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I you have a moment, check out User:Gerda Arendt/Images 2019 (formerly Christmas), for a smile, and sharing (a Nobel Peace Prize), and resolutions. I wanted that for 1 January, but then wasn't sad about having our music pictured instead. Not too late for resolutions, New Year or not. DYK that he probably kept me on Wikipedia, back in 2012? By the line (which brought him to my attention, and earned the first precious in br'erly style) that I added to my editnotice, in fond memory? - Any specific date when Ludwigsburg should appear as TFA? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:57, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looked at "Images of 2019", good stuff - I don't see resolutions, though. Glad to hear that, and no I didn't know about the edit notice. Do you fret that it's been over five years since then? No specific date, but I think one in May would be good. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 03:41, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Living by the ten rules, kind of a resolution. - Five years or not: I remember it vividly, and will always be grateful. - Why May? I mean, specific reason that needs to be mentioned, or just wait a bit? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Construction of Ludwigsburg Palace began in May 1704 with the laying of the Alter Hauptbau's cornerstone by Eberhard Louis." I guess 18 May would work, per King Frederick (then Duke)'s wedding to Queen Charlotte. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 14:35, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

January

Thank you for improving articles! Did you know that Precious began 7 years ago? Dr. Blofeld one of the 2 that day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:03, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What a lovely picture! –♠Vami _IV†♠ 23:58, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Triple crown

astonishing

that you might find museums and palaces in Indonesia as historic houses - could you please explain why or how they are such? JarrahTree 06:26, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is a palace not a house? –♠Vami _IV†♠ 06:27, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

museums and palaces (as designated in the Indonesian project at least) are nothing whatsoever anything like a house - believe me! I am not sure how you think they might be... JarrahTree 06:32, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

architecture tags, I could handle that, but 'historic house' is way way off the mark, I am sorry to say... JarrahTree 06:33, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Historic houses" encompasses places of residence ranging from historic houses in the United States to the Palace of Versailles. Residences-turned-museums are also historic houses. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 06:38, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe but in the Indonesian contexts there is no consistent correlation with that - some palaces are sprawling complexes and in no way anything that resembles a 'house' in the american or european context in any way JarrahTree 06:40, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

some editors love adding the project tag cities to places of maybe 3 people towns as well, because similar telescoping scope statements are made there - the problem is the old one size fits all notion of some project scope claims - really does not allow for some very different way of looking at things. I personally would never add american based project tags in Asian contexts, too much is lost in he translation - and serious misunderstandings can be and are created. I will not revert your edits, but do I not trust such a tag on the basis of my fieldwork in Asia completely dissallows my even thinking of such a project tag as relevant or apt... cheers JarrahTree 06:44, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK I have reverted some Indonesian items, as I object to the tag on places that I have had things to do with, and I would also consider the Indian palaces you have tagged as inapropriate as well, but have not touched. Maybe some of the european items are open to question as well, but as I say above - the 'one size fits all' project scopes are probably too inclusive in the sense that some structures or complexes simply are something other than historic houses. The problem is the exceptions to the rule also make the issue very messy - there are indeed many museums everywhere that may well have been houses in the simplest interpretation - and in a sense you are on the right track with them. I have a problem with blanket tagging - the variations in contexts simply cannot be adequately situated under one project tag where the exceptions might provide a challenge to the official scope, it really is not easy to resolve. I understand that. JarrahTree 07:00, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and quick military question

Hi Vami IV:

First, thanks for your response about editing E.J. Levy's author's page. I'll answer you there because I have lots of questions still. Thanks in advamce.

Second, I was interested to see your expertise in military matters on Wikipedia. Because of my occupation friends often ask for my help with something they're writing. I'm in the middle of helping a friend write a piece about a Scottish castle, its battlements, and the arrangement of signal beacons on a raised berm within distant eyesight of the castle. He thinks that those beacon and the land mass they are on may be the source of his clan motto. All this would have been before 1000 CE. Is there a specialized way to use Wikipedia to help with such questions of battlement archaeology?

Thanks, Sloane French (talk) 12:48, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting topic. One use I can presently think of is using an article, if its barren enough (think Stub or Start classes, or even C-class if its missing a lot of text and/or citations, just basic/short articles) as your research notes. You can very easily find yourself with questions that need answering or gray areas to be filled in. An example in my own work would be my recent expansions on Fort Concho. Note the maintenance tags like Template:When?. There are a few tags like that you can use as notes. There is wikicode syntax to make "hidden" messages that will only appear in the source editor, written like so: . Now, there's also user sandboxes (about page), which is how WikiEdu teaches college students about editing. It's great for practice. Lemme know if I didn't cover any bases you were looking for. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 14:36, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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February
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Thank you for article improvements in February! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Blessed are the peacekeepers, champions of the Just. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 13:37, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

thank you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:51, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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I nominate Vami_IV to be Editor of the Week for his commitment to WikiProject Germany, WikiProject Austria, WikiProject Latin America and WikiProject Women in Red. Vami_IV has been instrumental in inviting editors and leading the "The 10,000 Challenge" contests, and has created a lot of new content over the years. I met him after he created the biography of Miroslava Breach, and then got to see his involvement in other projects like GA. His attention to detail and excellent research skills are evident at Ludwigsburg Palace, an article he helped get to FA status. He also has great content in European architecture and articles about Stuttgart. Vami_IV is one of my favorite editors here and I wish to nominate him so the community can recognize his work over the years (and see how helpful and friendly Vami_IV can be if you get to work with him!).

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