User talk:Angelika-Ditha

Friedrich Mieth
Hello and again, welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you won't mind because I reply instead of DocYako, but I couldn't resist the temptation :). As long as I can see, the article has great prospect of expansion, especially now that we can have more detailed sources from you. Of course, photos are always wanted in articles - so I (and I suppose everyone interested in the subject) would be grateful if you could provide photographic and other material. Needless to say, any reference material would be appreciated as well. If there is not any problem woth DocYako, I could devote a lot of time on expanding the article. If you need any help in anything, do not hesitate to leave me a message. Grüße! Jake V (talk) 11:11, 20 May 2010 (UTC)


 * No, I must thank you for your quick reply! You cant't imagine how much I am interested in that. I love learning even the smallest details of a German officer's life: In my opinion, the post-war propaganda has given the public the false impression that the Germans were nothing but brutal and inhumane criminals; unfortunately I am not even German, but it's quite depressing when you realized that soldiers - or generals, like your grandparent, fell with the stigm of the "German war criminal". But I like to see the human behind the General - that's why I was fascinated when you told me he was an excellent violonist and he had inclination for ancient languages; I don't have the chance to learn this kind of things every day. You can't imagine how lucky I feel to have met a relative of a German general, in Wikipedia!


 * Of course, those are just thoughts. Now the technical part: I am not impressed there is so much confusion about his date of death, since his body was never recovered and -I suppose- the Iaşi pocket would be chaotic enough to deter specification of the date and the circumastances of his death (I think it's more likely he fell victim to artillery or aircraft attack, but these are nothing but speculations). I'm sure a scanner will be very useful. Since you have many photos, we could even make a whole category at commons, not only for GdI Mieth but for his colleagues as well. If you can't upload them directly, you can send them to me via e-mail (and I think it would be better to communicate via it as well, so not to "waste" space in your talk page with my personal thoughts).


 * Also, the fact that he was a skilled violonist can actually be incorporated into the article: see for expample Ludwig Kübler (don't be tricked, for now, I know very few German) - Person und Persönlichkeit: It says that he was a cellist, and the article is a featured one! This information is not useless at all;


 * The only problem is that when I write this article, I must cite documentation; Unfortunately, it is discouraged by the Wikipedia policy to post unsourced material, even if I trust you (and I do). So in this case, you'll either have to scan or write in the computer official documents and personal archives (the Ritterkreuz and Eichenlaub awarding documents are needed as well). But look at the bright side: you'll learn how to use the scanner :)))) (just kidding, hope you're not offended). You never might know, we can even see Friedrich Mieth reaching featured article status one day. Again thank you. Also check your e-mail; it's the most effective way to exchange information. Have a good day ;) Jake V (talk) 08:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Your request for help
Hi Angelika!

I know this is a very late response to your request for help on the BLP Noticeboard but I wanted to offer it (and I know that you will get an email notification now :) ). If you can provide me with the Wikipedia languages you want to link to and the name there (a link would be fine) I'd be happy to show you how to do it!. I also want to thank you for all the great work you've done on the [Igor_Morozov_(singer)]] article. It's incredibly appreciated! Maybe there are a couple other classical articles where you may have something to add? Jalexander--WMF 23:27, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much, dear James! I've found your message only today.. probably the e-mail notification was deleted at that time... First of all: a happy New Year!! Thank you so much for the offered help! Yes, indeed, I would appreciate it a lot. Also for the biogroaphy on Igor Morozov which I would love to connect to the page of operatic baritones in English (in German and Russian it is already linked but not in English and I don't find out how to do it!) As for Friedrich Mieth there are short articles on him in Russian and Spanish on Wikipedia, but not in German (however he was a German general and in contact with the putch of July 20th, 1944) There are also articles on him on the pages of the German Wehrmacht Archiv and several books where he's mentioned in English. I would also like to write an article about the great Georgian baritone David Gamrekeli (Igor Morozov's teacher at Moscow's conservatory and a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre). But it's very difficult to write anything as there are even in Russian very few articles to find... Angelika-Ditha (talk) 11:02, 1 January 2013 (UTC)