User talk:Gidonb/Archive 2011

Bavel, Netherlands

In the header for the entry "Bavel, Netherlands", the final "l" in the name "Bavel" is missing. Please correct.

Ton Janssens (talk) 21:52, 6 January 2011 (UTC) Ton Janssens.

Ton, thank you for noticing my typo!!! I have moved the page and proposed the redirect for speedy deleting. gidonb (talk) 22:02, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Added a few things about the early history of Bavel. Ton Janssens (talk) 21:13, 7 January 2011 (UTC) Ton Janssens.

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Thank you for the notice! gidonb (talk) 19:01, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Efteling

Please don't revert me again like you did in efteling, if you will, the category will become "red" again. 20:59, 10 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ingadres (talk • contribs)

Actually, I never reverted you, but fixed a problem in the article. You correctly mention that there was a problem with the categories. Someone had used the wrong fields in the infobox and this automatically created the wrong category. I also fixed that problem so the article should be in good shape now! gidonb (talk) 05:16, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Service award level

There has been a major revision of the the Service Awards: the edit requirements for the higher levels have been greatly reduced, to make them reasonably attainable.

Because of this, your Service Award level has been changed, and you are now eligible for a higher level. I have taken the liberty of updating your award on your user page.

Herostratus (talk) 06:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Mexico

Hello. Mexico is a North American country, not a Central American country. All reliable sources define Central America as 7 nations: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize. On the other hand there is a smaller region/group also called North America which doesn't mean the whole N. American continent. This is the mainstream view.

Finally, UN "definitions" are not valid in terms that they were made specifically for statistic presentations and the UN clearly states that (see United Nations Geoscheme). It is very weird to me that you want to categorize Mexico as a CA country... AlexCovarrubias ^{( Talk? )} 23:58, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but your edits come across as rude and your above message as confused. Lets start with the edits. I explained all my edits in the edit summary and all of them were improvements over the existing situation. You reverted all of them, with the reverting marked as minor edits (!!!), while adding such rude comments as "RV nonsense". All this is simply not done among colleagues who build an encyclopedia together. I will next elude to your above comments. gidonb (talk) 05:05, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok first I need to apologize for the use of the word "nonsense". It literally translates to Spanish as "without sense, logic" and it doesn't have an offensive meaning. I just researched a little about that expression and now I think I understand why it was rude, so once again I apologize. Thanks for reading my messages. Sincerely AlexCovarrubias ^{( Talk? )} 05:14, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Joseph Serchuk

I'd like if you can translate יוסף סרצ'וק (Joseph Serchuk) from hebrew wiki to english. My english is not so good for write in encyclopedia.

Thank you. Yottam (talk) 10:23, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

National Heritage Museum

Move done. Please feel free to let me know if you need any other assistance. Happy editing, Spencer^T♦C 19:43, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

There's a requested moved about the naming on Talk:Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen; I would prefer to let that run its course for a week and then move, instead of moving right now. (Consensus, though short, hints toward support of the move). I'm not exactly sure I understood your second request: what do you mean by "properly blocked"? Christian University of Applied Sciences Ede exists, but I think it's an acceptable redirect and does not need to be deleted. Spencer^T♦C 19:36, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Changes

Hi,

I don't see the point in removing the original Dutch names, my text seems much more informative to me. Also, neither Dutch nor English are my native languages but I am not sure « agency » is a proper translation for « korps ». In any case, since there is an article with the title Korps landelijke politiediensten, the link shouldn't be broken.

Cheers, GL (talk) 11:34, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for Sungji_Hong expansion!

Thanks for expanding the Sungji_Hong page that I started in 2008! I haven't logged on for a long time. Perhaps this will inspire my efforts a bit. Thanks again, Hilbertastronaut (talk) 18:53, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Jan Mulder (musician)

Dear Gidonb,

I noticed that you improved and need some information on the pianist Jan Mulder article. I started that page and think that I can fill in the information you are missing! In order:

• Birth year citation needed: All that info can be found in the booklets of his CDs. (He was born in 1963)
• Grand Piano citation needed: This can be found on the biography page on his website (www.janmulder.us), "Jan Mulder’s musical instrument inventory includes the largest and most exclusive concert grand piano in the world; a hand-built Italian Fazioli 308".

I believe that the easiest would be if you would restore the page to the version of March 28, and add the citations, references and link more pages to it.

If it helps, I will do my best to link the most relevant articles to it. That way we can resolve the Orphan tag issue.
Please let me know!

Ed
Millermusicusa (talk) 02:56, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello Miller Music!

Thank you for the additional information. I have deleted the information that you self-sourced and incorporated the rest.

I strongly advise against rolling the article back for the following three reasons: [1] My edits are substantial improvements to the article and include additional information and references. It would be unjustifiable to undo these. [2] The article was basically a promotional text written for a promotional website. I have changed it into an encyclopedia article. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. [3] There were well-established complaints on your talk page about the article being identical to your website. My edits have set these two apart, each text serving an entirely different purpose.

Instead of looking back, I suggest looking ahead. For example:

• The publication years of the albums would be a welcome addition!
• Can you add references to some of the statements in the main biography paragraph?
• Was the symphony orchestra in London known under a name or was it an ad-hoc ensemble?
• In the blanked section you state that Jan Mulder received one international award. What is the name of the award?

gidonb (talk) 01:39, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Gidonb,

I added references to the article and some other important information but now you marked everything for 'speedy deletion'. I do not understand why. I addressed all your questions: The years of the albums aren't published as far as I know. (I'm sure I can find out). I referenced the biography from two sites. The symphony orchestra's are ad-hoc I believe. The International Award is not held by Jan Mulder. Could you please undo all the tags that were added?

Thanks, Ed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Millermusicusa (talk • contribs) 21:56, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Miller Music, the article is not tagged for speedy deletion. The rest of the answer to your questions is in pillar 1 and 2 of the 5 pillars. I am quoting below. I do want to help you make this into a good article and appreciate your continued work. Regards, gidonb (talk) 00:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

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Done! gidonb (talk) 12:37, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Category discussions

Hi Gidonb, sorry I have to reply here as the discussion of Category:Architects who died in Nazi concentration camps has been closed. I appreciate your view that a comprehensive debate on inclusion criteria for such subcategories would be beneficial. But have a look at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 October 3#Category:Suicides by occupation how unmanageable a broad discussion of all professions at the same time can be. --Elekhh (talk) 04:53, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Actually you don't have to respond here but what makes you think this particular discussion is messy? gidonb (talk) 12:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Clog (shoe)

Hello Gidonb, Thanks. It is indeed better to leave it out. The text became too complicated to read for fun. Many tourists think the clogs they see in Amsterdam are only tourist made clogs. The shortened text should give enough guidance. Kind regards, Berkh (talk) 19:35, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Berkh, thank you for the feedback. I'm glad you liked my edits! I recently discovered that my childhood "klompenmaker" now makes them at a petting zoo. Oh well... gidonb (talk) 19:58, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Hahaha. Well, it is a good place for clogs ... I am surprised that the Wikipedia page about footwear used for centuries in the whole of Europe is only in its infancy (too). I think the text about Dutch clogs is enough informative and of good length. But something like that should be there of other countries too. Even when you look at interwiki´s I am surpised there is often "nothing" there. Well, clogs are apparently not something people want to be reminded of ... Kind regards, Berkh (talk) 20:14, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

De Leuf and false accusations

I do not like it to be accused falsely about misusing the rollback function as you did. I just used the "undo"-button that everyone can use. If you do not see the difference, you better take a break... Night of the Big Wind _talk 21:47, 5 November 2011 (UTC)