User talk:Prioryman/Archive 2
Re: Battle of Vukovar FAC
editI'm generally okay with the idea, though I'm not done proofreading it myself, either. I was certainly planning to keep an eye on the FAC comments in any case, so feel free to list me. In fact I'm pretty sure you could recruit any of the other four involved .hr editors for it, I'm sure they'd all appreciate the prestige :) --Joy [shallot] (talk) 22:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
BTW, can you set up an e-mail address for me to be able to contact you that way, please? --Joy [shallot] (talk) 22:10, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
- OK, done, and thanks. I think it might be a bit over the top to list five editors as co-sponsors though! Prioryman (talk) 23:32, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
- BTW did you get my mail? --Joy [shallot] (talk) 18:59, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
FAC's been closed now, but reviewing my comments I realize that I accidentally wrote "publishers" when I meant "publisher locations" - you're right, all of the books included publishers. Sorry for the confusion. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:30, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Of course. :) --Joy [shallot] (talk) 20:12, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
- It's a great article. Well done for your hard work. --John (talk) 09:39, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Apologies
editApologies for implying that you thought nefarious forces against your review requests. I need to remember that a humorously intended statement is hard to convey in a text-only environment. [self-applies small trout]. -- saberwyn 00:03, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Suckers (band)
editHi Prioryman, you nominated Suckers (band) for deletion under "G2: Test page". At the time, it was mis-formatted because a newbie was still working on it. Please be a little more cautious in these situations. Thanks! Melchoir (talk) 19:03, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Battle of Vukovar ACR
editHi! I noticed that the last FAC brought up matter of British vs American spelling inconsistencies in the article as an obstacle. I'm willing to tackle those myself, but I'd like to check first with you would you prefer to end up with BE or AE spelling in the end - I noticed the British English tag in the talk page, but just to be on the safe side...--Tomobe03 (talk) 21:49, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
- BE, please! Prioryman (talk) 22:11, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
New Page Patrolling
editThank you for patrolling new pages. I'm just letting you know that I have declined your CSD A7 on Roshini Shetty because there is enough information on the page to suggest that the subject may be notable. I have placed a WP:BLPPROD template on the article instead. For more information please see WP:NPP and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. Happy editing! -Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:55, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Capitalisation of Pigeon Snaring
editI'm a Wikipedia neophyte so thanks for helping me with the capitalisation. I'd love to hear any other advice or feedback you might have.-- JJManioke (talk) 07:07, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Sve hrvatske pobjede za Vukovar.jpg
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DYK for SS Robert E. Peary
editOn 11 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article SS Robert E. Peary, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the SS Robert E. Peary was built and launched in only 4 days, 15 hours and 29 minutes, faster than any other Liberty ship? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SS Robert E. Peary.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
A barnstar for you!
editThe Original Barnstar | |
Congratulations on the work you did on Battle of Vukovar. John (talk) 04:37, 11 October 2011 (UTC) |
Vukovar, again
editDid you notice this? Sorry to bother you yet again, you must be regretting the nomination! It's a great article on a very difficult topic, when this gets promoted you should have a beer or three. --John (talk) 08:05, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, I missed that - just checked and it's fine. Prioryman (talk) 08:08, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Mr Davenport
editPlease do not remove the citation requests unless you are adding references that resolve them. Thanks. Fmph (talk) 19:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
- It was because of your unsupported assertions on the talk page that I marked the points in your additions which were not supported by the references you added. Some seem to know have been addressed although not very well. Nowhere does it say that the property was valued (a positive action that implies a professional viewing the property and making an informed judgement) @ £50mil. But we will let that one go. Now all we need are the details of the introduction. Fmph (talk) 21:18, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
New Page Patrol survey
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Battle of Vukovar
editCongratulations on the FA promotion. Great work!--Tomobe03 (talk) 15:25, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
Barnstar
editThe Croatian Barnstar of Merit | ||
For your outstanding effort in improving Battle of Vukovar and getting it to featured article I hereby award you the Croatian Barnstar of Merit (although you probably deserve several more :-). I wish I had your patience and persistence. Do keep it up, Prioryman! Timbouctou (talk) 18:04, 28 October 2011 (UTC) |
Battle of Vukovar
editRight back atcha ;)
The Citation Barnstar | ||
For outstanding referencing work on the Battle of Vukovar. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 21:48, 28 October 2011 (UTC) |
I also liked your original prose very much, which made me quite ambivalent towards the FAC-induced simplification. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 21:48, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
- For what it's worth, I concur with Joy. I think the article was somewhat better before FAR. Timbouctou (talk) 00:08, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
Re: Battle of Vukovar TFAR
editYep, I know, I'm tracking it all. Thanks again :) --Joy [shallot] (talk) 08:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
- You're fast :) --Joy [shallot] (talk) 08:18, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
- Just wanted to say you did an amazing job with the article, and thank you for all your hard work :). --71.202.63.69 (talk) 02:56, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Toilet god
editHello! Your submission of Toilet god at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! HurricaneFan25 18:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
- BTW, great article :P HurricaneFan25 18:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial
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On 2 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial (pictured), excavated in 2011, is the first confirmed Viking ship burial to be discovered in mainland Scotland since 1935? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
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Cyrus Cylinder
editHello Prioryman, First off, let me thank you for some of the fine work that you’ve done on making the Cyrus Cylinder page (particularly in your retitles, on the history of its discovery, the dispute between IRI and the British Museum [aside: boy, the Brits do indeed like to take things from other lands and put them in their museums!], as well as the Exhibition in Iran update).
I am concerned, however, that your edits on 08:29, 2011 November 5 Prioryman (talk | contribs) (89,345 bytes), are not quite what I consider useful. In particular, what seems to be opinionated viewpoints. Example: “However, the Cylinder's account of Cyrus's conquest clearly does not tell the whole story. Although the Persians do seem to have entered Babylon without serious resistance, the text does not mention the preceding Battle of Opis, in which Cyrus's forces defeated and apparently massacred Nabonidus's army.”
1) It reads far too much as if there was subterfuge afoot in the creation of the Cylinder as if the Cylinder was create to mislead. 2) There is no evidence that Cyrus’s army ever MASSACARED Nabodinus’s army. In fact, the historical evidence is that Cyrus was benign by ancient and modern standards in terms of the invasion. 3) The three historians being cited are opining (however educated their opinions may be), not definitively stating, that the cylinder did not tell the whole story.
To tell you the truth, I think that the whole section on the analysis of the cylinder’s claim is really not useful and subject to biases in terms of what analyses are included. There are very little articles on wikipedia referencing proclamations and announcement (declarations of independence, the magna carta, etc) that analyze the claims of those proclamations. Perhaps it might be better to remove the section altogether.
This being said, I am going to make some revisions addressing my concerns. Best, GoetheFromm (talk) 07:37, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Toilet god
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On 9 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Toilet god, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that those who believe in toilet gods hold that they can be appeased by praying, eating or offering rice, clearing one's throat, or biting the toilet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Toilet god.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Evidence
editDo I put my responses to your allegations in the same section which you have written or another? The Last Angry Man (talk) 22:36, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
- No, Mark, you need to wait until it's posted as a sockpuppet investigation - then you get to have your say. Prioryman (talk) 22:51, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Main page appearance: Battle of Vukovar
editThis is a note to let the main editors of Battle of Vukovar know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on November 18, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 18, 2011. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:
The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of the Croatian town of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and paramilitaries from Serbia, between August–November 1991. In 1990, Croatian Serb separatists launched an armed uprising, supported by Serbian President Slobodan Milošević, and seized control of Serb-populated areas of Croatia. The JNA intervened in favour of the Croatian Serbs and launched an offensive in August 1991 against Croatian government-held territory. Vukovar was defended by around 1,800 lightly armed Croatian soldiers and civilian volunteers, against 36,000 JNA soldiers and Serbian paramilitaries equipped with heavy armour and artillery. When the town fell on 18 November 1991 after prolonged fighting, hundreds were massacred by Serb forces and the town's non-Serb population was expelled. Vukovar was peacefully reintegrated into Croatia in 1998 after the end of the Croatian War of Independence and has since been rebuilt, but deep ethnic divisions remain. Several Serb military and political officials, including Milošević, were later indicted and in some cases jailed for war crimes committed during and after the battle. (more...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 00:03, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Good work!
editThe Original Barnstar | ||
Congratulations! Getting the Battle of Vukovar to the FA and then to the main page in time for the 20th anniversary is a truly magnificent achievement. Tomobe03 (talk) 11:59, 13 November 2011 (UTC) |
- - Yes, fantastic, quality work - well done. - Off2riorob (talk) 12:04, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you both. Prioryman (talk) 12:16, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Re: Archiving Battle of Vukovar talk page?
editSure, done. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 13:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Barnstar
editThe Original Barnstar | ||
For your brilliant and timely effort in making the Battle of Vukovar the today's featured article. GregorB (talk) 20:52, 18 November 2011 (UTC) |
Questions to Arbs
editI have sent you the other day an email with quack quack evidence. Can you please firstly confirm that you have received it.
Additionally, as I mentioned at User_talk:Russavia#Your_query I have asked individual arbs who are running for re-election to the Committee specific questions in relation to the Clarification request that they have so far basically ignored in providing straight answers for. You will find the questions, and their answers, on the individual candidacy pages.
I don't think it is fair only to subject those Arbs seeking re-election to such questions, and am thinking of asking individual arbs the same questions on their talk pages, to see if they will answer them, and I will make a note of their responses (or lack thereof) at their future candicacy.
Anyway, just wanted to give you a heads up in case you want to check out the questions and their answers in relation to this case. Russavia Let's dialogue 14:57, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Silverdale Hoard
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On 22 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Silverdale Hoard, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Silverdale Hoard, discovered in Lancashire in September 2011, contains over 200 items of Viking treasure and has revealed the existence of a previously unknown Viking king? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Silverdale Hoard.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
I've created it as a redirect, and added it to the dab page at Old Town Hall. PamD 20:58, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
- Good idea, thanks for doing that. By the way, I've nominated the article for DYK, so you should see a DYK credit on your user talk page in the next few days. Prioryman (talk) 21:04, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Happy Christmas
editSeason's greetings! | |
I hope the holiday season is relaxing and fulfilling, and that 2012 will be fruitful for you. --John (talk) 00:35, 25 December 2011 (UTC) |
Merry Christmas and best wishes! GregorB (talk) 22:31, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Merry Xmas!
editDYK for Lancaster City Museum
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On 26 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lancaster City Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Lancaster City Museum houses a Roman tombstone with a dramatic depiction of a Roman soldier with a decapitated opponent at his feet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lancaster City Museum.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for expanding, and DYK-ing, the stub I started. After some Christmas travelling I might have a go at Lancaster Maritime Museum! PamD 08:41, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Regarding "Shivdeep Lande"
editHai Prioryman,
Mr.Shivdeep lande is one of the Indian Police service (IPS) officer. No other encyclopedia had biography about Shivdeep lande. Thats why, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivdeep_lande This page is important.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahamed5zal (talk • contribs) 12:20, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
editHey man, have a very merry Christmas! All the best! Timbouctou (talk) 12:30, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Lagan Canal
editThanks for the kind words about the Lagan Canal article. I was working on Robert Whitworth, noted that he assessed the plans for the Lagan, then noted that the wikilink to it was red, so found there was no article, and thought there should be. Hope the DYK goes well. Bob1960evens (talk) 20:47, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Re: Merry Christmas
editMerry Christmas to you too. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 21:28, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Adele Goodman Clark DYK review
editI redid the article with inline citations - is everything good to go now? –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 02:40, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
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DYK for Meridian 5
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DYK nomination of Lagan Canal
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Happy New Year
editTitanic 100 years... | |
I have seen your improvements of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic article and would like to help. As it is now I think it is close to Good Article with some regrouping of text and improvements of images. I will try to make some illustrations of the ship, but will have to do some research first. Soerfm (talk) |
A barnstar for you!
editThe Original Barnstar | |
I am visiting the Muse Art gallery in Hyderabad and i have attended all the art events curated by Kaali sudheer. He is doing a fantastic community service in the areas of Art . helping the budding, young, women artists to show case their talent and build their careers in the art . i spoke to him in length and understood that we need to have a wikipedia page for him so that it will be of use for Artists who want to show their works and get benefited. As the gallery is a not to profit started by a big name like Marriott and Marriott have partnered with kaali sudheer. Thought it will be of great use for artists around the world to use this wonderful space and show their talent. I have given the external links of well known sources like US consulate of Hyderabad , Confederation of Indian Industry ( CII) , Yahoo News and well known news papers Hindu and postnoon etc Gregx1872 (talk) 22:15, 31 December 2011 (UTC) |