Talk:Heinrich Hofmann

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There are two more articles on this painter, one at Heinrich Hoffmann (painter), the other one at Heinrich Hoffman (painter), both created by the same user. Would that fact call for a redirect or the deletion of the pages with the misspelled name? <KF> 21:37, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

There is already a very elaborate and well researched article on Hofmann in Wikipedia Heinrich Hofmann. I have done the research and can assure you the information is correct. In the above mentioned articles not only the name is misspelled but the birthplace is wrong. Why do you keep these articles published? I have tried in my article (it is also in the German Wikipedia) to submit information that is correct and that has not been published before.

WingsofJoy 16:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Why do I/we keep those articles? You're part of it, pal, and as you know more about it than others, why don't you turn them into redirects? I "kept" them because (a) they might have contained the correct information (how should I know?) and (b) because there's an image of a house in one of them which it might be a good idea to salvage. Anyway, thanks for clearing this up. So should we put the photo in the longer article? All the best, <KF> 17:27, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your answer. I am so glad I was able to contact you because I am not yet that familiar with how Wikipedia works. I did not mean to criticize anyone for keeping the two other articles. I just wanted to assure you that the information given there was incorrect. The photo does not show the birthplace of Heinrich Hofmann. As I mentioned he was not born in Fallersleben but in Darmstadt. I was in Darmstadt and studied Hofmann's letters and diaries in the archives there. We have tried to find the house where he was born but it seems to have been destroyed during the war. I will try to put some photos of drawings by Hofmann into my article to make it more interesting - but that might take some time. I hope I did not give you the impression that "I know it all"! I don't! But more and more people are interested in this artist; therefore I thought you might wish to know which article contained the correct information. Thanks again for your answer and the work you are doing for Wikipedia, and best wishes to you. WingsofJoy 18:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Dear KV, I have not heard from you. The two articles with the incorrect information are still in Wikipedia. Do you want me to do anything about that? Please let me know. Looking forward to hearing from you. WingsofJoy 20:53, 13 September 2006 (UTC)