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On 25 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gingerbread house, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the world's largest gingerbread house(example pictured) had edible walls and measured 2,520 square feet (234 m2)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gingerbread house. 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 another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
' Oh nice, Yngvadottir. I was wondering a bit, I don't think that it stayed as DYK even the whole 24 hours, it was changed pretty rapidly. Hafspajen (talk) 16:24, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) x 2!!!! Maybe the very kind and ever so efficient/helpful Yngvadottir could add it to the stats, as it takes me hours to work out how to do it (and I think I get the figures wrong half the time! ) By the way, Hafspajen, it was up for 12 hours (from midnight until noon, UK time) - it depends on what time cycle is set at DYK, occasionally it's only eight hours. SagaciousPhil - Chat16:47, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Christmas dinnerMachinima of Santa Claus's reindeer filmed in Second life Imploring that Hpj enjoys a sumptuous Christmas holiday and a naughty New Year! First play this → → →
Now play this! I dare you to tell me that you did not smile.
I uploaded the new video of the making of the 2013 White House Gingerbread House. Much better than that Nixon stuff!
I packed the galleries (mode=packed) same space taken up, but white borders eliminated, the pix appear much larger. This might take some getting used to, but is definitely better IMHO. Feel free to revert this, but, please take a minute to decide first.
Thanks, Smallbones. Love that White house action picture. Much better than that Nixon stuff! About the galleries - Well As I tell everybody - uneven galleries gives me the creeps. Can't you do it so they are displaced evenly? Hafspajen (talk) 12:28, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I don't think we can control whether the galleries come out even or uneven, either with packed mode or without it. It all depends on the reader's settings as far as the width of his/her screen and maybe the size of the type they've selected. You can set this so that your screen comes out even, but that's just one reader. I might check after the holidays with the tech folks at WMF if there is some workaround, but I'd guess it's not easy. Congrats again - it looks beautiful (at least on my screen)! Smallbones(smalltalk)14:48, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to please you. If it depends on the reader's settings as far as the width of his/her screen - there sould be a solution for this, no? I am using full screen. At this moment on my screen Gingerbread houses gallery and the Other shapes gallery is twice as big as the Historical gingerbread shaping moulds gallery. The Merry-go-round in gingerbread - picture stans alone as a single picture in a third row, an all the pictures in the Gingerbread houses gallery and the Other shapes gallery are of different sizes. I don't know how it looks like on yours. Don't know how other editors experience my work, and this makes me a bit confused. Hafspajen (talk) 15:02, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Hafspajen, I hope you're having a great Christmas! You can be very proud of the Gingerbread house article - it looks really good. Just to say that the galleries look entirely different on my MacBook than on my iPad, so the screens etc do make a difference. I love the image of the White House made from gingerbread! Now it's time for me to have some beetroot soup before finishing cooking - everyone is waiting and I don't think "but I'm complimenting my friend" will be a good excuse for a burnt Christmas dinner! SagaciousPhil - Chat15:15, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! it was great enough. Now that would be a terrible thing (burnt Christmas dinner)! But the Gingerbread houses wouldn't been there where they were (tonight - I may say) - without YOU. You have to tell me how does it looks on your MacBook and on your iPad, when you have some spare time! This confuses me a geat deal, how am I suppose to know how my work look like everywhere. Hafspajen (talk) 15:34, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This might fit in one of your galleries above. It might also cheer you up a bit. Can you find a painting of "Verifiability?"
Your work looks different everywhere! BTW, I increased the size (height) of the gingerbread molds so that they appear bigger compared to the others. The heights were set the same, but since the widths of the molds was narrower, the overall pix were smaller (and even "appeared" shorter). Here's an exercise for you to get an idea of what happens when you change one of your settings. I'm on a MacBook Pro notebook, and this will all look different if you are on a different machine. Get out of fullscreen so that you can change the width of the browser window manually. Look at the galleries and change the width in and out. See how the galleries jump around. Well there are an esesentially infinite number of people on a very large number of different types of computers with maybe a dozen different settings each that they can set. Somebody will be viewing the article as you saw it at each step of the in-and-out exercise. Now change the zoom setting to 125% from 100% ....
Hope this helps All of this relative display stuff is a built-in design choice of the wiki software, and to a large extent to HTML in general. Smallbones(smalltalk)16:17, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This sounds like a serious problem to me. Isn't any way of making articles the same way everywhere? We had this problem raised once with one computer programing guy, but I am not sure that anything happened. YOu should try to look on the fullscteen. I say that the galleries looked better the first version on full screen. But the real problem is that it looks like there is no way to make everybody happy - and that people editing on one screen have no idea how it looks like for the others - and this sounds really distressing. Do you follow me? Hafspajen (talk) 16:55, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I follow and felt much the same way when I figured this out. Remember back when certain websites would say "this site appears better when using Internet Explorer"? I think they were right IF you were using the standard windows machine, with the standard settings, in the standard way they expect you to use it. But, these days there is no standard computer, no standard browser, no real standard settings, and people don't compute/browse in any standard ways. I believe that the relative display biases built into html and the wiki software isjust an acknowledgement of this. Suppose we set everything here to appear perfect on the MacBookPro with a Chrome browser, everything on the default settings. Now a new supermachine comes along (takes great photos and movies while talking on the phone and having a video meeting at the same time you browse on the internet and search a database and tricords) - its settings will change the displays and we'd have to rework everything when everybody adopts it. BTW, you can rejigger many of your settings in Wikipedia via the preferences tab. Now I'm not sure I'd want to change the situation, and don't know how to change it. Smallbones(smalltalk)17:30, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
And look Gingerbread house was viewed over 5,000 times yesterday! –––> [2] I'll re-check the figures tomorrow morning and then add it to the DYK stats for you - probably with all different screen sizes? SagaciousPhil - Chat09:26, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
At least 25,000, so it won't make it into that I'm afraid! Have you ever thought about archiving some of your talk page? It's lovely with all your pictures but getting very, very long - I will get repetitive strain injury when scrolling down it soon . When you look at my talk page, does the 'Morning Sagaciousphil' under the archive box change? I've been trying to get it to alter so it shows the name of whoever is looking at it. I've tried using the templates {{Current user}} and {{Revisionuser}} but I don't know if they are working or if I've even done it right! SagaciousPhil - Chat13:30, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
After all that work, I'm going to make it longer again!
Sagaciousphil has hugged you! Hugs promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better (and hopefully wasn't meant as an invasion of personal space). Spread the WikiLove by hugging at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Hug others by adding {{subst:Hug}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
SoooAnd a good reason too.. "salami screamer", "the little nipper", "the big one", "meaty muncher", "the football fetch toy", "sausage stretch" and "flaming finger"! Hafspajen (talk) 22:54, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TKK is hoping you have a happy, power outage-free winter holiday season, no matter what holidays you celebrate! Here's to food, drink, playing in the snow, and one more year of meeting our editing goals!
Thank you very much for your nice and thoughtful wishes. So far so good - for the Christmas holidays. There was plenty of food and drink and a lot of fun. And I really need a year like that. Nice. But - Oh my good Tikuko. a cat? Give me a dog please, any dog ...Bark at me, Tikuko, bark at me, remember? Bark at me, Tikuko, bark at me, please. Hafspajen (talk) 11:43, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. ...and so on.
Maybe i should optitout, so the page will not go on getting even longer. First you get rid of one bot, and the next will came upon you. Hafspajen (talk) 17:17, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You can just remove the bot notices or if you just put {{bots|deny=DPL bot}} at the top of your talk page, it will stop this one from bothering you! SagaciousPhil - Chat17:33, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much, and all the joys of the season!
Dear Hafspajen,
I haven't been up to logging on to Wiki in the longest time, and I can't tell you how much your not one, but two kind notes mean to me!
I am afraid I'm not au fait with graphics to send or make up a proper e-card / e-note, but the sentiment remains just as sincere in my wishes for you and yours to have a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2014!
Very ambitious. You Know that it took a hundreds of gardeners to maintain the Versailles’s gardens? Wish I had 50 instead the crap I have to work with! Hafspajen (talk) 20:03, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict)*Happy New Year, Hafspajen! Lang may yer lum reek! We will shortly all be singing Auld Lang Syne [3] with a bit of this thrown in for good measure [4] but at the moment we are instead listening to this [5] - I hope you have a brilliant 2014! (and that these links work properly as I really don't do YouTube! BUT nobody can do New Year like we do in Scotland!!! SagaciousPhil - Chat22:44, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Joining arms for Auld Lang Syne is traditional for all events at the end of the evening - weddings, new year and any other opportunity! The fireballs at Stonehaven are brilliant and Up Helly Aa has to be seen to be believed - I now have to wish you all Happy New Year and goodnight as it's almost time for 'the bells' and we have guests arriving with their Black bun and beverages!!! SagaciousPhil - Chat23:45, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, you were very sharp last night — … (surrealistic "un-real" – "sur-real") … you must have slept in the knife drawer the night before, but not the spork (spoon / fork), spife (spoon / knife), knork (knife / fork) and sporf (which is all three) drawer. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| —08:34, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Slept in the knife drawer the night before? That was funny!! (and probably really obekväm = uncomfortable and unpleasant), but sharp! Hafspajen (talk) 12:59, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, Gareth, you know, if you can talk Swedish, you actually do understand the Norwegian - and even the Danish, though their language (the Danish) is slightly more difficult for a Swede due to their custom to talk as they had their mouth full of cheese and they swallow half of their words, so one is just kind of guessing what they meant. All are probably some different dialects of the Old Norse – the old Viking language! Hafspajen (talk) 16:48, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it makes sense. I notice myself that the English sometimes has quite similar words to Swedish and Norwegian words. Could be the reason why your father had such succes learning Norwegian (but he was probably talented at languages - and people from Wales are multilingual from the begining, no?). Rounding-up the Germans was surely a blessing for the poor Norwegians, they actually had concentration camps. Not so pleasant stories are told about the occupation. Hafspajen (talk) 23:00, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It was a bad time in their history. At the end of it, my father shook hands with both Haakon VII, the King of Norway, and their Prime Minister. During the German occupation of World War II the King was an important symbol of national unity and resistance. His steadfast opposition to the German demands of surrender was important for the fighting spirit of the Norwegian population. The constitutional powers granted to the King in the Norwegian monarchial system made his position very important and enabled the government in exile to continue its work with the utmost legitimacy. After the war the Norwegian royal house succeeded in maintaining a balance between regality and approachability. King Olav V was deemed the people's king and the spontaneous show of mourning from the population upon his death in 1991 demonstrated the high standing he had among the Norwegian people. Even republicans were among the masses lighting candles in front of the Palace.[1]— | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| —22:03, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
OK, it is not red any more. Does this mean that my talk page will be different from evrybody else? Because in that case I am going to feel like an alien. Hafspajen (talk) 17:09, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just came by to say hey, nice edit notice. However! Notice and talk page are so big that my cursor can't keep up with my typing. Clearly you never learned to type at the speed I did, haha. Drmies (talk) 21:14, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Both of them, Warrington. No: I see it now, it's the talk page. Right now I'm editing just a section, and it's fine. Would you like me to archive some for you? Or you can do it yourself--what I do is create User talk:Warrington/Archive 1, and then cut and paste the content I want moved. Advantage is, it's easy. Disadvantage, the archive doesn't have a history, but all of that is preserved in the history of the talk page. Drmies (talk) 22:28, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes please, be an admin friend and do it. Why not? Who cares about history. But I don't want to remove my Christmas and New year messagers. Boy, I like this colour! Hafspajen (talk) 22:34, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Gosh, Gareth.You maybe se them both, I mean the first page that was wrong for everybody, but you could se that. You but nobody else. You were complaining that the pics were too big, while nobody could see them. Now you can, as you say, see them both. Weird. What shall we do? Here Matty007 User:Matty.007 was moving thee first page to the next. Maybe this is causing the whole problem. This is how it should look like -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hafspajen/EditnoticeHafspajen (talk) 23:19, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We Welsh have mystic powers. It is true there are two sets; when you choose to edit, you see one set, then two, then just the second. Now look at the scroll bar. Therefore, when editing and then hitting Preview you cannot see the section you are editing without having to scroll down. Maybe lose the Rotating Welcome sign (?) it is all over the talk pages so is not really original. Hope this helps. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| —23:43, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My PC is silent, Gareth (or rather, it doesn't produce the sounds I want), but I already know the Goldfrapp song, and just hoped for a faithful reproduction... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:45, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A very sad thing, indeed. Writing a critical essay (an argumentative piece of writing, aimed at presenting objective analysis of the subject matter, narrowed down to a single topic), that has to be ready soon. It is only 2 o'clock. AND you? Hafspajen (talk) 00:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC).[reply]
When I click on 'Edit', I'm taken to the editing box, but there are also 4 pictures of dragons at the top of the page, with the editing box underneath them. Doesn't that happen with you? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 01:09, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Et tu Brute.... NO, I do have to go somewhere to a different place to check out what is happening. I have no idea how it looks like. Just read the discussion above and att Sag.phils talk. - Oh, wait a minute, how many do you see, eight or four ??????????? If you see only four, than everything is alright. WP:Page notice. Hafspajen (talk) 01:14, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Still incredibly irritated whenever I come here to add some comment or other. Perhaps you will understand why one day. Buzzard — 21:39, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you shouldn't get irritated over such small things, there are other things that are far more irritating, like this, -> just hate people doing this. Are you able to help finding refrences for the content deleted? I put the sections back and now I am trying to find some resources books or what not, from where I can put in some references in the different sections. The Celebration of Boxing Day for example was removed, before and it needs some refs. Hafspajen (talk) 12:54, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Gareth - is the preview/page still very long when you try to edit it, Gareth? I think it's a combination of Hafs talk page being fairly long anyway (although he has reduced it but then SuggestBot came along and added even more to it ). When I look at it in edit mode, three pictures are in a row, then the final one moves down - perhaps if they were made just a tiny smidgeon smaller they would all fit in one row? Are the images in my edit notice too big as well? I'm not very good at image sizing and usually have to rely on Hafspajen to do that! PS:I've just previewed this comment and it doesn't seem to have duplicated the edit notice this time? SagaciousPhil - Chat13:54, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify, I was only asking Hpj why I could see those dragons - I wasn't complaining. I think people should be able to decorate their own pages as they see fit. Sorry GG-J. (Though Hpj should perhaps know that those 4 dragon pics appear as an uneven gallery for me haha!...) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:48, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I really hope it's just a cold. I spent large parts of my weekend sleeping, and am about to prepare to go back to bed, since I have to return to work and I still feel rather strange. I also hope I haven't made any bad mistakes or worded anything in a way that has annoyed anyone :-( Yngvadottir (talk) 21:30, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Please make sure to include an edit summary with every edit. Please provide one before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history.
"Well, you can "warn" someone for not leaving an edit summary, but that's a notice, not a warning. Of course we want people to leave an edit summary, but it's not mandatory and therefore one should not be warned for not having done it." cite Drmies. Hafspajen (talk) 18:32, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't, it happens that I edit the same article ten times and I don't remember to put one. But if you ask why I removed this picture, it was not a very good picture, so it was the reason why. Saw you put that back. Saw that you are the artist who created it too. Why I think is not a very good picture is because the composition is kind of dislocated, the picture show the legs or boots just as much as the two dogs, the puppy is way too small that one should be able to see it well, the Labradoodle in the picture is depicted from the rear, but the tail is off, is cut off out of the picture. The composition is very unbalanced, the left side is almost empty, while the right side is dominated by the Labradoodle’s back and the woman’s boots and skirt, and it does not show much of the dog’s characteristic features, so actually I think you should try to take a better picture to put into the article. There is a conflict of interest when promoting one’s own pictures. Even if I do understand the creator’s feelings for liking their own pictures, it’s not a good enough reason. Hafspajen (talk) 19:40, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've just removed the image from the article as it does not add anything because neither of the dogs can be seen properly. PS - I thought we were now in 2014 (see the heading for this section ). SagaciousPhil - Chat20:09, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The user page brings up a question: why is Category:Deletionist Wikipedians being apparently used as evidence to support inclusion in Category:Wikipedian_physicians? Very weird. And yes, the back end of a labradoodle is indisputably of the utmost importance. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 14:52, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Hafspajen, I'm not saying this is the best, or even a usable source, but this was the first thing I found about Leda's being raped, not seduced, by Zeus: [9]. LadyofShalott01:32, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, yes it says in Yeats version. In many versions of the story, Zeus merely seduces Leda. This is definitely not the case in Yeats's graphic version. In the Greek mytology it is seduction, but as you say, Yeats may have his own version. But then it has to be precise meaning, in Yeats version, this and this poem. But, as a final thing, this doesn't sounds like a real rape to me. [10]Hafspajen (talk) 03:23, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I am a bit confused, who painted what? I have to confess that I don't know this artist, just found a picture about that dog, and it WAS a good picture. And I thought for myself, weird he has no article. Hafspajen (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for adding the pics into the draft for me, Hafspajen, it's very much appreciated! I've a long way to go on it yet but I've managed to find plenty of refs to use. I'm just hoping that once the weather improves - it's a bit wet and miserable today - I'll then be able to get some pictures of the mausoleum, which is in some woodland a little distance from the main house and up a rather rough muddy track. I think to get Drmies to notice (s)he is sitting in the Cultural depictions of dogs article, you might need to link his/her name in the caption? SagaciousPhil - Chat13:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I wish you would stop doing this stuff! The correct Spanish title is La maja desnuda. Why on earth use a title half-capitalized by Spanish rules and half by English ones? Please research these things more carefully & ask on the talk page first. Johnbod (talk) 16:42, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
All English art books use Maja naked, (known in English as The Nude Maja or sometimes The Naked Maja). I think instead of fuming try to explain this in the article, because it is obviously a problem. It is obviously a issue, AND it is NOT explained in the lead. Hafspajen (talk) 16:52, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And I have to ask, Johnbod, if we shouldn't have some kind of solution here, because the The Clothed Maja has an English title, while La maja desnuda Spanish. We should have them either both English, or both Spanish. (Spanish with the proper explanation). Hafspajen (talk) 17:17, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed - in the large Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya, this now the only one in Spanish, though it is one more often referred to by the Spanish title in WP:RS. I'm dubious that these titles go back to Goya anyway. The Prado English Guide uses "The Naked Maja". But it should be done properly with a WP:RM. Johnbod (talk) 17:34, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not confused! Actually there is a good case for merging the two, which have been together since the 2nd was painted. It's no surprize that the Naked gets about 15 times more views that the Clothed. Johnbod (talk) 17:45, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What, no thanking? Speaking of which, there has only been one block so far for abuse of the "thanks" function AFAIK, but are you aware that I'm the admin who placed that block?[11]Whole ANI thread here. Think about it. (Kidding! I wouldn't want to confuse you this time.) Bishonen | talk19:33, 17 January 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, and now please remove that scatebord from the article before we will be forced to contact the Latin, Icelandic and Indonesian Wiki community, when driven by their hunger for dogpictures start translating the article. :) Hafspajen (talk) 19:54, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, no, please.. :-( Did you click on the YouTube link, Tillman skateboarding? Very skilled and having a lot of fun! The little Veracruzian dog has the same determined appearance, you can practically see the leg muscles working. Think about it this way: it's standing on a "wheeled platform". What is a wheeled platform for standing on, if not a skateboard?
If you mess with me, I might start the section "Cultural depictions of dogs in popular culture," full of skateboarding dogs and BrewDog beers. I can feel it coming on, and I assure you a YouTube video is a cultural depiction. Bishonen | talk20:22, 17 January 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Yes, I messed with the bulldog on the skatebord!!! Nice footwork. Yes please, do start a new section: Bishonen's drunk BrewDog beers skateboarding dogs drinking Bear-beer. Hafspajen (talk) 21:46, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Nice! If I don't have to call you hen, of course. This is the last stupidity in Sweden, one should start calling people instead of he and she - hen. Neutral genus. Brand new word, and most silly. I have a secret passion for dark beer like Guinness beer, and Porter (beer). You maybe think that is - too .. well or? Hafspajen (talk) 20:25, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Listen, there is an userbox for Architects, nothing for Landscape architects. I was leaving messages at the template userbox pages, - nothing - but it would be nice to have one. I mean to post it officially for everyone, who has this profession. My is just some kind of fake box. Hafspajen (talk) 22:04, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hafspajen, you've been around for a while. You should know that you can't simply carve a bit off the lead and shove it in front of the etymology. Where present, the etymology goes first in the main. You have to find the right place for the cut'n'paste, and give it an appropriate heading that reflects the info that's in the new section. If you don't know what to do with it, then leave a request on the talk page. Amandajm (talk) 23:39, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you fixed that yourself. The lead WAS to long indeed, and now is not. And you came to tell me I was wrong, like to tell to people how they should behave, right? You think that people will appreciate it. Hafspajen (talk) 00:09, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I fixed it. But it really was alright where it was. It was a little long, but was still general stuff that applied to all monasteries.
The reason that I left you a message was to encourage you to think more carefully about the placement of a cut and paste in the future. The order in which material is arranged is important to the article. Because there is a clear division into lead and body-text, the beginning of the main text needs to start in the right way, not just as a continuation of the lead.
A simple follow-on works OK in very short articles about a single object, but not in an article that covers 1) a wide definition 2) the whole world 3) a big time span 4) lots of cultures.
Well you probably thought I needed encouraging. But where is that rule about Where present, the etymology goes first in the main. I was really looking for it everywhere and went on and on at the Manual of Style, and nothing. Hafspajen (talk) 11:42, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hafspajen, I haven't quoted "Manual of style" at you. You are right. It probably is not in the manual of style. The manual of style doesn't tell you everything. The manual of style doesn't tell you how to think. This is about looking, reading, and thinking about the best place for information to go. Common sense tells you that definitions go before more general stuff..... that is the reason why articles that included definitions always have them first in the main section. Most people don't need to have it explained to them. Amandajm (talk) 13:59, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
In that case I think that sometimes the general information is more important that the etymology, unless there is some special need for knowing something urgently about it, Amandajm. We had a very pushy editor in the past who tried to put etymology as the most important thing in the world everywhere and that give me some aversion against it too. He also tried to convince people that most words had a Romanian origin, while they were actually Latin. He got himself blocked indefinitly finally. Hafspajen (talk) 14:09, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe we should wash them like Sagaciousphil washes her dogs and hang them by their wingspan of a B52 like Martinevans123 - Teddyevans123...Hafspajen (talk) 14:24, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm confused.com ...
The Welsh rescue team bobsleigh from Davos, ca. 1910
Why does SuggestBot insist on being at the very top of your talk page? I think Gareth needs to work some magic to sort it out (or to go and hit SuggestBot on the head for being so ill mannered and jumping above everyone else?). SagaciousPhil - Chat13:00, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, maybe yes. I am a little bit interested in some of the articles suggested, but this bot creates a mayhem every time is landing. Hafspajen (talk) 18:22, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
(waves to the dwaggies) Hippolife is a very short new article that was created in Swedish. I have nominated it for speedy deletion, but is it by any chance so well known in its field that you know of it and would like the article saved? I've asked the creator, but they may not see my note in time or may not dare click the button. Let me know if I should reverse the speedy nom. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:13, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A four-leaf clover was consistently believed to be a lucky charm. This very old Irish verse describes why:
Four leaf cloverOne leaf is for fame, And one leaf is for wealth, And one is for a faithful lover, And one to bring you glorious health, Are all in the four-leaved clover.[2]Spring is on her way
So, you think that WP:UA is better than WP:GA, is that it, eh? [12]
In certain things I am inclined to agree with you, and then, of course there are other points to consider too. But in the whole, I might think that we need more references and not so many not so neutral wordings. One have to think of the neutality policy.(just kidding)
And of course I and going to be extremely thankfull, 74, if you would decide to stop doing this Swedis Royalty stuff and get an account, but by now we all realize that there is no chance. So we will have to call you 74 for ever and ever, no? Hafspajen (talk) 23:51, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There are plenty good names out there, like Rosalina and Rufus, or Ronyx-Onyx or Repstege if you want something original. And this is only the RRR. Hafspajen (talk) 23:53, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, easier than a seventy-four-letter approach, right? Hmmmm.... I've always wanted to be a galaxy in andromeda... or Hurricane Tungsten by Lee Daniel Crocker.[13] (DYK, that a professional dealer in Las Vegas can perform five shuffles in six to eight seconds?) You can call me HT, if you get bored of 74 and 4711 and such things. p.s. As for yourself...[14]74.192.84.101 (talk) 03:04, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh Gerda, you are just jealous of the real-o-verse, because you want 28 *here* for us. But they are not gone, they are just (at least temporarily) in the real-o-verse, and may return someday. In the meanwhile, while it is a loss for us that they are not here helping improve wikipedia right now, it is a win that they are improving the real-o-verse, correct? Doing notable things, is also Good, methinks. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 02:07, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No, I am not jealous, don't give me that ;) - yes, I know he's doing good things for REAL. (It's he, pictured in the refs for the dangerous animal.) - also yes: he was reliably at my side when I needed help HERE, - but I will manage, growing up, have to ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Captain Hafspajen WE HAVE MOVEMENT on the wikiscope. Corporal Gerda reports flamethrowing ducks at 13 o'clock. All hands on-wiki, dragons included, no time to File. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 05:41, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank your for humming (whose melody?) Magnificat and the pic, - for now I preferred a brighter one but may get back to your once the article grows up more, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My talk, will you find where you left sapphires? Line 6: "Hope is precious and great joy is found in living", with a link, - good duck luck, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:05, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Hafspajen, I noticed that you are arranging pics on this page. I moved one pic because the text had large gaps and also to justify it. Can you check if everything is fine; if not then please let me know and I will revert my change. Thanks Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 14:32, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Your wish is my command, Phil why don't you remove that pic of the lab? Or all we all waiting for Gareth Griffith-Jones to do it for uss? Hafspajen (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I think it looks better than a dog sitting! I've changed the caption slightly - although part of the dog's coat has been clipped, a lot is scissor work so I've used a more generic 'trimmed'. Re the choc selfie - I was kind of hoping whoever did the work to bring it up to GA might have removed it ... SagaciousPhil - Chat15:11, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
'If you don't like the changes just put them back were it was. This article was on the list of the SuggestBot recommends these articles. Removed that but keept some of the suggestions above, Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot Fixing style/layout errors. No, it is not a special interest for me, dogs are, yes, but this is only a dog related thing. Why do you ask, Dougweller? Hafspajen (talk) 15:44, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, they are. Don't worry, 11 years for a miniature poodle is nothing. Just middle age. These small breeds if taken care of might live up to 15-19 years sometime. Hafspajen (talk) 13:18, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Tried to make up myif you cropped or went back for a new pic. I think you cropped it, no? No, wrong, it is a new picture. It is different. Hafspajen (talk) 16:27, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You can't get into the mansion house (the owners live abroad but it's still in private ownership). You can get into the extensive grounds and it's used a lot by local people especially for walking their dogs. A lot of the very scattered cottages - including one of the lodge houses - are let out as holiday cottages. SagaciousPhil - Chat16:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If I had a house like this I would probably like living in it. But, tastes are different. Nice of them to keep the park open, for people. Hafspajen (talk) 17:02, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It has been more than 300 years that Voltaire said any of those quotes, and to this day, there is not even 1 reliable source that backs them. Regarding the quotes, that we are discussing on Voltaire's page. The ones about Islam. Bladesmulti (talk) 16:15, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Again, point was. That it has been over 250-300 years that he lived/died. Surely, there should be multiple reliable sources for attributing anything that he has said. And if we can't gather, that means the information is wrong or irrelevant for adding here? That's it. Bladesmulti (talk) 16:21, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Talking about the quotes that are appearing on the section at this moment, and by other users, not yours, yours got thousands of sources. Bladesmulti (talk) 16:29, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Hafspajen. I'm wondering why you came to the decision that the Mrs Sarah Siddons - WGA8419.jpg at 124 KB is a better pic than Thomas Gainsborough 015.jpg 189 KB. For the sake of 65 KB, the image file used earlier is actually a better reproduction and is larger and more detailed at full resolution. The image you've replaced it with has basically only had the contrast lifted, brightening bolder colours which aren't prominent in the actual original, and has lost softer detail characteristic of Gainsborough's Rococo-influenced style.
Well you got a point on that one, more detailed at full resolution. My reason was only clearer colours, at the very size it is presented in the infobox. That infobox is making it too small, or is there any way of increasing the px? Maybe it should be in the article? Hafspajen (talk) 03:04, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, I'll take a look at at all of the convolutions on infobox parameters and see what I can come up with. There isn't any intuitive way in which to address it except in the body of an article. I'll let you know whether there's an easy method of doing this. I'm sure it'd come in handy for both of us for future reference. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:24, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply] Illustration beats explanation. Western Engraving & Colortype Co.
I really don't know what the thinking behind it is. Galleries as separate from Wiki Commons galleries, as well as enormous, irrelevant and gratuitous image usage proliferates articles and no one seems to care about how byte-heavy 10 views of the same building or oversized pics of supermodels are... but there's something 'wrong' about a reasonably sized image for an infobox. Nice to know I'm not a lone wolf howling at the moon. Obviously, being able to recognise the subject of an article isn't as important as a pic per 1 sentence sections. Maybe it's an exercise in making stubs look like articles. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:52, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
'Welll... I like images, especially in the art articles. It is wery difficult to explain a painting, much easier to show. Let's take Monsieur du Vaucel, for example. File:Monsieur du Vaucel.jpg Shall I say, Monsieur du Vaucel looks like a pear, with long white wavy wig? Much better to show Monsieur du Vaucel. But Some galleries are to much. White is an article that it just go mad with image galleries, for example. Hafspajen (talk) 04:06, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly have no objection to galleries and pics in sections where they are relevant. I do get infuriated when they are essentially nationalistic propaganda (which is how I define 'gratuitous'). Sadly, I haven't found any information regarding resizing images slightly for infoboxes. I've tried the usual tweaks which only increase the size of the box, even though they target the image. I might take it to the Village pump and hope to get a sympathetic ear as I've noticed a few others have been querying the same thing since the end of December/early January. Something to do with the 'agile programming' for VE??? I'll keep you in the loop. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I hope too, Iryna Harpy, that you get a sympathetic ear ... put me on that list for those who has problems with it too. After all, if you say - lead images are quite alright at 300px (and most images in the lead are usally big) - then why make userboxes where the image is impossible to adjust and is even smaller than thumb size? Hafspajen (talk) 14:47, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
So I did, and ran into edit conflict ;) - can you please - wherever you know, add year, technique, size and where? model in the infobox. We need sources! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:51, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
international image inspiration
Thank you, returned Swedish user full of images, lover of (hot) dogs, for quality articles on art and artists, not only here but also in Swedish, including the pictured gem, and for inspiring others in your charming way to write together around the images you find abundantly, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are welcome to a great group. Today, the third year started, marked by moving the archive to a proper name and position, did you know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No, I only reviewed it for DYK. Did you read in the article that it saved a village from starvation, that a chef won a competition with it, and there's a children's book? For dessert: Nelson Mass, we'll sing it for Easter. - Dear knight, I have another job for you: please watch Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák), for vandalism. If you look at the recent history, I reverted nonsense several times. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:50, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you have new messages. Your talk page is like spagetti, and I am tired of it. Tired of rolling up and down and get lost in it, all the time, all the time. Let's discuss - Mandy - How about that breakfast - saving then? Some refs ->[17][18][19][20]Musical snow globeSnow globe-3rd, 7th and 9th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita . Hafspajen (talk) 20:13, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if my talkpage is like a lump of spaghetti, your talkpage is like... a museum! Cool window, especially. :-) Thanks for my pillow-fighters, do you like my caption? I cannot help you restore breakfast, this month anyways. But with any luck, we can bring in some newcomers to balance out the deletionists. About nine inclusionists, for every one deletionist, sounds about right. What are you up to nowadays, besides decorating talkpages with art? 74.192.84.101 (talk) 00:58, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Nice car. Convertibles are all the rage nowadays. Wind in your hair, sun on your arms, all that jazz. :-) Have you seen that movie, with the car, and the girl? You know, the good one. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 01:34, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hej, Hafspajen. I just learned that "recent changes" patrolling can actually make you hungry. But here's a piece of cake for you adding some links to the article. De728631 (talk) 17:24, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
On 14 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anecdotes de Suède, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Anecdotes de Suède, a polemic against the Swedish regime of the 1680s, appeared in French, German, and English before finally being published in Swedish in 1822? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anecdotes de Suède. 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 another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
OK I am about done for now (and headed for bed for a couple of hours).
I commented out the bit about the Vienna and Florence Art Societies; I could not find that in any of the sources. If it's in the Handlexikon, that would be lovely ... if not, please see if you can track it down.
I left the bit about his use of colours changing, but there is no source for that either that I can find. Can you find one? Yes, that was the one about this: but could also paint psychologically incisive portraits is in here. [21].
I cannot see Märta Holkers' book in GoogleBooks, and I haven't found anyone else citing her on Roslin either. A page number or two would be great, especially on the bit about psychological insight; the group of pages on which she writes about him would be better than nothing.
Well some of the article is a translation from the Swedish Wiki, it's their refs.
Keep working on my museum - in Honor of Crisco Ad honorem Crisco
The *ahem* (that's a cough in English) hook speaks of a lost painting, but the detail that it is lost is not in any source that I can find - and not in the article. Can you track down where you read that and add the point?
Try, but I think it may be the one that burned up a giant picture is named in Nationalencyklopedin.
Apologies for the big changes. I found the referencing had not kept up with the changes in the content. You will see I've added some additional titbits of information. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:10, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, the only thing I want back is the bit about psychological insight; it is in the Nationalencyklopedia, and here too, [22] at the very end but I can tell you (original r) that he really has it. One just need to look. I could probably write something about him myself and I would say the very same thing, he has it. I don't want to make him into a fasionable guy with no depth. Hafspajen (talk) 00:12, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I found the psychological perception in one of the references you added on my talkpage, and also in Malmö, and put it back - but the Malmö page also says his faces look flat to moderns, so I put that in too. The China art page is deprecated and in any case is the same text as the Web Art page, but that reminded me to put in the Hasslöv church paintings. I'll try to look again at the Handlexikon tomorrow for the picture being lost, but if you can find it, that would be helpful. The hook will have to omit that point if it can't be found. I've looked through the Malmö ref again for the colours changing and still don't see it. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:04, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I apreciate that. Well, it can't be helped that people in those rococo clothing look like monkeys for uss nowadays . You mean colour changing ... what colour changing? Hafspajen (talk) 07:49, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh dear, I didn't realize you had edited it multiple times more before getting Drmies to review it. It would have passed, maybe with a minor quibble, and I had to go on to the two articles I had set aside that were urgent :-( I can fix it, but it will take me a while I'm afraid. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:17, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, well, I thought you didn't have the time. And some of the new ref were good. Also I translated a part for Crisco 1492, about that portrait, so I guessed I might as well just put that into the article Hafspajen (talk) 05:21, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Lund's Tower
On 20 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lund's Tower, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lund's Tower is one of two Yorkshire follies collectively known as "The Salt and Pepper Pots"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lund's Tower. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Thanks, Hafs, I've tried to call in the cavalry of more experienced editors to sort out the tangle; I keep saying I'm going to walk away from all the bulldog types and really should stick to it! I see Bullador was deleted after I prodded it but has now just been restored by an Admin saying there are loads of refs for it but didn't insert any!!!! The vultures are also descending on Eric's Workhouse article and changing it despite the long discussion on the talk page. I give up, I really do! SagaciousPhil - Chat07:37, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Why? Because it's not a fact but an evaluation, which was stated in Wikipedia's voice, basically... One can place esthetic judgments in articles but they'd have to be phrased properly to make it clear that they're someone's opinion, and that someone probably needs to be of some importance. Later! Drmies (talk) 19:46, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
'What an honor, you visiting my humble page. Suspended between heaven and Earth. Yes, that thing was someone's oppinion, of course. Yes, someone of importance too. Per Bjurström, "Roslin", 1993, ISBN 9171195556 Höganäs; page 56, 163, 168-169, 208, 233.language = Swedish Hafspajen (talk) 19:50, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I basically know I used to live in Roslin Road, is there more..? The article looks more than ready for DYK. I'll maybe edit a dot or two. Thank you so much for the cakes, I did not expect that..! My diabetes doc would like a word with you. Bishonen | talk10:32, 22 February 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Everything really does seem to be turning into total silliness (whoops, is "silliness' going to be next on the list of "bad" words after "nonsense"?). I noticed the thread on Gerda's lovely talk page where Hafs has an image of (UUUUghhhhhh) boiled sheep's head and it reminded me of an old Scottish expression (admittedly generally from the rather more uncouth Glasgow areas ) that I am sometimes so very tempted to use: "Awa an bile yer heid ya numpty, ye dinnae ken whit yer talkin aboot." Oh no, wait - that would only be permissible if used by an Admin?? [me very quickly adds that this is said jokingly, just in case I end up being being dragged off to ANI next!]SagaciousPhil - Chat11:13, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Now, now, we have to remember that admins are also Gods creatures. Well, life is hard.
Now that was funny, Hafs - thank you for cheering my morning! Gareth - I think it's been a case of some of those editors getting out of bed on the wrong side this morning? Perhaps in Victor Meldrew mode? Or maybe their teams lost? [Not like our boys - Yeah, Yeah, Do We Rock? Yeah, Yeah, Take it to the Top? Yeah, Yeah Are we gonna stop? No way! Go, go go the Scottish and Welsh lads!!] Let's still be friends after the 15th? SagaciousPhil - Chat12:20, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A petard, from a 17th-century manuscript of military designs. Petards were early gunpowder bombs that operated on slow fuses. If the engineer failed to set a slow enough fuse he would get "hoist with his own petard".
How did it turn out? "Turned out nicely!" Oh, it makes for wonderful reading. I had an overwhelming 100% support from so many. They all made him look an idiot and it was closed by Admin WritKeeper (talk | contribs) with an edit summary, nuthin' ...can't get away with it., at 12:32 hrs. GMT (It was posted at 09:06 so only took less than 3 & 1/2 hours. It finished up with the conclusion is that he had practised WP:PETARD Good night to you, Hpj and to SP. It is great to be the recipient of so many endorsements. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| —21:09, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Petard comes from the Middle French peter, to break wind, from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, from the Latin peditus, past participle of pedere, to break wind, akin to the Greek bdein, to break wind (Merriam-Webster). Petard is a modern French word, meaning a firecracker (it is the basis for the word for firecracker in several other European languages). Petardiers were used during sieges of castles or fortified cities. The petard, a rather primitive and exceedingly dangerous explosive device, consisted of a brass or iron bell-shaped device filled with gunpowder fixed to a wooden base called a madrier. This was attached to a wall or gate using hooks and rings, the fuse lit and, if successful, the resulting explosive force, concentrated at the target point, would blow a hole in the obstruction, allowing assault troops to enter. The word remains in modern usage in the phrase hoist with one's own petard, which means "to be harmed by one's own plan to harm someone else" or "to fall into one's own trap," implying that one could be lifted up (hoist, or blown upward) by one's own bomb. Just to show weapons of the period, I suppose(?) — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| —12:51, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
On 25 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander Roslin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Alexander Roslin painted his wife painting a pastel of Henrik Peill, but the painting within the painting (pictured) is a lost painting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Roslin. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
And where are you this morning, Hafs? I hope you're not missing seeing your article in the pictured spot - very well deserved after all your hard work. And did I notice you put in some book references yourself using a template? SagaciousPhil - Chat12:12, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I nominated Rosenberg (link on the talk). If you have free time now, Roslin done: there are new refs, the kulning could be explained more, and - for fairness - the other singer should be expanded also ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:43, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Good morning Hpj. Having noticed that you've removed the recent addition to this page, I wondered if you'd noticed that the same addition had been made to your userpage? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 08:59, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Bad style of that user adding crap to my userpage. Mocking diguised as barnstar, that is something new. What happened to *The five pillars of Wikipedia? Respect your fellow Wikipedians, even when you disagree. Apply Wikipedia etiquette, and don't engage in personal attacks. Never disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. All Wikipedians should interact in a respectful and civil manner. Cooperation, patience and courtesy are expected here. Not comments in a derogatory, malicious, superior way.
Plenty of cake yesterday, so now it is time to think about breakfast. These aren't edible but if you don't like them, just remove - or as you are my personal image fixer, correct the size/layout! ♥SagaciousPhil - Chat10:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Preparations being made
A quiet moment
Looks nice - but I prefer my coffee strong and black!
Noticed. Really colorful page. You know, one of my friends painted the whole room like this, orange. It was really interesting. It was inspired by the courtyards from Copenhagen. They use to paint the courtyards orange-yellowish. Hafspajen (talk) 15:07, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I just filled in two red links which you or Gerda might like to expand. P.S. Don't mean to be impertinent but you might consider archiving your talk page, it's pretty long!!♦ Dr. Blofeld22:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Why isn't ANYONE complaining about Drmies talk page, just about mine? that is always long. Ok, try too, later; but right now I am in the middle of something. Do you like Tibetans? Hafspajen (talk) 22:10, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Really!!!!!!!"Can you do something about this really tight perm which my hairdresser gave me - I can't see where I'm going?!!" TailCurledTightI might soon go to a monastry
No, don't go Hafs - who would fix images for me if you're in a monastery [/* but wait, do monks have internet access in monasteries?] Sorry for sending you on a wild goose chase through the poodle articles, I was speaking about Maisie appearing here on your talk page! Maybe Bishzilla will come and chase Maisie away for you? ♥ SagaciousPhil - Chat10:14, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, you are just as naughty like Bishy. OK; I will not go to any monasteries. I have been informed that monastic life is demanding; so although you do not need to be an Olympic athlete, it might feel troublesome; trying and bothersome.Hafspajen (talk) 10:19, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
But there are nice people and dogs at the monastery
Poem
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Milk cupboard photos
Milk Ranch Point
Hello. I didn't think it was that bad, but you can change the "width1=xxx" numbers until they look right, if you're concerned. If you think a single caption across both images would look better, you can use "footer=" - usage is explained at Template:Multiple image. --McGeddon (talk) 13:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It is probably my artistic temperament. Gosh, I read that and it sounds complicated. I will some day sitt down and learn how to do multiple images. Until then can you try to do so that both images are of same lenght? If not, it will have to wait until I have more time to concentrate. Hafspajen (talk) 13:37, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The very last thing I want is to cause edit wars and disruption. If my edits have been harmful or unwanted, I am truly sorry for any trouble caused and hereby promise to refrain from such edits in the future and remove myself from the discussion. It seems as if SandyGeorge, however, no wishes to see me banned, which would be a shame. I do not plan on losing my rights to edit and do not want to escalate anything so I will lay low for a while and ignore the articles about celibacy from now on. Thanks for raising this concern and hopefully this will suffice. And my sincerest apologies for any trouble I may have caused. Mythic Writerlord (talk) 20:20, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We do. And as for me personally, I am willing to accept the consensus that was reached by the wikipedia community in closing the AfD back in January. Also, I think it is better for me to not be involved in the discussion anymore. I do not want to cause trouble and it seems as if SandyGeorge now wishes to have me banned from this site, so I may take a break. Mythic Writerlord (talk) 20:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Eh, I am telling over and over again that you are probably right, right. The only problem is that one have to discuss things. If you try to discuss it, it might work. Hafspajen (talk) 20:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I only made one single edit to that page today and this user is already calling it "edit warring". Oh well, thanks for your support. Much appreciated. Mythic Writerlord (talk) 20:34, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If you could weigh in on Coffee's talk page this would be most appreciated. You wrongly gave of the impression of me being the disruptive editor rather then Andrey, and as a result SandyGeorgia now believes I am a problemetic user who should be banned. If you could explain some things it would be most appreciated. Mythic Writerlord (talk) 20:57, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No, no! Don't be so hard on yourself. As far as I can see you are an excellent user doing your very best to improve wikipedia. And you made some wonderful suggestion. I am just asking you to clearify some things on Coffee's talk page before he gets the wrong impression from SandyGeorgia's edits. Mythic Writerlord (talk) 21:02, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Need poodles
While you are reading a Love Story, I will fix that Have a cup of tea with me,
[/Very nosily butts in] As it looks like there are quite a few nice images to use on the Animals Portal, why not consider auto rotating them - a bit like Matty did with my archive box images? I think he does it on the Channel Islands Portal he set up as well? [closes door quietly behind me on the way back out]. SagaciousPhil - Chat15:24, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It was all the nice pics I saw on that nominees link that made me think of it. What I mean is the same trick that Matty used to make the images displayed in my talk page archive box change automatically between the five/six that I pick out. The Portal could have a selection of images that change. SagaciousPhil - Chat15:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It would just depend on how many it's set up for. As I say mine just rotates between five or six and I change the selection used every so often. SagaciousPhil - Chat16:11, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Now the tricky question is, can it rotate multiple images? But then one can make a collage too, no? Like Crisco could do some, and then we could rotate them. Splendid idea! Hafspajen (talk) 16:18, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
National Airlines used to have this beautiful poster that they displayed of this gorgeous stewardess inviting you onto the plane. Now her name wasn't Mandy actually, it was something like, er, oh gosh knows, "I'm Cindy", a very American name. "I'm Cindy, fly me" which was a quite sexual connotation as well, but I remember seeing in Manchester this beautiful poster and just below it was this tramp, I mean a serious tramp, quite a raggedy guy, looking up at this girl, and I thought God, do you know, there's a song there. Look at that guy looking up at Cindy-fly-me ...
So I brought it back, the idea back to the studio, where we were writing for the How Dare You! album, and put it to the guys: "Anybody interested in this 'I'm Mandy Fly Me'". I'd switched it to Mandy. And Graham said "yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Hafspajen (talk) 10:28, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's great to feel that I was part of ... song-writing history. .
Cookies, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I'll have a few of those, Hpj; it's just taken me over 2 hours to get here from Gareth's talkpage - what a nightmare journey! But hang on a minute, these cakes look rather familiar... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 16:55, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Eh I don't get anything anymore. Did they blocked Gareth Griffith-Jones and Martinevans123 too for Gerilla picturing ? or what? Hafspajen (talk) 11:02, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
♥ Hafs, I am really sorry to read about the problems you're having over at the Swedish Wikipedia but to get the gist of what's going on I'm having to run it through Google Translate and it is making it just sooooo funny! A couple of examples of the Google translation from the ANI discussion: "Without being fully loaded on the matter ..." and "... in the midst of an infected discussion." Did the good Drmies infect them with something?? I've not been able to get any work done this morning because of giggling about this - but it does let you see why Google translations should never be used. ♥ SagaciousPhil - Chat12:41, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've been blocked too! Though not on Swedish Wikipedia, at least that I can remember. If you need some input in Swedish, you could ask at User talk:Reckless182, who seems a very constructive sort of fellow. Although, now I go to his talk page, there's some sort of angry argument going on! Right, must join in, one moment... need yellow gox box socks... --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:18, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
But Mandy, here you say : Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and a community. At times people suffer from high stress levels, and the most important thing to remember is to have fun. Than you give me:WP:NOT. That says your not suppose to have fun, sooo.............?Hafspajen (talk) 00:31, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, national dishes, "do not remove these" in the edit summary. :-) See #10 in this list. WP:OWN#Statements, which says "do not make such changes" just like you. It is a two-way street, don't drive on it, pick the collaboration-street instead. ;-) 74.192.84.101 (talk) 01:51, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, Mandy this is Evans, the Marty - the man who doesn't have anything fancy - Marty this is 74 Mandy the craziest editor on wiki - well - actually you are just as crazy both. Time for you too meet and have a chat. Hafspajen (talk) 00:47, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Martin Evans, you can call me 74. Hafspajen calls me Mandy, cause I always give them the runaround. :-) Have you read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?? "Mister Hafspajen! You tell Martin Evans that I'm the bull goose looney of this here 'pedia! I plan to vote for Eisenhower again this November!" ;-) p.s. Hafspajen, if you want to get the dishes into national dish, you have to find some sources. Hasleth will help you, with any luck. But when you say "do not remove my work I AM THE QUEEEEEEN" in your edit-summay, of course they are gonna revert you, cause you aren't even a female, let alone the queen. Be nice, and work together as buddies. WP:WIKITYPE, buddies work *together* to find sources. Note the citation needed tag, I added that myself. <grin> 74.192.84.101 (talk) 01:46, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mandy, do you know that there are people who just go no putting unsourced like on everything, they go like: Jesus Krist was a man. Tomato is a vegetable. The Bucingham palace is a building [citation needed]. The Big Ben is in England [citation needed]. Wkipedia is an encyclopedia [citation needed]. USA is a land [citation needed]. London is a town[citation needed]. Ok, I think you get me here. This gives people a power over other editors to make them work harder just to find some more citations for things that are quite obvious and highly non-controversial. The thing if Voltaire loved muslims - well, that you see IS ControversiaL. Yes. But there is no reason running around and sprinkeling citation needed on things like - Pavlova is the national dish of New Zeealand. Because it is. And no need removing it, now that is even worse. Hafspajen (talk) 08:45, 12 March 2014 (UTC) Hafspajen (talk) 08:31, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Still smelling sweetly... ILL-EEE-gal action de-TECTED! EXTERMINATE! Tillintetgöra! UTROTA! :-) "Mmmm^ Now shall I, or shan't I" or "Aaah This'll do for a snack"
Don't worry about events yesterday Hpj; like Drmies, I'm not concerned about having a blot on my Swedish block log, but I appreciate your concern. Here's another rose bouquet for you - I'm fairly confident these won't be removed, and I shan't be blocked for putting them here (looks over shoulder nervously...) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:14, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've just read Drmies' last post at the Swedish Wiki ANI thread (I hadn't realised it had all kept rumbling on): strong words but to the point. You do have friends here, Hafs, so don't take events over there to heart - you haven't done anything wrong. Perhaps, as Peter says, things will change for the better as a result of all this, but in the meantime there's plenty to do on the English Wiki. And, incidentally, can you really paint a Vermeer on a flyswatter? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:42, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've got Swedish friends! They're a bunch of weirdo's, but still typically Swedish "uptight" (that's what they say about themselves)(we Dutch, we are noisy of course). Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk!07:26, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, well some Swedes are really like that, we could notice that in the big iconoclasm, but some are nice. By the way, I am no purebreed, my family is spread all over the globe, Norway, Sweden, USA, South-Africa (hope they are nice to the black people) and the South-Africans have a Sicilian connection and some Hungarian too. Hafspajen (talk) 10:21, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"The abolition of war will demand distasteful limitations of national sovereignty. But what perhaps impedes understanding of the situation more than anything else is that the term "mankind" feels vague and abstract" - Bertrand Russell. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:45, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello little Hafspaj. Is Saturday tomorrow! Little Bishonen give class in cake-eating in pocket on Saturdays (all welcome). See fridge section? All study materials in fridge stolen copied from little Hafspaj delicious cake gallery on Bishonen page. Little Hafspaj bigtime cake specialist! Feel free add more cakes in fridge, Bishonen and Darwinbish have been eating some! (No images outside fridge, please.) Kindly, bishzillaROARR!!22:22, 14 March 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Elevator music only, because conversation is paramount! But if students bring live instruments, or sing barbershop, is also welcome. Any repertoire that goes well with coffee and cakes. bishzillaROARR!!23:47, 14 March 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Zilly, you will one day suprise me. hey, maybe you did that already. Elevator music ? When does live recitation by Alfred Lord Tennisball and Percy Bish Shelley start the reception? Hafspajen (talk) 00:37, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Eating on userpage, conversation on talkpage. I thought I said. How are you going to eat on the userpage without registering your presence there, you ask? Well, you'll just have to try. On the userpage: drink the lemon balm tea, eat the cakes, don't edit. (Unless indeed you wish to add more cakes to the fridge, that would be welcome, as are other moderate-sized donations.[29]) On the usertalk: converse. You see? Create a new section on talk and tell everybody your opinion of the cake you're eating, or tell them something else gracious and conversible. But I see you have indeed done it perfectly, after something of a false start. Incidentally, what can you mean by "party"? I must have given completely the wrong impression. It's not a party, it's an educational experience! An Open University class! Kindly do not demean it as a mere party. P.S. For the live recitation of Victorian poetry,that is well thought of, as it is indeed delightful and goes well with cakes. It starts when you click on the youtube link. Oh, and I see from your contributions that you have been spreading the word, that is most appreciated! Bishonen | talk16:17, 15 March 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Hafspajen is more like the guy on the Captain Crunch box, than the guy on the Lucky Charms box. He prefers to swagger, and longs for a life on the ocean, rumour has it. However, unlike most pirates, Hafspajen decorates his own vessel. Shockingly tastefully, too! :-) p.s. Rumour has it that the Cap'n is actually a Viking, masquerading as a Frenchman,[31] click to see the scandal-mongers, if you dare. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 05:33, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ay, and a happy green day to you, my friend!
Many little green Lithops smiles for you
Paddy's day is, of course, the time for those of us who breed plants to go out to buy the green fabric to make the bags to cover the flowers, the green bags that Leprechauns can see but vandals apparently cannot. Thank-ee kindly for the reminder! Sminthopsis84 (talk) 17:47, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think if you review it first and then add to it, then there isn't a conflict. I have known reviewers do that and it has passed through so I think it's fine as long as it is done that way. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk)17:36, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I saw your edits at the Tadao Ando article and comments on the article's talk page. I see you are an experienced Wikipedia editor, but I wonder if you knew that you can change the size at which thumbnail images are displayed in your browser by going to "Preferences" -> "Appearance" -> "Files". That allows you to specify the size at which thumbnails in Wikipedia articles are displayed on your own computer setup without forcing everyone else to use the same size just because it happens to look good on your computer screen. As mentioned in the guidelines at WP:ImageSize, forcing a "larger" image size actually makes it smaller for those readers who have a larger size set as preference. Anyway, I added a comment about this on Talk:Tadao Ando, so I hope you can have a look at the manual of style guidelines. --DAJF (talk) 00:30, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Now see, if I was the royal type, from that particular nation, then dontcha think I would have come save your buttocks over at svWiki, when you got into hot water for all that wild ♥wikiLoving♥ you and your friends from enWiki were shamelessly engaging in? The sixties are over Hafspajen! Over I say! :-) Therefore, because I did NOT save you, that means I must NOT be the Svensk Jewel. Clear as mud? Okay, good then. Carry on. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 04:41, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
SagaciousPhil - Chat 18:46, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
) By the way, Hafspajen, it was up for 12 hours (from midnight until noon, UK time) - it depends on what time cycle is set at DYK, occasionally it's only eight hours. SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:47, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Hafspajen (talk) 16:52, 27 December 2013 (UTC).
SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:31, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
). When I look at it in edit mode, three pictures are in a row, then the final one moves down - perhaps if they were made just a tiny smidgeon smaller they would all fit in one row? Are the images in my edit notice too big as well? I'm not very good at image sizing and usually have to rely on Hafspajen to do that! PS:I've just previewed this comment and it doesn't seem to have duplicated the edit notice this time? SagaciousPhil - Chat 13:54, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello. You have a new message at Gareth Griffith-Jones's talk page. – The Welsh Buzzard Thread titled: G--Is this normal in WP for this type of personal attack? — 10:34, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
how very nice. Hafspajen (talk) 17:50, 17 March 2014 (UTC)