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Alavian Dam

Can you expand?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:21, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

I'd love too but not right now with my move. Maybe next week.--NortyNort (Holla) 13:12, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Nice one.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:16, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

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On Pantabangan Dam

Take a look on Pantabangan Dam. Please reconsider its quality and importance to WikiProject Dams. Thank you for your response.--Arius1998 (talk) 09:11, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

I sure will soon. It needs a reassessment and some copy-editing.--NortyNort (Holla) 20:44, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Antamina Tailings Dam

The DYK project (nominate) 00:32, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pulangi IV Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Your userpage

Heya, I really like the pic of the dam on your userpage. Which dam is it and where is it? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:41, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. It's the Aldeadávila Dam in Spain, it's one of my favorite pics on Wikipedia.--NortyNort (Holla) 16:36, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. Also, thanks for your support on the Mullaperiyar Dam article. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:09, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
No problem, it's my specialty.--NortyNort (Holla) 02:22, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

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Sergey Lunov/ adding a photo

Hi. You've helped me before with the article Sergey Lunov I'd like to add a photo of the artist to wikipedia. The artist is my grandfather and the photo is from our family album. I've tried adding it before but it gets deleted by wikipedia. I would greatly appreciate if you give me ideas of hoe to do that. thank you!Katya.ua (talk) 13:16, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Is the photo posted elsewhere online? If so, please provide a link. At that point you would have to confirm your the copyright owner viaOTRS. If it isn't posted online or published elsewhere, it shouldn't be a problem.--NortyNort (Holla) 03:07, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

You deserve a barnstar!

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For your teamwork in developing Mullaperiyar Dam, theCollaboration of the Month for December 2011 on Wikiproject India. AshLin (talk) 16:32, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! It was quite the project!--NortyNort (Holla) 16:52, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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You have been doing very good work for a long time now and I wanted to acknowledge that... Johnfos (talk) 08:10, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Oh wow! Thank you very much!--NortyNort (Holla) 22:16, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Daguangba Dam

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Renewable energy navbox

Hi Norty, I wonder if you would care to comment at Talk:Renewable energy#RFC: Which navbox to use?. Johnfos (talk) 23:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Sure thing, just did. Thanks for the notice.--NortyNort (Holla) 01:06, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Vianden Pumped Storage Plant

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The Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime_%28novel%29 seems to be taken almost verbatim from the SparkNotes plot summary of the same novel at http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ragtime/summary.html. I see nothing on the SparkNotes website that indicates this sort of wholesale copying is acceptable, so I thought it best to check if it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.251.75.126(talk) 17:20, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads up. I removed the plot as it was present on theSparks site before it was on Wikipedia.--NortyNort (Holla) 21:09, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

You're most welcome, and that was quick. I haven't learned my way around editing Wikipedia and all the associated conventions, so I appreciate your taking the time to fix what sure looked like a problem. Makes me wonder how many other SparkNotes plot summaries have been lifted... — Preceding unsigned comment added by75.213.144.97 (talk) 04:51, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

I would assume there is more than one. Plot summaries are sometimes, in good faith, viewed as fair-use for articles. If you come across any copyright problems, let myself or the folks at Wikipedia:Copyright problems know.--NortyNort (Holla) 09:55, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Siah Bishe Pumped Storage Power Plant

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I've removed copyright violations from Mohamed Albuflasa (check here) and Casualties of the 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising (that you pointed out). An E-mail was sent from a BCHR employee declaring they licensed one of the articles which had CV as CC-BY-SA, but a ticket number wasn't given to them yet (I was CC'ed). Mohamed CJ (talk) 09:04, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

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Subansiri Lower Dam

As you know, I have recently 3X expanded Subansiri Lower Dam which you had previously worked on. I ran across the article and thought it needed more updating and significant content, so I did it. I see you are a hydraulics specialist so if the article needs some of your fine tuning now, please go ahead. Though I have worked on the Dams in Burma out of my concern for the people there, I am now going back to my Protected areas of Tamil Nadu and Tiger reserves of India. Cheers, Marcus334 (Talk) 03:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Cool, it is on my list of future expansions. I will have a look over here soon. I still can't believe NHPC calls it a "run-of-the-river" design. The dam and reservoir are pretty big. Looks like a way to sooth public opinion.--NortyNort (Holla) 05:24, 11 March 2012 (UTC)


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Thanks, responded there.--NortyNort (Holla) 14:40, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Fukuzato Underground Dam

Hello ! I hope you will improve Fukuzato Underground Dam of Okinawa, Japan. --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 05:53, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I was going to tidy it up a little more yesterday but have been swamped in real life lately. Nice start on the article!--NortyNort (Holla) 10:42, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for Fukuzato Underground Dam. There is a Japanese article ja:地下ダム, meaning underground dam but information is deficient. Do you think this is worthwhile ? --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 22:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Good idea. I think a sub-section, "Underground dam", under "By use" in the dam article would be good. There is hardly a mention of underground dams in the article but I wouldn't create a stand-alone unless there is enough information. I can definitely help out with the section as there is probably good information on underground dams in books.--NortyNort (Holla) 22:21, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
In the Japanese article, I find the following information, which may be of your help. Information on underground dams: In Japan, more than 10 underground dams have been constructed in islands composed of limestones in Okinawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture. In the world, underground dams are present in Shaanxi Province, China, Pingtung County , and Penghu island in Taiwan and Burkina Faso(with Japanese Government aid). Of course, Fukuzato Underground Dam is the most representative. --Ichiro Kikuchi(talk) 10:06, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, sounds good. I will do a little research later this weekend and help put something together.--NortyNort (Holla) 22:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for you contribution in Dam. --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 02:46, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
No problem!--NortyNort (Holla) 12:09, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Bhote Koshi Project

Hi, NortyNort. Could you please help with Bhote Koshi Project article. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 17:49, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I should have some more time tomorrow to work on it. The website has a lot of info and there seems to be other sources.--NortyNort (Holla) 20:58, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Al-Thawra dam

Hi my friend! why are you insisting to use the name of Tabqa for Al-Thawra dam?? Almost nobody in Syria use the term Tabqa... more common names are Al-Thawra and Euphrates. Since the name Euphrates does not exactly reflect the subject dam, I find "Al-Thawra" is the most useable name. Do not forget that the official name is Al-Thawra as well.--Zyzzzzzy (talk) 05:52, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello, official names are not always used for articles. If you check out out the policy on common article names, it explains it well, "The most common name for a subject, as determined by its prevalence in reliable English-language sources, is often used as a title because it is recognizable and natural.", "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it prefers to use the name that is most frequently used to refer to the subject in English-languagereliable sources." For this article "Tabqa" is much more common in English sources than "Thawra".--NortyNort (Holla) 09:40, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Ulla-Førre

Hi, NortyNort. I am proposing to merge articles about the Ulla-Førre hydroelectric complex into single article. Your opinion is appreciated. The discussion is here. Beagel (talk) 16:21, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Replied.--NortyNort (Holla) 01:29, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Khoda Afrin Dam

Hi, NortyNort. I wonder if you could help to clarify some issues related to the Khoda Afrin Dam. The discussion is at the talk page of this article. Beagel (talk) 17:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I'll have to do some more research on this one.---NortyNort (Holla) 01:29, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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For your tireless work on improving articles about dams. Excellent work.Beagel (talk) 08:57, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. I appreciate you finding areas in need of improvement and helping out as well.--NortyNort (Holla) 02:09, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Red Sea Dam

Okay, well it really does impound the entire Ocean minus Red Sea. Max. water depth is about the reservoir, not the dam, right? So, the reservoir bottom is Challenger Deep. Oh, and the reservoir volume is wrong. I put in the values from memory and put in the number I remembered for it's roundness (cubic kilometers) which I should've caught if I'd paid attention to how many square miles I was putting.Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:25, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't have the numbers but logically I think that the dam would impound only water at its height from the sea bed, dependent on tide of course. The height of the dam wouldn't reach anywhere near the height of the ocean so it could never really impound the ocean. It also can't use all or most of the ocean for power production, etc.--NortyNort (Holla) 19:58, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Okay, but isn't there a difference between hydraulic head and lake depth? I'm interested what you'd put in the box for the Niagara Falls Power Station, which uses Lake Erie but didn't create it and lets much of the falls through without using it? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:57, 1 May 2012 (UTC)


The Robert Moses and Sir Adam Beck 1 and 2 don't list a reservoir size in the article. I am sure there is a capacity for their forebays which the Niagara River is diverted into but they don't impound the river or lake. Yes, there is a difference between lake depth and hydraulic head; the head is the fall of the water to the power plant which is most often less than the lake depth.--NortyNort (Holla)22:09, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Please check

Hello! It is not a dam. But please check Water supply in Miyakojima. Thank you. --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 08:39, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Sure, it might not be until next week. I have been swamped with work and fun in the sun. I spent a year on Okinawa (main island) and love it. If you want a real professional to look it over too, ask Mschiffler. Most of the water supply and sanitation articles were started by the user and are of high quality.--NortyNort (Holla)00:50, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Huites Dam

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Nomination for merging of Template:Pakistani water locks

Template:Pakistani water locks has been nominated for merging with Template:Dams in Pakistan. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 15:19, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Proposed dams article

Since you have worked extensively in dams your opinion will be helpful. Should proposed dams have an article? I believe technical, hydrological, economic, environment etc impacts make every dam suitable for an encyclopedia (large ones at least) and therefore should have an article but what about proposed dams. Proposed dams such as Kalabagh Dam are highly controversial and significantly covered in news which warrant an article. Some proposed dams are large (ICOLD large), have reliable references online, some media coverage also but not well-known. Samar (Talk . Contributions) 19:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey Samar. I agree with you and that is the precedent now. Only proposed dams with are highly controversial and covered in international media should have a stand-alone article. Every dam in Category:Proposed dams should meet this criteria. I noticed you created Bara Dam and a few others. A dam and article like that should be redirected to List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan until construction begins.--NortyNort (Holla) 18:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
In that case out of the list Winder, Garuk, Pelar, and Bara are the only ones I see should be redirected. Bunji, Diamer-Bhasha, Kalabagh are mega projects with extensive coverage, and Hingol and Akhori are controversial large dams with coverage and could be kept. Samar (Talk . Contributions) 19:51, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Sounds good. I agree on the later three. China being involved in a project adds significance too. Great job on all the articles by the way. Dams in Pakistan haven't had much oversight other than the big projects. I'll try to help you out but I've been so swamped the past few months.--NortyNort (Holla) 20:19, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. It will be great if you can help along. I will redirect the proposed dams for now. Samar (Talk .Contributions) 09:38, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
No problem. Oh, one thing I noticed about your new articles is in some you primarily used US as opposed to metric measurements. Feet, acre feet and so are only used as the primary with U.S. related articles.--NortyNort (Holla) 20:16, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
I will fix the metric and imperial/US units as time permits. Most of the official references (Govt. departments) haven't made the transition to metric system and you will see all references in imperial units. I will add the wiki unit conversion to keep both systems. Thanks for the heads up. Samar (Talk . Contributions) 20:36, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Please check the manual of style for unit conversion at Hingol Dam. Make necessary changes in units and I will make modifications in remaining articles accordingly. Samar (Talk . Contributions) 10:57, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I just switched the units around. I'm surprised WAPDA only uses the U.S. units.--NortyNort (Holla) 22:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Lower Sre Pok 2 Dam

Hi, NortyNort. Your assistance with the Lower Sre Pok 2 Dam is needed. Thank you in advance. Beagel (talk) 08:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

dam infobox

Hi NortyNort. Thanks for your message about the dam articles I've been creating and your suggestion to use the Template:Infobox dam. I'm reviewing it and will try to get into the habit, although I'd consider these new articles a long way from being complete anyway. One suggestion for the infobox. It might useful to describe each dam by its purpose: hydroelectric power, flood control, or water storage for irrigation. Do you think it might be useful and informative to include something like that as a field on the description? Just a notion. --Lockley (talk) 19:22, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Request for help

Sorry for random note again. I am working on List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan and have managed to find details and names of all the 143 large dams in use. There are numerous small dams and countless other proposed ones and we cannot provide an exhaustive list there. Anyways I was wondering if it can be taken to a featured list class at some point. Any suggestions on layout, tables, data etc. I am still adding data on large dams and its quite tedious putting it in tabular format. Samar (Talk . Contributions) 17:57, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

No problem Samar. See List of reservoirs and dams in China. That is a list I started awhile back and is a list I would nominate for FL with some work. Your list is good. My suggestions are a little more information in the fields, information for all dams (at the bottom some dams are just listed), and a lead up top giving encyclopedic context to the whole list. Oh, and citations. The basic criteria ishere. Anymore questions, let me know.--NortyNort (Holla) 09:44, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately details of many dams in Pakistan are not openly available and it will be difficult to incorporate info for many. For the large dams list, I will add another category of storage capacity but I am afraid this will be all the information that is available. I see there is no small dams or proposed/under-construction names in China list, they are probably in thousands. I might remove proposed dams all together from the list, what do you suggest. Samar (Talk . Contributions) 10:56, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Oh and there is only one source of the large dams list, Water Statistics Portal of Ministry of Water and Power. I will add that on top.Samar (Talk . Contributions) 10:59, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
I didn't put any proposed dams on the list but it is a good idea to put large proposed dams in a section below. It adds more to the article and is inline with the subject. If you don't have the info, you don't have it but with FLs and FAs, as long as you have what is available, that is what counts.--NortyNort (Holla) 09:48, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Dokan Dam

Hi - I have some photos of Dokan Dam in N Iraq taken during a visit there in 2011. Includes turbine roo, control roo, offices, general shots of dam, new machinery to replace old control units. I also spoke to eye witnesses who were in charge of the dam regarding its bombing during Desert storm in 1991. Be happy to e mail them over to you - I've no idea as using wikipedia is a mystery to me still.

Hello. Those pictures sounds great. We have some pictures of the dam here but could always use more. Your insight on the Dokan Dam article would be helpful as well. Did you work on the renovation?.--NortyNort (Holla) 10:30, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

RM at Bollinger Bands

Since you were involved before, you are invited to comment in the current RM. Dicklyon (talk) 04:06, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Coordinates text size

Hi, NortyNort. There is a discussion about the coordinates size in the Dam infofox. Your opinion is appreciated. Beagel (talk) 06:58, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Casecnan Irrigation and Hydroelectric Plant

Hi, NortyNort. Casecnan Irrigation and Hydroelectric Plant is nominated for DYK and as a reviewer, I see the need for the clarification concerning expenses of this project. I also made proposal to rename this article Casecnan Dam. Unfortunately the creator of this article is offline. Maybe you could look the article and see, if it is possible to resolve these issues. The DYK discussion ishere. Thank you in advange. Beagel(talk) 11:03, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

No problem, I responded there.--NortyNort (Holla) 17:28, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Irape Dam

Hi NortyNort, you deleted the Irape Dam from List of tallest dams in the world, and declared it don't appear to be under construction yet but in planning, but please check the URL: http://www.chincold.org.cn/zt/rockfill/newsview-en.asp?s=3179, the dam and plant are in operation since July 20, 2006. 千里走单骑 (talk) 03:59, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Oh, sorry about that. I did a quick check and was wrong. I thought we had at least every 200m+ dam on there. Thanks for adding it.--NortyNort (Holla) 20:28, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Diamer-Bhasha Dam edits

I didn't made any eidts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.185.171.200 (talk) 06:44, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm, well someone from your current IP address made this edit back in February. If other people use your computer or you recently got a new internet service provider, it was someone else.--NortyNort (Holla) 07:20, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Irapé Dam for DYK?

Hello, NortyNort. Thank you for typing up the Irapé Dam article. I've nominated it for DYK. Within hours the nom was reviewed. The reviewer raised questions that I cannot answer. Could you handle them, please? Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 05:21, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for nominating it. I address the concern.--NortyNort (Holla) 12:26, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

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Copyright status of Mitsugi Saotome article

May I request your review of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsugi_Saotome? The evidence of infringement is a link to a duplication detection site which doesn't actually work for the file provided. Even if there is legitimately copyrighted material on the page, given this history of edits in the article, I doubt that the entire article is copyrighted. There are more complete details in the talk pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mitsugi_Saotome#Copyright_Violation.3F

Thanks! --DarthZeth (talk) 21:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello DarthZeth. I can look at it but not until next week. I just finished moving and am busy unpacking and dealing with the cable/internet company.--NortyNort (Holla) 21:29, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
The issue appears to have been resolved by the WMF, if you check out the talk. I couldn't pull up the DJ Viewer file in question but if the text in question is a quote, it can be used within certain limits. I don't think the quote is too long and it captures the subject's views well.--NortyNort (Holla) 18:05, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
I see! Thanks a lot, and good luck with the cable company ;) --DarthZeth (talk) 17:56, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Irapé Dam

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D.A. dams

Are you aware of 'Delay Action' dams. I am working on the dams in Pakistan list and most of the dams in Balochistan are DA dams. The first few pages of search on Google only show results of Pakistani dams so I am not sure if this term is used elsewhere. Samar Talk 12:07, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I am unfamiliar with the term and think it is a mix between a check dam and a weir, closer to a weir. Some countries use specific terms when relating to dams and these seem to mostly be in Balochistan as you noted. The second to last slide of[2] power point describes them. They "delay" the "action" of the water just like a weir does. They seem specific for slowing run-off, so they get that particular name.--NortyNort (Holla) 02:09, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
I went through the slides, just wanted to confirm if this term is used elsewhere or has an alternate. Samar Talk13:05, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Oh, okay. I can go overboard sometimes.--NortyNort (Holla) 18:05, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
And that helps! Thanks a lot, weirs didn't cross my mind. Can I ask whether you are civil or dam engineer? Samar Talk 18:46, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
No, but I would've studied civil engineering if I could do it all over. I am like most people on Wikipedia; editing articles I am deeply interested in but don't have much to do with my profession. I was mentored by and worked with a few civil engineers and hydrologists at a job a few years ago and learned a lot from them. That is where the interest and knowledge comes from.--NortyNort (Holla) 21:20, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

I have two versions of the list on Pakistan dams; [3] and[4]. The first one is classified as 'In use', 'under construction', and 'proposed' with region wise sub-sections. The second one has region-wise main headers with status (in use etc) as sub-sections. Which one has a better structure. I find the first one better in layout but it is difficult to edit and maintain, especially the long table. Samar Talk 11:28, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, I too like the layout of the current version...it doesn't sort well though. With Pakistan's limited number of provinces/area, the second could work too. I think though one big list is always best for the reader. They can sort by province, district, size, etc.--NortyNort (Holla) 17:14, 12 September 2012 (UTC)