Talk:Grave marking industry
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This article seems to be a translation from a very poor web translator, pasted straight in. As a result the article makes little sense. What is to be done about this? We already have an article Headstone but perhaps the writer wanted an article on the craftspeople who carved them? - Adrian Pingstone 17:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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With my article in wiki, I want to lay a foundation for conversations concerning this subject.
Because my dialogues on some details took place in at least five languages (Dutch, German, French, English, Spanish), my Internet site, founded in 1996 ( http://www.kleinmonument.be/) becomes too time-consuming. For this reason I choosed wiki-English, because English is a lingua franca, understood worldwide. I think that my English is not worse than that of the average Indonesian or Brazilian. Of course I do my best to optimiza my - basic - english.
My participation to wiki is the result of research that started in 1947. My accession as a wiki - user is final. I don’t intend to change rapidly my mind. If my contribution is rejected ten times, then I will come back eleven times ... Or isn’t wiki an open encyclopaedia?
Practically:
1. I appreciate very that Notinasnaid and Elkman have understood what I mean. I sit on the intersection of art and handicraft. For this reason a separate article is necessary.
2. After a test on Google with the two words "monumental mason" and "stonecutter", I think that "monumental mason" refers too much on large monuments.
3. My article is indeed but a beginning... I think that I have found my way now. The youngest state of the art makes that already clearer. In every way your criticism has been very useful to me.
4. I will not forget to make use of my sandbox.
For Arpingstone: Do you realise the humour: you first remove my “weird” contribution to an existing article, and now you advise me to contribute to an existing article?--Jaak Nijssen 12:19, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think you need to take this discussion to the article's talk page. --Richardrj 12:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Meaning of i.a?
Please change i.a to whatever it means (I have no idea). Thanks - Adrian Pingstone 10:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
