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Hello Yngvadottir; My interest in the last few months has been to expand the material in the biography for the Russian scientist [[Alexander Luria]] when I learned that you might have an occasional interest in enhancing/improving various Wikipedia pages to peer review status. The material which I expanded is all documented yet it seems to lack enough verve to refine it towards peer review. Is this a biography which might be of interest for you to consider for possible improvement either individually or jointly? Cheers. [[User:FelixRosch|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; color:maroon">FelixRosch</span>]] ([[User talk:FelixRosch|<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1">TALK</font>]]) 21:55, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello Yngvadottir; My interest in the last few months has been to expand the material in the biography for the Russian scientist [[Alexander Luria]] when I learned that you might have an occasional interest in enhancing/improving various Wikipedia pages to peer review status. The material which I expanded is all documented yet it seems to lack enough verve to refine it towards peer review. Is this a biography which might be of interest for you to consider for possible improvement either individually or jointly? Cheers. [[User:FelixRosch|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; color:maroon">FelixRosch</span>]] ([[User talk:FelixRosch|<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1">TALK</font>]]) 21:55, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|FelixRosch}} I'm honored, but I don't actually have much aptitude for or experience with the assessment systems for articles. Also, since my Russian is of a ludicrously low level, I wouldn't be able to help remedy what appears to be the biggest problem with the article, its heavy reliance on one source. (I also have extremely limited understanding of the fields in which he worked.) However, I went through it from an organizational and writing point of view and did a thorough job on the biographical sections and a much more limited job on the sections at the end summarizing his research. I added one hidden note on the date of a book, and I note that that book doesn't appear in the list of books at the end. I hope the edit and this note are helpful. I agree, it's a worthy article to aim for a higher standard with. [[User:Yngvadottir|Yngvadottir]] ([[User talk:Yngvadottir#top|talk]]) 00:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|FelixRosch}} I'm honored, but I don't actually have much aptitude for or experience with the assessment systems for articles. Also, since my Russian is of a ludicrously low level, I wouldn't be able to help remedy what appears to be the biggest problem with the article, its heavy reliance on one source. (I also have extremely limited understanding of the fields in which he worked.) However, I went through it from an organizational and writing point of view and did a thorough job on the biographical sections and a much more limited job on the sections at the end summarizing his research. I added one hidden note on the date of a book, and I note that that book doesn't appear in the list of books at the end. I hope the edit and this note are helpful. I agree, it's a worthy article to aim for a higher standard with. [[User:Yngvadottir|Yngvadottir]] ([[User talk:Yngvadottir#top|talk]]) 00:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
::Hello Yngvadottir; That was really quite a re-write on Alexander Luria. You have put your finger on the main issue which is that there is only one biography about him even thirty years after his death. His research is, however, quoted repeatedly and repeatedly even in current research. For further development there are two paths open to me, which might center upon his close friendship with the famous Russian scientist [[Lev Vygotsky]] and the friendship which he developed with one his patients who also has a Wikipedia page about him. Luria wrote a well-known book about this patient with a brain injury. Vygotsky died in the thirties, and the book about his well-known patient only came out after WWII. I am asking if you think, in the absence of more biographies on Luria, if integrating the information of these two well-known friends would move the article closer to peer review quality in your opinion. (Vygotsky by comparison has had 5 biographies written about him). With greeting of the New Year. [[User:FelixRosch|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; color:maroon">FelixRosch</span>]] ([[User talk:FelixRosch|<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1">TALK</font>]]) 19:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)


== Huis Marseille ==
== Huis Marseille ==

Revision as of 19:41, 31 December 2014

A little Keeshond puppy

Archive of my Did You Knows


The wise page

Thanks

Just stopping by to say thank you. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 22:00, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So, Mies the silent was here

Do you think this is Afternoon tea? Hafspajen (talk) 01:19, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Probably, although they seem to have wanted to demonstrate how many china cups they had more than to invite that many people to partake with them :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 01:34, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mies is so silent that he has nothing on his page anymore. Hafspajen (talk) 06:53, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Hills have a Chinese export blue and white tea service and bowls, with a Yixing clay teapot and a silver water jug; in the fireplace a large Chinese vase with a lion on the lid (maybe a Dog of Fo that has been misinterpreted by the artist). Above the fireplace handpainted wallpaper showing a European idea of a Chinese scene. On the mantelpiece a bound volume of menus from the Chinese takeaway Wok This Way. At a guess, she's got a silk work bag tied to her left arm, and is winding silk onto a bobbin. He's demonstrating that men are good at multitasking; picking belly lint with his right hand and playing pocket billiards with his left. Actually the whole setup is reminiscent of a photographer's studio rather than afternoon tea. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:42, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • HERE IT STARTS Aczel
Sigh - these art collectors are heavy dealing with. now we have complete description a la Sotheby... Listen, I found this article, György Aczél - and the thing is that it's rather more than the article say. He was Jew, was in prison and .. still managed somehow to reach high posts. This kind of article we should have more of ... Well, not the one we have now, but what we could have on him. Maybe The Portal of Jews could help .. to? It shows how these people lived behind the Iron curtain... Hafspajen (talk) 17:00, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Listen to this:

György Aczél grew up in an orphanage, worked in construction, and performed as an actor. He participated in the Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa‘ir youth movement and later joined the underground Communist Party in 1935. Arrested in 1942, he worked as a forced laborer. During the German occupation, he participated in the resistance movement and in rescuing Jews. After World War II, Aczél was associated with the Budapest administration of the Communist Party. He became party secretary of the counties of Zemplén (1946) and Baranya (1948), and also served in Hungary’s parliament. In 1948, he joined the party’s presidential board. Arrested in 1949 and condemned to life imprisonment, he was released in August 1954 and charges against him were dismissed. He then became the director of a state-owned construction company. After the Soviet invasion of Hungary in November 1956, Aczél joined the executive board of the reformed Communist Party. Though he represented a moderate political position, during the first meeting after the revolution (in mid-1957), he sharply criticized the party’s former chief ideologue, József Révai (1889–1959) for his orthodox views, significantly increasing his own political role.

Rather fascinating. People had weird lives over there. Hafspajen (talk) 17:03, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, Nazi occupation and Communist rule ... you should expand the article using that source. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:12, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I should. And than it will be with plenty of grammar mistakes and totally hopeless. Hafspajen (talk) 19:37, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Grammar mistakes can be fixed and don't make anything totally hopeless. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:39, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
mmm... Hafspajen (talk) 20:53, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There are one or two native English speaking editors who will check out the grammar and usage on an article by an editor with a user name starting with the three characters "Haf". My name is on that list. Ask me such questions any time. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 08:26, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hashomer Hatzair? This article (link) suggests he was in János Kádár's faction when József Révai was criticised. I have seen a book of Hungarian art from the period when Aczel was in charge of culture, in a bookshop. If I see it again I'll get it (doubt if anybody else will want it). Then…Hafs…will…be…sorry Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:43, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Whatwillbesorry. Thanks Cullen - I have never forbid anyone from editing it, I'm just insecure about the topic. He is Jew - and I think that even there are some far away Jewish ascendencia in my family -it's rather distant and I don't know much of the related topics. Hafspajen (talk) 09:46, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It was pretty bad art, Hafs, and badly printed and not even Soviet Realism. Maybe work backwards; his activities as Cultural Supremo must have left a mark on the film industry. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 10:30, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Don't know much about that art, actually. Hafspajen (talk) 10:39, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sleeping Lady with Black Vase by Róbert Berény was in the news recently. It was used as a prop in the film Stuart Little and a Hungarian researcher spotted it. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 10:53, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Artist invasion

Laurent Pécheux - Vénus ....
AAARRrrr, NO NO nO . I don't believe this, not another artist. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_P%C3%A9cheux Hafspajen (talk) 22:55, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Unbelievable - one more. Take a kölapp.
Louis MeijerHafspajen (talk) 23:35, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Whereas fr:Laurent Pécheux is plenty long, nl:Louis Meijer is pretty much an insult. However, bed now. My weekend just ended :-( Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Louis Meijer - Storm in het Nauw van Calais

LOUIS!!!!! Hafspajen (talk) 14:14, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Brahmanbaria

Kullervo Cursing (nothing just a nice picture...by your favourite, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

You may wish to participate in a discussion at Talk:Brahmanbaria. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 18:57, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid that after a further 12 hours or so it's now FUBAR'd beyond my ability to make sense of it. If you can establish what name should be used for the city, then admins with better forensic skills and a better ability to keep things straight should merge to fix the copy-pastes. But a history merge is extremely difficult to undo once done, which is why I didn't try. If I were you I would focus first on establishing what name to use, with sources. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:18, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
FYI relevant discussion is here. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 17:04, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Good grief. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:13, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's an excellent summary of the situation. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 21:45, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stardate C3PO

Hey I'm Annoyingbot II. Thank you for your contributions on Wikipedia! Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Viking , you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Monday I'm just telling you that I was going to tell you something but then I don't know what. If I've made any errors, tell my Operator. Thanks Annoyingbot (Annoy) 10:39, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

LOL Yngvadottir (talk) 13:01, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Why

Should this be removed? Hafspajen (talk) 13:00, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Israel one did indeed look spammy, and the Russian one might be better used as a reference, but I wrestled with pending changes and then just edited the previous version - keeping and fully identifying the Russia one and junking the Israel one. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:39, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, much better now. This way probably New York Times has to be removed to because they use ads, I have been watching this guy roaming around removing things that was not quite necessary. Hafspajen (talk) 14:20, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, you did ask ... Yngvadottir (talk) 19:01, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I tried to discuss already on his talk. Hafspajen (talk) 20:12, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that after, in your and his edits, but didn't go look - however, it should be on the article talk page, esp. since you've been edit warring over it. I suspect you have been seeing different things because you have your computers set up differently. Sorry, that's all the advice I have really. I hope you can patch up the disagreement. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:44, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How? This is not a discussion, this is careless and insulting. If you don't help, I will go and report it for 1) breaking the three revert rule. 2) Because SOMEBODY has to expllain that this is no way behaving. He is in this very moment blockable because he reverted me four times, right. Pluss, he asks me do this do that, and this is the thanks, just read this now deleted exchange. Help me please.. and two days after behaving like this.... I had enough problems in my private life and a whole lot other things. If no admin is at least explaining him that

1) you should discuss and not revert
2) you should try to act civilized

what are we here for? Then I will let them on the noticeboard do that. Crisco 1492, for example. Hafspajen (talk) 22:23, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't think this is fixable. Again somebody suddenly behaving like they were out of their mind. Read just User talk:Hafspajen#Hilfe bitte! Oh, than I was good to have. But now ... edir war! And it was MY work the layout, it was my work that blasted Winter article - and I don't usually go editwarring with people who are nice to me. No, if somebody from outside is not getting into this - explaing that it is not OK editwarring - I AM NOT interested. I am not here to help people just for getting kicked in the as as a thank. Hafspajen (talk) 22:39, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am tired of Wikipedia, I am seriously thinking of stopping editing soon. Maybe in a short while.

This is not fun, people getting crazy like this. . I seriously think that this is not fixable if someone from the outside is not stepping in. Hafspajen (talk) 22:44, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As I've said in several places, go ahead Hafspajen, do whatever you want with Baluschek. Revert away — I won't make any further changes in the layout. I'm sick to death of this brouhaha. Let's just drop it and move on. Sca (talk) 14:45, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Frohe Weinachten und
alles gute zur neuen Jahr!
Wesołych Świąt i
Szczęśliwego nowego roku!
Linksmų Kalėdų ir
laimingų Naujųjų Metų!

Sca (talk) 15:05, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! And Good Yule to you :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 16:33, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Yule Holiday Cheer
Season's Greetings! This message celebrates the holiday season, promotes WikiLove, and hopefully makes your day a little better. Spread the seasonal good cheer by wishing another user an Awesome Holiday and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone with whom you had disagreements in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Share the good feelings! Joys!Hafspajen (talk) 02:34, 23 December 2014 (UTC) [reply]
Thanks! And Good Yule! Yngvadottir (talk) 03:59, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yule goat. Hafspajen (talk) 06:35, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
All the best! I did my xmas entry on Why I Am Not a Christian - William E. Connolly is just great. Serten II (talk) 13:23, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Alt for Yngva! Serten II (talk) 17:55, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Good Yule to you! De728631 (talk) 17:51, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, and to you too! Yngvadottir (talk) 17:53, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talking about Yule log, someome thinks this is doubtful

Steht schwarz und schweiget

Norway is the birthplace of the Yule log. Traditionally the Norwegians kept the season bright with a Yule log. It literally formed the center of the celebration since it was frequently an entire tree that could only partly fit into the fireplace and so extended well out into the middle of the living room. The ancient Norse used the Yule log in their celebration of the return of the sun at winter solstice. "Yule" came from the Norse word hweol, meaning wheel. The Norse believed that the sun was a great wheel of fire that rolled towards and then away from the earth This tradition dates back to the Norse Yule log. It is probably also responsible for the popularity of log-shaped cheese, cakes, and desserts during the holidays. As it burned it would be pushed farther into the fire to provide continuous light and warmth through the whole Christmas season. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/traditions/norway.htm|title=Yule log, traditions in Norway|publisher=|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref>

The derivation from hweol is a bit dubious to me; that would need a more scholarly reference. Also I'm not sure about the method of burning the log - longhouses had long firepits rather than fireplaces at one end. But yes, that is almost certainly the origin of the Yule log cakes, etc. And the Yule log is not exclusively Norwegian. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ad festivum ignem or Christblock in German. Paulus Stephanus Cassel thinks the tradition is based on a custom to allow a "Forstfrevel", meaning poor people could steal a christmas log without being punished, but just on Christms, so they didnt have the time to hack it to smaller pieces. The explanation with ancient Norse sounds like a James George Frazer continuity story, which is, as a rule of thumb, always and everywhere wrong ;) Serten II (talk) 18:31, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There's a massive amount of work on Norse Yule in various Scandinavian languages; the log was also a tradition in England, and fits well with the fact it's a 12-day festival. But I avoid editing such articles, so I won't dig for sources :-) Cassel's idea is interesting, but the forests were commons before they were hunting and agricultural preserves. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:21, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh dear, the tragedy of the commons article was sort of climate change disaster for me. I could do some edits on Commons and forestry however, de:Deutscher Wald, de:Holznot were easy game. I am not sure wether Frazer applies on Yule, as I think it was not "covered as christian" as he claims for xmas or eastern. Serten II (talk) 19:57, 23 December 2014 (UTC) PS.: Just found that Yule is Rauhnacht, my ballpark antifrazer guess would be 12 for 12 apostles, but dont put me to court for that ;)[reply]
Rauhnächte, yes. I see from the discussion on the talk page that the article previously had citations from Hilda Ellis Davidson among others. Right now it's short on the Germanic/Norse scholarship and strong on the skeptics, but not unbalanced enough for me to wade in '-) No, it's definitely not the apostles. :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 20:29, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like the main issue here is that we have good old Ronald Hutton as the primary cited source rather than experts in the field like Hilda Ellis Davidson. I'll take a look at it later and rid it of its Huttonisms and bring out material from scholars in more appropriate fields. :bloodofox: (talk) 21:58, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Judging by your talk page comments way back in 2007 or 2008, there are references to her and others back in the history. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:06, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, now things are of course much clearer. Either way The Norsemen and the Norwegian looks mixed up. Hafspajen (talk) 22:39, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hafspajen, what u expect? Norway is a Frazer country: It came out of those small change countys, it ceized to exist after 1349 and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson had to construct an anthem and a language to get it back 1905. But everybody and his neighbor will tell you about the vikings ;) Serten II (talk) 06:15, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Now now, at least they didn't have to fight wars with all their neighbors to get a unified country, they were already that :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 07:04, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Those Lilyhammers had borders, no state... Fairy tale nation, intended by Grimm, found by Tagliano ;) Serten II (talk) 08:06, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That is of course a deep truth. Prince Serten II has told us that. My computer doesn't like Serten II - wants to have Petersen II instead... Hafspajen (talk) 04:06, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 01:59, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@George Ho: It's been working well but the incidence of vandalism has tailed off. Let's see what happens. Yngvadottir (talk) 02:28, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

Hello Yngvadottir, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2015.
Happy editing,
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Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

A Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year Yngvadottir :) Best Wishes! TheGeneralUser (talk) 22:39, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and Good Yule and a very happy new year to you too Yngvadottir (talk) 22:49, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Club Tijunana

Hello! I wanted to leave quick message about where you reverted[1] me in the article. It was the correct thing to do and I want to apologize for those grammatical changes getting lost in my revert. Somehow in the process of reverting User:Pagesclo's edit your got caught up in that. They are certainly improvements. Again, I apologize. Tstorm(talk) 17:43, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's quite all right, I've got confused in the same way myself :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 17:48, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if you still have this article on your watchlist (don't even ask me why I do), but in case you don't, there is a new editor making many changes to the article. As I recall, you were far better able to navigate through the thicket of issues associated with the article.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:02, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear no, I had completely forgotten about that. I see our earlier friend added some stuff after I stopped looking, too. Thanks for the heads-up - I'll go through it when I have a clear block of time (am actually up after my bedtime). Yngvadottir (talk) 21:28, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Have a good rest.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:36, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hope you had a great Christmas! If you have time for it please take a look at the article Karolina Olsson. Thanks!--BabbaQ (talk) 01:17, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

x

I think this editor is a remover. the kind of editor who removes things and calls it spam when actualy it is not, you remember the Chistmas article, removing New Your Times, because of the adds? Same user. Just see the last comment on his talk. I also have a feeling that it might be a sock - no, not that kind of sock, but another one. Once upon a time there was an editor who had this behaviour, now blocked. Hafspajen (talk) 01:38, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

At Christmas tree, I'd be inclined to reinstate all but the last link, the DIY one. Why don't you do so? On some other articles, I think I agree with him. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:07, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Because I am not an admin. And I don't have your angelic nature. Hafspajen (talk) 10:26, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is the protection PC2 or PC1? --George Ho (talk) 04:42, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I forgot to backtrack in the form to make it PC1, sorry. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:00, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

However

sing

How on earth did the Local color (literature) [definition ] - ended up with being American ... as American literary regionalism? Looks like one of these unfortunate Wiki-byrocratic decisions. Hafspajen (talk) 10:44, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See my edit summary. A chain of events involving a judgement that the article was only about that. Thanks for pointing out. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:24, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Bragi and Iðunn :-) ... and that appears to be the Urnes gripping beast behind them. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:07, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah here we go again. Sorry but I can't let some IP put unreferenced since 2007 on every section. Hafspajen (talk) 23:24, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

More silly redirects

Hohenburg Castle: Serten II ...Hohenburg Castle is a castle. Hafspajen (talk) 13:13, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chinoiseriein Besançon
Sorry, am at work, things have been very busy and I haven't had a stretch of uninterrupted clear-headed time to do much - see above also. I'll look. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:20, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I know you did, I'm just floundering about with an immense to-do list. At some point I would like to write 2 articles ... Yngvadottir (talk) 15:58, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And poured new life into the historic traditions. Hafspajen (talk) 22:14, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I am almost done with about 70 % Mårten Eskil Winge. Will you please check? Hafspajen (talk) 22:22, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, looks good and it looks as if others have helped too :-) I'll take a close look when I can. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:40, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I know very little about this castle, its style and whereabouts. I looked though, but ... Most sources are in German, so I hoped Serten II could fix that ... Hafspajen (talk) 10:09, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IP abuse

I see your IP friend has made further personal attacks against me here [2], calling me stupid, as well as calling Phil Knight stupid. He also accuses me again of following him around, harrassing and stalking, when I have continued to make zero edits on articles he has edited. I assume you will continue to defend him and continue not sanctioning him for these attacks. When you agreed to monitor this guy, I did think you would uphold WP:NPA as admins are supposed to do. You do know that editors are not allowed to call each other stupid over and over again? You tell him to quit using attack words and what happens? He completely ignores you because he knows you are a soft touch. I am already unable to interact with this IP because he makes personal attacks against me which are ignored. Like the edit warring and the personal attacks and threats made to others. Even when I complain about him breaking the rules he abuses me. He will now come here and abuse me further, no doubt. I do wonder how long this has to continue, and how long my belief that this IP is, inexplicably, immune to all Wikipedia's rules and regulations will continue to be true. Bretonbanquet (talk) 16:12, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for tipping me off, I seem to usually be the last to spot them. They did get blocked last time, but I apologise for their having come back swinging this time; I can probably only unblock them once. I've left a note that I hope will help. I do however hope you will judge their edits on the merits; Wikipedia has developed a lot of bias against IPs, and whatever this person's reasons for not registering are, that's their prerogative. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:37, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I apologise if I came across rudely above, and thanks for your reply. I haven't seen all his edits and I don't check on them because in general, his edits aren't the problem. Most of his edits are fine, but when anyone challenges his edits (for any reason) we get conflict. I don't think the years of conflict are worth his edits. I also have no problem with IPs in general, and I have (to the best of my memory) never called the guy a vandal as some have. But I do object to being insulted in a part of the internet where abuse is supposed to be disallowed. Cheers, Bretonbanquet (talk) 16:45, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your possible interest in improving biography articles

Hello Yngvadottir; My interest in the last few months has been to expand the material in the biography for the Russian scientist Alexander Luria when I learned that you might have an occasional interest in enhancing/improving various Wikipedia pages to peer review status. The material which I expanded is all documented yet it seems to lack enough verve to refine it towards peer review. Is this a biography which might be of interest for you to consider for possible improvement either individually or jointly? Cheers. FelixRosch (TALK) 21:55, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@FelixRosch: I'm honored, but I don't actually have much aptitude for or experience with the assessment systems for articles. Also, since my Russian is of a ludicrously low level, I wouldn't be able to help remedy what appears to be the biggest problem with the article, its heavy reliance on one source. (I also have extremely limited understanding of the fields in which he worked.) However, I went through it from an organizational and writing point of view and did a thorough job on the biographical sections and a much more limited job on the sections at the end summarizing his research. I added one hidden note on the date of a book, and I note that that book doesn't appear in the list of books at the end. I hope the edit and this note are helpful. I agree, it's a worthy article to aim for a higher standard with. Yngvadottir (talk) 00:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Yngvadottir; That was really quite a re-write on Alexander Luria. You have put your finger on the main issue which is that there is only one biography about him even thirty years after his death. His research is, however, quoted repeatedly and repeatedly even in current research. For further development there are two paths open to me, which might center upon his close friendship with the famous Russian scientist Lev Vygotsky and the friendship which he developed with one his patients who also has a Wikipedia page about him. Luria wrote a well-known book about this patient with a brain injury. Vygotsky died in the thirties, and the book about his well-known patient only came out after WWII. I am asking if you think, in the absence of more biographies on Luria, if integrating the information of these two well-known friends would move the article closer to peer review quality in your opinion. (Vygotsky by comparison has had 5 biographies written about him). With greeting of the New Year. FelixRosch (TALK) 19:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Huis Marseille

Wow, thanks! You made short work of that article requiring references! All I could find were travel website listings. LouiseS1979 (talk) 20:07, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, am about to add a bit more from ArtSlant. Blame Google - they increasingly only show you what they think you want to see. I haven't found newspaper articles yet - maybe Drmies will be able to. I have a very busy day ahead of me, as you may be able to tell from a glance upwards on this page, but I'm going to try to find the other articles you mentioned and see whether any are salvageable. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:14, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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