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Nomination for deletion of Template:Royal Palaces Hungary

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Orphaned non-free image File:BZÖ Logo.png

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Reply

Not easily, no. You can compare regular times of activity and such, but apart from that... —Nightstallion 06:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Opposition to frederics

would you care to reason why? otherwise your !votes won't coun't much. Thank you. ^walk victor falk ^talk 14:08, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Egyptian Embassy, London

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Proposed deletion of Turkish Embassy, London

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Nomination of Turkish Embassy, London for deletion

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Map : Old_regions_of_Libya

Hello, your request on the map lab is done. Regards, Bourrichon (talk) 18:39, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Christianity Template Pic

Hey, I've been off Wikipedia for a while, so sorry about the delay answering your January question. No change yet on the image; the folks who put the present picture up are very determined to keep it that way, and I'm too busy doing others things to change it. Thanks for asking, though.--Wikibojopayne (talk) 12:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

V&A category

I might be misunderstanding what you're trying to do here, but I'm a little puzzled by this, which makes "Victoria and Albert Museum" a prominent subcategory of, say, "Category:Charities based in London", meaning that a charity-browsing user will get a list of mostly non-charity V&A articles (Exhibition Road, Natalie Rothstein, etc) when they click through. Which seems a bit odd. I might just be out of the loop on category policy, but is there a precedent for this approach to subcategorisation? --McGeddon (talk) 15:18, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the article describes many aspects of the museum, and it's right for it to be in all of those categories. It just strikes me as odd and possibly unhelpful to have the V&A category also belonging to those categories. To pick a sharper example, the Category:Asian art museums page currently tells the inquisitive reader that there are 11 relevant pages in the "Asian art museums in the United States" subcategory, and 11 more pages in the "Victoria and Albert Museum" subcategory - the former category produces eleven museums which house Asian art; the latter produces one museum which houses Asian art, and ten articles which don't mention Asian art in the slightest.

If Victoria and Albert Museum is the only article which is actually about Asian art, then it seems that should be the only article presented to somebody who's browsing the "Asian art museums" category. (I may just have an idiosyncratic view of how categories are supposed to function, though, I haven't really been involved in that side of Wikipedia.) --McGeddon (talk) 16:26, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

You now seem to have removed the V&A category from "Asian art museums", which fixes the problem I raised, but it also means that the main V&A article is no longer listed anywhere in the "Asian art museums" category, despite obviously fitting the criteria of "museums with Asian art collections"! I think I'll move this discussion to the V&A talk page so that other editors can join in on it and give me the perspective I'm maybe lacking - feel free to reply there. --McGeddon (talk) 08:11, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Panoramas

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Wine Cooler

Hi Gryffindor. See my talk page for a link to the image with a base. Take care, – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 08:05, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

Hi Gryffindor - I'm trying to get a feel for your arguments on this page versus the Province of Bolzano-Bozen page. What do you see as the difference between the two? On the province page, you argued for a move to South Tyrol based on common English usage. But on the region page, you argued for the current title based on official usage in the Italian constitution in opposition to common English usage. Just interested in your thoughts. Thanks. Dohn joe (talk) 19:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

hi there Dohn joe,

thank you for your message. Please read through all the reasons given in the last discussions and polls here [1]. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask me again. Gryffindor (talk) 22:20, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind that I brought your reply back here - I always find it easier to keep conversations on one talkpage.

Anyhow, I did read through some of the arguments there. With the huge volume of discussion, I'm sure I missed a lot of nuance, but it seems like you prefer "Trentino-South Tyrol" because "South Tyrol" is English and "Alto Adige" is Italian. Which is a perfectly fine stance to take. I think you'd agree with me, though, that "Trentino-Alto Adige" - for whatever reason - is more common in English-language sources than either "Trentino-South Tyrol" or "Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol". And since you supported South Tyrol based on WP:COMMONNAME, I was trying to figure out why you didn't support Trentino-Alto Adige on the same basis. That's all. Dohn joe (talk) 23:51, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Move Ff – Südtiroler Wochenmagazin

Could you please move Ff – Südtiroler Wochenmagazin to ff – Südtiroler Wochenmagazin? As the tittle of the magazine is spelled in the article and on the magazines homepage as ff and not as Ff. thanks noclador (talk) 09:27, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

thanks, noclador (talk) 12:44, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Trentino-Alto Adige / Trentino-South Tyrol

Hello Gryffindor. I saw you undid my edits, which I commented thoroughly. Therefore I see no need for discussion in this case, but if you insist on calling Italian what is not Italian I will not stop you. It was you who invited me to adopt the solution of Switzerland. Now you undo it. I will not stop you either.--Patavium (talk) 10:45, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Brenner railway station

I note that you recently moved this article from its original name, Brennero/Brenner railway station, "according to main article Brenner, Italy".

The unofficial convention for the naming of en.wiki articles about Italian railway stations has always been that they are given the same name as the local one used on station signs, destination boards, timetables, etc. The practice in continental Europe, not just in Italy, is that timetables, destination boards, etc, always use the locally used name for the stations to which they refer, and the en.wiki naming convention for Italian railway stations conforms with this practice. So, eg, the article about the main station at Milan is named Milano Centrale railway station, and the article about the station at Mantua is called Mantova railway station. There are more than 100 en.wiki articles, and many more redlinks, named in this way.

I assume that the rationale for this practice is that people often use en.wiki to find out about stations to which they intend to travel. For example, the most heavily visited of the many en.wiki Italian station articles I have created appears to be the one about the station at Fiumicino airport (Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station), which is not intrinsically a large or very exciting station, but nevertheless is obviously something of significant interest to en.wiki readers. Where there is a corresponding English or other language name for the station that might be familiar to English speakers (eg Mantua railway station), that name is also set up as a redirect.

The station at Brenner, Italy is referred to on its station signs, and in timetables, etc, including the heavily used online timetable operated by German Railways (DB) ([2]) as Brennero/Brenner, and not merely as Brenner. I am not an administrator, and am not able to move articles over redirects. I therefore request that the article be moved back to its original name so that it conforms with the convention I have described. Bahnfrend (talk) 09:30, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Flag icon identifying summit host

As you may recall, the edit history of Template:Infobox summit includes your name. This causes me to guess that you may be willing to help resolve a small problem.

According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (icons)#Avoid flag icons in infoboxes, the construction of this template is slightly flawed. In the resulting infoboxes, identification of the host country mirrors {{flagicon}}.

Despite MOS conventions, is there a arguable reason why host country flags should be incorporated in the infoboxes of summits? Can it be said to aid in navigation in the same way that {{flagicon}} is useful in the tables at G8 and G-20 major economies?

Please share your thoughts at Template talk:Infobox summit. IMO, this should be a non-issue; but I did notice that it was the subject of an edit war at BRICS.

If consensus develops for removing the flag, I don't understand how to modify the template. --Tenmei (talk) 15:07, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Conversion of Hagia Sophia into a Mosque

Hallo Gryffindor, I would like to ask your advice, both as member of wikiproject Turkey and admin. Since a couple of months there is a guy (he's no regular editor) who is trying to modify the Hagia Sophia article. He has begun removing the part which I wrote about the Conquest, writing that Runciman (!) is not a reliable source, since he wrote at a time when Turkey and England were at war (the famous Turco-British war of 1965, which always waits its article on Wikipedia :-)). I answered patiently, and then he answered that after careful check he admits that he is reliable. His way to control the reliability is to compare Runciman with another historian (Nicol) who unfortunately happens to use Runciman as his main modern source. :-) Anyway, after that he changed target and removed the statement that Hagia Sophia was converted into a Mosque when Mehmed entered the church and an Ulama pronounced the ritual invocation to Allah. He pretends that this is clearly POV, although this POV comes direct from the Slavic Chronicle (possibly the only eyewitness of the happening) and is reported – among others – by Runciman (who comments it) and Müller-Wiener… He also removed the adjective "immediately" from the sentence about the conversion, since he said that the Ottomans needed obviously time to refurbish everything… I reverted these changes and answered again (this time a little bit less patiently), but he insisted telling that this is POV, and that he wants to change the sentence writing that Hagia Sophia since 1453 "was used" as a mosque. Yesterday he changed again the sentence about the conversion. The whole discussion is reported in the discussion page (only the last part). Now, one could find the whole story rather pedantic, but there is a big difference between saying that Hagia Sophia "was used" as a Mosque and it "was converted" into a mosque after the Conquest. Moreover, as I wrote above, the sentence which has been removed is firmly sourced. I think that you know Runciman and Müller-Wiener better than me, and they are among the most authoritative sources on the subject. What do you think about it? What can be done here? Thanks, Alex2006 (talk) 05:33, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

In the meantime, Cplakidas made a proposal to end the dispute, which for me is OK. What do you think about it? Anyway, after reading carefully the comments of this guy, my impression is that he cannot accept the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque through the procedure used by Mehmed. But this is what the sources tell us. Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 09:58, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Hallo Gryffindor,

thanks! Actually I gave up, :-( The conversion into mosque will be written as POV of the authors who I mentioned to you... I think that the opinion of this guy is that Hagia Sophia always remained a church. Thanks anyway, Alex2006 (talk) 05:36, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

move of talk page

Hi Gryffindor, could you please move Talk:Comuni of the Province of Bolzano-Bozen to Talk:Municipalities of South Tyrol? --Mai-Sachme (talk) 22:12, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

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Dvaravati buddha picture

Hi, you have replaced a couple of pictures on the Dvaravati article. While it is good to have a referenced picture (British Museum), I do not know if you are aware that the one you picked is very atypical. It has a number of features (ushnisha, joining eyebrows etc.), but it lacks the snail-shaped hair curls that cover 99% of the known buddha heads (type "dvaravati buddha" on google images). I have never seen a stucco one either, as they are mostly made of sandstone. On an online encyclopaedia, I believe we should have a typical - referenced - example. Vincent Lextrait (talk) 10:13, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your Poland-related contributions

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Orphaned non-free image File:Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Libya.png

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Your opinion would be appreciated

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Naming conventions

Hi, you have recently expressed cautions regarding de-jure/de-facto names regulation. I'd be grateful if you could elaborate your position at WT:NCGN. Thanks. -- Ashot  ^(talk) 05:44, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Re: Marks on images

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Ladin in Trentino

Hi - I keep reverting your edits at the naming convention page because you still have not shown that anyone besides you and Patavium ever discussed using Ladin names in Trentino. If you can show me a particular instance, as opposed to just the link to the discussion as a whole, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Dohn joe (talk) 17:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

We obviously are not getting anywhere. Would you agree to seeking a WP:Third Opinion to get a neutral thrid party to take a look at our disagreement? If so, I'll add it there. Dohn joe (talk) 22:37, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

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Haut-Adige/Alto Adige

Hi Gryffindor - nice job with starting the new article. I went through and expanded it a bit. I also changed the title, which I explained at the talk page. I hope you agree with my reasoning there. If not, feel free to respond and we can have a chat about it. Thanks! Dohn joe (talk) 21:04, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Conversion to svg

Hi Gryffindor, I just noticed you left a message on my wikimedia commons page on June 10, 2008 ! It was about this file: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:August-Knobloch_Hoflieferant_1906.svg . To answer your question (I guess you found by yourself since) it was made with the potrace tool of Inkscape. Tos PS: I also love the design of that logo.

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A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	For the Trentino lingual minorities map - a map I and other authors have long been waiting for. Kazu89 ノート 16:03, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

No need to thank me. But could you tell me why you called it lingual minorities instead of linguistic? Does that make a difference in English?

Moreover, I would like to place a few requests with you, if you like making maps. Could you upload this map in other languages as well if I told you the translations? And could you make a similar map for the province of Belluno if I provided you with the data necessary?

Well, that's it. If I'm bugging just tell me to get lost. --Kazu89 ^ノート 13:01, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

August Klein

Hi, why did you move the page? Normally, you don't add a disambiguator unless there is another article by the same name. are you planning on writing an article on a different August Klein? Thanks, Renata (talk) 05:41, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello

Greetings Gryffindor, I just thought I'd let you know that I say your article Krakauer Brothers in the New Articles list--The content seems pretty substantial. However, I think the article seems to contain a few errors: one of the article's Wikilinks is broken. By the way, it would be great if you could also upload a picture for the related article Piano Concerto No. 2.

And have a beautiful day! Cheers, Jipinghe (talk) 19:11, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Fifth Element pistol image incorrect

Hello, I was browsing The Fifth Element wiki page when I noticed that your picture labeled "Pistol used by Bruce Willis as Maj. Korben Dallas (Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Seattle)" is incorrect. This image, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Science_Fiction_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame_8b.JPG is not a prop from that film. If you look at the larger image, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Science_Fiction_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame_8.JPG you can see the correct prop in the upper left. The prop currently displayed on The Fifth Element wiki page is evidently from "The Powers of Matthew Star" according to the sign pictured in the large image.

Reg. "Odissi" Dance article moves between Odissi and Odissi Dance

Hi Gryffindor, Trust you must be doing fine. I am seeing that there has been a series of to & fro moves between the naming of the pages. I also had my doubts on this and had bought forth my observations to Kwami. Based on the discussion with him, Kwami had put forth objective points behind this move and it did make sense. There could be Odissi Music but not all of it pertains to Odissi Dance only. There can be Odissi Handlooms, Odissi Literature for instance. Kwami had drawn an analogy with Manipuri (Dance/ Music/ Literature) and a specific need of a hat note. I would agree that when Odissi is mentioned people relate it more towards the dance form, but in an article perspective a disambiguation would be better. My thoughts only. Thanks.--Karan1974 (talk) 22:01, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

2011-2012 Syrian uprising

Hello there. As you're an admin who has just made a contribution on the listed article, can I ask you to intervene should another edit restore the word "dictatorship" which I have twice removed with manifestly encyclopaedic terms. I don't wish to be involved in an edit war with multiple editors and I explained my position with my last few edits on the respective talk pages. However you decide it to remain is fine with me even if it goes the other way. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 20:35, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm in the middle of a live discussion with Sopher now so we'll probably come to an agreement but thanks for the advice. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 20:46, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree with you on that point, it should be more neutrally worded. But tag such issues first before they get out of hand. Gryffindor (talk) 20:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Shall do! Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 20:50, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Gryffindor,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 01:01, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

remove background

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Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis is an ambiguous name and there is no evidence that the glass manufacturer is the primary topic. older ≠ wiser 13:24, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Creditanstalt logo.PNG listed for deletion

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Happy Adminship Anniversary

Wishing Gryffindor a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 00:43, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

oh wow, thank you very much. Gryffindor (talk) 05:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Nagoya Noh Theater

Panorama stitched from three originals by Gryffindor

I created a panorama out of three pictures you uploaded of the Nogoya Noh Theater. Your originals made good source material for a panorama. I used the free hugin tool to do this. It's pretty easy to use if you can get it on your platform. --Kbh3^rdtalk 22:06, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Symbol of Mali

Please do not move the article to "Emblem of Mali" again. I know the shape doesn't look like a coat of arms, but as I already explained once before, the Government calls it the coat of arms. There is also a seal, which is different. This is similar to Ohio's "coat of arms", which also looks nothing liek a coat of arms but is referred to as such by it's Government. Fry1989 ^eh? 02:51, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Assemblies

Good day Gryffindor. I saw your recent change to the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), and was wondering if you could take a look at Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, and possibly do the same? I find that its title is quite verbose, and believe, because of your experience, you may suggest a better alternative. I would think that a better title would be: Regional Assembly (Azores) would be a more concise alternative, since the title used is the official English version. What do you think? ^{ruben jc} ZEORYMER (talk) 10:35, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Australian House of Reps and Senate

Mind providing a more detailed rationale for these rather major moves? I tend to think they're much too major for a simple move without discussion, but am open to being convinced. Frickeg (talk) 12:08, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

There's now a discussion taking place on the House of Reps talkpage that you may be interested in. Frickeg (talk) 00:12, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Hotel Bristol for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hotel Bristol is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hotel Bristol until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. TallNapoleon (talk) 18:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Arab Kingdom of Syria

Why are you repeatedly moving that page? And where did you get the idea that either Kingdom of Arab Syria or Kingdom of Arabic Syria is a proper translation (not transliteration) for المملكة العربية السورية. The word العربية (Arab) is an adjective modifying المملكة (kingdom). Much like the modern state of Syria is officially known as الجمهورية العربية السورية which translates as the Arab Republic of Syria. I request that you move the page back to its original title and open a request for move if you feel that an alternative title is more appropriate. Forcing the issue through administrative tools should not be how this is accomplished. nableezy - 17:52, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

The map

A new section is made at the Talk:Syrian civil war. Note the difference between those map shown in as sources and the mape that had been made. --Wüstenfuchs 13:39, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

File:Civil ensign Alawite State.png

It's a semi-interesting image, but it's not the official flag of the Sanjak of Latakia / Alawite State under French colonial rule, and without a lot more explanation or documentation, it's not too clear how it could be a substitute for the official flag of the Sanjak of Latakia / Alawite State under French colonial rule. AnonMoos (talk) 15:13, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Ntlo ya Dikgosi name change

Just wondering why you moved the Ntlo ya Dikgosi page to its former name. The government renamed it a while ago. Ethan | talk. 01:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Who sets up the consensus for "the most common name in English"? All English newspapers in Botswana call it the "Ntlo ya Dikgosi". Ethan | talk. 14:19, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Then why is the article for the Icelandic parliament named "Althing"? Why is it "Bundestag" and not the "Federal Diet of Germany"? The "Oireachtas" instead of the "National Parliament of Ireland"? What makes these articles different? Ethan | talk. 21:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Again, who sets the consensus? Is it the Batswana media and literature? Global news networks? Ethan | talk. 16:04, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Gryffindor, you said "the most common name in English is used for articles". Can you find any source - even just one source - which calls it "House of Chiefs (Botswana)"? bobrayner (talk) 13:50, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Senate of Pakistan

You have just moved the article on the Senate of Pakistan to Senate (Pakistan) on the grounds that this is the constitutional term. I have to object to this move because the senate's own website uses Senate of Pakistan and not just "Senate". Also look at the preface of the updated constituion of Pakistan and note the use of the term "Senate of Pakistan". Please return the article to the original name. Green Giant (talk) 00:47, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

National Council of the Slovak Republic

Hi, I saw you renamed the article National Council of the Slovak Republic to National Council (Slovakia), the official name is Národná rada Slovenskej republiky so the english article should stay National Council of the Slovak Republic. --Adehertogh (talk) 13:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Moving articles about legislatures

I note that you have recently moved a large number of articles on legislatures to titled which use parentheses. Please could you explain your reasoning more clearly because it does seem to be a unilateral set of moves. Green Giant (talk) 00:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

These moves seem to be inappropriate; many of the targets that you're moving pages to seem to fail WP:AT. Parenthetical disambiguation should only be used where natural disambiguation is not necessary, because the strings with bracketed suffixes are not the actual names of the subjects and they're highly improbable search terms. However, these moves seem to be from naturally disambiguated names to parenthetical disambiguation. Why would you do that? Please stop now. bobrayner (talk) 13:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

• Tremendously inappropriate as well. The single poor explanation provided does not justify the moves, nor permit violation of WP:BRD. Repeating the moves after they were undone is inexcusable. dangerouspanda 13:42, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

AN/I discussion

Hi,
I have started a thread on AN/I about possible problems with undiscussed moves. Your input would be welcome. bobrayner (talk) 12:10, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

• It is important that you join this discussion before moving any other articles. aDennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 13:43, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

• Editors are expected to explain their decisions. Admins more so, even if it's not about using the bit, see WP:ADMINACCT. IRWolfie- (talk) 09:12, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Apostrophes

Please be aware when moving pages of MOS:PUNCT - this page move was technically incorrect. I have now fixed it. Regards, GiantSnowman 15:54, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Nick Grimshaw

Would you be willing to look at Nick Grimshaw and provide assistance? Semi-protect is likely, but it's a little too late in the evening (morning?) for me to find the stable version too. Thanks! --Tgeairn (talk) 06:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Ōsaka Tenman-gū and other Japanese article names

You may be interested in the discussion here. LittleBen (talk) 23:40, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Apology

Stupid of me! I'm really sorry for my careless mistake. Please accept my apology. Best regards. Oda Mari (talk) 09:48, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Louvre Museum

Yukk! It isn't the normal term, nor the title of the article; please stop adding it everywhere. I think there may be a WP:ENGVAR issue here, as it is certainly not normal in British English. Johnbod (talk) 00:46, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I second that comment. Not normal in American English either. --JaGa^talk 00:57, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I see you're continuing with the "Louvre Museum" edits. Is there a discussion about this you can point me to? --JaGa^talk 05:19, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Only Talk:Musée_du_Louvre#move_name.3F I think, where we have all contributed. Currently 3:1 against a move. It's time to start reverting if these edits persist & Gryffindor remains unresponsive here. Johnbod (talk) 13:58, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm away from my desktop right now but when I get home in a day or two I'm going to revert the Louvre Museum edits and leave the Louvre Palace ones in place. --JaGa^talk 14:17, 19 October 2012 (UTC)