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Hello Doc. I have posted some important questions on the Talk:Aarhus page. It would be appreciated if you took a glance at them, since most of them is related to some of your recent edits. Consider this as a ping! Thanks. RhinoMind (talk) 00:32, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

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I'm actually surprised our coverage in English of Ukrainian geographic topics isn't that strong. I always thought it was rather good, actually - I'm surprised by the number of redlinks on that page. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:05, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Do - we need more geo-stubbers. I haven't quite decided what I'm going to be doing next - I just got back last night from two weeks away. I have a few ideas, though. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:31, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

It's been an incredibly mild summer here, too - we were in the northeast (upstate New York, Massachusetts mostly), and I couldn't believe how pleasant and cool the weather was. Nothing like the soup we usually have to put up with around here. It's been a nice summer here at home, too...though I have my fears that August won't be so nice at all. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:25, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

It's been a mild summer in LV, too... I don't think that it's exceeded 110°F, but like Ser said, August might be bad. I added the coords to those houses. Yeah, it would be nice to improve the Millenium Biltmore Hotel. Stayed there over the weekend. Absolutely beautiful. Felt like I was on the set of a 1920s movie. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:13, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre - great idea. I'll help. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:11, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

LOL!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:55, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Yup, huge amount of work to be done to give each department/room the appropriate amount of attention. Let's see if other editors pitch in. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:50, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your good suggestion on this. I can help out with this as well, but first I have to finish some projects about Paris parks and gardens. SiefkinDR (talk) 17:17, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

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Stefan2 (talk) 14:32, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Can you take a look at the content of Template:Varbitsa? This is a template you created in 2008 but there is not much to navigate... The Banner talk 14:33, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Sure, I'll try to start those villages tomorrow, busy at the moment with Egyptology!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:40, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

@The Banner: I've started a few villages. Mind numbingly boring though, that's why I rarely create village stubs these days! Still, all of the Bulgarian,Turkish, Ukrainian villages need starting and have articles on the other wikis!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:51, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. The Banner talk 08:18, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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Glad to see this finally made it to DYK. I noticed however the Twin cities section had been deleted and reacted here.--Ipigott (talk) 08:39, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't surprise me seeing the perpetrator...♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:01, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

I see he wants a fight!--Ipigott (talk) 09:34, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

He continues to make controversial edits...♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:09, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

• I see that Aarhus is coming up for DYK. In the addition you made on the Gestapo HQ raid, there are still quite a number of red links. I was wondering if they are all necessary, especially those relating to German officers.--Ipigott (talk) 06:12, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

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Modesta Avila might interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:26, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

How much more do you think it needs before GAN? There's an opera about Avila and @Gobonobo: mentioned maybe adding that info. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:22, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Aarhus International Jazz Festival - I've done a bit more with this one but can't find a hook. Maybe there's something more about the festival posters but I'm stuck with snippets for every gbook that mentions the posters and Nygaard. Can you see anything more about this on your side of the pond? Anyway need a hook suggestion and then I can nom it Saturday night or Sunday night. Added 1/2 a sentence, but can't find any more on George Hummel (business manager). --Rosiestep (talk) 01:56, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Less horrible than the last ones I took, still pretty bad, but better than nothing.... Mabalu (talk) 17:42, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

@Mabalu: Indeed, not as good, but not bad! We might get it up to GA with a bit of work, what do you think?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:46, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Sounds good - I was just musing about whether to nominate Polonaise (clothing) for my first GA nom... I have never done a GA project before! Maybe someone can kindly fix the balance in the photographs so they're not as dark - museums don't allow flash photography and the only way to get pics was through glass. Hence their far from idealness. Mabalu (talk) 17:57, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

OK, Doc. There are copies at the Libaray of Congress "Chronicling America" project, but right now, when I try for it, I get a message that the project is temporarily offline for maintenance. I don't know when it went offline or when it will be back online. However, there are probably old copies of the paper on other websites, so I'll see who else has one. If I can't locate one elsewhere, will have to keep checking Chronicling America's going back online. We hope (talk) 18:29, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Howdy Doctor. Are you able to review Thirteen (Megadeth album), an FA candidate of a friend of mine? The review page is here, where you can leave comments or vote if you wish. Since there aren't many reviewers right now, your contributions will be much appreciated.--Retrohead (talk) 12:15, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Will look at it over the weekend.♦ Dr. Blofeld

Hi, are we allowed to nominate fresh GAs in the DYK section when the article had appeared in the ITN section, albeit under RD? —Vensatry _(ping) 18:20, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Not sure.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:40, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: and @Crisco 1492: Any thoughts? —Vensatry _(ping) 18:54, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

• There were two discussions about RD a short while ago... the first was ambivalent. The second held that it was eligible. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:50, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

But I don't see a consensus for either of them. —Vensatry _(ping) 16:57, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Just nom it, if you run into trouble then you'll have your answer :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:03, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Ha, done! —Vensatry _(ping) 17:21, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

• Vensatry, Leach ended up running (see Talk:Johnny Leach) so that's clear enough precedent for me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:25, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Crisco, thanks for that! —Vensatry _(ping) 15:19, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Remember? Heard poetic music there --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Ah yes!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:58, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Michael Herrmann said in his announcement that he had invited him for 20 twenty years, every year, and that he might not have come if the Kurhaus had to be replaced because of flooding. It was the second concert after the desaster. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:01, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

ps: completely different topic: I have some GAN open for such a long time that I don't even recall their topics. One is BWV 12. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

playing Chopin pictured, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:31, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Do you know him Gerda?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:44, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

No, first ever. (Once I stood in line and got no ticket. Only time that happened to me.) As for BWV 12, thanks for your patience, - I found more refs, but will not be able to incorporate until later today or tomorrow. Yesterday I was busy celebrating the lady on top of my ser page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:23, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Looks good! Well done!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:57, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, will grow! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:12, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

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• It is not just Canadian painters. It should be so simple. There are suffragettes and sculptors too, some French and American. Also hotels and villages. Anyway, with all this war and fighting going on, the pictures are soothing. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:39, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Let me see what's around--they should be quite collectible. ;) We hope (talk) 19:06, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

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See if this is of any use. ;) We hope (talk) 21:27, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Go to the link for the news clip and try signing in. Since I don't keep cookies in this browser, I need to sign in every day I want to use it. If that doesn't work, you might try asking at the project if your subscription has been processed yet by Newspapers.com. Not sure how quickly they're adding WP users-I was #2 on the sign up list, so mine was in the first batch of approvals. We hope (talk) 21:40, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

I've asked @Sadads: but I'm guessing he's probably busy at the moment with Wikimania as I haven't had a response yet.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:45, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

You have been activated this morning. We do them in batches :) Sadads (talk) 15:31, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm clipping for Owl now and can give you links until you're set to go. I couldn't do anything with clipping and so forth until Newspapers.com processed my subscription. It's great after that! :) We hope (talk) 21:53, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

You've been busy! Can't help much right now. Slow internet connection where I'm at so editing is going nowhere fast. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:50, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for that! Could you find any PD images?♦ Dr. Blofeld 05:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Have found some I need to upload but may not be able to do that until tomorrow--RL things that need doing. ;) We hope (talk) 11:08, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Re: Kubrick-Commons. We hope (talk) 11:51, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

While working on Skelton, I found this Chaplin quote about stirring page xiv. Think that applies in this case, along with the quote from Poltergeist "They're BAAAACK!" :) We hope (talk) 12:29, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Haha, although it doesn't help if you also are actually a turd as well!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:33, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Maybe posting this File:Trolls.jpg would help. ;) We hope (talk) 13:17, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Captain John Orderleys Owl Drug Company.jpg A start :) We hope (talk) 14:55, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Nice!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:31, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

More for you--will work postcard photos next. Just read a blog for Owl Drug collectors and there seems to be a lot of issues with many of the bottles on eBay. The blog talks about this offering and mentions the person by his/her eBay name re: this. The bottle and label are said not to be genuine but are Chinese repros. There's also some talk about bottles that have been altered by those wanting to sell them. We hope (talk) 20:04, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Media related to The Owl Drug Company at Wikimedia Commons

Excellent, nice one!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:11, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

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I can't find the link to register for newspapers.com. Do you have it handy? --Rosiestep (talk) 13:44, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

@Rosiestep, Wikipedia:Newspapers.com czar ♔ 15:56, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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@Stefan2: What on earth are you doing??? I haven't added any new next in my user space. I spent half the day cleaning it up and overhauling the sourcing and beginning to rewrite. This is beyond crazy and copyright paranoia to say the least!! You blanked the page I've been working hard on all day because why exactly, because I didn't realize some of the photos were fair use?? Should I attribute the article on my wikipedia space talk page? I'm happy to do that if I really must but it's ludicrous to delete what I've been working so hard on today!! First I've heard of this, @SchroCat:, @Cassianto: and @Tim riley: all regularly work on existing articles in their user spaces to improve them. I've reverted your absurd blanking and copyright banner Stefan and have simply commented out the images which aren't free as you should have done. What was the point in swiping the whole article and leaving this warning? Didn't I warn you about drilling me last week??♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:38, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Stefan, don't be so ridiculous. Leaving a "welcome to Wikipedia" tag on the talk page of someone who has been here since August 2006 is absurb and pointless. Not everyone appreciates at the time an article is copied over for a re-working that the non-free images need blanking out, but to throw around tags and template experienced users is unhelpful. You have thrown a tag on there rather than doing what you should have done: leave a note to remind Blofeld to comment out (or use the [[:file: format) on the non free images. That's just lazy, I'm afraid, and does nothing but wind people up, when taking an extra 30 seconds to leave a personalised note would be so much more helpful and less stressful to all. Please do guard against such knee-jerk actions in future: it only reflects badly on you, no-one else. - SchroCat (talk) 22:04, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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Stefan2 well done on piling further arrogance onto your first message. As above, leaving a "Welcome to Wikipedia" tag on someone who has been here since 2006 is, bluntly, pointless and stupid. Next time, dont be so lazy: leave a message to remind, rather than a knee-jerk tag that makes you look like a total idiot. - SchroCat (talk) 22:17, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm NOT reusing content, I'm rewriting/building the content in a frickin sandbox. As for several of the fair use images, I wasn't to know that light show had uploaded copyrighted images, I presumed they were all free. Frankly I'm sick to death of your obsession with copyright and spamming me with messages. You're not welcome here any longer.♦ Dr. Blofeld 05:45, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I may have seen more fatuous and arrogant behaviour on Wikipedia than Stefan2 displays here, but I can't think when it was. This is perfectly ridiculous. I once had a fair use image deleted from my sandbox in similar circumstances (years ago, before I appreciated that this was not permitted), which was the right thing to do: that administrator had the brains and decency not to interfere with the text, and just left me a human message on my talk page civilly explaining the position. If Stefan2 imagines that mediocre articles magically turn into good or featured ones without undergoing extensive work in sandboxes he/she should consult some grown-up editors. I have two articles copied and pasted into my sandboxes at present for overhaul, and if Stefan2 tries to interfere with them I will institute a report for vandalism seeking a block. Tim riley talk 06:03, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

...and that is exactly what I see here Tim, vandalism. This editor is clearly from the "tag it and scarper" community on WP and really ought to go and do something good with his time. Stefan2, your patronising tags do nothing other than to annoy and bemuse and welcoming Dr. B to the project is like welcoming Tim Berners-Lee to a beginners course in computers. Cassianto^talk 07:31, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

It's true that Stefan2 just makes him/herself look ludicrous here, but imagine if s/he had done the same thing to a newish editor who was tentatively beginning his or her first major overhaul. It would have been another promising contributor scared off Wikipedia by bullying and stupidity. It makes me angrier the more I think about it. Tim riley talk 14:44, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I've done a bit more work on the Skagen Painters, including a few mini-biographies of the main members of the group. I am wondering whether to add a few more but do not want to overdo it or duplicate what is already in the history. I think the article is approaching GA standard at the moment but would welcome any advice or additions you would like to make.--Ipigott (talk) 11:21, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

@Ipigott: Actually I was concerned there was too much bio info. I'd expect an article on them to have a sizable section examining style and techniques and another discussing themes and motifs, examining the nature of their work.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:28, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your speedy response and useful comments. But I must have completely misunderstood your remarks last year about the need to cover the members of the group. I think it's rather difficult to generalize on styles as there were considerable differences between the individual painters - even between Anna and Mikael Ancher, for example. I have tried to condense some of this into the individual bios but I could perhaps include a new section addressing the reaction to the traditional academy styles, especially in Denmark and Norway, the influence of French impressionism, and the relationship with the Modern Breakthrough movement in literature led by Georg Brandes. As for themes, I could expand on the plein air approach adopted by some of the painters in the earlier years. In contrast, in later years there was an increasing trend towards indoor works including figure painting indoors. Do you think more explanations along these lines would help? Should the biographies be deleted?--Ipigott (talk) 12:18, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't think you misunderstood me Ian, you just disagree! Is there really no content in sources which discusses their paintings as works of art and provide critical commentary? I would expect a paragraph or two commenting on the some of the most notable ones and examining themes and styles, or at least a summary description of the most notable ones as pieces of art. As you suggested the background in painting and then a description of some of the most notable paintings would go a long way I think. What I'd do is add an "Artistic style" section with a paragraph on the background and general style and then convert your gallery into a brief description by painting in some nice sentences and paragraphs in chrono order.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:35, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

@Ipigott: Just looking, you have actually commented a fair bit on the paintings in the min biography sections by painter which looks pretty much covered. I'll try to see if I can find more tomorrow, it's looking in very good shape now.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:03, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I immediately tried to follow up on your useful suggestions. I have plenty more material myself and will try to strike a balance between the artistic comments on the individual artists and the more general section on style and motifs. Something could perhaps also be said about how the students of the artists concerned benefited from the approach. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any other highly rated articles on artists' colonies, the best I could find was Taos art colony. I think it might also be useful to include a section on exhibitions.--Ipigott (talk) 05:55, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps you could help to improve the lead on the basis of recent additions. Then, unless you see any other important gaps, it might be worth going for a GA review which itself could help to resolve any shortcomings. I think the article now covers all the essentials.--Ipigott (talk) 12:44, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

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I see Aarhus had a good two-day run on DYK with lots of page views. Thanks for helping to get it there.--Ipigott (talk) 10:00, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

I entered it to the stats, together with my lady. I added a bit more to BWV 12 and think it might be sufficient for GA, but will keep working towards higher goals, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

You are far more expert than I am at using maps. I created Broadway Hollywood Building last week and just got around to adding an infobox with a map. Feel free to make adjustments to the map or swap out for a better map.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:12, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

@TonyTheTiger: Looks like you got there already.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:04, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

I thought that there might be a map for a smaller area that might be appropriate, but O.K.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:25, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Josefina de la Torre may interest you or @Krenakarore: or @Ipigott:. Between her es-wiki article and the 4 refs, there's plenty of info. And a photo would be nice. Muchas gracias, if you have the time and inclination. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:01, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: I've made a start on this but it would take quite some time to do her justice. Maybe you or others would like to assist. May return to it later when I have more time.--Ipigott (talk) 10:03, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for that, @Ipigott:. I will expand the article. Just wanted to give the 3 of you an opportunity to collaborate. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:50, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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hello Dr. Blofeld you have a new Message in commons!--زياد الشكرة (talk) 18:26, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Open Street Map, I actually used to make my maps on a site called Maps for Free which used OSM data but they no longer have it and the server on the OSM website is useless and I can never get my map crops to upload.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:35, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Hope you're well. I was wondering if you had some time to review another film accolades list I've nominated. This time for last year's Best Picture winner "12 Years a Slave" and the largest accolades list on Wikipedia. Article and FLC. Cowlibob (talk) 19:51, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Good job! Will try to look tomorrow!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:57, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry to bump this but was wondering if this week was better time for you to review? Cowlibob (talk) 14:56, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

My apologies, I knew there was something somewhere I'd forgotten. I'll take a look at it shortly.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:01, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Haven't found any PD photos. I removed the watermark and reduced the size since this is non-free. If you ask an admin, he/she will delete the older version. Hope this helps, We hope (talk) 13:36, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

@We hope: thanks for that, can @Crisco 1492: delete the original? I thought the magazine image was better than normal photo as it partly illustrates what is mentioned in the article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:38, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

No worries-I didn't crop the photo out of the magazine cover. I used a site called shrink pictures to shrink the size of the cover. ;) Tried looking through U of Wisconsin's Lantern search because there are a lot of older issues of Cine Mundial available there. Thought we might be able to get a PD one through that, but no luck there. We hope (talk) 13:44, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

A pity she didn't perform in Argentina as if was in Argentine theatre and films we'd have dozens at our disposal :-(♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:48, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

@We hope: I noticed this book has some valuable historical NYC images], the Ernst Plassman statue in the early days and the Rogers Peet Building with Devlin and Company sign. Also page 56 has a nice image of the Rhinelander Sugar House.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:01, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Let me take some time to look at this. Saw that his illustrations and photos are from the New York Historical Society. Their site has some very nice photos and illustrations but want to see what's going on re: permissions. The Historical Society has some "fine print" about it. Even though the illustration or photo is old, we have to learn when it was published. We hope (talk) 14:45, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

@We hope: No rush or priority to upload them! They are very interesting though old city photograph books and discovering defunct buildings and companies.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:46, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

This is from the Museum of the City of New York-a slightly different photo of the Rhinelander Sugar House. I think this one is also from circa 1890s and would probably believe both were taken just before the building was razed. Had also seen some illustrations that said the building was turned into a residence circa 1850s. We hope (talk) 15:11, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Yeah more likely to be 1892 than 1875. I'm not sure though how any US institution can claim copyright under US law on 19th century works which were published well before 1923.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:14, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

If you look at the sites of those who try to restrict the use of PD items, more often than not, you'll see them trying to sell prints of them. ;) Otto Perry is a similar case in point. His hobby was photographing trains and he was more than happy to share copies of his work with fellow train buffs. After he died, his photo collection went to the Denver Public Library, who doesn't permit non-commercial use of the photos. Many times I've seen postcard photos on eBay which were taken by Perry and shared with other train hobbyists. (Those who did a lot of photgraphing and sharing would use a stamp for their name and address.) I pass them by re: uploading as PD, lest there be an issue with DPL as to whether or not the photo was "borrowed" from their collection. We hope (talk) 15:40, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

• Old version deleted. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:14, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

For sure, it's very surprisingly that it didn't exist until other day. Unfortunately, the Portuguese article use this source but it doesn't cover everything written there. I only added what I could back up with it... not too much, at all... Cheers, Gabriel Yuji (talk) 21:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

On 16 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cahuenga Boulevard, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Cahuenga Boulevard in Los Angeles appeared in several Buster Keaton films, such as The Goat (1921) and Three Ages (1923)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cahuenga Boulevard. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

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Have you noticed Google is celebrating Anna Ancher's 155th birthday today? Perhaps it's tied up with their Google art project on the Skagen Painters.--Ipigott (talk) 06:20, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

@Ipigott: I haven't nope! It's really good though that they're interested in Skagen! Will work on the article shortly.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:39, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi doctor. can you spend some time on reviewing Vivah. Thanks.--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ^☣ 14:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Greetings Dr. Blofeld. Many thanks for your notice! I am very sorry I didn't reply to you earlier. I'm not so fluent in English, it always takes me long time to write a complete paragragh.

About the Taiwanese films list, I'll consider to develop it in the future. But I wonder what is the criteria for which film should be included, and which not? Since we already have Category:Taiwanese films. For Chinese-language films, there is one movie guide book: Zhou Liming's Huayupian Die Zhong Die, a Chinese film equivalent to Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. Beautiful Duckling is rated 5-star in that book, so I created a stub for it (although I think that film is too old fashioned, and from a world view it may not be recognized as a classic). In the List of Taiwanese films, there is outstanding films such as A Brighter Summer Day, A City of Sadness, but there are also many films which are not important enough. We can't have every film in the list. And I think to develop a list like List of Hong Kong films is not a priority. That is my opinion.

Best wishes for you!--Huang Jinghai (talk) 01:06, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Ha, I don't like to decide which film is important. But film critics like to. I can say I don't like Luis Buñuel or Jacques Tati, but I can not deny the importance of them. In fact, I don't often watch Chinese-language films. I like American and European films better. I guess you have a great knowledge of world cinema, I hope one day I will be knowledgeable enough to cooperate with you in article editing.

By the way, I see you have created Wikipedia:WikiProject Tibet, but the infobox shows "Welcome to WikiProject China"? Is that needs to be fixed? I'm not so sure.

Best regards-Huang Jinghai (talk) 11:40, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

That's a good list! :shakehands--Huang Jinghai (talk) 07:18, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

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I think I've covered all the points Tim brought up is his review. They were all very sensible and the article is now much tidier. Maybe you would like to look through the whole thing to make sure I haven't forgotten anything.--Ipigott (talk) 09:41, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Let me see what's at Lantern. We hope (talk) 16:33, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Before he went into directing, do you know if he worked as an actor under the name of Arthur Johnson? photo another photo This is the man because it mentions The Bushrangers. The other two look like it's him too. We hope (talk) 17:32, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Let me first of all get Lubin taken care of and then I'll make another run through Lantern for Arthur V. Johnson. (In case I need to go to copyright.gov to do any checks--they will be down for maintenance from this evening until the morning of the 25th.) That Wikiwand is something else! Captain John Orderleys couldn't get any bigger! :) We hope (talk) 18:25, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

No problem re:Ethel Jewett. I think we will have enough Lubin photos for you to choose from, as he did get some press with pics when he was in front of the camera. We hope (talk) 18:33, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

One down, two to go! :) We hope (talk) 23:37, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Arthur V. Johnson 1912.jpg

File:Arthur V. Johnson 1914.jpg

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We hope (talk) 03:19, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

The wand is impressive - visually a lot more modern. I think for a general reader it would only be an improvement - although it does seem to slow down sometimes. It is a bit challenged by short footnotes, but who checks footnotes anyway? For an editor there are some gaps. I don't see "what links here", don't see redlinks, can't click beside a heading to edit the text etc. and would be constantly alternating from one skin to another when editing. I think I will stick with the old skin for now. But it is impressive. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:10, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

It is interesting that it puts all pics on the right, and adapts well as the window is made smaller. Try resizing to about 2", like a phone. Try a page like this one with a warning on the top at 2" wide - horrible. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:34, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I've started an article on WikiWand. Please feel free to extend. Maybe it will also attract some constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement.

I like the overall approach but I think we should try to do something about selecting the top image. Maybe we could devise a way of indicating which images are most appropriate. I am very happy, for example, at the WikiWand pages on Luxembourg, Skagen, Stege and our own local resort Råbylillestrand on Møn but am amazed by France, Italy, Belgium, [1] and Canada, not to mention Aalborg on which we spent so much time and effort. Don't you think we should get a discussion going somewhere on all this? As the interface seems to be so popular with Chrome and Firefox, Wikipedia stands to suffer from this kind of random selection. Any contructive ideas? I have also found that when I am running WikiWand, all my other applications (including standard Wikipedia) slow down considerably. It would be interesting to have some data on how much processing capacity it is eating up.--Ipigott (talk) 16:27, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I've raised a question on WikiWand's Facebook page asking how the cover images are chosen, as it does appear to be a bit random. Eric Corbett 17:24, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

The reply from WikiWand is here. Not sure how much that helps. Eric Corbett 17:53, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I know all of Wikipedia can be reused by other applications but this seems to me to be a topic deserving the attention of Wikimedia. After all, they are apparently raking in a third of the takings.--Ipigott (talk) 17:29, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Good luck to them. Eric Corbett 17:33, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I doubt the foundation will blink an eye, obviously Brandon's ideas are far superior.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:35, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I wouldn't put it past Jimbo and Co to simply buy them up.--Ipigott (talk) 18:52, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Why would they when they've already got a superior designer in Brandon Harris aboard?♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:56, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I've looked through his Athena project which presents some interesting ideas, especially the different priorities for reading and editing, but I do not see any major improvements over the "readability" of WikiWand.--Ipigott (talk) 21:23, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:26, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

After a version in Georgian was deleted, I created Lagodekhi Protected Areas myself. Fascinating, gorgeous pics on the web, and look at all the red links in the footer - not to mention I was unable to find a thing in reliable sources on Machi Castle. Maybe you or one of your team can do better; sadly I can't read Georgian. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:32, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Dr. B and @Yngvadottir: I've started Mtirala National Park. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:37, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

On 23 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Josefina de la Torre, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Josefina de la Torre, closely associated with the Generation of '27, was a columnist for the film magazine Primer Plano? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Josefina de la Torre. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:56, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Zorlu Center doesn't need a lot more. @Ipigott: I thought it might interest you, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:44, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Really cute movie but I almost knocked over my laptop when the girl got hit by the car! --Rosiestep (talk) 04:37, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

... this - seemed the easiest solution. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:05, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

That's OK, it's going to be a while before it's fully researched and written! I'm aiming to have it up to GA at least by Christmas though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:08, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

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Founder of the Actors and Filmmakers project and the Historic Houses project. Interested in films and the history of cinema, and was responsible for the American films of 1944. Has a very keen interest in historic architecture, particularly English country houses, old monasteries, and grand hotels. Founded the Tibetan project and also made the Slovenian project an independent one. Established WP:Intertranswiki

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Thanks again for your efforts! Go Phightins! 12:30, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Now you can preen yourself as well as your cat. Well done. - Sitush (talk) 12:35, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Indeed!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:42, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

@Go Phightins!: That's mighty kind of you, and much appreciated thanks!! Thanks @John Carter: for your kind words, means a lot coming from somebody with such a high IQ of 166! It's often difficult to know where to start with wikipedia, should we concentrate solely on existing articles and quality, or create new stubs with some very basic info towards the knowledge cause? I'm in either frame of mind at different times, at the moment I see some gaping holes and feel like stubbing, but generally I try to balance what I do on here, and that includes reviewing and that as mentioned too. Thanks again!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:50, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

• Thanks for all you do for the encyclopedia and those that work here. ```Buster Seven Talk 13:59, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
• Very well deserved. The amount of effort you put in here is quite extraordinary, as I recently witnessed first-hand when we worked together on Enid Blyton. Eric Corbett 14:35, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Eric. Yeah I tend to edit prolifically in bursts and then go relatively quiet for a day or two. I find I have to get into the mood to do something particularly decent though!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:00, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations, oh Great Editor of the Week! Here is a small token of appreciation File:John Joseph Harvey 1922.jpg :) We hope (talk) 15:14, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Also have a look at this photo from IMP. The John Harvey who's #14 looks a lot like a little younger version (minus the mustache) of our photo. We hope (talk) 15:17, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Well done, thanks! I recommend watching his debut film A Dog's Love, available on the Thanhauser website. A relatively unknown little gem.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:18, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

They do realise that "Editor of the Week" is just a ruse to hide your real plan!!! Congratulations into confusing them into thinking you that you are doing all this out of altruism. Victuallers (talk) 16:01, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

That may well be the case!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:23, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Congrats! This is so well-deserved!! --Rosiestep (talk) 16:38, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

• I disagree with you being awarded the "editor of the week" award. This is just not accurate! I would have said you were editor of the year personally! Well done! Cassianto^talk 16:46, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Aw thanks both. Just started a highly interesting character in Fred Gómez Carrasco. @SchroCat: Reminds me of a certain Mr. Sanchez! I wonder if he wanted to buy "stingers" and had a pet iguana! @Rosiestep: You might want to expand. @We hope: Just looking about, and this seems to be the highest quality image but it's watermarked. Should be PD-US-gov. If they ever make a film about him I guess at least Dominic West looks like him!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:53, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

• Could be the very model for him! congrats on the award btw. - SchroCat (talk) 17:59, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

It's about bloody time! Well done, keep the award away from the piranhas. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 17:38, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

@Philg88: Cheers Phil. One thing, I see you have access to the British newspaper archive. Is that different to the one recently offered on here? I have access to Newspapers.com (although frankly it scares me with how many sources!) but I tried asking User:Sadads why I couldn't gain access to the other one. It said it was sending me an email to confirm and never did.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:42, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

I got access to the BNA through the The Wikipedia Library when it was offered here a month or so ago. It's already helped with the creation of one article and to improve several others. It looks like two subscriptions are still available here. Be quick! Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 18:34, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Very well deserved! . –Davey2010 • (talk) 17:50, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
• Congratulations!– Faizan 17:52, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
• I second, third and fourth all of the sentiments expressed above. I envision a large force a like minded editors descending into your hidden lair to celebrate with you. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 18:24, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. If Jimbo is invited tell him he'll need to adhere to Japanese toilet customs and wear the green slippers before he steps one foot inside the fake lake/volcano roof to avoid possible toxicity which might disrupt the volcanic composition! But then again, he's not exactly "like minded" to us content contributors is he.. ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:33, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Well deserved!--Mark Miller (talk) 01:55, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

• Congratulations, Blofeld - a thoroughly deserved accolade. The amount of good article (and indeed, good article) work you have done is extraordinary, and a thorough credit to this place. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:10, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Mark and Ritchie!! I think my humour is wasted on here though!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:43, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

You think yours is bad - try mine! Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:22, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Nobody seems to show any appreciation for Jimbo jokes, must be too many around who worship him and revere the God King!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:19, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

I am sure you have a sense of humor. You should tell an actual joke. ;-) _{*Runs away fast...*}--Mark Miller (talk) 19:50, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

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  Not evil per se, more a buffoon...
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Where did I put the revised "Scale of Evil"? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:36, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

LOL! I'm not sure about moody, but "British wannabe" might be true. He's even wearing the Paul McKenna "I'm a British high flyer" glasses now :-) ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:43, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

As far as humour goes, I was disappointed to find out that Exploding toilets already exists (albeit as a redirect to the more general Toilet-related injuries and deaths). There are enough sources out there to compile a nice list of flying porcelain incidents from the Victorian era to recent product recalls, not to mention what Keith Moon got up to. Would have made a nice DYK. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:22, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

LOL!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:31, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

• Congratulations, Dr. B :) (But not surprised)--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 19:51, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Think I’ve managed to time my Congrats! inside the (only?!) week. Kaayay (talk) 14:28, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

I see a copyright note at the upper left of them both-for Manchester Libraries. We would need to know a firm date on them and see if the library is showing these photos online and why there's a copyright notation on them. US law doesn't emphasize when the photo was taken so much as when the photo was available to the public. File:EzraPound&IsabelPound1898.jpg This was taken in 1898 in the US but not seen by the public until about 1985. I can try using tineye on them to see if anyone else has the photos on the internet and what those sites, if any, have to say about the photos. We hope (talk) 19:22, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Would it be worth asking permission to use them under a CC license?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:24, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

OK, have found where they came from Here's the fine print on the front page of the government site: "These images are made available for personal enjoyment or private study only. Anyone wishing to reproduce, exhibit, or make commercial use of an image in any medium (including books, newspapers, television, films, public exhibitions, websites or computer programmes) must first seek permission from Manchester Archives and Local Studies."

• one view

• other view

They have a Flickr photostream and I checked it--all photos they've uploaded there are marked as copyrighted (even postcards!). Basically, it looks like if they have it, they're going to insist it's under copyright. You can try asking them to release either or both photos under a CC license we can use with WP/Commons. I've yet to do this but my time is at hand. :) We're working on Joan Robinson Hill and there are no free photos of the music room in the home, Asked about one being allowed as fair use and the answer was no, so I need to contact the realtor who last had the home as a listing for sale to see if they will give us just one photo of the music room. We hope (talk) 19:46, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Interesting article choice on Joan! Perhaps @Sitush: could contact the archives and show them the article and why it's needed?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:03, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

A lot of these things - eg: the postcards - are not in fact theirs to copyright. This is why Commons/WMF got into a big row with the National Portrait Gallery, who claimed that the website photographs of their holdings were copyright even though the paintings/original photos etc themselves were not. NPG lost, sort of: put it this way, Commons still allowed them to be uploaded but there is a license acknowledging the dispute. - Sitush (talk) 20:05, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

There is no point in speaking to MCC because I already know that they will say no. But they're talking bollocks as far as I am concerned. - Sitush (talk) 20:07, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

I think that's a great shame, that they're so wrapped up in themselves that they're unwilling to help a worthwhile cause documenting the history of the city. I suppose there are mugs around who'll actually pay for things they claim to own the copyright for, that's the main reason..♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:19, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

You've hit the nail on the head. A word in the ear of the likes of Yann at Commons might produce results. It was Yann who told me recently that, for example, Commons just assumes that something that was available in the UK pre-1923 is assumed to have been available in the US then. - Sitush (talk) 20:22, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

See, for example, the license here. - Sitush (talk) 20:36, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

I've now checked with Yann at Commons and it seems that we are good to go with at least one image (and there may be more from that photographer which we could upload). I'm just not sure whether to crop the "Copyright Manchester Libraries" from the things. See here. - Sitush (talk) 13:29, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Excellent. Are you going to upload it? The article should pass GA as it is now, did you still want to add more?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:32, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Done. It is a shame that I cannot track down J. Jackson. He may well be the photographer who had a studio in Rochdale but without confirmation I cannot ascertain his date of death & so we cannot use some rather impact-ful images that he produced. I may try to contact the Manchester Amateur Photographic Society and see if they know anything about him.

I've no idea if this one meets GA or not. I'm pretty sure that there is more information out there but if you want to nominate it the feel free. - Sitush (talk) 11:04, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, yeah it should pass GA with little hoohaa, I'll nom later I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:19, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

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Sorry, I didn't see your post re: Fred Gómez Carrasco until now. Even with removing the watermark from this, it's probably not PD. This is a retouched (1974) AP photo. Library of Congress information: "However, the Library’s legal office has advised the Division that photographs published with proper copyright notices between 1923-1963 may be protected if properly renewed, while works published after 1963 and unpublished photographs in the collection may be protected even if they were not registered with the Copyright Office." So looking it up and finding nothing may not mean it's free. A non-free photo can be used here to identify the deceased person who is the article's subject, though. ;) Some states allow their documents and mugshots to be licensed as PD because they are the work of a state employee--take a look at the pics of Charles Manson; California is one that allows this.

Are you still having problems with getting notified from Newspapers.com? I had trouble-not with the WP notification, but with the one from Newspapers.com. MS kept refusing to even put the e-mail into spam/junk until I listed newspapers.com as a trusted domain on the Outlook web interface for my account. You might try dropping User:Drinknews this person a line on his tal page as he works for newspapers.com. We hope (talk) 18:12, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm OK with Newspapers.com, it's the geneology I haven't had email confirmation from.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:15, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

I wanted to sign up for that but didn't want to be greedy because I'm not working on many UK people.:) We hope (talk) 18:19, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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On 26 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael Zearott, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that conductor Michael Zearott participated on a 1980s musical tour organized by Francis Ford Coppola? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Zearott. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:02, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Re: [2]. Yep, unfortunately it was failed. I'll renominate it one day... would you like to review it then? If so, maybe I could renominate it soon and we could speed up the process? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:31, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Renom it, I'll review it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:21, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Yesterday I bought two tickets to go and see Ennio Morricone at the O2 in London. I shall be thinking of you when he performs Once Upon a Time in the West. For my sins, I paid nearly £400 for the tickets, but the guy is easily 86 and I figured that he wouldn't be performing for ever. Cassianto^talk 18:15, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Wow!!! I reckon it'll be worth every penny, he's one of the greatest composers of all time. Once Upon a Time in the West IMO is the greatest film track of all time. Yundi Li and Morricone The Mission is also right up there. It would be an honour to hear him in person!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:21, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

My thoughts entirely; just going through some of his credits now; how about Bugsy, Once Upon a time in America, The Untouchables, The Thing, Cinema Paradiso, Wolf, Shadow Makers and of course The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly? In fact, he has done so many films his imdb page struggles to load! Cassianto^talk 18:53, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

GBU and OUATIA possible candidates for greatest film ever made of course too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:20, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

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Shhh. You're not supposed to know about these things... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:12, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

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Greetings from Keswick, dear Doctor! I have been overhauling the article, as I think you know, and it is now at peer review where any comments you may like to make will be gladly received, if you have time and inclination to look in, Tim riley talk 17:16, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Excellent, will try to look at it tomorrow!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:45, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

I have expanded the lead section and worked on the references. It has enough content for a GA and is in a much better state.--Skr15081997 (talk) 10:37, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

@Skr15081997: I managed to find a load of reviews in Newspaper.com! Quite scary really what that resource has! The film is now at GAR, good job! Metropolis (1927 film) is one I've also been meaning to promote, interested?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:38, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

@We hope: Can you find any free images for The Wrath of the Gods (1914 film)? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Doc, I think there are some in the magazines at Lantern--let me see what I can get and upload from there. We hope (talk) 12:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! There's some images which show up in a google search. They should be PD old.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:44, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Dr. Blofeld, it is a great idea. I am not old enough at Wikipedia to have access to Newspaper.com. There are several silent film articles that have the scope to be GA. All of them need huge work. I will work on Metropolis film. I hope that it will a wonderful and learning experience. While working on the German actors' articles for DYK I came across Dr. Mabuse the Gambler and Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (I am unable to recall the correct name). There are many more.--Skr15081997 (talk) 12:56, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Cabinet definitely, one of the greatest films ever made. Highly rated in my User:Dr. Blofeld/Great films list! Un Chien Andalou too would be worth doing. For Metropolis, the sourcing needs overhauling and ordering first I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:01, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

On a related note, take a look at the photo of File:Tsuru Aoki (ca. 1915).jpg. The current copy came from NYPL's online collection. Here's part of the metadata: "Copyright holder:This image is the property of The New York Public Library. For each use, you must contact:

The New York Public Library, Photographic Services & Permissions, Room 103, 476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018; 212-930-0091, fax: 212-930-0533, email: permissions@nypl.org. Using an image from The New York Public Library for publication without payment of use fees and official written permission is strictly prohibited."

"Copyright status Copyrighted".

Now, I just found a complete copy of this photo with the photographer's name ,etc. intact and the exact copy of it is in Motion Picture News for 1914. Am going to fix the problem so there's no misunderstanding that NYPL most certainly does NOT own a copyright to the photo, as they can't claim they are even the first to publish it. :( We hope (talk) 13:34, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

These institutions really have to stop wrongly claiming copyright on PD images..♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:38, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I agree that the article needs a lot of work. The plot section is too long, several short sections are there and a great amount of unsourced content needs proper sourcing.--Skr15081997 (talk) 13:40, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Side note-"Enid Markey, one of the leading women for the New York Motion Picture Company, who was badly injured in the taking of The Wrath of the Gods, has now nearly recovered." Motion Picture News page 56, May 23, 1914. We hope (talk) 14:13, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Illustrated Film Monthly page 382, August 1914. What happened to Enid. We hope (talk) 14:20, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Doc, I've uploaded 11 photos from the magazines at Lantern. We hope (talk) 16:35, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Media related to The Wrath of the Gods (1914 film) at Wikimedia Commons

That's awesome, thanks!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Comprehensiveness-wise the Metropolis article is OK but it needs great work on references, MOS etc. I condensed the paragraphs under the Production section but it was reverted. The article was delisted because of POV issues. It's going to be a bit tough this time.--Skr15081997 (talk) 09:35, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

X-Men: The Last Stand has been awaiting its GA review since March 2014. Are you willing to review it? Kailash29792 (talk) 15:03, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Not really, as I state on my great films page I'm not into X Men.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:41, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi Blofeld, I don't suppose you could cast your eye at the pre-FAC PR review for the Who here? Some other editors are working through it, but it's a bit of a long slog so it might be worth someone tackling it from the end of the article backwards. Any help you can give would be very much appreciated. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:14, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Eeks that looks tough!! I'll try to look at it tomorrow, I also have Tim's article to look at.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:20, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks - now you've got the label of "content creator par excellence" you'll have to get used to people fawning over you for help ;-) Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:58, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

On 30 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oba River, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Oba River is named for the goddess Ọba, one of the wives of Shango, the Yoruba God of Thunder? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oba River. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:21, 29 August 2014 (UTC) 12:02, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

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—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:21, 29 August 2014 (UTC) 12:02, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

I scanned the cover to My Generation (album) in four different scans and photoshopped them together to create the image of the original (British) cover that has remained until recently. Now (three or four edits ago) it's gone I I can't figure out how to get it back, but I bet that it would be a piece of cake for you. Mull it over, please. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 18:18, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Should be OK now.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:29, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

You are a legend in my mind too. Carptrash (talk) 21:44, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

On 31 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harriet Dunlop Prenter, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in 1921, Harriet Dunlop Prenter became one of the first women to run as a candidate in a Canadian federal election? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harriet Dunlop Prenter. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Dr. Blofeld. Modesta Avila, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated for Did you know consideration to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 18:05, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Not sure where this is to go--had to go to the sandbox and work this one out! :) We hope (talk) 18:30, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

OK, Doc-the template wouldn't work with the infobox template so I made one and uploaded it to Commons. It's now on the page, but I'll leave it up to you re: the montage captions. We hope (talk) 19:07, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Beautiful, well done @We hope: ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:36, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Let me work up another montage as Keswick montage 2 and get it up at Commons. ;) We hope (talk) 20:58, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

A done deal-in the article! :) We hope (talk) 21:11, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

I have just discovered that an article to which I contributed substantially a fair while ago has been much expanded and improved by another editor, and has been languishing in the GAN queue since June. I can't review it, having contributed to its earlier versions, and I wonder if you would be willing to take it on, or failing that if you can suggest who else might be willing? Tim riley talk 21:04, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

If the good doctor is too busy, then I could oblige in a day or two. Cassianto^talk 22:05, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Well, you both obliged, bless you! Please see attached IOU for one review of your choice each at some future point. Tim riley talk 18:59, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, sometimes two doing a review can be more constructive, especially when you have arguably the greatest reviewer on the website doing half the review, and I don't mean me!! (Plus we lost an infobox :-) ) I think Brian is probably the toughest reviewer we have though when he digs deep! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:24, 4 September 2014 (UTC)