e-mail. --Tenmei (talk) 02:48, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Additional input request

[edit]

Your input would be appreciated at

Thanks.--Doug Coldwell talk 16:19, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for French Aerostatic Corps

[edit]
Updated DYK query On January 16, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article French Aerostatic Corps, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

NW (Talk) 12:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

[edit]

Hello Warofdreams! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 177 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

  1. Paul Girvan - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
  2. Roseline Vachetta - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 08:23, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template help

[edit]

You seem to be a template editor, so perhaps you could assist in adding a static image option to {{Infobox Place Ireland}} per this discussion Template talk:Infobox Place Ireland#Adding a photo. Please reply there if you can help or suggest someone who can. TIA. ww2censor (talk) 14:27, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

[edit]

Just a quick question, how do I go about requesting rollback rights for dealing with obvious vandalism like this? Valenciano (talk) 13:35, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox UK place

[edit]

Hello Warofdreams, I hope all is well,

We collaborated a year or so ago on the English county maps for the Template:Infobox UK place. There is an ongoing debate on Template talk:Infobox UK place regarding a field which shows the distance to the city of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. As a past and trusted collaborator, but mostly as a bureaucrat and someone with past experience with this template, would you be willing and able to pass comment at Template_talk:Infobox_UK_place#Dublin. As a public disclaimer, of course, I have no idea what your views may be, if any. Hope you can assist. --Jza84 |  Talk  02:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Political candidates

[edit]

Hi there. I noticed you participated in the Articles for Deletion discussion for Graham Jones (politician). I have started a discussion regarding a consensus position for candidates in legislative elections (by way of amending WP:POLITICIAN, in case you are interested in putting forward your views there. --Mkativerata (talk) 01:56, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ely Racecourse

[edit]

Hi Warofdreams,

Can you tell me what happened to the original Ely Racecourse?? This aricle was started at least 2-3 years ago, although the history now shows it was created in 2010 ????....Can you help...Thanks Seth Whales (talk) 07:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information. Seth Whales (talk) 18:45, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Commissioners' churches

[edit]

Thanks for adding Christ Church, Attercliffe, to the list. I've moved it a little because the Withers ref gives the date as 1822–26, and I've added the ref. I've also tried to find a reliable ref about its being damaged, and then demolished, but all I can find are chat websites. Do you have a reliable ref that we can add?--Peter I. Vardy (talk) 16:03, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the messages and the trouble you've taken. May I suggest adding the Pevsner ref (p.14) so that we have some confirmation that it's been demolished, even though it doesn't confirm the date? Cheers.--Peter I. Vardy (talk) 21:44, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Frank Hansford-Miller

[edit]
Updated DYK query On April 1, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frank Hansford-Miller, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:05, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your opinion solicited

[edit]

Hiya. I was wondering if I could borrow your Wikipedia wisdom for a couple minutes today...

There seems to be a disagreement at Talk:International Socialist Review over whether the article International Socialist Review should be split into three freestanding articles and converted into a disambiguation page. Your opinion on the matter would be helpful. Carrite (talk) 16:42, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ireland WikiProject template

[edit]

Jza84 suggested you as a template guru who might be able to assist with an issue we are talking about. The issue concern the possibility of categorising images by the project's assessment banner. We don't know what may be possible so if you would read the discussion at Articles needing a photo you will get the full context. If you think you can assist, please post on that talk page with any suggestions. I am also asking these three editors, Pigsonthewing, Thumperward and MRSC who were recommended. Hopefully one of you can help. Thanks in advance. ww2censor (talk) 03:11, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox UK place/map

[edit]

Template:Infobox UK place/map has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:15, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Independent

[edit]

Phew, busy or what these past few days ;)

Er...This is not the best time to ask, or maybe it is... Do we /really/ need "Independent (politician)" for every single example ? I'm not the greatest fan of that article anyway, but would prefer to have just the one linked and the opthers not so, if we're going to use them at all.

(And yes, this comes from your Luton South edit :))

Not a biggie or a shouty thing, this, just a question. To link all Indies...or just one? Or none? doktorb wordsdeeds 15:15, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

All The South Party (UK)

[edit]

I have provided four references to reliable sources, what else do you require? –– Jezhotwells (talk) 23:44, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Electoral wards of Belfast

[edit]

Following on from a discussion on the Belfast East thread on UK Polling Report, I've just been looking at this category and most of the relevant articles seem destined to remain permastubs. Unlike in Great Britain, Northern Ireland wards themselves aren't used for anything other than the census and many will in any event be replaced next year, further reducing the scope for expansion. I'd propose to merge them all together into a new Electoral wards of Belfast article. Defunct wards could be included in this or have their own article. This would allow clarification that Victoria is not a ward but a collection of wards. I'm just wondering from an admin point of view how I go about this? Do I need to put merge templates on every article? Notify wikiprojects etc? Valenciano (talk) 07:57, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ownership of Little Thetford

[edit]

Your opinion would be valued --Senra (talk) 17:56, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Warofdreams. You have new messages at Talk:Little_Thetford#Ownership of Little Thetford.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Ownership of Little Thetford: I would value your opinion on Aelfwaru's death date. It is beginning to feel like oringinal research. I have pinned it down to 27 February 1007 making her the earliest known owner of the land. Possibly inherited from her husband, Aethelstan Manneson. --Senra (talk) 12:58, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ælfwaru

[edit]

Would you be kind enough to have a look at Ælfwaru please? --Senra (talk) 22:12, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

UK Maps

[edit]

Just made an update over at WP:UK (I'm sure you know that already). I have done some thinking about the comments you brought up earlier, and I have found the data I need to actually meet those requests. As just producing the blanks is time-consuming enough, I'll leave that for now and come back to it later. Just so you know the data I have (and the level of detail it contains) I can plot:

  • Every road, from the motorways right down to residential streets. Also rail (and some footpaths)
  • Urban areas, National Parks and woodland.
  • Rivers and lakes.

I'll upload a map fairly soon to demonstrate typical output.--Nilfanion (talk) 22:11, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sheffield

[edit]

Hello Warofdreams, thanks for reverting my edit on Sheffield. It's been a while since I edited properly (not since 2007!) and so I sometimes make edits which aren't deemed correct, as things have changed and I've forgot many of the 'rules'! If you have any spare time, would you mind explaining to me a bit more when the term many should be removed, and when it shouldn't? Thanks. -- Jack?! 00:15, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Robert Dorman

[edit]

Hello! Your submission of Robert Dorman 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! Nsk92 (talk) 12:33, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Robert Dorman

[edit]

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sheffield/archive2

[edit]

Sheffield has been nominated to be a featured article again. It would be nice to see you there commenting and helping me out getting the article up to standard. Hope to see you there. -- Jack?! 04:35, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Username Change

[edit]

Good Evening. I'm here to request a name change. Please could you change my username from Gsorby to GSorbyDesroid please? That would be great. Thanks, GSorby 17:05, 23 July 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gsorby (talk • contribs)

Majority

[edit]

Thank you for your thank you! I was a little paranoid in my assertions in my comments. I would not have been surprised if Labour members were ommiting the change in majority. I mean, losing 20% of a majority is a concern! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veritas4ever (talk • contribs) 17:55, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

St George's church, Little Thetford struck by lightning

[edit]

Nice interesting find. I would like a scan of that story if that is possible? --Senra (talk) 22:43, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bays

[edit]

Hi I realised afterwardsLord Spring Onion (talk) 14:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC) that I had failed to put my edit to bays in the correct order, will redo it properly, thanks.[reply]

Fortnight

[edit]

Yup thanks, I thought so too. Cheers, DBaK (talk) 16:10, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Preston

[edit]

I think you misunderstood my edit to Preston which you reverted. My edit was to undo what 92.17.30.49 did. Your previous edit had correctly partially undone this, but it wasn't enough. Your last edit actually made no difference to the infobox at all. -- Dr Greg  talk  16:15, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

[edit]

I recently proposed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals/Asia as I have been becoming quite frustrated with the templates and categories that were made for the notion of Asia in all its glory ( I am firmly of the belief of devolution to sub projects to carry most of the regional variations ) - and I realise that alone might be an affront (my apologies if it is) - but i was wondering whether you had the time, inclination, or sense of absurdity in helping in any way - advice or otherwise - to set up the project and its attendant templates etc - (or if my sense of humour clashes badly with your sense of templates created 5 years ago - someone you might know who is good and patient with such tediousnesses) - or whether you might have any suggestions about the process. I realise since then you have become a b and that might indeed tax your time etc - but thought I'd ask anyways - cheers. SatuSuro 12:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP Architecture in the Signpost

[edit]

"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Architecture for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 06:24, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1970 British General Election

[edit]

Hi, War of Dreams, I don't know if it is "legal" for me to ask for your help in an edit war - I cannot find anything in the rules that says the following request is out of bounds (but I may have overlooked it). You have previously contributed to the discussion page of the 1970 General Election article. As you know, an editor has been arguing for the reinstatement of a long paragraph which I deleted: it relates to the alleged influence of Enoch Powell on the election outcome. He has now reinstated this, and the last part of his addition claims that Powell may have added as many as five million votes to the Tory total. (In other words, Heath's Conservative Party would only have won 8 million votes without Powell, rather than the 13 million it actually did win). I'm sure you realise that this claim is a pure unadulterated political lie, and it is being made as part of a political agenda. In your 23 June 2010 contribution to the 1970 General Election discussion page, you cited Randall Hansen's book "The Institutional Origins of a Multicultural Nation" in which he – to use your words – “briefly surveys both it (a thesis by Studlar) and several other studies, some of which contend that Powell had little or no effect on the election result” and that “he is rather doubtful about Studlar’s conclusions.” Whilst Studlar’s research is not the one which is quoted in the 1970 general election article, as far as I can ascertain the study which is quoted does draw on his findings. I have tried to locate the relevant passages from Hansen’s book, but the on-line version has large chunks missing and my local library does not have a copy. From the table of contents, it looks as though the relevant section may well be that situated between pages 179-207. Do you have a copy of this and if so, could you please reproduce the pertinent passage on my talk page together with the page numbers? I am particularly keen to quote the name and author of one of the studies that contends that Powell’s influence was little or none. My intention would be to devise from this a short sourced sentence rebutting the exaggerated claims about Powell's influence, to completely delete the sentence claiming Powell may have added 5 million votes, and to request that Wikipedia append to the top of the feature a warning that "the neutrality of this article is disputed". Would be grateful for your help in this regard. Multiculturalist (talk) 13:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Maoist Internationalist Movement for deletion

[edit]

A discussion has begun about whether the article Maoist Internationalist Movement, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maoist Internationalist Movement until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Lenerd (talk) 06:43, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Pleasant, Sheffield

[edit]

Thanks for the compliment. My only concern is that it may be in Sharrow and not Highfield. I'm not from that side of Sheffield so don't really know, so feel free to change it if you have an opinion. With it being on the west side of London Road it may well be in Sharrow. Regards Mick Knapton (talk) 21:29, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ted Hill (trade unionist)

[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Sentence case in titles; generic lower case

[edit]

Dear WoD, I saw that you reverted what many WPians would consider to be a good edit; the revert involved turning initials in a section title from lower back to upper case, possibly because on the basis that the words form the name of a job position.

The MoS says: "The initial letter of a title is capitalized (except in rare cases such as eBay). Otherwise, capital letters are used only where they would be used in a normal sentence". And "When used generically, use lower case for words such as president, king, and emperor (De Gaulle was a French president; Louis XVI was a French king; Three prime ministers attended the conference)."

I was brought to heel on this by a professional editor years ago, who said, "So you'd say, the Garbage Collectors come around on Mondays"? Tony (talk) 10:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to make a big deal out of it, but "De Gaulle was a French president" (even with a person's name present, although not an adjacent "classifier", where P might well be standard) suggests the boundary between generic and titular is much higher. In this respect WP's ruling is supported by many external style guides. Tony (talk) 10:18, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The principle is simple. Capitalize proper nouns, even in section titles. Thus "The presidents of France, from de Gaulle to Sarkozy", versus "Presidents de Gaulle and Sarkozy of France". LeadSongDog come howl! 18:16, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union

[edit]

Interesting! Usually reversions of SmackBot are vandalism. But not this time! Thank you for broadening my education. Pdfpdf (talk) 11:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Book:Sheffield

[edit]

User:Ironholds told me that you would have relevant feedback about Book:Sheffield, so I'm dropping you a line about it. Specifically, I'd like to know if there are any articles missing, or any articles that would be better left out of this book.

If you're not familiar with Wikipedia books, they are collections of article which can be downloaded electronically for free (in PDF or ODT formats, which can then be read offline, or printed by the user), or ordered in print. For examples, see Book:Hydrogen, Book:Canada, Book:Prostate, Book:Invincible class battlecruisers, (more can be found here). If you are still confused, I suggest clicking on "Download PDF" to see what exactly a book looks like when in PDF (ODT format is similar, printed books look better since they are printed on smaller pages, but the general idea is the same). The exact format of books can be varied: simpler books are just a bunch of links (Book:Invincible class battlecruisers), more complex books are usually structured in chapters such as Book:Hadronic Matter.

Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:56, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

British Plate Glass Image;

[edit]

Good point on the 1773 thing. I made the assumption the date mark in the top left referred to the date of the image. I'll have to have a dig around and find the source as that might be the plate number instead. Thanks for spotting my error. Koncorde (talk) 00:47, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Butchers Wheel

[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

File:Papa Stour.PNG needs authorship information.

[edit]
Dear uploader:

The media file you uploaded as File:Papa Stour.PNG is missing information as to its authorship (and or source) , or if such information is provided it is confusing.

Although images may not need author information in un-controversial cases, or where an applicable source is provided, such information aids those making use of the image, and helps verify the copyright status of an image.

If possible, please consider updating the media information page to make the authorship (and or source) of this media clearer.

If the media is your own work, please consider explicitly including your user name or using the {{own}} template on the media information page.

If you have any questions please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:22, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you've uploaded other maps like this I strongly suggest updating them en-masse. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:22, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

St Matthew's Church, Langford

[edit]

When you read St Matthew's Church, Langford, you would have seen that the Saxon building section stated "The oldest parts of the present church at Langford are the bell tower and nave, which were built in the second half of the 11th century". You will of course be aware that the late Saxon era continued for 15 years into that half of that century, and therefore that these parts of the church could have been built in the Saxon part of that half-century.

The section is headed "Saxon building" (which you did not rename) and the photo's of the tower arches and tower exterior show work that is clearly Saxon architecture. Your assertion "according to article, only Saxon parts are two rood reliefs" thus seems to go well beyond what a careful reading of the article would allow.

For the avoidance of future doubt, I have added a couple of sentences that clarify this church's standing amongst Saxon buildings in Oxfordshire. The idea of a Saxon building possibly having been built after 1066 may come as a surprise, but given that by 1086 the Lord of the Manor was a Saxon, Ælfsige of Faringdon, the supposition about the date cited by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner and re-cited by myself seems entirely plausible.

Motacilla (talk) 01:27, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers

[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

UK Community Notice - IRC meeting

[edit]

Dear Wikipedian,


This is the first of what will hopefully be a regular notice to help bring together the UK community so that you can be involved in some amazing things. To kick things off, there will be a UK community IRC meeting at 1800 UTC, December 7, 2010 to discuss the future growth and developement of Wikimedia UK. Without huge community support and involvement, the chapter cannot be successful and to get the most out of it, get involved.

For information on the community IRC meeting please go here


More to come about:

  • Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Events
  • 1st Annual UK Wiki-conference
  • Trustee interest meeting - an event for those community members with even just a fleeting interest in becoming trustees of Wikimedia UK.


Many Thanks

Joseph Seddon
User:Seddon

Delivered by WMUKBot (talk) on 05:38, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

UK IRC community meeting

[edit]

Just a quick reminder about the IRC meeting at 1800 UTC tonight to bring together the Wikimedia community in the UK to help the growth and success of the UK chapter and community activities. For information see wmuk:Community_IRC_meetings

Many Thanks
Joseph Seddon
User:Seddon

Delivered by WMUKBot (talk) on 17:29, 7 December 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Delete account

[edit]

You are an admin, can you please delete account kacembepower and Africabalace. Thanks. Kacembepower (talk) 22:46, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Warofdreams/2010&oldid=1146349883"