Talk:Wil van Gogh

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Made a few style changes this interesting article. Hope no one objects Rinpoche (talk) 01:25, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * This is curious. Not two hours ago I made a few stylistic changes in this piece. For example I changed something like 'was in these years equal to a sentence of death' to 'was in those days equivalent to a death sentence'. I thought the article interesting and resolved to have a search later on for more about Wil and to my astonishment alighted on this page ('copyrighted' if you please) http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Wil_van_Gogh which just lifts the entire wiki complete with my revisions not two hours ago! What's that about? Do they make money from it and can I get a bit?Rinpoche (talk) 02:32, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I've replaced the link to the Yuri Visser bio which appeared to be defunct to a copy on vggallery.com. I'll have a read through next few days and maybe add any sourced material from it (I mean a paraphrase, not cut and paste) Rinpoche (talk) 03:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I had a quick looks through the Yuri Visser piece. I don't think there's anything from it I'd want to add in without studying what Renate Berger had to say (but I can't read German). Yuri Visser quotes some medical reports which do suggest that Willemina unfortunately had basically lost it (essentially she was catatonic and somtimes boisterous) but that's not to say that that was her her essential condition and not just the result of prolonged institutionalisation. If someone could contribute something on what Renate Berger has to say that would be interesting. Rinpoche (talk) 03:46, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Mental Health of Wil worsened after brother Cor’s suicide?
In the dutch article by Yuri Visser it mentions that in 1900 (doesn’t specfiy when) Wil starts writing ‘confused letters’ (quoting Yuri Visser: Vanaf 1900, tien jaar na het overlijden van haar broers, begon Willemina met het schrijven van verwarde brieven).

It strikes me as interesting to mention that Cor van Gogh, the youngest sibling and only remaining brother, committed suicide in April 1900. Perhaps someone can look into if Wil’s state worsened because of the news of her last remaining brother’s suicide?

Saboou (talk) 18:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)