User talk:Taksen

your edit summary, AGF?

Re diff, did I claim page # was unnecessary? AGF? maybe an oversight, not sure. Note that I did reformat another ref around the same time preserving page #. --Jeremyb (talk) 07:00, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the information and the message. I did not know Liedte died. He was very precise; and this book is extensive.Taksen (talk) 07:18, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

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Taksen, witch one is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Flowers_in_a_Terracotta_Vase one that is correct? Original, Alt 1 or Alt 2. You know, they are all on the museum's webbsites... the original too.... Kinda confusing. Hafspajen (talk) 20:18, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

This is Alt 1 also from the museum... Hafspajen (talk) 20:20, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

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Christina...

Quick one - "youth bedmate" doesn't make any sense. Those two words together don't mean anything. I presume you mean "described by Christina as a 'bedmate' during her youth", which would be okay. Want to have another crack at that one? If you can, use the cite template (not critical, just helpful). Cheers, St★lwart¹¹¹ 06:54, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, edit-conflicted. I wasn't "deleting references" - I undid the edit. I'm not actually sure those are her words. That would seem to be a fictionalised or dramatised account of her life, written as an autobiography but sourced to texts written long after her death. Not sure we should be using those quotes as quotes. What else do we know about that source? St★lwart¹¹¹ 06:57, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

None of that sentence makes sense now because that section was inserted into the existing text. I think you'll need to re-write that bit. St★lwart¹¹¹ 06:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

The source is from a university. It looks like an autobiography. I quoted it several times as it has useful information, including "bedmate". Unluckily it does not give much information about the original text. Taksen (talk) 07:08, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

I don't think it's an autobiography. I think it's a creative writing project; a fictional account. Otherwise, Christina was writing it and citing sources (for her own autobiography, which would be weird enough) that were created hundreds of years after she "wrote it" (even weirder). St★lwart¹¹¹ 07:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

It can't be fictional, it has too many precise details, which I did use in the article.Taksen (talk) 08:02, 9 March 2015 (UTC) We have to find out more. Some quotes seems missing, I don't understand what they did.Taksen (talk) 08:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

The person who wrote it has pointed out that it's fiction - she wrote it as a sample for her students to instruct them on the writing of similar fiction about other historical figures. St★lwart¹¹¹ 13:17, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

This is not enough, where is the email, the source, the reference. I still think, he or she has a lot of knowledge. Some details where quite right and fit in very well. Why didn't you spot them? Why I had to do the work?Taksen (talk) 13:28, 9 March 2015 (UTC) please stop discussing items here, that belong to the talkpage.Taksen (talk) 13:31, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Then explain your edits there rather than reverting in the article and calling people "foolish" as part of nonsensical demands that other people explain why that source is inappropriate. You don't seem to understand the normal WP:BRD process, or WP:V or WP:BURDEN. St★lwart¹¹¹ 13:36, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

I am not interested in WP rules, they are too complicated, there are too many to remember. I am interested in history and in an explanation, so the discussion can be solved. I found some interesting details, which I added here, for several years, as you probably will remember. I have no interest in regarding Christina as a heterosexual. I add what seems interesting. We don't need an encyclopaedia based on written sources, that is past, 20th century stuff.Taksen (talk) 13:43, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Then just stick to one - WP:V. You found some fictional details - a story created by someone - and then tried to use quotes from that source even after those issues were explained to you. You're free to be uninterested in the rules but that doesn't mean you can break them. And don't call people "foolish" for sticking to the rules, please. St★lwart¹¹¹ 13:55, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Redacting

Just a quick note regarding this at Talk:Christina, Queen of Sweden. Per the talk page guidelines, one's own comments shouldn't be removed from talk pages if anybody has responded to it (striking is the typical alternative). Granted, not actually a big deal here given the only person who had commented, Stalwart111, seems to be ok with it. Just an FYI. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 04:31, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

I know. Usually I don't put draft text on the talkpage, but this time I did. Taksen (talk) 07:36, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Albert Stopford

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I have reported our Rasputin friend

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Thanks, a school kid?Taksen (talk) 11:26, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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Twice deleted comment about Mikhail Rodzianko being called a "Fat Pig"

Hi Taksen, please see my comment here best regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 14:37, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Gerard Shelley

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Rasputin

Hi - As a new Wikipedian, have been looking for pages I might contribute to and stumbled on Rasputin, which it looks like you are a major contributor to. Just wanted to say: first class article, really well done. TotoroRules (talk) 16:17, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I was criticized a lot lately.

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Rasputin

I'm only following Wikipedia guidelines. Maybe setting every image at 240px looks great on your browser, but it's a dog's breakfast on others. It's too bad you feel that way about Wikipedia. - HappyWaldo (talk) 04:22, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Exactly, you only follow the rules. Not many people complained about the size of the pictures. Most people seem to have wide screens nowadays. I assume people with smart phones stay on pages only a few seconds to read the lead. Unfortunately Wikipedia does not tell us this. Taksen (talk) 06:24, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, I don't think it is very nice to tell other editors which articles they should and should not edit. We are all in this together, let's collaborate in a spirit of friendliness! His position of Minister-Chairman was mentioned twice in the two introductory paragraphs, which is the repetition I was referring to. Furthermore, the word "Minister-Chairman" was incorrectly linked to Prime Minister of Russia, a mistake that you reintroduced with your reversal. Cheers, AxelBoldt (talk) 20:37, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Rasputin and galoshes

Hi Taksen. Do you have any concrete evidence that these were "galoshes" or made out of rubber, and not the usual boots worn at the time? Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:55, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

I was not there, everything is from books or articles on Rasputin, but you noticed something I did not. These details I added three years ago. I will check again. Can't you think of something more serious?Taksen (talk) 18:50, 16 March 2016 (UTC) I still have to find out if the galoshes were rubber.[1][2]

Yes, Taksen, unlike you, I can think of something more serious. See talkpage at Rasputin.

But for what it is worth (which is nothing, unless you check every single Google result to make sure it is about Rasputin), here are the properGoogle results

• Rasputin + galoshes — 177 results
• Rasputin + rubber boots — 184 results
• Rasputin + leather boots 363 results

Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 02:11, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello Rui, it is highly likely Rasputin was wearing his leather boots and galoshes when he left his apartment. When he entered the palace I suppose he took off his galoshes, wearing his boots inside the house. It is hard to believe the drunk and wounded Rasputin was able to put on his galoshes, more interested in leaving the house as quickly as possible. It is also unlikely the murders took off his leather boots when they drove to the Neva. One of his galoshes could have drifted away, we don't know. The other obviously was stuck under the bridge. I will ask my contacts in Russia what is the practice when you enter a house. I suppose you take off your galoshes and put at the front door or aside until you leave the house. I will change the text accordingly. Thanks for your attention.Taksen (talk) 06:53, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=1363.240;wap2

Using a number of usernames

Hi Taksen. Please have a look at my request here concerning your use of multiple usernames. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 12:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Defense

Ten years ago there was no problem using different names on different wikipedias, the Dutch, English, German, French, and long time ago the Frisian. I never changed it, because I did not understand how to work with one username on different wikipedias. Besides my watchlist would get lost. There has never been a bad intention, it is because of Wikipedia itself or my computer, changing daily to different wikipedias.Taksen (talk) 14:12, 18 March 2016 (UTC)