User talk:Elekhh
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POTD notification
Hi Elekhh,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Château de Maintenon 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 9, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-01-09. —howcheng {chat} 20:58, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
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Rochester Cathedral
Thanks for the reassesment. I'll copy your comments to the article's talk page if you don't mind, it gives pointers to both other editors and myself. I may not do too much more (other than adding a few photos), several senior editors (mainly Australian it appears) seem to regard my style as "fluffy", "twee" or "old-fashioned", so I'll leave it to others to adapt the article to an acceptable mid-Atlantic style! Once again, thanks. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:25, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
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There's some discussion there that could use your input. Cheers! Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:12, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassadors update
Ambassador news update
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A barnstar for you!
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| Thanks for your contributions to WikiProject Today's article for improvement, which have served to expand the project and increase participation and collaboration there. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:58, 23 January 2013 (UTC) |
Discussion on the AFT5 Request for Comment
Hey Elekhh - this is to notify you that there is a discussion starting on the Article Feedback RfC talkpage that has ramifications for the RfC itself. Your input is much appreciated :). Thanks! and apologies if I've missed anyone Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:38, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
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Map of the Battle of Jutland
Hi Elekhh. On the FPC could you possibly indicate whether you still (weak) oppose the candidate notwithstanding the changes? Thanks. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 16:30, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Barnstar
Hi Elekhh - thanks for the barnstar! Unexpected and much appreciated. Cheers. Maias (talk) 00:10, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Yet another barnstar for you
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For adding picture for the Kunstkring Art Gallery and all those numerous helps in the past  . Rochelimit (talk) 07:10, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
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- Yep, that was somewhat random, but very glad you appreciated it. Also very happy to see the coverage and quality of architecture in Indonesia improving!. Thanks. --ELEKHHT 09:53, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
Oscar Niemeyer
Hi. Just want to draw your attention to my suggestion in 'Oscar Niemeyer' about inserting a new section title ("Early Career") after the second paragraph of "Personal life and education" to break up this long section and to correctly title the subsequent information about Niemeyer's early career and professional contacts. Didn't know how to do it correctly. See my comment on Talk. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.17.209.191 (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Boston FAR
I have gone through the listed items and have addressed them as best as I could. Can you look at the article to see if more should be done? Thanks. PentawingTalk 06:15, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
- Could you go through the article to see if anything else needs to be done? The articles now been on FAR for almost a month. Thanks. PentawingTalk 05:07, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
- Also want to add that the navbars are proliferating again. It seems that several people are bound and determined to create the navbars and insert them into every article listed. Hence, I don't know if there is any point of fighting against it unless there is a Wikipedia-wide discussion concerning their use. PentawingTalk 05:14, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
POTD notification
Hi Elekhh,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Oxfam East Africa - A mass grave for children in Dadaab.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on February 16, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-02-16. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:53, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
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Main page: articles for improvement
Have you seen the main page is being adapted to include a short section on "Today's articles for improvement" which also links to a longer list. Maybe you could push for at least one article on architecture to be included every month? --Ipigott (talk) 07:35, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, I was following that, and actually nominated a few articles a while ago: Acropolis of Athens and Mughal architecture were closed as unsuccessful, I guess for insufficient support, while Ancient Roman architecture is in the holding area - but not yet scheduled. Church (building) is scheduled for the 18th Feb, but not sure if main page testing will commence by than. I believe currently each week one of ten articles has to be from the Arts category, but various architecture articles might find their way in through the history or people sections. --ELEKHHT 00:42, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
- I was also surprised that there has been so little interest in Acropolis of Athens. You may have noticed I have now added inline references throughout. Maybe the section on the restoration project should be updated? Otherwise I think I'll move on to other things. Let's hope we'll have more success once the new main page with articles for improvement is implemented.--Ipigott (talk) 07:48, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
- I've just been looking at Ancient Roman architecture. The problem with this is the same as with the Acropolis: the article was created way back in 2001 when there were no requirements for stating sources, let alone inline citations. As a result, it is virtually devoid of any good references. The best way to deal with the topic would be to get a few recognized books on the subject (historical, cultural, architectural) and completely rewrite it. Unfortunately, this would not be acceptable. So once again it will be a matter of tediously trying to find authentic sources for what is in the existing article. This is certainly not fun to do and is often counter-creative. Furthermore, recent books and publications have a tendency to draw on Wikipedia articles with the result that the vicious circle is reinforced! I think it is the reason why so many old articles on important subjects are suffering from any real editorial interest while topics which have only recently led to new articles often speed up to GA or FA.--Ipigott (talk) 08:08, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
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Architecture
Concerning your removal of one of the lead pic that was added today: I have been looking for an appropriate image that contrasted a modern city with the wide view of Florence.
The two pictures (and their captions) refer, in one case, to the impact of a single architect and a single structure on a city and on architecture and the architect. The second picture demonstrates very clearly the uniformity created by 20th century structures of the so-called International style. Although in the body of the article, almost every building is individually notable, and such is not the case in that picture, the picture demonstrates a significant trend in architecture.
The article is not simply about significant buildings. In each case, the significant buildings has been selected to demonstrate the aesthetics or principals of a wide region and era, or an architectural philosophy.
I want to emphasise that the image of Florence Cathedral has not been selected simply on the grounds of it being a great representative work of architecture (like the Parthenon, St Peter's Basilica or the Taj Mahal). It is not simply an iconic building. It is the building that launched the notion of the "architect".
The homogeneity of the Manhattan skyline is the antithesis of the image of Florence. Read the two captions. I believe they make the point, without labouring it.
Amandajm (talk) 13:46, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
- I understood your intention, but still that image is not a good illustration of international style, neither is it a very good quality picture. --ELEKHHT 21:56, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
- To say again what I said above:
- "The homogeneity of the Manhattan skyline is the antithesis of the image of Florence. Read the two captions. I believe they make the point, without labouring it."
- While I agree that the image is not as high quality as it could be, the two images complement each other in terms of colour and appearance. It is the picture of Lower Manhattan which in terms of colour and proportion fits best with the image of Florence. It includes the Twin Towers which were so much part of that landscape.
- And while I agree that the image may not show International style as well as an image of a single building might, it illustrates extremely well the affect of the style in transforming cities. Lower Manhattan is "iconic" in that regard.
- Amandajm (talk) 04:39, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
- Repeating the same thing doesn't make it more valid, only makes it look like POV pushing. Will respond on the article's talk page in more detail, where this discussion belongs. --ELEKHHT 06:14, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Palace Hotel (Copenhagen)
 | On 2 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Palace Hotel (Copenhagen), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the tower of the Palace Hotel in Copenhagen is decorated with mosaics symbolizing morning, day, evening and night? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Palace Hotel (Copenhagen). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
In the Media
Hi Elekh, thanks for the suggestion for In the Media. I don't think I'll have time this week to write an In the Media piece, and there haven't actually been many noteworthy stories this week. So I'll probably hold everything over for next week and cover it then. Alternatively, if you want to have a go at summarising the few articles there have been (there are links on the page), and make a feature of the Nick Cave story for this week, please feel free. Best, Andreas JN466 00:20, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry but with only five hours left until publication, I will not have time either. Thanks for the encouragement though. --ELEKHHT 01:34, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Parthenon
Thank you for your prompt maintenance of important articles. And here is a cheeseburger for you, too! Amandajm (talk) 07:02, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, much appreciated. But I'm trying to eat healthy now so I made it invisible :). --ELEKHHT 07:28, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Metabolism (architecture)
Hi Elekhh, I've done some work on the Metabolism (architecture) article - it's a massive topic but I've tried to cover the basics. I'd really appreciate it if you were able to read it through and give me your thoughts. Kenchikuben (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2013 (UTC)