User talk:Whispyhistory/Archive 11

WikiProject Medicine Barnstar

 * Well done!--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 14:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you Whispyhistory (talk) 17:14, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sleep (painting)
Hello! Your submission of Sleep (painting) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Pbritti (talk) 22:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Whispyhistory!


Happy New Year! Whispyhistory, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 20:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 20:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Happy new year to you too ... hope to see you soon.. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Roy Yorke Calne
Hi, please check out Roy Yorke Calne. Recent edits have played down his contributions to immunosuppression as a means of combatting transplant rejection, even though the BBC's report of his death said that he was a pioneer in that field. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 14:51, 9 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks for informing me. I hadn't heard the sad news. Will look. Whispyhistory (talk) 17:11, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for The Little Girl in Blue
Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 00:02, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Lloyd George envelope
RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Sleep (painting)
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 23 January 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Self-Portrait as a Tahitian
—Kusma (talk) 12:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Young Girls (painting)
—Kusma (talk) 14:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for W. C. Renouf
—Kusma (talk) 12:02, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

2024


Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Happy New Year to you too ... Whispyhistory (talk) 04:13, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 16 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yesterday was a friend's birthday, with related music. - I'm on vacation - see places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Sher-Gil
Have you seen this discussion? I don't think you have done too much on her but you might want to leave her for a while and do more in a month or two. You don't need to comment in the discussion unless you want to. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:32, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes... I thought I was doing a good thing, and I did not know what to comment. Will tidy a few things up and leave the subject alone. I am surrounding by a significant amount of literature on the topic and I may be unlikely to go back to it once I put it away. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 04:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You are doing a good thing. I know exactly the situation. You get very familiar with the material and it is a rich seam and the DYKs come thick and fast. Then someone complains it is too much of the same (often they have done little themselves). The discussion was on your side. You can do as much as you want on her, as quickly as you like, it is only in the DYK context that you might want to space it out a bit. Don't put it all away now you are on a roll. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:38, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks... did a bit more..Whispyhistory (talk) 18:54, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You can always do some stubs and DYK them later as five-times expansions. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:14, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I left a positive comment there. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 15:13, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you both. Whispyhistory (talk) 04:28, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Hill Women
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Doing the splits
Talking of Sher-Gil's split personality, she didn't have it as bad as this woman:
 * https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wc1b/the-three-faces-of-eve

Worth watching and more here:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Faces_of_Eve

Philafrenzy (talk) 21:17, 17 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks... I haven't seen any official psychiatric assessments of Sher-Gil. Her letters appear (to me) quite normal. I learn and unlearn something new about her every day... it's incredible. Thank you for all your help. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You may be solely responsible for an increase in the value of her works. I will attempt to buy some before you write any more articles about her. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I guess others would do a better job. Several paintings are missing and some she didn't sign. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:18, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Sardar (horse)
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for John Blair (surgeon)
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

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DYK for Georgiana Bonser
&spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:02, 15 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I just read this article which impresses as a worthy addition to our coverage of medical history – well done! It compares quite well with today's featured article which is less impressive.  That article has less prose and seems to have squeaked through the FA process because there's not much to say about the topic.  So, TFA seems to be scraping the barrel and so I suggest that you try nominating some of your work to help raise the standard and give your work more prominence.


 * I looked in at the London WikiMeet yesterday and had a pleasant chat with some of the regulars. But I miss the editathons that we used to have in London and they don't seem to have recovered from the pandemic.  I notice that the picture for your article comes from the Wellcome collection and they used to be a good hub for such work.  If there's some activity of this sort somewhere please advise.


 * Andrew🐉(talk) 08:01, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks... and sorry not been to a meet-up for a while. I don't know of any current projects. Regarding the above article... it's still missing a lot, but very much appreciate your kind words. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC)