Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Friesland/Archive 2

Wijerd Gerlofs Donia
I just made this article on Pier Gerlofs Donia's nephew. Just to make you people aware of what I did. Can anyone help me with the article? Is there perhaps some more information known about mr. Wijard? Thank in advanche,

-The Bold Guy- (talk) 16:30, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Can I join?
Can I join you people? What should I do before I can join? 86.89.146.118 (talk) 13:44, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You can join up by signing up in the members section.  Firstly it would be good to register so that you have permanent identity.  And then helping to improve the articles, or create the missing ones.  What are skills and interests in relation to Friesland? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Cool project!
I decided to join you because I thought "Frisian people" and "Frisian empire" aswell as "Fryslan", sounded really cool. Other than that. your national hero Pier Gerlofs Donia seems to be quite a cool guy. The story of his lifetime seems to lend itself perfectly for an adventure story of some kind! And, last but not least, I am "Fries" myself. Never knew Fries translated to "Frisian"! Cool stuff, really! Angela from the Blue (talk) 11:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

rename attempt
the Bold Guy attempted to change all of the occurrences of Friesland to Fryslan. I think we should be using the English language name for the area in the English Wikipedia. Nearly all the links that were changed went red! Let's have a discussion before renaming the project again. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

The Friesland-project should be moved to the name Fryslan project, for the name Fryslan is our great provinces officially recognised name. We should use it more often, how else do you think we can get it "ingeburgerd"? Please man, we gotta use the name Fryslan for the project. We gotta use the name "Fryslan" more often or it will die out. -The Bold Guy- (talk) 11:12, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool project!
I decided to join you because I thought "Frisian people" and "Frisian empire" aswell as "Fryslan", sounded really cool. Other than that. your national hero Pier Gerlofs Donia seems to be quite a cool guy. The story of his lifetime seems to lend itself perfectly for an adventure story of some kind! And, last but not least, I am "Fries" myself. Never knew Fries translated to "Frisian"! Cool stuff, really! Angela from the Blue (talk) 13:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Rename to WikiProject Frisia
Because Category:Frisia contains articles dealing with all of the Frisian regions, and Category:Friesland only those related to the Netherlands province of Fryslân, and since Friesland is about the same province, I believe the name of this project should be changed to WikiProject Frisia. --Benne ['bɛnə] (talk) 12:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * How about I put in a redirect? I think it would be difficult to rename all the templates that are already in place. Also I expect that the Friesland subset will have most of the articles. There has already been an attempt to call it project Fryslan, and it was project Frisians in the past. It would be better if there was a bit of stability. It seems that there as many opinions for the name as there are participants! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I would go for the name of either Fryslan or Frisia, but Frisia is the more internationally recognised name and Fryslan merely the name of a province in west-Frisian language while Friesland is just the Dutch name. I approve with the use of the name Frisia rather then to use the name Friesland. 86.89.146.118 (talk) 08:18, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Participant back on board

 * Hello -The Bold Guy-, it is good to have a participant back in the project. I have mad a whole heap of articles in the last few weeks on history, see: User:Graeme Bartlett/Frisian pages for a list, just a few more red links to resolve.  I would appreciate if you could check out the Dutch and English versions to see if the translations I put up are good or not. Do you want to resusitate your talk page as it redirects to your user page? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:10, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I am back under my IP adress. Under -The Bold Guy-, I'm still unable to edit. Because User:Chrislk02 banned my account, and when not logged-in, I can't make any articles. I can only expand articles others have made. Can you perhaps try to make aware Chris at his talk page that I am a valuable member to the project? I would love to edit again but right now, I cannot. I would love to return, but I probably can't before some of my fellow Frisians make aware the admins that -The Bold Guy- is a good user. I was hoping maybe you could see whether you can help me so that I can edit once again under my account name. 86.89.146.118 (talk) 14:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The trouble was angela from the blue who came from your same IP address. Can there be an explanation for this IP number.  Is this a school IP number shared by many, or an ISP running PAT?  Otherwise you will have to wait till 9 May for the block to expire.  Any way you can still look at the articles I have been making on the Kings and counts and potestaats of Frisia.  Magnus Forteman deserves more attention - perhaps a WP:DYK Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * May 9? No. September 13. --Geniac (talk) 18:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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Things I am missing
Do all of the great Frisian folk heroes have articles on the English wikipedia yet? And do the separate Frisian participants on the crusades yet have articles written in their honour? That, I wonder. And are there articles of Frisian nobility, or the characteristics of those who are of Frisian descent? Or an article on Frisians and\or Frisia in popular culture? Those I request. 193.172.170.26 (talk) 10:18, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you add a list of names here? Then we can start some research on the topics.  I suspect that you will be able to access materials more easily than I can. The Bold Guy probably has some ideas. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:20, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I do not think I've got many more ideas. This guy will have better access to information then most of the project members, I guess, and even when this is not the case, I doubt there is so much information on the Frisians in crusades. Secondly, I doubt there are many Frisian heroes without an article at the moment. -The Bold Guy- (talk) 10:39, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Back again!
Hello to y'all! I am back on the board again! Let's make some featured content! -The Bold Guy- (talk) 17:12, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Arumer Zwarte Hoop or Arumer Black Heap
Arumer Zwarte Hoop or Arumer Black Heap (name could also be in Frisian language, but in any case, others would be redirects). Who feels for creating an article on Greate Pier's band of warriors, the Arumer Zwarte Hoop? One mentioning their battles, victories and defeats from their founding in 15?? until their (as far as I know) ending in 1523 with Jelckama's death? Every help provided would be welcome for I as an IP cannot make an article. Was signed,

Jouke Bersma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.172.170.26 (talk) 10:33, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Friesland
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Selectionbot why did you not select Pier Gerlofs Donia for the release 0.7 project? Why did you pick Terschelling instead? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.172.170.26 (talk) 07:43, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Frisian cuisine
I think there should be a specific article on Frisian cuisine. Aswell as articles on Frisian culture and Frisian nature. All those type of articles any self respecting wikiproject should have on it's subject when it is a region which here is the case. -The Bold Guy- (talk) 08:16, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Count of Nychlenborch
May I ask you about this person. I have encountered him in some articles and subsequently have been request to create an article. However, I will not do this because I know nothing about him, especially not since an article on him was once deleted as a "hoax". Can you tell me whether this guy is a complete fabrication or whether he did exist. (PS. The Dutch WP has no article on him either.) Str1977 (talk) 11:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

created an account
I created an account. I used to be active as an anonymous IP for three years and now I have an account. Last king of Frisia (talk) 09:06, 30 September 2008 (UTC)