Well, I'll take a look at the Frisian history article. And I think there could be something on Frisian cuisine. Such as traditional frisian suger bread and cookies (dumkes), etc. Thanks for informing me. -The Bold Guy- (talk) 10:34, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
wikiProject release 0.7
There seems to be some project going on selecting wikipedia articles for DVD release. Some articles, as can be seen on the Frisian wiki project are selected, envolving Frisian-related subjects. Those should get some extra attention. Also, I noticed an article of enormous importance, namely the one on Grutte Pier, has not been selected by the project. It should be nominated for selection and we might, as a project, ask for a personal selection (within bounderies of 7 articles as we are given by SelectionBot). For instance, I think that Greate Pier is of more importance to Frisian history than is Tershelling. -The Bold Guy- (talk) 09:30, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
You have to go through the correct nominating procedure, and it will be reviewed by the panel as to whether or not it is to be included. Just adding the tag to the article is not enough. Grutte Pier would be our most edited article. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:32, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Correction, Grutte Pier is our most edited article. Because the man is of such huge importance to Frisian history. After years of being somewhat of a province, he led the Frisians to major victories for the first time since the crusades, maybe even earlier, since king Radbod. He made the Frisian people proud once again. He is of a much greater importance than other selected articles for the Frisian wikiProject. What else does it needs to earm a nomination? -The Bold Guy- (talk) 09:03, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The automated process included how many incoming links there were and how much it was viewed. It certainly deserves a nomination, you just have to use the correct procedure! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:21, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No I didn't miss the comment, but I am most terribly busy and cannot do much wiki-wise anyway, except for brainless aditing like expunging the horrid "Hapsburg" spelling.
But to answer your question: I must decline. As I said I am terribly busy. Also, you are either very polite or you totally overestimate my knowledge about the Frisians. The recent articles I edited I did with next to no knowledge about the specific situation and hence it was mostly re-organising stuff. My knowledge was only of a general kind, enough to know that the peasant rebellion and the preceding civil war are not topical to Friso-Hollandic wars. Cheers, Str1977(talk)18:44, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
User talk page posts...
Hello,
Just a friendly note, you might want to be careful about sending out all those talk page messages, it could be confused with talk-page spamming. Instead of inviting random users, you might consider just those who have edited articles within the scope of your new Wikiproject.
Sorry, I was thinking: the more members the better. You see, we are in urgent need of members. To set up a portal, to cope with widespread vandalism and to make our project much more professional and efficient. Do you know a way to get like, 40 members in total? -The Bold Guy- (talk) 18:17, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually
I meant to write you and got distracted. Wasn't trying to be rude. I think you got the wrong SkyWriter -- you may have meant Skywriter. I'm not familiar with Frisia in any way. SkyWriter (Tim) (talk) 18:23, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Bûter, brea en griene tsiis: wa't dat net sizze ken, is gjin oprjochte Frys!"
—I recognize the "Butter, bread, and green cheese" part, but I don't know Frisian; what does the rest say? The Jade Knight (talk) 06:19, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see you have been promoting Grutte Pier's picture. Can you get your hands on some more old pictures of frisian rulers or historical figures to put up here? Some of the Stadtholders should have images. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:19, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, you accidentally placed your nominated GA article in the middle of the list, it should have gone on the bottom. I moved it for you though, everything is good. Good luck --Banime (talk) 23:45, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah it's kind of normal depending on the category, although still slow. I've been working on reviewing some others in the History section and the oldest ones were still a few weeks like the ones there are. I'm more worried about the 3 September one, that one is getting pretty old. Oh well, I'll keep reviewing articles, maybe I'll get to yours before someone gets to mine, haha. Mainly its just a waiting game. --Banime (talk) 14:19, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I will be pleased to do this. It may be a day or two before my detailed review is ready, because I seem, temporarily, to be inundated. The article looks interesting. Brianboulton (talk) 15:14, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, and I thought I should bring the discussion here, in response to your offer (did I get that right?) to help with Version 0.7. Yes, we need lots of help - "the harvest is great, but the workers are few". What areas interest you the most? We mostly need help in reviewing articles manually for the selection, as I did with Donia. If you are willing to help with that, you should read the FAQs and sign up for the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Review Team.
BTW, re Dorus Rijkers, I notice too that Grace Darling also failed to make it in, despite her being from the UK (in fact, from the area where I grew up - I visited Bamburgh just in May). Although the scale of her rescue was smaller, the idea of a young woman heroine like this captivated the nation at the time, and she became an early Victorian media celebrity for many years. But the limited size of this release makes it hard to include figures like these.
If Grace Darling did not make it, nor should mr. Rijkers. Thanks for your patience. I would like to help, so I'll join in and start reviewing after having read stuff. I'll review the first few articles this evening, probably. -The Bold Guy- (talk) 15:28, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Okay. First: add at least one source (better two) to the article. Then: do you want this to be requested or do you want to create the article yourself. If you want to: you've got my blessing. You know how you create an article? -The Bold Guy- (talk) 07:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey there -The Bold Guy-! This is a friendly reminder to update your status at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters whenever it is appropriate in order to provide new users with the most up-to-date information on available adopters. Also please note that we will be removing adopters who have not edited in 60 days. If you become active again (and we hope you do!) please feel free to re-add yourself. Cheers!
I took off the hat note for Pier Gerlofs Donia because he already has a picture, quote and reference one page scroll down in the article. People who type "Friesland" will not really be wanting the Pier Gerlofs Donia article, they will just be happy to be introduced to him in the Friesland article. Did you have a look at Magnus Forteman? He is also a Frisian hero. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:18, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
RE:Pier Gerlofs Donia
Sorry but I haven't the least idea of how to check whether an article meets the required criteria (ie: I'm not as experienced with the encyclopedia as I let on). Excellent article though, tell me how the review goes. Thanks for considering me though, perhaps I've gained some recognition. UniversalBread (talk) 01:18, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
