User talk:Holt/2009

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Speedy deletion of Ragnhild Tregagás
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Genetics discussion
Hi Holt!

How can I stop Deacon's edit war against me in the *talk* page of Germanic People? He's removing big parts of my comments. Hollinger (talk) 23:41, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Some more background: I had written this comment: "OK, Deacon has made his intentions, agenda and modus operandi clear enough in above comment and also here: User:Deacon of Pndapetzim/How to win a revert war. I'm not interested in playing these sort of games, so I'm out of here."

And just to show me his modus operandi even better, he went in and deleted most of my comment. I consider his behaviour very rude and dishonourable. Hollinger (talk) 23:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hello Hollinger, I am sorry that you have had such a rough start here on Wikipedia. The best one can do is to behave according to policy; calm, unbiased and civil. It would be a great shame if we lost a good contributor due to a low-life discussion like this. If you are stressed by the discussion, leave it for a week or so, and return with new courage and arguments. If you get through this and follow the process, you will definitely get a flying start when it comes to Wikipedia policies and experience. –Holt T•C 10:00, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I'll leave this aside for now, and might bring it up again at some other point. Hollinger (talk) 10:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

GA Barnstar
Thanks a lot for the barnstar! With this barnstar I may consider giving them breaks now and then (admittedly, largely in fear of a dwarven revolt...) bloodofox: (talk) 18:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Good to hear! :D –Holt T•C 18:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks dear Holt for fixing the map! Raul has moved Greece Runestones to featured article status now.--Berig (talk) 20:42, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

SUL in ZH
✅Best regards. --Mywood (talk) 08:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:Norse Assessment Template
Hello.

I have just changed the assessment template to the one I designed, but I'm having some problems with the categories. Would you be willing to help out? ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 20:47, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Another note: Could you help out with the table for the new categories? I have no idea how that should be structured... ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 20:53, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, good job. I am away from the computer until tomorrow evening, but when I get back home I will certainly have a look at it. –Holt (T•C) 08:23, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright. If you get the table working, and still want to do more work (though I doubt you will...), I have a list of catergories that need to be created for the template located here. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 14:19, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I haven't been able to do any work lately on account of being excessively busy, so I really appreciate what you've done. I'll work on getting a bot to update the table, as well as getting the table onto the main WP:NORSE page at some point this week. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 14:58, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Brokkr / Brokk movement
Hello,

I moved the articles and corrected the names based on research done using Google's book archive. The only instance I found of Brokkr being spelled with an r (vs. Brokk) was on that wikipedia page, which then resulted in 5-6 other web sites having incorrect information. Could you please site your source for Brokkr versus Brokk? The source you listed does not actually lead to a print edition book that reinforces your spelling. Thanks! Geoffconklin (talk) 00:32, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

WPAGS template
Unfortunately, the template is now revised to use the Meta template model, which I didn't design and, unfortunately, haven't been able to make work properly to remove the Runes importance parameters. I'm leaving a comment on the talk page of the Meta banner page hoping that someone there who knows that template can do it. Sorry for not doing so earlier, but I just tried to revise the bloody thing and the revisions didn't seem to accomplish much. I'm hoping someone on the meta page can do more than I can with it. John Carter (talk) 19:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the effort! Someone should be able to fix this, at least. D&D should be a good model for what we're trying to do, I think. EDIT: Disregard that, I was thinking of the Norse WikiProject's banner. No Dungeons and Dragons here around. –Holt (T•C) 19:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Wimmer (Freilaubersheim Fibula)
Thanks for the note! The work I was referring to is De Tyske Runenmindesmaerker from 1894. You can find it online here. The section on the fibula begins on pg. 51 (page n58 in the reader) and goes until pg. 66 (n73). Apparently, the original images were not scanned in with the text, but I have two images you can view in my workspace where I'm keeping my notes while I write (the first of those two is probably the same one that appeared in Wimmer's work). What I'm particularly interested in is anything pertinent to (a) the conditions of the find, (b) the reading of the inscription, including (c) anything related to the grammar of the reading. Also, if Wimmer discusses the earlier findings of other researchers (such as Rieger), I'd be interested in knowing what he says.

If you have any problems with the reader, just let me know. And thanks again! :) -- Aryaman (talk) 06:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Aryaman, this looks very interesting. I will have a look at it as soon as possible. In a week I will have vacation, and much more time. I will try to read this before then, though. –Holt (T•C) 06:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi again, Holt. I just remembered that I had asked you to look into this. In the meantime, I put the article into mainspace, which can be found here. If you think there's anything of value missing, please don't hesitate to add it to the article. Cheers, -- Aryaman (talk) 09:00, 27 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry, Aryaman, this just completely slipped my mind! I'm doing some volunteer work in other areas at the moment, so I can't promise that I'll look into this in the nearest future. Article looks good, though – well-referenced to say the least! Sorry again, –Holt (T•C) 19:41, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Valkyrie comments and copy edit
Hi, I noticed you asked for copy edit on Valkyrie (as user Holt?). I'm a sometime professional editor. Instead of a copy edit, I suggest rewriting the opening paragraphs. (The later ones are perhaps overly detailed, but to the point.) It's what articles of TV and comic books often get tagged with: being too "in world". That is, if the reader is familiar with the subject, it's comprehensible. If they are not, the opening paragraphs wander all over the place without making definitive statements. Phrases such as "sometimes accompanied by ravens, and sometimes connected to swans" are more confusing than helpful. That is to say ... what are the ravens and swans doing with the valkyrie? Are they decoration, or do they have a function? If valkyrie is a "fuzzy" term, then the article should embrace the fuzziness directly, along the lines of "Valkyries are fictional female characters originating in Norse mythology who have played various roles in literature since the 13th century. Examples include...."

As for your request for a copy edit, I'll make a couple dozen changes as examples. They will focus on extraneous language. They don't represent a complete copy edit, but suggest a general direction. Let me know if I can be helpful in other ways. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 01:33, 31 December 2009 (UTC)