User talk:JoJan/Archive 6

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[edit] Abdul Taib Mahmud

Thanks for deleting this copyvio. Unfortunately, it appears that there were legitimate GFDL edits made to the article before someone added the copyrighted material, so on request of Matthew A. Lockhart, I have restored the 33 revisions until October 1 2006 which did not contain copyrighted material. Thanks again for patrolling copyvios, and have a great new year. :) Johnleemk | Talk 13:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pokemon blanker

I thaught that this exlains the reason, and that he stopped (for now) after receiving the final warning. If you take another look and decide either way. Agathoclea 19:20, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Possible hoax or no hoax, page blanking shortly after a final warning leads to a block. If one has a problem with the content, one has to discuss it on the talk page. Anyway, it's only a short block, as this is a first offense. JoJan 19:31, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] As to the Yorktown NFL Showdown Page

The page has yet to be completed, the creator is planning on adding links (I personally know the creator, which is why I'm arguing for it - oh and by creator I mean (as I explain in the talk section) the guy that put the Yorktown stuff in the NFL Showdown main page, which I'm currently working on. He says that he will have it done in a week max, and if that time expires I'm perfectly happy to delete it, but I think until then we should allow him to update it. Danielfolsom 18:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok nevermind, the creator has decided it would be too much work to keep up the site, I'll remove the hangon. Sorry,

Danielfolsom 18:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, I speedied the article. JoJan 19:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Azulejo

Dear JoJan,

I'm very impressed by your work on the Azulejo article. The article will be re-asessed as soon as WP:PT reches a concensus. Personally, I'd like to thank you a lot for creating and expanding this article the way you did, because it reflectes a lot of our culture in said art, and if you had not done it, probably no one would have. Sadly, most of my compatriots do not care about Wp.

Again, you have my thanks.--Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} (I don't like Wikipedophiles) 10:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please Block

Please block user 198.31.196.189 for vandalism. How many "last warnings" does someone deserve? --SECurtisTX | talk 16:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I've given a last warning. In order to block someone, the last warning must be very recent. JoJan 17:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mazito

I don't know what the agreement was that you made for unblocking Mazito (talk · contribs · block log), but he recreated Jaycie Ward, which I deleted and re-salted. When I asked him to stop recreating the article, I received this rather uncivil comment back. I thought about re-instating his block, but I wanted to check with you about the unblock agreement. -- Gogo Dodo 20:23, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Reply by email. JoJan 09:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please review this vandal-only account

([1]) --Dweller 19:43, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

He has already been given an indefinite block by another admin. JoJan 19:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Torre de Belem

"after the Great Earthquake of 1755 shifted the course of the river" This is a Hoax, legend and stupid idea. Prove (documentation) this afirmation, please. (Luigimalatesta)

[edit] Francia Great House

You have put this article up for speedy deletion, because you consider it spam. On the contrary, in my opinion this is a description of a historical attraction in Barbados. I've added an external link and put it in a category. If you agree, you can remove the speedy template. Otherwise, you have to move it to Afd. JoJan 16:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with your assesment. Removed spam tag. Thanks for your help. Shoessss 16:03, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SD

Whoops. I have no objections. I will delete the sd tag right away. I don't know exactly how the sd process works, but there are two or three other pages by the same author that are cut and pasted from non-public domain sources that I've sd tagged if you want to give those a look. In the future I will be more careful to check for copyright info before applying the sd tag. steventity 16:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC) (reposted here after being erroneously posted on your user page- sorry)

I see you've already taken care of them. Thanks for the good work. And like I said, I'll be more careful to check out the specific page's copyright terms next time. -steventity 16:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why was OK CareerTech deleted?

Why was the page Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education deleted? As a state agency the information is available for use by all. Jzwei 04:55, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Not so. The legal information link at the bottom of the page [2] leads to this page where it is clearly stated : 'Unless otherwise specified, these pages, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form by any methods for any use without written permission from the publisher.'. Furthermore, 'copy and paste', even from an authorized web page, is being frowned upon. You better make a new article in your own words. JoJan 18:05, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Berkenbile

How can a public release on a govt website be a copyright issue? Jzwei 05:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

You better read first the copyright explanation on the page : 'Unless otherwise specified, these pages, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form by any methods for any use without written permission from the publisher.'[3]. There was no mention of any permission on the page. Therefore it was a copyvio. JoJan 06:06, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User warnings have been updated

Heya, take a look over at WP:UTM. The old warnings are being depreciated. Cheers! --Brad Beattie (talk) 19:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. It has become impossible to keep up with the changes in so many templates of so many projects. JoJan 19:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

Although I would not give out their names, I would like to apologize for the actions of some of my friends at another school who were constantly editing the St. Joseph's High School page. I promise to keep an eye on this wiki to make sure they do not do any more stupid things like that.

[edit] Help with a prolific spammer

Hello JoJan - Is it possible with your magical administrator powers to roll back multiple edits by a single user? User:85.242.226.223 has made many edits to mycology pages, adding a link to a magic mushroom selling comercial page, and often replacing earlier more encylcopedic links. Here is the person's contrib page: [4]. This has been done in several places that aren't even remotely relevant, such as clitocybe. I've put a spam template on their talk page, but have only undone a few of the improper links. Is there a way to revert them all in a batch? Thanks for your help/tips. Debivort 06:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, it looks like this person has been blocked, and their website is a candidate for blacklisting. I don't think I need your help any more. yay! Debivort 09:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi JoJan - Thanks for thanks for the appreciative comments re:adminship. Do you think I would have a chance when it came to consensus? I have the impression that I only have half or so of the requisite edits - at least from the scattered times I have peaked into RfA. But, more importantly, I would be happy to illustrate Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Surgery is pretty amazing... Debivort 00:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I think I know exactly what you have in mind re: the surgery sequence, and will work on it this weekend. As for and RfA, it sounds like your intuition matches mine that I have too few edits to succeed. Also I'll be writing my PhD thesis this spring and summer, so I expect my participation to wane a bit during those times. That said, I think my focus on images and my habit of making all desired edits to an article at once (rather than say, section by section) have reduced my edits/effort ratio compared to a typical editor. Debivort 21:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, so one of the panels you requested was "the same drawing as (1) but with seen in front and with the disc removed, so that one can see the nerve roots situated between the back of the (removed) disc and the spine. This would illustrate very well how a small bulge of the disc readily touches the nerve root and can cause this immense pain." I'm not sure this view would show very much, as the bodies of the vertebrae (the thick part between discs) would obscure any view of the nerves. See [5]. Removing the discs wouldn't create much of a window into the nerve area. Any alternative suggestions? Debivort 19:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

draft 1

Hello JoJan - here is a draft. It basically encompasses views 1, 2 and 3 that you outlined on my talk page. What do you think? Debivort 20:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

• I understand what is needed for the side view and diagram of the surgical situation, and will work on those. In terms of the color suggestions, I agree it would be good to highlight the nerve a bit more, and will do so, though I think it may be best to keep the foramen the same pale yellow, as that is evocative of the fatty tissue in there. Debivort 10:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

version 2

new view

Hi - here are some new versions with better color contrast. How do you think the oblique view should be labeled? with all the anatomical features, as in the left (normal) coronal view? Debivort 01:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Annotated oblique view, and surgery diagram Debivort 01:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Righto, I've put up the above 8 on the commons. I guess they're ready to go into articles. Can you provide the matching captions? Debivort 21:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jesus Freak Hideout

I request that you restore the article that you deleted to my sandbox at User:Royalbroil/Sandbox by replacing what is there. I will (of course) develop the article asserting notability with multiple reliable sources before adding it to mainspace. I am a member of WikiProject Contemporary Christian Music. The website is huge in that context. It actually is a reliable reference itself. It's music news section is much like Billboard magazine is to mainstream music, but without the charts. Thanks! Royalbroil ^T : C 13:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I've performed the move to your subpage. It's up to you to make it work JoJan 13:48, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Royalbroil ^T : C 15:13, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Venaculas

Thanks for the heads up. Cornell Rockey 16:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Over taxonomie en naamgeving

Excuse me for this text in Dutch language.

Het is raadzaam om voor taxonomie en naamgeving van mollusken gewoon de door Unitas Malacologica gesteunde projecten te volgen. Dit zijn CLEMAM en CLECOM, respectievelijk de mariene en de niet-mariene mollusca bestrijkend. In beide projecten participeren toonaangevende Europese malacologen. Beide projecten zijn op het web met een site aanwezig:

• (English)CLECOM (Check List of European Continental Mollusca)
• (French)CLEMAM (Check List of European Marine Mollusca)

De meeste (natuurlijk helaas niet alle) publicaties volgen deze nomenclatuur en taxonomie. Voor Nederlandse naamgeving (waar ik overigens zelf grote moeite mee heb omdat die voor mollusken heel artificieel is) bestaat er ook een standaard:

• Bruyne, R.H. de, Bank, R.A., Adema, J.P.H.M. & Perk, F.A. (1994) Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en België. Feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestigjarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. Backhuys, Leiden. 149 pp. ISBN 90-733-48-33-1

Het is niet de bedoeling dat Wikipedia er een eigen naamgeving op na houdt. Wikipedia valt net als iedere andere publicatie onder de regels van de ICZN en moet dus gewoon de 'standaard' volgen. Dat geldt voor elke wikipedia, natuurlijk niet alleen de Nederlandstalige. Wikipedia-nl moet dus niet Wikipedia-en volgen, maar beide moeten de standaard volgen dan kan er nooit iets mis gaan.

Los van het bovenstaande ben ik zelf van mening dat de Nederlandstalige wikipedia zich zou moeten onderscheiden door de nadruk te leggen op de Belgisch/Nederlandse traditie. Bv., als er voorbeelden van malacologen genoemd/getoond moeten worden noem/toon dan iemand uit die traditie en niet een amerikaan (hoe goed die ook geweest mag zijn). Ik weet best dat een encyclopedie 'neutraal' moet zijn, maar er zijn niet voor niets wikipedia in verschillende taalgebieden. Hetzelfde geldt voor de opgenomen mollusken. Pagina's met beschrijvingen van soorten uit het Noordzeegebied, België, Nederland zouden prioriteit moeten hebben boven soorten uit andere gebieden. Wat niet wil zeggen dat ze niet opgenomen zouden kunnen worden. Van onze eigen regio weten wij het meest (hoop ik) en de kluif daaraan is al groot genoeg. --82.215.13.100 15:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Het is al een hele tijd geleden dat ik mij met de Gastropoda nog heb ingelaten. De gebruikte taxonomie was die van Ponder en Lindberg (PONDER, W. F. & LINDBERG, D. R. (1997): Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters. — Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 119 (2): 83-265. London). Ondertussen is er een belangrijke wijziging gekomen in 2005 (The Volume 47 of Malacologia (2005) counts 397 pages, entirely dedicated to the new “Classification and Nomenclature of Gastropod Families” by Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi). Ik bezit een verkorte versie hiervan, maar, bij gebrek aan tijd en teveel andere projecten in Wikipedia, heb ik die nog niet kunnen toepassen in mijn teksten. De door u aangehaalde "(Check List of European Continental Mollusca)" steunt trouwens ook op Ponder en Lindberg (en nog veel andere, maar wel oudere, publicaties). Ook R.H. de Bruyn, met wie ik trouwens nog per email gecorrespondeerd heb, steunt in het boek dat ik van hem bezit op Ponder en Lindberg. Wat de Nederlandse benamingen betreft, ben ik het met u eens dat er best standaardnamen gebruikt worden. Ik kan mij niet herinneren dat ik Nederlandstalige artikelen over mollusken heb geschreven. Maar indien ik het wel zou hebben gedaan, dan had ik gesteund op de benamingen in het boek van R.H. de Bruyn. Ik heb echter veel artikelen over Gastropoda, waarschijnlijk ver boven de honderd, geschreven in het Engels. Indertijd heb ik wel de medewerking gevraagd voor dit project aan de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging via het tijdschrift Spirula. Hoezeer de secretaris van deze vereniging ook sympathiek stond t.o.v. mijn oproep, heb ik helaas toen van niemand medewerking bekomen en stond ik alleen voor een reusachtige taak. Niemand kan dit alleen aan. Hierdoor heb ik beetje bij beetje dit project verlaten en ben betrokken geworden in verschillende andere grote projecten in Wikipedia, die al mijn vrije tijd opslorpen. JoJan 16:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rank of traunsteinerioides

Hello JoJan I recently added some Dactylorhiza images to Commons and then to Genus page also the image of traunsteinerioides to the taxobox .You synonymize this taxon with the nominate traunsteineri subsp. traunsteineri. We note the rank change and your assertion that this “sub-species” (species) occurs on the continent too. It has however been shown (using genetic analysis) that European D. trauensteineri and morphologically similar plants from the British Isles are different.As a result traunsteinerioides is ranked as a species in recent British publications eg. Foley and Clarke 2005 Orchids of the British Isles Griffin press. What do you think? This may be a recurrent problem. Could you give the reference for the species list on the genus page please? (your addition?). Then we could discuss ranking and other changes Best wishes from Ireland Notafly

I use as authority the "World checklist of monocotyledons" of Kew Botanical Gardens [6]. Furthermore I check the recent issues of "Orchid Research Newsletter", again of Kew Botanical Gardens [7]. The following publication might give a better insight in this genus : Pillon, Y., Fay, M. F., Shipunov, A. B., and Chase, M. W. 2006. Species diversity versus phylogenetic diversity: a practical study in the taxonomically difficult genus Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae). Biol. Conserv. 129(1): 4-13. But I don't possess this journal, perhaps you have the possibility of checking this study. Anyway, each change of the text should be duly referenced. Taxonomist may disagree among themselves, but if they do, let's show, according to NPOV, the different (duly referenced) opinions. Agreed ? JoJan 09:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please, consider blocking a user

Hello JoJan - this anonymous user has been an active recent vandal, with 15 malicious edits this month, and 2 in the last two days. There seems to be no evidence that the IP is shared among many people. Please consider blocking their editing previleges when you have a moment. Debivort 05:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I've blocked the user for one week. Please try to use the warning templates as described in Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace, so that other admins can assess the seriousness of the vandalism. JoJan 05:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I normally use a variant of the test templates (test, test2, etc...). But with this particular user, neither "This is your last warning" nor "You are blocked" seemed appropriate, since it didn't seem like the user needed another warning, and I personally didn't have the power to make good on a "you are being blocked" message. I should, however, probably switch to the vandalism "templates" instead of the higher level "test" ones. Debivort 17:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Before being blocked, a vandal always has to be given first a vandalism3 or vandalism4 warning. Only when the user continues vandalizing after the final warning, a block is possible. That's why we better stick to the appropriate templates. JoJan 19:45, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Good to know. I will do my best to implement it that way. Debivort 08:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Antwerpse wikimeet

http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ontmoeten&action=edit&section=2: kom jij nu dan niet? Extremely sexy 12:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Graag toch eventjes reactie. Extremely sexy 12:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Als u niet komt, meldt dat dan. Extremely sexy 20:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Ik heb wel interesse, maar ik wacht nog even af, want mogelijk komt er nog iets anders tussen. JoJan 09:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, en bedankt voor uw verklaring dus. Extremely sexy 11:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please, consider a block (once more)

Hello again JoJan - This user has been an active recent vandal. Here is the edit I came across of the Limestone article: [8]. It is a shared IP, but has been maliciously active, with 9 reverted edits since yesterday. They received a last warning before vandalizing the limestone page. Seems like a block is in order. Sorry to keep passing these off to you. Debivort 18:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I've given a soft block of 1 week. If you want a faster intervention (I'm not always on line) you can always put a request at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Usually it is dealt with within minutes. JoJan 09:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Araceae

Hi, JoJan, as far as I can see from the history, you added a line to Araceae, stating that the largest collection was in the Missouri Botanical Gardens. I've checked on their website, and can't see this referenced. If you have a source for this, it would be great if you could add it. Regards. Velela 20:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I've added a citation as footnote. I also made some small additions to the text + added references. But the whole article needs a serious overhaul. JoJan 09:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 4.38.37.19 block

Thanks - that was quick! Johnbod 19:23, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mateus Fernandes

Olá, all the articles you've contributed are very interesting and well researched. Perhaps you could consider adding more "inline" refs when there is a specific claim or statement made in the article, or when a date is given, etc. - to satisfy the precise people (when the article gets to featured status!). I'll list your contributions on the Architecture WikiProject "new articles" list. You are most welcome to add your name to the list of project participants, and get McGinnly's architecture bulletin, if you're interested. —Dogears (talk • contribs) 03:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rank of traunsteinerioides

Many thanks for your detailed clear reply.All agreed. We can expect many changes in this complex genus and the "World checklist of monocotyledons" is a good base to begin from. We'll amend the text accordingly. Let me know what you think. Cheers RobertNotafly

[edit] Restore speedy please.

Excuse me, could you please restore my Wikihalo nomination that you deleted? Otherwise it looks like I got an award for no reason! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 11:17, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I'e found it under a different name. How strange. So, I cancel my request. Sorry for bothering you! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 11:25, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 3 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mateus Fernandes, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Majorly _{(o rly?)} 19:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for undoing the vandalism to my userpage today. Mwhahahaha the vandals cannot stop me! SmartGuy 21:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Agaricomycetidae

Hello, I have a question: can you help fix Agaricomycetidae? I added a page for it as one didn't exist, but it seems that while Index fungorum uses this name, we don't. At least it should be explained what this term means, but I'm afraid I don't know. Badagnani 02:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you; do you know why none of our articles (such as, for example, Agaricales or Shiitake) include this subclass in their taxobox? Badagnani 09:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I've added a taxobox and a few items to the article. There is probably much more to written about this subclass, but I just don't have the time. As to the articles Agaricales and Shiitake, I don't remember having written those articles, but then I've written more than 1,000 new articles and added to more than 7,000 articles. JoJan 10:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] request for semiprotection

Hello JoJan! I've come to you again. I was wondering if you would consider a semi-protection of Limestone. It has undergone 7 vandalism reversions in the last 27 hours, and the reverts and edits are coming so fast that people are losing track of the unadulterated version of the article with partial reverts. Also, last time I asked for a block you pointed me to the AIAV sign up sheet. Is there an equalivent request page for semi-protection? Thanks a bunch! Debivort 19:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I've put it on semi-protection for one week. There is a request page for protection : Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. But you can always ask me first; just check if I'm on line. JoJan 19:24, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much. Debivort 01:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Semi-prot for Natural disaster

Good call. Thanks! Waitak 14:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for blocking this IP

Thanks for blocking this IP for a month. I thought the IP had a vandalbot script. Real96 10:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Italian/Florentine

I think, this stuff of "Florentine" is a relic of old-fashioned English texts, where attention was generally given just to Venice or Florence. Say, while Lombard, Aretine, Apulian or Turinese painters of the period are instead generally classified as Italians? Also, for example, from what I can see, Germany too did not exist until 1870, but Saxons, Hessians or even Austrians from many centuries here are classified as "Germans" without distinction. I feel this stress on "Florentine" just a bit of unjustified racism towards the rest of Italy. So, I think it's better to refer to the general milieu instead of losing ourselves in micro-particularism. Bye, and good work. --Attilios 10:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I can see your point, but still I don't agree. Would you call the de Medici Florentine or Italian rulers, Frederick the Great a Prussian or a German king, Jan van Eyck a Flemish or a Belgian painter? There is not a single bit of racism involved in these designations, but we have to take into account historical realities and not present-day realities. JoJan 13:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Of course, "racism" is meant of academic overlooking attitudes. I still think that your view, taking into account strictly "nationality", we whould overwhelm our encyclopedia with Pisan, Aretine, Pesarese, Urbinas, Roman, Piemontese, Neapolitan, Bolognese, Parmense, Ferrarese, Cremonese painters, and so on. Have you any idea of how many distinct nationalities existed in Italy until the 17th century? Some 100, at least about 20 only in Tuscany... Old-fashioned attitudes of history of art books (which are the apotheosis of POV, IMHO) are not obviously right when we are doing something new, and, possibly, as much as possible accurate and consistent here. I think writing something such as "an Italian painter from the Florentine school", or similar, is more accurate, as I know that "Florentine painter" for art books means "a painter of the Florentine school", without caring much for the nationality. Bye, and good work. --Attilios 13:44, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if you saw my comments on Attilios's page on the same topic (in between yours). He has a good point on the German comparison, but I am more concerned with the art history side & Florentine painting was very different from say Venetian. I am raising this issue at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Visual_arts#.22Italian.22_or_.22Florentine.22_etc_artist_.3F to try and establish a policy on the matter. You might want to comment there, Johnbod 14:05, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Annona.muricata1web.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Annona.muricata1web.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 20:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User block

I have been trying to contact you by email, but I can't. I had a username "antisantamaria", and apparently I was blocked by you. I don't know why. Can you explain it, please. Sorry for editing this: delete it if you want. Thank you. User:Mariocossio 21:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

This block occurred on 29 November 2006. This username block was executed according to Wikipedia policies, forbidding usernames of religious figures (santa maria), furthermore compounded by a username promoting or implying hatred (anti santa maria). There was no collateral damage since there had been no contributions. All you had to do was to chose a new and proper username, as you did. JoJan 09:27, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't aware of that policy. But, no harm was done, so, thanks. User:Mariocossio 02:49, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Most Scottish Person In The World

I noticed that you deleted the page on the 2003 Herald poll. I'm not overly concerned about it's inclusion or otherwise (If there was a vote I'd say weak keep) but I am concerned that you have deleted a page which has 10 pages linking to it (if you include links to pages which did redirect to it but have now been deleted by another admin). Personally, I think if you are going to delete a page you should edit all the pages that link to it, and if you are deleting a page that is linked by many other pages (in this case I'd say 10 is almost there) then you should have a vote before deleting. Cheers OoberMick 14:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid you're addressing the wrong person. The log shows : 16 March 2007 19:11 User :Fang Aili deleted "The Most Scottish Person In The World" (R1)

I'm confused... The log of shows 17:11, 13 March 2007 JoJan deleted "The Most Scottish Person in the World". Notice this is the "in the" page not "In The". I assumed the earlier page deletion was the article and the later was the redirect. Cheers OoberMick 15:26, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, you set me on the wrong foot. I copied the title of this message with "In The World" and came to wrong conclusion. The reason for the deletion was {{db-nocontext}}. And I still think this applies. But as to the links, I must have overlooked this. My mistake. If you insist, I can undelete this article and bring it, if necessary, to AfD. JoJan 15:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I had got confused by which was the original and which was the redirection so the title is wrong. As for recreating the page, I'm not sure. In a vote I'd be weak keep, it didn't have much content but it was perhaps interesting because of the pages that it linked together. Leave this discussion here for the moment, if anyone has stronger feelings for the article then you can recreate. Cheers OoberMick 16:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

OK JoJan 16:56, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bernard van Orley

As an assessment, I'd still rate it as a B, but I think you could send it to good article candidates. Some reviewers might not like the few numbers of citations though - standards vary alot over there. RHB ^{Talk - Edits} 18:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Whose edits were reverted?

Hello JoJan:

It's funny, you left a message on my talk page saying you had reverted some of my edits on Leaning Tower of Pisa. Next you told me to go play in the sandbox. Silly! You did not actually revert any of my edits. Also, my edits corrected vandalism, so they were all good in the first place. I guess you sent the message to the wrong guy. Careful! Danwri 23:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duncan Bannatyne article

You put the protection template on it, yet the article can still be edited. Please can you protect this?? Thanks, --sunstar net^talk 10:10, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Two admins were protecting at the same time, reverting each other unwillingly. JoJan 10:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've reverted it about 3 - 4 times, trying not to breach WP:3RR. Thanks for your help! --sunstar net^talk 10:16, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It DID Happen !

ik heb enkele flyers van in die periode gescand en opgeladen in wikipedia voor uw kijkgenot.U kunt ze bekijken via my contributions. Dit zijn maar enkele van de flyers die ik in mijn bezit heb, er zijn er meer maar ik heb ze zelf niet allemaal.Er is ook video van deze parties. Ik moet u gelijk geven, die hele periode is blijkbaar aan u ongemerkt voorbijgegaan. Zelfs van de Raves in het Casino Kursaal heeft u blijkbaar niks gemerkt. Ik respecteer en waardeer uw bijdrage aan wikipedia in wat uw specialiteiten zijn maar van electronische muziek en techno bent u dus niet op de hoogte.Daarom heb ik het op mij genomen om deze belangrijke periode in de oostendse geschiedenis in wikipedia bij te vullen. Hier volgt een link naar Creanoid Projekts http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=creanoid+projekts&btnG=Search een groep uit oostende die zes paginas returns geeft in google en een van de bands die regelmatig voor Raving Zone optrad.

hier is een link naar een myspace website , lees de about dj mush http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=16847700

en ook deze waar deze dj praat over hoe de Raving Zone parties zijn leven heeft beinvloed tot op heden.http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=160327889 Wat de zelfpromotie aantijging betreft, iedereen die de moeite doet om een uitgebreide user pagina te maken en zijn eigen schilderijen tentoonstelt op zijn user pagina is druk bezig met schaamteloze zelfpromotie. Ik denk dat u de uitdrukking de pot verwijt de ketel kent.Wat nog meer is, Raving Zone is een pagina uit de geschiedenis van Oostende, deze organisatie bestaat dus niet meer dus kan ik dit ook niet promoten. Daarbij komt ook nog dat mijn naam geen enkele keer is vermeld in het artikel terwijl ik toch een van de spilfiguren was tijdens deze periode. Ik vraag me dan ook af hoe ik mezelf aan het promoten ben zonder mezelf te vermelden. Ik ben ook niet geassocieerd met de huidige versies van concert promoties in Oostende i.e. Nirvana Kru , Sound Odyssee , V.I.R.U.S etc. hier volgt nog een bio van dj a-bat: A-bat

In '92 dj A-bAt started spinning the wheels of steel under the guise of dj Alex on various smaller parties in Ostend. He mostly spinned New Beat, House & Acid Trance in that time but this slowly changed when he started the MEGADROME D'YORE parties in Torhout around '93. It is there where you could say that the Rave-parties started in West-Flanders. On 20/07/93 the first THE RAVING ZONE was organised in the Casino of Ostend (by him and some other persons) which was a milestone in the Ostend partyscene. In these times some of the best acid and rave music was released and the popularity was very high. RAVING ZONE did parties for about 4 years with some highlights as:

   * TOXIC TUNES with the ones like D-JACK,DEG,CRAZY RAY,....
   * * 1YEAR RAVING ZONE with the ones like .CJ BOLLAND,DR FERNANDO,...
   * * THE ACID CRUISE with the ones like .MIKE DRED,ZJWIEF,TSF8,FELIX DA HOUSECAT,.....
   * * RZ NEW YEARS EVE @ Cine Citta with the BWP-team

After the Red Zone period A-bAt mostly teamed up with Zjwief to spin on various Acid & Techno parties in and around Ostend with as highlight Leffinge Leuren (with THE ADVENT,DERREN PRICE,PRAGHA KHAN,AMON TOBIN,..... ) but in April 2000 they came with a new successfull concept called V.I.R.U.S. (again at Casino Oostende) which hosted a bunch of international dj's such as UMEK, CHRISTIAN VARELA,TIM TAYLOR, Mark BROOM,....

He further on organised a multi-genre new years party called SOUND ODYSSEY (which is still on!) with styles like Techno, Acid,House, Drum 'n Bass, Groove, ... . And is now also active with BEAT FACTORY(vs BASS-X).

DJ A-bAt was also selected this year with 11 other dj's for the I LOVE TECHNO outdoor2003 dj contest and has been heard on Switch (Studio Brussel) U merkt dat er een paralelle wereld is waarvan u niet op de hoogte bent en die wereld bestaat dus al lang! Met vriendelijke groeten , Johan Fajka aka djjohanf aka The Creanoid Projekts

[edit] Deletion of Karl-Henrik Robèrt article

According to the log, you deleted this article on 2006-12-09. As the original author of it, I was somewhat distressed I can tell you. The deletion occurred at a time when I was inactive on Wikipedia and I missed it. The notation in the log says that it was a "copyvio" of this article. I was unable to find any discussion of its deletion, so assume that it was a speedy delete.

I would like you to know that I put a fair amount of time and effort into that article. I created it around December, 2004 along with a series of other articles, including The Natural Step. I can assure you that none of my work was, or ever has been, a copyvio. My references were all contained in the article (although at that time, the English Wikipedia did not emphasize citations for all facts). I planned to return to the article and convert my references (listed in References and External links) to inline citations. Ah, but there is so much to do and so little time, to do it — I had not gotten around to that particular article. I wasn't concerned, though, as I considered the article to be reasonably well written and all verifiable, using the references given. (I say that as writer and editor by profession, with two degrees in the Social Sciences and post graduate training in ecology).

You will perhaps understand my frustration. I would like more information about that copyvio. I wonder, for example whether you looked to see if the material from webpage you referenced had been substituted for my text. That would be akin to vandalism, and should have been reverted. This should be easily verifiable from the article history. However, my text, and that history, are now missing-in-action. Though a long-time editor of Wikipedia, I am not an admin, so I don't know all the administrative ins and outs of resurrecting the article and its history. I hope I may rely on you for that. Please advise. Sunray 00:08, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I've put the article back into the main userspace, so that may judge for yourself. Akihabara, another user, had put the speedy template on the article, because of copyright infringement. Certainly certain parts of the text are almost the same as in the internet article. That must have been the reason when I concurred with user Akihabara. Now that the text has been resuscitated, you have now the opportunity to work on it and improve it. Otherwise, other admins may delete it again. JoJan 09:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response. When I looked at the two articles closely, I thought that perhaps Interface had copied my text. So I checked the Internet Archive and apparently their article was there first. It is not identical, but there are several strings of text that are the same. I'm surprised at that, as it is not something that I do. Nevertheless, two things strike me: 1) The English Wikipedia needs an article on Robert, and 2) this article needs improvement. I will endeavor to do that later on today. Sunray 13:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] artikels ter ondersteuning

Spijtig genoeg zijn de zeewacht en andere publicaties niet online wat de uitgaven van vorige eeuw betreft.E zijn in de tijd verscheindene artikels verschenen indeze kranten,spijtig genoeg heb ik deze niet in mijn bezit maar ik denk dat met wat zoekwerk in het archief van de bibliotheek van oostende er wel wat kan worden opgediept. Wat ik wel kan aantonen is de publicatie INFUSION magazine,een 'zine uitgegeven in oostende in 1995 die ik in mijn bezit heb. Opladen van paginas duurt verschrikkelijk lang dus zal ik het maar vermelden zoals je suggereerde. Zoals je gemerkt hebt als je de link van Creanoid Projekts hebt gevolgd zijn er een aantal platen en CD's in de omloop van deze band en hun bestaan is dan ook bij SABAM bekend en te verifieren.Ondertussen werk ik dus verder aan het editten van de text om te voldoen aan de voorwaarden van Wikipedia. Wat de andere dj's betreft, het resultaat van het mixen van verschillende geluidsbronnen word nu beschouwd als een origineel werk en dient dus ook als dusdanig te worden beschouwd. Ik heb van deze kunstwerken er een vijftigtal in mijn bezit. Er zijn ook copies van deze werken in de omloop en u kunt altijd bij deze oostendenaars terecht om een copie van deze te verkrijgen.Ik stel me dan wel de vraag als het niet in de krant vermeld is het dan geen kunst? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Djjohanf (talk • contribs) 17:02, 9 April 2007 (UTC).

OK, het verheugt me dat je er werk wil van maken. Noteer de gegevens uit de Zeewacht en andere publicaties, zodat deze gegevens voor iedereen verifieerbaar zijn. Het personeel van de stadsbibliotheek zal je wel hierbij behulpzaam zijn. Het zijn tenslotte niet alleen Lucy Loes of Arno die de Oostendse music scene hebben uitgemaakt. Als je dan echt over zoveel gegevens bezit, zou ik aanraden een afzonderlijk artikel over deze groepen te schrijven in de nl.wikipedia, zodat je niet alleen de referenties maar ook hun discografie kan vermelden. JoJan 07:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Dendrobium-lindleyi.jpg

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I've added the authorisation from the Commons Commons:Authorization to use material from http://www.larsen-twins.dk and removed the speedy template. JoJan 14:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Since you can prove licensing, does it exist in Wikimedia Commmons?--Jusjih 14:35, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I've transferred it now to the Commons : Commons:Dendrobium lindleyi JoJan 15:28, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

However, you may want to reply to commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Template:LarsenCopyright.--Jusjih 15:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I've given a reply with more explanation. JoJan 17:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

You might also want to sent the permission to OTRS (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org) rather than keep it on a commons page. Yonatan ^talk 12:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Antirrhinum-majus.jpg

The link no longer exists. This image can be deleted, since there are enough alternatives on the Commons. JoJan 14:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] School blocks

Hi JoJan, before blocking any IP address, please run a WHOIS and Reverse DNS lookup on the address. Be aware of any implications your block reason has for other people on Shared IPs and select "{{anonblock}}" or "{{schoolblock}}" from the drop down menu when required. Blocks for primary and secondary schools should also be blocked longer than 24 hours as kids will just return the next day or week to continue vandalizing. Reasons such as "Vandalism: vandalism after final warning and previous block" tend to be unhelpful to innocent people on Shared IP addresses since your block reason does not fully explain their situation. It also increases our workload on the unblock-en-l mailing list when we get confused and/or angry complaints. Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  17:53, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I always check the IP with WHOIS and, when needed, add a SharedIPEDU-template. Personally I prefer the Vblock-template, since it also shows the length of the block (contrary to the other templates). It's a large, ugly template that may have an off-putting effect. It's there for all to see and it is certainly not the best advertisement for a school or institution. As to the length of the block, I use incremental increases of length (within reason).

A much better solution to the problem of IP-vandals could be this. When an article is quasi-finished (i.e. no positive changes are being made, or almost all changes are vandalism and reverts) a semi-protection should be imposed. Each time I've done this, vandalism dropped considerably. However WP:SPP prohibits an extended use. If these restrictions could be lifted, vandalism in general would drop considerably. JoJan 18:06, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pieter van der Aa

Hoi JoJan, Je hebt hier op de Engelse Wikipedia verschillende delen van het artikel over Pieter van der Aa geschreven, waaronder de vermelding van de postume druk van Paradisus Batavus. Nu heb ik het artikel vertaald naar het Nederlands en het betreffende stukje drie keer gebruikt, voor W:nl:Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, W:nl:Paul Hermann en W:nl:Pieter van der Aa. Ik kreeg er een vraag over. Zou jij misschien eens naar die vraag willen kijken op de overlegpagina van in dit geval Reichenbach en de tekst willen corrigeren? Alvast hartelijk bedankt. Davin7 12:32, 2 May 2007 (UTC) (Davin in het Nederlands)

Ik ben momemteel op reıs en beschık dus nıet over de nodıge ınformatıe. Dus enkele dagen afwachten. JoJan 12:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Ik heb de tekst in de nl.wikipedia wat verduidelijkt. JoJan 17:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Bedankt. Ik heb het gezien. Nu is het duidelijk. Davin7 19:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Staphylinus olens2web.jpg

I've sent an email to the original owner of the photo, requesting a GFDL-license. JoJan 08:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Aleuritesmoluccana1web.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Aleuritesmoluccana1web.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Yonatan ^talk 20:29, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Answered at the talk page of User:Yonatan. JoJan 08:14, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I suppose there's no harm in waiting to see if we allow or disallow cc-by-3.0. I also think if I contact them they'll probably agree to release the photos under the GFDL. Did you take this photo originally from the USGS website? If so, it might be in the public domain. Yonatan ^talk 08:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, if this picture was uploaded in 2004, it was under the CC-BY-2.5 license (as all pictures on the site have been under cc-by-2.5 except for the ones added after they changed to cc-by-3.0. Yonatan ^talk 08:46, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm rescinding the nomination for deletion. Yonatan ^talk 09:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Shopping Mall.jpg

--Android Mouse Bot 2 07:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Image has been restored. Proper license at : Credits and authorisation : Dennis Mojado Wikipedia:Successful requests for permission#Permission to use images from http://photography.mojado.com/ JoJan 08:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coslett Herbert Waddell and Cosslett Herbert Waddell

Hello,

I have translated into French your article about Coslett Herbert Waddell. But I found an another article about the same botanist: Cosslett Herbert Waddell. :)

Best regards.--Valérie75 12:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Well: I just merged the information on both articles into the one about "Cosslett", and asked for a quick deletion of the one about "Coslett", since "Cosslett" is his proper first name, but could you modify your own French article about him accordingly, meaning the article and discussion page about "Coslett" into "Cosslett", please? Extremely sexy 20:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello,

Many thank for your modifications. But, I found on the IPNI web site an the first form ? IPNI is wrong ?

Translating Alice Pruvot-Fol in French is a good idea. I will be proceed. :) Best regards.--Valérie75 07:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

PS : fr:Alice Pruvot-Fol. Haye a nice day !--Valérie75 07:20, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for translating. If you could find more information that would be fine. As to Waddell, both forms occurr when performing a Google search, but most are mirror sites of Wikipedia. IPNI, as well as Google scholar, indeed only give Coslett Herbert Waddell. This is confirmed by the THE HERBARIUM OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND GALLERIES OF NORTHERN IRELAND. The Ulster Museum. This is probably the right name. There is just no proof that his first name was Cosslet. I'll move the article again to the right name. JoJan 07:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

OK ! :) I changed the name on the French Wikipedia too. Regards ! --Valérie75 10:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining all. Extremely sexy 22:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism only accounts?

Why are you blocking Ips as vandalism only accounts? As I noticed in the block log. I am telling you just incase you indef block them by accident. Telcourbanio Care for a talk? 13:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images for deletion

Both images have been restored since they had the proper licenses, granted by the orginal author; see: Wikipedia:Successful requests for permission#Permission to use images from http://photography.mojado.com/ JoJan 08:21, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commited Identity

I have been going through the list of people with committed identities to tag anyone with a SHA-1 hash to ask them to change it to a SHA-512. I realized that you have written SHA-512, but it looks like the hash is a SHA-1. Hope that you fix that. Thanks!! - Hairchrm 02:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

changed into SHA-512 JoJan 16:41, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] image:5-methyl indole.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, image:5-methyl indole.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. isilanes (talk|contribs) 16:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

The original image Image:Indole chemical structure.png was under GFDL-license. Therefore I could make a derivative and add the CH₃ radical. There is no breach of license. Therefore deletion should be reconsidered. JoJan 16:38, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Belgium at FARC

Dear JoJan, I know you as a regular editor of the Belgium article. Could you please have a look at the recent modifications made by myself and SomeHuman. I would appreciate your comments on the current editorial disputes. Yours Vb 22:19, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrtostylis

Hello,

I created Cyrtostylis because I wanted to add a pointer to Banksia ser. Cyrtostylis, and neither a disambiguation page nor a redirect seemed appropriate. I thought I would mention it to you in case you felt like expanding it. No problem if you don't.

Hesperian 13:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Timothy Ferriss

Hi, I just read Timothy Feriss's book and I wanted to get more info on him--lo and behold, the article was deleted. Do you know why? How can I get the text of deleted articles? Should I start a new stub? Thanks, Locarno 20:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It seems that the article Timothy Feriss has not been created yet. Therefore, it couldn't have been deleted. JoJan 05:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry, I meant Timothy Ferriss. Locarno

The article Timothy Ferriss (written with two s) was rightly deleted as it contained almost no content (Timothy (Tim) Ferriss is the author of The 4-Hour Workweek). I think you mean the science-fiction writer Timothy Ferris (written wit one s) ? JoJan 16:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

No, I just read The Four-Hour Workweek and was curious. I'll start a new stub. Locarno

[edit] Article deletion

Good morning JoJan, I came across this article because it was linked by the author from the articles about Geneva and the Geneva Conventions. I strongly believe that this article is either utter nonsense or utterly irrelevant. Contrary to the claim in the article, the proper and sole authority on the Geneva Convention is the International Committee of the Red Cross. Google does not know anything about "King Jacque de’Geneveeve" or the "world-renowned mathematical historian" Fredrick Lausberg, and the mathematical twist in the "Origins" paragraph looks like a weird conspiracy theory. Finally, to the best of my knowledge Geneva was not annexed by Switzerland. Also, the rest of the article looks highly suspicious as well. The books listed under "References" are either general publications about Geneva or the Geneva Conventions, or they seem to be non-existent like "Strategy of the Week and a Half War". The ISBN given for that title belongs to the book "Strategy of the Seven Weeks War: 1866". So, the article is either totally bogus or the product of a very very twisted mind (or both). My question is: can you propose it for deletion? I've never done it before in the English Wikipedia, and the process seems to be more complicated than in the German Wikipedia. --Uwe 08:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

I concur with your reasoning. I've proposed it for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genevian. JoJan 08:54, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help! --Uwe 13:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Lillian Stewart Carl

In this edit you reverted all the changes i had made expanding and sourcing this article in the last few days, with the edit summery "spelling". Was this your intent? If it was, why did you think this edit was an improvement. i can see that you are an established editor, so I'm sure that there was a good reason, if it wasn't a simple mistake (clicking on the wrong version link or some such). I have reverted your edit, largely on the assumption that it was probably a mistake, but I am coming here in case there is more to the matter. DES ^(talk) 22:29, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

As you can see in the text above, you are a terrible typist (6 mistakes in a short text). Nothing wrong with that. That can be fixed. And that's what I've probably tried to do. But then something must have gone terribly wrong. I don't know what, maybe I clicked on the revert button and the server went way back almost to the original text. Anyway, right after editing, I switched off my computer (probably without checking the change I had made, otherwise I would have seen it). For this, my apologies. One good advice : use Firefox as browser. Firefox has an English spelling checker and you'll see the typing mistakes while you're making them. Cheers. JoJan 13:08, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

You are correct, I am a rotten typist. (I even have a note to that effect on my user page.) I do have a spell-check plug-in, and on article text, I try to remember to use it. i don't always take the time on talk page posts. (I just used it on the text above.) There are reasons why i am pretty much stuck with IE, I'm afraid. Thanks for trying to help. I'll bet that the revert went back to the last version by a user other than me -- at least one of the revert/undo tools does that. Sorry to have bothered you -- it just seemed like an odd edit. DES ^(talk) 16:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Niccolò dell'Arca

Ciao! you article about Niccolò dell'Arca was very good. I just want to draw your attention about using a less POVish language (ie, "bautiful", "splendid" etc..) and to add categories when possible to biography articles (see my edits there to have an idea, if you want... see also WP:Manual of Style for other hints). Good work and compliments again. --Attilios 08:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments. I was given a private tour of the Basilica of San Domenico by the Dominican supervisor. During those four hours he showed me this church in detail and especially the Arca di San Domenico. I was allowed to take pictures at will (with flash !), even inside their private museum and inside their monastery. Afterwards I started to write about this basilica and especially the Arca. I tried to be as good documented as I possibly could. I appreciate your involvement in trying to make this article better (as you did in many more articles about Pisa and Florence, to name a few). However you've omitted a whole paragraph about the superstructure of the Arca. I realize that for many people this paragraph may look a bit too technical with all those Latin words, but this is the beauty of Wikipedia that we can offer more than those travel guides, that restrict themselves to the bare essentials of a work of art. We can go deeper, citing scientific journals. Can this paragraph be written in a more clear language ? Most probably, and you may give it a try. But I wouldn't stash it away, so that the ordinary reader can't read it. In my opinion, this paragraph contains essential information about the superstructure of the Arca. Look at it again and try to do a better job than me. Furthermore, I rearranged the setting of the pictures. On my 20-inch screen their location on the bottom of the page looked a bit haphazard. The use of a gallery seems the solution to me. JoJan 12:52, 25 June 2007 (UTC)