User talk:Yngvadottir

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Otto Lee edits

I was going to whack your recent edits to this page, but I thought I'd discuss it with you first. They seem out of place. It's just too much detail. There isn't likewise a mention in that article of the fact that he was elected to the Sunnyvale City Council twice, nor is there mention of the percentages that he won by in those elections. So why are we calling out the specifics of an election that's going to be forgotten by everyone a year or two from now in an encyclopedia biography of a relatively non-noteworthy figure? While the election was current, it was relevant. Had he won, it would obviously have been relevant. Since he lost, it seems less so.

As a comparison, I looked at the bio for Ron Gonzales, former mayor of both Sunnyvale and San Jose, and certainly more noteworthy than Lee. No mention of vote percentages anywhere. No mention of lost elections (although he may not have lost any).

So I'm inclined to delete that paragraph as largely irrelevant. Let me know your take on all of this. Jokeboy (talk) 19:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Follow-up. I think he had a one-paragraph page before the election came along. I think that someone who knows him created it around when he became mayor, figuring that "Mayor of Sunnyvale" reached a point of relevance. The edit wars came along later. I've tried to be hands-off, because I know him personally and supported his campaign. But people on the other side didn't do the same, unfortunately.

I like your edits. I still think the vote percentages is needless detail. But I suspect that if he grows in significance (as I expect he will), and if more material of relevance is added, that detail will shake itself out. So I'm fine with things as they stand. Thanks for the thoughtfulness, and feel free to delete my comments here when you've read them. - Jokeboy (talk) 19:26, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Charlie Crist

Thanks for the copy-edit. That page has been in a state of flux since the election, and it needed a good solid proofreading. Horologium (talk) 19:23, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Amounderness

Thank you for your message. Yes indeed the source templates can be baffling. There is a way though to make using them a lot easier -

• Click on my preferences at the top right of the page, then select the Editing tab. On that page, make sure that the Show edit toolbar is ticked. Then select the Gadgets tab, go to the Editing gadgets section, and the refTools box. Tick this box. It then "adds a cite" button to the editing toolbar for quick and easy addition of commonly used citation templates." So then when you are editing an article and need to add a source, above the editing box where you are editing appears the editing toolbar with a "cite" button on the right hand side. Click on that and some of the most comonly used templates (such as web, news and book) appear as tabs. Click on the one you want to use and it opens an easy to use "toolbox" (for want of a better expression). All you need do then is add the relevant info then click on add citation and it is inserted into the article for you in the correct format. Though I find that it often adds it to the top of the article, so I jsut copy and paste it into the correct place. Hope that helps! If you need any help at all just let me know. It is a lot easier than it looks!

With regard to Google Books - I've certainly seen the site here as I have added URL's for them to article sources a few times. With regard to the formatting - the book title comes first, then the article title and author. However, if you have the URL's for the Google Books links to each book, we can add them in so that other users can then see that, and hopefully making the source easier to understand! --♦Tangerines♦·Talk 15:46, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Keystone Cup

I take you are new to the world of Junior hockey? The reality is that Junior B hockey is not more or less notable than Tier II Junior A hockey. Tier II Junior A is usually in slightly bigger towns, or a town with a slightly higher hockey following that can sustain a higher player boarding budget. In Tier II Junior A there are fewer restrictions on importing players from other regions to play on the team, thus the need for a higher boarding budget. Junior B players have a limit to the amount of imports they can use, and the rest have to be locals -- therefore they can get away with running smaller budgets.

I am not saying that I am against using succession boxes on the Keystone Cup gold medalists' articles... but there have been 27 champions and only 7 actually have an applicable article (I see this as a problem). Also, you are running into WP:Other stuff exists by using the Royal Bank Cup/Centennial Cup succession box as grounds for a Keystone Cup succession box. I do believe the Keystone Cup is notable enough for succession boxes... but at the same time... so is the Don Johnson Cup -- which has a similar problem -- not enough articles...

Before posting succession boxes up... how about you and I continue talking about fixing this problem... because there is probably a way. The most obvious to me is to make an article for every Key Cup and DJ Cup champion... there are two points of established notability... Western or Atlantic Junior champions... as well as the fact that they are Junior teams, which is a feeder system to pro. Your thoughts? DMighton (talk) 22:01, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Hurricane Hazel

Thanks a lot for copyediting Hurricane Hazel, I really appreciate it. I thought you also might be interested in looking at, and copyediting, Raymore Drive and Effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada, which relate directly to the main article. While the aftermath section in the effects article is unfinished, I hope to expand it when I get so more time to do so. You may also be interested in checking out the Guild of Copy Editors, and/or article review areas such as Peer Review or Featured Article Candidates. Thanks again for the copyedit. Maxim_(talk) 22:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Name translation

To my knowledge there's no wikipedia guideline regarding "naming as in en.wikipedia". Why do you feel translating this name is the right thing to do? Eduard Fortunat is the proper spelling because in most cases the right thing to do (if there were one) would be to keep the original spelling. Just google for the variations and you'll see my point. I'm changing it back, sorry. --Fhmann (talk) 04:38, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the answer, but to be honest I don't like the idea. The amount of internet sources using the German spelling is overwhelmingly superior to anything that can be found in any other spelling. I'm against the translation of first names altogether; between German and English then, I find it's that more unnecessary since most German spellings are also found in English-speaking countries, e.g. Karl. There's virtually no mention of any other spelling anywhere. It will only lead to confusion imo. --Fhmann (talk) 10:10, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Archer's Hall (Latin)

I couldn't find any crib on the Interweb so assume you translated it yourself, assuming you haven't a parallel text. Your Latin is obviously much better than mine!

Do you think the translation is a little high-flown, or was that the intention? In particular, the word order is a bit unnatural to the modern eye, but I can see that might be deliberate.

So how about a minor reordering of words? Here goes and please feel free to disagree.

Behold the quiver-furnished Scots, of breasts of Mars (? born of Mars ? Nursed by Mars ? Or, of warlike breasts ? Dunno. )
To their enemies, however furious, they will bring (forth?) tremendous missiles
No people whatsoever who provoke Caledonia go unpunished
Oak and ardour imbues the archers through and through.

Just some suggestions. Your translation makes perfect sense, just the word order was a little hard for me to read naturally the first time.

Normally I would suggest moving it, anyway, to the part of WP:PNT for "needing additional cleanup" but since I think we are unlikely to find someone approaching dual native Latin/English (the Pope, perhaps?) I can't much see the point. I am happy to add a note there if it helps.

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 16:16, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I was also reaching for the dictionary and was swearing I must have got some of the words wrong myself, so was glad that you translated it much as I would, only much better.

I agree, it is wise to keep it as close to the original as possible. I still think that simple changes of word order are the norm though. I know from translating other languages (primarily French but with my partner occasionally Hungarian), sometimes after all that work with the Shortbread Eating Primer or whatever one cannot remember the natural English word order!

The alternative of course would be to make it truly a "translation" in the classicist sense you mean, i.e. put it into an English poetical form:

Behold the arrow-furnish'd Scots, the  breasts of Mars they sup quite lots

Those they dislike and thus espy, will get a large one in the eye

All people from beyond their ken, Get scotched by darts once and again

True oak and passion, Is their full fashion

As if it just came off the ration

Well, maybe not quite like that...

Move it to Needing Cleanup if you want. You may want to see how I treated the quotations at e.g. Sambuca (musical instrument) or Timpani – again I am no musicologist so had a little to reword it to make sense in English e.g. the problem with the number of symphonia I never quite solved in the English. (It was in Enc. Brit 1911 where I supposed they assumed every reader would understand Latin.) I put the quotations directly inline, which seemed to please the primary editor of the article, and I think considering the prominence of the inscription it may deserve the same treatment here?

Still, it's good I think, providing it is not misleading.

I suppose it would be too obvious to think that Archer's Hall would themselves have an English version?

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 23:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

PS. I only just recognised the significance of the arrrows etc. Archer's Hall, duh. SimonTrew (talk) 23:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I am glad you liked the parody. It would not surprise me, actually, if it finds its way to someone at Archer's Hall and gets repeated. I was particularly pleased with "Gets scotched by darts" to get around Caledonia. Not so happy with the last two lines. I was actually genuinely worried that you would think I was taking the piss (well of course I am but not of you), some people really will say like stop messing about this is a Serious Encylopaedia.

The way I look at it, PNT is the last refuge for articles that have had no chance of translation elsewhere. The translators generally have to work without sources and must go on their gut feeling. That means the translation cannot be perfect according to the original author (in this case rather dead) but has to be done as best as possible by its own lights. I have translated articles long and short, and without the context of the translation it can sometimes be very difficult, I think. One cannot simply say "Do you mean this or that", as I can with my Hungarian girlfriend when we team up to translate Hungarian to English, and make sure we choose the right sense — for words she does not know, she will consult a dictionary, but that often gives a very old-fashioned or specialised word that is better put in English by rephrasing. As Carroll said, take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.

So actually I probably could put it into a more realistic and serious English poetic form, but I agree that would veer too far from the literal. Our job is done. They have the English, and can make of it what they will. I was tempted, I must say, to attempt to put it in the Lallans of Burns, but I don't think I am up to that. I will tidy up the article if it has not been already, then it can go from PNT as done.

One slightly disenchantment with PNT is one rarely gets a thankyou from those who have submitted for translation, and never from the people who take care of PNT itself. A simple thanks dropped in a box when it is taken off the list would count a lot. Not a barnstar (whatever they are) or anything, but just even an automated "this has now been listed as complete. Thank you" would be enough. SimonTrew (talk) 20:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ali Forney

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Materialscientist (talk) 14:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know that this hook was pulled from the mainpage due to an imbalance in the update, and will be featured on the mainpage again in a couple of updates' time. Gatoclass (talk) 15:37, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ali Forney

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Articles for deletion nomination of Magic, Inc. (organization)

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Karl Heinz Klee

Thank you. Some of the changes I should have made myself, like the bolding of the first mention. Hopefully, we'll find someone with Legal experience in Austria or German...Naraht (talk) 15:29, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

George Frideric Handel

Hello Yngvadottir, I was suprised the other day to see all the changes you made to G.F. Handel, thanks a lot. I like your alias too: I suppose you have an Islandic background. I still dont like the later years and legacy section in the Handel article. Hopefully you will improve my english when I gathered enough courage to go on. Taksen (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Did You Know problem

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DYK for Viking Society for Northern Research

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Deletion and later rewriting my invitation

Looks like you already noticed, an alternate account deleted my poorly worded invitation on your talk page. Some editors disagreed about these deletions.[1] and also went to ANI about it.

I actually appreciate this deletion because I completely rewrote the template.

Thank you for your comments on that page! Ikip 04:32, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Eiríkr Magnússon

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Biographies of Living persons solution?: Projectification

As someone who commented on the BLP workshop I created, please review this proposal to see if it is something that the community would support.

Harsh constructive criticism is very welcome!

Better to figure out the potential objections now. I am looking to remedy any potential objections by the community.

Thanks. Okip (formerly Ikip) 03:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Höfðaletur

Hi Yngvadottir. Great work on this article! Thanks for your contribution. Favonian (talk) 23:02, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

A couple of notes

Færeyinga saga is in more than one part in Flateyjarbók, that's presumably why it's listed twice. Also, every ethnic Icelander is descended from Egill Skallagrímsson. In fact, it's enough to go back to the 16th century - every Icelander is descended from Bishop Jón Arason. There are probably even more recent common ancestors. Haukur (talk) 09:17, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi! I'm never sure where to reply, so this time I'm responding here, hope that's ok. I noted that several of the things in Flateyjarbók are broken up, in fact interlaced, but I was working from the contents to the Guðbrandur Vigfússon/Unger edition on Google Books and there are errors in that - at least one page listing is wrong and has been corrected in the copy, and Grœnlendinga saga is called Grœnlendinga þáttr. So I can't be sure this isn't also an error, or 2 different versions: Færeyinga saga is listed in 3 page ranges in volume 1 and then 2 page ranges in volume 2. That seems a bit of a wide spread and I looked in vain for someone else who had actually listed the complete contents (I don't have Ashman Rowe's book and it isn't viewable on Google Books) so I thought I'd better note the anomaly. On Egill Skallagrímsson, lol, ok . . . the thing is the source makes a to-do about Eiríkr's wife being descended from him. She was asked to appear in national dress at one of her husband's visiting lectures because they wanted to see the redoubtable warrior-descended woman, or something to that effect. I would have been able to tone down whimsy like that in the article if I could have seen more than the tiniest snippets of Stefán Einarsson's bio, but I felt that within reason I should reflect the emphasis in the sources I had . . . and there are now 2 lengthy treatments of the Victorian enthusiasm for "Viking" stuff. My original intent was to rewrite Guðbrandur's article so it is no longer such a museum piece . . . that's gone on the back burner as I've realized how many other articles are (were) simply missing, such as Eiríkr's, or are in even worse shape, but great scholars of the past damn well should have articles. By the way speaking of inaccuracies, if I have time this morning I will rewrite dís. It's terribly inaccurate as well as disorganized, but I don't want to throw out anything so it will take quite a while to move it all around. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:09, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Good times! It's great to finally have an article on Eiríkur Magnússon, I'd been missing one for a long time. You're doing good work on all this stuff. Haukur (talk) 17:43, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

I never had an opportunity to thank you. I appreciate your comments. You just don't know how much these comments from complete strangers helps me :) To say the past week has been a turbulent time for me is a definite understatement. If there is anything at all I can do for you, message me or email me. I have four years of experience here, and I know how brutal things can sometimes be for editors with few connections.

Congratulations on all of your DYKs. Okip ^{BLP Contest} 02:02, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank You Number 2

Hello! I would just like to say thank you too for your work editing the page i have built up from scratch over the last year or two on Bank Hall. I would like it to reach a GA status and possibly be a featured article one day! What would you rate the article as now? I am an expert on Bank Hall and know alot of history about it from research as you have probably gathered! Have you ever visited bank hall? If not then its well worth a visit! Many thanks again! Bankhallbretherton (talk) 20:10, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

1. Proposal to Close This RfC
2. Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 03:27, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

TWA Flight 800

Thanks for your copyedits to this article. Are you using tools or just your knowledge of English and/or WP:MOS? Lipsticked Pig (talk) 07:15, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

John Murphy (techncial analyst)

thanks for the kind merge suggestion, i went ahead and moved it, that's what i get for following misspelled red links. hope you don't find my comment at RfC/BLP cynical, rather Sisyphus is happy. Pohick2 (talk) 21:52, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Danny Mangold

The sources are more about Metro All Stars than Danny. Why not just move it to Metro All Stars? Having an article on him but not the band is like putting the cart before the horse. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 04:43, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

That occurred to me too, but I don't know squat about rock music and so many newspapers are behind paywalls and search-inaccessible now, that I'm not sure we're getting a good idea of what's been published about either. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:46, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I moved it to be about the band after finding a source in Billboard. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 20:29, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Stonefunkers

Thanks for helping out with the Stonefunkers page! VsanoJ (talk) 00:04, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Edward Tuckerman

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DYK for Árni Magnússon

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism on WTMJ page

You seem like a stand-up, educated member with a lot of positive contributions to Wikipedia, so in the interest of assuming good faith, I'm going to ask why your account so flagrantly vandalized the WTMJ_(AM) page. Is it possible an unauthorized entity gained access to your account? Needless to say, I have reverted the vandalism. --Nonstopdrivel (talk) 22:50, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments! I've responded on your page; I believe you've got who did what tangled up.Yngvadottir (talk) 23:04, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, that's why I asked -- because I knew there was certainly a decent possibility that I was confused. I don't have a ton of experience interpreting revision histories. Thank you for clarifying this issue. --Nonstopdrivel (talk) 03:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Heathen hofs

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Gullgubber

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DYK: Earthquakes in Germany

Hi. I've nominated Earthquakes in Germany, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. PFHLai (talk) 14:26, 29 May 2010 (UTC) BTW, if you have them handy, please add footnotes and refs to the "Geology" section. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 14:39, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, both of you, Mandsford & Yngvadottir, for your [[Wikipedia|collaborative writing of an encyclopedia article]] on earthquakes in Germany. The article is not FA-quality yet, but it has a very good start and most certainly qualifies for DYK, a section on Wikipedia's MainPage to showcase new additions to the encyclopedia. Please feel free to add more stuffs such as the 1951 Euskirchen quake to the page. I could see the article grow into a GA in the near future. (It has ITN potential, too, but for the sake of the people who live in Germany, I hope it never will get there.) Keep up the good work! Happy editing. --PFHLai (talk) 17:19, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of New Danube

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Singasteinn

Thanks for your fantastic contributions to the article! Verkhovensky (talk) 00:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Earthquakes in Germany

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Talk:House of Lichtenberg

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De728631 (talk) 16:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Hæ Yngvadottir. If we learned anything from this mess it is a brief glimpse into the confusing politics and names of all the wee states in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation ;) De728631 (talk) 20:34, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Singasteinn

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Helping hand

Hello Yngvadottir, I see that you're doing some good work on subjects that I also work on, and it's always good to see more capable hands around. If I can help out or just copy edit, please let me know! :bloodofox: (talk) 21:00, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

I appears

(according to my talk page) that we are going to loose the image of Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran that I just added over a copyright issue. I have not had luck finding a free one, perhaps you can do better? Carptrash (talk) 14:29, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

In the USA, whic is, I think were wikipedia is located, any image, book, sculpture, etc. created before 1923 is copyright free. My image posted was from 1930, but I have no idea who the artist is/was. Gotta go/Carptrash (talk) 19:32, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Query re Ninth Avenue derailment

Hi, I've been reviewing the above article's DYK nomination, and there is one minor change I would like to see to the article. The last sentence says:

"However, Kelly should have seen that the signal indicated the switch was set for Sixth Avenue; he was driving recklessly fast and went into hiding after the accident."

Could it be made clear that this is the opinion of some source or inquiry, and not that of Wikipedia? for example:

xxxx said that Kelly should have seen that the signal indicated the switch was set for Sixth Avenue and that he was driving recklessly fast. He went into hiding after the accident.

Thanks, and sorry for being so nit-picky Quasihuman (talk) 20:53, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, if another, more experienced editor passed it as being ok for DYK, I think its fine. By the way, its a very interesting article, and a great hook. Quasihuman (talk) 10:33, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ninth Avenue derailment

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Anglo-Saxon turriform churches

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More on language

I would have sent the translation, but I figured you'd have more fun finding it on your own. --- OtherDave (talk) 11:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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Mifter (talk) 12:03, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Pumpie's "translations"

Pumpie's editing is troublesome, and he doesn't respond to comments on his editing at all. Just check his contributions in Talk namespace and in User talk namespace. As I've tried to make clear to him on his talk page, his English is horrible (just look at the grammatical errors, and the incorrect use of words like "rarely", "nearly" and "rely"), and he clearly doesn't understand French. I have no idea what's his native language, if it's English there's something very wrong with the school system where he lives. He makes mistakes that noone with the tiniest understanding of French would make, and just omits crucial words from sentences (apparently because he doesn't understand them). And the silliest typos, like Amine instead of Amiens (see his recent Gare de Serqueux article). I don't read Greek, so I can't judge his skills there, but according to User:Cplakidas, it's rubbish as well. I don't think it would be a big loss if he would stop editing. He only creates lousy articles about minor interest subjects, e.g. minor French train stations, tiny villages in Greece, and rather obscure Greek films. I suppose a RfC is a good idea. Markussep ^Talk 08:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I added the navigation box to the Epinay article, and moved it to Épinay-sur-Seine (Paris RER), which seems to be the naming standard for RER stations. Markussep ^Talk 09:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello! As I wrote to Markus too, there is also the question of the RfC's "desired outcome". Obviously what we'd like him to do is either start contributing "normally" or, failing that, stop creating new articles. But is not the latter tantamount to asking for a ban? Constantine ✍ 15:32, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

All right, I largely agree with you here, except, pulling his auto-patrol is another form of sanction, and it will not prevent him from creating work for others. I feel that if we don't want this RfC to go the way of the last one, and in order to have Pumpie respond meaningfully, there should be a degree of compulsion: i.e. that he agrees to respond to messages, appropriately tag and copyedit the pages himself, and in general change his editing behaviour drastically, with the clear proviso that failing that, he will be subject to sanctions. I also feel that he should state clearly what languages he speaks and in what degree. If he states that he can't actually read Greek or French, then it is obvious that he should not get involved with attempting translations at all. Constantine ✍ 17:33, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I have no problem with your changes, I suppose as the RfC progresses we will see what can be done if Pumpie carries on as usual. I am waiting for Markus' response, and then I'll place the RfC (although I may be absent from a PC for the next week or so)... Constantine ✍ 20:27, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

The RfC has been posted. Constantine ✍ 10:24, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Fichte-Bunker

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Stock im Eisen

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Palais Equitable

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Indriði Indriðason

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Coca Cola Secret Recipe

Hi,

You say my comment about the theory showing that the secret recipe does not exists is speculative. Well, why don't you say the same about the contrary theory. As it is mentionned in the article : "the company presents the formula as a closely held trade secret known only to a few employees, mostly executives." There are no sources for this but it is in the encyclopedia. I say then that this article is a part of Coca Cola brand strategy and it is not objective. FYI I don't work in any company of the beverage market. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.32.30.68 (talk) 07:41, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Hemings þáttr Áslákssonar

Shooting an apple off one's child's head - interesting article, although the references are a bit odd. My copy of the Orkneyinga Saga is not very well indexed but I can't find the incident about Hemingr Áslákson. Any clues? Ben MacDui 10:36, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Shooting an apple off one's child's head

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Hotspur

I don't know if you noticed but this is in one of the queues now (I had a bit of a jog around with it). – B.hotep •talk• 15:22, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Hotspur (comic)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Shooting an apple off one's child's head

-- Cirt (talk) 00:04, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Wolf of Kabul

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to thank you

for your work on Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran, an article that I started with my father while trying to convince him that wikipedia was a good thing. Eventually I did. But here is the real reason that I am writing you. I have some Icelandic (it came from a friend of mine) that I would like translated and my father (my usual translator) no longer has the eyesight for it. If I email you a work of art, a drawing, and a scan of the text hand written on the back would you consider trying a translation? If you wish we can move this discussion over to my email address, eeklon at yahoo dot com In any case thanks for your good work and for your consideration. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 23:40, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me. A scholar? In a place that might want some books in Icelandic? My father turns 90 in November and some time in the next decade his small Icelandic library will become available. In the meantime I will try the editor that you suggest. Carptrash (talk) 23:23, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Gioia del Colle

I've tried to simplify something here and there and to better translate some expressions; if you can take a last look to make sure it's now written in correct English I'd be grateful. Cheers. Salvio ^{Let's talk 'bout it!} 16:52, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

The Brass Rail (Hoboken, New Jersey)

Wow, sometimes you never notice how poor a speller you are until someone like this comes along.. ha thank you for fixing the article - Theornamentalist (talk) 19:34, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Kloster Berge school

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tony Clunn

Hello, your nomination of Tony Clunn at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 03:44, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Wolfgang Krause

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:05, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tony Clunn

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:04, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

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RfA Pumpie

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Thanks, Markussep ^Talk 14:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your statement. After being away for a month I was certainly not pleased to see that he continued creating rubbish articles even though I explicitly urged him to clean up his previous creations first. I see no other way to stop him, and I've given up hope that he'll take editing advice from us or a mentor. From the arbitrators' comments I get the impression that a simple block request (like at WP:ANI) might also work. Markussep ^Talk 07:43, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Helmut de Boor

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:05, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Senate of Berlin

Thanks for your contribution to the article on the Senate of Berlin. I have to admit that I got a bit frustrated when it was proposed for deletion two minutes after I created it. But it seems now that there is hope that it will survive. --11011 (talk) 14:54, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Gare de X moves

Hi, I'm not sure whether the discussion at WP:TRAINS is finished or not, but the outcome seems to be either "X railway station" or "X Railway Station". I'll try to push the discussion towards a conclusion ;-) Markussep ^Talk 08:41, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Senate of Berlin

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Congratulations for putting so many high quality articles, many of them being fine translations, onto the English Wikipedia Main Page. Well done! Binksternet (talk) 22:07, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Platz der Luftbrücke

Cbl62 (talk) 06:02, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Paradestraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Orlady (talk) 06:07, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Nürnberger Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Íslendingur (ship)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Johann Wilhelm Schwedler

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Jelling stones and your new article, Jelling stone ship

Hi, should these be merged? It looks to me like maybe one is talking about part of the other, but I don't know enough to say that for certain. LadyofShalott 01:45, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I had just added the ship article to the See also at Jelling stones when I was informed of your message. The latter article really is just about the stones; it says nothing about the successive stages of construction of the Jelling complex or the history of the church. And we have independent articles on other stone ships. So although someone may at some future point wish to make an overall article about the Jelling royal monuments, it seemed better to me to fit it in with the way things have been started and make a separate article. Thanks for asking and for adding the category. I'm fitting the creation of this one around Yule activities and it will be built in fits and starts. Yngvadottir (talk) 01:50, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. I happened upon your article while doing a little new page patrolling, and from there looked at Thyra and Jelling stones. It's interesting stuff, and I don't know much about it; so thanks for your work! LadyofShalott 02:28, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for starting that article, Yngvadottir. :) :bloodofox: (talk) 19:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

You're very welcome. Thanks for the good idea :-) I wanted to do at least one heathen article for Yule. I've asked Berig whether he can find us a pic, but he doesn't seem to be active any more - any ideas? I've ransacked Commons and the closest I find is the pic of the south mound from behind the runestones that is being used as main image on Jelling stones. I'll put that on this article also for the moment, but it's far from ideal. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:52, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Is there one on Flikr either with an appropriate license already or for which you could convince the photographer to give an appropriate license? LadyofShalott 20:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I have some shots of the National Museum's reconstruction of the site - it's basically just a wall-mounted 3D map of the location that includes where the ship apparently was. I am wondering if it's copyrighted or if it is fair game to upload to Wikipedia. Otherwise I have not yet made it out to Jelling (although since I learned that there was once a massive stone ship there, it has gone way up on my priority list!). :bloodofox: (talk) 20:25, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I doubt there is on Flickr, since it's been largely removed. As to the legality of using the shot of the museum's diagram, I wonder who one would ask? I am very far from knowing the law on such. Although I can adduce one parallel: I migrated this pic that someone took of a scale model in a visitors' centre to Commons from de.wikipedia; no one seems to have questioned the use of that photo, and like yours it is derived from an exhibit. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:25, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

I brought up the idea of uploading the image of the diagram to a friend who is up on these things, and he told me that it is likely a bad idea. The problem is, of course, that someone may hold copyright to the work. Still, surely it would be OK to produce an original graphic based off of the diagram and upload it into the public domain? Whatever the case, I have the photos and am willing to send them to whomever. If anyone is interested, just send me an e-mail. :) :bloodofox: (talk) 05:57, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Es leuchten die Sterne

Actually I agree with you. But too often when we opine a "re-write and keep", it never gets done and editors looking at a poor version pile on with their deletes... and the article gets deleted. So I have begun working on a fresh version in a sandbox, and I figure that if I get User:MichaelQSchmidt/The Stars Shine (film) finished in time, I can do a cut-n-paste of my new version over the old. Check it out.. and feel free to assist. Best, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 07:05, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Now I'm thinking... as my article is quite different from the one that was nominated, perhaps I should simply create it as a new article and suggest a redirect from old to new title. At least this way I can reward my work with a DYK. :) Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 07:59, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

LOL I was intending to do exactly the same thing, but without the sandbox step. Getting a DYK out of it will be a bit hard since the infobox won't count towards the 5x expansion, but if you can find good enough sources, I'd say be bold and go for it. IMO that's the best way to demonstrate that something is notable but was written up completely wrong - especially when the sources are all or mostly in languages other than English. A xenophobic element or simply an inability to judge comes into play in these cases. My search before I posted to the AfD had only reached the stage of finding mentions in reference works, I see I have another tempest arising over a different article, and I'm not going to have much time today without interruptions, so I encourage you to go ahead and do it. I'll render what aid I can. But I think it should be an overwriting of the existing article, since the existing one is at the right title. Hoping between us we can find enough material for a 5x expansion . . . I have the impression the plot was a twisty turny one about a country girl coming to the big city? And participation in it was used against some of the actors? Go for it! Yngvadottir (talk) 15:49, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I did exactly that with Kloster Berge school, which was a deplorable piece of misunderstanding at Klosterbergen and for which I did get a DYK. But the original for that was shorter than this one. Yngvadottir (talk) 15:51, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

And toward the film itself being propaganda... it is, but not as a blatant anti-semetic animation. In the late 1930s the Reich was trying to convince the world how wonderful it was as a society... all light and happiness... while darker things were being planned. The film was one of many that acted to pretend everything was perfect in the Reich with the film acting to put a good "spin" on what later could not be "spun". And sadly, most of those involved... cast, crew, writers, etc... were simply trying to create an entertaining musical. And for balance, there will need to be a section addressing this in context. Feel free to assist if you have the time. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 20:02, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

• Its live: The Stars Shine (film). Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:04, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

• Maybe you might consider revisiting the AFD discussion and change from "keep and re-write" to "delete and redirect"? I think my mew article is a decent beginning, and by all means you are welcome to furthe improve the new one. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:26, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Jelling stone ship

Materialscientist (talk) 14:05, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sunstone (medieval)

Happy New Year. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 20:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2011 WikiCup!

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DYK for La Jana (actress)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

AfD

I responded to the Afd at my talk page. I love your user boxes, so I am taking and modifying the "some words" boxes for my user page. Thank you in advance for letting me do that. Bearian (talk) 18:33, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

AFD: Northvegr Foundation

Hello Yngvadottir, I thought you might be interested in my AFD nomination of Northvegr Foundation; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Northvegr Foundation. :bloodofox: (talk) 18:57, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the headsup, but I'd actually seen it. I don't think I have anything useful to say, though. I avoid that site because I have it on good authority that they have silently changed the wording of texts to suit their opinions and because I am aware of accusations of bad dealings against them that led to a boycott that I still honor. There is a problem with almost anything pagan, especially heathen, in finding acceptable reliable sources; so I do sympathize with their supporters trying to find statements in places acceptable to Wikipedia - not other heathen websites or print publications - to attest to their notability. But I don't know of any, partly because I avoid the site. Further, I have done work for a rival text site, so anything I say at an AfD about the usefulness of their site could justifiably be seen as tainted by conflict of interest. And further, I seem to have made myself unpopular at the John Lindow AfD - it was just closed as keep, to my great surprise (please, if you know of anything else to add to the article, do so - very little was found either by me or by those who wanted it kept) and I got accused of having a "specialist ax to grind." So maybe my expertise would be a detriment at this other AfD '-) Yngvadottir (talk) 21:07, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Your vote is welcome, either way. It seems that you are knowledgeable about the site, and no one has thus far commented. And I wouldn't sweat making yourself unpopular on AfD; I think most such discussions on Wikipedia are really "water under the bridge" in the face of quality work, and you're certainly doing plenty of the latter. That helps us all, of course, and that is really what matters here. Plus, you're hardly the first to vote for the deletion of something—don't be tempted to take it personally. :)

I would like to flesh out the Lindow article more, but I can't find much else to add yet either. The only reason I was able to flesh out the Davidson article to the extent of which I have is because of her obituary. As a side note, although I've been reading her works over the last decade, and although she is easily one of the most visible and public-focused figures of the past 50 years in Germanic philology, only within the last month have I seen a photograph of her. I guess that just goes to show how dusty these areas really are! :bloodofox: (talk) 21:34, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the words of appreciation - that dig really hurt, especially as I don't actually understand what was meant. Through one of those bizarre twists of collaborative editing, as fall-out from the Lindow AfD we now have articles on Ursula Dronke, Margaret Clunies Ross, and Gro Steinsland. As you know, I hadn't dared start any such articles for lack of confidence I could defend them should they be challenged - but now I have to make them worth keeping! I did emergency improvement on all 3 and chose Steinsland to really work up first, because her article will involve foreign-language sources that I'm relatively unusual in being able to read - I'd used her as an example of the influential scholars in the field outside the English-speaking countries. She turns out to currently head a think tank and to have written several Op Eds, as well as having her picture and interviews all over the press, which I'd rather expected in the context of a small country with a vivid interest in its cultural history and its scholars. Very different from Dronke, who is guarded by the traditional British privacy - and from 90% of American academics. (In fact when I worked at state institutions I was specifically warned against talking to the press.) I may speak at the Northvegr AfD, but I'm still not sure what I can usefully say. I do think our notability guidelines need to be rethought for paganism if we have any claim to be working against institutional bias. But I also don't think Northvegr meets any useful standard of notability. Even their scandals are internal heathen matters, no major lawsuits or anything else that would leave a trail. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:01, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Sorry for the delay in the response here, I am just now seeing it. Every now and then I'll write an article on the sly as an exercise and then hop on to insert the content, iron it out, and then hop off, you see. I am glad to see that we have an article for these three scholars, and I was also unaware how public a figure Gro Steinsland is. I think you're right in your observation about the visibility of academics, and I think it's quite unfortunate that more of them don't try to reach out and communicate with the public rather than simply publish to one another. Exactly what do they expect to happen to their field, with new blood so rarely feeding into it? And they even have an ever-expanding audience; neopagans of various stripes clamoring for any decent publication on the subject that they can find. Well, at least we can make a difference by having some respectable articles here. And thank you for your input and work at the AfD. I'm sure we've been giving the site a large portion (if not the majority) of the traffic it receives, troubling considering that the site is not only very dubious, as you point out, but also otherwise useless at this point. :bloodofox: (talk) 06:57, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Icelandic census of 1703

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Gro Steinsland

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Seaford Head Community College

Thanks for cleaning that up. I hadn't noticed that the ages in the Infobox were all messed up. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:01, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Walter Baetke

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

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Names of God

No. I myself am Pagan, I know our beliefs. Also, it is not my interpretation. Zeus, Woden, Amun, Odin, Thor, etc. were the King Gods of the Gods, thus they were Names of God. You can't dispute someone who themselves is a Pagan. I revert the changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eclectic Angel (talk • contribs) 02:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Just because I need a break from homework, I'm going to jump in here and disagree with Eclectic Angel, and since I am a Pagan myself, I most certainly can dispute with you.

Eclectic Angel, you're assuming that these Kings of Their respective pantheons are therefore the same being, but you haven't established that (and can't. Nor can I establish the contrary, FWIW). I reject completely the notion that Zeus=Woden=Amon=Odhinn=Thor (particularly that last, who is Himself not a King of anything): there's nothing in the contemporary mythologies that indicates this. Odhinn is never called "Zeus" or "Amon" in any of the Eddas, for example, nor do Classical or Celtic deities make "cameo" appearances. The Romans were somewhat of syncretists, but their conclusions were based on their own opinions, not on the original tales of these deities.

If you want to believe they're all the same, that's fine, but it is most decidedly your belief (not that you're alone in it, by any means): the original myths do not support this. Given the amount of conflict between some of these deities, I'd say what evidence there is pretty much speaks against this all-is-one outlook. The jump you make from "Kings of the Gods" to "Names of God" is unsupported.

Not trying to be offensive (although I'm probably managing: it's late and I'm very very tired), just firm and definite. "Names of God" refers to names of a specific deity, not of all deities, or even all senior, top-dog deities.

*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 05:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Septegram. Eclectic Angel, neither you nor I can speak for all pagans. There are many disagreements, and one could start with the notion of a "king of the gods." But the fact remains that while you are free to roll everybody up into one big bundle of Oneness, you can't impose that on encyclopedia pages that are about individual deities, any more than a Brahmanist can maintain that you and I are the same person. As I said to you before, anyone who holds that "all are one" is able to draw the conclusion from the category "deity" - there's no need of forcing everyone else to look at it that way. Put another way, I'm not telling you what kind of pagan you should be - quit trying to tell every reader of this encyclopedia how they should view gods. Yngvadottir (talk) 06:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

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Thanks for the hand

copyediting HuejotzingoThelmadatter (talk) 01:59, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Techno Viking

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Halldór Guðmundsson

Thank you for your contributions to Halldór Guðmundsson. Please consider creating an article on Halldór Guðmundsson in the Icelandic Wikipedia at http://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halld%C3%B3r_Gu%C3%B0mundsson as well. Thank you. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:45, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Johanna Mestorf

Orlady (talk) 12:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for an interesting woman! She is now featured on Portal:Germany. If you have more DYK related to Germany, feel free to place it there yourself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter

So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:54, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Heinrich-Heine-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

There's a query on the DYK nom for this. Johnbod (talk) 00:05, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Heinrich-Heine-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Materialscientist (talk) 10:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for G. Topham Forrest

Thanks Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Ossulston Estate

Thanks Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Personal section for Jacob L Mey III

Please do not post any personal information without prior permission from the family - thank you for understanding —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.236.40.188 (talk) 15:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I've responded on your talkpage and left a note on the Jacob L. Mey talkpage. --Yngvadottir (talk) 18:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

A question for Yngvadottir

Yngvadottir,

Hail.  Is there a way to contact you via e-mail?  I have some questions, and possibly some information to provide in turn, regarding an article that you worked on here, but I would rather discuss it in private. 216.69.219.3 (talk) 20:14, 22 March 2011 (UTC)