User talk:Wnissen

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Do sauterne and sauternes have different meanings? If so what are they? :) Kingturtle 00:58 17 May 2003 (UTC)

Chevy Chase perhaps, but Takoma Park?? -- it's on the opposite side of the county. BobCMU76

Regarding your change with the comment “Varietal is the adjective, variety the noun, fixing the grammar” — have a look at this definition. Seeing as it's not incorrect, it's shorter than “varietal wine,” and it's more specific than “variety” by itself, I much prefer varietal as a noun. It's also nice to have a one-word translation of fr:Cépage. Nathan 08:09, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

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Champagne
Hi... I like your recent edit to Champagne. I've had some concerns about the state of the article (NPOV, muddled statements), and your edit does a good job of addressing them. I just wanted to point out that you accidentally added an incomplete sentence (and I'd like to see the end of it!). -- Coneslayer 14:38, 2005 Jun 23 (UTC)


 * However, companies like Korbel have been producing California Champagne for over a century and now ironically claim that their long tradition prevents them from .


 * Criminy, I made that edit in the morning, so I can't even blame too much Champagne! Thanks for pointing that out. Wnissen 06:15, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

naturwein
Thanks for making it clear under QmP what naturwein was. Curiously I was at a tasting of old German wines (1945/1953/1959/1967/1971/1983/1990) and did wonder what this meant, as several bottles were labelled with this. I have been a bit slack on wine entries recently and will do some more work on them.... Justinc 00:46, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You're quite welcome. The terminology on German wines, even as codified in 1971, is baroque, and when you get wines from before that, it's practically impossible, even for Germans. The naturwein is the one thing I'm pretty sure I understand. And don't get me started on cabinet vs. kabinett, et al. Wnissen 02:00, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * well if you ever come to London, do let me know, we could discuss the whole cabinet thing... Justinc 02:24, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Pinot Noir
"NPOV'd a bit about Burgundy"? Why, sir, to allow remain an assertion that Burgundy produces the best Pinot is not only POV of the most heinous calibre, but an affront to every Californian and individual of good taste! ;) Collabi 03:10, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, no fair using hidden HTML comments, you sneak! I checked, and American pinot noir outnumbers Burgundy in the cellar seven to four, so it's obvious where my personal feelings are as far as regular drinking. However, I have yet to hear anyone who's sampled the best of California and the best of Burgundy and settled on the former. Of course, being willing to pay hundreds of dollars a bottle for Burgundy has a strong self-selection effect for people who already really like Burgundy... Wnissen 13:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Philips Phile
Prove it's not a neutral and relevant edit and I'll stop. So far, you haven't proved anything, except to cite it's "too long." It's a neutral edit, if you re-read it you WILL see that great pain was taken to ensure that it was reported solely based on FACT, not by anything else. It was a far more major incident then a one-line sentence can cover. And I get it, no more then three edits to an article in a day, sheesh, should edit that down to a one line sentence.
 * The entire paragraph is filled with loaded and accusatory words. You want to discuss the article, do it on the talk page. I added a note to your Talk page because the Wikipedia requires a multiple notifications before users are blocked from editing. Also, I can tell who you are, but please sign your posts using four ~ characters so that they are "signed." Wnissen 01:20, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

It had nothing to do with anonymous-type edits, though I did forget. Whoops, lol. Regardless, you point out the words, and I'll change them. That simple. Don't delete the whole article because of a few words, do some actual revision, tell me what they are, and I'll do my best to change them. Payneos 03:47, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Blanking of Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
Please do not replace Wikipedia pages with blank content. Blank pages are harmful to Wikipedia because they have a tendency to confuse readers. If it is a duplicate article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If the page has been vandalised, please revert it to the last legitimate version. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please edit the page and replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please see the deletion policy for how to proceed. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! -- Francs2000 16:38, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, Didn't realize that I couldn't remove the article by blanking the vandalism. I see you've already deleted it, which is what I was trying to do. Thank you for taking care of this, I'll use {db} template thingy in the future. Wnissen 17:51, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Antibes
Thanks for noticing, and fixing, the removal of cited sources from Antibes by 84.66.237.254. --Nantonos 12:55, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. My wife and I spent the first few days of our honeymoon there, and it's always had a fond place in my heart, so I keep an eye on the article. Wnissen 15:01, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for sending the helpful information and guidance, which I appreciate. David Justin

Thank you
Thanks for the help (there's a lot to learn) and the encouragement. David Justin 18:40, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you, again!
I really appreciate your supportive kind words. I'll have to figure out how to add stubs and also subject categories; ventured there once unsuccessfully. I don't like to make unnecessry work for others.David Justin 18:11, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I would recommend completely ignoring categories, links, and all the Wiki-specific stuff. Let the Wiki experts take care of that stuff, they don't need wine knowledge and they're way better at it than you or I. (As an example, I accidentally put the stub statement at the top of ten of your new pages and had to go back and fix them all.) Content is the key, and you are providing it in spades. Wnissen 21:42, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

What a relief
Oh, good. It's a relief to know that I don't need to learn all the technical skills....or feel guilty for not doing so.David Justin 02:02, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I seek your advice
Hi. I earlier posted a brief review of the reseach literature titled "Alcohol and Teenagers' Brains." about which three was some discussion. It was subsequently deleted, apparently because it was seen as original research.

I then revised the piece slightly under the title "Alcohol and young brains" and put this note on the discussion page:

Please note: This entry does not constitute original research according to Wikipedia guidelines:

“Original research that creates primary sources is not allowed. However, research that consists of collecting and organizing information from existing primary and/or secondary sources is strongly encouraged. In fact, all articles on Wikipedia should be based on information collected from primary and secondary sources. This is not ‘original research,’ it is ‘source-based research,’ and it is fundamental to writing an encyclopedia.”

Thank you.David Justin 21:14, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alcohol_and_young_brains"

I now discover that it was deleted without any comment or explanation whatsoever. What are my options and what would you recommend?

I really appreciate any help you can provide.David Justin 21:38, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Good Morning, David Justin. The article was listed for deletion and that was the result. You can read the debate at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Alcohol_and_Teenage_Brains

It was deleted without debate (i.e., via speedy deletion) the second time around because it was a repost of an already deleted article. Let me first say that I don't agree with the result of the deletion; several participants said the content should be merged into Alcohol, which is not a bad idea, but no one did so and the article was deleted anyway. You might try listing it for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review but reposting the article will not work. Wnissen 15:58, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Thats for the useful advice, which I'll follow.David Justin 17:56, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Invite to join WP:Wine
Howdy, I've noticed your work on several wine articles, including Pinot Noir and would like to invite you to join the Wikipedia WineProject. One of the task that we are currently trying to do is get Pinot Noir up to Feature Article status. We would love to have you on the Team. :) Agne 10:21, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Commandaria
Hi, I just left a message on the Commandaria talk page. I noticed you have contributed to the article and was hoping on your view on a proposal I have. Thanks, Georgeg 00:05, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

New Wine Discussion (by Agne) : Input Requested
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San Francisco Microscopical Society
Hi! I saw your draft User:Wnissen/San Francisco Microscopical Society in a Twitter thread, and I checked newspapers.com for potential sources, in case these are helpful to you: 1906, 1949, 1954. Dreamyshade (talk) 23:43, 1 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey, sweet, thank you! I don't remember why I didn't publish, I will try to get around to it. Wnissen (talk) 23:17, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Egeria, West Virginia
It's still not a very long article, but I took your edit summary as a challenge and doubled its size. There turned out to be quite a few local sources about Egeria from the 1950s. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 16:12, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Woot woot! I'm so glad. The usual 20th century donut hole strikes again! Do you pay for the newspapers.com subscription? Any other tips on finding those sources? A distant relative once ran the post office, which doubled as a general store, and was followed home by the revenuers when she bought sugar in bulk to sell in Egeria. That's family lore, no wiki source, but it was interesting to me. Thanks for your contribution. Wnissen (talk) 14:57, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

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Enobong Anna Branch moved to draftspace
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 * Can I ask, in all kindness, if you are allowed to do this? She easily meets the standards of WP:PROF. To be the lead PI on a $3 million NSF grant is extremely, extremely prestigious, something like top 100 grants in the country. I didn't put a laundry list of the invited talks precisely because it wasn't core to her research but she is regularly a featured speaker. If you want to put the page up for deletion, please do so, to unilaterally move it back into a draft is not permitted, to my knowledge. If I'm wrong about that, please let me know. Wnissen (talk) 00:21, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Jamiebuba I added some honors. It is really hard to believe that a full professor at an R1, member of several committees, PI for a large grant, etc. does not qualify. She has 471 citations in the last five years. Is she a National Academy member? No. Is she clearly well above average as an academic? Yes. Look at the other people who gave the invited WST talk. A quarter of them are college presidents. Most of the rest are named chairs. I never heard of her until yesterday, I have never met her, but she's obviously top tier. If you have a suggestion about making it less promotional, I am all ears. Wnissen (talk) 01:57, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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