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according to german wikipedia, the gate wasn't smuggled out of pergamon, but bought for 20.000 Mark from the turkish authorities (or whoever was in charge then)
where's the source for the smuggling theory?
Why is Hellenistic art "pedantic"?
The phrase:
"The altar is mentioned in the Book of Revelation, Revelation 2:12-13: "In Pergamos where Satan's Throne is"."
should eihter be removed altogether or be directed to another reference. The text does not reflect the authors conclusion. Friesen does not support this theory - he explicitly says that he believes that it is wrong.
The full text can be found at: http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/27/3/351
The assertion that the Pergamon Altar, the most magnificent Hellenic object in a public museum, completely covered with opulent large-scale sculptures, is "magificently opulent" was deleted by an editor, whose opinion was that it was "subjective". The purpose of Wikipedia is to transmit information: an opening statement "The Pergamon Altar' is a structure..." is inane. Without "magnificently opulent" the uninitiated reader and uninitiated editor may think that most Greek altars look pretty much like this. Let's keep obvious adjectives that characterise objects, paintings, buildings etc and serve to make the reader look again at the illustrations; they help create the encyclopedia. Deleting isn't editing. -- Wetman ( talk) 19:09, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
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Besides the translation (which, I believe, takes care of most of the concerns mentioned above), I also added information about the altar available on site in Berlin. -- Remotelysensed ( talk) 14:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
As the translator of this article from the German Wiki Article,I would dearly love to know where there are weasel words/original research in this article, so I can do what I can to eliminate them. My only content changes involved slight updatings based on information obtained from the Pergamon Museum and duly credited. There is already a rather extensive collection of sources -- where are more needed? Please elucidate, I'd like to help eliminate the criticism. -- Remotelysensed ( talk) 09:28, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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according to german wikipedia, the gate wasn't smuggled out of pergamon, but bought for 20.000 Mark from the turkish authorities (or whoever was in charge then)
where's the source for the smuggling theory?
Why is Hellenistic art "pedantic"?
The phrase:
"The altar is mentioned in the Book of Revelation, Revelation 2:12-13: "In Pergamos where Satan's Throne is"."
should eihter be removed altogether or be directed to another reference. The text does not reflect the authors conclusion. Friesen does not support this theory - he explicitly says that he believes that it is wrong.
The full text can be found at: http://jnt.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/27/3/351
The assertion that the Pergamon Altar, the most magnificent Hellenic object in a public museum, completely covered with opulent large-scale sculptures, is "magificently opulent" was deleted by an editor, whose opinion was that it was "subjective". The purpose of Wikipedia is to transmit information: an opening statement "The Pergamon Altar' is a structure..." is inane. Without "magnificently opulent" the uninitiated reader and uninitiated editor may think that most Greek altars look pretty much like this. Let's keep obvious adjectives that characterise objects, paintings, buildings etc and serve to make the reader look again at the illustrations; they help create the encyclopedia. Deleting isn't editing. -- Wetman ( talk) 19:09, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
![]() | This article contains a translation of Pergamonaltar from de.wikipedia. |
Besides the translation (which, I believe, takes care of most of the concerns mentioned above), I also added information about the altar available on site in Berlin. -- Remotelysensed ( talk) 14:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
As the translator of this article from the German Wiki Article,I would dearly love to know where there are weasel words/original research in this article, so I can do what I can to eliminate them. My only content changes involved slight updatings based on information obtained from the Pergamon Museum and duly credited. There is already a rather extensive collection of sources -- where are more needed? Please elucidate, I'd like to help eliminate the criticism. -- Remotelysensed ( talk) 09:28, 17 June 2011 (UTC)