User talk:P. S. Burton/Archive 1
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SEE PP Burdett Victuallers (talk) 15:32, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
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Scrolling reference sections
Why did you revert a change which was justified by policy? Please read MOS:SCROLL, which specifically prohibits the use of overflowing divs to scroll reference sections. I've reverted this. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:16, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
List of fictional anti-heroes
Sorry about that. I never even saw your edits and thought I was doing a routine revert, so I'm not sure what happened. Thanks a lot for making the table, it looks much better. Cheers. --TM 20:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Your new template
Hey, thanks for creating a new template! Just so you know, there's a discussion here regarding the naming of the template. Thanks, Politizer talk/contribs 01:01, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
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Your signature
Seems to a load of wikitext being spewed out at the moment. Per WP:SIG, you'd be better off just substituting it once, then copying and pasting the result in as a raw signature. - Jarry1250 [Humorous? Discuss.] 19:03, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
- I know. Was just experimenting a little before, I have changed it back yeasterday. The Ministry (talk) 20:09, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
FAC
Thank you for your comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Marriott School of Management/archive2. I have addressed your concern and would invite your further participation in this FAC. —Eustress talk 06:57, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Clarification
Re this question. What is "gross" about the picture. Which would you prefer and why? It may be too late to change now. Colin°Talk 19:10, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Cabinet of Ingvar Carlsson
Hello, just a note to say that First cabinet of Ingvar Carlsson was a very good addition. I addded the relevant category, interwiki link and project template. Keep up the good work, and don't be shy about adding categories and iw-links yourself to future articles! :-) Tomas e (talk) 13:15, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks! The Ministry (talk) 23:03, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
AfD nomination of The Great Debate (song)
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Image question
An image you uploaded back in October 2009 commons:File:Population density of Ireland map2002.svg to the commons does not provide a source of where the data actually came from. I am reviewing all the images in the Ireland article for a future GA nomination and wonder if you recall the source location. It says that it is "Based upon Republic of Ireland - 2002 Census results" but finding the exact source is difficult and where did the Northern Ireland information came from. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 06:06, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
- Republic: Central Statistics Office
- Northern: Office for National Statistics The Ministry (talk) 08:48, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
- I don't mean to be a pedant but the Irish census of 2002 does not appear to have any population density statistics. Did I miss them or did you create them from the census and some land mass data? If you did that would that not be synthesis? The Northern Ireland stats do have density figures but these don't coincide with the county boundaries. Can you please explain some more? I would like to keep this image in the Ireland article but as we are trying to get it to GA and possibly FA, such matters as questioned sources tend to be an issue. Thanks in advance. I am watching this page for a while so there is no need to drop me a {{talkback}} note. ww2censor (talk) 14:09, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Here is the original source, that I based the map on. [1]. That in turn were supposed to be based on the above two. I assumed it was right and never checked though. In hindsight I probably should have checked. Feel free to remove or change the map. The Ministry (talk) 19:52, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- I don't mean to be a pedant but the Irish census of 2002 does not appear to have any population density statistics. Did I miss them or did you create them from the census and some land mass data? If you did that would that not be synthesis? The Northern Ireland stats do have density figures but these don't coincide with the county boundaries. Can you please explain some more? I would like to keep this image in the Ireland article but as we are trying to get it to GA and possibly FA, such matters as questioned sources tend to be an issue. Thanks in advance. I am watching this page for a while so there is no need to drop me a {{talkback}} note. ww2censor (talk) 14:09, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Brilliant. I will dig deeper with the source you provided as I like the image and would like to keep it in the article. Thanks again. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 19:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!
thanks for your help with Johann von Klenau, which was promoted to FA yesterday. Auntieruth55 (talk) 19:55, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
- Great, congratulations on the FA! P. S. Burton (talk) 08:06, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
File:Map of Nueva Esparta.svg fixed
P. S., I fixed the File:Map of Nueva Esparta.svg map, and made a few upgrades along the way. Check out Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop#Nueva Esparta. Hope you like it, MapMaster (talk) 15:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
- Great, big thanks! P. S. Burton (talk) 19:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
History of citizenship in the United States
Unfortunately Tomwsulcer has decided to leave the project. FYI please see User talk:Tomwsulcer#Terrorism prevention strategies moved to user space. I had problems with this article, largely because Tomwsulcer was inexperienced and did not write in a NPOV style and had real problems with being unaware of a systemic bias in his writing. The article I moved was well over 150k, so all in all I could see no other quick solution. (See User talk:Tomwsulcer/Terrorism prevention strategies for my conversation on the article with Tomwsulcer)
Because more people have contributed to the article History of citizenship in the United States you might like to open up a discussion on its talk page of what to do with the article now that the principle author has left leaving so many problems behind. I would have thought that the subject is notable and drastic pruning may allow the article to remain. However if the consensus solution needs an administrator to carry out an action let me know. -- PBS (talk) 03:08, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
- Tomwsulcer also wrote Criticism of American foreign policy, which is even worse, so I've sent it to AfD. At least some of the "History of citizenship" article might be salvageable, although it seems to contain large swaths of WP:COATRACK stuff by making citizenship mean whatever you want it to mean. I recommend deleting most of the contents. I'm honestly considering nominating the entire article for deletion as well. Pcap ping 17:18, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
A bit late, but your request was filled.--droptone (talk) 16:23, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
Resource request
Hi, I found your name listed in the resource exchange list. I've been working on the article about Tošo Dabac, a Croatian photographer whose photos were included in a few group exhibitions held in the United States in the 1930s and I was wondering whether you could try looking up if The New Yorker had published some exhibition review or any piece of text that might mention Dabac. I think some of these exhibitions must have been a notable enough event for The New Yorker to cover it, and I'm hoping some citation could be extracted if they did.
This is the list of exhibitions in the US which featured his works:
- 1933 – "Second Philadelphia International Salon of Photography", Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia (May 6 - June 26)
- 1937 – "Fourth International Salon"", American Museum of Natural History, New York
- 1937 – "Invitational Salon of International Photography", San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
- 1937 – "Sixth International Salon", Boston Camera Club, Boston
- 1939 – "Sixth International Salon of Photography, Centennial Exhibition ", American Museum of Natural History, New York
Also, it may be helpful to keep in mind that Croatia was at the time part of Yugoslavia, and if he is mentioned somewhere, they probably classified him as Yugoslav(ian). I know this is a long shot but I had to try it. Many thanks Timbouctou (talk) 14:41, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, sorry for my late answer. I have been looking in the New Yorker's archive, so far I haven't found anything, and I don't think if will. If you give me your e-mail address, I can send you my login code for the New Yorker and you can have a look for yourself. Cheers P. S. Burton (talk) 20:56, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear that. Still, that login might come in handy for some other articles I'm currently working on so I'd be happy if you'd share it with me :-) My e-mail is timbouctou (at) gmail.com. Cheers and many thanks! Timbouctou (talk) 23:34, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, I have no sent you the password via email. Cheers —P. S. Burton (talk) 18:15, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear that. Still, that login might come in handy for some other articles I'm currently working on so I'd be happy if you'd share it with me :-) My e-mail is timbouctou (at) gmail.com. Cheers and many thanks! Timbouctou (talk) 23:34, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Pat O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys
You may be interested in some discussion I launched regarding the arbitrarty tacit deletion of the Radio show article of this name. here: talk:W. Lee O'Daniel here User_talk:Eusebeus and here Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio K3vin (talk) 07:02, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
I think the map is great!, but it should have an arrow from Belice too, HMS Exeter as I recalled came from there --Jor70 (talk) 22:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Fanny Brate
Sorry to see your user page pic go, but it was determined that Fanny Brate's paintings aren't eligible for public domain until January 1 of next year. That's based on assuming that Sweden's copyright regulations apply to her paintings (she died in April 1940, +70 years, +end of year clause -> copyrighted until Dec 31, 2010 inclusive); if you know otherwise, please let us know! Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:04, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. will just take it back in December :). P. S. Burton (talk) 18:17, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Sokratis Giolias
Hey, I won't revert back, but would you mind looking at the talk page for why the quote was emboldened? If you still feel compelled to have normal type-font, that's fine but just see my reasoning first, as a favor. Thanks Cwill151 (talk) 23:48, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- WOW, a reasonable editor on Wikipedia???... amazing. Thanks for your consideration and logical commentary and for what it's worth, I agree with you on both counts; it does establish a potentially dangerous precedent, and is not necessarily merited by the facts at hand. I'll revert it back now; it's been long enough, and again, I appreciate your understanding. Cheers! Cwill151 (talk) 16:17, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
A picture of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
Hi, Burton, good night. I was wondering if you have any photoediting skills (or know someone who has). There is a picture of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil that I tried to color it (See [2]). However, my skills are close to... none and I was unable to make his beard and hair blond. And I believe his skin color is not close to how it truly was (See [3] or [4] or [5]. And I am going to nominate the article for featured status so wanted everything to look perfect. Is there any way you could help me out? Thank you very time, --Lecen (talk) 00:08, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Lecen, unfortunately I don't have the skills to do that either. I would recommend asking at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop. They have helped me several times. Good luck with the FA. P. S. Burton (talk) 00:23, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
- Don't worry, you just've helped me a lot. I did not know that there was a group in Wikipedia who does that kind of thing. Thank once gain. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 00:45, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
- Burton, could you do what you did with those pictures in Pedro II of Brazil article with these [6] [7] [8] [9] and [10]? Thank you very much, --Lecen (talk) 20:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, I think I might be able to fix it this upcoming weekend. P. S. Burton (talk) 14:49, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
- Burton, could you do what you did with those pictures in Pedro II of Brazil article with these [6] [7] [8] [9] and [10]? Thank you very much, --Lecen (talk) 20:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- Don't worry, you just've helped me a lot. I did not know that there was a group in Wikipedia who does that kind of thing. Thank once gain. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 00:45, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
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Yorkshire captaincy affair
Are you still planning on reviewing the article? It is a little lonely at the moment! Thanks for you work on the images. --Sarastro1 (talk) 19:03, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
- HI, I have commented on the FAC now. P. S. Burton (talk) 19:15, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Review request
Hi P. S. Burton, you reviewed George Orwell bibliography several months ago when it came to featured list candidates. The list has been re-submitted at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/George Orwell bibliography/archive2; if you have the time, would you mind taking a second look? Thanks in advance, Dabomb87 (talk) 02:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Nomenclature
Am I mistaken, or wasn't P. S. Burton one of the names George Orwell used while tramping around?
Best wishes Si Trew (talk) 18:02, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- Yep, that's were I got it from. See George Orwell#Teaching :).
...Down and Out in Paris and London which he wished to publish under an assumed name. In a letter to Moore (dated 15 November 1932) he left the choice of pseudonym to him and to Gollancz. Four days later, he wrote to Moore, suggesting the pseudonyms P. S. Burton (a name he used when tramping), Kenneth Miles, George Orwell, and H. Lewis Allways.[29] He finally adopted the nom de plume George Orwell because, as he told Eleanor Jacques, "It is a good round English name."
Best wishes to you as well. P. S. Burton (talk) 18:07, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- I kinda thought I knew that, but was quite expecting to be mistaken. He is my favourite author. I don't edit much on that article because it turns into a minefield of useless information every time a student has to read Nineteen eighty four or Animal Farm. Si Trew (talk) 18:10, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Weather the storm
Please keep your Arnolfini Portrait nomination open. So what some people shot down another other nomination. Gut Monk (talk) 22:33, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Monk. I withdrew the nomination, because I think we should be raising our standards not lowering them. In hindsight I actually think my nomination was a little hastened, since I knew that the file came from the Yorck Project, which is usually not very good. Cheers, and best wishes. P. S. Burton (talk) 16:48, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
I might ask that you revist the article to note that your concern with the IMDB copyvio has been addressed.... and that what began as THIS unsourced stub is now a somehat better article. Thanks, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:33, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
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Not sure
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Your featured picture nomination was promoted
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New DNB WikiProject
For information: I have set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography, since the time has certainly come when there should be a place for collective discussion of the DNB adaptation effort. Please come and participate. Charles Matthews (talk) 09:45, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
MOS and flags
I see you are systematically removing flags from all the tennis infoboxes citing wiki MOS. I read it and don't see where it is required that the flags be removed. Maybe I missed the exact wording but it seemed that birth/death flags was out but the flag the player played under seemed appropriate. Fyunck(click) (talk) 18:43, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, my interpreted of "As with other biographical articles, flags are discouraged in sportspeople's individual infoboxes."[11] as meaning that the flag doesn't belong in the infobox. Cheers P. S. Burton (talk) 18:56, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- If the Tennis project wants to include flags, I won't oppose. As long as sub-national flags isn't being used. And they are not used to indicate date/birth/residence/, but only nationality.
- Yes, discouraged because like most general biographies wiki doesn't want the flag to represent where a person was born or lives. But in tennis you also represent a nation and sometimes a national team or squad as in Davis Cup/Fed Cup. The very next sentence in your link takes care of that aspect and why it is not a bad idea to leave it in the tennis infoboxes. All the Major tournaments and the Olympics require and list your country in their records. MOS does not ban it's use regardless. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:19, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, I think I might have misread the MOS. P. S. Burton (talk) 19:23, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- I wouldn't say misread... it is certainly ambiguous. Proper flags have been an issue here for years. Retired player Alex Olmeda's flag will be USA since that is what he played under in all the major events. He was from, and was a citizen of Peru, but entered under USA and is listed in Wimbledon's and Davis Cup records as USA. As you said, MOS is clear that the infobox is not for flag use of where a person is from... the rest is a bit sketchy to be sure. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- I have to agree because tennis is an olympic sport and they represent national sporting bodies their like Nadal did Spain in 2008 and Federer and Wawrinka in doubles for Switzerland. Furthermore, their is Davis Cup competition that Roddick loves and competes for the United States and they won it in 2007, and Fed Cup for the women which is a international sporting competition in tennis, not even to mention the Hopman Cup! I think flags are necessary to the intrinsic nature of the articles, which me an Fyunck agree on this matter! I love your enthusiastic editing of tennis related articles!69.137.121.17 (talk) 23:43, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- I wouldn't say misread... it is certainly ambiguous. Proper flags have been an issue here for years. Retired player Alex Olmeda's flag will be USA since that is what he played under in all the major events. He was from, and was a citizen of Peru, but entered under USA and is listed in Wimbledon's and Davis Cup records as USA. As you said, MOS is clear that the infobox is not for flag use of where a person is from... the rest is a bit sketchy to be sure. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, I think I might have misread the MOS. P. S. Burton (talk) 19:23, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, discouraged because like most general biographies wiki doesn't want the flag to represent where a person was born or lives. But in tennis you also represent a nation and sometimes a national team or squad as in Davis Cup/Fed Cup. The very next sentence in your link takes care of that aspect and why it is not a bad idea to leave it in the tennis infoboxes. All the Major tournaments and the Olympics require and list your country in their records. MOS does not ban it's use regardless. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:19, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- If the Tennis project wants to include flags, I won't oppose. As long as sub-national flags isn't being used. And they are not used to indicate date/birth/residence/, but only nationality.
September 2010
Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Peter Karlsen (talk) 02:02, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
GA request
Please see Talk:Dictator novel. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:51, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
POTD notification
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MOS on block quotes
Hi, concerning this edit on Niccolò Machiavelli, I am not sure I understand what the purpose was. I have been using the {{quotation}} template which is one of the recommended methods mentioned at the relevant section of MOS? To quote:- "Block quotations can be enclosed between a pair of <blockquote>...</blockquote> HTML tags; or use {{quotation}} or {{quote}}." My reasoning for preferring this format, with its framing around the block, is to avoid confusion about where the block quotes are especially in areas where there are images - and of course for consistency. --Andrew Lancaster (talk) 14:30, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
- Mea culpa. I was just following the MoS from memory, but apparently {{quotation}} is allowed as well. I guess it all boils don't to a matter of personal taste then. I think my changes my the article flow better instead of making it "blocky". Especially when there are so many long quotations. If you feel strongly about using {{quotation}} instead, I won't argue. Cheers. P. S. Burton (talk) 10:52, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
- No, don't feel strongly. Second opinions welcome. If you think it looks better fine by me also, but I wanted to be sure about my understanding. I'll consider it as something we can change if necessary. Thanks for your reply.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 11:41, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
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Poltava, by Martens
The canvas hangs in the picture gallery of the Catherine Palace. A better illustration is here. Another Martens' painting on the subject is exhibited in Poltava. --Ghirla-трёп- 13:09, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks! P. S. Burton (talk) 14:03, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I want to merge this article. Black Buddhist Check the talk page please and give your opinion Zaza8675 (talk) 08:44, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
French Protectorate of Tunisia
The planned augmentation of the History of French era Tunisia has not been accomplished, but remains high priority. Unfortunately, my scheduled October trip to Tunisia resulted in a massive information intake that I have not, so far, fully understood. This has temporarilly interfered with my continuation of the article. Of course, I regret having to extend the date; I expect the article to be substantially complete during December. Elfelix (talk) 01:36, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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We could use your input at the Roger Waters FAC. — GabeMc (talk) 04:16, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Angola ethnic map is completed
And the link is here:
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Clint Eastwood
I have no understanding of why you don't feel "Clint" should be included in the Clint Eastwood WP:LEAD. The only reason to remove it, IMO, is if you think there should be a WP:RM to Clinton Eastwood.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:04, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Tony. For my reasoning please see Talk:Ed Miliband#Interrupting his name to insert the shorter version of it is ugly and contrived. Other examples includes Tony Blair and Max Weber. P. S. Burton (talk) 20:08, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
- See WP:FAs Jake Gyllenhaal and Brad Pitt. Also see Bill Clinton (one of the four examples at Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(biographies)#Names). Note no clarification at WP:MOSBEGIN or WP:COMMONNAME. I understand the debate you pointed me to, but it does not seem to be the prevailing sentiment at WP:FA or WP:MOS.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:26, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
War of the Triple Alliance
Hi, Burton. You seem to enjoy the War of the Triple Alliance article. Out of curiosity, why? Regards, --Lecen (talk) 19:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
- I sort of stumbled upon it. Once from one of your very interesting Brazilian FACs, and once from here Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop. P. S. Burton (talk) 19:58, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Re: Requesting an image of Studs Terkel
Hey. Essentially, what you need to get hold of is an email from the rights holder or a representative of the rights holder, stating that they are the rights holder and how if it's not obvious, and selecting the license under which license they want the image released. Obviously, not everyone is going to be willing to release- news agencies and the like which make a living out of their photographs will not be keen. In biographies, the subject themselves or agencies representing the subject will often be willing to release a picture (though they don't always own the ones they try to give us) but that's not much help in this case. For the Chicago Museum pictures, the real question is who they belong to, as it's not immediately obvious that the rights belong to the museum, especially for the older images. It's certainly worth a bash though- find an appropriate email address, and send one off! I've found it's very helpful to be fairly formal (although, of course, they will probably reply somewhat less formally) and mention that you're a Wikipedia editor. There is this and this page which give advice, but I've not read them. Hitting people with a wall of legalese is very off-putting; I typically just mention Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 and point them to this page. Hope these thoughts have been helpful. J Milburn (talk) 10:54, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Your Graphic Lab request
Hi. I completed your request here. Let me know if it's good enough. I can convert the text to make it thumb better, if you'd like. Makeemlighter (talk) 09:11, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
- I went ahead and did the conversion. I figured 10 seconds was worth it :P The SVG version with good-looking text is now in the article. Let me know if you have any questions, need any fixes, etc. Best, Makeemlighter (talk) 09:23, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
- Looks very good. Thank you :) P. S. Burton (talk) 09:26, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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It seems to be a GA now...? Maybe it was just your cache. - Jarry1250 [Who? Discuss.] 22:01, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
- AFAICT, the British Pakistanis call was a good one. Patna wasn't, from a human point of view, but the bot assumed that Boolyme knew what s/he was doing here, hence the listing. Not sure there's anything I can do about that, but a good spot anyway. - Jarry1250 [Who? Discuss.] 11:56, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
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Please can you provide reasons as to why you believe that this article needs reassessment at Talk:Black Tide. Thank you. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:21, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Likewise for United States Code Congressional and Administrative News. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:23, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Ha en bra dag
Thank you for reviewing Have a nice day at Talk:Have a nice day/GA1. You mentioned the phrase "Ha en bra dag!" which is Swedish equivalent of "have a nice day". Are any of the sources in this Google Books search link usable for the article? Or the sources in this Google News Archive search? I cannot read Swedish so I hope you can take a look at the sources for me. Maybe there is something about "Ha en bra dag" becoming more common. Please reply at Talk:Have a nice day if you've found any usable sources. Thank you! Cunard (talk) 01:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- I got three hits that all seams to be relevant Språket lever!: festskrift till Margareta Westman den 27 mars 1996, http://books.google.se/books?ei=inpgTYGeKIyu8QPu15xa&ct=result&hl=en&id=-g0pAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22ha+en+bra+dag%22&q=nice+day#search_anchor, and http://books.google.se/books?id=tH9cAAAAMAAJ&q=%22ha+en+bra+dag%22&dq=%22ha+en+bra+dag%22&hl=en&ei=CXlgTcqZMcKX8QP_yLHnCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg although the limited preview makes it hard to tell. They all appear to be critical of the increased use of English loan-words and english expressions directly translated into Swedish, and uses "have a nice day" as an example. I also found a motion to the Swedish parliament by conservative/moderate politician [Lennart Fridén in 1995. link. A rough translation based on google translate:
The Swedish language
The Swedish language is, from a linguistic and cultural point of view, subjected to negative influence from, for example our use of international Internet-communication and multi-national advertising campaigns in Swedish commercial television. It is foremost the English language, often in bad translations of the Anglo-American, that is prevalent. This finding does not constitute an condemnation neither of modern technology or advertising. However, many of these expressions gives rise to problems. In a situation where we as members of the EU is to protect our national identity, and its primary expression, our common language, it is essential that the protection of the language and its development is formalized and given high priority.
The language is living, ie. it is in constant and continuous natural development. A pure language, known as purism, like that the of a century since late Viktor Rydberg sought is not possible nor desirable. Neither Iceland's system of protection of their own language should be fully applicable for us. However, language, unless it is to be damaged, must developed in accordance with its own structures. We need a body (organ/agency) that is continuously working with the daily evolution of the terms and concepts wich represents the linguistic expression of new phenomena. The Swedish Acdemy were given the duty, from the founding king, to work with the Swedish language and to publish a dictionary and a grammar. The grammar, the first official Swedish is to be published, hopefully, by 1996. The dictionary, which, given on what has been said about the development of language, never really can be completely finished, have been in issue since more than a century and is likely to be completed to the last letter by the start of the next century.
It is therefore unlikely that it would be appropriate for the Academy with their current obligation as stewards of the linguistic heritage, to be responsible for actively working with the linguistic renewal. The Academy's independent status does not admit such an obligation from parliament. There is, however, given the linguistic assault, as we daily can see in both spoken and written, a need for a institution with a direct mandate to both provide guidance and as an authoritative body deliver powerful reactions to the occurring madness.
It is also important, in view of those who must learn language from scratch, our youngest school children and our immigrants, they do not face unnecessary difficulties by language signals from schools and mass media. Laxity and relativism in language reinforces communication problems and thus increases the tension between generations and between different social and ethnic groups. It is a social handicap no to master language. That such problems are created are not acceptable. Lack of feeling for language, a craze for the Anglo-American and non-responses from authoritative direction has led some TV employees to conclude shows with Det var allt för nu (That's all for now), we are imperatively ordered (!) to ha en bra dag (Have a nice day!) or to us through advertising on their breakfast cereal X asked:You have not forgotten how good X is, did you? (Have you?) It provides not in itself confusion, but impairs our sense of language and style. When the marketing people had nowhere to go for a name for a new product, for what should have be called a pocket stereo", so they created the English (?) word free-style, as none of the English-speaking part of understand the world, for which it means many other things. I want describe this as a linguistic embarrassment, worse than advent of Samhall, Gul och Blå and Skanska.
In Parliament, there is talk of hearing rather than utfrågning, and traineeutbildning, which is almost to consider as mix-linguistic tautology. Allmän-Tv:n and corresponding radio is called public service companies, in enquires they write about PublicAccess and Management, when there may be more purely Swedish options, officials in the economic sector are employed as Controllers, and in today's newspapers can I find wanted ads where teknisk support is look for. The list is infinitely long. Precisely therefore it is expedient to establish a authoritative body, which, in concert with linguistic institutions is given the task of caring for the Swedish language.
Request
With reference to the foregoing the following is requested
that the parliament to the government announces as their opinion what been given in the motion in regard to action for the care and protection of the Swedish language.
Stockholm January 25, 1995
Lennart Fridén (m)
It might be useful to bear in mind that commercial television was only a few years old in Sweden at the time of this motion. Cheers. P. S. Burton (talk) 03:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for the research and analysis of the sources about "ha en bra dag". I have added a paragraph about the speech by Lennart Fridén to have a nice day. Would you translate the brief snippet at this link. Would it be useful for have a nice day? Thank you for your help! By the way, is it okay if I copy this discussion to Talk:Have a nice day so that discussion about the article can be kept in one place? Cunard (talk) 07:24, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- Ouch. Sorry about that embarrassing mistake. Thank you for fixing it. Cunard (talk) 08:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. Feel free to copy the discussion to the appropriate talk page. It's hard to tell from the snippet if the text is relevant. I will take a look at the books for you next time a visit the library. Probably in the upcoming week. P. S. Burton (talk) 08:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- I've copied this discussion to Talk:Have a nice day.
Wow, if you could take a look at the books at the library, it would be great. :) Thank you for helping me so much. Cunard (talk) 08:39, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- I've copied this discussion to Talk:Have a nice day.
- No problem. Feel free to copy the discussion to the appropriate talk page. It's hard to tell from the snippet if the text is relevant. I will take a look at the books for you next time a visit the library. Probably in the upcoming week. P. S. Burton (talk) 08:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
- Ouch. Sorry about that embarrassing mistake. Thank you for fixing it. Cunard (talk) 08:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi,
I wanted to let you know that I posted a response to your request for The Statesmen's Yearbook over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request in case you're no longer watching that page.
Best, GabrielF (talk) 22:18, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
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Lovely addiditon to the article. Why not go all the way? Folke the Fat's Ingrid was a daughter of Adela of Flanders and through her and Judith of Flanders we go all the way back to Charlemagne (from where the Swedes named Magnus got that name). SergeWoodzing (talk) 14:59, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
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I moved Mark Singleton (MP), which you created, to Mark Singleton (politician), as per WP:QUALIFIER, a disambiguator in parentheses should be a "noun indicating what the person is noted for being," and where possible should be "a single, recognizable and highly applicable word." "Politician" works fine as long as there is no other article on a politician named Mark Singleton (which there isn't). Additionally, "MP" does not intuitively mean "Member of Parliament" to English speakers in countries that don't have a parliament (to me, it defaults to Military police).
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- I agree. I also think (politician), works better. I was just clicking a red link, and following a standard I have seen before for MPs. Good call. Creating a dab page sounds good as well. P. S. Burton (talk) 15:03, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
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- Hi. Thanks for doing this. I dosen't really matter. Just pick one you like, which looks somewhat similar. I think Baskerville or Times New Roman will work. Cheers. P. S. Burton (talk) 11:25, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
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You were mentioned in this nom. I felt you should be let know. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 09:30, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding the picture - a much better one than I had available to me during my work on the article!
Good find -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\[alternative account of Phantomsteve] 19:15, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you. The Natinonal Portrait Gallery is always a good place to look when writing about British people. All the best. –P. S. Burton (talk) 22:23, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
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- In the media: Wikipedia's language nerds hit the front page
- Featured content: Second star to the left
- News and notes: Chapters ask for big bucks
- Technology report: Wikidata is a go: well, almost
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Chemicals
The Signpost: 22 October 2012
- Special report: Examining adminship from the German perspective
- Arbitration report: Malleus Fatuorum accused of circumventing topic ban; motion to change "net four votes" rule
- Technology report: Wikivoyage migration: technical strategy announced
- Discussion report: Good articles on the main page?; reforming dispute resolution
- News and notes: Wikimedians get serious about women in science
- WikiProject report: Where in the world is Wikipedia?
- Featured content: Is RfA Kafkaesque?
The Signpost: 29 October 2012
- News and notes: First chickens come home to roost for FDC funding applicants; WMF board discusses governance issues and scope of programs
- WikiProject report: In recognition of... WikiProject Military History
- Technology report: Improved video support imminent and Wikidata.org live
- Featured content: On the road again
The Signpost: 05 November 2012
- Op-ed: 2012 WikiCup comes to an end
- News and notes: Wikimedian photographic talent on display in national submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments
- In the media: Was climate change a factor in Hurricane Sandy?
- Discussion report: Protected Page Editor right; Gibraltar hooks
- Featured content: Jack-O'-Lanterns and Toads
- Technology report: Hue, Sqoop, Oozie, Zookeeper, Hive, Pig and Kafka
- WikiProject report: Listening to WikiProject Songs
The Signpost: 12 November 2012
- News and notes: Court ruling complicates the paid-editing debate
- Featured content: The table has turned
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.20 and the prospects for getting 1.21 code reviewed promptly
- WikiProject report: Land of parrots, palm trees, and the Holy Cross: WikiProject Brazil
The Signpost: 19 November 2012
- News and notes: FDC's financial muscle kicks in
- WikiProject report: No teenagers, mutants, or ninjas: WikiProject Turtles
- Technology report: Structural reorganisation "not a done deal"
- Featured content: Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect
- Discussion report: GOOG, MSFT, WMT: the ticker symbol placement question
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The Signpost: 26 November 2012
- News and notes: Toolserver finance remains uncertain
- Recent research: Movie success predictions, readability, credentials and authority, geographical comparisons
- Featured content: Panoramic views, history, and a celestial constellation
- Technology report: Wikidata reaches 100,000 entries
- WikiProject report: Directing Discussion: WikiProject Deletion Sorting
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The Signpost: 03 December 2012
- News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments announces 2012 winner
- Featured content: The play's the thing
- Discussion report: Concise Wikipedia; standardize version history tables
- Technology report: MediaWiki problems but good news for Toolserver stability
- WikiProject report: The White Rose: WikiProject Yorkshire
The Signpost: 10 December 2012
- News and notes: Wobbly start to ArbCom election, but turnout beats last year's
- Featured content: Wikipedia goes to Hell
- Technology report: The new Visual Editor gets a bit more visual
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Human Rights
The Signpost: 17 December 2012
- News and notes: Arbitrator election: stewards release the results
- WikiProject report: WikiProjekt Computerspiel: Covering Computer Games in Germany
- Discussion report: Concise Wikipedia; section headings for navboxes
- Op-ed: Finding truth in Sandy Hook
- Featured content: Wikipedia's cute ass
- Technology report: MediaWiki groups and why you might want to start snuggling newbie editors
The Signpost: 24 December 2012
- WikiProject report: A Song of Ice and Fire
- Featured content: Battlecruiser operational
- Technology report: Efforts to "normalise" Toolserver relations stepped up
The Signpost: 31 December 2012
- From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum
- In the media: Is the Wikimedia movement too 'cash rich'?
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
- Technology report: Looking back on a year of incremental changes
- Discussion report: Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
- Featured content: Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review
- WikiProject report: New Year, New York
- Recent research: Wikipedia and Sandy Hook; SOPA blackout reexamined
The Signpost: 07 January 2013
- WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year
- News and notes: 2012—the big year
- Featured content: Featured content in review
- Technology report: Looking ahead to 2013
The Signpost: 14 January 2013
- Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat
- News and notes: Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme
- WikiProject report: Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy
- Discussion report: Flag Manual of Style; accessibility and equality
- Special report: Loss of an Internet genius
- Featured content: Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012
- Arbitration report: First arbitration case in almost six months
- Technology report: Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment