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Fancy that relaxing winter break over in the US this season? I hear it's " "particularly bracing" over in Michigan this year, and even down in Arizona. Treat yourself - available for only £37,000. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:32, 18 November 2016 (UTC) Unfortunately, you may have to wait a while for your return trip: [1]
Can you help? The arguments for deletion are now beyond ludicrous. The Sun is clearly a valid source and does reference McTernan's track record. There are now TWO sources, both expressly stated as acceptable under Wiki rules. Anna Lertreader ( talk) 13:45, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
...any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation; material not meeting this standard may be removed. This policy extends that principle, adding that contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately and without discussion. This applies whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable, and whether it is in a biography or in some other article. Material should not be added to an article when the only sourcing is tabloid journalism.
...identifying McTernan's track record as the trigger for the wager).
...predicting Hillary Clinton would win the US Presidential election in 2016? Didn't most pundits? (Mr Campbell notwithstanding)
Just for fun, let's recap how this has gone.
(1) The original section is just a list of accurate facts with sources. Nobody disputes their accuracy, but this isn't good enough because it's "selective", even though in four months nobody's provided a single example of an accurate prediction that's been left out. It's demanded that I provide evidence of people actually discussing McTernan's record of inaccuracy. I get banned.
(2) So I show literally hundreds of people using the ironic hashtage "McTernanPredicts". This isn't good enough because they're just a bunch of Twitter users. Fair enough. It's demanded that I provide someone notable discussing it. But before I can, I get banned again.
(3) So I show a very popular and notable (evidenced by its own Wiki entry) political website repeatedly discussing it at length. This isn't good enough because it's not neutral - even though Wiki EXPLICITLY doesn't require sources to be neutral as long as their facts are accurate - and because it's "just a blog", even though Wiki has no prohibition against blogs as a source. It's demanded that I find a source in the "proper" media. But before I can, I get banned AGAIN.
(4) So I show the country's biggest newspaper writing a story that's founded entirely and explicitly in McTernan's track record and his reaction to someone mocking him for it. But that's not good enough, because everyone's snooty about it being a tabloid, even though in this case there's nothing contentious whatsoever in the story. It's demanded that I find a nicer, less popular newspaper.
(5) So I show a "respectable" broadsheet newspaper doing the exact same thing. But that's not good enough because now - all of a sudden, unraised by anyone in the previous four months - it's apparently "undue", even though it's just three sentences and McTernan's main employment for the past decade (and therefore the only reason he merits a Wiki entry at all) has been as a political analyst and it's about his history of horribly wrong political analysis and couldn't possibly be any more relevant. Even then I'm willing to give up one of the three sentences, but the whole lot gets deleted once more and rather than my getting banned yet again, the entry gets locked, just to mix things up a bit.
And if I somehow compressed the entire section down to the length of a tweet, all impeccably sourced with references in 15 different newspapers (it's now also been covered in the Herald, incidentally), no doubt it'd fall foul of WP:THURSDAYS, which says you're not allowed to edit Wiki on Thursdays because Arthur Dent could never get the hang of them in The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy. And I'd get banned.
Every time I satisfy one complaint, up pops a new one out of nowhere like an unwinnable game of Wiki Whack-A-Mole. When will it end? Why is it so forbidden to point out that a political analyst has a proven, factual and remarked-upon track record of terrible political analysis? He's actually just a bog-standard former SpAd of no particular demonstrated significance. His amazing capacity for wrongness is in fact by far the most notable thing about him. Anna Lertreader ( talk) 05:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I hope you don't mind me asking a specific question. This relates both to my Lockerbie research and my musicology interests, specifically the operas of Benjamin Britten. If a Wikipedia editor is in possession of original primary documentation relating to a subject, which isn't in the public domain at the moment, can this be referred to if the editor themselves makes the documentation accessible on their own server?
In relation to Britten, my mother worked with him and he wrote a couple of parts for her, and the music cabinet at home has some interesting documentation relating to the early stages of production of a couple of works, showing how Britten altered and re-imagined some aspects as he worked with his original casts. In relation to the Lockerbie case, I have a whole bunch of primary documentation - witness statements, forensic reports and so on - that absolutely settle a lot of those he said/she said disputes that get going when the literature is full of commentators telling different stories about the same event. It could get down to, what is your source for that? and the answer being, the statement John Bedford gave to the Metropolitan police on 9th January 1989.
These things are not private or confidential. In the case of the Britten stuff, it's just minor historical-interest detail that's unlikely to make it into the public domain any other way. In the case of the Lockerbie stuff it's all material that was introduced or referred to in court. Other people have made some of the stuff public as it suited their own area of research, but a lot of the items I refer to haven't had that treatment. There's no reason I couldn't give it to them though.
Another thing I thought of doing was photographing the relevant pages of hard-copy books with relevant material in them. An image of a page or two of a book, uploaded for bona-fide reasons of research or commentary, is permissible under copyright law. (I'm thinking particularly of the page in David Johnston's 1989 book where he reports Pan Am stating clearly that the plane left Heathrow on time.) This surely beats simply referencing a hard-copy book that readers are unlikely to be able to consult for themselves to see if the reference is actually real!
So, is it permissible to upload primary documentation to my own server space and then link to it there to support something I'm saying on Wikipedia? Do you know? Morag Kerr ( talk) 11:52, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
I wondered where I had seen this before. Martinevans123 ( talk) 15:48, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Going to put all 22 up here or on Commons? Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 23:59, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Better a complete bellen than a right no-hofer? Apparently, our Nobby feels "infinitely sad". Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:29, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
That's one of those tricks that I still don't understand. Thanks! Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 20:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
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18:14, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
A few more sentences and inline citations, and that hour book can become DYK, did you know? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:13, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
I still don't have time to closely examine the above which looks promising. the Dutch version has moar pics!! For DYK - coming next - I still like Ave Maria best. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:29, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
So, after investing in a glorious book, the fascinating image doesn't belong? Which article do we have to expand next, to show it? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:28, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi y'all (like Britons don't say). Is it the Heures de Charles d'Angoulême you want me to translate? Should be done by tomorrow but today, I'm now off duty. Robinet Testard should also be completed asap. As pertains the so-called Centaur, it may be related to the mythical horse that is to be found in the French chansons de geste of the Middle Ages; not being affirmative though. LouisAlain ( talk) 21:07, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for your input at Vincent van Gogh over the year, and especially for all your work on illuminated manuscripts. Its been a pleasure working with and following you. Onwards. Ceoil ( talk) 15:27, 17 December 2016 (UTC) |
Cheers and backatcha. Hoping that my recent work qualifies me for membership of the exclusive "cartel centered around the foul-mouthed and alcoholic Irish visual arts editor Ceoil (essentially a plagiarist)". Happy hillbillyholidays! -- Hillbillyholiday talk
Thought this article might interest you. It's not currently clear from the article why it has that name. It currently resides in New York. Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:33, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
Cheers, I love bestiary art and the associated tales. You often see that elephant/serpent one which depicts Pliny's somewhat dubious account:
Not too worried about improving our bestiary articles though as The Medieval Bestiary has it all covered – including the Worksop one with all the pictures. They say Augustinian Priory of Radford if that helps. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
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Season's Greetings | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Kings (Gerard David, London) is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod ( talk) 10:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC) |
Thank you John, and best wishes to you too. 22 December 2015? Recycling your Christmas cards? -- Hillbillyholiday talk 08:26, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello Hillbillyholiday,
Enjoy the
Winter Solstice and the
Christmas and holiday season.
Thank you for all your good work during 2016 in maintaining, improving and expanding
Wikipedia.
All the best for 2017! Cheers, —
Gareth Griffith-Jones |
The Welsh |
Buzzard |
16:31, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
Cheers, Gareth. Happy holidays and all the best for 2017, too.
Oh, the solstice again, I forgot – really gotta make it to Stonehenge next time, a lot less hectic than the summer one by all accounts. (Ideally Newgrange but that's something of a lottery.) Perhaps a convenient venue for a wiki meet-up, I picture you slightly druidical. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year, MarnetteD. Roast peacock all round! -- Hillbillyholiday talk
To all my talkpage visitors and others I've met along the way, hope you have a wonderful Christmas or whatever.
Martinevans123
(Santa's Drop-in Centre) ... sends you ...
... warmest seasonal wishes for ...
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.
Hoping that Christmas may bless you with
peace, love and understanding... and wishing that you may find your true
star...
Hello Hillbillyholiday,
I'm
"Charlie", I'm made out of
white powdery stuff,
and I'm here to remind you that the
season of crazy dancing is upon us,
so grab
your partner by the, er,
twig,
and
get moving! (but not too fast or bits might fly off...)
Charlie |
Delta Echo
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! |
Thank you for helping make Wikipedia a better place. Blessings. May we all have peace in the coming year. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:15, 26 December 2016 (UTC) |
Cheers, Stan. Hope you are enjoying yourself this Christmas and very best wishes for the New Year. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
I wish you the best this holiday season.
May the new year bring you nearer to your dreams.
Seasons greetings, BHG. I don't believe we've met, but have seen your name around. Am thinking of starting an article on this unusual statuette some time in the New Year if it's your scene? -- Hillbillyholiday talk
She has a lot to answer for, it seems. Now that it has been unequivovcally proven beyond all possible doubt that George's death was predicted by the cassette from Heather Trott played by Dot Cotton on national UK TV, in EastEnders, just hours before: he died. Also 5 times 3 is 15. He is playing you for fools!! Need I say more??? D. Icke 123 ( talk) 22:05, 28 December 2016 (UTC) also, his lyrics have Illuminati symbolism!!
Hi, I reverted to a previous version because a cite error was introduced somewhere after this edit and I can't figure out what happened nor do I have the energy. I got edit conflicted a few times trying to add the BL records, dunno if that's the problem. Anyway, your revert reintroduced the cite error, but I'll let you all figure it out. Sorry. Victoria ( tk) 22:46, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
On 29 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry (page pictured) show the "rupture in style" that occurred in French illumination at the end of the fourteenth century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 00:01, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
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Happy Hogmanay! | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy Hogmanay. May the year ahead be productive and harmonious. -- John ( talk) 21:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC) |
Cheers, John. Hope you've had a good Christmas and all the best for 2017, should be interesting.
Six hours in: already the longest I've gone withoot a ciggy in twenty years, would rip the arms off a toddler for a smoke right now. Luckily have something nice to get me through. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
Just a note to say I bumped into your Seasons' Greetings tapestry. Lovely work! I've not met you before in my editing here (sadly, I am limited to that, and prior to becoming ill, spent half of my time recruiting photos from photographers explaining Creative Commons licensing). I am hoping I just met a friend in you? Happy New Year! -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 22:39, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Re: this—nobody knows exactly when the series began, and many sources state it began perhaps in 1829 (which appears to be the earliest date it could have, given that's the year the use of Prussian Blue became affordable for publishers to use). Perhaps another couple of sources thrown in and a c. 1830 date would be best? Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 22:49, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
You've definitely got the images reversed. Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 22:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Some of the material you included in the above article was copied from http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/011_07/chap_3b.html or elsewhere. Copying text directly from a source is a copyright violation. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you think I made a mistake. — Diannaa 🍁 ( talk) 22:10, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Nice work. Sure wish wikipedia had an image of the Berlin Painter's kitharode vase in the Met and the obverse of the Three Revelers. Cake ( talk) 11:40, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
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Fancy that relaxing winter break over in the US this season? I hear it's " "particularly bracing" over in Michigan this year, and even down in Arizona. Treat yourself - available for only £37,000. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:32, 18 November 2016 (UTC) Unfortunately, you may have to wait a while for your return trip: [1]
Can you help? The arguments for deletion are now beyond ludicrous. The Sun is clearly a valid source and does reference McTernan's track record. There are now TWO sources, both expressly stated as acceptable under Wiki rules. Anna Lertreader ( talk) 13:45, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
...any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation; material not meeting this standard may be removed. This policy extends that principle, adding that contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately and without discussion. This applies whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable, and whether it is in a biography or in some other article. Material should not be added to an article when the only sourcing is tabloid journalism.
...identifying McTernan's track record as the trigger for the wager).
...predicting Hillary Clinton would win the US Presidential election in 2016? Didn't most pundits? (Mr Campbell notwithstanding)
Just for fun, let's recap how this has gone.
(1) The original section is just a list of accurate facts with sources. Nobody disputes their accuracy, but this isn't good enough because it's "selective", even though in four months nobody's provided a single example of an accurate prediction that's been left out. It's demanded that I provide evidence of people actually discussing McTernan's record of inaccuracy. I get banned.
(2) So I show literally hundreds of people using the ironic hashtage "McTernanPredicts". This isn't good enough because they're just a bunch of Twitter users. Fair enough. It's demanded that I provide someone notable discussing it. But before I can, I get banned again.
(3) So I show a very popular and notable (evidenced by its own Wiki entry) political website repeatedly discussing it at length. This isn't good enough because it's not neutral - even though Wiki EXPLICITLY doesn't require sources to be neutral as long as their facts are accurate - and because it's "just a blog", even though Wiki has no prohibition against blogs as a source. It's demanded that I find a source in the "proper" media. But before I can, I get banned AGAIN.
(4) So I show the country's biggest newspaper writing a story that's founded entirely and explicitly in McTernan's track record and his reaction to someone mocking him for it. But that's not good enough, because everyone's snooty about it being a tabloid, even though in this case there's nothing contentious whatsoever in the story. It's demanded that I find a nicer, less popular newspaper.
(5) So I show a "respectable" broadsheet newspaper doing the exact same thing. But that's not good enough because now - all of a sudden, unraised by anyone in the previous four months - it's apparently "undue", even though it's just three sentences and McTernan's main employment for the past decade (and therefore the only reason he merits a Wiki entry at all) has been as a political analyst and it's about his history of horribly wrong political analysis and couldn't possibly be any more relevant. Even then I'm willing to give up one of the three sentences, but the whole lot gets deleted once more and rather than my getting banned yet again, the entry gets locked, just to mix things up a bit.
And if I somehow compressed the entire section down to the length of a tweet, all impeccably sourced with references in 15 different newspapers (it's now also been covered in the Herald, incidentally), no doubt it'd fall foul of WP:THURSDAYS, which says you're not allowed to edit Wiki on Thursdays because Arthur Dent could never get the hang of them in The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy. And I'd get banned.
Every time I satisfy one complaint, up pops a new one out of nowhere like an unwinnable game of Wiki Whack-A-Mole. When will it end? Why is it so forbidden to point out that a political analyst has a proven, factual and remarked-upon track record of terrible political analysis? He's actually just a bog-standard former SpAd of no particular demonstrated significance. His amazing capacity for wrongness is in fact by far the most notable thing about him. Anna Lertreader ( talk) 05:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I hope you don't mind me asking a specific question. This relates both to my Lockerbie research and my musicology interests, specifically the operas of Benjamin Britten. If a Wikipedia editor is in possession of original primary documentation relating to a subject, which isn't in the public domain at the moment, can this be referred to if the editor themselves makes the documentation accessible on their own server?
In relation to Britten, my mother worked with him and he wrote a couple of parts for her, and the music cabinet at home has some interesting documentation relating to the early stages of production of a couple of works, showing how Britten altered and re-imagined some aspects as he worked with his original casts. In relation to the Lockerbie case, I have a whole bunch of primary documentation - witness statements, forensic reports and so on - that absolutely settle a lot of those he said/she said disputes that get going when the literature is full of commentators telling different stories about the same event. It could get down to, what is your source for that? and the answer being, the statement John Bedford gave to the Metropolitan police on 9th January 1989.
These things are not private or confidential. In the case of the Britten stuff, it's just minor historical-interest detail that's unlikely to make it into the public domain any other way. In the case of the Lockerbie stuff it's all material that was introduced or referred to in court. Other people have made some of the stuff public as it suited their own area of research, but a lot of the items I refer to haven't had that treatment. There's no reason I couldn't give it to them though.
Another thing I thought of doing was photographing the relevant pages of hard-copy books with relevant material in them. An image of a page or two of a book, uploaded for bona-fide reasons of research or commentary, is permissible under copyright law. (I'm thinking particularly of the page in David Johnston's 1989 book where he reports Pan Am stating clearly that the plane left Heathrow on time.) This surely beats simply referencing a hard-copy book that readers are unlikely to be able to consult for themselves to see if the reference is actually real!
So, is it permissible to upload primary documentation to my own server space and then link to it there to support something I'm saying on Wikipedia? Do you know? Morag Kerr ( talk) 11:52, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
I wondered where I had seen this before. Martinevans123 ( talk) 15:48, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Going to put all 22 up here or on Commons? Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 23:59, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Better a complete bellen than a right no-hofer? Apparently, our Nobby feels "infinitely sad". Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:29, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
That's one of those tricks that I still don't understand. Thanks! Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 20:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
Johnbod (
talk)
18:14, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
A few more sentences and inline citations, and that hour book can become DYK, did you know? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:13, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
I still don't have time to closely examine the above which looks promising. the Dutch version has moar pics!! For DYK - coming next - I still like Ave Maria best. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:29, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
So, after investing in a glorious book, the fascinating image doesn't belong? Which article do we have to expand next, to show it? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:28, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi y'all (like Britons don't say). Is it the Heures de Charles d'Angoulême you want me to translate? Should be done by tomorrow but today, I'm now off duty. Robinet Testard should also be completed asap. As pertains the so-called Centaur, it may be related to the mythical horse that is to be found in the French chansons de geste of the Middle Ages; not being affirmative though. LouisAlain ( talk) 21:07, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for your input at Vincent van Gogh over the year, and especially for all your work on illuminated manuscripts. Its been a pleasure working with and following you. Onwards. Ceoil ( talk) 15:27, 17 December 2016 (UTC) |
Cheers and backatcha. Hoping that my recent work qualifies me for membership of the exclusive "cartel centered around the foul-mouthed and alcoholic Irish visual arts editor Ceoil (essentially a plagiarist)". Happy hillbillyholidays! -- Hillbillyholiday talk
Thought this article might interest you. It's not currently clear from the article why it has that name. It currently resides in New York. Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:33, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
Cheers, I love bestiary art and the associated tales. You often see that elephant/serpent one which depicts Pliny's somewhat dubious account:
Not too worried about improving our bestiary articles though as The Medieval Bestiary has it all covered – including the Worksop one with all the pictures. They say Augustinian Priory of Radford if that helps. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
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Season's Greetings | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Kings (Gerard David, London) is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod ( talk) 10:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC) |
Thank you John, and best wishes to you too. 22 December 2015? Recycling your Christmas cards? -- Hillbillyholiday talk 08:26, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello Hillbillyholiday,
Enjoy the
Winter Solstice and the
Christmas and holiday season.
Thank you for all your good work during 2016 in maintaining, improving and expanding
Wikipedia.
All the best for 2017! Cheers, —
Gareth Griffith-Jones |
The Welsh |
Buzzard |
16:31, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
Cheers, Gareth. Happy holidays and all the best for 2017, too.
Oh, the solstice again, I forgot – really gotta make it to Stonehenge next time, a lot less hectic than the summer one by all accounts. (Ideally Newgrange but that's something of a lottery.) Perhaps a convenient venue for a wiki meet-up, I picture you slightly druidical. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year, MarnetteD. Roast peacock all round! -- Hillbillyholiday talk
To all my talkpage visitors and others I've met along the way, hope you have a wonderful Christmas or whatever.
Martinevans123
(Santa's Drop-in Centre) ... sends you ...
... warmest seasonal wishes for ...
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.
Hoping that Christmas may bless you with
peace, love and understanding... and wishing that you may find your true
star...
Hello Hillbillyholiday,
I'm
"Charlie", I'm made out of
white powdery stuff,
and I'm here to remind you that the
season of crazy dancing is upon us,
so grab
your partner by the, er,
twig,
and
get moving! (but not too fast or bits might fly off...)
Charlie |
Delta Echo
![]() |
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! |
Thank you for helping make Wikipedia a better place. Blessings. May we all have peace in the coming year. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:15, 26 December 2016 (UTC) |
Cheers, Stan. Hope you are enjoying yourself this Christmas and very best wishes for the New Year. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
I wish you the best this holiday season.
May the new year bring you nearer to your dreams.
Seasons greetings, BHG. I don't believe we've met, but have seen your name around. Am thinking of starting an article on this unusual statuette some time in the New Year if it's your scene? -- Hillbillyholiday talk
She has a lot to answer for, it seems. Now that it has been unequivovcally proven beyond all possible doubt that George's death was predicted by the cassette from Heather Trott played by Dot Cotton on national UK TV, in EastEnders, just hours before: he died. Also 5 times 3 is 15. He is playing you for fools!! Need I say more??? D. Icke 123 ( talk) 22:05, 28 December 2016 (UTC) also, his lyrics have Illuminati symbolism!!
Hi, I reverted to a previous version because a cite error was introduced somewhere after this edit and I can't figure out what happened nor do I have the energy. I got edit conflicted a few times trying to add the BL records, dunno if that's the problem. Anyway, your revert reintroduced the cite error, but I'll let you all figure it out. Sorry. Victoria ( tk) 22:46, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
On 29 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry (page pictured) show the "rupture in style" that occurred in French illumination at the end of the fourteenth century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 00:01, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
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Happy Hogmanay! | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy Hogmanay. May the year ahead be productive and harmonious. -- John ( talk) 21:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC) |
Cheers, John. Hope you've had a good Christmas and all the best for 2017, should be interesting.
Six hours in: already the longest I've gone withoot a ciggy in twenty years, would rip the arms off a toddler for a smoke right now. Luckily have something nice to get me through. -- Hillbillyholiday talk
Just a note to say I bumped into your Seasons' Greetings tapestry. Lovely work! I've not met you before in my editing here (sadly, I am limited to that, and prior to becoming ill, spent half of my time recruiting photos from photographers explaining Creative Commons licensing). I am hoping I just met a friend in you? Happy New Year! -- Leahtwosaints ( talk) 22:39, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Re: this—nobody knows exactly when the series began, and many sources state it began perhaps in 1829 (which appears to be the earliest date it could have, given that's the year the use of Prussian Blue became affordable for publishers to use). Perhaps another couple of sources thrown in and a c. 1830 date would be best? Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 22:49, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
You've definitely got the images reversed. Curly "the jerk" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 22:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Some of the material you included in the above article was copied from http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/011_07/chap_3b.html or elsewhere. Copying text directly from a source is a copyright violation. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you think I made a mistake. — Diannaa 🍁 ( talk) 22:10, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Nice work. Sure wish wikipedia had an image of the Berlin Painter's kitharode vase in the Met and the obverse of the Three Revelers. Cake ( talk) 11:40, 20 January 2017 (UTC)