This is (unsurprisingly) my talk page
MinorProphet (
talk) 06:43, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Been here for a while, astound me. MinorProphet ( talk) 21:07, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Three years! |
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:09, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
I think that your edit summary here was inappropriate and insulting. Wikipedia should be a supportive environment. Verbcatcher ( talk) 03:10, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
... poetry is better, - will return to that! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:19, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Walter Elmer Schofield, Across the River (1904), Carnegie Museum of Art. |
Best wishes for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2021. | |
Thank you for your contributions toward making Wikipedia a better and more accurate place. BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 13:17, 26 December 2020 (UTC) Oneupsmanship: This painting turned the friendly rivalry between Edward Redfield and Elmer Schofield into a feud. Schofield was a frequent houseguest at Redfield's farm, upstream from New Hope, Pennsylvania, and the two would go out painting together, competing to capture the better view. Redfield served on the jury for the 1904 Annual Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute; at which, despite Redfield's opposition, Across the River was awarded the Gold Medal and $1,500 prize. It was not until a 1963 interview that the 93-year-old Redfield revealed the painting as the cause of the 40-year feud between them. Schofield may have painted it in England, but a blindsided Redfield knew that it was a view of the Delaware River, from his own front yard! |
Re:HMS Kingfisher (1804). You added the line that Thomas Sutcliff was captured but managed to escape. However what is not clear is what vessel he was on: Kingfisher or one of the French frigates? And in either case, how had he come to be captured, and when was that? It does not appear to have occurred in the action. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 18:24, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
The incident happened after the capture of Zante, starting on the 28th October. I'm sorry for putting the sentence in the wrong place.
Reffing is obviously very personal, but I do feel that the lack of a single referencing style detracts from WP's overall effect. Britannica has its own, and every single other worthwhile journal has its own house style, but imo WP appears as a shoddy free-for-all in this department, despite the better individual articles maintaining a consistent style. RS is one of the pillars of WP; but you are allowed to refer to these prized sources with nothing more than a bare url, which seems a slight kick in the face. I realise that it takes considerable effort just to grasp the idea of referencing, let alone master any particular style. Although I have reservations about the displayed output of {{cite book}}, which tends towards scientific journals rather than a literary "Oxford" style, at least every source is displayed in a consistent way. What's your particular gripe about sfns? It's always good to hear the opposite POV. MinorProphet ( talk) 01:15, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Many moons ago you added members to the table of Calydonian Boar hunters given by Apollodorus, 1.8.2, which were not already in the table. The table had a column for each of the sources from whose lists the table was derived: Pausanias, Hyginus and Ovid. But when you added Apollodorus, to the list of sources, you didn't add the corresponding column for Apollodorus, with the appropriate checkmarks. Someone should do that. I thought I'd let you know, in case you were interested in doing this. (If not, then I might do this myself ... someday ;-) Paul August ☎ 15:25, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Fields starting on a new line start with a single pipe, subsequent fields on the same line are separated by double pipes. So:
is equivalent to
is equivalent to
While
will not give the desired result.
As for fields all on one line vs each on a separate line, counting horizontally vs vertical seems all the same to me. But I guess I don't actually count, rather I simply visualize, comparing the single horizontal line of fields in the file, with the intended horizontal row of the displayed table. Each to his own. Paul August ☎ 15:55, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
I also imagine that...
What sort of mathematician are you? If I were to mention Archimedes, what would you say? NB Loaded question... (ie would you happen to speak mathematical German?) MinorProphet ( talk) 22:23, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
An "inline-V" engine isn't a contradiction in aviation, but is generally used for non-radial engines including V engines. See Inline engine (aeronautics). I'm not going to revert your edit here, however, because changing "inline" to "inverted" is a good change. Cheers. BilCat ( talk) 06:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks MinorProphet for your answer to my question on categories in BrownHairedGirl. Something bizarre has happened to that talk page. I cannot get it from the original link and another page of BrownHairedGirl has crossouts and question marks all over the place. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for the time and trouble you took to answer me and I will follow through your suggestions. Gladiator-Citizen ( talk) 10:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Back in 2013, you
added a short cite to "Adams 2011" but no such source is listed in the bibliography. Can you please add? Also, suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]]
to
your common.js page. Thanks,
Renata (
talk) 20:04, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Got one, perhaps a Model 10x (plus about 1,500 discs). Although externally in appalling disrepair, it still functions as designed. MinorProphet ( talk) 16:47, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
Bought/downloaded and read everything. MinorProphet ( talk) 16:47, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
I have no hesitation in reproducing this passage from Prolegomena. For me it has no equal except in the most passionate verses of Isaiah from ch. 40 onwards, and knocks most the rest of the into a cocked hat:
See also in German Prolegomena, p. 406
W.'s English version differs slightly from the original German, being slightly expanded to amplify his first thoughts. MinorProphet ( talk) 07:48, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
There are many gods of the older variety, most not currently in general favour. MinorProphet ( talk) 16:47, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
What's your favourite piece/conducted by...? I've sung most of the choral orchestral works, and heard Boult (sitting on a stool) conducting 2nd Symphony with the LSO? in the Royal Festival Hall c.1976. See also British Symphony Orchestra. MinorProphet ( talk) 17:04, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello. Help improve and copy edit. Thanks you. Kolpb ( talk) 09:17, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi again, SV 66. I hope you are well. As a result of our lively and worthwhile discussions at Talk:Sd.Kfz. 8 some six months back, I started a draft article at User:MinorProphet/Draft subpages/WW2 ZF gearboxes in an attempt to consolidate and expand the info we found. Although it is still very much a draft, I wonder if you could have a swift glance at it and let me know what you think. I still haven't discovered the actual type of gearbox used in the 12-tonner, by the way.
Following on from the 12-tonner article and general half-track info, I also started User:MinorProphet/Draft subpages/Panzer Artillery Regiments, just for my own interest: it's not much more than a specialised subset of Panzer division - is it even worth publishing?
Lastly: a couple of years ago as a result of randomly coming across the Jeddah massacre of 1858 article, I started a draft of User:MinorProphet/Draft subpages/HMS Cyclops (1839). There are a still a number of incomplete refs and sources which it would be trivial to sort out. At the time Error: {{ HMS}} invalid control parameter: 4 ( help) didn't exist. As the draft grew I became aware that there was a considerable amount of background information which wouldn't fit too well into a standard WP article on a Navy vessel, although the Oriental Crisis of 1840 covers some of the ground. Then I discovered that someone had published the current Cyclops article. I personally feel that my draft is considerably more complete. I have proposed some sort of merge with the current live article on its talk page (no-one has replied as of November 2021), but I'm not quite sure whether or how to proceed. As you know, I prefer ref & cite templates (hah!) and am not particularly willing to change my whole reffing scheme to suit. Again, I wonder if you could perhaps spare the time to run through my somewhat lengthy draft and give me your opinion. I'm not looking for a FA review or anything, although I hope that it meets some sort of standard. Best wishes, > MinorProphet ( talk) 21:07, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Just so you know, if you need to remove personal info, it's best to remove it and send it to Oversight where they will make it so no one will see it if they deem it necessary to be oversighted (if you think something should be oversighted, send it to them just in case and if they deem it not oversightable then it's fine). ― Blaze The Wolf TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:34, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos (c.1812), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
Best wishes for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2022. | |
Thank you for your contributions toward making Wikipedia a better and more accurate place. BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 19:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Moral lesson: John Vanderlyn was an American painter who studied in Paris, and his life-sized Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos was one of the first large nudes exhibited in the United States. Peddling the poison as well as the cure, this overtly sensuous work was presented to the public as a moral lesson on the consequences of lascivious behavior. Visible in the distance is the ship of Princess Ariadne's secret lover, Theseus, for whom she has betrayed her people by helping him to escape the Labyrinth and slay the Minotaur. Ariadne's bliss will come to an end when she awakens from her post-coital reverie, only to discover that the faithless Theseus has sailed away without her. |
MinorProphet,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (
talk) 14:02, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
Heya! Did you mean to create MinorProphet/common.css in the mainspace? Bsoyka ( talk · contribs) 02:48, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I do not understand why you did not use the info on the webpage to update the article. Why is it the responsibility of a monolingual editor (me) to somehow translate a French website? Georgejdorner ( talk) 21:43, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Ref desk/Humanities/Culture series, 9 October 2022
…For your encouragement with the Culture series. I’m now about to start book three because of you! I really enjoyed The Player of Games, and it was interesting to see how Banks dialed back the cruelty in a big way, much more so than the first book. One question that did come up for me: I’ve noticed people talking elsewhere about how Banks is an anarchist and that this is expressed in how he talks about the Culture and its structure or composition. Without ruining the next seven books for me, I was wondering if you could comment on this. I’ve deliberately prevented myself from reading anything about him or the series so as to not encounter any spoilers by accident. Again, thanks for the encouragement to keep at it. Viriditas ( talk) 19:59, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, but I finally finished the third book and I’m about to start the fourth one. I was wondering what you thought of Bank’s use of the unreliable narrator, as all three books I’ve read so far make use of this device. This is not something I’ve encountered in the genre of science fiction before. Is this part of Bank’s style, or is it something he brought to the genre from his work in other genres? Viriditas ( talk) 01:26, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
"Use of Weapons" Banks novel discussion forum
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Archiving Instructions:
@ EcheveriaJ: There are various ways to create an {{ archive}}, but in my limited experience they tend to lead right up your own fundament. This is my personal method which I never attempt unless blindly drunk. There's always tomorrow/the day after for a revert.
Talk:Axel Auriant/Archive x
where x=1
, etc., and
boldly create that red-linked page. Save/Publish it, with an edit summary of "Creating Archive x
" although it consists of nothing. It will complain that the page is blank: save it anyway. The resulting title should be eg Talk:Axel Auriant/Archive 1
Then click the 'Edit' button. There will be nothing.{{Archives|auto=yes|search=yes|}}
(which I just did for you here.)<!-- -->
: and you should be done (hah!) There's always the 'Undo' button, but if you have got this far without mishap,
splice the mainbrace.x
", (or whatever you typed the first time - was that really 18 months ago???) and repeat these instructions where x=x+1
and so forth ad. inf. More experienced editors may show you how to do this automatically.
MinorProphet (
talk) 01:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)~~~~
s.
MinorProphet (
talk) 01:51, 28 December 2021 (UTC) my daily stories |
you made my day today -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:49, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:35, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:56, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Good evening, could you make a change similar to the one you made on the Torta Barozzi page also on the Gabellotto page? JackkBrown ( talk) 22:46, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Please provide supporting evidence, or least the relevant passage from MOS, for the claim you make about the proper use of single and double quotes in this edit. — Epipelagic ( talk) 06:04, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
Now, I have to set this thing up just to show you I can do it! I'm currently stuck on Matter. Only half way through. Viriditas ( talk) 09:36, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
@ Viriditas: It seems like you definitely enjoyed Excession. I don't remember a single thing about Matter - try skipping a chapter or two, and if you get confused, go back and try again. I certainly remember Surface Detail being a whole load more gripping, another level of involvement. There's no need to plough through something for the sake of having read it - many's the book I have thrown into a dark corner, never to be picked up again. Not everything is a masterpiece. Glad you are still sticking with Banks, he's one of my favourites. Have you ever tried Philip K. Dick, epecially the short stories (4 vols.)? Really intense - or Alfred Bester? You'll deffo have to get that garden going now. The Flawed Genius sends warm greetings. Best as always, MinorProphet ( talk) 21:34, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Six years! |
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:03, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know, I appreciated this comment. [1] As can be expected, Baseball Bugs did not. [2] In honor of your musings, I give you (in a most unrelated development) the saddest sentence ever written on Wikipedia. Are you ready for this? Fasten your seat belt. Here we go: "It is estimated that sometime after July 1983, the iceberg eventually worked its way to the outside of the Arctic ice pack, where it caught a southern current, drifted off into the Atlantic Ocean, and finally melted away." The fountain of truth is refreshed. Viriditas ( talk) 07:38, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
The Loch Ness Monster's Song by
Edwin Morgan
Sssnnnwhuffffll?
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl –
gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm.
Hovoplodok – doplodovok – plovodokot-doplodokosh?
Splgraw fok fok splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok!
Zgra kra gka fok!
Grof grawff gahf?
Gombl mbl bl –
blm plm,
blm plm,
blm plm,
blp.
MinorProphet (
talk) 17:48, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
Hello, MinorProphet. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " Knights for the body".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 01:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
I saw a documentary on The Ten Commandments, maybe it was on youtube, and one actress said something like "Filming the golden calf party scene was great fun... days 1 and 2. After that, it wasn't fun anymore." In The Story of David (1976), Jane Seymour plays Bathsheba. The "I have to kill her husband, it's only logical." reasoning is quite understandable. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 16:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Like this:
displayed as
-- Lambiam 14:26, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Done. §
Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty-Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 67v.
Parallel transcription and translation into English. Abbreviations are expanded in square brackets.
Transcription of Getty Ms. 33, fol. 67v | English translation of Ms. 33, fol. 67v |
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(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67va 12292-12309) |
(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67va 12292-12309) |
(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67vb 12310-12327) |
(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67vb 12310-12327) |
References
MinorProphet ( talk) 17:24, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
@ InedibleHulk: "She" is Tharbis, Moses' first wife. The main part of the text relating to Tharbis and Moses is on the previous one-and-a-bit folios, and as far as I know hasn't been transcribed or translated. The first two lines on this folio are the very end of the Tarbis story. The rest tells of Moses killing an Egyptian overseer. There's also Tabriz, a city. As to spelling, which particular image description are you thinking of? MinorProphet ( talk) 22:56, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
I've started a discussion about the use of David Irving as a source here. Nigel Ish ( talk) 18:26, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
This is (unsurprisingly) my talk page
MinorProphet (
talk) 06:43, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Been here for a while, astound me. MinorProphet ( talk) 21:07, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Three years! |
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:09, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
I think that your edit summary here was inappropriate and insulting. Wikipedia should be a supportive environment. Verbcatcher ( talk) 03:10, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
... poetry is better, - will return to that! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:19, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Walter Elmer Schofield, Across the River (1904), Carnegie Museum of Art. |
Best wishes for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2021. | |
Thank you for your contributions toward making Wikipedia a better and more accurate place. BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 13:17, 26 December 2020 (UTC) Oneupsmanship: This painting turned the friendly rivalry between Edward Redfield and Elmer Schofield into a feud. Schofield was a frequent houseguest at Redfield's farm, upstream from New Hope, Pennsylvania, and the two would go out painting together, competing to capture the better view. Redfield served on the jury for the 1904 Annual Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute; at which, despite Redfield's opposition, Across the River was awarded the Gold Medal and $1,500 prize. It was not until a 1963 interview that the 93-year-old Redfield revealed the painting as the cause of the 40-year feud between them. Schofield may have painted it in England, but a blindsided Redfield knew that it was a view of the Delaware River, from his own front yard! |
Re:HMS Kingfisher (1804). You added the line that Thomas Sutcliff was captured but managed to escape. However what is not clear is what vessel he was on: Kingfisher or one of the French frigates? And in either case, how had he come to be captured, and when was that? It does not appear to have occurred in the action. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 18:24, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
The incident happened after the capture of Zante, starting on the 28th October. I'm sorry for putting the sentence in the wrong place.
Reffing is obviously very personal, but I do feel that the lack of a single referencing style detracts from WP's overall effect. Britannica has its own, and every single other worthwhile journal has its own house style, but imo WP appears as a shoddy free-for-all in this department, despite the better individual articles maintaining a consistent style. RS is one of the pillars of WP; but you are allowed to refer to these prized sources with nothing more than a bare url, which seems a slight kick in the face. I realise that it takes considerable effort just to grasp the idea of referencing, let alone master any particular style. Although I have reservations about the displayed output of {{cite book}}, which tends towards scientific journals rather than a literary "Oxford" style, at least every source is displayed in a consistent way. What's your particular gripe about sfns? It's always good to hear the opposite POV. MinorProphet ( talk) 01:15, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Many moons ago you added members to the table of Calydonian Boar hunters given by Apollodorus, 1.8.2, which were not already in the table. The table had a column for each of the sources from whose lists the table was derived: Pausanias, Hyginus and Ovid. But when you added Apollodorus, to the list of sources, you didn't add the corresponding column for Apollodorus, with the appropriate checkmarks. Someone should do that. I thought I'd let you know, in case you were interested in doing this. (If not, then I might do this myself ... someday ;-) Paul August ☎ 15:25, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Fields starting on a new line start with a single pipe, subsequent fields on the same line are separated by double pipes. So:
is equivalent to
is equivalent to
While
will not give the desired result.
As for fields all on one line vs each on a separate line, counting horizontally vs vertical seems all the same to me. But I guess I don't actually count, rather I simply visualize, comparing the single horizontal line of fields in the file, with the intended horizontal row of the displayed table. Each to his own. Paul August ☎ 15:55, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
I also imagine that...
What sort of mathematician are you? If I were to mention Archimedes, what would you say? NB Loaded question... (ie would you happen to speak mathematical German?) MinorProphet ( talk) 22:23, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
An "inline-V" engine isn't a contradiction in aviation, but is generally used for non-radial engines including V engines. See Inline engine (aeronautics). I'm not going to revert your edit here, however, because changing "inline" to "inverted" is a good change. Cheers. BilCat ( talk) 06:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks MinorProphet for your answer to my question on categories in BrownHairedGirl. Something bizarre has happened to that talk page. I cannot get it from the original link and another page of BrownHairedGirl has crossouts and question marks all over the place. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for the time and trouble you took to answer me and I will follow through your suggestions. Gladiator-Citizen ( talk) 10:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Back in 2013, you
added a short cite to "Adams 2011" but no such source is listed in the bibliography. Can you please add? Also, suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]]
to
your common.js page. Thanks,
Renata (
talk) 20:04, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Got one, perhaps a Model 10x (plus about 1,500 discs). Although externally in appalling disrepair, it still functions as designed. MinorProphet ( talk) 16:47, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
Bought/downloaded and read everything. MinorProphet ( talk) 16:47, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
I have no hesitation in reproducing this passage from Prolegomena. For me it has no equal except in the most passionate verses of Isaiah from ch. 40 onwards, and knocks most the rest of the into a cocked hat:
See also in German Prolegomena, p. 406
W.'s English version differs slightly from the original German, being slightly expanded to amplify his first thoughts. MinorProphet ( talk) 07:48, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
There are many gods of the older variety, most not currently in general favour. MinorProphet ( talk) 16:47, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
What's your favourite piece/conducted by...? I've sung most of the choral orchestral works, and heard Boult (sitting on a stool) conducting 2nd Symphony with the LSO? in the Royal Festival Hall c.1976. See also British Symphony Orchestra. MinorProphet ( talk) 17:04, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello. Help improve and copy edit. Thanks you. Kolpb ( talk) 09:17, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi again, SV 66. I hope you are well. As a result of our lively and worthwhile discussions at Talk:Sd.Kfz. 8 some six months back, I started a draft article at User:MinorProphet/Draft subpages/WW2 ZF gearboxes in an attempt to consolidate and expand the info we found. Although it is still very much a draft, I wonder if you could have a swift glance at it and let me know what you think. I still haven't discovered the actual type of gearbox used in the 12-tonner, by the way.
Following on from the 12-tonner article and general half-track info, I also started User:MinorProphet/Draft subpages/Panzer Artillery Regiments, just for my own interest: it's not much more than a specialised subset of Panzer division - is it even worth publishing?
Lastly: a couple of years ago as a result of randomly coming across the Jeddah massacre of 1858 article, I started a draft of User:MinorProphet/Draft subpages/HMS Cyclops (1839). There are a still a number of incomplete refs and sources which it would be trivial to sort out. At the time Error: {{ HMS}} invalid control parameter: 4 ( help) didn't exist. As the draft grew I became aware that there was a considerable amount of background information which wouldn't fit too well into a standard WP article on a Navy vessel, although the Oriental Crisis of 1840 covers some of the ground. Then I discovered that someone had published the current Cyclops article. I personally feel that my draft is considerably more complete. I have proposed some sort of merge with the current live article on its talk page (no-one has replied as of November 2021), but I'm not quite sure whether or how to proceed. As you know, I prefer ref & cite templates (hah!) and am not particularly willing to change my whole reffing scheme to suit. Again, I wonder if you could perhaps spare the time to run through my somewhat lengthy draft and give me your opinion. I'm not looking for a FA review or anything, although I hope that it meets some sort of standard. Best wishes, > MinorProphet ( talk) 21:07, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Just so you know, if you need to remove personal info, it's best to remove it and send it to Oversight where they will make it so no one will see it if they deem it necessary to be oversighted (if you think something should be oversighted, send it to them just in case and if they deem it not oversightable then it's fine). ― Blaze The Wolf TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:34, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos (c.1812), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
Best wishes for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2022. | |
Thank you for your contributions toward making Wikipedia a better and more accurate place. BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 19:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Moral lesson: John Vanderlyn was an American painter who studied in Paris, and his life-sized Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos was one of the first large nudes exhibited in the United States. Peddling the poison as well as the cure, this overtly sensuous work was presented to the public as a moral lesson on the consequences of lascivious behavior. Visible in the distance is the ship of Princess Ariadne's secret lover, Theseus, for whom she has betrayed her people by helping him to escape the Labyrinth and slay the Minotaur. Ariadne's bliss will come to an end when she awakens from her post-coital reverie, only to discover that the faithless Theseus has sailed away without her. |
MinorProphet,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (
talk) 14:02, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
Heya! Did you mean to create MinorProphet/common.css in the mainspace? Bsoyka ( talk · contribs) 02:48, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I do not understand why you did not use the info on the webpage to update the article. Why is it the responsibility of a monolingual editor (me) to somehow translate a French website? Georgejdorner ( talk) 21:43, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Ref desk/Humanities/Culture series, 9 October 2022
…For your encouragement with the Culture series. I’m now about to start book three because of you! I really enjoyed The Player of Games, and it was interesting to see how Banks dialed back the cruelty in a big way, much more so than the first book. One question that did come up for me: I’ve noticed people talking elsewhere about how Banks is an anarchist and that this is expressed in how he talks about the Culture and its structure or composition. Without ruining the next seven books for me, I was wondering if you could comment on this. I’ve deliberately prevented myself from reading anything about him or the series so as to not encounter any spoilers by accident. Again, thanks for the encouragement to keep at it. Viriditas ( talk) 19:59, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you, but I finally finished the third book and I’m about to start the fourth one. I was wondering what you thought of Bank’s use of the unreliable narrator, as all three books I’ve read so far make use of this device. This is not something I’ve encountered in the genre of science fiction before. Is this part of Bank’s style, or is it something he brought to the genre from his work in other genres? Viriditas ( talk) 01:26, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
"Use of Weapons" Banks novel discussion forum
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Archiving Instructions:
@ EcheveriaJ: There are various ways to create an {{ archive}}, but in my limited experience they tend to lead right up your own fundament. This is my personal method which I never attempt unless blindly drunk. There's always tomorrow/the day after for a revert.
Talk:Axel Auriant/Archive x
where x=1
, etc., and
boldly create that red-linked page. Save/Publish it, with an edit summary of "Creating Archive x
" although it consists of nothing. It will complain that the page is blank: save it anyway. The resulting title should be eg Talk:Axel Auriant/Archive 1
Then click the 'Edit' button. There will be nothing.{{Archives|auto=yes|search=yes|}}
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: and you should be done (hah!) There's always the 'Undo' button, but if you have got this far without mishap,
splice the mainbrace.x
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and so forth ad. inf. More experienced editors may show you how to do this automatically.
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MinorProphet (
talk) 01:51, 28 December 2021 (UTC) my daily stories |
you made my day today -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:49, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:35, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:56, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Good evening, could you make a change similar to the one you made on the Torta Barozzi page also on the Gabellotto page? JackkBrown ( talk) 22:46, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Please provide supporting evidence, or least the relevant passage from MOS, for the claim you make about the proper use of single and double quotes in this edit. — Epipelagic ( talk) 06:04, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
Now, I have to set this thing up just to show you I can do it! I'm currently stuck on Matter. Only half way through. Viriditas ( talk) 09:36, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
@ Viriditas: It seems like you definitely enjoyed Excession. I don't remember a single thing about Matter - try skipping a chapter or two, and if you get confused, go back and try again. I certainly remember Surface Detail being a whole load more gripping, another level of involvement. There's no need to plough through something for the sake of having read it - many's the book I have thrown into a dark corner, never to be picked up again. Not everything is a masterpiece. Glad you are still sticking with Banks, he's one of my favourites. Have you ever tried Philip K. Dick, epecially the short stories (4 vols.)? Really intense - or Alfred Bester? You'll deffo have to get that garden going now. The Flawed Genius sends warm greetings. Best as always, MinorProphet ( talk) 21:34, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
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Just wanted to let you know, I appreciated this comment. [1] As can be expected, Baseball Bugs did not. [2] In honor of your musings, I give you (in a most unrelated development) the saddest sentence ever written on Wikipedia. Are you ready for this? Fasten your seat belt. Here we go: "It is estimated that sometime after July 1983, the iceberg eventually worked its way to the outside of the Arctic ice pack, where it caught a southern current, drifted off into the Atlantic Ocean, and finally melted away." The fountain of truth is refreshed. Viriditas ( talk) 07:38, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
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I saw a documentary on The Ten Commandments, maybe it was on youtube, and one actress said something like "Filming the golden calf party scene was great fun... days 1 and 2. After that, it wasn't fun anymore." In The Story of David (1976), Jane Seymour plays Bathsheba. The "I have to kill her husband, it's only logical." reasoning is quite understandable. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 16:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Like this:
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-- Lambiam 14:26, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
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Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty-Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 67v.
Parallel transcription and translation into English. Abbreviations are expanded in square brackets.
Transcription of Getty Ms. 33, fol. 67v | English translation of Ms. 33, fol. 67v |
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(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67va 12292-12309) |
(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67va 12292-12309) |
(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67vb 12310-12327) |
(Christherre-Chronik fol. 67vb 12310-12327) |
References
MinorProphet ( talk) 17:24, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
@ InedibleHulk: "She" is Tharbis, Moses' first wife. The main part of the text relating to Tharbis and Moses is on the previous one-and-a-bit folios, and as far as I know hasn't been transcribed or translated. The first two lines on this folio are the very end of the Tarbis story. The rest tells of Moses killing an Egyptian overseer. There's also Tabriz, a city. As to spelling, which particular image description are you thinking of? MinorProphet ( talk) 22:56, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
I've started a discussion about the use of David Irving as a source here. Nigel Ish ( talk) 18:26, 4 March 2024 (UTC)