User talk:Valentinian

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Schleswig

Hi Valentinian, good to see you back, sorry to see you're still experiencing the same kind of POV pushing that made you leave. I hope [1] this was a right action, I just presumed removing that was an accident. If not, please feel free to revert my edit. Regards, Finn Rindahl (talk) 22:26, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

No, that one was fine (and thanks for your other message as well. I'm busy IRL at the moment, and I never got around to answering it.) I just don't feel inclined to waste any more of my life on German nationalists and their Dane-bashing. But I guess these things will just never change, and this is one of the main reasons why Wikipedia will never evolve into anything that can be relied upon for any serious purpose, and why I don't belong on this project anymore. Valentinian ^{T / C} 22:36, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

My experience: the trick is to engage with such people in the right moment. Don't do it just before Monday when you have to work IRL because then the problem editors interfere with other kinds of everyday stress.--Berig (talk) 04:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree with that. In many disputes I've had, simply waiting for a few weeks usually did the trick... —Nightstallion 13:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Are you able to read this? Yours' --Ulamm (talk) 20:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back! Illegitimi non carborundum. — Robert Greer (talk) 18:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

"Slesvig" in the Great Danish Encyclopedia

In Danish wikipedia "(Hertugdømmet) Slesvig" and "Sønderjylland" are described as synonyms. Is it the same in the Great Danish Encyclopedia? If they are, it would be a helpful information for improving German wikipedia.--Ulamm (talk) 16:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)+Ulamm (talk) 21:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Swedish heraldry

Valentinian, I am working on expanding the Swedish heraldry article a bit, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could take another look over the article and help me find appropriate references for inline citations (such as in the lead). Thank you! Wilhelm meis (talk) 00:49, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

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Culture of Denmark

Valentinian, I see that some time back you tagged Culture of Denmark as part of the Danish project. In this connection, I wonder if you would like to take a look at the current version and see whether you agree with my feeling that it should now be class B. I would also appreciate it if you took a look at the article Art of Denmark on which I have now been working for a couple of weeks. Perhaps you would also like to tag it and give a preliminary assessment. Thanks.-Ipigott (talk) 15:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Foreign heraldry blazons

Oyez, oyez! Greetings and blessings upon all to whom these presents shall concern: the honor of your presence is humbly requested by WikiProject Heraldry and Vexillology, that your thoughts may enrich and enlighten our discussion of non-English blazonry at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/Style guide for foreign blazons. The purpose of this discussion is to craft a guide to presenting blazons translated from foreign languages in a style that is clear and consistent. The fruits of this discussion will amend Wikipedia:Blazon as the portion of this guide dealing specifically with foreign-language blazons. Active discussion is expected to resume by the end of this week. Thank you and good day! Wilhelm_meis (talk) 12:18, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Eric of Pomerania

I notice you have been a contributor here, and you might want to have a look at Talk:Eric VII of Denmark#undiscussed move back to Eric of Pomerania. There will also be talk of some other page moves (other early Danish and Swedish kings). Cheers! Wilhelm_meis (talk) 15:03, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Klengenberg

One of his great granddaughters said thanks for the information. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 17:12, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Crown and coat of arms of Denmark

Thank you for taking such an interest in the artwork. I have edited all the modern coat of arms of the Danish Royal Family to leave only two tassels as you have pointed out to me. I must thank you for all the information you have provided for me, in fact I wished I had them earlier. I totally understand and appreciated the fact that you wished the user-created coat of arms to be as close to the original as possible, however as you can see from many of my work, I have not always been able to follow this ethos. What I do believe is that no matter how good a user-created work is, It can never replace an original, therefore I have never set out to out-do the original work or to replace it. What I do is to create a SVG version, which in accordance with the blazon is entirely correct and accurate as well as encyclopaedic: So that it serves its purpose here on Wikipedia to illustrate and illuminate (that is the best I can hope for really). Best Regards and Thank you. Sodacan (talk) 16:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Peter Munch

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Hej! Har du planer den 18. august?

Eller kan jeg lokke dig med til mødet med Odense Bys Museer? Det vil jo ikke gøre noget, hvis det også kunne være en chance for at møde andre wikipedianere... --Palnatoke (talk) 19:45, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

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Odense

Hi Valentinian. I realize you don't spend as much time on Wikipedia as you used to but as an inhabitant of Odense and a former contributor to the article, I thought you might be able to help us with the current work we are doing on the article. In our efforts to bring articles on the larger Danish cities up to GA level, we have already handled Copenhagen, Aalborg and Esbjerg and hope we can now substantially improve coverage of Odense.--Ipigott (talk) 07:53, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

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Hundreds of Denmark

Good morning, do you have some time for follow up on this category discussion? Marcocapelle (talk) 07:56, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

I only edit Wikipedia extremely limited these days. The hundreds (herreder) are quite notable, since they - (along with the parishes which still exist) - formed Denmark's most continuous administrative division. Between 200 and 300 of them existed, and each were composed of a number of parishes. The Hundreds existed from the early medieval period (at least since the 1200s but very likely a few centuries earlier than that), and was a base component of the judicial divisions of Denmark until abolished by an administrative reform in 1970.

The Danish Wikipedia has more about them. Image:Administrative_division_of_denmark_in_medieval_times.jpg shows the hundreds (indicated with red borders). Of course, a few alterations to the divisions occurred during the 800 or so years, but all in all this medieval division was remarkably stable. Valentinian ^{T / C} 10:16, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

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Socken

Hi there! I saw your edit on Socken, and I guess it's ok for now. When I first got hold of the article, it was a very small and "bare bones only" stub. I expanded it with what I could (I needed it to be ok for my work with sockens on Gotland) but since my knowledge only extended to Sweden, I was rather hoping some editors with knowledge about the other countries could add to it later. Any help with this is of course much appreciated. Cheers, cart-Talk 19:49, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

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If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Edits on Jammu and Kashmir

Not sure why under the guise of edit summary explaining other edits to Jammu and Kashmir you chose to remove the link to human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir and the File:Police in Kashmir confronting violent protestors December 2018.jpg. Please take note of the unexplained removals. --Tamravidhir (talk) 08:24, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. I find your insinuations deeply offending. Valentinian ^{T / C} 11:04, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Requests for heraldry and vexillology A-Class status

A tag has been placed on Category:Requests for heraldry and vexillology A-Class status requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Category:Order of the Dannebrog has been nominated for deletion

Category:Order of the Dannebrog has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. (t · c) buidhe 06:06, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

FAR for National emblem of Belarus

I have nominated National emblem of Belarus for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 17:29, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Denmark in World War II

I see you haven't been on wikipedia for a couple of years, but I was trying to read about Denmark in WW2 and came across your 2006 comments on the talk page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Denmark_in_World_War_II/Archive_1

The current article lacks a lot of the context and nuance, yet your comments 16 years ago were absolutely fascinating. Your writing style is irresistibly engaging and I felt like I was reading a renowned text on Danish history. I was born in the 80's in Northern Ireland and Denmark was never mentioned at any point during my history education. The many thousands of films and documentaries about WW2 only reference Denmark as part of a larger operation, almost as if the Danish people didn't exist during the war.

You clearly put a lot of effort into your comments that were only destined for a talk page that few would see, responding to short questions that didn't deserve such a fantastic response. I just wanted to thank you and let you realise that the effort put in 16 years ago is appreciated and still being enjoyed.

Wish you all the best.

BeardedChimp (talk) 03:02, 11 February 2023 (UTC)