User talk:RogoPD

Speedy deletion nomination of Jan Verkade


A tag has been placed on Jan Verkade requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or an organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Previous talk page, see User talk:R.P.D.


 * Hi, I have removed this 'speedy delete' tag on Jan Verkade and added a comment to his talk page as I am playing about with the article you created as a stub some years ago. Work in progress... please join in if you're interested! Regards, Eebahgum (talk) 02:11, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Welcome back
Good to see you back. If you want any help trying to retrieve your old account, let me know. Tyrenius (talk) 16:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much! You've spotted me, I have found your message just before signing in to get in touch with you. Indeed, it would be good to have my old account (lost in a hardware crash) back as a subpage of the new one. If this is posssible and you could help me along, perfect! All the best, --rpd (talk) 17:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It may be possible to get your old account back, but this would require a bit of work. If it's not that important, the simplest thing would just be to post a link from this account, i.e. on your current user page:
 * Previously editing as User:R.P.D.

and maybe on this talk page:
 * Previous talk page, see User talk:R.P.D.

The content of your old account can be copied to your new account if it's important. I can do the coding for you, if you let me know what you want. You could open an account with a closer name to the original, such as User:R.P.D.2 or User:R.P.D. II, as User:Giano did in similar circumstances with User:Giano II, redirecting his user pages; see see User:Giano. Tyrenius (talk) 18:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I see you have fixed the necessary links. Thank you again, --rpd (talk) 00:18, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Post-Impressionism

 * I've responded to your comments at Talk:Post-Impressionism. - Modernist (talk) 13:09, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Van Gogh Ivy
The image for Ivy has gone on Ivy, two paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Vincent van Gogh's display at Les XX, 1890. I want to replace it, but can't find an image. I'm confused as to which painting is referred to. vggallery.com lists:
 * Tree Trunks with Ivy July, 1889  Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum  746  1762
 * Undergrowth with Ivy July, 1889  Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum  745  1764
 * Tree Trunks with Ivy Summer, 1889  Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum  747  1763

Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Taschen) doesn't list Ivy. I wonder if you could clarify. Tyrenius (talk) 20:00, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The Ivy in question is F 609, lost since WW II and formerly in the Rothschild Collection, Paris. No reproduction in colour known! --rpd (talk) 20:28, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There's a contradiction in titles then, as you linked to A Corner in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, yet the wiki articles don't mention this title, only Ivy. This needs to be clarified. Tyrenius (talk) 20:59, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Please see Vincent van Gogh's display at Les XX, 1890, there Vincent's own title is supplied. Art historians tend to neglect such and similar subtilities. --rpd (talk) 21:15, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Tyrenius (talk) 21:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

A bit more confusion on Vincent van Gogh's display at Les XX, 1890. The painting described as "838. Underwoods. Present whereabouts unknown." was also linked to the Ivy image. Is this correct or is it a different work? Also, please check image on Ivy, two paintings by Vincent van Gogh. Is this correct? If so, which painting should be put in the info box? Tyrenius (talk) 22:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


 * It's okay. Evidently Theo did not consult the catalogue of Les XX, when he supplied the titles for the Independants. Thanks for the fix of the image! --rpd (talk) 22:24, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back!
Very glad to see you editing again ... looking forward to collaborating with you on some articles. Stumps (talk) 00:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this line. You and Tyrenius encouraged me so much, now I shall try to meet your expectations. Hope to see more of you soon.--rpd (talk) 23:02, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Eugène Boch prod
Done. Sorry, its my mistake too! Eugène Boch and Van Gogh are two different people! Ohmpandya  ( Talk )  23:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to you, accompanied by Van Gogh's favorite flower --rpd (talk) 23:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Template
Click on Template:Post-Impressionism to open a new page edit box for it. Go to Template:Fauvism, click on "edit", copy and paste the contents into the Post-Impressionism edit box, and modify contents to suit. Let me know if there's still a problem. Tyrenius (talk) 23:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Paris Bourse crash
I've just started to look again at the article on Emile Schuffenecker, and notice a reference to a crash on the bourse in 1880. Do you know if this is the correct date? I have found a some information about a crash in Febuary or March of 1882 (following le krach de l' Union Générale). Stumps (talk) 03:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right, yet Gauguin's problem was not the krach of the Union Générale, but the trouble arising around the Panama canal project. I shall try to find the background information. --rpd (talk) 15:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Post-Impressionism
I added my response. Thank you, - Modernist (talk) 15:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * While I appreciate your concern, I'd prefer if you wouldn't add notes to my talk page as you left today. I was engaged in dialogue with that editor and he wrote that to me in haste. No harm done, but I'd ask you not to repeat your inclusion. If you haven't seen my response to your inquiry it is on Talk:Post Impressionism. I can repeat it here in the future if you would prefer. The more time I spend reading that article the more I realize how truly lacking the text is and how poorly it has been written. Why - may I ask did you add this sentence and tag? - "In the years 1918-1933, people united in Europe to dance on a vulcan."? What does that have to do with Post Impressionism? Thank you..

Modernist (talk) 01:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it was not my intention to cause trouble. I simply realised that a recent message was gone, and thought you might miss it. - Normally, I agree, discussion has its place in the talk space of the article, and not in the user talk space. So please, pardon me, and please keep in mind that I am no native speaker, well aware that my English is not the best.--84.72.95.215 (talk) 13:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)--rpd (talk) 13:59, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No harm done, its OK. Modernist (talk) 14:06, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Gallery
With due respect - this was your last edit before I changed the gallery. -, on my computer the gallery ran clear into the Signac. I changed the gallery, added a section, and now I'll return the gallery to normal....because I think it'll be ok now.....you're welcome. Modernist (talk) 22:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I see you have again forced a specific size for gallery. This may work well on your desktop, but definitely not on all. Therefore, please reconsider that a default setting may allow a better effect on the screens of other collaborators. All the best, --rpd (talk) 22:22, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * the gallery was altered because of your erroneous edits. I've changed it back now thanks to my changes. Perhaps you should be more careful in the future. Modernist (talk) 22:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Why the hell are you fighting over such a trivial change? The standard is just leaving it up to the browser to render the gallery as appropiated. (And even if it wasn't, there are better things to argue about) --Enric Naval (talk) 15:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * (And you ought to see how it looks on 800x600, Windows 98, Internet Explorer 5, which I am using currently. It will always look bad on some or other configuration.) --Enric Naval (talk) 17:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

See User_talk:Tyrenius.  Ty  15:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Stub templates on user subpage
Hi RogoPD. I hope you don't mind that I subst'ed the stub templates on your user subpage "/T" and removed the category links; I did this so that your page doesn't turn up in a category of articles for editors to expand (only articles are supposed to be stubs). Grutness...wha?  01:25, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I did not think of the effect of placing templates in my sandboxes. I'll remove them, --rpd (talk) 18:00, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi R~,
Dass Du [das Duwort ist wp-üblich; und dass ich mir auf Deutsch "ETWAS" leichter tue, hatte ich schonmal irgendwo durchblicken lassen ;]

dass Du also die Bernard-Chronologie ausgegliedert hast, ist imo sehr sinnvoll [ich hatte das alles "auf die Schnelle eingeflickt", um ein Gegengewicht zur imo allzu einseitigen früheren Darstellung zu positionieren], es wäre aber besser gewesen sie aus der Bearbeitungsansicht rauszukopieren, damit die Fußnoten nicht verloren gehen / händisch nachgetragen werden müssen. Die Zeilenumbrüche (ein Tic von mir, weil's mich persönlich allzusehr stört, wenn der linke Bildrand "flattert") wären damit ebenfalls "mitgenommen" worden.

Ich tue heute nix mehr, bin, wie anderswo angesagt, auch dzt. mitm Herkomer reichlich beschäftigt, werde aber morgen (vormittags) den B.Chronologie-Artikel in Ruhe anschauen/nachbearbeiten. Schönen Abend, Wolfgang [w.] 17:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi W., sorry! Hast völlig recht, ich war etwas voreilig - und habe leider erst nachher gemerkt, dass damit die Anmerkungen verschütt gingen. Hoffentlich macht es nicht zuviel Mühe, das zu rekonstruieren. Ich mach jetzt noch ein bisschen Layout. --rpd (talk) 21:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Nö, "IM PRINZIP" {wo??? hatte ich das mal irgendwann gehört ;} == Null Problemo [ALF]. Heute aber nicht mehr ;]]] "Ma~nana', wie man anderwärts zu sagen pflegt ;)
 * Das Aufsetzen der "neuen" (gebrauchten) Kiste erweist sich als immer-noch-mühsam... lgw. [w.] 13:08, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Spät und etwas lustlos habe ich mich jetzt über die Chronologie und (ein wenig) über den Artikel hergemacht. In ersterer hattest Du einen unfertigen Satz hinterlassen, "[...Bernard used to date his letters.] If not dated, the. " den ich nicht beenden konnte, daher gestrichen habe. Ob meine formalen Änderungen (am Inhaltsverzeichnis) WP-mäßig OK sind oder nicht, kann ich nicht abschätzen, bin also nicht gram wenn zurückgeändert wird. Desgleichen bitte ich Dich anzumerken ob man den "under construction"-tag schon guten Gewissens wegnehmen kann. Gruß, [w.] 08:42, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Wolfgang, der Tag ist weg und den TOC habe ich noch zurechtgeschubst. Die nächsten Tage bin ich unterwegs, Gruss --rpd (talk) 20:07, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Unterwegs war ich zwischenzeitlich auch -- nämlich bis vorgestern in den Niederungen der Hardware ;]] -- ein "geschenkter Gaul" hatte mich während der letzten Wochen an den Rand des Irrsinns gebracht, UND, wie sich zuletzt herausstellte, wegen eines eigentlich läppischen, erst mit der Installation anfänglich "zaghaft" in Erscheinung tretenden, danach wochenlang unerkannten RAM-Defekts ... wie doch das Leben so spielt. Hatte mich aber unlängst entschlossen, doch in was Neues zu investieren, und hoffe in Bälde [zunächst bez. Herkomer / deWP] wieder WP-aktiv zu sein, obwohl ich mich dzt. eigentlich "urlaubsreif" fühle. Die meisten Daten [vor 4 Wochen editierte Transkripts der H. Bücher und Bildmaterial] scheinen gerettet. lg, [w.] 18:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Émile Bernard
I've moved it on the Norwegian wiki to the proper title. You can edit other language wikis just the same as the English one. Is your global account enabled? Click on "my preferences" at the top of the page and you should see your global account status. That lets you have the same user name automatically on the different language wikis.  Ty  13:52, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Good to know! I'll check it at once. Tankyou, --rpd (talk) 13:56, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Antoine de La Rochefoucauld
A tag has been placed on Antoine de La Rochefoucauld, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template   to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Postcard Cathy (talk) 05:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Clearing up some confusion
I didn't actually delete the article I asked that it be deleted. Whoever has powers to delete articles obviously agreed with me. Postcard Cathy (talk) 16:04, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of \Count Antoine de La Rochefoucauld
A tag has been placed on \Count Antoine de La Rochefoucauld requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Radiant chains (talk) 04:13, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * My edit was an error, sorry. Thank you for deleting, --RPD (talk) 04:21, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Van Eyck
May I point to a misspelling in your list of important paintings? The name of Van Eyck's Canonicus is Van der Paele (not Paell!)--RPD (talk) 16:13, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that; duly changed. It's not my misspelling, I hasten to add, but that of the compilers at "Masterpiece Cards". I'll admit the list isn't without its issues, but I liked that it was based on what appears statistically most often in survey books. Ham 16:54, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Nochmal Bernard, Chronologie
Hi, schaust Du bitte mal meine diesbezüglichen Überlegungen an? Kommentar vorläufig lieber hier. Gruß, [w.] 06:03, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Simon Schubert
I've put 3 refs on the talk page, but haven't time right now to put them in the article. There may be some German sources, but I don't know about that because of the language difficulty. If there are, then they are valid. See Doris Downes refs 6 and 9 for how to use foreign language refs.  Ty  03:45, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Vincent
Vincent's favorite flower is to express gratitude. There's little to say than: Thank you again,--RPD (talk) 02:33, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Vincent van Gogh PR
You were part of the group of editors who contributed over 500 edits to the WP:GAR of Vincent van Gogh. There was talk page discussion of nominating his article for WP:FAC, but I think WP:PR is a better next step. Please watch and assist at Peer review/Vincent van Gogh/archive2. Hopefully, then we can pursue a WP:FA.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:16, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Vincent van Gogh FA
We are trying to advance the article to FA status...still lots to do. Eventually we'll nominate it and I will include you as one of those that helped create the article. Can you help with these refs?:, we need page numbers for Dorn, and we need to decide whether or not to keep or drop Wilkie. Appreciate your input, thanks...Modernist (talk) 04:03, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Van Gogh's "Wheatfield"
Hi Rogo, I was very unsure about that move - please retitle as you see best. I am very impressed with all the work you have done in this area. Best, Ceoil  sláinte 15:41, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Kunstmuseum
I just created the article Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Having little knowledge about art and almost no knowledge about Switzerland, I worked almost solely from online sources. I see the article is on your "to do" list, so you may want to look it over and make some changes and/or additions. Kafziel Complaint Department 17:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

van Gogh
Hi, I hear that you're the person to talk to about things van Gogh, having started most of the van Gogh articles. First of all, thanks! I'm a huge fan and have been having my most fun since here at WP since I started working on van Gogh. Couple of things to run by you: 1. I'm looking to start up an article of "Wheat fields" starting with his earliest pieces through to 1890 in Auvers. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or concerns about that. (For instance, I'm trying to figure out whether out whether to create an entire new artcle - or expand the specific "The Wheatfield" article. For now, I'm going to start a new article - with a "Main Article" type of link for the series of Saint-Remy paintings from his cell.) 2. Wondering if you have an special tricks for images. Right now I have only been using Wikipedia Commons - and sometimes the image (I think especially if it's not from US) shows up with a white box and red x. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated!--CaroleHenson (talk) 00:07, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

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