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[edit] Your interests...

Perhaps we could interest you in this?

Keep up the good work... and concerning the The Smith of Kochel: would you mind a little proofreading by me? Lectonar 08:51, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

I was on RC-patrol; and as I own a house in Kochel, my eye was caught...btw, some tiny hints: you shouldn't delete items from your talk-page (and the {{welcome}} provides useful links. And please sign your name by using ~~~~, it's automagically. Happy editing. Lectonar 10:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Coats of Arms

Original message: User_talk:GrafZahl#Coats of Arms

Hi Imars, it's great that you start writing an article about Nußloch!

As for the coat of arms of Leimen, I didn't upload it, sorry. You might want to check out de:Wikipedia:Wappen (in German) for infomation on uploading coats of arms. (Warning: I've just read that page and I feel like my brain has been sucked out.)

As for the location map, I didn't upload it either ;) but there seems to be a source of GFDL'd maps, http://www.opengeodb.de/, where you can generate an appropriate image using the coordinates of Nußloch (never tried it myself, though).

Some optional suggestions you might want to consider for your article:

  • You may want to add a redirect from Nussloch to Nußloch because after the Rechtschreibreform, Nuss is spelled with two s while the spelling of Nußloch, it being a proper noun, remains the same.
  • Bergstraße should be wikilinked, I think. Unfortunately, right now it redirects to Kreis Bergstraße which is not quite the same thing.
  • When you wikilink dates, as in [[December 31]], [[766]], they are displayed according to each user's preferences.
  • You may want to cite the source of the population figure (population_ref).

Hope I was at least of some help. --GrafZahl 11:27, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mt Tsurugi

Re Mount Tsurugi (Hokkaido), the Japanese Wikipedia gives つるぎやま as the reading... and if you're interested in Hokkaido, why not chip over at Wikitravel too? Jpatokal 17:00, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An Invitation

Hello Imars,

Here's an invitation to visit Wikipedia:Japan-related topics notice board. There, you can meet other Wikipedians working on articles related to Japan. You'll find lists of new articles, projects, and resources such as Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles). Hope to see you there!

Best regards, Fg2 11:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] CV pic

I took it in summer 04. I've done what you suggested. Thanks for your interest. Guinnog 17:43, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Japanese mountains

Thanks for Your posting on my user page. If you have some suggestions for important/interesting articles to translate, I will see what I can do... There are a lot of interesting articles on japanese topics in the english Wikipedia, so I translate mainly Articles on history, geography and culture, maybe som other stuff when tired.

Bye Andreas

[edit] Wikipedia survey

Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 23:52, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Swanachild

The removal of the link to Regintrud was accidental, I readded it. Srnec 17:49, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saints Wikiproject

I noted that you have been contributing to articles about saints. I invite you to join the WikiProject Saints. You can sign up on the page and add the following userbox to your user page.

This user is a member of the Saints WikiProject.


I also invite you to join the discussion on prayers and infoboxes here: Prayers_are_NPOV.

Thanks! --evrik 18:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Theodo

Thanks for your inquiry. I was aware of the link have studied it comprehensively. The thing is, that there is no evidence and no reason from the sources to assume the Duke Theodo mentioned in Emmeram's vita to be a different Theodo than the one mentioned in Paulus Diaconus, Corbianian's vita or in other sources. The distinction is merely a historians' construct that, to my knowledge, is no longer widespread. The only argument for it is that Lantpert and Uta are not mentioned in necrologies of Theodo's family (where the four sons are mentioned). That however might be because of their involvement with Emmeram's death. The thing about the fathers is that we have no reliable notice about whose son Theodo was. These are mere speculations. This, BTW, is also what the link tells us: if you follow the link to Theodo I you will find an almost empty page, whereas all the information is at [Theodo II, which combines all notes about a Duke Theodo - just like I have done. Str1977 (smile back) 21:21, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Faxon Dean Atherton

Thanks for your courtesy on this article. On my userpage, you'll note I am done with this article; mostly because there are many good biographies written on him, as he is noted as a local person of note. However, I should note his NOT the founder of Atherton. He is the founder of "Fair Oaks", the former name of Atherton.

Also, you'll note my article had footnotes. I live in Menlo Park and Atherton is just a stone's throw away. As such, and that I am a local historian, footnotes are very important. As such, I would request that you footnote all new entries - so as to retain consistency. Also, please remove redlinks. You might consider making them italics instead.

Lastly, please continue with your find work. Feel free, to merge and condense, as you see needed. I plan no other changes to this article. Thank you. --meatclerk 20:53, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Germany

Welcome, Imars, to the WikiProject Germany! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on Germany-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template {{WikiProject Germany}}. A few features that you might find helpful:

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project! Kusma (討論) 13:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment about Germany assessment

Hello,

Regarding your recent comment on my talk page, I've left a larger piece of opinion on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Germany#Some_thoughts_on_assessment. You're welcome to leave your thoughts and comments. --doco (☏) 18:52, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and I just forgot to tag Altlußheim appropriately. Thanks for pointing it out! --doco (☏) 18:54, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of Prussia

Thanks for the book tip: I've heard good things about that one, but I still haven't gotten around to seeing it. If you are also interested in former states, perhapes you might be interested in checking out WP:WPFC (the Prussian WikiProject is largely my test project for things that are needed for WPFC).
No problem with the infobox - once the auto-categorisation is set up and the variables made available in both languages, then it should be finished. - 52 Pickup 15:54, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Just importing everything from the German wiki "as is" will be fine for most fields, but some things will always need a bit of extra user input:
  • The translation of some text fields that could never be automated (eg. Gliederung and Lageplanbeschreibung).
  • The mayor entry is normally wikilinked - that should probably be undone. The template checks automatically for the presence of an entry with that name.
  • One should also look out for any unusual wikilinking in the Partei field, particularly if a minor party is used.
  • The extra information from Infobox Town DE should also be preserved: notably the source URL for the population data (the wikilinking from this URL should be removed)
  • Add a representative photo of the location, if possible. If there is a good picture for this, it will probably be already on the page somewhere.
  • And when/if the auto-categorisation works, the manual "Cities/Towns... in ..." categories at the bottom of the page should be deleted. This way, any false categorisations that are currently in place will be undone and corrected by the infobox.
If there is anything else that needs to be done, post it on the template talk page - we should probably come up with a set of instructions for those who want to import infobox data from the German wiki. - 52 Pickup 18:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] translation tag

There is a lot available, and I tend to forget most of it. In fact I was reminded that there is another template {tl|german}} which does a similar thing. Anyway it is placed on the bottom of the article, like the EB1911 or similar attribution tags. Agathoclea 18:58, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Asking for assistance

Would you be interested in assisting on the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 that will be taking place on February 22 to March 4 in Sapporo in terms of information about the area that might benefit this article? Please advise. Chris 01:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Eastern Germany

Perhaps you'd be interested in this:Talk:Historical_Eastern_Germany#Requested_move. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 05:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible renaming of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints

It has been suggested that the above named project be renamed Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian saints. Please express your opinion on this proposed renaming, and the accompanying re-definition of the scope of the project, here. John Carter 17:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] May 2007 edition of the WikiProject Germany newsletter

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[edit] Bertrada of Prüm

The only reference to her as child of Hugobert that I've seen is the Hugobert Wikipedia article, which led me to believe it to be incorrect. However, I have misgivings about the decision at this point so I will revert it Furius 05:41, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] InfoBox Bishopric of Speyer

I'm definitely not sure it's the right coat of arms so please do feel free to put your one onto the Commons. Thanks for letting me know! — OwenBlacker 10:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Fantastic; great work! Thanks, Imars! — OwenBlacker 13:00, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] about Carantanian Saints

Hi Imars! As I can see you are interested in Saints. This may interet you http://www.carantha.net/st__domitian_and_st__modestus_of_carantania.htm. Take a look and tell me.

Greetings from Argentina--Marcos G. Tusar (talk) 13:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Visitor attraction category

What the hell? Since when are mountains not visitor attractions? I know plenty of people who go to places specifically to hike one mountain or another, go camping, and so on. Mountains are absolutely visitor attractions. I'm reverting your removal of the category. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 08:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Answered on your talk page. I just do not think every mountain needs to be entered in the category, just because it exists.imars (talk) 14:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] March 2008 edition of the WikiProject Germany newsletter

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[edit] Schau ins Land (magazine)

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[edit] Mount Toyoni (Erimo)

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[edit] WikiProject Christianity

Hello Imars!

You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Christianity

The goal of WikiProject Christianity is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Christianity available on Wikipedia. WP:X as a group does not prefer any particular tradition or denominination of Christianity, but prefers that all Christian traditions are fairly and accurately represented.

You are receiving this invitation because you are a member of one of the related Christianity Projects and I thought that you might be interested in this project also - Tinucherian (talk) 04:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eniwa

Oops, sorry. Didn't notice it wasn't Eniwa. --Darwinek (talk) 21:28, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shinhidaka

Thanks. It's nice to know there are people who get interested in the least populated, but definitely beautiful, part of the country. The flag image is made by me, based on the municipal emblem info from the official website, and the real flag photo image which I can't remember the address right now. I needed to see the photo since the town, like many others in Japan, only legitimates the emblem. Its flag is only used conventionally without written rules. If just emblems (rather then flags) are fine, the easiest and possibly the safest way to show the images may be to download these from the municipal official websites and re-upload them (on Wikipedia, not on Commons) as fair use images. Chinese Wikipedia do so for many Japanese municipalities, like Hidaka, Samani, or Erimo. Kzaral (talk) 13:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)