User talk:Bermicourt/Archive 3

Translation
Hey Bermicourt. I was wondering if you could transwiki this? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 16:52, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Haha, I wish I lived out there. I visited the place a while back. Then when I saw the one liner and the article on German wiki I was astounded. The German wiki articles on Majorca are ten times better than ours are. If you can take care of Arta I'll translate the huge article on Calvià from Spanish wiki! So far I've only translated up to the beginning of goegraphy!! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 20:10, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

That's a good start, look forward to seeing the end result! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 08:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Wonderful work as was to be expected! Nicely done. Ha you think that was long! Check out Tenerife, Tunis and Culture of Tunisia which I translated!! For some reason German google translate is not very good. Even Russian and Chinese translate better than German. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 18:54, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Burg
Template:Infobox Burg has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I did some work on this template and it can now be safely substituted. Substituting this template will automagically convert it to Infobox building, and even perform some coordinate conversion, location map detection, ... It appears to work fairly well based on the six or seven that I substituted.  I hope this will help with your translation work. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  19:05, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks.--Grahame (talk) 08:04, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Good articles on German Wikipedia
Category:Good articles on German Wikipedia, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. TheGrappler (talk) 12:20, 15 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment. As the author I don't have strong feelings about this. The category is automatically inserted by Template:Lesenswert which generates the 'tag' you can see on the template page. We can take it out. On the other hand it may be a useful admin category to enable translators to identify and work on articles that are rated as 'good' on de.wiki and bring them up to an equivalent standard on en.wiki. So perhaps someone could transfer this into a suitable admin category area and I could start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Germany to determine whether it has utility and what its relationship to should be. HTH. --Bermicourt (talk) 16:16, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Principality of Lüneburg
Hello! Your submission of Principality of Lüneburg at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Crum375 (talk) 00:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

WP:PEACOCK at Krupp
Please explain why you think the peacocky phasing is preferable to more neutral phrasing? [[WP Thanks! [[User:Active Banana|Active Banana]] (talk) 19:35, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for County of Dannenberg
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 06:03, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Infobox Ortsteil einer Gemeinde
Hi Bermicourt, if you're planning to add more infoboxes for Ortsteile, like you've been doing for several villages in Lower Saxony, I could help by building a "wrapper" that translates the field names of the German Infobox Ortsteil einer Gemeinde to field names that are used by Infobox German location. See Infobox German State for example. Otherwise, you should convert the field names manually. Just let me know if you need help. Markussep Talk 11:39, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * [copied] Hi Markussep. I have to confess I'm not sure what you meant. What I do is to copy the German infobox across and just amend the fields that don't seem to work. This is useful because it saves time manually changing stuff. However if this is wrong or there is a better way I'm interested. What I usually try to avoid is having to manually convert all the field names and data into the en.wiki equivalent because that is repetitive, time-consuming work. Some of my other 'German' infoboxes automatically translate the fieldnames and, in some cases, the data too. Gruß. --Bermicourt (talk) 18:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * P.S. See "Reviewer" above - I seem to be a reviewer as well but didn't get a fancy notice like you! Do we need to do anything proactive or just approve edits on pages we see e.g. on our watchlist? --Bermicourt (talk) 18:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * What you've been doing isn't wrong, just incomplete sometimes. But I think I've got it now. I turned the Infobox Ortsteil einer Gemeinde into a wrapper for Infobox German location (it was a redirect). All you have to do is copy the infobox from German wikipedia, add the Kreis, and check if nothing's wrong. I already checked the infoboxes that used Infobox Ortsteil einer Gemeinde until now. I've basically ignored the "reviewer" option, I think it's a test right now. Markussep Talk 19:36, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I noticed a few recurring mistakes in your recent infobox additions, e.g. Leybuchtpolder. As I wrote above, you don't have to convert it to Infobox German location anymore, simply copying the German infobox as is will work correctly now. If you still like to convert it to Infobox German location, remember to add a field "Town = " or "Municipality = " (town if it's a Stadt, like Norden, municipality if it's a Gemeinde like Krummhörn), and optionally a field "Art = " with "Ortsteil", "village" or whatever you think appropriate (the default value is "suburb", that's a bit strange for a place like Leybuchtpolder). Nice articles BTW! Markussep Talk 08:13, 1 July 2010 (UTC)


 * You need to use the field names "Lageplan" and "Lageplanbeschreibung". "Karte" is an alternative map instead of the map of Germany, I wouldn't use that. See Infobox German location/Instructions for more details. Markussep Talk 11:12, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

BahnCard
Hello,

I am wondering what your interest is with changing the warning I placed on Wikipedia for BahnCard?

We are fast growing group of Foreigners that have been caught out by their auto-renewal system in Germany and to date Bahncard have ignored all reasoning and instead insist on the payment through Debt collectors, even from people that have long left the country.

This practice by DB Bahn is unethical and their policies need to be reviewed. We therefore plan to place a lot of pressure on them (and the Government etc) until this is done, or inconvenient auto-renewal of discount cards are no longer allowed in Germany, unless specifically requested.

Unless you are a represtative of Bahncard, I would appreciate you do not get involved. And if you are a representative please review the Policy ASAP and listen to travellers requested to cancel "unwanted and unused auto-renewed" cards!

Thanks for your Understanding,

Dan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.33.131.11 (talk) 11:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Siege of Godesberg
Bermi, thanks for looking at the article. Would you see if we've addressed your issues and if you can support or oppose now? auntieruth (talk) 15:30, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

German railway lines
I am a German user living in Frankfurt am Main, interested in railways and (co-)author of a lot of articles on railway lines and railway history in the vincinity within de-Wikipedia. I noticed your translation of Hessian Ludwig Railway from de-Wikipedia to en-Wikipedia. If you put any further articles on this subject and within this area into en-Wikipedia, give me a notice and I will give any help needed which I am able to provide. -- Reinhard Dietrich (talk) 11:19, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Minister-President vote
Second round of voting has started. Kingjeff (talk) 13:59, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Bundesstrasse
Template:Infobox Bundesstrasse has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. WOSlinker (talk) 13:49, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:EWZ
Template:EWZ has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Svick (talk) 17:48, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

German Station Infoboxes
Hi Bermicourt. After translating a number of articles about stations in other countries, I have started work on my first article about a German station (Lübeck Hauptbahnhof). However, that job has left me in a bit of a quandary, because there are two possible infoboxes available (Template:Infobox DB station and Template:Infobox Bahnhof). On the one hand, I much prefer the look of the former, and it also has an hcard function. On the other hand, the latter covers a lot more data, at least at the moment.

I understand that the latter is a mirror of its de.wikipedia counterpart, and was created mainly to facilitate translations. Thus, I wonder whether the solution to my dilemma might be to edit "DB station" significantly (to expand the range of data it covers), and then have a go at creating, for "Bahnhof", either a "wrapper" (as has been done for Template:Infobox Ortsteil einer Gemeinde), or a "translation template" (as has been suggested for Template:Infobox Bundesstrasse), so as to adapt its data for use in "DB station". Going down that path would seem to be consistent with what appears to be the temporary purpose of "Bahnhof", at least when used in en.wikipedia. What do you think? Bahnfrend (talk) 17:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Upper Harz Water Regale
Thank you for translating the article on the Upper Harz Water Regale, which has just been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into English. Your work is much appreciated.--Mschiffler (talk) 09:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

re
I want to apologise for not informing WP:Germany before splitting this category however given that two of the regions were already split (and have existed for three years) I really didn't think there would be any problems regarding splitting out the two remaining ones. Waacstats (talk) 12:34, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I have created a template for Osterheide are there any other unincorporated areas I need to watch out for? Waacstats (talk) 11:36, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Plön Castle
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 06:04, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Railway gauge categories
Re the addition of the 750mm and 760mm gauge categories, I've clarified the situation at Category:Two foot six inch gauge railways. You will need to bear in mind that other categories using imperial measurements will need similarly clarifying. That way, all articles can be seen to be in the correct category and avoid the repeated addition/deletion of cats from articles. Mjroots (talk) 06:48, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Suggest that it may be better to hang fire for now. Need to hear what the objector thinks of what I said at WT:TWP. I'm sure that the issues can be worked through. Mjroots (talk) 21:19, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

reply
I have not reverted anything, I have just added back 2'6" cats. The proposal was not discussed on the Cat page, and the Cats are broad so that we don't end up with an infinite range of cats, rather so people could compare railways that were "alike" in gauge. In the case of 750/760/2'6" they are so close that equipment can be interchanged between the gauges without re gauging, and a 750mm gauge railway would be much more than 2'6" gauge on any reasonably tight curve. With 760/2'6" there is only 2mm difference, I'd like to see a track laying crew that worked to that tolerance! --Michael Johnson (talk) 06:49, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Your Translation Offer
Hello!

I just noticed your generous offer to help translate mountaineering related articles from German to English, and wanted to thank you. I have to leave for work now so can't go into a lot of detail, but maybe you could take a look at Reinhold Messner, which is already tagged as needing expansion based on the German article. That would be a great place to start as he is considered by many to be the greatest mountaineer in the history of the sport. I haven't had time to look at the German article, but perhaps you could give me an opinion of what would be involved in incorporating content into the English article. Cullen328 (talk) 15:18, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for beginning this project. It is a great start.Cullen328 (talk) 07:05, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Marble
Guten Abend Bermicourt, habe mich über die überraschende Artikel"kopie" zum bayer. Marmor gefreut ;-). Wenn Du weiter auf diesem Gebiet zum Übersetzen Lust hast, bin ich gern dabei hilfreich (z.B. geologische Fachworte). Mir fiel auf, dass im englischen Artikel marble in der Tabelle einige Sorten aufgeführt sind, die im geologischen Verständnis eigentlich Kalksteine (limestone) und keine Marmore sind. Diese begriffliche Unschärfe innerhalb der Alltagssprache ist im deutschen Lemma von Kollegen RolStone und mir ausführlich beschrieben worden. Mit meinem Englisch habe ich gelegentlich nur kleinere Änderungen gemacht (lesen geht besser). Aber ich will Dir keine Arbeit verursachen :-). beste grüsse --Lysippos (talk) 19:33, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Reinhold Messner
G'day Bermicourt,

I would like to thank you for your effort in expanding the article on Reinhold Messner. Though I haven't had time yet to read through all the additions and check all facts I'm fairly certain I'll be awarding you some form of barnstar for this! Highly appreciated. Qwrk (talk) 09:51, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You really did an outstanding job here. I commend you. Cullen328 (talk) 15:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK query
You call Messner an Austrian in the museum article but an Italian in the hook. Ericoides 11:49, 4 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks - now corrected. --Bermicourt (talk) 16:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd normally change this sort of thing myself but didn't want to become involved in a controversy lest he WAS really Austrian; with the South Tyrol it's all a bit contentious. Nice article, by the way. Ericoides  16:16, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's still not right.  — Rlevse • Talk  • 14:14, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Hessel
Hi. Can you translate this related dab Hessel (disambiguation). Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:12, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Excellent job!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:45, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi I've expanded Koserow, I was wondering if you could add some information from this source (in German) and any other sources you can find. If so I'll nominate it for a joint DYK.♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I honestly think it is the best way to improve wikipedia working in twos or threes. Because you add what you can or feel like adding and then other people can build on it/translate information which you can't without the workload being too great and you end up with a much more comprehensive article than if you'd written it alone. And a wide range of articles keeps it interesting.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:24, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Leopold Blauensteiner needs proof reading/sourcing. Interested? ♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:03, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Messner Mountain Museum
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 12:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Koserow
Yes, turned out pretty good. Would be glad to collaborate on others with you. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Koserow
 — Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 06:03, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

User-anat
Hi, User:DougWeller thought this was a hoax. It isn't but the list was created from one which no longer exists. There is a mention of it on German wikipedia. Could you translate this and create the article at Apernat?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Brilliant job, that's fine. Thanks for clearing that up, I really appreciate it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:08, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox German railway vehicle
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Infoboxes. __meco (talk) 21:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Stausee
Template:Infobox Stausee has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.  Reh  man 15:26, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Summit cross
The DYK project (nominate) 06:07, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Sandbox
I want to thank you for the free Sandbox. I shall put it to great use ;) Big Brother of The Party (talk) 08:40, 5 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I have reverted what appears to have been a hijacking of your sandbox by a now blocked user. If the user was acting with your permission, I apologize. Favonian (talk) 23:39, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Favonian. No he wasn't. --Bermicourt (talk) 15:25, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Altes Brauhaus
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 * I think the bot has got it wrong. I translated the article from German Wikipedia and its focus is historical. The link found by the bot is the webpage for the modern hotel. Happy to be corrected by experts though. See the talk page. --Bermicourt (talk) 17:06, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

German town categories deletion for discussion
Of course, my vote is not an "unchangable judgment" and cfd is for discussion ;-) . The situation may change in a procedure and i'm following that categories day by day. I would also remark that my operations were not a prejudice againist your works or the towns, of course :-). On the contrary, I've added some pages and subcategories (as this) in other categories created by you to avoid the WP:CFD. My reasons for little towns with very few articles (1 or 3...) could be resumed saying that it's better (IMHO) starting first with cities (ex.: Solingen) and with a sufficient number of pages. To create a category for a place it is not a strict national hierarchy to follow but it is better to find before a sufficient number of voices. I hope to help you in the remaining categories in CFD. Thanks for that you've sayed to me, expecially "This is Wiki cooperation at its best". I've appriceated it a lot, really. Best of regards and Gruß. --Dэя-Бøяg 21:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Template's title: I've read and understood what you mean. I wrote about a possible solution on template's talk. Best of regards and tschuß ;-) --Dэя-Бøяg 19:16, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Boroughs: I've understood and, for exemple, we can talk about the metropolitan borough of Luton, refered to the city. I can give you an exemple reguarding the municipalities of Burkina Faso, named as districts. Of course, it makes sense for me but this is used principally for British places refering to their official status. Reguarding Germany, en.wp use the forme "Cities" (Kreisfreie Städte and Std. with more than 100,000 inhabitants), Towns (Kreisfreie Städte and Std. with lesser than 100,000 inh.), Municipalities (Gemeinde) and Villages (Ortsteile intended as "villages" and not city districts proper). Boroughs and/or districts are refered to the Bezirke of the cities. This is the structural situation i've found on infoboxes, categories and other stuff and I've followed it because, I think, it was the common decision, after discussions, of the founding members of the WikiProject Germany, years ago. Or because it is considered the better way that English native speakers (and I'm not) use to understand the meaning of subdivisions for other countries as Germany. I dunno, i'm only a 3 years old registered user and this is an academic issue too much greater than me. It reguards various Wikipedia standards, language knowledges and WikiProject decisions out of my range ;-D as singular user. But i think... Feel free to use this terms on the pages you create, remembering to explain when necessary (ex.: sometimes the borough -as town- should be confused with the Landkreis). Ask to the WikiProjects or to their refering admins. The corrections i've done were done to follow the standards i've found years ago. Sometimes i don't like this standard, but... Some exemples: 1) The suggestion (opened by me) to rename Halle, Saxony-Anhalt in Halle (Saale) (a most logical disambiguation, IMHO) was rejected in a poll. The maximus I can do is to prepare very valid, clear and understandable reasons and open another movereq in the future. 2) Creating a page for a not-ambiguous Canadian municipality, i've decided the form "Municipality, Ontario" for the title, using the simple title as redirect. Personally I don't like comas in place names, more if they aren't ambiguous. But it is a strict policy adopted for municipal names (ambiguous or not) in North America (excluding metropolis and similar). Regards, sorry for this big edit. I suffer of logorrhoea ;-DDD --Dэя-Бøяg 20:02, 16 December 2010 (UTC)