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I am new to arbcom, please teach me. You said "stick to your section", - I would think I may reply to a comment which is not in "my section" that mentions me, no? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:21, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Whaam!/archive1 is now four weeks old and has now had over 333KB of discourse. I don't think I have ever been involved in an FAC like this. As I stated at the beginning of this FAC, Whaam! will experience the 50th anniversary of its first exhibition on September 28 that I hope can be celebrated at WP:TFAR. Before that, however, we must make a decision on the quality of this article here at WP:FAC. Although you have just visited us briefly, your participation in the decision would be appreciated. Please consider making a Support or Oppose decision some time soon.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ WP:FOUR/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:WAWARD) 01:17, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello! I have a completed entry for the Turkey Cafe, and I believe you offered to start the new entry for me? Here are a couple of lines that you can use to start the page:
The Turkey Cafe is a grade two listed building, and it was originally owned and designed by architect Arthur Wakerley. Wakerley designed the building for his first tenant John Winn. Winn planned on opening the building up as a new cafe to join his other successes in Manchester and Leicester (Farquhar 1987). The building is known for its art nouveau style architecture; and, to the people of Leicester, the building certainly is worth preserving and does have an interesting history. The building has served as a cafe, restaurant, meeting place, ice-cream parlour, and unexpectedly an office for opticians. While numerous buildings were destroyed during and after the World Wars, including all of Winn’s other cafes, the Turkey Cafe has remained (Taylor 1997). Now, the building has come full circle, standing restored in its original appearance and serving as a cafe.
I can insert page numbers and references, but if you want the two listed above here they are:
Farquhar, Jean http://cdm16445.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16445coll2/id/3911/rec/1
Taylor, M. 1997 The Quality Of Leicester, Leicester: Leicester City Council. http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/storyofleicester/cityheritage/builtheritage/theturkeycafe/
Thanks so much for all of your help. I really appreciate it! KristineAusten17 ( talk) 08:44, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
I notice that you have reverted my recent change to Cuthbert. I am in the process of adding better/extra references and detailed information to the article, but I have not actually started to do that yet. All I have done so far is to copy-edit the article, as it read poorly, and organise some of the sections to help the article make more sense to a casual reader. Thank you for noticing that some of the references were deleted - this was not my intention. I will endeavour to retain them as I continue to improve the quality of the article. Hel-hama ( talk) 08:57, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Did you mean to propose a move here: Tortoiseshell material (which should at least be Tortoiseshell (material)) to Tortoiseshell? Srnec ( talk) 13:45, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
I have just made this edit [1] following a suggestion of yours made three years ago on the talk page; I thought I had added it three years ago - clearly not! Do you by any chance have the reff for it? I know it looks pretty obvious, but some people do like their page numbers and ISBNs. Giano 20:29, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
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Having talked to you in London, and then to Magnus Manske yesterday at our meetup here, I'm further ahead in the proposed upgrading of articles with DNB text.
For example I can now easily find articles carrying {{ Bryan}} that are also in the scope of the DNB WikiProject: there are about 140 of those. There are other such templates I know of ({{ SBDEL}} and {{ Nuttall}} come to mind) but if there are ones that particularly concern you, do draw them to my attention. {{ 1911}} is relevant over 5000 times, so I think that counts as a backlog!
I'll leave details of the tool at WT:WP DNB now. Charles Matthews ( talk) 14:58, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Johnbod, I was surprised you objected to my striking what is clearly a a facetious vote at the Maize RM. I doubt the request will be successful anyway; surely you don't need to try to count a vote that's mocking your position. -- BDD ( talk) 18:50, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Hey John, I was wondering if you would be interested in helping with WP:Blake. It seems right along your interests, and is a GLAM cooperation with the William Blake Archive, and I am trying to rally some support to help flesh out and expand more of the content around William Blake. If you are interested, you should add yourself to the members list for the task force and check out the most recent update I posted, Sadads ( talk) 03:36, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi John - After a very busy summer, I am starting to slowly get back into the swing of things on WP. Taking Agriculture to GAN is still on my to-do list for this fall. First of all, I want to thank you for taking the time to review the article and make comments earlier in the year - your thoughts were extremely helpful in the course of my work on the article. Secondly, I believe I have addressed (or at least replied to) all of your comments on the talk page. If you have the time and interest, would you mind stopping by to take another look. IMHO, I think the article is fairly close to a place where it could be nominated for GA, although obviously more work is always possible on an article of this size. I don't have any plans at this point to take the article to FAC, although comments in that direction would be appreciated if they are offered. Thanks in advance, and no worries if you don't have the time/interest - your work already goes above and beyond. Dana boomer ( talk) 21:59, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Greetings Johnbod. Thank you for your note. It's true that there are several other John Moores, including other military officers, bishops and what-have-ye. That's what disambig. pages are for. However, going on the premise of "the simpler, the better" as regards article titles, I really see no harm in John Moore (soldier). The profession is the standard disambig. when using parenthesis, and this one hadn't been taken, I saw no reason for not going back to basics.
Notwithstanding all of the above, if you insist that that particular disambig. title is the best possible, I really have no objection. After all, searching for John Moore (optimistic search) will eventually take you to the same place as searching for John Moore (lieutenant-general) (knowledgeable search, but too precise, too wordy and has a hyphen). Regards, -- Technopat ( talk) 15:43, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
The lead image is once more being discussed. Apparantly the fact that the Sutton Hoo helmet is in the lead is an example of how "over-zealous editors deliberately misrepresent an entire period of history for (seemingly) no real reason other than preference". Funny, i thought I spent rather more than a year reworking the whole article (with your very great help on the art sections) to make sure the article didn't misrepresent history - I guess one picture is worth more than 14,000 words or something. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:11, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
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You mentioned that infoboxes are problematic for bios. Could you explain that a little just for my own edification? I'm interested in why you think that. I'm trying to understand this issue a little better and possibly craft an RfC if it turns out that no one else is willing. Thanks in advance. Equazcion (talk) 21:19, 26 Aug 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, You're obviously a big contributor, so I must assume that you were otherwise occupied and reverted my edit without actually reading the edits I made to both pages ("Chinese jade" and "Jade"). The "Names" section on "Chinese jade" was prey to a number of errors and assumptions that have no place in an encyclopedic article, declaring "jade" to be a concept too lofty for non-Chinese to appreciate, then rambling as far afield as the relative value of different colors of jade (which is in fact already and more appropriately described elsewhere in the article); the word 玉 is in fact the word most often used in Mainland China to refer to jade, and both "玉" and "jade" refer to the same class of stones. There is no "misunderstanding" here. This paragraph as originally written also did not touch on the concept of "Chinese jade" as defined at the top of the article (Chinese carved jade items, basically). Nor does "硬玉" receive broad enough popular circulation to be included in major dictionaries like 商务印刷馆's 《现代汉语词典》, though all markets and museums featuring jade have the carvings in sections labeled "玉器". In fact, 软玉 refers to the raw material, though the article had already defined "Chinese jade" as the artisinal product.
However, the original author did raise an interesting point by implying how 玉 is used abstractly and symbolically ("The cultural concept of 'jade' is considerably broader in China and Korea than in the West", and "The Chinese names for many ornamental non-jade rocks also incorporate this character as a radical, and it is widely understood by native speakers that such stones are not, in fact, true precious nephrite or jadeite"), so I essentially re-wrote this paragraph, adding a few real examples from the language, then realized that it would be more appropriate in the "Jade" article, which did not already include similar content. I encourage you to read my contribution there, and then would be happy to discuss further if you like. Satkomuni ( talk) 21:18, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
[Follow-up] Meh. Alright. When you put it that way, though, I would consider this article more properly titled "Jade in China", largely since the first sentence as it currently stands (too strictly) defines the term "Chinese jade" as items carved in China from jade, which was why I'd moved it to "Jade". I see there is already a redirect in place from "Jade in China" to this page; if you agree, would you mind making that change? I've not made that sort of change before. Satkomuni ( talk) 03:13, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
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...for the illus. of Holland's version of Wimbledon House, and for your congratulatory note!.-- Wetman ( talk) 17:48, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Johnbod,
Love the Turkey café story - must go and visit it. Following through to Doulton (an article that really needs developing - it is a great story) I found the link to John Slater which goes to a disambiguation page on which there was no reference of this important Slater. I added him there and changed the link to the specific one but all this Doulton content needs a lot of work. Anyway, well done on the Turkey café! Whiteghost.ink ( talk) 23:46, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
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I have followed through with an actual work-list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography/Artists, for creating missing biographies, as I have just mentioned on Wikipedia talk:GLAM/Your paintings. More can be done - I just took Lionel Cust biographies on the DNB this time - though it is actually quite arduous to do the job properly. A free month to sort through the whole DNB would be nice ... Charles Matthews ( talk) 12:10, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Is WSC directly in touch with the BBC people, or are you still involved? The case of John Curtis on that list is quite intriguing. The DNB doesn't have much, "Your Paintings" really has no idea, the ODNB is like "Nothing is known of his subsequent career" after 1797, and mentions an auction sale in the 1980s, and the landscapes on the YP site might or might not be a good fit. Charles Matthews ( talk) 13:40, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
For people in the DNB the basic notability isn't typically the issue: more likely whoever was sent to off the library and archives didn't get the whole story. Case in point today is William Paulet Carey, where the DNB gets the rather dull puffing of "British Art", but not the early engravings, the radicalism, the treason trial case and other things going on in Dublin. Anyway, thanks for the advice. I have tried WSC before on the big picture of giving feedback to GLAM sites where we'd like their info improved (because we can't put OR here, amongst other things). It would be great to have a mechanism that was less case-by-case. Charles Matthews ( talk) 14:31, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
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I've corrected [2] what I think was a typo of yours [3], but I'd appreciate your checking it, as (assuming I'm right) I'm surprised it wasn't found earlier. Andrewa ( talk) 14:01, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
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A few years ago, you inserted at Catacombs of Rome a reference to ‘Toynbee’, without a title. Would you please fill up the details such as title, year, publisher? Thank you very much, in advance. — 189.61.0.190 ( talk) 23:18, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Johnbod Dear, I have been taking your name in vain! Pleeease come over to the talk page of Middle Ages. I don't care how rude you are, as long as poor Ealdgyth doesn't have to continue to put up with the brunt of my annoyance, without support from the other two major contributors to the article. It's not fair!
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I love the lead pic on your front page. Come and Choose something else just as representational. Amandajm ( talk) 04:09, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
G'day. The Jesuits certainly have run primary schools, and still do. here is just one example. Regards, Peacemaker67 ( send... over) 10:47, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
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I was interested to see your hairy Mary additions, but I'm unconvinced by the explanation for the bare breasts. Is there any other example of human depictions being based on the fact that animals often have bare areas around the nipples? Is it likely that medieval costumes would have had this feature, even if the character was played by men? I'm just wondering, it seems such a bizarre thing to see in religious paintings Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:11, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Painterwork, are you interested to edit this? Hafspajen ( talk) 12:16, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
John, my understanding was that if, while writing an article for Wikipedia, one wishes to quote directly from a primary source (e.g. Pliny the Elder, Theophrastus, etc.) he can still do so, which, by its nature, would require him to cite the reference source. Perhaps we can find a middle ground, but to neglect mentioning these great botanists and their opinions, in my humble opinion, would have been counter-productive to an article which treats on gum-resins used in incense, and - by way of extension - on botanical plants. Davidbena ( talk) 21:20, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
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The four unreferenced paragraphs have been referenced. Thanks, - Seonookim ( What I've done so far) ( I'm busy here) ( Talk with me) 03:20, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
Is this sorted by the protection? Dougweller ( talk) 14:51, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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Johnbo, do you want me to put in some of those pics I cropped, or what? I think the pheasant and the tub would be a good addition, for a start. Amandajm ( talk) 11:46, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
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From Jacques Callot:
"He made over 1,400 brilliantly detailed etchings that chronicled the life of his period..."
Please explain what justifies the use of the word "brilliantly" in this clause, and why removal of the word makes a nonsense of it.
For my own part, I will introduce you to WP:PEACOCK or, if you are aware of this policy, I will remind you of it:
Words such as these are often used without attribution to promote the subject of an article, while neither imparting nor plainly summarizing verifiable information. They are known as "peacock terms" by Wikipedia contributors. Instead of making unprovable proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance.
Sincerely, SamBlob ( talk) 17:24, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
that the image caption that you added at Grotesque would be better placed in the text, with a reference to the picture. But . ... your edit, your call. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 22:12, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
Since it is not your work I'll probably take an ax to it. But not now. Carptrash ( talk) 23:53, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
John, Two emails I've copied to you about Kingston have been "delayed" and "rejected by the server". "Message will be retried for 2 more day(s)". The emails were not important, but there may well be other emails you're not getting. Edward Edwardx ( talk) 12:08, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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In Leonardo Loredan, would you care to revisit this ancient edit of yours. Perhaps Andrea = LL (I assume you must have had Andrea Vendramin on your mind) and Odaleschi = Odescalchi (although that page redirects to one on a different family that added the name Odescalchi to their own after a marriage to a female of the older Odescalchis many generations later, in the 18th century). The online source is now dead. -- Hegvald ( talk) 12:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
Great article! Great fun to read!
I love the expression on Juno as she looks at her husband and wishes that he would put some clothes on in front of the young maidens.
I have fiddled with that layout and put them all in three blocks. Because having the odd pics on their own wasn't working visually.
That formatting does something peculiar. Every time you load it, it makes the blocks of pics smaller or larger in a seemingly random way as if they were differently formatted. Then, next time you look, they are all identical heights. I don't know why. It doesn't relate exactly to the proportion of the page on the screen (I've tried that.) I'll look again and make sure it is behaving.
Amandajm ( talk) 14:50, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
You removed two statements of its being in the Gothic Revival style. Rutgers says it is, sources say it is, the NRHP and NABS documents says it is, histories of the university say it is, and Hardenbergh supposedly designed it to be in an understated Gothic Revival style....so, what is your basis for removing it. I'm only interested in accuracy.-- ColonelHenry ( talk) 01:55, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Kitsch was an pretty long article once. Now it is only scraps left. Will you, are you - interested? Silly that The English Wikipedia doesn't have a good article on the subject ( just compare with other Wikis). I think you could be the man who can fix this. Hafspajen ( talk) 12:29, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
.Well, well. That article will never come in shape, ever... Hafspajen ( talk) 14:08, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
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Hey Johnbod, sorry I didn't follow up sooner on the activities at Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry/William Blake/KSU Editathon. It was a good event, not quite as much Wikipedia related content as I would have hoped. I actually don't have many article based feedback that would be useful from that event. However, if you have the time it would be great if you could take a look at some, if not all, of: Notebook of William Blake, The Human Abstract (poem), Introduction (Blake, 1794), the Voice of the Ancient Bard and The Mental Traveller . Recently, it was meta:User_talk:Sadads#No, that some of the work by Dmitrismirnov may have some poor source use, and/or plagiarism. It seems like most of it is Good faith mistakes, but I don't want it too linger too long. I already did a pass through at Beulah (Blake) (and you can see the changes I ended up making). I also brought up the concerns at his talk page, and will be keeping an eye on his future edits, Sadads ( talk) 20:04, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
Dear Sir Madam, Having read the Francis Bacon article I wanted to correct British description my comments are below -which you deleted from the talk page , I thought I would have an orderly discussion and not an outright deletion -there is nothing in what I have written that is not true. Please see Pablo Picasso's page he was born in Spain and lived the great majority of his life in France he has never been described as French, similar to Bacon- I think wikipedia should reflect facts and not opinion.
On the issue of the description of Bacon as "Irish born, British figurative painter" this has been a subject of dispute among a number of user/editors of Wikipedia, clearly the talk page requests users to be objective and report Facts supported by evidence in adhering to this principle the description "Irish born" is entirely appropriate back up by historical evidence of the Irish National census of 1911 (please see link http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002575018/) .There is clearly a bias against describing Bacon as Irish as his nationality and forcefully purporting him to be a "British painter" due to his parents nationality they are described as "English" yes his mother was born in England but his father was born in Australia -as can be seen again the census 1911 enumerators abstract. In reporting these facts I would request the Lede be changed to reflect facts "Francis Bacon was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1909" etc, and delete the British description. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haseoffergeld (talk • contribs) 01:52, 29 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haseoffergeld ( talk • contribs)
Please see Francis Bacon (Edit History) you have reverted my change from British to Irish- You should supply evidence that Bacon was British before you edit , I have supplied a census as evidence available online to support the change- its very odd to describe someone as "Irish born British painter" yes bacon lived in Britain but he also live in various parts of Europe - you should look at Pablo Picasso's page he lived the majority of his life in France but was born in Spain and has all ways been described as Spanish . When editing we must be objective and report only Facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haseoffergeld ( talk • contribs) 01:21, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Bailmoney27 talk 16:56, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
It is true that, in informal contexts, that the language spoken in Belgium is sometimes called 'Flemish'. This is true in Dutch, French and English equally, which have two distinct words for 'Dutch' and 'Flemish'. Formally, however, the language is definitely called Dutch; every level of government calls it Dutch, neutral outsiders call it Dutch and the constitution calls it Dutch. Even on the Dutch-language Wikipedia they refer to it as Dutch (not Flemish). (The confusion probably comes from the region and the people - the Dutch speakers in Belgium are Flemish, and are not Dutch (the nationality). You're definitely not crazy anyways.)
Every single page on Wikipedia that I have encountered calls it Dutch. This includes Belgium, Flanders and all major cities. So I can't really point to a policy, because this hasn't really come up before and the practice is already uniform. Any questions, let me know. Oreo Priest talk 15:25, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
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Sorry 'bout that :) I'm off for the day so can't do more there, but seeing that lead on the main page sent me into spasms of despair. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 15:26, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
Consider from 2008, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/C68-FM-SV which resulted in a desysop and general admonishments after less than positive findings of fact on several other admins, after FT2 asked for evidence on "how it reached where it is now ... and the extent (if any) to which the problematic conduct(s) are also driven by the playing out of some kind of underlying issue, dispute or division, such as groups, cliques, historic conflicts, or opposing agendas/viewpoints (if any)." (In other words, "cabalism".) An ex-arb later told me that my lengthy evidence was key.
Funny, isn't it? I wish it was true! Towards the end of 2011, I kept hoping that they would twig to what their findings actually implied, but they never did. They managed to come up with statements that supported the theory of Martin Davies, (previous director), rather than saying "Wow! We have extraordinary new evidence that needs to be taken into account!" Meanwhile, Martin Kemp has his own reasons for not wanting to see what is before his eyes: it contradicts what he has written himself, and also conflicts with his dating of the Met drawings, which have a little optical diagram on the same page.
As for Salvator Mundi, they have cleaned it so viciously that all the shadow has gone from the face, leaving it a fuzzy shade of brown The highlights have gone. The shadows have gone. If you compare the washed-out face with the magnificently three-dimensional hand, you get an idea of what it might have been like. Such a pity! Amandajm ( talk) 02:11, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I just listed Clarence Chesterfield Howerton for a peer review; and saw that you were in the 'Arts' section (where I listed it) as a volunteer reviewer. I appreciate that this article may not be in the ordinary line of Arts, yet I felt that this was the right place to request; given Howerton's work in film. I noticed that you had an extraordinarily wide range of topics you wrote articles on; also taking the time to nominate them for DYK. These led me to ask if you would mind performing a peer review on the article for me? Thanks, Mat ty. 007 12:15, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Ada Lovelace Award | ||
Thank you for all of the effort you put into the Ada Lovelace events in October 2013. This is an award for supporting the Royal Society event in UK. -- Daria Cybulska (WMUK) ( talk) 14:02, 4 November 2013 (UTC) |
Geez, not the Ada Lovelace award! I'm envious! When do I get the Lord Byron award for my Italian suite of poems?
Anyway, speaking of Italy, you have done marvellous things with San Marco's, but all those piddling little illustrations at thumb and upright scale are offending my sensibilities. I like BIG pictures, and lots of them! Besides which, I am putting together a little Wikipedia book of churches, and I went to St Mark's page specifically to see if it was in a mess and it wasn't, thanks to you!
Thank You!
Amandajm ( talk) 07:45, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
The St Michael's and All Angels' 'Gong | |
For your work on
St Mark's Basilica Amandajm ( talk) 08:06, 7 November 2013 (UTC) |
That is a fine piece of work, John. Hey, the 2015 Tour de France is to start in Utrecht--perhaps we should get funding for a "research trip". Maybe the WMF will pay for it if we say we'll bring the article up to GA. The food in Utrecht is excellent as well! On another note, I'm working on an article on teaching Judith in various English classes, and want to include a section on the Wikipedia articles on the text(s) and the images, so I'll be getting to work on that as well. If the spirit moves you and you want to do some tinkering, I'd appreciate it. Who knows, I might stick you (and perhaps me) in the footnote of my article, as a kind of plug for the quality of (some) WP articles. Mutual back-scratching, so to speak...have a great weekend, Drmies ( talk) 15:41, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
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On 12 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Counter-Maniera, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that even the originator of the term thought that "Boredom is a requisite of the Roman Counter-Maniera style" in painting (example illustrated)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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. |
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Hi, Johnbod. Thanks for your recent edits to Pasquino. Can you do anything about the mysterious reference in Note 2 "the modern opinion is from Helbig"? I can guess who Helbig is (he has his own Wikipedia entry), but we really need to know where he published this "modern opinion"! John O'London ( talk) 16:51, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Johnbod.
Just wondering, is there another 'round' of this edit-a-thon going on as I noted a few new pages all related to doctors at
Kings College, London? ie.
Rona Moss-Morris, and
Thalia C. Eley
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The red link has been driving me crazy for the longest time, but of course I decide to do that while I'm cooking! I didn't mind the edit conflict and please continue - I really don't have time for to start a page, but at least now it's done and a blue link. He's interesting and I think with time the page can be developed quite nicely. Victoria ( talk) 23:47, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, I am Bracket bot. Well, no I am not. Don't you think that this jump from Baroque to Modern is a bit fast? What about 17th Century, Rembrandt, rococco, François Boucher, and a lot more... like File:Antoine Watteau - The Toilette - WGA25473.jpg, File:François Boucher, Ruhendes Mädchen (1751, Wallraf-Richartz Museum).jpg Hafspajen ( talk) 17:30, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Not sure what you were trying to do, in one of your recent edits you duplicated the first sentence again within the first paragraph. I am sure it was due to the edit conflict. The comment was about simplifying. Not sure which way to go to correct it. Marauder40 ( talk) 21:33, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Just new, and to fill a gap at Historicism (Christianity). There was already a German article, and I've moved in the image. Which presents the problem that the image description of the manuscript page is a bit light. I believe I have a sensible caption, but perhaps you could have a look. There are quite likely other related MS. (In fact looking around deWP turns up the Berry Apocalypse in addition to the Douce Apocalypse, and some relation to iconography of the Sistine Chapel. Plenty on JSTOR too.) Charles Matthews ( talk) 10:24, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
I noticed you did some work on this a while back. I'm expanding Repin at the moment in case you feel like messing with it at all. I've done a decent bit of work with the bio (though I'll come back to it at some point with other sources), but the artistic work section is the real challenge of course. That'll take some time and effort. Any help or advice would be great. Thanks for your time. INeverCry 05:33, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
A Boy was Born was created on the day a boy was born 100 years ago, and is approved for a Christmas DYK. I guess you will have a painting project in mind for that day? For the boy, I would like a more suitable picture, best English, clearly showing a boy, 15th or 16th century, because that's the time of the texts, or 1030s, the time of the composition. I trust that you are an expert, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:46, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Things improved, our hooks share that they are not pictured, but I used the exquisite boy you picked in my personal Christmas card, on my talk. Enjoy these days! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:36, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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I would like to propose for deletion the page Anthony Seratelli for non-compliance with WP:NOTABILITY and WP:NOTNEWS (WP is not a who's who). I'm not sure how to go about it. I have engaged the article's creator to ask why he/she thinks the subject is notable, and the creator ( Muboshgu) (a highly active contributor, for what it's worth), and it seems clear a WP:PROD would NOT be uncontroversial (as far as the creator is concerned anyway). That means, I guess, that the deletion shouldn't be proposed that way. I looked at the Wiki policies and couldn't quite figure out what the alternative is, procedurally. It seems clear to me that the article's subject is wayyyyy below the threshold of notability. Seratelli is a minor league ballplayer who has been active for the past 8-10 years, and is not expected to have a major league career. It was on linked from the main page's DYK section today (11/29/13) via the factoid: "[DYK] that baseball player Anthony Seratelli bowled two perfect games in high school?" Honestly, it's an embarrassment to the project to have a minor-league ballplayer's high school bowling achievements posted on the main page. On the article's talk page, I asked the creator of the article to explain why the guy is notable, and the response was, essentially, that if you have 2 or 3 articles written about you over a period of time, and you didn't write the articles yourself, you are notable. My reading of the notability criteria is that there need to be "significant" independently-sourced coverage of the subject. I generally take a inclusive view of notability, but there has to be some limit, surely. I hate to bother you with this, but we crossed paths somehow a little while ago, and you seem to take an active role in admin stuff. I usually focus on writing and sourcing, and I have no expertise in WikiProcesses. If you could point me in the right direction that would be very helpful. Thanks! David.thompson.esq ( talk) 23:28, 29 November 2013 (UTC)