Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Denmark/Archive 3

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Denmark

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 14:54, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:34, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Moves from DK to KoD
A user has recently moved a lot of pages and categories from Denmark to Kingdom of Denmark, which seems unwarranted as its simply the long form of the name, and its constitutionally defined as a unitary state, so they aren't two different entities (in principle at least). These moves can seemingly not be reverted manually. I am not good with the technical sides of Wiki, how do you correct this mess? I saw your message on his talkpage, is it something you are going to act on? (if so, I will stay out of it).--Batmacumba (talk) 10:26, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Could someone please respond to this? I find the moves problematic.--Batmacumba (talk) 08:26, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

RfC on election/referendum naming format
An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Cheers, Number   5  7  15:35, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Danish museums on the List of music museums
Hi there, I have introduced the List of music museums, and a number of Danish museums are written in Danish but not in English. Are there users at this project that like to write some or all of these articles? When you make use of references, I will translate these articles to Dutch language too. :-) Best regards, Ymnes (talk) 17:24, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * In order to not only ask, but to give something back as well, I have written an article for your project in return: Memphis Mansion (only three are left now). Happy editing! Ymnes (talk) 16:34, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Religious freedom in Denmark and Christian persecution
There is a narrative in article Persecution of Christians, (permalink) that, IMHO, is very extraordinary. The narrative is that in Denmark there is persecution of Christians. That is in sharp contract to the well established opinion that Denmark is one of the safest places in Europe concerning religious freedom. According to Freedom of religion by country: Denmark has freedom of worship,[324] however the Church of Denmark does hold certain privileges. According to the Constitution of Denmark, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark is the state church of Denmark and receives some subsidies from the government.[325] The constitution also mandates that the Danish monarch must be a member of the state church.[326]Anti-Muslim organizations such as Pegida have organized demonstrations in Denmark in the 21st century, at times met by counter-protests.[327] The right-wing populist Danish People's Party has at times self-described as an anti-Muslim party.[328] There is no mention of persecution in another relevant article, Religion in Denmark. So I guess I should ask you fellow danish wikipedians (or wikipedians who are more familiar with danish issues) if you could shed some light concerning the specific subject.Cinadon36 (talk) 20:09, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Disability in Denmark
This draft needs quite a bit of work, some help will be appreciated, particularly if you can access Danish language sources. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:09, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

WP 1.0 Bot Beta
Hello! Your WikiProject has been selected to participate in the WP 1.0 Bot rewrite beta. This means that, starting in the next few days or weeks, your assessment tables will be updated using code in the new bot, codenamed Lucky. You can read more about this change on the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team page. Thanks! audiodude (talk) 06:47, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Red links in Template:Military of Denmark
One of the oldest red links in Wikipedia is Royal Danish Defence College in Template:Military of Denmark. This links has been in the template since 2005. Does anyone want to tackle this? bd2412 T 02:39, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Skåneland
Skåneland, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --MrClog (talk) 09:36, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Copenhagen Metro reassessment
Copenhagen Metro, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. HawkAussie (talk) 05:00, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Chamber Choir Musica
Hello fellow editors! The above draft is up for review at WP:AFC. Most of the references are not in English, so I can't tell if they are concert reviews (good) or upcoming event announcements (not so good). Perhaps someone here can check out the page and see if this is a notable musical group. Thanks!&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 08:04, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Duplicate categories
Please see Categories for discussion/Log/2019 October 10. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:37, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Relationship and Context use of these words
Hey everyone! As someone that is an outsider of this community, would it be possible to add context to these words, such as sentences that utilize them. For someone that doesn't use words like this in normal conversation, it would be interesting and helpful to see this. Are there direct quotes that could be added to the article? Alitcarson (talk) 18:30, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Images in Cnut the Great's invasion of England
Hey everyone, I was curious about the status of images on the [Cnut the Great's invasion of England] page, if there was a lack of images or copyrighted material and where you're looking. Thanks WJenos (talk) 20:10, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Etymology for the Danish Island of Zealand
Hi all,

I am new to Wikipedia but I wanted to discuss a potential clue that I found about the etymology of Zealand and the similarity to New Zealand. When I initially found the island of Zealand on a map, I assumed (as many do) that it had some relation to New Zealand. But the Wiki article here specifically stated that it was not related, so that was still a mystery for now: "Despite their identical names in English, the island is not connected historically to the Pacific nation of New Zealand, which is named after the Dutch province of Zeeland." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand

However, I have uncovered a few other pieces to the puzzle. Firstly, from reading a Middle English text I discovered that "Zelande" was a prior name of The Netherlands, before Holland. So, when the Dutch settlers named New Zealand, they were naming it directly after their own country! The article in question states that New Zealand was named after the Dutch province of Zeeland; however, I suspect that it was named after the whole country at the time and that Zeeland is just the last area to retain that name.

Secondly, looking into the history of adjacent Amager, I found that Amager was settled by the Dutch in the 1500s through a deal with the king. Specifically, the article stated: "In 1521, king Christian II of Denmark invited 184 Dutch farmers to settle on the island of Amager in exchange for supplying the Palace of Copenhagen with vegetables. The Dutch immigrants were exempt from Danish taxation and were given privileges such as being allowed to hunt most wild animals and having their own judicial system until 1823. Several names in the area and some surnames in Denmark give away the Dutch influences." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Netherlands_relations This article specifically mentions the Dutch influence on names in the region, and the two islands are close enough to be connected by bridge.

Finally, the Zealand article cites some controversy over the meaning and origin of the name. "The exact origin of the Danish name "Sjælland" is controversial. Sjæl in Danish today means "soul", but based on older records one can exclude this interpretation. Even a derivation derived from siô / sæ (meaning "sea") corresponding closely to the English name is today largely rejected – but it could be speculated that the English came up with their own separate name prior to the start of Danish research on the name's origin, and may have caused people thinking Sjælland means Zealand." Though it goes on to list a few of the strongest theories, I had to wonder why the author dismissed the connection to "New Zealand" out of hand and instead focused on the English subverting the name. To me, it seems quite likely that the similarity to the province "Zeeland," the island "New Zealand," and the former name of the Netherlands "Zelande" all point to a Dutch influence on the naming of Zealand, which would resolve the note of controversy surrounding it!

That said, this is where my research ended, because I don't know how to look further into Danish/Dutch etymology. Please let me know what you think and if anyone has further sources to confirm or deny this lead.

Thank you, Brianna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brianna G. Riggio (talk • contribs) 03:18, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * First, this belongs to Talk:Zealand, not here. Second, for any of this research to be included in Wikipedia, it needs to be backed by sources. Do you have any sources for the above? ― Hebsen (talk) 12:20, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Denmark borders article out of date?
Article on Denmark's borders does not take into account the EEZ borders territorial dispute with Poland resolution in 2018. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A319:8247:DF00:EDBC:3D23:AB40:89E2 (talk) 11:57, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Could you take it up on Talk:Borders of Denmark, please, and bring some sources that support what it is that should be taken into account? Also, feel free to just edit the article yourself, if the edits are supported by sources. Sam Sailor 12:22, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Active members??
I was looking at some of the profiles under active members, and I think the list needs to be cleaned out a bit. I'm thinking about moving members that has not been active on Wikipedia in 3 years, or maybe 1 year down to the "former member" list. Any problems in that? --Anders Kaas Petersen (talk) 12:52, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved inactive members to former members. I moved profiles with newest contribution in 2016 or older, deleted profiles and blocked profiles. Anders Kaas Petersen (talk) 06:55, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

FAR notice
I have nominated Battle of Svolder for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Bacon 02:11, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Category:Danish Lutheran priests has been nominated for discussion
Category:Danish Lutheran priests has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. TSventon (talk) 16:10, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Women in Red Europe contest
After successfully completing our Asia and Africa contests over the past six months, we now welcome contributions to our Women in Europe contest which runs for three separate months from April to June 2021. To qualify for the contest, articles have to contain at least 160 words or 1,000 characters of running text and participants need to be members of Women in Red. We look forward to lots of new biographies of women from Denmark.--Ipigott (talk) 06:33, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Photos of cricket grounds
Hello WP:Denmark members. I'm just over from the Cricket Project. We're looking for editors to take pictures of cricket grounds which have hosted major matches at international/domestic level. Here are some cricket grounds in Denmark which we currently do not have photos for. It would be greatly appreciated if any project members living locally to these grounds were to dust off their cameras and take some photos! Thanks in advance. StickyWicket (talk) 08:40, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Religion in Denmark
AS born in Denmark, everyone automatically is a member of the Danish church. But that doesn't mean that a person is religious. Under the quick facts, it is stated that 75,8 of the population is christians, and under "Demographics" -> Religion (6.3), it is stated that in 2020, 74,% of the population is christian.

The chart under religion (6.3) shows the number of the members of the Danish church. But that has little to do with who is religious. It's hard to drop the membership of the church, and you loose some benefits, like having trouble being burried by the church. That's why many people stay in the church. Furthermore, the 2 % you save in taxes, by not being a member, you just have to pay to the state instead. And many people choose to stay member of the church, as it keeps the maintenance of the many beautiful churches in Denmark. So the chart under "Religion (6.2) called "Members, Church of Denmark", is irrelevant, to describe the number of religious people in Denmark.

What we need, is a fresh poll, about religion in Denmark. The latest Danish survey I can find, is from 2017, and was made for DK's next largest news & TV network, TV2, and Politiken, a large Danish news site. https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2017-10-31-danskerne-dropper-religion-antallet-af-ikke-troende-i-staerk-vaekst This is also the survey, the Danish Wiki about "Danmark" links to.

It claims the following: "In 2001, the percentage of non believers, was 31 per cent. In 2017, the number is 48 per cent." But since the survey only mentions non-religious people, it's a bit hard to know the percentage of other religions in the country.

Another newer (2018), international survey, is by American PEW research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/05/how-do-european-countries-differ-in-religious-commitment/ But it only lists number of very religious people - "% of adults who are “highly religious”. It lists this number for Denmark, to be 2%.

Another survey from the same company, also from 2018: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/29/10-key-findings-about-religion-in-western-europe/ First image lists 65% of Danes, to be Christians.

Another from 2018: https://www.pewforum.org/2018/05/29/being-christian-in-western-europe/ Church-attending Christians - 10% non-practicing Christians - 55% Religiously unaffiliated - 30% Other religion - 5% — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akyhne (talk • contribs) 05:17, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Poul Nielsen (footballer, born 1915) at AfD
Hi. Please see this discussion. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 18:23, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * And what is the point of this? Do you really need to compulsively post on every single WikiProject whenever there's an AfD? Excessive notifications are pretty much spam, and targeted notifications like the WP:FOOTY one are a more serious matter. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 18:26, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, I thought it would be obvious, but I'll explain for you: The subjects are Danish. This is the Danish project. Maybe someone who speaks Danish and/or has access to sources in Danish could help with the AfD on a Danish person.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 18:43, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Should we also notify every single pertinent WikiProject every time an article is proposed for deletion? That seems blatantly excessive and unwarranted. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 18:54, 12 February 2022 (UTC)


 * It's not mentioned at WP:PROD, but you can start an WP:RFC if you wish.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 18:59, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Lilian Staugaard at AfD
Hi. Please see this discussion. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 18:16, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Per WP:APPNOTE - "The talk page or noticeboard of one or more WikiProjects" and "the user can always find out more by clicking on the link to the discussion".

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red
Hello folks, next month WikiProject Women in Red has a focus on Greenland and the Faroes, be lovely to meet some editors new to our project over on the event page! Lajmmoore (talk) 10:11, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Talented Danish women
Not one of the many talented Danish women in today's Berlingske have biographies on either the English or Danish versions of Wikipedia. For some it might be too soon but some of the others seem to deserve coverage.--Ipigott (talk) 18:46, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Nuna asiilasooq
I was just editing Nuna asiilasooq which says it is "used as an ethnic anthem by the self-governing Kalaallit of Greenland" and was "adopted as a national anthem, alongside "Nunarput, utoqqarsuanngoravit"." So is it exclusive to Kalaallit or is the song also used by all Greenlandic Inuit including the Tunumiit and Inughuit? The article is unclear. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 11:26, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Aarhus
Aarhus has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:18, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Sidebar
I created a rough sidebar for easier navigation to the project's other pages and to clean up the links on the main page. The design might be a bit clunky, so I would welcome help reworking it. Uffda608 (talk) 10:40, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 16:41, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at WikiProject Trains
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 21:56, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Does this source saying anything about Schønheyder Møller having bipolar disorder?
Hi, having looked at it, I don't think it does, but I speak no Danish so wanted to double check with people who are able to read Danish -https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=1110 Red Fiona (talk) 18:54, 7 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Actually, it does, in the section "Biografi" it says "S.M. var manio-depressiv og levede fra 1901 på sindssygehopitalet i Århus." ("S.M. suffered from bipolar disorder and lived from 1901 in the mental health hospital in Aarhus"). Økonom (talk) 20:00, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much :) Red Fiona (talk) 21:10, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Denmark:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 12:55, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Tinkoff (cycling team)
Tinkoff (cycling team) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm Talk 04:00, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

RfC of interest
(non-automated message) Greetings to all members of WP:DK! I have opened an RfC on WT:ROYALTY that may be of interest to users of this WikiProject! You are encouraged to contribute to this discussion here! Hurricane Andrew (444) 22:55, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Arne Jacobsen
I've recently started this article, St Catherine's College Bicycle Store, an minor English building by Arne Jacobsen. I'd be most interested if it could be expanded, perhaps with some Danish sources. I'm particularly interested in any discussion specifically about the bicycle store - it's already a bit heavy on the wider St Catherine's/Jacobsen context! Any assistance gratefully received. KJP1 (talk) 12:18, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

"Danish America" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danish_America&redirect=no Danish America] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 23:33, 25 December 2023 (UTC)