User talk:Muchado

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Hello Muchado and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've chosen to join us. This is a great project with lots of dedicated people, which might seem intimidating at times, but don't let anything discourage you. Be bold!, explore, and contribute. Try to be civil by following simple rules and signing your talk comments with ~~~~ but never forget that one of our central tenets is to ignore all rules.

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VDC[edit]

Thank you for your note that the VDC page contains significant correlation with the CIFE website. You may notice that the entire section VDC Project Model is in quotes. And, obviously the introduction is a summary of the page, which as previously noted is quoted in its entirety from (Kunz & Fischer 2007). I realize the message you posted to my talk page is an automated posting since a human would not have failed to notice this distinction. Nice bot you have working for you! Granite07 (talk) 23:55, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to changing the citations to wiki format I added a redundant citation exactly on the bullet list to remove any confusion. Initially the citation was at the bottom of the page in the references section with an in-text citation indicating material that was not from the CIFE website. 128.12.170.114 (talk) 05:36, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is Wikipedia, why don't you just correct the citations next time rather than take all this time notifying me that there is possible plagiarism and forcing me to go review the page, figure out what you are talking about, and then move the citation to the correct location. The correct citation was on the page in the correct field, just not linked to the text correctly. This is what Wikipedia editors are for, to make edits not send a memo. From your comments I take you are insulted though none was intended, this is simply efficient discussion. Happy editing :) 128.12.170.114 (talk) 05:52, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"I have dabbled" CSIwiki VDC page is this page similar to the VDC page by chance? Sorry if I used my big Wiki voice about the VDC page, the answer is yes, I copied the CIFE page but intended to cite it correctly, but obviously failed. If you are interested there is additional wiki material here CIFE Civil VDC I have unlocked the pages for public viewing, I am a big fan of CSI, and not the tv show (unsigned since I am at a lab machine and don't have my password) 171.66.250.133 (talk) 05:21, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pombaline.[edit]

Hello Muchado

Sorry to be only 3 years to late ansering, but dont come often see wikipedia in English, and, because the international history of art ignore completely Portugal, did not expect there questions.

It is difficult to say precisely if the system is truly anti-seismic for the currently required safety levels. For the time wasgoindeed a great technical achievement if the building diden't go over 4 floors. It is known that seismic assays were made, within the capabilities of the time, as seen in the recent museum - Lisbon Stoy Center - an excellent interactive presentation on the subject. The Marquis of Pombal made build a structure - like a building - the city main square and put a considerable number of soldiers marching on the top and around the structure in order to simulate an earthquake. The structure held up wonderfully. Was considered a complete success. Today it is a big incognita if hold a catastrophe like the 1755. The wood has lost elasticity and, during the nineteenth century, was allowed to increase the number of floors in most of the buildings - currently there are only 4 buildings exactly as in the eighteenth century. Another worrying factor is the effect of pollution and vibration caused by traffic, regardless in recent years it was made a great effort to reduce the number of cars circulating.

The sources were not indicated because in Lisbon public libraries I found almost nothing in English on the subject. Only minor references very critical, by the authors of the first half of the twentieth century, trying to disrigard the Pombaline because is neither true French Rococo or Neoclassicism from Greek or Roman origin. Because moste of the books are Portuguese editions, I did not thought it was necessary to make a bibliography only accessible in Portugal - even in Brazil is not easy to find references to this subject.

I would also like to thank the compliment implied by saying that it is an interesting article. I am art history teacher and this is a short summary of what we teach in class.Azoiensis (talk) 09:49, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]