User talk:WilliamH/Archive 1

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Königsberg Castle
Nice work. Thanks a lot. -- Ghirla -трёп-  17:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Hurra Deutschland
Thank you for contributing this stub! It is now announced at Portal:Germany/New article announcements and Portal:Germany. Feel free to add any other related articles you create. Thank you, and happy editing! Kusma (討論) 00:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Marienkirche, Lübeck
Have you done any work on that translation? I was gonna work on it, but if you have something, show me what you've got, so I can save some time. If not, that's okay too. - Che Nuevara:  Join  the   Revolution 12:10, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry if that kind of ticked you off. If there's text of mine that you'd like to replace, go right ahead -- I'm not particularly attached to it. But honestly, with nothing done to the article in a month (User:Black Velvet apparently also tried his/her hand at translation, albeit not particularly successfuly) and your apparently not having signed into Wikipedia in more than a week, I really didn't expect to get a response any time soon. I was surprised that you responded at all, honestly, because in my experience most people forget about that sort of thing.


 * My general philosophy on Wikipedia is that information sooner is better than information later. I figured that four weeks with no activity (which of course is not the same as no progress, I recognize that) was long enough to wait for the information. That's not meant as an offense to you, it's simply me doing what you're also doing -- making Wikipedia mroe complete.


 * You'll notice that I greatly sheared down a lot of the text, so, if you think that your final text is more complete or helpful, don't be afraid to replace some or all of mine. But that's sort of how it works. I had the resources to make an article better, and I did it. I don't really see that as a problem.


 * In the future, if you're overhauling an article and not making regular contributions to it, you might consider leaving notes every once in a while on the talk page so that people know there's actually work being done on it. When I translate articles, I note on the talk page that I'm working on the translation and how far I've gotten / how long I think it will take, usually.


 * Generally on Wikipedia editing first and talking second is fine, because we have revert. The best way to prevent that is by making it very clear what you're doing. Otherwise people are going to do what I did -- see an article that should be different than it is, and make it that way.


 * Again, sorry if you got ticked off about it. - Che Nuevara:  Join  the   Revolution 12:06, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Glad to hear it. Like I said, I didn't mean any impoliteness or offense ... I don't work like that. Good luck / have fun with your translation in progress. If you'd like to, at any point, show me what you've done, I'd be happy to look at it. Otherwise, I look forward to seeing the finished product ;)
 * Peace! - Che Nuevara:  Join  the   Revolution 14:10, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing my previous comment. You can read it if you like in the history, but I was tired and in a bad mood (which had nothing really to do with the article) when I left it, and it was in error. I'm sorry for appearances of incivility.

The basic bulk of the comment was that I felt a little slighted by the characterization of the MK translation as a "new article" on the Germany portal. I spent two hours working on that article and I felt my work was being brushed aside by that comment.

But like I said, sorry for incivility. I should have waited until I was in a better mood to leave a comment. We all make mistakes.

Peace - Che Nuevara:  Join  the   Revolution 13:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I know you meant well, and, like I said, my frustration lay really outside that article. I've been under some stress lately, both real (finals coming up, plus my abroad year is done and I have to move back to the states now) and wiki (you should see the mess I've been moderating over at Talk:Democratic Underground), and I suppose that's made me a little more prone to snarky comments. But I would really hate to think that I offended you with it, because I really didn't want to.


 * And I agree with you wholeheartedly about the larger point: a good article. I noticed when your version of the article went up (I've still got it on my watchlist, didn't bother to take it down) and I think you did a good, thorough job. That is all that matters, and I 100% agree. And the bulk of my contributions, while perhaps helpful for about two or three days, aren't really the point. It was wrong of me to try and make them the point, and I know that.


 * As for the other translations, I know that for certain. I plucked Mainz Cathedral of the German GA list and did some work on that one, but didn't quite do it to completion. (Unfortunately, articles within my specialty, which is certainly not Romanesque churches, tend to be hotly contested, and I'd rather not get involved with that sort of mess usually.)


 * Anyways, best of luck with your further studies, your further translations, and everything else. And please accept my apologies for stepping out of line.


 * Peace. - Che Nuevara:  Join  the   Revolution 07:19, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Edward Armitage
Many thanks for translating this article. Regards, Ed Farnley 17:40, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Adoption
Great, I'd love to adopt you. Just let me know if you have any questions as you edit Wikipedia. Looking at your previous edits, it looks like you already have plenty of experience, which is great. MahangaTalk 20:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Germany
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Hello
Hey Will, Ben Here

I understand Wikipedia is no instruction manual, but there is no simpler way to describe what to do.

I couldn't tell you how to be safe in Airsoft without telling you what to do. I appreciate Wikipedia a lot, however there is no other way to describe HOW to be safe.

f*** off
(personal attack removed)

I removed this personal attack as it has no benefit to my contributions. For further reading, go to Remove_personal_attacks. Alternatively, if you don't have anything nice or constructive to say, you are probably better off not saying it. Regards, WilliamH 11:38, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

hey
Hey, I'm glad you joined WP:Germany. That's a great fit for you. If you like rating unassessed articles, you'll probably like Outriggr's tool. Oh, and good luck on your exams! MahangaTalk 20:35, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Friedrich Kellner
I notice you spent much of yesterday and the day before assessing hundreds of articles. I wonder if you would please take another look at the Friedrich Kellner article, which you rated as "Start." This article already surpasses the Start guidelines, and it fulfills the quality scale guidelines for a B grade. I have compared this article with some of those you marked B, and I have a feeling this is just an inadvertent error. If for some reason you wish to keep this in the Start category, could you please give me a list of what needs to be done to elevate it to a B, and I will get started on the project right away? I'll be happy to work with you in every way I can. I appreciate your taking the time to reassess it. Thanks, Scott Rskellner 17:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It was very kind of you to reassess the article. I do appreciate it.  I will continue to work on it to improve it further.  As you can tell on my talk page, I am laboring under the subjectivity of being related to Friedrich Kellner, so I am always glad for other points of view.  Thanks again.  Scott Rskellner 22:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

History of the principle of inquisition in German criminal law
You rated the article History of the principle of inquisition in German criminal law as stub. Please could you tell me what makes You think that way. Thw1309 18:33, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I rerated it Start-Class. Start-Class articles can have poor grammar, no structure, and a short length. "A stub is an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject, but not so short as to provide no useful information." (from WP:STUB). Kusma (talk) 10:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)