User talk:Theramin

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Hello, Theramin! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! FlowerpotmaN·(t) 01:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

(Slightly late, but welcome anyway) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 01:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Theramin (talk) 01:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Medici villas

On 19 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Medici villas, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 17:57, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talking statues of Rome

I really think you should consider merging these five articles into the talking statues article. It makes sense that a reader would want to read about them all in one article, I found it quite annoying personally having to click my way through each one just to read another paragraph, and I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one. Gatoclass (talk) 14:49, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Triumphal Arch (woodcut)

On 20 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Triumphal Arch (woodcut), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 03:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] First Congress of Vienna

On 24 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article First Congress of Vienna, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 15:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hans Springinklee

On 2 June 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hans Springinklee, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 11:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Villa Medicea del Trebbio

I added your Villa Medicea del Trebbio to the next update. It will be on Main Page DYK in a few hours. --BorgQueen (talk) 21:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I was just about to "tick" it when BorgQueen added it to the next update. Thanks for jumping through all the hoops. I know it's frustrating, as I've been there on several occasions myself. Alas, what is "common knowledge" to some won't be common knowledge to everyone - as DYK tends to avoid statements of the blindingly obvious (as they "lack interest") then citations are required each time for consistency. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 21:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you both, but it all seems such pointless rules-lawyerly box-ticking. The hook is an entirely uncontroversial point (and, indeed, widely known in the relevant field), and about half of the other sentences in the article could have exactly the same footnote, so why pick this one out?

Anyway, that is my Wikipedia time for another day spent advocating for my old articles rather than writing new ones. Perhaps the Villa Medici in Fiesole or Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano next. -- Theramin (talk) 21:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 2 June 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Villa Medicea del Trebbio , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Maxim_(talk) 23:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry you didn't like the request for the cite, but we do have rules and if we start making exceptions pretty soon the whole system breaks down. If it's any consolation you are perfectly welcome to remove the cite once the article is off the front page. The cite is basically only there to help reviewers confirm the hook statement and for readers who might be interested in verifying the claim for themselves. Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 04:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)