User talk:Dr. Blofeld

Prizes

It's fine - I don't care that much. Won't have much time this weekend to do a lot, but I'll be freer beginning on Monday. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:48, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

PS: check out the metrics. We broke 4,000 for the month after all. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:23, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

My next attempt at FLC

Doc, congratulations on the successful completion of the Women's World Contest. BTW, you'll be surprised to see my next attempt at FLC. You know him very well (you are one of his admirers). The list will be completed tomorrow and FLC ready (hopefully) BTW.

Clue:The "Cool"est man ever! He acted with the person who said "Love means never having to say you are sorry". Do guess and tell me.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:31, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

McQueen? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:23, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Yes! Steve McQueen filmography is my next. I'll inform you when its ready.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:54, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Cool. Nah I think Dean Martin was cooler. Sinatra was too but he had a temper, Martin was cool as a cucumber all round! Dean Martin was the coolest guy in Hollywood history! Playboy magazine gave him the accolade as well!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:26, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

I have nominated McQueen for FLC here. Feel free to leave comments. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:46, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ssven2: See this! From Mr Vegas himself.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:48, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Emailed.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:57, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

As for Dean Martin, I haven't seen much of him (he was quite good in Rio Bravo, holding his own with the Duke). I'll start with his collaborations with Lewis  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:04, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Like Elvis and Sinatra, some of his films weren't the best but even the mediocre ones were enjoyable because they all had big screen presences! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:19, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Truly yes. BTW, I have added a footnote on the Le Mans thing. Do have a look again and let me know if there's anything. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:28, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Does it suffice?  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:01, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

It's good, yup. James Coburn was another cool cat!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:06, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Now you're talking. Coburn was cool, especially in Duck, You Sucker!. The way he says the title to Rod Steiger itself says it all.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:08, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

BTW, you did say something about the prose in McQueen's filmography being a tad repetitive. Can you point out a few instances so that I can change it? That would be really great. Do let me know when you do so. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:11, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

McQueen has been promoted to FL now.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 13:03, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

List of West Virginia state parks

Good day Dr. Blofeld! Your prodigal son returns! I have made a brief return to Wikipedia after a rather long hiatus and after two years in my sandbox, I have finally completed and posted my expansion of List of West Virginia state parks! I have nominated this list at FLC, so I would be so humbled if you would be able to find a free moment to review this list! I know you receive a seemingly endless amount of requests, but as this has been a two-year effort for me, I hope you can add this to your heap. You and Rosiestep are the reason I even started nominating my articles for FAC and FLC, and I thank you both for that! As always, I appreciate your time and guidance! Thank you for all your continued support to Wikipedia! -- West Virginian (talk) 17:37, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello West Virginian!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:34, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

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Article list

Eh James. After clean-up, here is the list of articles about African feminists written brand new (created) in English language : Wikipedia talk:WikiProject:Wiki Loves Women/African feminists. I take it it can be compared to the bot full list to see if some are not reported at the moment ?

Otherwise, I announced winners as results were quite obvious. I have not yet gotten in touch with the winners directly. Will do tomorrow.

Are you happy with the results ? Give us a feedback by email ? Anthere (talk)

Signpost interview?

would you be interested in being interviewed by The Signpost as part of its ongoing coverage of the Women in Red Project? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:53, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Email me and we can discuss it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:24, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

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Women bios now 17.34%

You may be interested to see that WHGI reports over 2,033 women's biographies (49.62%) over the past two weeks bringing the overall percentage to 17.34%. There is nevertheless still a considerable backlog on Wikidata which I have been trying to reduce thanks to Jane023's no gender list. On 1 November we were at 17.14%, so that's quite an increase. Between 1 November and today, according to Wikidata 4,686 new women's biographies have been added to the EN-wiki. It's pretty certain nearly all of these resulted directly or indirectly from the World Contest.--Ipigott (talk) 13:51, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

That's great Ipigott but while I think the contest has attracted some new editors we average 1800 articles a month anyway, so the 600 odd done this month would be about right in 10 days a third of a month. 49% is still unusually high though, so maybe it has had some influence!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:59, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

This is for 14 days when we usually would have around 800 new biographies. So there have been at least 1,200 more than usual. It's also quite unusual for the overall percentage to rise from 17.26% to 17.34% in just two weeks. So to me the stats look pretty good. I think these are figures you should include in your WMF report.--Ipigott (talk) 14:11, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I think it will be worth mentioning, thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:15, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

That is interesting! I know various wikiprojects have been looking at the problem of no gender humans, plus it is pretty easy to set the "female organisims" to "female", so that may have had a small influence too. I wonder if there were any groups of mainly male biographies recently deleted? Perhaps some military-related groups? This could also impact the percentage of course. Jane (talk) 14:46, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

I see

a very bleak future for this place. The recent events have left me with disgust; everyone seems determined to control or change what people have done. There's dissention at FAC and at the general article level. Those who have been here a while and do any type of content production and who are fed up with the various manias, will stop working here. They will no longer write or expand content, reference it, or provide images for it. Those who have written or expanded articles will stop maintaining them and the place will turn into nothing but vandalism, spam and boxes. We hope (talk) 22:36, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Transcendental Meditation We hope, behind the screen I really smile at just how dumb the infobox thing it is! Yes, it seems that rather than praising or encouraging content producers it's like people are trying to drive them away from contributing. I've not promoted anything to FA since October 2015 or GA since Cary Grant and even now there's trouble! It's not worth the heartache. The arb committee, sorry guys, are the ones at fault IMO for failing to do anything to resolve the recurring disputes. I, Yngvadottir and others have asked several times for them to take responsibility but they don't. They have the power to stop infobox fetishism and impose something.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:02, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Yes, this is why I've been less and less active over this past few months. I somehow remain faithful that some things might change. Would it ironically be arbcom who will make that change? Unlikely! JAGUAR 23:07, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Arb could save several years of time wasting and bickering by dealing with this recurring problem the strong way. I respect some of the individuals within it, but they're refusing to deal with a very real problem on this. It is a fact that their 2013 ruling doesn't work in practice as a lot of people seem to think infoboxes compulsory in all articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:13, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

In the recent past, they've turned down 2 requests to mediate this problem. It really is ripping the place into shreds. In 2013, they ruled that boxes are optional but have done zero about reining in abuse regarding them since sanctions were lifted in 2015. I haven't done anything since Joseph Parry and it's because of the box wars. There's no incentive for me to go for GA, FA or even DYK. I say to myself, "Why-because if you choose not to have a box on an article, you never hear the end of it and it's not worth the trouble." We hope (talk) 23:15, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

I think they're relunctant to get involved in content disputes. I understand, but there's surely something they can do to stop multiple RFCs recurring.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:17, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

There are uses for RfCs and abuses of them. Here's just 2 designed to circumvent the main editors after their refusal to change the content to this editor's desired version. This was repeated again and again at all articles he believed should be changed to suit him. It took a community ban on biographies to stop this. Content problems can be big enough to influence editor retention and so on. We hope (talk) 23:21, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

And now one's choice of words can affect FAC/FA. We hope (talk) 23:24, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

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Happy Saturnalia!

		Happy Saturnalia
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free and you not often get distracted by dice-playing. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:53, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Thankyou Ealdgyth! Spot on yup, if only it was like that! Have a great one.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:02, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

The World Contest Laurels

	The World Contest Laurels
	A small token for a large endeavor... Thank you, Dr. Blofeld, for envisioning and carrying out the First Women in Red World Contest, which yielded thousands of new women's biographies! I know it must have been a lot of work, so I want you to know how much your efforts are appreciated. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:59, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: Thankyou! It wasn't that much work, honestly, as the mechanism and bot shared the load! Quite manageable, that's the amazing thing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:03, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

RFC at Cary Grant

I wont object, if the Rfc at the Cary Grant article is aborted. Seeing as it was started by an possible evading editor. GoodDay (talk) 17:52, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

His IP is in Reading, Singora is supposed to be in Thailand but even if it's not him there's something suspicious about the tone of that ANI comment and wreaks of a banned editor.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:54, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

GoodDay We may as well just make infoboxes uniform. Even if we succeeded with no infobox it would only be a few weeks if that before the next person comes along and tries to add one and then kicking up a stink. It's just not worth it. It's such a trivial little thing. I don't see it as letting them win or conforming but simply that I don't want to log into Wikipedia and have to keep seeing this, it's a waste of time. I do think it looks better without an infobox, but I also have to accept that it is a public site and public toilets rarely look as attractive as one in your own home if you know what I mean!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:40, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

kampf

No more content or image work of any kind for me or maintenance of any articles. We hope (talk) 12:29, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

This is a sad turn of events. I too am really fed up of this infobox shit (excuse my language). Even if we try to convince fellow editors that such things aren't compulsory/mandatory, they don't listen as their notions seem to be pre-conceived. Sigh! But never ever give up my friends, Doc and We hope. Be strong. After all, that's what life is about. C'est la vie.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:54, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

The thing is, articles like Cary Grant get 100,000 odd hits every week. How many of those people complain about there not being an infobox or try to impose one? It's a tiny percentage of our readers. One person in a million complains, so automatically it's seen as "it's what our readers all want". But it's the relish I see from editors whenever people kick up a fuss about there not being an infobox as if it's a chance to get me upset about it and I don't care that much, I've used them in most of the articles I've created. I just don't see the point in having a box just for the sake of it when it contains irrelevant trivia. They immediately cheapen actor articles IMO. An infobox should be there to present facts which can't be relayed easily in prose not because people are OCD and have a compulsive need to see one in every article they visit.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:19, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Precious the Coprolite

Ah-but don't you know it's all so "precious"? :-D We hope (talk) 13:28, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Ew! I'd rather smear that than waste time smearing ips at least though! ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:37, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

The majority of Bio articles have infoboxes, so it's inevitable. I'd suggest in future, collapsed infoboxes should be the route to take. GoodDay (talk) 16:50, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Would you care for a review ?

Would you consider this film article Oppam for a GA review. I had been lately working on it and it's now submitted for reviewing. A small initiative to build quality articles in Malayalam cinema, so far only four Malayalam films have achieved GA status. Could you join me on this, a review would be appreciated. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 17:56, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

If nobody does it in the next week I'll do it after Christmas, thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:59, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Infobox Dispute

Once you have followed my instruction on Cary Grant's talk page, I'd be interested to hear why Infoboxes are regarded by some as a negative feature. I didn't want to drown the RfC by asking my question there, I thought it would be better to discuss it here on your talkpage. No more than a mild curiosity to be honest, I still won't vote either way. I'm not sure what they add - I guess it provides a quick access to information in a consistent form. Yet it doesn't hurt an article not to have one. But what is the actual problem with them? Is it a formatting/device/browser thing? Because otherwise, I don't see that they harm an article, and I'm unsure what causes so much animosity about it. It doesn't harm or remove the body text, or trample on the work others have put in on the article. So what's the big deal? Why do I feel like I've stuck my foot through a hornets nest here? 62.255.118.6 (talk) 13:44, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

I would probably take your whining somewhere else and to someone who cares. Cassianto^Talk 15:51, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

User:Cassianto I think I remember you having a page somewhere clearly listings the negatives of the infoboxes? I think that would be a good place for the IP to start. Personally I support them but I can certainly understand how others wouldn't. On certain articles I think it's better to let the main contributors decide, but unfortunately there's no mechanism in place to keep mature, stable articles the way the main authors intended. This has the undesirable effect of belittling the effort and time it took our talented writers to get the articles where they are. As a compromise, I voted for a collapsible infobox at the Cary Grant article. Mr Ernie (talk) 17:13, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

I did indeed. Although I have neither the time nor the inclination to get involved there; frankly, Jcc, and people like him, make my teeth itch. Cassianto^Talk 17:39, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

You might be looking for Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes. Kaldari (talk) 19:44, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

That only partially describes my reasons for not liking certain infoboxes on certain articles. I think what Mr Ernie was talking about was this. Cassianto^Talk 20:02, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

I remember Adrianne Wadewitz valiantly trying to defend Mary Shelley from infoboxitis for years. Less than a year after she passed away, someone came along and slapped an infobox on it, removing the comment "Infoboxes are optional - please do not add one without discussing it on the talk page first". So much for respecting the wishes of the original author. Kaldari (talk) 21:11, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

How disgraceful. Not only were they disrespecting the wishes of the original author, but they were also runnung roughshod over the memory of the dead. These arseholes should be ashamed of themselves. Cassianto^Talk 22:02, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

• I was the idiot who suggested the 'compromise' of a collapsed IB on Frank Sinatra - have a look at the talk page to see how miserably it failed. The IB obsessives can be seen constantly demanding it be uncollapsed - 'compromise' is not something they accept as apparently continuing disruptive controversy is 'amusing'. SagaciousPhil - Chat 17:46, 19 December 2017 (UTC) Pinging GoodDay as they have been advocating a collapsed IB above.

It all comes down to the number of editors. If enough of them push that 'red' is 'blue'? the result will be 'red' is 'blue'. For example, I've been pushing for years, that we use British in the British bio articles. But it won't happen, because too many editors want to use English, Scottish, Welsh & Northern Irish. GoodDay (talk) 17:51, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Then there's the constituent country vs country debate, over how to describe England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland. Any time I propose using 'constituent country' on those articles or at United Kingdom, I get personally attacked. GoodDay (talk) 18:05, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Then there's the diacritics disputes, oh jeez. GoodDay (talk) 18:06, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

• Good grief, there seems to be more bait on the talk page than on a fishing trip. What a waste of time and effort in trying to mess up a discussion, rather than letting things run their course. - SchroCat (talk) 21:53, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Singora has his feet up somewhere munching on pop corn!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:59, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

He misrepresents me, then claims I am misrepresenting him when it's pointed out? This is becoming more and more bizarre! - SchroCat (talk) 08:05, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Worrying temperament for an admin!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:09, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

@Cassianto: I would probably take your whining somewhere else and to someone who cares. Lol, yeah you guys clearly don't care, what with all your screeds of text, vicious remarks, sulky tantrums, smear campaigns and sobbing messages of support to each other on your talk pages. Christ, it sounds like you guys are trying to survive the war in Yemen rather than discuss the inclusion of a silly box on a silly article on the internet. Can I ask what exactly it is that makes you think I am this banned user? All I've actually done is post an RfC, and provided no argument one way or the other regarding infoboxes. Why ARE people so rattled by this? FTR, having read some of the debate on Carey Grant, I don't think it should have an infobox (nor should any actors). It doesn't really seem to make sense. Where it would for say, a band, or sports person or something (where they have records/stats people need quick access to). For an actor, all you really want to know is their filmography, which is listed clearly further down the page anyway. So its rather bemusing you guys are trying so hard to smear my account - I don't even hold an opinion which is in opposition to yours. So strike your accusations please gents. And don't be so rattled. You sound like lunatics. 62.255.118.6 (talk) 14:14, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Are you going to threaten them with a trip to Arbcom, the way you threatened me? GoodDay (talk) 14:46, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Also, as of now, the nays have it (13-9). So surely you should be thanking me, rather than gangslamming me to death. 62.255.118.6 (talk) 14:21, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Bugger off back to Wikipediocracy with the rest of the trolls, Singora. Cassianto^Talk 16:15, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Wasn't Singora banned from Wikipediocracy and why he moved to that other forum which got taken down, one which made ocracy look ultra collegiate and cool by comparison? A Mecca for supertrolls?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:49, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

	Holiday barnstar
	You deserve a holiday barnstar, but this snowflake was as close as I could come. And best holiday wishes to you. Thank you for making Wikipedia a better place. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:53, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Thankyou, you too! Please Sir, can I have an ibox for Christmas? They're the latest technological development!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:55, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Your wish is GRANTED. IBox available on line or at a store near you! {:>{)> 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

User:Dr. Blofeld
Born	(2006-06-14) 14 June 2006
Known for	DYK Project Tibet Intertranswiki The 10,000 Challenge
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You wish is granted, with best wishes from my greening heart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:58, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Danke Gerda, I knew you wouldn't fail me ;-). For some reason ibox does sound like an xbox!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:41, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Talking games: perhaps you rather want the image of the cat in a box, aka Dr. Soul? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas to all!

	We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2018!
	Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Glorious, Prosperous New Year! God bless!  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:39, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

This was the only one of two I could find for a Christmas tree in Wales on commons. Specially for the good Doctor.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:49, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Oh nice, it's City Hall, my dad used to work there in the 80s!! Thanks, happy holidays! :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:54, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Really? What a coincidence and a twist of fate that I decided to pick this picture! Gracias, merci beaucoup, arigato, xie xie nin, shukriya, nandri and thank you, Doctor.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:01, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

And it was taken in the 80s too :-) I was born about 1/4 a mile west of that place too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:43, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

So it did turn out to be a very apt postcard!  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:20, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

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Best wishes for the holidays...

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing everybody a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Nativity scenes attributed to Zanobi Strozzi is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 20:32, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Johnbod Great article, all the best for 2018 John!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:56, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Dr. Blofeld!!


Hi Dr. Blofeld, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
   –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:36, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Christmas greetings

	A Shaker Christmas wish
	Give good gifts, one to another Peace, joy and comfort gladly bestow Harbor no ill 'gainst sister or brother Smooth life's journey as you onward go. Broad as the sunshine, free as the showers. So shed an influence blessing to prove; Give for the noblest of efforts your pow'rs; Blest and be blest, is the law of love.

Wishing you all the best for 2018 and beyond! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:48, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: You too, here's to a productive 2018!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:02, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Martinevans123 ^{(Santa's Drop-in Centre)} ... sends you ...

... warmest seasonal wishes for ...... Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.

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Hoping that Christmas may bless you with peace, love and understanding... and wishing that you have a good run in 2018!!

Some beautiful images in there Martinevans123, thankyou! Have a good one!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Festivus!

		Happy Festivus!
		Here's wishing you a happy Festivus! May you emerge victorious from the Feats of Strength, may your list of Grievances be short, and may your days be filled with Festivus Miracles. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:40, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Cheers Megalibrarygirl! May 2018 be superproductive!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

HH!

		Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!
		Thinking of you and wishing you good health and happiness. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:13, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Have a great Christmas Rosiestep and here's to a superproductive 2018!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:04, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

ho, ho, ho

Hi Dr. Blofeld, Neddy wishes everybody a very merry Xmas (suggestions of direct ancestory with one of the eyewitnesses to the happy event have, so far, proved unfounded) Coolabahapple (talk) 23:08, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

@Coolabahapple: Thanks, you too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

From Stave one of Dickens A Christmas Carol Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Mind! I don’t mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country’s done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail. So you see even Charles was looking for a reliable source :-) Thank you for your contributions to the 'pedia. ~ MarnetteD|Talk 00:55, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Aah, A Christmas Carol, my favourite Dickens book and I reviewed it for its GAN.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:59, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Very nice quote MarnetteD thankyou! Have a great Christmas!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:37, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Cheers Bzuk hope you're enjoying yourself in northern Canada? Great place to be for the winter I'm sure!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:43, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry, merry Christmas

Peace on earth, goodwill to all mankind

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 04:10, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Smallbones Thankyou, hope you're having a great Christmas and happy new year!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:44, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Dr?

Are you an actual doctor, Dr. Blofeld? NikolaiHo^☎️ 03:20, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Of course, doctorate in evil medicine!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:43, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Sweet and Low (1914 film) for deletion

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Articles for Creation Reviewing

Hello, Dr. Blofeld. AfC submissions Random submission ~8 weeks 1,829 pending submissions to update I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project, AfC, which is also extremely backlogged. Would you please consider becoming an Articles for Creation reviewer? Articles for Creation reviewers help new users learn the ropes of creating their first articles, and identify whether topics are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Reviewing drafts doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia inclusion policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After requesting to be added to the project, reviewing is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the reviewing instructions before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 03:07, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.5 -2017

Newsletter Nr 5, 2017-12-30, for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta) Participation: This is the fifth newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Genealogy, to everyone who voted a support for establishing a potential Wikimedia genealogy project on meta, and anyone who during the years showed an interest in genealogy on talk pages and likewise. (To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please see below) A demo wiki is up and running! Dear members of WikiProject Genealogy, this will be the last newsletter for 2017, but maybe the most important one! You can already now try out the demo for a genealogy wiki at https://tools.wmflabs.org/genealogy/wiki/Main_Page and try out the functions. You will find parts of the 18th Pharao dynasty and other records submitted by the 7 first users, and it would be great if you would add some records. And with those great news we want to wish you a creative New Year 2018! Don't want newsletters? If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list or alternatively to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Opted-out of message delivery to your user talk page. Cheers from your WikiProject Genealogy coordinator Dan Koehl. To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery

Nomination of Jerry Sokoloski for deletion

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New Page Reviewing

Hello, Dr. Blofeld. I've seen you editing recently and you seem like an experienced Wikipedia editor. Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. Thanks. —usernamekiran(talk) 05:19, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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Request

Count me in! We hope (talk) 20:00, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Dr. Blofeld!

Happy New Year!

Dr. Blofeld,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Happy New Year!

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	A happy, healthy and peaceful 2018 to you! We hope (talk) 00:31, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year We hope and Eddie891!!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:06, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bajo el cielo de México

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Johnpacklambert You know you could try expanding things yourself instead of trying to delete everything. Lack of content and sourcing doesn't always mean that it's not notable.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:30, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten

Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, that's another article by you that I expanded. Amused, I noticed, that the article amusement is also nominated for DYK. Today is the wedding anniversary of my grandparents, that's why it had to be a wedding cantata. I also heard it last year, in Tallinn, - they programmed it with Pärt's Fratres and Mendelssohn's Scottish. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Great, I added a useful infobox to Thomas Beimel!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:17, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I didn't get to it yet, RL. - My 100th woman bio since I joined WIR is on the Main page, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:59, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Here you are, Doc-next time do a better job. :) We hope (talk) 18:22, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Precious
Born	Poop 23.03 to 5.332 million years before the present South Carolina USA
Died	?
Occupation	Fossil

Hopefully it is too old to still stink!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:00, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Serve with joy, makes some sorrowful shadows disappear --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Imaginative title! ;-) ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:36, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Friendly vision will be next, to be expanded on my mom's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:13, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK that the secular Bach cantata dissipate, sorrowful shadows, scored for a soprano soloist, oboe, strings and continuo, pictures the transition from winter to spring? I found this image in 2016, and the vision appeared yesterday.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Infobox disputes

Hi Dr. Blofeld! I noticed your comment at GorillaWarfare's talk page. I am new to the committee, and I just wanted to note that I've been reading into past discussions (including the original 2013 case). I will probably draft an proposal in the next few days, and then discuss them with other members of the committee. I think introducing discretionary sanctions would definitely help. By the way, you probably don't remember but we have interacted 10 years ago apparently. Best wishes, Alex Shih (talk) 06:51, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Alex, gosh that was over ten years ago now, frightening! I'm still deeply interested in Tibet and Buddhism but too many distractions on here, infobox wars being one of the main ones. I understand the viewpoint that infoboxes can help the reader, in some cases they do, but in arts biographies they seem to have minimal benefit. The problem is that we'll agree on no infobox and several weeks down the line somebody else will come along and try to force one and when they're reverted an argument ensues and the same pro infobox commentators turn up again. Given that infoboxes are not compulsory, something urgently needs to be done to stop the drive by culture and harassment of editors who opt for no infobox. We're sick of having to put up with it and it's putting me off wanting to contribute to core articles on here again. If you could propose something I would be very grateful.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:58, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Anbe Sivam/archive1

Hey, Doc. I have nominated my first solo FAC (an article which you reviewed for GA). Do let me know if you wish to leave comments at the FAC by pinging me. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:59, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

The article has been promoted to FA. My first solo FA.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 14:40, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Die Mädchen aus dem Weltraum

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BTW

Given current events, you might find this amusing. ;) We hope (talk) 12:43, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Forbidden Paradise poster.jpg Do the honors, please as it's your non-free file. ;) We hope (talk) 23:14, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

What do I need to do? Sorry my mind is not on wiki at the moment.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:32, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Just replace the file in the article. ;) We hope (talk) 11:38, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Duh LOL thanks! Sorry, you linked it and then said it was my non-free file so I thought you wanted me to db author that image or something which confused me! Can't remember starting that article!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:09, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

I just thought it would be better than having the bot post the notice for the non-free file here and you needing to wonder what happened. :) We hope (talk) 14:31, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

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Happy Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu to you!

Happy Thai Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu to you!

May all your endeavours have a fruitful beginning and prosperous ending!  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:55, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

That's very nice Ssven2, very thoughtful of you thankyou. It looks a great occasion!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:54, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

It celebrates the harvest season throughout India, so it is a very important occasion, especially for the primary sectors (Agriculture in particular). A very colourful and entertaining set of festivals. Here are a few sample film songs commemorating Bhogi and Pongal: 1 and 2. This song counts too even though it centres around a marriage. These Bollywood songs celebrate Makar Sankranti, while these are for Lohri.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:55, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Facto Post – Issue 8 – 15 January 2018

Facto Post – Issue 8 – 15 January 2018 Metadata on the March From the days of hard-copy liner notes on music albums, metadata have stood outside a piece or file, while adding to understanding of where it comes from, and some of what needs to be appreciated about its content. In the GLAM sector, the accumulation of accurate metadata for objects is key to the mission of an institution, and its presentation in cataloguing. Today Wikipedia turns 17, with worlds still to conquer. Zooming out from the individual GLAM object to the ontology in which it is set, one such world becomes apparent: GLAMs use custom ontologies, and those introduce massive incompatibilities. From a recent article by sadads, we quote the observation that "vocabularies needed for many collections, topics and intellectual spaces defy the expectations of the larger professional communities." A job for the encyclopedist, certainly. But the data-minded Wikimedian has the advantages of Wikidata, starting with its multilingual data, and facility with aliases. The controlled vocabulary — sometimes referred to as a "thesaurus" as term of art — simplifies search: if a "spade" must be called that, rather than "shovel", it is easier to find all spade references. That control comes at a cost. SVG pedestrian crosses road Zebra crossing/crosswalk, Singapore Case studies in that article show what can lie ahead. The schema crosswalk, in jargon, is a potential answer to the GLAM Babel of proliferating and expanding vocabularies. Even if you have no interest in Wikidata as such, simply vocabularies V and W, if both V and W are matched to Wikidata, then a "crosswalk" arises from term v in V to w in W, whenever v and w both match to the same item d in Wikidata. For metadata mobility, match to Wikidata. It's apparently that simple: infrastructure requirements have turned out, so far, to be challenges that can be met. Links 1lib1ref campaign starts today, see m:The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref: also #1lib1ref introductory video by Felix Nartey Funders should mandate open citations, article 9 January 2018 in Nature by David Shotton From snowflake to avalanche: Possibilities of using free citation data in libraries, translation from the German original of Annette Klein, Mannheim University Library outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/December 2017/Contents/WMF GLAM report Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won't happen again: Copyrights from the 1920s will start expiring next year if Congress doesn't act, Timothy B. Lee, 8 January 2018, Arstechnica To subscribe to Facto Post go to Wikipedia:Facto Post mailing list. For the ways to unsubscribe, see below. Editor Charles Matthews, for ContentMine. Please leave feedback for him. Back numbers are here. Reminder: WikiFactMine pages on Wikidata are at WD:WFM. If you wish to receive no further issues of Facto Post, please remove your name from our mailing list. Alternatively, to opt out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery

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January 2018

Please be careful about what you say to people. Some remarks can easily be misinterpreted, or viewed as harassment. Wikipedia is a supportive environment, where contributors should feel comfortable and safe while editing. Thank you.--John (talk) 15:04, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

John Harassment, exactly I was thinking the same thing? Why are you harassing SchroCat and stalking his edits and then editing pages after him?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:09, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

WIR contest prize

I hate to be a bother, but this still hasn't come my way...$25 is what it was, I've got my eye on a book, too. Vanamonde (talk) 15:36, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh really? Sorry about that I thought I remembered asking you what currency you wanted and bought it for you on Amazon. I will get it for you shortly. US dollars right Vanamonde93?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:31, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

No worries, I'm sure you've a lot to deal with. USD is just fine. Vanamonde (talk) 16:37, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

I've just sent it Vanamonde93.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:49, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

And received. Many thanks! Vanamonde (talk) 17:15, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

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Wikidata

Knowing that this isn't necessarily a big interest of yours, I notice that we seem to still be getting several articles on non-notable local church buildings and other local institutions created and deleted. I think many if not most, maybe all, might qualify for inclusion in wikidata in some way. And the various directories, and Lonely Planet and other travel guides, can be used as sources for verification of material there. Considering that so far as I can tell wikidata tends to be used in the material presented very early in Google searches for material on the subjects it includes, it wouldn't be without visibility either. Thoughts? John Carter (talk) 19:24, 31 January 2018 (UTC) John Carter (talk) 19:24, 31 January 2018 (UTC)