User talk:Alisonsage

Degenerate art edits
Hello again, Alison. I noticed your user and talk pages are blank. I hope that doesn't mean you've left Wikipedia. Your recent contributions to Degenerate art were valuable, particularly the addition of references. Best. Jonathunder 03:16, 2005 Jan 23 (UTC)


 * About the relationship between Max Nordau and Cesare Lombroso --- I just pulled out Nordau's book, and re-learned that Nordau dedicated it to Lombroso. The influence seems significant enough to be worth restoring.  If you have any questions that can be answered by referring to it, I can post.  It really is an amusing anthology of fin-de-si&egrave;cle poetry and literature, and Nordau's commentary makes it fun again. -- Smerdis of Tlön 18:04, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Article notes for both Max Nordau and Cesare Lombroso are both under User:Alisonsage/Lombroso So far, they contain mostly biographical sketches to flesh out existing articles on Wikipedia, tech definitions (re: atavism, and et. cetera) and snippets of Nordau's writings. Alas...Project Gutenberg does have one book of Nordau's, but not Degeneration ... and nothing of Lombroso which, I suppose, is to be expected. Anticipate additions to both bios this week. As for the true substance, that requires going to both sources...back to Dartmouth! --allie 22:00, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Check out the history of the Italian tarantula my dear! Giano 19:47, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for that tip, Giano. I am certain that will help enormously in explaining Nordau's theory of entropy in elitist academic manifestos on obscure topics. Is there an article in Wikipedia that I can refer to? --allie 20:15, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Have you read Cesare Lombroso? - not my field really, but I'm surprised you ask Giano 20:40, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I was referring to spiders and cats. While you were busy with the charming "titmouse in the sandbox" act, I was working on the aforementioned article... entarte Kunst? Lombroso played a significant role in Nordau's theory on Degeneracy. With your permission, maestro I would like to continue working on Nordau's theory and his adulation of Lombroso. No more cat calls from the experts please, we all know that I am an amateur and where I belong. May I get back to work now, with your permission, of course? --allie 21:02, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC).


 * Hi, allie, I don't plan to spend much time on that particular article and haven't reverted anything on it. My "cite your sources" header (above) is general advice. The edits I made were in consideration of ambiguities that suggested bias (although I don't think the suggestion of bias was intentional). I think the "Trillions of deutche Marks for a loaf of bread" must hyperbole (or bad data? possibly vandalism?). However, citing a source for the cost of bread during the Nazi regime is a task I will gladly leave to others. Good luck with your work on that article, it's a very interesing subject. But "trillions" is a lot of anything for a loaf of bread. :) Zosodada 03:14, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I've disabled the catagory items at the bottom of the Degenerate art article under your userpage since it was showing up in the live catagory pages. - SimonLyall 03:39, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Link to Vanity Page
Smerdis, if you take a look at the Lombroso page, there's a strange tag at the bottom that leads you to a vanity page for a witch doctor in Brazil. No kidding! I put in a request for a VfD...for the witch doctor, not for Lombroso... --allie 03:12, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Vintage Giano
Thanks very much for the edits, Mr. Anonymous. That was a kind gesture on your part, and no, it didn't go unnoticed. You are the best. Well... let's just say, you have a way with felines and not get carried away. Best regards. --allie 03:12, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

thanks
thanks for the thanks. always nice to be appreciated. Also, I just read your stuff on Lombroso. Very nice. I remember reading about him in an essay by Stephen Jay Gould about 10 yrs ago, and he crops up occasionally in the context of the history of anthropometry (a subject dear to the professional hearts of pediatric endocrinologists). So our interests do at least tangentially abut. alteripse 00:29, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I'm obviously a little slow. What's the footnote thing you are referring to? alteripse 04:04, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Great link page. thanks alteripse 00:46, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Info
Cool... pass the info through to me and I'll see about adding it. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:49, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Referencing
Thanks for your great reference work! The project itself, unfortunately, has had limited popularity. It seems like there are only a couple users who are enthusiastic about the project, but we're having a bit of a tough time collaborating. I've tried to set up a biweekly special article, but it hasn't really worked too well.

Anyhow, thank you very much for your references, it really does make a difference. My only concern is that it will be very hard for people to check the references. Therefore, it would be a good idea to link facts to the refernces section, like this1. If you do this, then vandalism to facts will be reverted very quickly, since patrollers can quickly see that the fact has been cited in a book. Thanks! -Frazzydee|&#9997; 05:08, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Cesare Lombroso and social Darwinism
Just a note; I added a comment to the Talk:Cesare Lombroso page requesting a clarification of his relationship with Social Darwinism, and your input would be appreciated. -- Smerdis of Tlön 18:32, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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