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Here's an article I found: BBC article about Foxley Hall. --108.45.72.196 (talk) 17:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I made a half-hearted effort to find out more about the history of Foxley Hall and didn't discover anything. It may be like trying to find out about a building on the CIA campus here in northern Virginia—the info just isn't public info. --108.45.72.196 (talk) 15:54, 7 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The building seems to be in the style of some government buildings built to resist car bomb attacks- the County Court building in Leicester has miniature glacis and "ditch". Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:41, 8 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks! Drmies (talk) 01:19, 5 September 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This. [1] Hafspajen (talk) 07:12, 3 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for working on it, Xanthomelanoussprog. You know, this article wasn't much [2] for about two days ago. Do you think it could be possible to nominate as a DYK, as an expanded article? Well just an idea. Maybe it is not possible... Hafspajen (talk) 11:17, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem! Interesting artist, who I've never heard of! I've thought and thought, and I can't think of a DYK hook yet. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:43, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well - did you know =  :- that court painter Roslin self portrait has the Swedish king in the background. :-than court painter Roslin was from the begining studying to naval draughtsman,  :- that his wife was also an artist? :- that his wife was was denied to him from the begining because he was lutheran.. (that part is from the wifes article, but can be added) ... and so on. Some of it might work? Hafspajen (talk) 17:48, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

DYK... that the painter Roslin turned down an offer from Catherine the Great? Otherwise I'm stumped- the double portrait with his wife seems to have possibilities, but for the life of me I can't express anything simply. Maybe it's the first time in history that someone did an oil painting of someone doing a pastel drawing. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:54, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

DYK that the painter Roslin turned down an offer from Catherine the Great? sounds sexy enough,... If it's the first time in history that someone did an oil painting of someone doing a pastel drawing ... drawing... painting... well. That I an not soooo sure about that. Hafspajen (talk) 23:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How about [3] As a token of the resulting close friendship, Roslin painted the portrait of himself and his wife, Marie Suzanne Giroust, at the easel working on a pastel of Peill. The painting was produced toward the end of Peill’s visit. The portrait within the portrait has never been found, but several copies exist of an earlier version produced by Marie Suzanne Giroust the previous year. The gold box housing the miniature portrait that Roslin is pointing at is part of the rebus-like nature of the painting and may have been a lavish farewell gift from Peill. The inscription on the frame, Loin et près (“Far away and [yet] close”), makes it clear that the portrait was indeed a token of friendship. Peill most likely acquired the painting that same year or in the years that immediately followed. Shortly after his return to Sweden, he married Anna Johanna Grill the younger, daughter of the late Claes Grill the elder, former director of the Swedish East India Company. The evidence suggests that the younger woman portrayed in miniature on the gold box in the painting is Miss Grill, while the older woman is probably her mother, Anna Johanna the elder.

Hafspajen (talk) 07:15, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• ... that, although Alexander Roslin immortalized himself with the King of Sweden, his partner was rather flat?
• ... that Alexander Roslin refused to service Catherine the Great?
• ... that Alexander Roslin painted his wife painting Peill, but the painting in the painting is a lost painting? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:33, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Flat??????????????? Hafspajen (talk) 07:43, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Well, I've never seen a 3D painting that hasn't been called a sculpture...  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:50, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think NR 1 suggestion, with the King will be just fine. Hafspajen (talk) 08:18, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Seems alright to me. The way Peill is looking out of that painting at the observer is quite disturbing. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 13:29, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yeah, right, go ahead and nominate it then .Hafspajen (talk) 13:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is an automated reply. Xanthomelanoussprog is out of the office at the moment. Well out of the office. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Are you really?? Hafspajen (talk) 21:08, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

.This expanding started 9 febr See here.If it is going to be nominated, it has to be nominated soon... Hafspajen (talk) 21:08, 13 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Are you going to nominate it? I re-read it a couple of times but still can't think of a decent hook.

Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 23:09, 13 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• I would love too, but I never succed with that, and make a mess of it. Don't know how. Hafspajen (talk) 09:41, 14 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Here Did_you_know_nominations/Alexander_Roslin

Yes, is worth adding. But not tourist - traveler. Maybe "tourist" too much of a neologism. Hafspajen (talk) 14:48, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Here biography [4]. Hafspajen (talk) 15:39, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good, but overcritical on term "tourist". Word is wekll-referenced in 18th century sources.Arildnordby (talk) 23:24, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	Happy Valentine Day
	Well. ...................................................................................................... Hafspajen (talk) 05:14, 14 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 25 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander Roslin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Alexander Roslin painted his wife painting a pastel of Henrik Peill, but the painting within the painting (pictured) is a lost painting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Roslin. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 11:07, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Now that was big time!........................................................................................ I think it got over 4800 hits. Well, kind of on the edge. Hafspajen (talk) 19:50, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well done! You did a great job on that painter! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:10, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Who, me? We. Hafspajen (talk) 09:08, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos Torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos Torte and spread the WikiLove, just place ((subst:Dobos Torte)) on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:10, 21 April 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm struggling with this Template:Did you know nominations/Albert Levy (soldier) Any additions would help the cause and be GREATLY appreciated. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:50, 21 April 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I also admired your fighting knife collection. 15:51, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

I have tired very hard to figure out the book that has "Hold!" on the top of the page. I even e-mailed the author of the website, but have gotten no response. Any ideas what book that is? scwbb37@yahoo.com (2010). "English Captain, TW, Levy On MG Trench Attack". Jarama Battlefield British Section 2010. Spanish civil war British battalion sites. pp. 221–226. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014. ((cite web)): |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 22 April 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) scwbb37@yahoo.com (2010). "Jarama 2010". Jarama Battlefield British Section 2010. Spanish civil war British battalion sites. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014. ((cite web)): |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 22 April 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It appears to be "English Captain" by Thomas Winteringham. I googled " Harry ordered the gun" which gave one result, in Google Books. Hope that's useful! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:09, 22 April 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Elegant and to the point. Beautiful work on "Yank" Levy. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

-...........................................-...--......-.-....-.-----....-..-.-..Hafspajen (talk) 16:59, 9 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I well remember the drinking of lots of good beers and the telling of lots of good stories the last time I was at a wake of sorts. Plus, I got the watch back--which I had sent to him, my father, years before. It doesn't take much to bring that memory back, and I'm sure it will be the same way with you. All the best. Drmies (talk) 04:40, 14 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Original Barnstar

Xanty (if you don't mind, your user name is fucking untypable), I'm wondering if you're not some blocked user who came back to bless us. I really appreciate your collegial and utterly positive spirit, and word has it even Jimbo Wales mentioned you at the water cooler in San Francisco. Thank you for helping us out, for making the internet suck less, for writing content (which we need so much more than Vandalism Vigilantes), and for being an all-around great girl (guy, maybe). I salute you and your many positive edits, with the blessing of bourbon, my darling boy, and my lovely dog Sadie. Drmies (talk) 23:45, 24 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, I would be delighted to see what you came up with. I was planning to try to follow Y's generous and excellent instructions when I got home, but yes, you may have a go at it. Thank you.

Barbara.steinberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 01:59, 5 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much. I have to get a few of the dates changed, and I have calls into the Schomburg for that, and I'll fix my reference stupidity, but what a help. I cannot thank you enough. Barbara.steinberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Xanthomelanoussprog, I took pictures of 4 new documents, which I own, about the arbitration. They give the correct amount of funding that was disrupted, $160,000, so I changed that. They also give the date the arbitration decision was handed down, June 12, 1972, so I included that. See references 12, 13, 14, 15, and the first paragraph of End of the Orchestra. I also changed the spelling of flautist Harold Jones to flutist Harold Jones. I trust my way of putting in the references is completely incorrect, but I hope these documents add to the story. Any suggestions you have are welcome, and you can just do what you think is best with the page. Thank you so much again for your time. Barbara.steinberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 19:50, 5 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Xanthomelanoussprog

Can't say I'm impressed at all about the changes you made to the page on Geoffrey Key. I would have appreciated it had you wished to ADD to the page but to randomly chop at it, I can't see how that is productive. It basically reads like a dog now -all facts with zero feeling. Glad you like it now anyhow! Rob Haydock~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by JeffersonWSoiwittaya (talk • contribs) 20:51, 5 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

He's a minor British artist with a random assortment of derivative styles. What do you want? A sales brochure? I already had the "Geoffrey is a genius and a great investment" line from an art dealer specialising in him. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:33, 5 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Xanthomelanoussprog,

I have edited what you have done and added some references, according to my experience and access to documents. Thank you again for the sections. Do you think the Symphony of the New World article is ready to resubmit? Thank you very much for your time. Best, Barbara.steinberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 06:01, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

They are not in a blog post per se, but when I put them on my server, the url has to start with http://barbaraanneshaircombblog.com/images/symhonyofthenewworld Best regards, Barbara.steinberg (talk) 10:38, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Barbara.steinbergReply[reply]

My references don't link to a blog. They link to my server, whose main url is a blog. Should I upload the documents to wikipedia commons? I own them. Or should I wait and see what happens. I hope I have not lost your favor, and that resubmitting was not a mistake. You have my permission to do anything you like, as far as editing the page. A lot of people are waiting for this, so forgive my anxiety. Best regards, Barbara — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 14:52, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I am speechless in trying to thank you for your help. Sending flowers, balloons, and anything you want from B&H Photo Video. ;-P Seriously, I am indebted to your kindness and generosity. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara.steinberg (talk • contribs) 15:41, 9 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

copyediting
Thank you, mysterious user with an unspeakable name and a clean user page, for using your knives of language for quality copyediting of articles such as Weimar and Feminine beauty ideal, for introducing art and good stories, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 21 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you!!! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:31, 21 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Could you perhaps take a look at Brownsea Island Scout camp, an old FA that has not yet appeared, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:07, 22 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Okay, will do tomorrow (an early start today has left me somewhat tired). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:34, 22 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	Happy Summer Solstice !!
	Hope you get a lovely Summer and a bit of sunshine in your little corner of Britain!! Hafspajen (talk) 22:33, 21 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you!!! We've got one week of sunshine to go, then the rain will return. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:34, 21 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It was a clear night yesterday in Ellmau, for fires see also, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 22 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

see also Hafspajen (talk) 22:59, 24 June 2014 (UTC) Na na na nanny-na-na Na na na nanny-na-na Na na na nanny-na-na Na na na nanny-na-na Na na na nanny-na-na Na na na nanny-na-na Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:18, 25 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It was the wrong pic.Hafspajen (talk) 19:56, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Aha! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:40, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	this is the real stuff! Hafspajen (talk) 17:44, 12 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

. Give UK an applaud!Hafspajen (talk) 12:34, 16 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You are right, - and I also don't know much about the subject. What I know is that it is an old FA (standards then were different), a good and unique topic, and that the main author left us (the photographer of the sapphire, DYK?). I would like to improve it by 2017, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 15 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh well, we've got two and a half years! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:28, 15 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

three, - for 1 August 2017 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:03, 15 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

interested? Mary Francis Shura... Hafspajen (talk) 14:58, 17 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It says in "Book Jacket Bios" Wikipedia has an entry on her, but information on Wikipedia should always be taken with a grain of salt.. Hah! Yeah,okay Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:08, 17 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So, what do you think now about Henry Ossawa Tanner? Hafspajen (talk) 12:06, 20 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Damn good artist- very interesting. On Tuesday a Humphrey Spender is coming up for auction- the auctioneers have mispelt his name and appear generally ignorant of who he is. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 13:35, 20 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Hey, we don't have a thing on him. Can you uppload pictures? (of course you can - your dog with the bag) Try to pinch that from the auction if possible. Maybe it is not possible - by the way. He still might have copyright on his things. Hafspajen (talk) 18:15, 20 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• I took a photo with my phone- will have another go tomorrow. Will check on the copyright- I have a feeling it's okay. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:52, 20 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How's the copyright + did you took any pictures? Hafspajen (talk) 00:49, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You don't poosibly plan to travel to Musée d'Orsay soon? Hafspajen (talk) 00:51, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Would be nice! I'm going to clean up the photos later- got comprehensively outbid on the painting (end result £700+). Not sure on the copyright question yet. I remembered something about Renoir's nudes being less "pink" than they were when "fresh"- turns out he was using cochineal for some of his reds, which is why I thought there might be a connection with being too green. I did an "academic" paper long time back on paint and 19th century railways- and it is almost impossible to give an accurate rendering in a photo of something which may have up to 20 layers of paint and varnish- check out "Improved Engine Green"! Opticians puzzledXanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:23, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You got a point there. But if you look at those two pictures, and think - light, impressionism, depicting light, depicting the sunpatches - wich one is giving you the impression of half-shades, light patches glittering, nice summer afternoon-ish feeling? The Blue-green one looks like it will be raining soom, or tempest coming, or it is already night feeling, right?

Yes, you're right the left hand one. The black top hat of the bloke chewing a stick blends too much into the dark blue coat behind him in the right hand version. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:56, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Where is the bloke chewing sticks? Hafspajen (talk) 18:32, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Found bloke. Listen, Xanty, this painter is big time. And all we have on him is - like 5 pictures??? Can you find out if it is possible to get more? Charles Wellington Furse. Like this one. [5]6Hafspajen (talk) 07:55, 24 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Funny- never (consciously) heard of him, though the Diana picture is familiar. He did paintings of dock labour for Liverpool Town Hall (of which this might be an example (but it's now in an art gallery). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:17, 24 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I imagine that the copyright shouln't be a problem nowadays. Hafspajen (talk) 12:43, 24 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I tried to find out who, but I am not much to count on on military expertise, being a pacifist. Carte de visite is one article that tells about this kind of pictures, but the Military project might help. Hafspajen (talk) 23:29, 25 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ou ot ail. Drmies (talk) 23:41, 25 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good to know 'is not ignoring it at least. Tell 'im to start to belive it is the same... Dr. Scarpetta (talk) 19:06, 26 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm pretty sure they're two separate gorillas (I was a ten stone weakling, now I am two separate gorillas (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)) Be absolutely weird if they were one and the same person. Coat seems to have been circumspect and mild at the beginning- maybe there was some kind of change of circumstances not connected with Wikipedia. Jack the Ripper (talk) 21:29, 26 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

more similarities just compare

• and more why are you bringing up; you discourage im

• suddenly popping up -make trouble pop up

• Weeping

Interesting reading, that one.

• AND _ If it is not, then it is just as bad as that one.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Oh, but here you have to think Edgar. A.P. Jane Goodall (talk) 22:03, 26 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• You can't change what you don't acknowledge. First, acknowledge that there is something wrong. If what is happening isn't normal, admit it. People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. Your partner is doing what he/she is doing because they can. If you're allowing the behavior to continue by making excuses for your partner and blaming yourself, stop. If you want to be treated with dignity and respect, stand up and require it. Dr Phil (talk) 22:54, 26 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dutch skies

• Click "translate", somewhere. Drmies (talk) 16:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks! Hope they don't sue me for libel. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I wanted to make sure you saw that I am affiliated with CSG International. Drmies and Smartse are familiar with my COI work creating "Good Article"-ranked pages on behalf of article-subjects, but since I don't know you I wanted to make sure you knew. I don't think it's appropriate for me to get too involved in the scrutiny of the astroturfing businesses' work - my interests are just in serving my client CSGI and hoping for a bit of good-faith by explaining they didn't know the person they hired was unsordid. I'll be working on a draft replacement that is GAN-ready and if you have an interest in reviewing; my approach to COI is to offer content and allow disinterested editors to make the final judgement calls. CorporateM (Talk) 23:51, 24 August 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay thanks! I'm quite happy to help out; my main concern was not to do something to the article that would be ascribed to you by your client (see section above for the effect I can have on an article ) Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 05:16, 25 August 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why are they ON the table instead of beside? Any suggestionas? --Hafspajen (talk) 09:59, 7 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tailors work sitting cross-legged ^[1]- the platform is next to a large window allowing the maximum of natural light, and is at the level of the window sill.^[2] Maybe the platform is to allow waste to be quickly cleared from the work area. I can ask- my friend's parents were both tailors. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 10:16, 7 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ask. Hafspajen (talk) 11:34, 7 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As with some other breeds, these specific dogs tend to pee on people. They feel that they must pee on human life in order to live casually. In general, however, they seem to be afraid of humans. Casually if they see human life near them they barf or "throw up". In fact, scientists are beginning to start to begin to believe this may have to do with the urination process. ...

Well I hope that editor gets thoroughly sodden… I asked, and it was confirmed about the cross-legged position- as to the table she didn't know. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:20, 7 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I was thinking about one practical explanation - while you were asking - maybe if they do big gowns ot so, those will be hanging down on the floor, slipp down or get dirty . It is - much cleaner and practical to have it on a table.... Original res. Hafspajen (talk) 11:44, 8 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Certainly dirty- the coal bucket's on the floor. Also, it occurred to me, it's less cold and draughty to sit on a raised platform- and perhaps have warm air underneath. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:28, 8 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good point. Great job. Hafspajen (talk) 11:13, 9 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Xanty will you precisize wich one of the alternatives you support? The big file or the small or any .. just to make sure. Hafspajen (talk) 19:14, 9 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done it- the big one. Very interesting- the canvas weave is visible, and the seams show that it was made of three sections. There is a lady at the British National Gallery whose speciality is the history of frames- it would be interesting to hear her views on the frame (she has a blog the frame blog). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:34, 9 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hm, smart of you to discover it. I certainly think you should ask her ... Can you ask how big is the bigges canvas with no sections? alwats wondered about that one... I still say it is a great painting in every way - hope all that text and strikings will not make people tired - we do need that painting... really - one of the biggest masterpiece in art history! Hafspajen (talk) 08:39, 10 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Xanty, will you help me? Your server is English. Could you please try to get some reviews on his books? User:Hafspajen/Jonathan Hill (theologian) Hafspajen (talk) 15:33, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Will do- I'll have a look later Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:58, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK; back off now - so we don't conflict each other for now. Thanks.Hafspajen (talk) 19:32, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay- just put a bit of a review in. Now I'm off to bed. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:38, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

thanks. You are VERY welcome to adjust text - reformulate and watsiscalled - some of the text has to be reworded. This expression: for example editorial and writing capacity needs rewording . Also : has been highly acclaimed for his keen grasp of theology and philosophy, and his ability to make often complex subjects accessible to all.

Hafspajen (talk) 19:55, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Hafspajen, I have not given up on your theologian, but so far it's slim pickens'. Drmies (talk) 15:49, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, well. Hafspajen (talk) 17:47, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

All I could find is a review of Christianity: How A Tiny Sect.... I've ordered it through Interlibrary Loan. Drmies (talk) 18:30, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Love you, Drmies. The guy is one of two in the category commons:Category:People excommunicated by the Church of England. (Not Hill... Francis) Great pictures by the way. Hafspajen (talk) 08:49, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

(Insert your choice of comment here about a certain multicoloured Tunnock) I've started on Cherry Ripe. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 11:24, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for your many contributions great and small. As far as I'm concerned Jimbo owes you at least a t-shirt and a box of donuts crumpets. Thanks again. Drmies (talk) 15:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, no idea, also would be happy to add you to list atDYK just please go ahead and edit Koller, - anyone please - fast - my head goes round . What a stupid misstake to nominate an article with no refs. Hafspajen (talk) 19:44, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• His elementary school may have been Frau Munster's (Mrs Munster's). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:23, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ha Hafspajen (talk) 20:30, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Slightly more tasteful Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:40, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh, I don't know... Hafspajen (talk) 13:55, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You could at least listen to the Ursprache version. Sca (talk) 16:37, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I did (for twenty seconds) and then I started biting the keyboard. I know chicHafspajen (talk) 21:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)ken when I see it (to quote a pundit). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:15, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That stupid song went through my head all morning. (This is what the Germans call an Ohrwurm.) Sca (talk) 14:51, 21 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dangerous! Oliver Sacks has written about people suffering from persistent musical accompanients- it's never anything highbrow. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:01, 21 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Are you going to block us? Hafspajen (talk) 21:55, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry. Try the Swedish style Hafspajen (talk) 19:27, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Xanty the Rudolf Koller lead... Hafspajen (talk) 20:31, 19 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hafs, I tinkered a bit- I cut out the bit about the mail coach trying to avoid cows, because it looks like the coach has just ploughed through the herd, with a lone calf running ahead of the horses. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:06, 19 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Very sensible of you. Why did you stopped? There are several sections ... Jut added a lot of stuff everywhere in the middle too. Hafspajen (talk) 21:16, 19 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay, I'll have another look. I have to get up early in the morning though- there's a nice watercolour landscape (early 19th century English) coming up at the local junk auction. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, is everybody thinking about sex nowadays? Hafspajen (talk) 16:42, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Damn right! That was the third re-phrasing. I'd have liked to put in synonyms for wagonner and cattle merchant (because they were on the original webpage source) but couldn't think of any. Got the landscape cheap (odd as it was better quality than other watercolours at the same sale)- it has a very unusual parish church with a massive stair turret and large side chancels. No idea where it is. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:51, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• One learns about that the "basic animal of our culture" from the Middle Ages to the industrialization formed the basis of the Swiss wealth. Or that, unlike in neighboring countries always the men kept their hands on the cow and milking it. What then led up to sodomy accusations to ridicule, which the old Confederates took the occasion for pillaging, where they went armed with truant cows in the fight. This is from the New Zurich News. I hope that cow in the garden is over 16 years old. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:21, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hm. hmhmhmmhm. Some nice sheep for you Hafspajen (talk) 19:48, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, it's fun playing with fire, I guess.

@Sca: That'll teach you to ask questions Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:56, 21 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

St. Mary's, Broughton?? (Anglo-Saxon turriform churches is one of mine.) Xanthomelanoussprog, I wanted to drop you a note to say there is more that can be added to Two Men Contemplating the Moon from the de.wikipedia article, as before best done by slotting things in in different sections from their arrangement, but I am absolutely snowed under for the next few days. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:29, 23 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! Just got your message whilst I was looking at Google images- going slowly nuts! Pretty sure it's not an Anglo-Saxon one, as the stair turret is attached to the north-west corner, rather than in the middle. I've done a crude drawing which looks like 1980s clipart, which I'm going to upload. I'll try and do more on the Two Men over the next few days. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:42, 23 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Think it's ivy round the turret, a tree in front of the tower, large pinnacles on the front, 5 bays to the side chapels, a clerestory in the nave. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:50, 23 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why do you keep it on your page? (if it is horrible...) Ahem, this -> User:Hafspajen/The Fog Warning (Winslow Homer) -- hmm ... mm ... mm? Hafspajen (talk) 20:27, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Don't know where it is- I was hoping someone might recognise it- big stair turret on the north west corner of the tower, which is unusual. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:44, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

? Know not. Sorry, we run into each other - edit conflict - go on, you continue. Hafspajen (talk) 21:00, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll have to do some reading first- familiarisation. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:02, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK. Hafspajen (talk) 21:18, 27 September 2014 (UTC) hm:Reply[reply]

Added a bit about the name (from the winslowhomer site)- contemporary newspaper mentions a sponsor of the painting- don't know who they meant. Now I'm off to bed Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:20, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. Hafspajen (talk) 21:39, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Henry Tonks. I was thinking about him earlier- the injured soldiers. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:41, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, he did not injured them, he cured them. He was a doctor like dad. Hafspajen (talk) 22:04, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• The watercolours of the injuries. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 06:52, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yuk. Do you love spring?

This user loves the Spring.

Thanks for the great links. Hafspajen (talk) 13:11, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• No probs! An interesting story- family buys village after romantic honeymoon; resident artist documents life of fisherfolk. You saw them then- very sad. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:14, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ccccc. Hafspajen (talk) 17:07, 30 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	Autumn Award
	For the interesting information about Prout's Neck Stuff. Hafspajen (talk) 15:12, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Can you respond here on the nomination thing? Hafspajen (talk) 16:38, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, your alts are of course better - the problem is this: please add a reference for the whole of the Death section; I shouldn't really let this through without one, but since the boss of DYK is out of the office doesn't exist, there's no fear of me losing my job, so I'll trust you to add one);

Belle needs to be notified of the Alts and the refs... I guess. Added some crap reference. Don't know where the others were. Hafspajen (talk) 17:52, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

(hahahahaha!! cheese indeed. Am still laughing over that one. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:17, 4 October 2014 (UTC))Reply[reply]

.. a good one .!Hafspajen (talk) 11:13, 4 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dutch skies II

This user is a carpenter.

• Click "translate", somewhere. Drmies (talk) 16:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is also good... Dutch skies never bored - later (boring they mean)Hafspajen (talk) 23:09, 4 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry for witdrawing the nomination but that discussion was close to - goddag-yxskaft- style of discussions, really not helpful. Hafspajen (talk) 12:44, 7 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

HelpHafspajen (talk) 20:22, 7 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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On 8 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rudolf Koller, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Rudolf Koller painted "the Swiss national animal" running in the road in front of traffic (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rudolf Koller. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Hafspajen (talk) 13:46, 8 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ahem, are you going to push that button or what. The Holland guy. Or you are telling me that I should do it? Hafspajen (talk) 16:43, 10 October 2014 (UTC) This is Rosa Bonheur's brother by the way. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_BonheurHafspajen (talk) 16:44, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll do it now- been doing car maintenance all afternoon. Ah, the Bonheurs- I came across F. L. Bonheur, did a copy of "The Drinking Place" by Stanhope Forbes- I've got a feeling that FL doesn't exist, someone just made the name up to sell the horse painting. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:09, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

... and what is better to sell horse paintings than ....women. Hafspajen (talk) 17:18, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Xanthomelanoussprog/Sebastopol Samuel Holland Any additions welcome Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:25, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This guy is a bit difficult. Not even among here do we have a thing about him. I think that what you should do is to start hunting at parishes, they have info about people. Or art dealers. Or something local, where he lived. Hafspajen (talk) 18:48, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nottamun Town I think. Their art gallery/museum is in the castle, just go to get past the Sheriff on the gate. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:58, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Now look what you got me into with your Sebastopol - see Sebastopol panorama - Franz Roubaud.. also a very crappy article. Hafspajen (talk) 20:18, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• • 115 meters of canvas painted by painted by Russian artist Franz Roubaud depict the fighting of 1812 in dramatic detail, attempting to bring alive the battle that raged between more than 250,000 troops and ended with an estimated 70,000 casualties. Sound effects of battle sounds add to the mood of the scene. Roubaud was born in Russia, but studied art in Munich. He went on to create a number of enormous panoramas of battle scenes including the Siege of Sevastopol and Russo-Persian War, and this depiction of the Battle or Borodino, which opened in Russia on August 29, 1912 in honor of the centennial of the fight. Panoramas were enormously popular throughout Europe and the United States in the 19th century, with epic battles being amongst the most popular subjects. Near the museum at a mass-grave memorial, visitors can pay their respects to 300 Russian soldiers who lost their lives in that battle. Although few full-scale panoramas of the hundreds that once lured crowds around the world still exist, there are a few notable survivors: . - REWORD? Please? ... Hafspajen (talk) 20:28, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Okay, in about half hour. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:58, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The panorama depicts the Battle of Borodino of 1812, and was painted by the artist Franz Roubaud. It is 115 metres long, and is accompanied by sound effects of warfare. The Borodino panorama was opened to the public on 29 August 1912- the centenary of the battle. The building which houses it is located close to a mass grave of 300 of the Russian soldiers killed in the battle, which involved 250,000 combatants and resulted in 70,000 casualties.

The Russian artist Franz Roubaud studied art in Munich. Roubaud created many battle panoramas, including ones of the Siege of Sevastopol, and the Russo-Persian War.

See also Racławice Panorama. @Hafspajen: Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:49, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Franz Roubaud Panorama «Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)»

This pic is about 100 meter long - that's a footbal arena - (socer) - and is viewed in a round house. Hafspajen (talk) 21:52, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Amazing- Roubaud put the washing in the foreground- looks like most of the soldiers are standing around waiting to get hit. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:02, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Crazy - AND is your fault, why did you send me chasing after Sevastopols? Hafspajen (talk) 22:12, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OW, poor Franz Haec stipula ad biographiam spectat. Amplifica, si potes!

THIS IS FROM THE UCRAINIAN WIKI; HIS ARTICLE _ ONE COULD SAY _ TRANSLATION:

Born in Odessa in the family of a French merchant , who settled in the Russian Empire. He studied at the Odessa Drawing School ( 1865 - one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven ), and one thousand eight hundred seventy-eight - one thousand eight hundred eighty-three - at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts .

He specialized in painting battle, incidentally (and many of battle at the time) turned to art shyrokoohopnyh panoramas, giving thanks to the combination of three-dimensional picture of the layout, the illusion of a historical event that takes place in front of the viewer. After returning to Russia received from the Tiflis Museum "Temple of Glory" order for a series of paintings on the history of the Caucasian War . In these works written in 1 885 - one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five years., scale the result of his studies was Caucasian panorama "Sturm village Ahulgo "( 1890 ), first shown at the Art and Industrial Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod ( 1896 , survived only a few fragments remain today in local history Museum Makhachkala ).

Zaporizhzhya Cossacks attacking Franz Roubaud One thousand nine hundred and two - 1904 - under his leadership in the suburbs of Munich, a group of German artists created panorama "Defense of Sevastopol" (opened in 1905 in Sevastopol in the summary for her building).

Another known its views of a "Borodinskaya battle." Work on it was in the same conditions, with I. H.M'yasoyedova and consultant BM Kolyubakyna (opened in 1912 in a special pavilion on Clean pond in Moscow , after a long restoration recreated it in 1962 in a new building on Kutuzov Avenue).

Among the typical battle paintings Roubaud - "Attack Novocherkassk regiment in the battle on the river Shah" ( 1907 ) and "The Battle of Borodino" ( 1913 , both - in Artillery Historical Museum, St. Petersburg).

Since 1903 - Professor battle head shops Academy of Art (among his pupils was M.Hrekov). 1912 - finally settled in Germany.

THERE IS MUCH TO DO WITH HIS ARTICLE Hafspajen (talk) 16:35, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Slowly coming along. I was outbid (price including commission about £380) somebody else knew who S S Holland was. On the other hand, the winner's going to "hold conversations" with me in future . Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 11:26, 11 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What a nice combination. I paint while you buy. And DYK - did you know that the English Wiki missed Edmond Maître totally?? - see French article... art collector like you Hafspajen (talk) 11:55, 11 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

... and make him paint figures as refusing to express fleeting expressions, he wants to enter the deepest being of its models. It was a substitute for the portrait of a permanent existence baroque portrait of gasoline. What exacly is a Baroque portrait of gasoline? This is the translation I got at the Philippe de Champaigne article when clicling on This article may be translater from French, view - my French ends there. Hafspajen (talk) 13:29, 11 October 2014 (UTC) Spell check ... .Philippe de Champaigne .... Hafspajen (talk) 14:44, 11 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

"He substituted for the portrait of a Baroque existence a permanent portrait of its spirit." Or something like that- maybe he was painting the Michelin Man. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:59, 11 October 2014 (UTC) Don't you think that it is still good enough for a DYK? Looks like is not going to have his five votes to make it as a FP, but it can still be a DYK.... Hafspajen (talk) 22:05, 12 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes- the only concern I have is the section on validating intense emotions (but I don't know how to improve it- it's difficult- it seems like Burke says that awe and terror are the strongest emotion that can be produced by the human mind, and that is the height of the sublime. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 11:02, 13 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Horror then? Hafspajen (talk) 13:11, 13 October 2014 (UTC) Do you do DYKs? Hafspajen (talk) 13:12, 13 October 2014 (UTC) Do you know how to nominate? Hafspajen (talk) 13:14, 13 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, not horror! Awe and terror are fine, but our modern-day consciousness tends to think in terms of shock and awe (as in bombing Iraq). Never nominated one- a bit clueless, me Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 15:42, 13 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Do you want to try? I can tell you how... Hafspajen (talk) 11:01, 14 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes!!! Going to be out this afternoon, so will be off-wiki till later. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 11:12, 14 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK. if you feel like translating. Generaly, as a new beginner you can nominate five times your own or others articles. After five times, you can still nominate articles made by others; but in order to nominate yours you have to review others - that means: going there, pick up a nomination, check everything and be nasty with the poor guy as soon you find the smalles wrongdoing. It is power - and one have to kick everybody hard in the as as soon as possible you find something - it is part of the game nowadays.

Until then. (as it follows)

This is the place you add your nomination, when ready. You create a nomination by using the page or much simpler, from here. Make a red link: Template:Did you know nominations/View from the Artist's Window.

• In this case Template:Did you know nominations/Niagara Falls, from the American Side.

Now push the darned red red link and put inside the folowing text :

Then fill the template out like this:

((subst:NewDYKnomination | article = Niagara Falls, from the American Side | article2 = | status = new | hook = ... that WRITE YOUR HOOK HERE? | ALT1 = <!-- For more hooks, type " |ALT2 = " and/or so forth. --> | author = Hafspajen | author2 = Sagaciousphil | image = File:Frederic Edwin Church - Niagara Falls, from the American Side - Google Art Project.jpg | caption = Niagara Falls, from the American Side | comment = | reviewed = If you reviewed another article before listing this DYK nomination, put it here. Otherwise leave this line alone; it will blank when saved. ))

It was created on 7 October 2014‎ - so still time to nominate - within ten days new aricles may be nominated.

Once you have created it, remember that you then go to the date 7 October and at the top add the template you created, which should be ((Did you know nominations/Niagara Falls, from the American Side ))

If you need any help, let me know! Hafspajen (talk) 13:10, 14 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just push, add, transclude. Hafspajen (talk) 19:53, 14 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Howsgoing? Hafspajen (talk) 22:03, 14 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Justgotin. Thanks very much for the info- will work my way through it tomorrow. Today was busy- now I know what a "deceptive firing glass" is- one with a tiny bowl that looks big but only holds a small amount of drink. Found ten of them in a box of junk. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:14, 14 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nunc est bibendum .. lovely. So art collector Xanty took over today. Hafspajen (talk) 23:21, 14 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Time is running away... Hafspajen (talk) 19:13, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just push this

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Niagara_Falls,_from_the_American_Side&action=edit&redlink=1

and put this in, copy and paste, and save on this.

((subst:NewDYKnomination | article = Niagara Falls, from the American Side | article2 = | status = new | hook = ... that WRITE YOUR HOOK HERE? | ALT1 = <!-- For more hooks, type " |ALT2 = " and/or so forth. --> | author = Hafspajen | author2 = Sagaciousphil | image = File:Frederic Edwin Church - Niagara Falls, from the American Side - Google Art Project.jpg | caption = Niagara Falls, from the American Side | comment = | reviewed = If you reviewed another article before listing this DYK nomination, put it here. Otherwise leave this line alone; it will blank when saved. )) @Hafspajen: Okay, will do Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:54, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done- hope it's all okay, Thanks very much for your help. Going to do it again soon Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:07, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yepp, looks good. Eh, this program, where did you got that from. (I don't watch Tv, by the way)...Hafspajen (talk) 21:45, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Online Guardian newspaper- a review of a festival of rubbish tv. This series http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04j2bt1 might be more to your taste- Paul Nash, Sickert and Bomberg. The Sickert program was a real eye-opener; his late art is almost like proto-Pop Art. Might be available sometime on YouTube- the program on Edward Burra is- Andrew Graham-Dixon is a bit mannered but at least he's not a singing toilet roll. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:58, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Who is the singing toilet roll? Ah, the Mini. Thanks will try to find out. Hafspajen (talk) 22:01, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's a great link!! Hafspajen (talk) 22:02, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I haven't seen that Nash before. His landscapes seem to have the power of making one see the view in the same way. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:07, 15 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This makes me feel very weird. I painted once a painting - well, just for fun - or not - difficult too know - and it loked very much like this, like Sunrise, Inverness Copse. I think I understand now why. But then i was only looking at it and wondered where did this thing came from? I was thinking about somebody and than painted it. - I mean, sometimes one doesn't really understands the things one paints - and it is just as well and just as good not to sometimes. Hafspajen (talk) 15:40, 16 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AHA. Now I will nominate that one. tell me, is it safe. Hafspajen (talk) 14:09, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You mean DYK? Yes, I think there's more stuff for him that can be put in. Not sure about his son being a lover of Gide though- I'll have to check that out. You don't want to DYK the toilet rolls then? DYK that on popular Swedish TV show Minimello the sets aren't cardboard, but the audience is? DYK that Swedish star Ylva Hällen is flushed with success? DYK that Swedish rap star Goldy Boy lives in a menage-a-trois with a toilet brush and a bidet? Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:42, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Aw, you DYK that with Drmies, he is the baby man - married and all. ^[1] Hafspajen (talk) 21:08, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	*sheep and masking tape ?? Hafspajen (talk) 00:14, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Niagara Falls, from the American Side at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with ((db-g7)), or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 19:59, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mandarax, what's worong??? Hafspajen (talk) 20:15, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I see that you figured it out and already took care of the transclusion. BTW, I think that ALT1 would make a good April Fools' Day hook (without the picture, of course). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:37, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Do you want to put that on hold for 1 April, Mandarax ? That's fine with me, what do you say, Xanty? Hafspajen (talk) 11:43, 18 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Fine with me, Hafs Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 12:28, 18 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Urgh. As I noted on the nom, I'm afraid ALT1 won't work, but the others, or perhaps a different one yet to be born, may still be April Foolsworthy. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:37, 19 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wish you wouldn't talk like that pucko-bot. It was not added to the list, of course. Hafspajen (talk) 20:48, 17 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

[_Fool%27s_Main_Page/Did_You_Know Probably here]

Auguste Bonheur - is the article ready for DYK? I think that inscription under the bull is slighly excentric.... ALSO this [guy] Hafspajen (talk) 18:01, 19 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Possibly- there's some more on him available-might be able to work on it tomorrow. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:39, 19 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think it is rather funny that an article on Wiki can contain a picture of a bull with the caption Why me? and nobody noticed - so I won't remove it, because it is just too funny. Hafspajen (talk) 00:08, 20 October 2014 (UTC) Xanty - there is a deadline at DYK. Only articles that are seven days old may be nominated, one has to be quick... Shall we or shall we not Bonheur? And who, you or me+ would be good exercise for you to nominate AND TRANSCLUDE this time ... Hafspajen (talk) 13:13, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay- will have some spare time this evening (just spent the last four hours watching junk go for high prices in an auction room- I was after a painting of the Broads by Thomas Frederick Goodall- didn't get it not going to write an article on him . Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 13:19, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You bad art collector. Hafspajen (talk) 14:17, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

http://72.9.254.50/view/people/asitem/items$0040null:287/0

User:Hafspajen/ William J. McCloskey Xanty, when you finished and brought up half of Sotheby's art supply - look at this one - http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/spring07/46-spring07/spring07article/139-new-discoveries-auguste-bonheurs-la-sortie-du-paturage Hafspajen (talk) 20:31, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The railway clerk who won the painting in a lottery (odd!). Back home now, so can get on with the DYK. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 20:42, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/sudley/collections/morningroom/ruins_chateau_bonheur.aspx

http://www.artinliverpool.com/?p=10630

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O125059/highland-scene-with-cattle-oil-painting-bonheur-auguste-francois/

http://www.rubylane.com/item/6041-PS05-19-09-02/Oil-Board-Bucolic-Landscape-Francois-Auguste

http://www.artfinding.com/Biography/Bonheur-Auguste/1719.html

Aaargh! aaargh! aaargh! (don't take any notice, Hafs) Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:04, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ruby Lane?? Could put that in for a laugh. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:10, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's a fake- look at the sheep's faces, how badly they're painted. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:13, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• DYK that because Auguste Bonheur won a First Class Medal with his painting La Sortie du pâturage it was raffled off by the French government?
• DYK that Auguste Bonheur is an anagram of A Obese Guru Hunt? Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:31, 21 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Eh, anything wrong?? A Obese Guru Hunt probably not work. Hafspajen (talk) 00:40, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Auguste Bonheur, the 5th day. Hafspajen (talk) 19:42, 22 October 2014 (UTC) Tonight, tonight… Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:46, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Auguste Bonheur Hafspajen (talk) 19:47, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Very good it is nominated - that the first step. Hafspajen (talk) 22:00, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. Thank you for your unintended big tin. Read the links. It's OK to stop receiving the mellow cheese. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:48, 22 October 2014 (UTC) .Reply[reply]

That bot got crazy. Do you think it was drinking? Hafspajen (talk) 13:16, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What Gorgious Al? Was that you Hafspajen (talk) 21:49, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Gorgious Al? Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:06, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Got that, it's here. Added some to Bonheur ... probably weirdily. Hafspajen (talk) 12:06, 23 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Prose size (text only): 1461 characters (246 words) "readable prose size" Gryn Castle. - You need more words to DYK nominate, 1500 characters is a minimum. Hafspajen (talk) 07:37, 24 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There's more available- this evening might add, but I can't think of any interesting hook at the moment. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:39, 24 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well -some little brother - hook? Maybe we should add the painting Hafspajen (talk) 13:21, 24 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	Rookworst award
	Excellent work--thank you very much. Drmies (talk) 02:00, 23 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Auguste Bonheur at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with ((db-g7)), or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 21:09, 24 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Xanty -TRANSCLUDE- You have to add it to the DYK page, here - put it in the line - add it to the other nominations on the right date, the creation date, Articles created/expanded on ..xxx.. Just put the template in the row. Hafspajen (talk) 00:04, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Sorry 'bout that Hafs- just done it. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 05:51, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Marinka van Dam is blocked indefinetly as Coat of Many Colours sock. See here. Disregard any comment per FP voting rules: Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-third majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. - Hafspajen (talk) 00:02, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wonder what is actually going on inside Coat's mind?- I don't think I want to find out…. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 06:02, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Beeing a mindreader don't have the slightes difficulty telling you what, but is not le bon ton to tell what others think. Hafspajen (talk) 18:53, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

They seem to talk bull a lot- now they're claiming to be two separate people. (In nicer news) I got the Ohara Koson- haven't got it out of the frame yet to check if it's real. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:00, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's lovely!! Wish could find one of those - you English people are so spoiled with your auctions, the real big stuff is overthere. I actually know people taking the plane to London time to time just to be there on the auctions live. Hafspajen (talk) 20:24, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 26 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Fog Warning, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the oil painting The Fog Warning (pictured) by Winslow Homer shows a lone fisherman in danger of being lost at sea? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Fog Warning. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 26 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What? Nobody was watching this one? Hafspajen (talk) 15:15, 26 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy Halloween!

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eavdh ndjjdfh noog View from the Artist's Window - why did I do this .. nobody knows- probably thre most lousy article on Wiki right now _ HHEHEEELPP!! Hafspajen (talk) 14:24, 28 October 2014 (UTC) OH, YOU ARE ON THE CASE ALREADY; THANKS:Reply[reply]

I will reword that, but can't garantee that it will be good. http://www.smk.dk/en/explore-the-art/highlights/martinus-roerbye-view-from-the-artists-window/

CITATIO: Around the mid-1820s Rørbye found himself in a time of transition on several levels. On a personal level he was about to leave his childhood home where this view from the drawing-room window was painted. Dichotomy between the real and the ideal On a professional level, he began to supplement his studies at the Academy with additional schooling from the idealist Eckersberg, and at the same time a shift occurred in the intellectual life of the period, giving rise to a greater emphasis on the dichotomy between the real and the ideal, between the familiar and distant longings. Aspects of transition: these different aspects of transition left their mark on the scene. The familiar closeness of the drawing room is contrasted with the sailing ships in the harbour, bound for faraway destinations. The cage in the window occupies a transitional position between the indoors and the outdoors, thereby emphasising the symbolism of the imprisoned bird. Popular themes with symbolic undertones: On the windowsill, flowers in different stages of growth reflect the stages of human life: The small cutting to the right is balanced by the flowering hydrangea and the partially withered flower in the middle of the picture. Out in the harbour the flowers are matched by three warships: the middle ship is still under construction, the right one has no rigging, leaving only the ship on the left seaworthy. During the Romantic era, open windows and ships on the sea became popular themes with symbolic undertones.

Hafspajen (talk) 14:30, 28 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll come back to it later (promise!!) Work calls- bleurgh! Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 14:32, 28 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I put that back in same place because att DYK they want each entry to have a reference. And as it is all refs are athe end of the entry- maybe it is too long but thean it hast to be the same refs at the end of the prose. Hafspajen (talk) 14:29, 29 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If they are modern artwork I don't know how we should find any. I mean glass, unless you go and take a pic. So, are you nominating wiew from window? Hafspajen (talk) 20:14, 30 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay, when I can think of something interesting and with a reference. I did photograph the paperweight earlier- but the photos were no good- try again tomorrow. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:37, 30 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's good. YOU TRY NOMINATE _ OR ME? Hafspajen (talk) 23:45, 30 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Would you like to nominate? Else I could do it tomorrow evening. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 23:51, 30 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No not me - thoug I have two rewiews or three maybe to rely on... but you still can nominate the first five without have to take an article and review it yourself. And one can still nominate others article without reviwes, too.Hafspajen (talk) 00:45, 31 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It is omorrow evening now... Hafspajen (talk) 00:41, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Damn. Now it is morning. The toast is ready, the tea is brewing. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:15, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done Y Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 08:40, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

.....Feet, eh? Is there a reference for it... .. I bet they ask. Well, well done. Things are interesting - wonder if they are two left feet. Hafspajen (talk) 15:13, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There is a reference- I saw it myself. Going to see Ida (film) tonight (wanted to see Turner, but that's going to be on another day). At least there's subtitles. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 16:59, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hm, exclusive taste in small films too, eh? Hobbies, apart from Wiki, collecting incunabula. Expert on matters of food (especially wine), fashion and on classical music. Excels at the piano, including Bach's works for keyboard instruments -like Lord Peter Wimsey? Hafspajen (talk) 23:20, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ha! Film was good though. A black and white study of misery, suicide and alcohol abuse in 1980s Poland. Followed by a walk back through town past a late-night cake shop with a bouncer and a long queue on the street outside (including small children). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 23:33, 1 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Newspaper for the aristocratHafspajen (talk) 02:06, 2 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Burlington Bertie Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 07:29, 2 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 10 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article View from the Artist's Window, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Martinus Rørbye's painting View from the Artist's Window (pictured) is considered one of the highlights of the Danish Golden Age of painting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/View from the Artist's Window. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 10 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]