User talk:JoeSperrazza/Archive 2010

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Sunstone link
Dear JoeSperazza. Thanks for the link added to the sunstone article. I checked it and although it has many good things, the reference to Hrafns saga is not correct. The description how the sunstone was used is actually in Rauðúlfs þáttr, not Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar. So I would propose the link should be removed from the main text and added at the bottom as an external link. ArniEin (talk) 14:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks, I'll do that! JoeSperrazza (talk) 14:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Sunstone (medieval)
Thanks for all the work you've done on this one and on Vegvísir, and sorry about obliterating one of your edits on the former - you're correct, it was an edit conflict. My browser crashed mid-edit and I was so glad the edit window came back with my changes, I didn't think to check whether anyone else had been working on the text.Yngvadottir (talk) 05:26, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries regarding the edit conflict, and thank you for participating in the proposal for deletion discussion, and mentioning Vegvísir. This process illustrates some of the things I love about Wikipedia!
 * I just happened to be looking at Newly created pages (trying my hand at Vandalism patrol) and noticed Vegvísir being created quickly, and just as quickly being recommended for a speedy deletion.
 * Reading the article didn't show a good reason for a speedy delete.
 * Before I could do anything about that template, another editor removed it, leading the proposer to then create a proposal for deletion.
 * In the course of that proposal being reviewed and commented on, other editors joined the discussion.
 * The net result was four good things:
 * A new editor, quickly mentored in the details of Wiki article writing, and (I hope) encouraged to contribute more
 * A good new article was published
 * A 2nd article improved
 * I learned some interesting things! I lived in Iceland for a year, travelled quite a bit (I even drove all the way around the ring road, clockwise, all in one long day-light filled day, on June 21st of the year I was there!), and read several of the Sagas, but didn't know anything about Vegvísir or Sunstones.
 * Þakka þér JoeSperrazza (talk) 15:33, 28 December 2010 (UTC)