User talk:Amandajm/Archives/2011/September

Tiffany glass
Hi. Could you let me know why you made this edit, deleting sourced information? Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:59, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation, I appreciate it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:22, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Pylon (architecture)
I just did this without checking who had added the image. Yes, I still edit without checking the history. I'm not a church architecture expert, but I didn't think that the towers-flanking-entrance pattern in churches was ever called "pylon", only "westwork". I was under the impression that the westwork originated in Frankish territory, but the (uncited) article says that it started in Syria. That would make an Egyptian connection plausible, especially because some Coptic monasteries had pylon-like entrances. Do you have more information about the relationship between them? A. Parrot (talk) 04:10, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: Hardman & Co.
The copyvio was added by the original article creator, MacLeinin, who is the subject of a copyright investigation. I deleted the material he added as a likely copyvio. Most of what he added has since been reworded sans that paragraph, so only that was removed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:08, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Amandajm. Then, if it takes you 500 years is not perseverance; just sluggishness :) Polyklinj (talk) 03:38, 15 August 2011 (UTC)


 * ) Hmm... still, contrary to popular belief the actual figures from the Eurostat (the official EU statistics Authority) and the OECD show that the reputed "hard working" Germans work considerably less than their fellow Europeans and are first who take retirement. In fact the annual average working hours of a German are 1390 h., whereas the true hard workers are the ostensibly "sluggish" Southern Europeans. A Greek, 2119 hours per year; an Italian 1773, a Portuguese 1719, a Spaniard 1654, a French 1554 hours.

Off topic, this lovely picture of sluggish German (or whatever) townsfolk you are painting could be a nest-egg for a nice fairy tale if you work it further. Cheers!Polyklinj (talk) 02:42, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

So eloquent instead of dozens of history pages. Or to paraphrase the adage, this is when a poetic picture is worth a thousand words of historiography. Polyklinj (talk) 20:59, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Parish etc
Hi Amanda, let's know when you have finished and I will have another go at sorting it out. Eddaido (talk)

Wells Cathedral
Hi, A few years ago we discussed issues with the article on Wells Cathedral. You suggested a "radical" reworking. I wondered if you had any further thoughts or had the time/inclination to work on this one.&mdash; Rod talk 09:08, 27 August 2011 (UTC)