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[edit] Anna Wintour

Thanks, finally for someone coming around and reviewing it. I'm always glad for outside comments; many of your suggestions will be incorported very soon as I do want the article to pass.

I only wish to respond in part to one aspect of your comments: the use of names. I used them because I've seen a number of peer reviews/FA noms etc. where editors got faulted over running quotes attributed to unnamed people, especially when those quotes are attributed to identified persons in the source material (as all the ones you pointed to are). I tend to agree ... it looks like you're weaseling.

I would also consider that, as the article makes clear, the subject is a person about whom many people speak anonymously and are then quoted as such in reliable sources we can use. I thus prefer to identify people as much as possible in that situation, so it looks less like a gossipy hit job and more like an evenhanded treatment of her life.

I'll certainly look at cutting down on the attribution, and perhaps some of the quotes, but I just want you to understand my reasoning on that. Daniel Case 20:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Glad to hear you had no other problems with it. Hopefully I will be making changes tonight; if not, tomorrow. Daniel Case 20:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I do have one other issue, going over this again today as I'm making changes, that I need to find some middle ground on. I don't know if you read the peer review (given how deeply hidden the link is on the talk page now I wouldn't be surprised), but as you can see the last suggestion there was to integrate the popular culture section (at that time a bulleted list) into the rest of the article (as you probably know, there's quite a few people who think we have entirely too many of those sections and that they're cruft and OR magnets).

So, given that, do you think that it's necessarily such a good idea to restore that section? I could see doing that, but if I eventually take it to FAC (as I'd like to at some point), I'm sure I'd have to tear it back down.

Also, I am uncomfortable with removing The Devil Wears Prada from the criticism section even though it would shorten it up. It counts for both "in popular culture" and criticism since it did incorporate a lot of longstanding criticisms.

You know, perhaps it should just be a separate section entirely. I'll do that. Daniel Case 14:58, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, I have made all the changes you suggested. It required some baby-killing, but the net result was to shave about 4K off the article. It's still long, but it's shorter. Daniel Case 18:21, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Last change made. I hope you're not on vacation too long :-). Daniel Case 14:19, 12 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Thank you!

As I said on the fashion project talk page, this is the first GA in it to have been at least partially developed to that level under that project's auspices. I feel more attached to it than I did to New Coke, "my" other GA. To see how much I developed it, take a look at what it was right before my very first edit to it.

I have decided to put the full-length versions of those quotes I truncated in the Wikiquote page with all the other ones. I started that because I found, while writing and developing it, that you got to understand her best through the observations of other people (Amiel's are most interesting).

I do think, as with any GA, that a little more work would be necessary before taking this to FAC. In this case I think it needs the two images I mentioned on the talk page, plus some extra perspective that could be derived from reading the relevant portions of Liz Tilberis and Diana Vreeland's memoirs. So it will probably be a while — I'll probably put a to-do box on the talk page in the meantime. I have some other things to move onto now ... most notably another GA nomination I've been planning from a quite different field, U.S. Route 9 in New York (if you want, take a look and give me any feedback you want ... there was next to none during peer review).

I should also probably do more GA reviewing myself and help clear the backlog. Daniel Case 21:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey Zeus, Shen Kuo again

Hey brosef. Check out the article on Shen Kuo now. I added an infobox recently, made a couple additions to the Scholarly achievements section, and edited some more awkward phrasing in the article. Looks pretty good now, huh?--PericlesofAthens 20:56, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shen Kuo image

Hey dude. There is a problem with the picture of Shen Kuo in his article. Such a shame too, I know the picture is very old, but there is apparently not enough info describing the author and the year it was made. Anyways, I was wondering if you could translate this page [1] because the Shen Kuo image in it is nearly the same, and I am getting desperate for any website that states its image copyright status.--PericlesofAthens 18:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Also this image here [2]--PericlesofAthens 18:16, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History of silk

I'm more or less done now, and I think I'm going for GA. All that remains to be added is the general sources consulted, pending the discussion on the French article. Can you give it a copyedit? Thanks. -Oreo Priest 01:01, 11 May 2007 (UTC) (also, remember I'd be happy to copyedit yours if you want)

I'm on it. -Oreo Priest 01:05, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Not that I really mind, but FYI, when you link a portion of a word, the whole word becomes a link. For example, [[monk]]s appears as monks. -Oreo Priest 02:34, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Should I hold off the GA nom until then? -Oreo Priest 17:23, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lingbao School

My copyedit's done. I left numerous responses, questions and comments hidden in the text <!-- like this -->, so you should look through the page and change it appropriately. -Oreo Priest 16:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lingbao School

Updated DYK query On 13 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lingbao School, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 22:34, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chicago Midway International Airport

Hey Zeus-

Yes I would like an extension for the GA Hold -- I was telling Marcusmax that I would've done those edits earlier but I was extremely busy with school and AP testing. What do you suggest still needs to be done? Sox23 00:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks fox extending the hold. As of now, I have completed the checklist (user has since reinserted the table and I don't want to start an edit war). [Currently I am awaiting a response from a photographer in regards to a new fair-use licensed picture of Flight 1248] Sox23 01:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Zeus- I have proposed a solution to the redundant "incident problem" I have deleted the redundant information [for the most part]; made new section for "December 8 incidents" (as the 2005 incident was a big deal for MDW), and made a section for incidents involving Midway Airport but not at the airport (a.k.a. United Airlines Flight 718) With that finished, I believe the checklist is completed. Sox23 23:14, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I like your solution. Sox23 12:44, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Renaissance GA Nomination

I went to the library and got out a few books, and referenced all the sentences you asked. See the talk page for more info. Cheers for taking the time to review it! mais (talk) 14:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed:

Hey, I noticed you are a frequent contributor to WP:GA/R. There are a few discussion threads that are floundering and need additional comments from other editors. I would like to act on these soon, as they have been up for discussion for several weeks, but so few people have commented that I can't even archive as "no consensus" since we have a near null-set of comments. If you have the time, could you take a peek at the following articles and make any comments at WP:GA/R as you see fit? The articles needing additional comment are: Jeremy Clarkson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Anaximander, and Syncaris pacifica. Thanks in advance for your help with this! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 18:40, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers!

Good work on Lingbao School! It was a great article to read. Vassyana 10:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dude

Check out the new picture of Shen Kuo! Wikimachine is definitely on my list of coolest dudes ever for drawing that. Lol.--PericlesofAthens 03:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suleiman

Thanks for the comments, perhaps when I have time to devote myself to it I will push for FA. --A.Garnet 12:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Cogny Castries Navarre.jpg

As so ordered by DRV, Image:Cogny Castries Navarre.jpg is again nominated for deletion. Please see the debate at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2007 June 4#Image:Cogny Castries Navarre.jpg. Regards, howcheng {chat} 21:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wahaha Danone joint venture

I just created this article on this very topical subject. The subject matter would make for a good featured article, so I am hoping to enlist your help to get it there qualitatively. Ohconfucius 02:34, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Black history in Puerto Rico (GA)

Done and fixed (smile)- Tony the Marine 00:27, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apprentice GA Review

Thanks for that, I'll get working right away. BTW, is this you? Dalejenkins | The Apprentice (UK Series Three)'s Peer Review-Review now please! 09:10, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

All of your requests have been granted. Dalejenkins | The Apprentice (UK Series Three)'s Peer Review-Review now please! 17:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Apprentice UK

Image:Fired!.png Hello, Zeus1234. Are you a fan of The Apprentice UK? I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject The Apprentice UK, a WikiProject aiming to improve coverage of The Apprentice UK and related articles on Wikipedia.

If you would like to help out and participate, please come over and visit us here for more information. Thanks! Dalejenkins

[edit] Question

I am trying to learn everything about GA reviewing and i saw you passed Qoyllur Rit'i. I wanted to know, is it really ok when so little is sourced from the internet? I know that probably not in this article's case, but everything could be made up and he could have made both those sites. I recently failed a film article mainly because all of it's references camed from the DVD's extras, so i'm asking you, should we sometimes just trust that those books/dvd's actually exist?. Yamanbaiia 18:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks. Yamanbaiia 11:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History of silk

Thanks, though I don't think nepotism (promotion or hiring of family members, from the Latin "nepos" meaning grandson or nephew) is what you meant.

I don't really know where I would find the info to expand the sections you addressed, and I'm hesitant to rewrite the lead myself (I'm a translator, not an author!), though I suppose I could. Any help would be appreciated. -Oreo Priest 14:49, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Apparently I had it in me after all! I think it's done now, unless there's anything more you'd like. -Oreo Priest 11:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
The copyedit I agree with, the removal of red links I do not. Due to systemic bias, Wikipedia does not have good coverage on textile topics. I have asked a prominent member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts (namely User:PKM) to look them over to see if either the articles exist but the links are slightly off or if they simply don't exist. Regardless, the red links represent articles which should legitimately be created in the future, and which would be helpful to the reader, and thus a deficiency of Wikipedia, not the article itself. I have removed the least likely/deserving to receive their own article, though I believe everything else should stay.
This discussion has also been copied to the article's talk page, where it should continue.
Thoughts? -Oreo Priest 17:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
The article has now been thoroughly copyedited, so I think it's ready now. -Oreo Priest 17:31, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Apparently "thoroughly" was not a very good description. I reinstated the non-contradictory parts of the paragraph you removed, I hope you don't mind. So what's the story now? -Oreo Priest 16:31, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
OK, but keep in mind that after a week of being on hold (ie Sunday), the GA nom will lapse and automatically fail. -Oreo Priest 06:02, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
OK cool. -Oreo Priest 08:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sara Sidle

Sorry about not adding the nominee tag when i should have, i had to leave in a rush and i didn't thought anyone would take a look that quickly, it won't happen again. Thanks for the review and everything. Yamanbaiia 21:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Svelte

Your suggestion is quite good, but I'm a little stumped on this one. Care to give it a try? -Oreo Priest 17:29, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Perfect, thanks a lot. -Oreo Priest 05:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: "Maneater"

Hi, I have tried to cover all of the isues that you brought up on the talk page of Maneater (Nelly Furtado song). Would it be OK if you checked over it again and let me know if anything else needs changing before it gets promoted. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 19:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boeing 747

Just to let you know, your hold on this article expired several days ago. Might I suggest that you pass, fail or extend the hold of the article? Cheers, CP 21:15, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canut revolts

I put this article up for translation, and it was fully translated by someone else. The problem, however, was that it was so coarse and unreadable with terrible flow that I have had to go through it and change practically every sentence so it sounds like normal English. (The original translator thought writing the whole thing in the historical present would be a good idea.) Could you be a second proofreader and give it a copyedit after I've finished? Thanks. -Oreo Priest 23:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

You seem to be much more optimistic as to the fate of the article than I am. I think it's doomed to be a low-end B class unless some serious new research and improvement are put into it, something I'm not too keen on doing. Most of the information on the second revolt is taken from an "alternative information site," and while better than nothing and likely not too horribly biased, obviously we know what angle the authors are coming from. All I think you should bother yourself with is a read-over to make sure that my revamping of the article reads smoothly and is without spelling, grammar or formatting mistakes.
A project I do, however, have my eye on, and I really do think has potential is fr:Voûtement de la Senne. It's well-written, coherent and exhaustive and interesting. Living in Brussels, it was actually quite a shock when I found out about it, as there's no trace or mention of the river today. With the addition of inline citations, has GA written all over it. I plan to translate it in a subpage of my userpage (I'll tell you where) before moving it to the namespace, so I can share it with the world in DYK. If you're interested in helping, let me know. -Oreo Priest 11:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Working Man's Barnstar

The Working Man's Barnstar
I award you the long overdue Working Man's Barnstar for your continuous contributions, including the comparatively thankless and unglamourous task of doing GA reviews. Keep up the good work, Wikipedia is the better for it. Oreo Priest 12:00, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] City & South London Railway

Just wanted to let you know that I think that the suggestions for the improvement of the City & South London Railway article have been implemented. WOuld you mind having a final look. --DavidCane 23:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Your final comment has now been actioned.--DavidCane 23:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Voûtement de la Senne

OK, so I've created the article at User:Oreo Priest/Voûtement de la Senne, which you should probably write down somewhere. Because it's not in the namespace yet we can be informal with a lot of things, including leaving notes to each other in uncommented form. This does, however, mean we have to be more careful about things like categories and interwiki links, which should stay commented lest bots add links to the unfinished page to other articles.

Oh, and yes, I was hoping you would co-translate it with me. Please do give the canut revolts a brief look-over though to make sure it reads OK, then forget about it. You up for this? -Oreo Priest 10:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes we should. As for the references, once we translate it, we can just add little citation needed tags throughout, and I can go to the library and find the page numbers, as I found the book in ULB's library today. -Oreo Priest 15:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
In case you were worrying about making things in the article bilingual Dutch/French, don't. When we're done I know a couple of Flemings on WP that I can bring in to weaken the pro-French bias in the article. (Mostly just the monolingual street names.) Also, I think it's easier to keep track of our discussion if we sign our "posts". -Oreo Priest 11:03, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
A tip: when unsure how to translate a term in French, open up the article on the French WP (link is at the top of the article in this case), follow the link, and look in the left bar to see if there is a corresponding English article which translates to that. If that doesn't work, leave it red and in French, and I'll deal with it. -Oreo Priest 19:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out what is likely my first of many ridiculous tangents. I wrote (half translated really) Saint Gaugericus Island when I couldn't sleep, but now I'm exhausted. The map took me forever to make as I'd never used the software before... -Oreo Priest 03:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

The last paragraph is yours. I'm going to try to work on the images, and perhaps some proofreading and peripheral articles. That OK? -Oreo Priest 18:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
So I think you finished off the translation. All that remains now is to have a Fleming go over it and translate French bias in our writing. Would you mind adding the {{fact}} tags before Wednesday, so I can add them when I'm in the library? Also, do you think it's a problem that we basically only have 5 sources for the article (and only two even vaguely major at that)? -Oreo Priest 16:10, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Exactly. Add them anywhere you think they could be challenged, and go nuts. I would help, but I'm a very poor judge of this sort of thing. Worst case scenario the GA reviewer doesn't like it, so I'd have to take my computer to the library again and add some sources from other books, which should be possible. Also, take a look over to see if I've left any unaddressed comments. -Oreo Priest 17:38, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Looks like the Fleming I brought in actually made an effort to improve the article. I love wikipedia! Also, remember how I said in Hungary that some Australian GG vetoed a bill, pissing everyone off? It seems to actually have been far worse than that. -Oreo Priest 11:01, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Good work. I've moved our disputed sentence back, I think we should keep tweaking it in minor ways until it is acceptable to both of us. As for the sewer museum, I have a list of 80 museums in Brussels, and it's not on the list. How did you find out about it? If I want to see the tunnels too, all I have to do is ride the extant premetro.
On a more important note, let's just propose some hooks, and clean up all the junk and notes. I think this bad boy is ready for the namespace. -Oreo Priest 11:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Don't stress out about it too much; there's a one month backlog in its GA section —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oreo Priest (talk • contribs) 12:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA template

Just thought i'll let you know that when you add the GA template in the article's discussion, you don't have to put the articles name in topic but in which category it has been listed as a GA. So only one of these should be in "topic": arts, langlit, philrelig, everydaylife, socsci, geography, history, engtech, math, natsci, or miscellaneous. See WP:GAPQ#Categories. Apparently this is a problem because it makes some bots malfunction. Cheers! -Yamanbaiia 10:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 14 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Covering of the Senne, 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.

--Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

It just barely made it. Some guy put the article as being created Oct. 31 without telling me, probably because he looked at the history (I moved the page, not copy-pasted). I happened to check the noms (to be honest because I was surprised it wasn't up yet), and got it put back. Phew! -Oreo Priest 16:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Covering of the Senne GA assessment

I’ve placed the GA nomination on hold pending remedy of concerns noted on the article’s talk page. Please let me know if you’ve any questions. Ɛƚƈơƅƅơƚɑ talk 20:01, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

Hello there

I see you are interested in the Life On Mars Television Series, as I am.

At the moment I have A Life On Mars Wikiproject currently up for approval by the Wikiproject Approval Council. As you are interested in Life On Mars I was wondering if you would be interested in adding your name and joining. If you are interested you can find it on Wikipedia: WikiProject Council/Proposals its right at the very bottom you cant miss it as its titled ‘Wikipedia: Wikiproject Life on Mars (Television Series)’. And after your name is added to Wikiproject propsals please add it to the main page Wikipedia:Wikiproject Life On Mars

If you are interested by all means feel free to join

Regards

Police,Mad,Jack —Preceding comment was added at 11:29, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Covering of the Senne GA

So covering of the Senne passed its GA review, which makes you the proud author of two GAs! I might try for FA, but I also might not. Thoughts? -Oreo Priest 17:53, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm actually leaning towards not FA, both because I have some other articles I want to work on first, and because the article will probably get torn to shreds, and I'll have to make several trips to the library again to deal with the fact tags (the book cannot be taken out). Maybe I'll change my mind later. -Oreo Priest 12:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Air New Zealand

Hi. You recently undid a edit by me regarding Air New Zealand and Vancouver International Airport (YVR)

You undid that by saying that they do still fly to Vancouver. I know for a fact that they dont as I am currently looking at travleing to Canada at the end of this year. I went on to the Air New Zealnd site and found that they did conections with United in LAX or SFO.

That was at the end of the year, so it may only be seasonal but can you prove that Air NZ still fly to YVR??

Aflumpire (talk) 04:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

    • Ok, ok...settle down there mate....no need to go on attacking me. I jsut asked a simple question and I did look over the whole week. Gee. Gee. and if you read closer, you would see that im traveling at CHRISTMAS....while Air NZ only goes to Vancouver until march. Please dont attack unless you read it properly.

Aflumpire (talk) 11:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Done. Will (talk) 12:00, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Your GA nomination of The Northern Celestial Masters

The article The Northern Celestial Masters you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:The Northern Celestial Masters for things needed to be addressed. jackturner3 (talk) 14:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Your GA nomination of The Northern Celestial Masters

The article The Northern Celestial Masters you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:The Northern Celestial Masters for eventual comments about the article. Well done! jackturner3 (talk) 15:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hillcourt

I've worked on your comments, could you give a pulse check? Pls respond on Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/William_Hillcourt#William_Hillcourt. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Bombardment of Brussels

I've decided that after the Covering of the Senne, I'm going to work on translating the Bombardment of Brussels. You're once again invited to help, and the sandbox is at User:Oreo Priest/Bombardment of Brussels. Everything else should be the same; Hooiwind will be invited to participate, and even the original author of the French article is the same. One thing worth mentioning is that I think the reconstruction section should be drastically shortened, and made about the same length as the other sub-sections. If you're not interested, no biggie. Either way, let me know. -Oreo Priest 17:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You start at the top this time, I'll work on cleaning up the bottom. Naturally, if you need to leave any commments, do it in bold so we don't forget to take it out. I should warn you that I might not put a huge amount of time into this yet, due to school, but then again I also might. I just don't want you to be surprized if you're the only one working on it for a bit. -Oreo Priest 08:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I noticed you left several red links in the section you translated, mostly from translating proper nouns from French into English. I find the best way to translate proper nouns is to open the French article, click on the link, and then go to the English interwiki to see what it is called in English. It's more time-consuming, but it is much more precise and accurate. -Oreo Priest 12:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm almost done, so would you mind going through it for corrections/comments/ whatever? I'd have finished up, but I have to catch the Eurostar to London now! -Oreo Priest talk 17:16, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 1 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article bombardment of Brussels, 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.

--Royalbroil 00:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hell yes!

You can bet your *** I want you to take pictures! Lol. Dude, if you can take a picture of the Song Dynasty's Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest of the pre-modern pagodas in China, that would be incredible, considering that there is a very limited amount of pictures of it available online. But I'm not sure where you are located or where you intend to travel, so it might be completely out of your way. I'll pretty much settle for any pictures that you take. If you visit any Chinese art museums, take tons of pictures. If you come across any historical architecture, take tons of pictures. Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are so desperately lacking visual media on Chinese architecture, although the wealth of pictures is growing with the help of people such as yourself. If you can provide me list of the places you intend to visit, I'm sure I can provide a multitude of suggestions.

Thanks a million,--Pericles of AthensTalk 13:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Great! Wow, where to begin.

In Beijing, you could take additional photos of:

For your trip next weekend to Hebei alone, additional pictures could be taken of:

In Shaanxi:

In Shanxi:

  • Pagoda of Fogong Temple (only two pictures available)
  • Mount Wutai, dude if you could get a picture of the oldest wooden buildings standing in China from the Tang Dynasty, that would be amazing. I'm referring to East Hall of Fuguang Monastery and Nanchan Monastery.

In Henan:

  • Qizu Pagoda (has no pictures of it at Wikimedia Commons)
  • If you visit Mount Song, you can take a picture of the oldest standing pagoda in China, Songyue Pagoda. The only picture of it that exists on Wikipedia is a stupid stamp, which is not very impressive or imposing looking, unfortunately, and does not do the structure any justice.

Don't know if you'll wind up visiting Shandong, but...:

Hold on, I can think of more...lol.--Pericles of AthensTalk 14:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't want to give the impression that I care only about architecture pictures above ground. If you visit anything like Han Dynasty tombs, such as the Lei Cheng Han Tomb, that would be awesome to have pictures of its inner architectural features! Or hell, any art museum in China will have tons of artifacts from old Imperial China. Just take your pick.--Pericles of AthensTalk 14:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I hope I haven't overwhelmed you here. I in no way expect you to take pictures of all of these. In fact, good luck taking pictures of any of them! If anything, though, Liaodi Pagoda needs a picture.--Pericles of AthensTalk 15:45, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Wow! You mean business! I think, despite the time of day, the pictures look absolutely fine. Great job, especially with the close-up view of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, since no one had bothered to take a picture that close before. A closer view really defines the decorative vertical pillar facades in the brick exterior and the lifting eaves that a viewer would otherwise be unable to distinguish before with other pictures at Commons. Once again, excellent work.--Pericles of AthensTalk 10:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Awesome! I've already used one of your pictures in Liao Dynasty, Pagoda of Tianning Temple (Beijing), and Chinese pagoda.--Pericles of AthensTalk 15:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that you've taken pics of the pagoda forest near the Shaolin Temple. Close by is the Fawang Temple. Did you happen to visit there or are planning to visit there? More Tang Dynasty pagodas are located there, including one that is 131 ft tall! Cheers.
That's a shame, oh well, I'll take whatever I can get!--Pericles of AthensTalk 01:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Zeus. If you're interested, User:Ramtears has a list of temples in China on his user page, and you can snap photos of them if you're up to the challenge, since only a few of them (Famen Temple, Xuanmiao Temple, Guanghua Temple (Beijing)) have pictures.--Pericles of AthensTalk 23:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Another potential building to snap a photo of: Chongwen Pagoda of Shaanxi, the second-tallest pre-modern pagoda in China after the Liaodi Pagoda.--Pericles of AthensTalk 15:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
That's cool. I'm just glad you've taken pictures of anything! Tianning Temple Pagoda was a must, and you did a beautiful job snapping photos of it from every angle and direction.--Pericles of AthensTalk 23:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)