User talk:Rolf-Peter Wille

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Suite No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)
Hello, thank you for the poems on which the suite is based. Do you have the source of this translations? They could maybe better reside on wikisource and be linked to from this non-poetry article. --Dr. Friendly (talk) 16:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Dr. Friendly, I found the translations in the International edition. There are quite a number of "prosaic" translations. These are the best. Rolf-Peter Wille (talk) 16:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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Candidius and Lamey Island Massacre
Hi Rolf-Peter, thanks for the kind words.

I don't have any conclusive evidence to offer, but I believe it unlikely that Candidius was involved in actually planning the expedition. He was asked to get Taccaran's help, but that was because of his position as someone acquainted with the language and the village. The move to include the Mattauers in the raiding party was a sort of test of their reliability. The order to depopulate the island came from Batavia, and the military authorities in Fort Zeelandia would have been perfectly capable of putting this together without the help of the clergyman. That's not to say he disapproved - his colleague Robert Junius said of the earlier 1633 assault that "we have no doubts at all that it will turn out to be in honour of our God and the salvation of those who will survive this event. At the same time, it will frighten those in the vicinity so that in the future they will not lay their hands so easily again upon those of our nation nor shall they lightly shed any more Christian blood" (The Formosan Encounter Vol I, p. 219). Candidius' opinion was probably of a similar nature.

Taffy (talk) 18:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

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Chopin
Bonjour Rolf-Peter Wille,

Thank you for undertaking the task of expanding the articles on Chopin's compositions.

Cordialement, --Frania W. (talk) 13:27, 30 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the support, dear Frania Wisniewska! Rolf-Peter Wille (talk) 13:55, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

One dares not touch the article after you, only read it. You are doing such a great job !

P.S. Enjoyed reading your poem Ex Nihilo (europoético) with first line "Je danse con mio crocodilo" which reminded me of a piece I once wrote: Waltzing with my car.... FW

--Frania W. (talk) 17:41, 30 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Bonjour, RPW
 * Waltzing with my car is not published, it is not a poem, just an amusing true story dancing in my computer...
 * Cordialement,  FW



Bonne Année 2011 ! FW

Not really late as the French take the whole month of January to greet in the new year.


 * --Frania W. (talk) 14:37, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * Hey, so antilabe got closed (as expected) as a speedy-keep. Wanted to ask: did you know that the term has an alternative meaning??  The grip of an Ancient Greek aspis is also called an "antilabe"— am not sure myself which term is in more common usage (both are pretty obscure, no?).  Do we need a hatnote here, perhaps?  Seems premature for a whole DAB page.  What do you think?  KDS 4444  Talk  19:51, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

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Hello,

I got your message a bit ago. You wrote, "wow, that's a very long letter to a web robot... (or is DPL bot a real person?) Rolf-Peter Wille (talk) 17:06, 19 December 2014 (UTC)"

In your "email," I honestly don't know if you are being sincere or "smart." As you know, there's no facial expressions or tones of voice. However, I do hope that you are being sincere in writing to me.

To answer your question, I wrote back to the "person" who wrote to me first. (The courteous thing to do, I thought.) I had not really given any thought to DPLbot being a "real" person or not. I trusted that DPLbot is at least operated or supervised by a "real" person. I have also seen others reply or leave messages for DPLbot.

When I looked deeper just now, I saw that DPLbot is "owned by" JaGa. I would hope and trust that JaGa would get any messages that I sent to DPLbot. But, I'm not sure.

My curiosity causes me to ask... how did you know that I wrote to DPLbot? And, of course, why would even care? And, why would you care about the length of my message? I am asking as sincerely as I can.

I would appreciate a reply. And, if you do, please write to me on my "talk" page. Or, notify me that I have a message from you on your talk page. That is, I don't want to use up space on DPLbot's talk page, ya know?

Thanks in advance. BeatlesVox (talk) 19:33, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Hello again,

I finally got back on Wiki today. Thanks for your message, especially on my talk page.

I'm glad that you wrote back... thus, I see that you were indeed being sincere in your original message to me. I also trust that you understood why I was so bewildered. I had never had anyone ask me why I had written to someone. And, as I said last time, it was the very first time that DPLbot had written to me as it was the first time that I had made such a mistake when I enabled a "link" in one of my edits. After making such edits, I always go back and make sure that they are working properly. Obviously, that one time, it slipped my mind.

Yeah, I also saw that you had a similar "notification" message. So, that added to my curiosity... that is, why were you writing to me? Perhaps were sincerely asking for my advice or insight? As I'm still a "rookie" at this, asking MY advice might be a "dangerous" thing!! ("Be careful what you wish for!!") :-O

Of course, you already know that I sent a message to DPLbot after I received “his” notification. I told “him” that I was sorry for making the mistake, and, that I had fixed it. But, I haven’t heard anything back from him or his “owner,” JaGa. Gee, should I write to JaGa separately? (Rhetorical.) I’m tempted to do so. But, in “looking around” just now, it doesn’t appear that JaGa answers messages, either. Hmmm.

Well, I suppose that the “lesson” here is, if any “notifications” are received in the future, simply fix the mistake and don’t worry or take any time to reply to DPLbot, JaGa, et al, eh? “Brilliant!!”

Once again, thanks for your message.

Merry Christmas!! Rob

BeatlesVox (talk) 23:25, 22 December 2014 (UTC)


 * DPLbot is not a real person, but plenty of the rest of us are and sometimes we read things that aren't even meant for us or that are on other people's talk pages. Anyhow, any "bot" that you write to isn't very likely to give you a response, and there's no need to send it your apologies either.  It probably won't care.  But it is almost always good to follow its advice or suggestions.  Good luck!!   KDS 4444  Talk  20:00, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

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