User:Dr. Blofeld/April 2014

Hello!

Hi Blofeld! Are you busy these days? Nothing heard from you....since november. Well, my semester exams are about to begin. So, please take care of this Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Priyanka Chopra filmography/archive3. I may not look at it after 20th April. So, please look up to the nomination.—Prashant 08:42, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

You haven't even replied to my post. I guess you are not ignoring me. Why are you being so rude to me?—Prashant 10:54, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Rude?? For a start I have a new email address and rarely check my old one. And I see nothing in your post here which warrants a reply. I'm usually pretty busy on here aren't I? So you've nommed it for FL and your exams are about to begin. What did you expect me to say?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

If Prashant leaves Wiki (at least till his sem exams finish), who will take over his impending GA reviews? Kailash29792 (talk) 11:11, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

If he knew he was going to be busy why did he snap up reviews and nominate?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:12, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Well, I will finish GA review. Don't worry about them. But, FLC....My w=exam will take 15 days. Ill be here on 9th May after my exam ends.—Prashant 06:25, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

re;DYK for Amy Garnett

Hey, it's April Fools Day! Though I'm sure that anyone who watches rugby would understand the context given that hooker is a rugby position. It's those who don't watch rugby where the interesting responses will come from. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Did you know ...

... that Andy deserves mentioning in the DYK stats and a medal, and that I believe that you would be perfect to handle it? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

LOL. Me give Pigsonthewing an award, and DYK at that?? Really??♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:09, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Really ;) You are the most experienced DYK person by sheer number of DYK, and you can tell the ironic quality of a line such as "DYK ... that Ben Gunn, imprisoned 32 years for killing a friend when he was 14, earned a Master of Arts degree in peace and reconciliation?", written by an editor facing to be banned, - peace and reconciliation, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:38, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I am, but I have nothing to do with DYK anymore!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

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Emma Thompson

Sorry I forgot to tell you but I finished the review for Emma Thompson yesterday. The GAR page is here. Seriously, this is getting embarrassing that my GAR's for you are so short! ;-D Don't worry, they're not all that short - my best reviews were Dorset and Greece, they're very long! The only problems I found with Emma Thompson were some minor copyediting issues, an unreferenced section and some references in the lead. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 12:09, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for coming back late as I've had a busy night. You'll be happy to know it passed speedily. To be fair it should have passed straight away if it weren't for those minor issues, but anyway well done on building a good article! I feel almost ashamed that the GAR was so short, try nominating something like this and I promise I will give a longer review LOL! ;-D ☠ Jaguar ☠ 20:41, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Congratulations on another important GA! I have nominated it for DYK here, but I suspect you can suggest better alts? Thanks, Matty.007 09:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Well done - another evil deed - I see the plan though - belittle mankind by lauding the women. Victuallers (talk) 09:09, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:05, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
It can't have been easy to bring Emma Thompson to GA-status, so nice job! It's a nice complement to her seminal project, Sense and Sensibility. Keep up the great work! Ruby 2010/2013 21:23, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
@Ruby2010: Thanks, although User:Loeba deserves 80% of the credit (at least). That's a wonderful article on Sense and Sensibility BTW!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:05, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks! And good point! I've now bestowed a Barnstar on Loeba as well. Ruby 2010/2013 14:04, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

More Althorp

Yup, I'll work on that tonight. Thinking the book should arrive any day now, which would be helpful for some of the rest of the article. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:40, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

I can see the pattern in how you're laying it out. Looks good! Can't believe how scrawny it was about a week ago. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:48, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

The history section looks done to me. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:37, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your Editor of the week nomination

Thank you, It was very much a suprise.

I have been a bit slack with the Lae pages of late. Thank you again.

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Tephrosia apollinea

I don't know if you've seen those messages on my talk page but I'm just letting you know that Tephrosia apollinea speedily passed the GAN. Not only was it the world's fastest GA review but I think the speed on which it got promoted needs some recognition LOL! I also think it's one of Wikipedia's shortest GA's - there's a list of them someone but I can't find it. The comments can be found on its review page if you're interested! Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:34, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

FYI: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants#Tephrosia apollinea. Sasata (talk) 16:08, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Carole

Great to see you working on Carole Lombard. Some time ago I started Book:Carole Lombard as a complete overview. Are those books normally included in articles? Agathoclea (talk) 18:24, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

@Agathoclea: Yeah she's amazing, one of my favourite actresses. Not too familiar with Book: so I don't know. Article was already pretty good but just needed a bit of work for GA. Bringing Up Baby would already be at GA if it wasn't for the peer review!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:44, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Virginia House

Hey Dr.! I just finished reviewing Virginia House and have left my comments and suggestions at Talk:Virginia House/GA1. You've done a phenomenal job on this article, sir--thank you for allowing me the opportunity to review it. I hope to visit Virginia House on my next sojourn to Richmond! -- Caponer (talk) 02:34, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Question

First thanks for all your contributions to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I only bother to stop by because I wanted to ask if you really felt that the mention of the tank and dummy from Revenge of Frankenstein should be in the lede? I don't want to just remove that much because I am uncertain.--Mark Miller (talk) 09:41, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

@Mark Miller: I think the lede should effectively summarize the article, so many filming locations and elements of production I think is necessary. However, I agree in part that it might seem odd to focus on that one feature. I'll probably replace it with some info about the costumes. Don't worry, I'll have something sorted in due course!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:44, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

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Islands

Dear Dr. Blofeld, sorry, I deleted "part of the Kuril islands" in: Morskaya Matuga, Rechnaya Matuga Island and Telan Island (articles that you have written). The islands are located in the Gizhigin Bay. If you'd like to add coordinates, you find them in the Italian article. (I'm an Italian user..) My best regards --Betta27 (talk) 08:07, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Cook Islands GA

I will be getting to that sometime this evening. Allotting two hours for it after sunset. Rereading it right now, then quick source checks, etc.--ColonelHenry (talk)

April 2014 GA Thanks

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your editorial contributions to Christopher Nolan.

This user helped promote Christopher Nolan to good article status.

.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:37, 6 April 2014 (UTC)


Your GA nomination of Virginia House

The article Virginia House you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Virginia House for comments about the article. Well done! -- Caponer (talk) 00:33, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld, thank you for all your incredible work on this article, and for addressing all my comments and suggestions in the Good Article review. Congratulations on another job well done! -- Caponer (talk) 00:34, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

@Caponer: Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:24, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Emma Thompson

Thank you for helping the wiki Victuallers (talk) 08:01, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Andijan

Hi! I've finally finished editing the article on Andijan. Frankly, editing articles related to Uzbekistan is not easy. They're in such a bad shape that a slight advance isn't much help. Most of them need to be completely rewritten. Nataev talk 11:36, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Vörå runes

Thanks for adding the detail - could you add the 'translate from Finnish/Swedish WP pages' links please (My preference is for creating the articles and adding the 'minor details found'.) Jackiespeel (talk) 15:39, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Please comment?

Hi Dr. Blofeld, I'm not sure how interested you are, but I would appreciate your input on the requested move at Talk:Tintin. If you don't want to, please feel free to hat/remove/ignore me! Thanks, Matty.007 15:43, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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Tephrosia apollinea

There are too many sections and splits for such a small article and now it doesn't meet the GA criteria. There is also a citation needed tag! The article was far better when you nominated it! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:23, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Oryx eat them. p.227 So do Uromastyx ornata [1], maybe. The Arabs call it called Dhafra.[2] In Israel they call it טפרוסיה נאה and it flowers from February to August.[3] In Canada it flowers in February and March [4], maybe. It is one of the dominant plants in the Succulent Shrublands of Sokotra.[5] Arabs use its leaves for medicinal purpose.[6] At least, they do in Abu Dhabi.[7] A study found that pseudosemiglabrin extracted from the aerial parts of T. apollinea exhibited dose-dependent antiproliferative effect on most of the tested cancer cell lines.[8] If your camel has ticks in its ears, you might try pouring in powdered bark mixed with water.[9] You probably knew all that. I give up. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:13, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

  • I thought you would wish you hadn't. Camels bite and kick. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:41, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Can you believe that the super experienced GA producing plant project still think it is start-C class? Compare it so Tephrosia socotrana for instance. Show me a better article on the Internet of this obscure species. I'd say 36 sources is pretty remarkable for such a topic even if they're almost entirely from tiny snippets. Five years ago all you'd have got is the database entries. It's sort of like expecting Abuwtiyuw to have the content you'd expect in King Tut or Giza or something.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:03, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Maria Dickin

Couldn't find too much on Dickin. I've been working a lot of Spanish writers; maybe one of them interests you? Will work on Alice Rogoff next, and that might be a good one, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:00, 10 April 2014 (UTC)


Culture of the Cook Islands

Once we know what's needed, I can add the citations, as long as you're patient with me -- I'm traveling again, through Sunday night. Lovely spring in this part of the world. How about in your neck of the woods? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:08, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Yes it did. So beautiful. Need time to concentrate on Althorp, maybe by next weekend. I'm thinking that the art could use it's own article. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I know... the library could/should have it's own article... plus the art... I think the Diana Memorial, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:30, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
So far, just oogling the pictures and reading captions. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:32, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Art collection at Althorp, Althorp library, Diana memorial at Althorp. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:39, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

AWB

He's one of the best, yes - I always like seeing his contributions.

I haven't looked much at those templates - I may do some talk-page tagging tonight, though. I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and it's been taking up a lot of my energy during the week, truth be told. And with the weather turning I'm trying to spend more time away from the computer of a weekend. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:35, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Rockie Charles

Hi, Blofeld. Could you check over User:Rhondamerrick/sandbox and give me a second opinion as to whether he's notable. Normally I'd say "yeah, no problems", move it to mainspace and give it a DYK ... but this is my other half's uncle, so I want an experienced editor to have a look before everyone screams "COI! COI! COI" FWIW, she has been rather amazed at the stuff I've dug out of sources this evening, giving her a whole new picture on "Uncle Charles". Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 19:18, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

@Ritchie333: Looks perfectly fine yup.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:20, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Golden Age of Hollywood.png

Over on Commons you asked me to let you know if I noticed that one of the source files for your commons:File:Golden Age of Hollywood.png collage was deleted. Well it looks like commons:File:Greta Garbo in Meyers Blitz-Lexikon 1932.jpg (upper left corner) was deleted in January as a copyright violation, so the collage is once again a potential copyright violation. —RP88 (talk) 02:52, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, will look shortly.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:51, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

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The Banner

Could you please provide your comment on the talk page of User:HJ Mitchell? Thank you. Dmatteng (talk) 06:52, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Richard Burton

Yes, but isn't that always the case? I don't believe Cary Grant ever won for anything he did, either, for instance. Nor Peter O'Toole. At least Niven was a damn good actor. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 12:56, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hello

Hello, you can help improve the paragraph on the Shroud of Turin of this article, thank you: Real Santuario del Cristo de La Laguna.--81.35.203.169 (talk) 13:55, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Ben-Hur (1959 film)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:17, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

You are not going to believe this: look at the viewing figures in the two days since it came off DYK! Matty.007 08:52, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Quite a lot, although if you compare 15,000 with the 1 million or so people who hit the main page every day, not that many really.. Still, for DYK that's a lot and will probably be high on the record list of views?♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:54, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

High in the month, if memory serves me right it needs over 20,000 in the day(s) it was up, so the 15,000 or so here isn't enough. I was struck by the fact it got more views after coming off the main page, in the last four days, 2 have been DYK days, but the other 2 have had really high views for no obvious reason. Thanks, Matty.007 08:59, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
"no obvious reason" .... its the feature film on channel 5 today in the uk and maybe other TV channels are putting it out for Easter Monday? Victuallers (talk) 10:20, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
  • Darn, and I was hoping that it was because I uploaded a higher resolution version of the poster! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:09, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:30, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Agh, we could have had 30,000 views! Ah well, thanks for the heads up. Best, Matty.007 15:51, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

File source problem with File:KornélSámuel.jpg

<remove bot spiel> Hi, in trying to clean a backlog of images without {{information}} I noted that File:KornélSámuel.jpg didn't appear to have a photo source listed. Do you have any recollection of where it came from, such as a gallery catalouge or something? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:27, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

@Sfan00 IMG: Yeah it came from the fine arts of Hungary website I think. Click the orange box "Muvei" at [10] I'm not sure though it can qualify as a free image as the photograph itself is obviously not 1909.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:31, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

PD-art? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:00, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
That should be OK I think yup, feel free to change it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:13, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts

Right now, 114/126 of the links on the article are dead and I am focusing on fixing them right now in hopes of getting it to Featured List status. In light of the school sites sometimes moving the pages around, I was wondering if it would be acceptable to use government sources instead on the school pages, as I don't see them being moved or going dead anytime soon. Would that be acceptable, or should I go ahead and format the same way as the other featured articles? Thanks! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:05, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Good luck with that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:26, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

I don't know if you saw, but I wanted to know if I could just use government sources instead of individual school sites, as I am not about to add government sources if they won't pass at the Featured List review. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:23, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

As long as they both meet WP:RS. If anything though a healthy mix is good, independent sources other than schools are a good thing,♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:56, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Pather Panchali FAC

Per your request, this is a heads up that Pather Panchali is in the FAC now.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:26, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Blyton

Question for you: in the UK, are "town hall" and "Council Offices" used interchangeably? This mentions an "iron plaque" depicting Noddy and Big Ears, but it doesn't show it. It hints that the plaque is an official form of recognition, meaning the town would most likely have sought permission first. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:31, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Yes, they can refer to both, although in my town the county council offices are in a newer building. I'd imagine that they have permission to use the images.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:35, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

  • Alright, I'll leave a note at the FAC. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:06, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

@Crisco 1492:. Can you delete the past images in the uploads of File:Enid Blyton.jpg? I thought the one with her books was more informative. The other one was OK, but it did sort of look like she'd spent the summer in Marbella with the TOWIE lot LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:53, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

    • Alright, as good as done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:31, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

A better world to live in....

With nice people like you (your edits on Nefyn & District Golf Club etc), I feel Wiki will improve. My article on the golf course was taken down from Wiki within minutes of it being created, without any discussion. Can we not change this horrible way of working, so that new editors are looked after positively, rather being whacked across the head with a golf club every time they press the Save button? I have come across only a hanful of nice Wikipedians, and you're my number one! Thanks and diolch! Wici Rhuthun 1 (talk) 10:56, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

@Wici Rhuthun 1: Sorry you've been encountering trouble. Things like golf courses and hotels have a hard time on wikipedia but in reality they're poorly covered overall and we could do with better coverage. Your work is much appreciated. You really need a couple of decent sources for golf clubs to avoid tags and deletion. Google books http://books.google.com// is always a good place to look. What article was deleted? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:09, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Swap ;- )

Hi Dr. B.-We need to trade photos at Inger Stevens and Kieron Moore for free ones. File:1960 Inger Stevens.jpg File:Kieron Moore 1956.jpg If you have a look at the original upload for Kieron Moore, Warner included a little bio which might also be useful. Thought this would be better than you getting orphan notices about them. And, for your trouble, here are 2 recent "discoveries" :-) File:City Lights Charlie Chaplin 1931.jpg File:Carole Lombard 1939.JPG Thanks, We hope (talk) 13:21, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

I saw this and thought of you

No, not a secret base inside a volcano, I'm afraid. But, instead, a stub submission about a village! Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mandouli. Can you approve, disapprove, or add to it? I'm a bit dumb with how to find what to add to village articles. Good enough for mainspace? Hmm maybe the notable person needs removing, what do you reckon? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:55, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Looks way off being ready. The url needs formatting and it could use some decent sources and info. Charles Matthews would probably disagree... Also, why the box for one person?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:03, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

You know what, I'm not sure that person is notable anyway! I've removed them. An acolyte of yours has formatted the URL. What next? What can we add? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:26, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Friendly farewell message

Hi there, friend. I'm a great admire of you, so before I leave Wikipedia, I wanted to tell you about a very good movie I've recently watched. It's called Dangerous from 1935 with Franchot Tone and Bette Davis. I'm not quite sure how notable the black-and-white movie is, so don't know if you've already seen it, but in case you haven't. All the best to you in the future, friend. :) Jonas Vinther (talk) 00:09, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Farewell? Yes I've seen it, in fact I think I even saw that before The Little Foxes, Now, Voyager and The Letter. I'm a big fan of Bette Davis, arguably the best dramatic actress Hollywood has ever had.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:46, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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Brick dust

Thanks. Dutch brick is a bit addictive - far more could be added. Brick-lined well is an adequate start, maybe. I am not sure how to deal with the third meaning. The right name is Stabilized earth block (SEB). There is a very US-oriented unsourced article on Compressed earth block (CEB). Usually the blocks are both compressed and stabilized to form CSEBs. One article is enough for all these blocks. Not sure if I have the interest or energy. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:38, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

@Aymatth2: As suspected the Dutch brick article is now a fine (and beautifully illustrated) article and reflects what is written in sources. I hope you don't mind but I redirected one into the brick-lined well which is in a better context. I don't think you really need the dab page so I put a hat note at the top and also redirected the dab page. Everything looks sorted now.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:49, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

  • The World Bank award for the Dutch Brick machine, and the Chinese machines, are nothing to do with well-lining. They are for making ersatz bricks out of earth and concrete for building cheap houses. The meaning is much closer to Compressed earth block. I moved some content there for that reason. I will rearrange the redirects, There are three completely different meanings. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:30, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

That's better, and neater at the top now as well.. Dutch bond or Flemish bond should probably have it's own article too, it's currently a redirect. Quite important in architecture.♦ Dr. Blofeld 05:07, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Eskimo

Eskimo (film) is all converted! Now I'm hungering for an Eskimo pie ice cream.... - Tim1965 (talk) 20:51, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

European films

Thanks. I appreciate all the work you've done over the years as well. Lord Cornwallis (talk) 23:32, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

A bit of mixture. I was studying dictators and cinema a couple of years ago so I have quite a few books on the era (I mean to do some Soviet articles next) and I use google books to fill in the rest. Thanks for the info on Wikimedia, thats very useful to know. I might use it when I come to some of the gaps in my existing sources. Lord Cornwallis (talk) 13:01, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Sagan laureates

Added a bit to Mangala Sharma, and I created Ljiljana Raicevic. Just saw your note about Eliza Walker (physician); how'd I miss that? Added one (and resorted) the redlink group at RBN. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:06, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

You read my mind! Yes, it should have its own article. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:19, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

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QRE Plaza

some 77,000 square feet (7,200 m2) of storage space? Are you sure? Should it not be "floor space"? The Banner talk 14:08, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

77,000 Gross floor area (GFA) yup. Thanks for pointing that out. I meant the same thing but storage space is misleading, agreed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:45, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

The other Le Mez

For a brief while in the late 1970s, the beloved actor J. Le Mez was eclipsed in public attention by an overweight carpet salesman of the same name. He was one of those accused with the politician Jeremy Thorpe of conspiracy to murder, in a cause célèbre that immediately preceded the arrival in power of Mrs Thatcher. A rather less appealing Le Mez, I'm bound to say. I've written up the whole tawdry tale as another in my "political scandal" series: the Thorpe affair, now at peer review. Any comments there would be welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 16:46, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

@Brianboulton: Excellent job. I'll try to look tomorrow or Friday.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:17, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

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