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Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Jolly Janner, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Plymouth. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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DYK for Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs

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Gatoclass (talk) 14:33, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK Emerson Rodwell

I reduced the character count in this DYK nom by turning 'Tasmanian Tigers' into 'Tasmanian' which should take it below 200. Robert Fleming (talk) 10:14, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Jolly Ω Janner 17:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Second issue resolved. Please see comments under hook. Robert Fleming (talk) 17:31, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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DYK for List of towns and cities in Devon by population

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BorgQueen (talk) 21:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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Torquay

Thanks for the ref for Torquay. We had contradictory pronunciations for it elsewhere in wikipedia. kwami (talk) 13:26, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've never heard anyone pronounce it other than "Tor-kee". Maybe the Cornish would pronounce it as "Tor-kay", but they don't count. Jolly Ω Janner 13:28, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For the response for MeredithW. Andy (talk) 20:33, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Move protection

Because we have a long history with the vandal that does these page moves. Unless the pages are moveprotected, he returns to them over and over again. He has proven this pattern of behavior enough times that I don't think we need to wait for him to move every page twice. Also, these targets are invariably well-established articles where a change of the article title would be exceedingly unlikely -- Utopia is a good example. NawlinWiki (talk) 17:11, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Wilhelm scream

I presume you just removed every backlink to Wilhelm scream on accident? Did you need me to revert that real quick? Kuru ^talk 22:15, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Please! I am so sorry. I didn't have a clue what that button did and I had no idea it would do so many edits. Jolly Ω Janner 22:16, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. Not a problem! :) Kuru ^talk 22:18, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Calved

Soft redirected to wiktionary-- wikt:calved. Cheers, Dloh cierekim 00:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

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Category:Parishes again

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of the United Kingdom Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of Wales Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of Europe Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of North America

Nominator's rationale: Rename. More accurate name, and consistent with other "civil parishes in" categories. "Parish" has different meanings in different localities. All categories should be clear if they contain civil (or geographical) parishes or church parishes. Note that this discussion of the same question (closed to divide the question) resulted in 5 Support rename votes, 1 Oppose vote, and 2 that abstained on most categories. I have looked at much more than these pages listed and the categories do all reflect civil parishes.--Carlaude ^(talk) 03:00, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

All the English parishes were changed without opposition.
Please Support --Carlaude ^(talk) 17:36, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't this constitute SPAM? Jolly Ω Janner 00:17, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Nazi Zombies

There were reasons why the article was made a redirect before, and those reasons still apply now. First and foremost, the article violates WP:GAMEGUIDE and WP:GAMECRUFT, not to mention it lacked any reliable and verifiable sources. NZ is a mode, not a separate game, so anything of importance about it should be in the Call of Duty: World at War article. Then there is the notability issue, which likewise discourages allowing NZ as a separate article. Reading through what was there, it was nothing more than original research and fan-collected material (description of how the NZ level resembled another multiplayer level, lists of playable weapons, etc.). The section on NZ in the CoD:WaW article can be expanded with some of what was there, but Wikipedia isn't the Call of Duty Wiki or a general game guide. -- Commdor {Talk} 19:39, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

hello

Sorry if I was a bit too stiff re Red Cliffs. Thanks for your help. Cheers Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 03:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Wow, I should be thanking you for a superb article and then repsonding swiftly to my query to improve the article even more! You truely are an awesome editor. Jolly Ω Janner 16:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Are you saying...

SO um... are you saying call of duty is really getting nominated for a Fa? And also um... yeah I'll rember to put my edit summaries up.--Spittlespat 22:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

If Call of Duty 5 gets into the GA, well I get some of the credit?--Spittlespat 22:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh okay... but I stilled kind of helped the article right?--Spittlespat 22:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey are you in the wikicup?--Spittlespat 23:01, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm in the wikicup... you can check my progress... if you want to... (OMG! what's wrong with me and those dots!).....--Spittlespat 23:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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Vandalism by Lucyatchalk

Hi, apologies for confusion - I reverted the vandalism on your user page - then saw that there was a sockpuppet accusation - so felt it best to simply rollback the reversion while I worked out what was going on. Got it now - and again apologies for the muddle. Regards, Springnuts (talk) 21:06, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

... and I have restored the vandalism warning on the Lucyatchalk talk page. Springnuts (talk) 21:07, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, I understand. Although I believe users are allowed to remove messages from their talk page unless blocked, unles he already is by the time I've finished writing this. I ussualy wait until he's blocked then add it back ;) Jolly Ω Janner 21:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :)

It wasn't that nice a day :) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:37, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Call of Duty: World at War

Regarding the ranking system and the weapons, it was me who put it back, since I was afraid it might have been useful. Sorry about that! By the way, great work on the storyline. It's gotten better! Keep up the good work. --Commander Shepard 22 January 2009 21.50 (CEST)

Yeah, thanks. The article's not supposed to get too detailed, so it's better to tell the storyline, rather than individual events that happen several times in the game e.g. killing soldiers, clearing out MG bunkers etc, as well as the weapons included. If you could write more for the development section, that would be super! Jolly Ω Janner 21:15, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I'll try to find some info when I got the time! Thanks for your contributions. --Commander Shepard 22 January 2009 23:04 (CEST)

DYK for Entropa

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Dravecky (talk) 07:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

ITN for January 2009 Mediterranean storm

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drake circus

Would you please comment at Talk:Drake Circus. I recognize your right to over-ride my "hangon" notice, but I would appreciate your clarifying your meaning at the Talk page. Thanks, doncram (talk) 21:59, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, but http://www.myvillage.com/plymouth/places/22721-plymouth-city-museum-and-art-gallery/ isn't a reliable source. Jolly Ω Janner 22:23, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting. And, I'll try using this website which appears to be official, about the museum and gallery being located there. Offhand, i think a couple uses like this establishes that Drake Circus is a location not always meaning the shopping center. But we'll see. I'd welcome other comments on the draft in progress, at any time. Thanks again. doncram (talk) 00:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello. Could you help me understand your reverts of the talk page contributions of 81.132.107.66 (talk · contribs), especially as regarding to Talk:Drake Circus Shopping Centre? Thank you, Kralizec! (talk) 02:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The user wastes our time by posting information that attack the shopping centre or users. I'm gonna do myself a massive favour by removing the article off my watchlist and not getting involved. I'm not going to waste my time for a troll. Jolly Ω Janner 16:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

User talk:RaseaC

Hi, please excuse any problems I might have caused in regards to that user on the article about February snowfall in the UK by asking whether or not 10 inches of snowfall in itself is notable. I have no clue what a "Muhammad" is or is supposed to mean. I wonder if it is meant as a personal attack on me. Spinach Monster (talk) 22:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Well I don't know either; that's why I asked him. At first I didn't think that he was calling the user Muhamad, rather that I thought it was some kind of noun refering to a tactic of trolling etc. Jolly Ω Janner 22:42, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

While I'm Here

I'm wondering what you thought about the Confirmations of Barack Obama's Cabinet article. I've worked hard on it and i'd be happy to get someone else's two cents, positive or negative. Spinach Monster (talk) 03:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

The pictures take up too much space. I don't think you need a massive table for everyone who voted. Surely there must be another way or just not have it at all. I don't think each area needs their own section e.g. secretary for energy. Jolly Ω Janner 16:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Spock removal

The Spock image is actually on Wikipedia. Just trying to inject a bit of levity. TunaSushi (talk) 23:56, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

It's on Wikipedia only to be used on the Spok article, as it's highly relevant. Copyrighted works are not permited on article talk pages, as they are never needed. Jolly Ω Janner 00:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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Re: CoD 4

Yeah, it's intentional. I brought it to GAN first and then to FAC :) Gary King (talk) 22:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Drake circus

Hi, I noticed that you put a speedy deletion tag on Drake circus (lowercase c). Why did you tag it for Speedy Deletion? The redirect is acceptable per Wikipedia:Redirects#Spellings, misspellings, tenses and capitalisations. And it just could be redirected to to the Drake Circus disambiguation page. Thanks for your time.(please reply here)67.162.250.53 (talk) 06:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm concerned that it might be edited i.e. changed to redirecting to something else or someone might start developing their own article on it. We don't need it as Wikipedia's software mean that you don't need capital letters. For example, type (or copy and paste) in drake circus shopping centre (all lower-case) and it will take you to Drake Circus Shopping Centre without any redirects necessary. Jolly Ω Janner 11:38, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Project Norfolk & Suffolk

Hi

Thanks for your offer of help.

I need you to understand that my aim is to learn as much as I can about the processes involved and so as long as you don't mind me asking questions a lot then I would really appreciate your help on this.

I lack knowledge of the way certain tasks are performed in Wikiworld, such as the collection of info from tags, although my training is in systems analysis, so I pick things up (sometimes lol) fairly quickly.

I would like to start by spending a couple of days looking over your Devon page and then get back to you over next two days if thats ok ?

Thanks again--Chaosdruid (talk) 03:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay. I think that when I made Devon's assessment page I just copy and pastied the one used for WPCITIES and changed the word "cities" to "Devon" for everything. Jolly Ω Janner 12:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

I notice that you tagged the page File:Drake-circus-1.jpg for speedy deletion with the reason "image which has been tagged and the uploader notified for more than 7 days as showing no evidence that the copyright holder has released it under the license indicated by the uploader". While that's a valid reason for speedy deletion in general, this page does not qualify for speedy deletion under that criterion because the image has not been tagged for seven days, and in any case the uploader claims to be the copyright holder and does not need to provide further evidence of that. If you still want the page to be deleted, please consider tagging it with a speedy deletion template which does apply, redirecting it to another page, or using the WP:FFD process. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 13:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

I added section for them at files for discussion, but they appear to have already been deleted. Jolly Ω Janner 15:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually, you added the listings incorrectly. It looks like you put in the File: prefix into the nomination template by mistake. I've fixed the listings. Stifle (talk) 15:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Cheers. I thought it was a bit odd that it wasn't showing up on my watchlist etc, but I know that deletion logs have a bit of a backlog in the server before they appear. Jolly Ω Janner 15:27, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Naming Conventions

Hi there!

You recently commented on a [image candidate] of mine and had something to say about capitalization in the filename. It has been my personal convention to name files with only an initial capital letter. I am still new to Commons, so if there is a different standard convention I ought to use, I would appreciate your pointing me in the correct direction to read about the issue. Thanks! -- Notyourbroom (talk) 16:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

There isn't any standard about it. This is the first time I have commented on a quality image candidate. I don't think it's the sort of thing that would make it fails its nomination, but I just wanted to point it out. Jolly Ω Janner 16:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

COD WOW plot

Ok, I missed that part of the GA review, but even before I got there, I would have agreed that the plot as it was, even though it mimics the COD4 plot section, was on the repetitive and overly detailed side. Part of it here may be the fact that this is still historically accurate, and thus the three separate characters' missions do not affect each other to any degree, unlike in COD4 where there is a much stronger connection to the story parts and describing it in order makes the story cohesive. For CODWOW, it's convoluted when you present it as such even though they follow the appropriate events in order. But feel free to change it back if you feel it is better that way. --MASEM 21:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Dorset

Just a quick note to say thanks for joining WikiProject Dorset. It some ways it's actually very beneficial to have someone not from Dorset, to give an un-biased and very honest viewpoint of Dorset articles. Glad to have you onboard! MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 13:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Glad to be aboard! ;) By the way, did you copy and paste the info from WPDevon? Jolly Ω Janner 13:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the award, my first! I used WPDevon as a foundation, because they are similar type projects, to set up Dorset quickly and easily. Some odd sections, because of the wording and links I did copy, but as the project grows we will of course differentiate from WPDevon (although it is a very good project). MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 14:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I copied most of WPDevon's assessment from WPCITIES I think, along with bits from other places. Jolly Ω Janner 14:49, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, MasterOfHisOwnDomain deserves most of the credit for the WikiProject but thank you very much for the barnstar, it is appreciated! BarretBonden (talk) 15:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Interview, snow

Hi, I've removed your mentioning of the interview and costs involved in preparation for the snow, since it's not associated with the section - the section is about the reaction of the public, not about how badly UK was prepared for the event. Also, I am not sure whether the source was okay. I don't mind putting it somewhere else in the article. I hope you don't mind. Cheers BeŻet (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I think the name "reaction" is ambiguous then. Surely the Mayor of London's reaction to the incident is notable? Jolly Ω Janner 21:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Topsham Town

According to the Topsham Town web site Topsham is a town? http://www.topsham.org/ Do you have a reference that says otherwise?

Devon County Council website says it's part of Exeter local authority, which is a city. You can't have a town within a city. Jolly Ω Janner 22:47, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Well... what you say may well be true, I don't know but the reference doesn't actually say that Topsham isn't a town does it? That is merely your interpretation. I lived there for many years and it was always considered a town and it's own web site calls it a town. Teapotgeorge^Talk 23:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not expert. If you would like to get further information you could ask at WP:UKGEO. Jolly Ω Janner 23:57, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't think "town" has a technical definition in English local government. The title of "city" is jealously guarded of course, and there are terms like "borough" that only have a technical meaning, or "district" that have both a technical and a more general meaning. But so far as I know "town" has never been an official title, so if anywhere likes to describe itself as a town, and can persuade other people to do so, it probably can (I believe the situation is different in the US, at least in some states). Topsham certainly does come into this category; the local attitude could be summed up as "Fog at Countess Wear - Exeter isolated". seglea (talk) 20:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Er, see the discussion in our excellent Town page, which says roughly what I've said above but makes it all much clearer. Very useful source, Wikipedia, I must remember to look things up in it... seglea (talk) 20:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an unreliable source. The section for the UK on the town article has no references from other sources. Jolly Ω Janner 20:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

True enough, both in the general and the specific. It might be quite hard to source the fact that "town" has no formal definition, though; it smacks of proving a negative. seglea (talk) 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing

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ITN for Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing

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AfD nomination of 2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing

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invitation

You're invited to sign up as a founding member, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#WikiProject Historic Sites ! :) doncram (talk) 06:03, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Historic Sites is opened up. I took the liberty of assuming your support for the wikiproject meant you wanted to join as a member, and I copied your signature to the Members list on the main page. Please visit and add to, or remove, your listing there. It would be great to hear about what you're interested in the Wikiproject becoming, in your member comment and/or at the Talk page, shortcut wt:HSITES. Thanks for your support! doncram (talk) 17:27, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Cornish hurling

In view of this "In the city of Grass Valley, the tradition of singing Cornish carols lives on and one local historian of the area says the songs have become "the identity of the town". Some of the members of today's Cornish Carol Choir are in fact descendants of the original Cornish gold miners. The city holds St Piran's Day celebrations every year, which along with carol singing, includes a flag raising ceremony, games involving the Cornish pasty, and Cornish wrestling competitions.^[1]" the California Grass Valley seems more likely than Virginia.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 11:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I don't know why it said Virginia in the first place. I have now changed it back and added wikilinks. Jolly Ω Janner 16:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- 'Virginia' must have been a mistake by the original writer: thanks for sorting it out.----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 20:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

References:

^ Grass Valley's St Pirans Day Celebration - DowntownGrassValley.com

BTW

This should really be a part (minor) of the Devon stuff by the look of it. I'll look to get some more images when I can. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:43, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll maybe try & find something better than the "legendarydartmoor" links too....:) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:50, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I was also searching for some decent references for it. Can't find much in the way off books on Google search. I want to keep the Devon article in good nic. Is there any reason why you told me about that? Seems kind of random as I've never edited the article. Jolly Ω Janner 18:09, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

You marked this (on watchlist) & I'd just edited the other one... Some neural connections are more lateral than others :). On the subject of Devon this should be available soon. It would be good to get Devon to a higher profile. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:23, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Err

This if you want to take a look. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:00, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Earth Hour 2009 vandalism

Is it possible to ban 71.244.177.21 for constant vandalism to earth hour 2009? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiisking (talk • contribs) 23:52, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

IP addresses can't be "banned" (permenant block). 71.244.177.21 might receive a 24-hour block if the address continues to vandalise after being warned about it sufficeintly. I cannot apply the block as I do not have sysop status. Jolly Ω Janner 00:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

:)

		The Devon Barnstar
		There is probably a better "barnstar" but for all the work on Portal:Devon and Devon pages generally - thanks Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

+ the piccy looks nice there thanks. I'll have to get some more :) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Bigbury etc

Nice pics & congrats - sorry I missed that on Commons. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 06:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

incorrect version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:High_Speed_Railroad_Map_Europe_2008.gif

You edited this page stating

"(Corrected Great Britain (no where in UK has speeds over 200km/h))"

The UK runs domestic services at speeds of 201km/h, and the eurostar can run at 300km/h, on high speed 1, please revert to the old version. (2009-03-30T15:56:12) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jibjohn19 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that. They appear to have re-routed the the Eurostar's track now. Just out of interest, how do you decide which tracks to include i.e the tracks under 200 km/h, because obviously not all of them are on the map. How do you decide which ones to include and which ones not to include? Jolly Ω Janner 15:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

April 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on User talk:Taxman. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.PirateSmackK (talk) 17:47, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

User:PirateSmackK/Wikipedians

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to User:PirateSmackK/Wikipedians. That list may be odd, but don't vandalize it. Yintaɳ 18:03, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I know. I was planning on reverting it, but you beat me to it. Thanks. Jolly Ω Janner 18:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

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Yorkshire on the map

Hello, you recently added what you claimed was "Yorkshire" to this map on wikicommons, when it was North Yorkshire, not Yorkshire. Could you please see this discussion please? Regards Ijanderson (talk) 17:13, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me of the discussion. Jolly Ω Janner 18:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

AN/I notice

An IP (not myself) has opened an AN/I thread about you, but I saw you were not notified. FYI. --64.85.221.59 (talk) 11:56, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. Jolly Ω Janner 15:18, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Good articles

Teach me how to write GAs? PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 17:16, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

This user seeks adoption by an experienced editor.

Chose an article that you know some knowledge about or you are passionate about it. This will help you to gather your own information about it. Then add inline citations to like every sentence from reliable sources, excluding all sentences in the lead and maybe the infobox. Then nominate it at WP:GAC. Jolly Ω Janner 17:23, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

If you chose an article then let me know. I'll read through it etc and give you some pointers on it. Jolly Ω Janner 17:24, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

How abt we make Vampire into a GA? PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 18:00, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Vampie has already been a GA. It's currently a featured article, which is like a level up from GA. After an article is promoted to "FA status", it is no longer classed as a GA, but rather as a FA. It is still none-the-less a "good" article. How about Devon? You ever been there? Jolly Ω Janner 18:07, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

OK PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 18:12, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I added one reference how cool is that? PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 18:29, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

By ED stadards, that's fairly cool. Unforunately it's not from a reliable source, so it is useless in GA criteria. You might also want to use a javascript tool located somewhere in the gadgets for adding references more easily. Jolly Ω Janner 18:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Adminship

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You write very good articles PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 06:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Haha! Jolly Ω Janner 15:19, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I was fucking serious. PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 15:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Lol dude to be a sysop you've got to be into vandalism and reverting vandals, page deletions, licking sysops' asses etc. I'm more into improving the encyclopedia the good old fashioned way by writing and uploading pics. So, as you can see, by giving me such tools to block people and delete pages, it would be of no use to the encyclopedia as I'd rarely use it. Not to mention that some assholes would probably oppose me for being too unpexperienced etc... and if I'm really unlucky, you-know-what may pop-up in the conversation and could even threat my current status. Jolly Ω Janner 16:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

LOL --PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 16:10, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Kentucky fried

Thanks for the chicken. It was delicious. I passed on the bucket so others could have a piece :-).71.236.24.129 (talk) 23:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Rendel Harris

Quoting:- J. Rendel Harris: Sorry about previously saying that I would reinstate your edit. I looked at the reference you used and deemed it unreliable, so I will not be reinstating your edit. Jolly Ω Janner 12:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree his connection with Plymouth is slight and he does not really need a mention.----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 12:52, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Air Southwest logo.png)

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Robert Hawker

Robert Hawker (1753 - 1827) was a Devonian vicar of the Anglican Church and the most prominent of the vicars of Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon.My Brethren (organization). "Rev Robert Hawker". Retrieved 2009-05-23. I know the Wikipedia article on Hawker is otherwise unsourced but his notability for Plymouth looks good.----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 07:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Ciudad Victoria

It is not as dry as you think it is. Look at some more data. That chart is wrong. It should be replaced.--Brout8 (talk) 23:16, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I realise that the data for the chart isn't very reliable as it's only be studied for a few years, but I couldn't find any other reliable data. What data are you basing your assumptions on? It would be very useful to have this data. Look at Semi-arid climate and you'll see that the examples on that page actualy get more rainfall than Ciudad Victoria. I admit that Ciudad Victoria does have a slight wet/dry season effect and that's why I said it could "possibly" be classed as "subtropical" and a note on occasional hurricanes. I'm very sure that hurricanes do affect Ciudad Victoria every now and then. Jolly Ω Janner 12:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

You are correct. It is a semi-arid climate. However, it is not because of the amount of rainfall. It is a BWh, and not Aw, only because the winter temperature is 1.5 and 1 respective °C below the treshold for tropical climates in January and December. Otherwise it would easily be an Aw savanna climate. My mistake.

I get my weather data from Forca online. --Brout8 (talk) 01:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

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Good job on the map for flt 447

Just wanted to compliment you on a good job for the map work for the flt that is missing. Thanks for your work! --Funandtrvl (talk) 21:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

It was a joy to create it and receive comments for improvement. I'm amazed at how many articles across the Wimikeda are using it! Jolly Ω Janner 21:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Map

Sorry, I have removed your map from the AF447 article. The BBC map you cited states clearly that the last transmission was received from an unknown location, whereas your map puts a red dot along the flight path and labels it "Unknown Location". There shouldn't be a dot or any indication of where the flight went down, because there is no citation for that data. Thanks - Tempshill (talk) 22:52, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, another recommendation in case you want to revise it: More data would be communicated if the label stated that the last transmission was received at an unknown location, rather than just having the text "Unknown Location", which I found confusing. Sorry to bother you. Regards - Tempshill (talk) 22:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Done thank you very much! Jolly Ω Janner 23:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Oops, got this confused with other thread and didn't realise the first thing you said... I'll remove the dot now. Jolly Ω Janner 23:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Done atlast! Jolly Ω Janner 23:28, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies

Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 17:51, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Response to Current Events

Hello. This is a response to the message you send me regarding the edits I have made to the current events for June 8 of this year. That date has not yet occurred, therefore, it should not be up on the current events list for June of this year. Thank you for your concern. --Radiokid1010 (talk) 21:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I believe it will be helpfull to have the formatting there, because it will help users who are unfamilier with the process to post current events. Jolly Ω Janner 21:44, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK credits

Please do not add spam in the DYK credit links. It could cause DYK to not be updated, and is disruptive in general. Shubinator (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that. When I put "SPAM" in the edit summary, I was refering to the process of DYKbot SPAMing your talk page anyway, regardless of my extra comments. I thought it would be a nice change for users to feel loved. Jolly Ω Janner 01:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Adding an extra parameter to the template does not add a comment to the credits. However, it could cause the updating bot to crash. Shubinator (talk) 01:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I do appologise. What does the extra parameter do? Jolly Ω Janner 01:08, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Nothing. Thanks for helping fill the queues by the way. Shubinator (talk) 02:09, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ken Foster

On June 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ken Foster, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Jolly Janner 17:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK credits redux

Just FYI, in this update you accidentally listed me for nom credit, but I actually had nothing to do with that article (and the entry at T:TDYK didn't have me listed for credit). It's probably just a mix-up from adding a bunch of articles at once, and it's certainly not a huge deal, just thought I should let you know so you can watch out for similar mistakes in the future. Also, hopefully there wasn't anyone else who was supposed to get nom credit in that update but accidentally got replaced by me. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 17:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I pressumed that you provided the hook "that Mike Reid was a linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals before becoming a country music singer and releasing the single "Walk on Faith"?" and was worthy of some credit. Jolly Ω Janner 18:05, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I understand. I don't really mind not getting credit for changing hooks, since I didn't work on the article itself (and cleaning up hooks is just my job as a DYK reviewer); but it's at least good to know the credit wasn't an editing mistake. Best, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 18:08, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Bombing

I have already created 24 June 2009 Baghdad bombing. We have two articles. Keep whatever you think is the better Francium12 (talk) 23:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Merged, thanks for letting my know. Don't know where to put those other references though. Jolly Ω Janner 23:13, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

ITN for 24 June 2009 Baghdad bombing

On 25 June, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 24 June 2009 Baghdad bombing, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

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Plymouth Synagogue

Thank you. I should be finished in about an hour. I would be flattered if you would nominate it for DKY. I wish I knew where to get a photo of the Torah Ark. It's very beautiful. Or of the building.Historicist (talk) 21:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.Historicist (talk) 21:12, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Your userpage

Per this request and this follow-up comment on RFPP and this thread on 4chan, and in view of your absence from WP until the 18th July, I have protected your userpage for a month. Mfield (Oi!) 00:43, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see 4chan's block on wikipedia.org URLs hasn't stopped Grawp. Oh well, you might as well have locked it for ever. I mean, why would anyone else need to edit my user page? Thanks, Jolly Ω Janner 00:46, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Per your request I have semi protected it indefinitely now. Mfield (Oi!) 00:49, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

. Jolly Ω Janner 00:52, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Plymouth Synagogue

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DYK for Plymouth Synagogue

On July 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Plymouth Synagogue, 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)} 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.

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