User talk:Gidonb/Archive 2023

Good Work

I, Ramallite, hereby award you this Barnstar for your efforts at revamping Jerusalem. (KC) 20:50, 17 February 2006

Now to add Palestinian culture/history/etc in the near future (I hope). My turn to see what I can dig up from that great city on the other side of the wall. Well done, very nice work. Ramallite ^(talk) 20:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Shukran ya Ramallite. I really appreciate it. There is room for much more information in the article. gidonb 21:48, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For your service and dedication to helping Wikipedia grow and improve. Your work on the Hitler page is most notable. Keep up the good work!Sharkface217 01:48, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Farris (mineral water)

		The Rescue from Deletion Barnstar
		I, Eco Lee Tage, award User:Gidonb with this star for saving Farris (mineral water) from deletion. Please present this barnstar at any participating Oslo supermarket to claim your free six-pack of Farris (mineral water) :) Ecoleetage (talk) 00:14, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello Ecoleetage, your barnstar and the withdrawal are much appreciated! I'll stick it into the collection and will think of you when drinking Farris (mineral water)! ;-) Best regards, gidonb (talk) 22:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

A barnstar for a very special editor

		The Editor's Barnstar
		for your help breaking a new user into Wikipedia Katrinpark (talk) 16:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Katrinpark! gidonb (talk) 16:15, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Precious

balance
Thank you, Gidon, open for many languages, for quality articles on a wide spectrum of topics, such as International Society for Contemporary Music, Moroccan Wall and Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma, for the correct Netherlands, for dispute resolution, consensus building and "creating a first or better balance in many articles", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for you kind words, Gerda. I really appreciate your feedback!!! gidonb (talk) 20:19, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Line the Label

On 2 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Line the Label, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that so many people wanted a Line the Label jacket that the company's server crashed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Line the Label. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Line the Label), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For creating wonderful articles on notable works of architecture and design E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:39, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, E.M.Gregory!

A Dobos torte for you!

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:11, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Citation Barnstar
	Your work on Daniella van Graas was exceptional. Over and above the norm. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:39, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Daniella van Graas

On 18 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Daniella van Graas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that spokesmodel Daniella van Graas thinks she has been largely typecast as a model, but wishes to gain 20 kilograms (44 lb) and play a Monster? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Daniella van Graas. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Daniella van Graas), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:48, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	You were right and polite. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, User:7&6=thirteen! 00:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

Thanks for your post at the AFD G. Many years ago they changed the "D" from deletion to discussion. I liked that because it meant we could be open to something being done to improve the article. I am glad you gave some thought to a redirect as well. I appreciate your input so I hope you enjoy these. They can be a bit sticky but my sweet tooth has taken a liking to them. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 01:36, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Marnette! I love stroopwafels. I wish all the nominators were as open-minded and thorough as you! gidonb (talk) 01:56, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

You are welcome G! Enjoy the rest of your week. MarnetteD|Talk 03:13, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Kopstoot for you

		A kopstoot for you
		Here is a kopstoot for all the drama in your history. I couldn't find any Jenever on commons, so you have to mix it with a whiskey. I assume the effect will be similar.
		See Wikipedia:Free beer for more info or give some one a free wiki beer with {{subst:freebeer}}

KittenKlub (talk) 16:01, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! I sure needed that! Drama is not the pleasant part of the Wikipedia. I prefer editing any day! gidonb (talk) 03:13, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

Thank you for keeping it on top ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda. Much appreciated! gidonb (talk) 03:49, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For your work on Spijkstaal

The Banner talk 08:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, User:The Banner. In my early childhood we used to get our bakery and dairy products delivered with these cars. Sometimes I would get a ride. gidonb (talk) 11:28, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Our milkman had such a car/cart. And many, many, many moons later the husband of a friend had an SRV-wagen from this brand. So, good memories. The Banner talk 12:29, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Mediator in AFD

		The Mediator Barnstar
		Correct and timely message in the AFD discussion that had the potential to escalate. Thanks! And well done. NiklausGerard (talk) 05:31, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, NiklausGerard! I appreciate your feedback! gidonb (talk) 12:07, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your work on Jeonathan Prato. Bearian (talk) 14:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Bearian! gidonb (talk) 14:28, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Hello @Gidonb, thank you so much for the barnstar. Here's a plate full of cookies for you!

		Cookies!
		UMStellify has given you some cookies! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else some cookies, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookies}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

UMStellify (talk) 18:28, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Gidonb!

Happy New Year!

Gidonb,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 16:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 16:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, User:Moops! Much appreciated. A happy new year to you as well! gidonb (talk) 02:24, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Yoel Drubin

Yoel Drubin, standing third from left, among fellow Bilu members of Rishon Lezion and Gedera. Rishon, 1898.

Thank you so much for all your work on Yoel Drubin - references and a photograph, amazing! This was the best outcome I could have hoped for with the AfD - if you want to work on some other biographical articles, we at WikiProject Unreferenced Articles would be delighted to have you. Best, Kazamzam (talk) 16:05, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words, Kazamzam! This is the place to pay tribute to User:Gilabrand, who rewrote, expanded, and referenced the article!!! I usually expand or reference articles when these appear in the Dutch and Israeli deletion queues but not only. I also work on articles that are not candidates for deletion or that have been nominated elsewhere. For example, on my user page, you will see some mentions of work on US actors and mayors. I do not limit my work to biographies either. gidonb (talk) 01:27, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks for bringing the such great energy to Wikipedia. Love the positivity! SuperTah (talk) 14:12, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, SuperTah! Your feedback is much appreciated! gidonb (talk) 15:30, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Constantia (ship)

Hi Godonb, just asking why you removed the subheadings on the above page. My overall aim is to make it easy for a random reader to look up something. I therefore modeled the shipindex page on the List of Shipwrecks pages, which have monthly subheadings and daily subheadings, with vessels listed in alpha order in the daily sub-sublist. By using subheads I hoped that someone coming from another article could go directly to the vessel they were looking for. In a shipindex page I can't really line up vessels in alpha order. I line them up in chrono order, but that is less useable to a reader because they don't know which Constantia they are looking for, and the event that brought them to the page could belong equally well to several vessels. Do you have any suggestions for a better way to do this? Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 17:40, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Acad, the vessels are sorted by year. The intermediate titles WILL confuse the reader. They break the list up. These are NOT sections of the list, in which case titles would be justified. Just excessive titles! gidonb (talk) 17:44, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

You asked how to facilitate faster navigation in the list. Just add "sorted by year" to the intro sentence! gidonb (talk) 17:49, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

I have made a few improvements. Feel free to tweak. My expertise here is information and transportation, not so much ships! gidonb (talk) 17:57, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Gidonb, the sentence you added doesn't hurt, but doesn't really address any of the issues that bother me. The headings were already in chrono order, which anybody accessing the list would see immediately, and which the headings don't change. The issue is someone clicking on the name of the vessel in some other article. With the headings, I can create a link that takes one directly to the item on the shipindex page. This is not a big deal with only three or four vessels, only one of which is clearly the relevant vessel. But after Russia's defeat of Napoleon, half a dozen or more British vessels were launched with the name Emperor Alexander, all of about the same size and within a year or two of each other. Finding the one one wants may take some careful reading. That's the problem I am trying to solve with headings. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 20:45, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Acad Ronin, if you have HUGE numbers of vessels, do insert headers. For example by century. Note that these would need to be bi-leveled in order not to break up the text too much. It should be a rare occurrence for these lists. gidonb (talk) 21:18, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

An actual problem in this list: Constantia (1782 VOC ship) is improperly hatnoted. gidonb (talk) 21:24, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Fixed. See Constantia (1782 ship). gidonb (talk) 16:28, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

58 Cirencester town service

Appreciate your comment, thanks. That the info may be better placed in the Cirencester article is a sensible view, though I get the impression most commenters would rather bus info was just removed from Wikipedia. Garuda3 (talk) 23:07, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Well, we do not control what others think, do we? We state our opinion, make the case, and then accept the community's decisions. gidonb (talk) 23:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Of course, though to me it does feel like WP:IDONTLIKEIT rather than any actual guideline-based view. Garuda3 (talk) 23:45, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

It can also be that they take the guidelines and policies to the strictest place they possibly can. If it was under the radar IDONTLIKEIT, as you suggest, there would also be a flip side. Non-transit articles where they are more lenient. I don't see that. Plus best not to worry too much about others and just to continue working by our policies. gidonb (talk) 23:58, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

County Gates and Poole

Good morning/afternoon/evening! (please choose the best greeting based on your time zone).

Thanks for handling the transfer of information into the Poole article so the redirect made sense. Generally, when merging information like that, it's best practice to use an edit summary like "merged content from County Gates to Poole" so there's a clear chain back to the original article, in case someone wants to see the old page history. I also added the {{Copied}} tag to the talk pages of both, so it's clear that some merging happened. Joyous! | Talk 16:26, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Joyous!, my edit was a new and independent expansion of the transportation section of Poole. NOT a merge. At the time, the discussion on County Gates was ongoing and could have gone in any direction. In the AfD, there was a suggestion that County Gates should be mentioned in the Poole article, for a redirect to make sense. So I expanded the article in a manner that would justify dropping the (also expanded) name of County Gates Gyrator, once more verifying that this was a good course of action. You have interpreted my edits in a quite different way than intended and tagged two articles accordingly. While these templates put a claim on unique content that I have added to Poole, it's still fine with me. Tying articles better together also has virtues. Thank you for caring! gidonb (talk) 17:05, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Ping

Hello again! I'm hoping you might be able to revisit Ping (restaurant) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ping (restaurant), as I've expanded the entry significantly and I see many more sources to fold into the text. Hoping I can convince you to change your vote.

Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:34, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:06, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Partial follow-up AfD

Hi, because you recently participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Turkic dynasties and countries, which also led to the deletion of Comparison of the Turkic states, I would like to invite you to participate in the partial follow-up Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of the Baltic states. The situation of these three pages is not exactly the same (because language family plays no role in these cases), but because many issues are similar, I've nominated them as well, and am curious what you think. Cheers, Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 08:28, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 June 18 § Category:Association football people by prefecture in Japan

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 June 18 § Category:Association football people by prefecture in Japan. Qwerfjkltalk 16:39, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

F100 highway (Nigeria)

Hi Gidonb, could you tell me your thoughts on this article [1]? Thanks. Chamaemelum (talk) 23:57, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

User:Chamaemelum, it's a duplicate of an existing article. Don't worry, I'll fix it! For now it can pass as the historic view and future view but these are one and the same road. gidonb (talk) 23:44, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Which road article is it a duplicate of? It looks like it is separate, though connected, to A1/E1.

Also, for other articles, what do you think about including a small amount of current info about the places, like (e.g.): "F120 is an east-west highway in Nigeria that begins at Gakem on Trunk Road A4, continues through Obudu, and ends at the popular tourist spot, Obudu Ranch." "F102 is an east–west highway in Nigeria, starting from Shagamu on the A1 Road. Shagamu is a city in Ogun State, known for its cultivation of kolanuts (used to manufacture rope), cocoa, palm products, and fruits. The highway continues through Owode-Abeokuta and terminates at Meko on the frontier with the Republic of Benin." Chamaemelum (talk) 00:00, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

It's a duplicate of Lagos–Badagry Expressway and connects to the A1. Especially in the intros, and usually also beyond, please stay laser focused on the subject. Instead add wikis so people can click and read more, would it be relevant to them. gidonb (talk) 01:37, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Akane Yamaguchi

Hello. Help improvements. Thanks you. 2402:800:6344:6610:E9CA:3119:3C88:9387 (talk) 03:35, 12 July 2023 (UTC)