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I made a half-hearted effort to find out more about the history of Foxley Hall and didn't discover anything. It may be like trying to find out about a building on the CIA campus here in northern Virginia—the info just isn't public info. --108.45.72.196 (talk) 15:54, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for working on it, Xanthomelanoussprog. You know, this article wasn't much [2] for about two days ago. Do you think it could be possible to nominate as a DYK, as an expanded article? Well just an idea. Maybe it is not possible... Hafspajen (talk) 11:17, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well - did you know = :- that court painter Roslin self portrait has the Swedish king in the background. :-than court painter Roslin was from the begining studying to naval draughtsman, :- that his wife was also an artist? :- that his wife was was denied to him from the begining because he was lutheran.. (that part is from the wifes article, but can be added) ... and so on. Some of it might work? Hafspajen (talk) 17:48, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
DYK... that the painter Roslin turned down an offer from Catherine the Great? Otherwise I'm stumped- the double portrait with his wife seems to have possibilities, but for the life of me I can't express anything simply. Maybe it's the first time in history that someone did an oil painting of someone doing a pastel drawing. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:54, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
DYK that the painter Roslin turned down an offer from Catherine the Great? sounds sexy enough,... If it's the first time in history that someone did an oil painting of someone doing a pastel drawing ... drawing... painting... well. That I an not soooo sure about that. Hafspajen (talk) 23:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
How about [3]As a token of the resulting close friendship, Roslin painted the portrait of himself and his wife, Marie Suzanne Giroust, at the easel working on a pastel of Peill. The painting was produced toward the end of Peill’s visit. The portrait within the portrait has never been found, but several copies exist of an earlier version produced by Marie Suzanne Giroust the previous year. The gold box housing the miniature portrait that Roslin is pointing at is part of the rebus-like nature of the painting and may have been a lavish farewell gift from Peill. The inscription on the frame, Loin et près (“Far away and [yet] close”), makes it clear that the portrait was indeed a token of friendship. Peill most likely acquired the painting that same year or in the years that immediately followed. Shortly after his return to Sweden, he married Anna Johanna Grill the younger, daughter of the late Claes Grill the elder, former director of the Swedish East India Company. The evidence suggests that the younger woman portrayed in miniature on the gold box in the painting is Miss Grill, while the older woman is probably her mother, Anna Johanna the elder.
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.
Now that was big time!........................................................................................ I think it got over 4800 hits. Well, kind of on the edge. Hafspajen (talk) 19:50, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I have tired very hard to figure out the book that has "Hold!" on the top of the page. I even e-mailed the author of the website, but have gotten no response. Any ideas what book that is? [email protected] (2010). "English Captain, TW, Levy On MG Trench Attack". Jarama Battlefield British Section 2010. Spanish civil war British battalion sites. pp. 221–226. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 22 April 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[email protected] (2010). "Jarama 2010". Jarama Battlefield British Section 2010. Spanish civil war British battalion sites. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 22 April 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)7&6=thirteen (☎)13:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I well remember the drinking of lots of good beers and the telling of lots of good stories the last time I was at a wake of sorts. Plus, I got the watch back--which I had sent to him, my father, years before. It doesn't take much to bring that memory back, and I'm sure it will be the same way with you. All the best. Drmies (talk) 04:40, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The Original Barnstar
Xanty (if you don't mind, your user name is fucking untypable), I'm wondering if you're not some blocked user who came back to bless us.
I really appreciate your collegial and utterly positive spirit, and word has it even Jimbo Wales mentioned you at the water cooler in San Francisco. Thank you for helping us out, for making the internet suck less, for writing content (which we need so much more than Vandalism Vigilantes), and for being an all-around great girl (guy, maybe). I salute you and your many positive edits, with the blessing of bourbon, my darling boy, and my lovely dog Sadie. Drmies (talk) 23:45, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you may have a go if you like
Yes, I would be delighted to see what you came up with. I was planning to try to follow Y's generous and excellent instructions when I got home, but yes, you may have a go at it. Thank you.
Thank you so much. I have to get a few of the dates changed, and I have calls into the Schomburg for that, and I'll fix my reference stupidity, but what a help. I cannot thank you enough. Barbara.steinberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I put up 4 new original documents
Hello, Xanthomelanoussprog, I took pictures of 4 new documents, which I own, about the arbitration. They give the correct amount of funding that was disrupted, $160,000, so I changed that. They also give the date the arbitration decision was handed down, June 12, 1972, so I included that. See references 12, 13, 14, 15, and the first paragraph of End of the Orchestra. I also changed the spelling of flautist Harold Jones to flutist Harold Jones. I trust my way of putting in the references is completely incorrect, but I hope these documents add to the story. Any suggestions you have are welcome, and you can just do what you think is best with the page. Thank you so much again for your time. Barbara.steinberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 19:50, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Can't say I'm impressed at all about the changes you made to the page on Geoffrey Key. I would have appreciated it had you wished to ADD to the page but to randomly chop at it, I can't see how that is productive. It basically reads like a dog now -all facts with zero feeling. Glad you like it now anyhow! Rob Haydock~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by JeffersonWSoiwittaya (talk • contribs) 20:51, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
He's a minor British artist with a random assortment of derivative styles. What do you want? A sales brochure? I already had the "Geoffrey is a genius and a great investment" line from an art dealer specialising in him. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:33, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Do you think the Symphony of the New World Article is ready to resubmit?
Dear Xanthomelanoussprog,
I have edited what you have done and added some references, according to my experience and access to documents. Thank you again for the sections. Do you think the Symphony of the New World article is ready to resubmit? Thank you very much for your time. Best, Barbara.steinberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 06:01, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot put the images up anywhere else but on my blog url
I resubmitted it. I thought that might make things easier
My references don't link to a blog. They link to my server, whose main url is a blog. Should I upload the documents to wikipedia commons? I own them. Or should I wait and see what happens. I hope I have not lost your favor, and that resubmitting was not a mistake. You have my permission to do anything you like, as far as editing the page. A lot of people are waiting for this, so forgive my anxiety. Best regards, Barbara — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 14:52, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Symphony of the New World article was accepted by Ritchie333
I am speechless in trying to thank you for your help. Sending flowers, balloons, and anything you want from B&H Photo Video. ;-P Seriously, I am indebted to your kindness and generosity. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 15:41, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Precious
copyediting
Thank you, mysterious user with an unspeakable name and a clean user page, for using your knives of language for quality copyediting of articles such as Weimar and Feminine beauty ideal, for introducing art and good stories, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
You are right, - and I also don't know much about the subject. What I know is that it is an old FA (standards then were different), a good and unique topic, and that the main author left us (the photographer of the sapphire, DYK?). I would like to improve it by 2017, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, we don't have a thing on him. Can you uppload pictures? (of course you can - your dog with the bag) Try to pinch that from the auction if possible. Maybe it is not possible - by the way. He still might have copyright on his things. Hafspajen (talk) 18:15, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Would be nice! I'm going to clean up the photos later- got comprehensively outbid on the painting (end result £700+). Not sure on the copyright question yet. I remembered something about Renoir's nudes being less "pink" than they were when "fresh"- turns out he was using cochineal for some of his reds, which is why I thought there might be a connection with being too green. I did an "academic" paper long time back on paint and 19th century railways- and it is almost impossible to give an accurate rendering in a photo of something which may have up to 20 layers of paint and varnish- check out "Improved Engine Green"! Opticians puzzledXanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:23, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You got a point there. But if you look at those two pictures, and think - light, impressionism, depicting light, depicting the sunpatches - wich one is giving you the impression of half-shades, light patches glittering, nice summer afternoon-ish feeling? The Blue-green one looks like it will be raining soom, or tempest coming, or it is already night feeling, right?
I tried to find out who, but I am not much to count on on military expertise, being a pacifist. Carte de visite is one article that tells about this kind of pictures, but the Military project might help. Hafspajen (talk) 23:29, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm pretty sure they're two separate gorillas (I was a ten stone weakling, now I am two separate gorillas (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)) Be absolutely weird if they were one and the same person. Coat seems to have been circumspect and mild at the beginning- maybe there was some kind of change of circumstances not connected with Wikipedia. Jack the Ripper (talk) 21:29, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You can't change what you don't acknowledge. First, acknowledge that there is something wrong. If what is happening isn't normal, admit it. People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. Your partner is doing what he/she is doing because they can. If you're allowing the behavior to continue by making excuses for your partner and blaming yourself, stop. If you want to be treated with dignity and respect, stand up and require it. Dr Phil (talk) 22:54, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I wanted to make sure you saw that I am affiliated with CSG International. Drmies and Smartse are familiar with my COI work creating "Good Article"-ranked pages on behalf of article-subjects, but since I don't know you I wanted to make sure you knew. I don't think it's appropriate for me to get too involved in the scrutiny of the astroturfing businesses' work - my interests are just in serving my client CSGI and hoping for a bit of good-faith by explaining they didn't know the person they hired was unsordid. I'll be working on a draft replacement that is GAN-ready and if you have an interest in reviewing; my approach to COI is to offer content and allow disinterested editors to make the final judgement calls. CorporateM (Talk) 23:51, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okay thanks! I'm quite happy to help out; my main concern was not to do something to the article that would be ascribed to you by your client (see section above for the effect I can have on an article ) Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 05:16, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Tailors work sitting cross-legged [1]- the platform is next to a large window allowing the maximum of natural light, and is at the level of the window sill.[2] Maybe the platform is to allow waste to be quickly cleared from the work area. I can ask- my friend's parents were both tailors. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 10:16, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking about one practical explanation - while you were asking - maybe if they do big gowns ot so, those will be hanging down on the floor, slipp down or get dirty . It is - much cleaner and practical to have it on a table.... Original res. Hafspajen (talk) 11:44, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly dirty- the coal bucket's on the floor. Also, it occurred to me, it's less cold and draughty to sit on a raised platform- and perhaps have warm air underneath. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:28, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Done it- the big one. Very interesting- the canvas weave is visible, and the seams show that it was made of three sections. There is a lady at the British National Gallery whose speciality is the history of frames- it would be interesting to hear her views on the frame (she has a blog the frame blog). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:34, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, smart of you to discover it. I certainly think you should ask her ... Can you ask how big is the bigges canvas with no sections? alwats wondered about that one... I still say it is a great painting in every way - hope all that text and strikings will not make people tired - we do need that painting... really - one of the biggest masterpiece in art history! Hafspajen (talk) 08:39, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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^Memory, My (but I don't remember when). I was told this. Xanty. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^guess, that's my. "it's like the windows in the top storey of". Weavers' cottages. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
thanks. You are VERY welcome to adjust text - reformulate and watsiscalled - some of the text has to be reworded. This expression: for example editorial and writing capacity needs rewording . Also : has been highly acclaimed for his keen grasp of theology and philosophy, and his ability to make often complex subjects accessible to all.
Thanks for your many contributions great and small. As far as I'm concerned Jimbo owes you at least a t-shirt and a box of donuts crumpets. Thanks again. Drmies (talk) 15:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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No, no idea, also would be happy to add you to list atDYK just please go ahead and edit Koller, - anyone please - fast - my head goes round . What a stupid misstake to nominate an article with no refs. Hafspajen (talk) 19:44, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hafs, I tinkered a bit- I cut out the bit about the mail coach trying to avoid cows, because it looks like the coach has just ploughed through the herd, with a lone calf running ahead of the horses. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:06, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'll have another look. I have to get up early in the morning though- there's a nice watercolour landscape (early 19th century English) coming up at the local junk auction. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Damn right! That was the third re-phrasing. I'd have liked to put in synonyms for wagonner and cattle merchant (because they were on the original webpage source) but couldn't think of any. Got the landscape cheap (odd as it was better quality than other watercolours at the same sale)- it has a very unusual parish church with a massive stair turret and large side chancels. No idea where it is. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:51, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
One learns about that the "basic animal of our culture" from the Middle Ages to the industrialization formed the basis of the Swiss wealth. Or that, unlike in neighboring countries always the men kept their hands on the cow and milking it. What then led up to sodomy accusations to ridicule, which the old Confederates took the occasion for pillaging, where they went armed with truant cows in the fight. This is from the New Zurich News. I hope that cow in the garden is over 16 years old. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:21, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Just got your message whilst I was looking at Google images- going slowly nuts! Pretty sure it's not an Anglo-Saxon one, as the stair turret is attached to the north-west corner, rather than in the middle. I've done a crude drawing which looks like 1980s clipart, which I'm going to upload. I'll try and do more on the Two Men over the next few days. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:42, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, your alts are of course better - the problem is this: please add a reference for the whole of the Death section; I shouldn't really let this through without one, but since the boss of DYK is out of the office doesn't exist, there's no fear of me losing my job, so I'll trust you to add one);
Sorry for witdrawing the nomination but that discussion was close to - goddag-yxskaft- style of discussions, really not helpful. Hafspajen (talk) 12:44, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I'll do it now- been doing car maintenance all afternoon. Ah, the Bonheurs- I came across F. L. Bonheur, did a copy of "The Drinking Place" by Stanhope Forbes- I've got a feeling that FL doesn't exist, someone just made the name up to sell the horse painting. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:09, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This guy is a bit difficult. Not even among here do we have a thing about him. I think that what you should do is to start hunting at parishes, they have info about people. Or art dealers. Or something local, where he lived. Hafspajen (talk) 18:48, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
115 meters of canvas painted by painted by Russian artist Franz Roubaud depict the fighting of 1812 in dramatic detail, attempting to bring alive the battle that raged between more than 250,000 troops and ended with an estimated 70,000 casualties. Sound effects of battle sounds add to the mood of the scene. Roubaud was born in Russia, but studied art in Munich. He went on to create a number of enormous panoramas of battle scenes including the Siege of Sevastopol and Russo-Persian War, and this depiction of the Battle or Borodino, which opened in Russia on August 29, 1912 in honor of the centennial of the fight. Panoramas were enormously popular throughout Europe and the United States in the 19th century, with epic battles being amongst the most popular subjects. Near the museum at a mass-grave memorial, visitors can pay their respects to 300 Russian soldiers who lost their lives in that battle. Although few full-scale panoramas of the hundreds that once lured crowds around the world still exist, there are a few notable survivors: . - REWORD? Please? ... Hafspajen (talk) 20:28, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The panorama depicts the Battle of Borodino of 1812, and was painted by the artist Franz Roubaud. It is 115 metres long, and is accompanied by sound effects of warfare. The Borodino panorama was opened to the public on 29 August 1912- the centenary of the battle. The building which houses it is located close to a mass grave of 300 of the Russian soldiers killed in the battle, which involved 250,000 combatants and resulted in 70,000 casualties.
The Russian artist Franz Roubaud studied art in Munich. Roubaud created many battle panoramas, including ones of the Siege of Sevastopol, and the Russo-Persian War.
OW, poor Franz Haec stipula ad biographiam spectat. Amplifica, si potes!
THIS IS FROM THE UCRAINIAN WIKI; HIS ARTICLE _ ONE COULD SAY _ TRANSLATION:
Born in Odessa in the family of a French merchant , who settled in the Russian Empire. He studied at the Odessa Drawing School ( 1865 - one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven ), and one thousand eight hundred seventy-eight - one thousand eight hundred eighty-three - at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts .
He specialized in painting battle, incidentally (and many of battle at the time) turned to art shyrokoohopnyh panoramas, giving thanks to the combination of three-dimensional picture of the layout, the illusion of a historical event that takes place in front of the viewer. After returning to Russia received from the Tiflis Museum "Temple of Glory" order for a series of paintings on the history of the Caucasian War . In these works written in 1 885 - one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five years., scale the result of his studies was Caucasian panorama "Sturm village Ahulgo "( 1890 ), first shown at the Art and Industrial Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod ( 1896 , survived only a few fragments remain today in local history Museum Makhachkala ).
Zaporizhzhya Cossacks attacking Franz Roubaud
One thousand nine hundred and two - 1904 - under his leadership in the suburbs of Munich, a group of German artists created panorama "Defense of Sevastopol" (opened in 1905 in Sevastopol in the summary for her building).
Another known its views of a "Borodinskaya battle." Work on it was in the same conditions, with I. H.M'yasoyedova and consultant BM Kolyubakyna (opened in 1912 in a special pavilion on Clean pond in Moscow , after a long restoration recreated it in 1962 in a new building on Kutuzov Avenue).
Among the typical battle paintings Roubaud - "Attack Novocherkassk regiment in the battle on the river Shah" ( 1907 ) and "The Battle of Borodino" ( 1913 , both - in Artillery Historical Museum, St. Petersburg).
Since 1903 - Professor battle head shops Academy of Art (among his pupils was M.Hrekov). 1912 - finally settled in Germany.
Slowly coming along. I was outbid (price including commission about £380) somebody else knew who S S Holland was. On the other hand, the winner's going to "hold conversations" with me in future . Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 11:26, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A poster by "O'Galop" of Bibendum, the Baroque portrait of gasoline Man, 1898
... and make him paint figures as refusing to express fleeting expressions, he wants to enter the deepest being of its models. It was a substitute for the portrait of a permanent existence baroque portrait of gasoline.
What exacly is a Baroque portrait of gasoline? This is the translation I got at the Philippe de Champaigne article when clicling on This article may be translater from French, view - my French ends there.Hafspajen (talk) 13:29, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
Spell check ... .Philippe de Champaigne .... Hafspajen (talk) 14:44, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"He substituted for the portrait of a Baroque existence a permanent portrait of its spirit." Or something like that- maybe he was painting the Michelin Man. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:59, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
Don't you think that it is still good enough for a DYK? Looks like is not going to have his five votes to make it as a FP, but it can still be a DYK.... Hafspajen (talk) 22:05, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes- the only concern I have is the section on validating intense emotions (but I don't know how to improve it- it's difficult- it seems like Burke says that awe and terror are the strongest emotion that can be produced by the human mind, and that is the height of the sublime. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 11:02, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No, not horror! Awe and terror are fine, but our modern-day consciousness tends to think in terms of shock and awe (as in bombing Iraq). Never nominated one- a bit clueless, me Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:42, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
OK. if you feel like translating.
Generaly, as a new beginner you can nominate five times your own or others articles. After five times, you can still nominate articles made by others; but in order to nominate yours you have to review others - that means: going there, pick up a nomination, check everything and be nasty with the poor guy as soon you find the smalles wrongdoing. It is power - and one have to kick everybody hard in the as as soon as possible you find something - it is part of the game nowadays.
Now push the darned red red link and put inside the folowing text :
Then fill the template out like this:
{{subst:NewDYKnomination
| article = Niagara Falls, from the American Side
| article2 =
| status = new
| hook = ... that WRITE YOUR HOOK HERE?
| ALT1 = <!-- For more hooks, type " |ALT2 = " and/or so forth. -->
| author = Hafspajen
| author2 = Sagaciousphil
| image = File:Frederic Edwin Church - Niagara Falls, from the American Side - Google Art Project.jpg
| caption = Niagara Falls, from the American Side
| comment =
| reviewed = If you reviewed another article before listing this DYK nomination, put it here. Otherwise leave this line alone; it will blank when saved.
}}
It was created on 7 October 2014 - so still time to nominate - within ten days new aricles may be nominated.
Once you have created it, remember that you then go to the date 7 October and at the top add the template you created, which should be {{Did you know nominations/Niagara Falls, from the American Side }}
Justgotin. Thanks very much for the info- will work my way through it tomorrow. Today was busy- now I know what a "deceptive firing glass" is- one with a tiny bowl that looks big but only holds a small amount of drink. Found ten of them in a box of junk. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:14, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
and put this in, copy and paste, and save on this.
{{subst:NewDYKnomination
| article = Niagara Falls, from the American Side
| article2 =
| status = new
| hook = ... that WRITE YOUR HOOK HERE?
| ALT1 = <!-- For more hooks, type " |ALT2 = " and/or so forth. -->
| author = Hafspajen
| author2 = Sagaciousphil
| image = File:Frederic Edwin Church - Niagara Falls, from the American Side - Google Art Project.jpg
| caption = Niagara Falls, from the American Side
| comment =
| reviewed = If you reviewed another article before listing this DYK nomination, put it here. Otherwise leave this line alone; it will blank when saved.
}}
@Hafspajen: Okay, will do Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:54, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And this is a scary picture...it is so cruel. .Sunrise, Inverness Copse We are making a new world
This makes me feel very weird. I painted once a painting - well, just for fun - or not - difficult too know - and it loked very much like this, like Sunrise, Inverness Copse. I think I understand now why. But then i was only looking at it and wondered where did this thing came from? I was thinking about somebody and than painted it. - I mean, sometimes one doesn't really understands the things one paints - and it is just as well and just as good not to sometimes. Hafspajen (talk) 15:40, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You mean DYK? Yes, I think there's more stuff for him that can be put in. Not sure about his son being a lover of Gide though- I'll have to check that out. You don't want to DYK the toilet rolls then? DYK that on popular Swedish TV show Minimello the sets aren't cardboard, but the audience is? DYK that Swedish star Ylva Hällen is flushed with success? DYK that Swedish rap star Goldy Boy lives in a menage-a-trois with a toilet brush and a bidet? Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:42, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
a source?Of all the Hudson River School artists, Church was the most ardent devotee of clouds, the one who most thoroughly explored their physical variety and symbolic possibilities. He turned out plein-air studies of them by the thousands, first in rural upstate New York, then on trips to South America in the 1850's and 60's, by which time he had become one of the most famous American artists of his day.
I see that you figured it out and already took care of the transclusion. BTW, I think that ALT1 would make a good April Fools' Day hook (without the picture, of course). MANdARAX•XAЯAbИAM21:37, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Urgh. As I noted on the nom, I'm afraid ALT1 won't work, but the others, or perhaps a different one yet to be born, may still be April Foolsworthy. MANdARAX•XAЯAbИAM08:37, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think it is rather funny that an article on Wiki can contain a picture of a bull with the caption Why me? and nobody noticed - so I won't remove it, because it is just too funny. Hafspajen (talk) 00:08, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
Xanty - there is a deadline at DYK. Only articles that are seven days old may be nominated, one has to be quick... Shall we or shall we not Bonheur? And who, you or me+ would be good exercise for you to nominate AND TRANSCLUDE this time ... Hafspajen (talk) 13:13, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okay- will have some spare time this evening (just spent the last four hours watching junk go for high prices in an auction room- I was after a painting of the Broads by Thomas Frederick Goodall- didn't get it not going to write an article on him . Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 13:19, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Prose size (text only): 1461 characters (246 words) "readable prose size" Gryn Castle. - You need more words to DYK nominate, 1500 characters is a minimum. Hafspajen (talk) 07:37, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Xanty -TRANSCLUDE- You have to add it to the DYK page, here - put it in the line - add it to the other nominations on the right date, the creation date, Articles created/expanded on ..xxx.. Just put the template in the row. Hafspajen (talk) 00:04, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Marinka van Dam is blocked indefinetly as Coat of Many Colours sock. See here. Disregard any comment per FP voting rules: Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-third majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. - Hafspajen (talk) 00:02, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's lovely!! Wish could find one of those - you English people are so spoiled with your auctions, the real big stuff is overthere. I actually know people taking the plane to London time to time just to be there on the auctions live. Hafspajen (talk) 20:24, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
CITATIO: Around the mid-1820s Rørbye found himself in a time of transition on several levels. On a personal level he was about to leave his childhood home where this view from the drawing-room window was painted. Dichotomy between the real and the idealOn a professional level, he began to supplement his studies at the Academy with additional schooling from the idealist Eckersberg, and at the same time a shift occurred in the intellectual life of the period, giving rise to a greater emphasis on the dichotomy between the real and the ideal, between the familiar and distant longings. Aspects of transition: these different aspects of transition left their mark on the scene. The familiar closeness of the drawing room is contrasted with the sailing ships in the harbour, bound for faraway destinations. The cage in the window occupies a transitional position between the indoors and the outdoors, thereby emphasising the symbolism of the imprisoned bird. Popular themes with symbolic undertones: On the windowsill, flowers in different stages of growth reflect the stages of human life: The small cutting to the right is balanced by the flowering hydrangea and the partially withered flower in the middle of the picture. Out in the harbour the flowers are matched by three warships: the middle ship is still under construction, the right one has no rigging, leaving only the ship on the left seaworthy. During the Romantic era, open windows and ships on the sea became popular themes with symbolic undertones.
I put that back in same place because att DYK they want each entry to have a reference. And as it is all refs are athe end of the entry- maybe it is too long but thean it hast to be the same refs at the end of the prose. Hafspajen (talk) 14:29, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If they are modern artwork I don't know how we should find any. I mean glass, unless you go and take a pic. So, are you nominating wiew from window? Hafspajen (talk) 20:14, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No not me - thoug I have two rewiews or three maybe to rely on... but you still can nominate the first five without have to take an article and review it yourself. And one can still nominate others article without reviwes, too.Hafspajen (talk) 00:45, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, exclusive taste in small films too, eh? Hobbies, apart from Wiki, collecting incunabula. Expert on matters of food (especially wine), fashion and on classical music. Excels at the piano, including Bach's works for keyboard instruments -like Lord Peter Wimsey? Hafspajen (talk) 23:20, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ha! Film was good though. A black and white study of misery, suicide and alcohol abuse in 1980s Poland. Followed by a walk back through town past a late-night cake shop with a bouncer and a long queue on the street outside (including small children). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 23:33, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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