User talk:Cynwolfe
Welcome. I'll be checking in on Wikipedia only sporadically over the next month. But please leave a message and I'll get back to you eventually. Cynwolfe (talk) 14:42, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
You get the esse quam videri prize again...
...if you don't consider it cursed or too dispiriting a testimony to how short-handed we left you. The sheer industry of increasing that article (which you've said you edit out of duty) to 2.5 times its size in one unassisted go impresses, and then of course it's with your customary taste and good sense. Wareh (talk) 16:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I actually burst into tears at this. I do recognize how such an article could be abused, and why this particular topic seems nebulous to some, but it gets about 8,000 hits a month so I feel it needs to have some real substance and context. It seems to me that a thorough and detailed scholarly armature is the best defense against misuse of the page. The aspect I enjoy researching is the unfolding of a concept over time. And while I admit to being dogged, I'm not insensate, and it really does hurt to be accused of having an agenda. I have house guests for the next week or so, so I probably won't be working on it much for that time. And I may need to take a break anyway, since it started to feel somewhat perfunctory to me in the last section I worked on. And once again I noticed we have no Ancient Greek lyric poetry when I needed a link—a far less dispiriting topic. Cynwolfe (talk) 21:14, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| For your recent work at Greek Love, it is much appreciated by this old comp lit abd. --Nuujinn (talk) 01:40, 1 July 2011 (UTC) |
- Brightened my day! (I almost majored in comp lit in grad school, and probably should have.) Going to dust off my waffle iron now … Cynwolfe (talk) 15:34, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, but if you did, you'd likely be working IT as I do. But I'm still at a uni, and that's a better fit for me. At least I can comment code in German. (;
Tribute and query
Hello, and respectful good wishes from a past editorial colleague (more or less).
First my acknowledgement of your stellar work on 'Greek love', especially in view of your reluctance to get involved with the same. A mark of your intellectual integrity, and selfless sense of responsibility .... or possibly curiosity (a noble attribute). This may sound sarcastic, but may be genuine.
Interested in your ref to Robin Osborne - have been unable to trace his input on 'Pederasty in Ancient Greece'.
Can you elaborate?
Best wishes
Dominique