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File:Austin 1300 in Langen.jpg[edit]

Hi there,

Just to let you know that I've reverted File:Austin 1300 in Langen.jpg to your original uploaded version and re-uploaded the colour-adjusted version I made under the filename File:Austin 1300 in Langen (adjusted version).jpg.

The reason was that having come across it again I felt that the changes maybe went beyond what I'd consider trivial "unbiased" colour balance and level correction and was edging into selective changes (if not quite retouching). I also knew that you weren't convinced about the colour (see User talk:Charles01/Archive 22), so upon reflection I probably should have uploaded it as an "altered" or "modified" version separate from your original in the first place.

Sorry if this seems like I'm making a big deal of it, I just thought you ought to know as it was your upload.

All the best! CarbonCaribou (talk) 23:11, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most kind of you to point it out. I think I agree with you, though I would never have thought of it for myself!
I'm still wondering just where it was that I took the photograph. I was walking to the station from the house of a very kind family in Langen (between FaM & Darmstadt) who were looking after me for 3 weeks so I could learn to speak German(Hmmm). I drove past the area when I worked near Ludswigshafen >20 years later, but I failed to recognise any of the streets, and I was on the way to an work related meeting so ran out of time. Also, the world looks different from a car, I guess...
Very best wishes Charles01 (talk) 04:39, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yikes. Wie ssollte ich Gedankenleser auf deutsch schreiben? Charles01 (talk) 06:16, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Good point- I hadn't noticed that the registration plate was German... strange place to find an Austin car. Anyway, glad you're okay with it! (Still don't understand that last bit, even with Google auto-translate though!) CarbonCaribou (talk) 18:38, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm almost certain that the unusual combination of a German license plate and an Austin was the reason I photographed it. Even though the car was inexpensive (partly because of currency movements - DM stong: British pre-oil pound regularly sliding - at a time when a lot of the cost of producing cars was simply a reflection of the wage levels of the people putting them together), I don't think German customers trusted the new technology (notably the "suspension") the lousy and inconsistent build quality and the propensity to corrode faster (even ...) than a Kadett A. And if you did have problems with your Austin car in Germany, there weren't too many well trained and experienced mechanics around who knew how to fix Austins. But rarity is also something to be valued - possibly more obviously for the interested enthusiast than for the car owner.... Regards Charles01 (talk) 07:02, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Franz Xaver Oberleitner[edit]

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:24, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, HJ. Regards Charles01 (talk) 05:51, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Scotney[edit]

This seems to be kinda close to home. Is there a chance this item might be added to your long-term plan for English WP?

Best, Eddaido (talk) 10:26, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nice pix too. And as you write, not too far from home. Thanks. It is listed for attention/translation (and may indeed progress up the list faster than average, though as usual, if some other kind person chancing on this wiki-exchange were to get in first, I should not weep uncontrollably). Best Charles01 (talk) 10:37, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I made a start. See what you think. St.Ives is a small town and I'm sure the link you found must have involved the same company, after they diversified away from making vehicle bodies/trailers in favour of "packaging engineering". (Who he?) Heavy engineering is a tough world for small companies that don't have much access to bank credit. Googling throws up a few more intriguing links - not till now as many as I'd hoped. Something about a photograph of a Tom M Scotney works outing to Skegness in the 1930s[1] and something else indicating that our man was president of the local rotary club in the 1950s [2] but I'm not sure how interested wikipedia readers would be in that. Meantime, I'll finish translating the German entry which gives us at least a respectable "stub". I know you sometimes find your way round archives that have eluded me. Maybe you'll find some more .... please? Anyhow, I need lunch. Best Charles01 (talk) 11:24, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, that is great. I spent another hour scratching about online then went to your article and found it incorporated all I'd found. So I went to old newspapers and all I found was that in the 1940s they liked advertising themselves as suppliers of windows doors and joinery for Housing schemes. "Scotney of St Ives", "Mass produced precision made joinery" I wonder if they had been gluing up Mosquitos, were they not all wood? There was of course the truck delivering stuff to Bristol aircraft with on the door "Tom M. Scotney Ltd Manufacturing Woodworkers Saint Ives Huntingdon Phone 3168/9". It seems we rely on Matthias's coachbuilders book for the confidence in it being the correct business. Checked in The Times. Scotney sold a surplus lathe in 1945 and his 1947 3.5-litre Jaguar (with Ace wheel trims and HMV radio) in December 1948. The only thing I could suggest is the business be described rather than engineers as Manufacturing Woodworkers, they were after all just adding a wood framed body with almost all flat steel panels. Sorry so slow to return. Eddaido (talk) 06:03, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
While I'm passing — your Davidsohn item is a fine bit of work. Eddaido (talk) 20:32, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. It was indeed one - doesn't always happen - that turned out to be more interesting than expected, once I'd started translating it, and done a bit of googling around to try and pad out the sourcing a bit. It helps that she obviously had good clear recall, and delighted in telling her own story years later. Obviously it also helps that there were people around who were in turn delighted to listen, to record and to share those memories. Good weekend Charles01 (talk) 05:46, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
of interest? Eddaido (talk) 01:20, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Pantaleon Hebenstreit[edit]

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Thank you, Gatoclass. Regards Charles01 (talk) 05:44, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Not quite gone yet...[edit]

Thank you for your very kind message! Leaving fed-up-ness aside, I really have no choice at the moment but to cut my time right back for the next few months, but I'll re-think once the pressure has eased. As you say, I've always come back before! In the meantime I've not completely burnt my boats and am happy to aim to do a couple of Intertranswiki architecture articles as and when. It seemed better, and fairer, to lower the bar to nothing and then do one or two occasionally than to carry on under the expectation that I'd be doing more, and then not to deliver. If I do find time to tackle any bridges, I'll start with the last and work backwards, in the hope of avoiding clashes. Thanks again and all best wishes, Eustachiusz (talk) 12:56, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Translation[edit]

Hi, can you please translate Er ist eine große Überraschung und spielt mit seinen 20 Jahren wie ein Alter spielt mit seinen 20 Jahren wie ein Alter". RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 13:13, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've no idea. It all depends on the context.
"Er ist eine große Überraschung und ..." could be "He is a big surprise and..." (but I guess you knew that already...)
"... spielt mit seinen 20 Jahren wie ein Alter" MIGHT be "...despite being only twenty, plays like an old man / mature player / "old pro".
"ein Alte" could be "an old man". I don't know why "Alte" has an "r" on the end , but then German word endings often confuse me. Which is why for wikipedia purposes I tend to restrict myself to translating one way into English.
Anyhow, as ever (and as I already wrote) it all depends on the context. If my suggestions are consistent with what you might expect, then the translation works. If not, not.
Success Charles01 (talk) 13:35, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Bruges City Hall[edit]

Hello, Charles

As you have seen already, I changed a few things in your article on Bruges City Hall (as you asked some days ago). Thank you for making new pages on Bruges in the English Wikipedia!

Your contributions on bishop Faict and Anselm de Peellaert look rather OK to me. I'll ask Andries Van den Abeele (who knows a lot about Bruges and is a very assiduous contributor to the Dutch Wikipedia) to have a look on them also.

Kind regards, Marc Ryckaert (MJJR (talk) 16:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)).[reply]

Thank you, Marc. When I was better at walking (and better at eating chocolate) than I am now, I grew fond of Bruges. These days I try and drive round it - and try and avoid even doing that between 16.00 and 18.00 - since I still have family connections across the frontier north of Maldegem. But I still have good thoughts and memories for that city hiding inside its moat! Many thanks for asking Andries to check these entries too.
Also .... how do you feel about translated entries on people from Gent? (Jules Van den Heuvel). Or even bridges? (Temse Bridge (East Flanders)) My English is fine (I think...) but my Dutch is not. BUT please ignore this if it may interfere with more important projects on Dutch wikipdia. And not, indeed, if it will interfere with real life. My "thank you" will remain undiminished and heartfelt concerning Bruges!
Success Charles01 (talk) 17:04, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

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Thank you. Charles01 (talk) 23:37, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you or Furius translate Hotel Waldhaus (Flims) [3]? Loeba requested it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:11, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, happily. Unless Furius wants to get in first. I never weep if Furius gets in first. Is that the one Carl Jung stayed at? I washed dishes in a big hotel in the next village during a winter season in the 70s. I think I may have popped round to the Waldhaus to visit fellow guest workers from the anglosphere. Too much information? Yup. Charles01 (talk) 23:37, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you![edit]

I love your comments ;) Thanks for your additions to Catherine Feuillet. As you know, I don't speak French or read it. That being said, her contributions seemed huge. If she really does crack the code, the GMO debate will explode. I love that you found her DOB/POB and the quote is great! SusunW (talk) 15:16, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly you have excellent judgement (as in you agree with me - though I trust you would not hesitate to tell me where you did not...) Thanks for reacting. Sometimes googling can land you on a nice source and I think I got lucky with this one. I'm afraid I find the intelligent journalistic style a whole lot easier on the digestion than the mega-scholarly. Especially (though not only) where I drift outside my mother-tongue. And I do think a well-judged quote can make a subject come alive - more multi-dimensional, as well as providing an excuse to build a wiki-entry beyond a 'mere wall of text'. Though of course I accept that if you put too many holes in the wall, the house falls down. Charles01 (talk) 15:32, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
What I have learned is that I get very different sources from a search engine here in Mexico than those of you across the pond do. I only hope that on some of these that seem very important, someone does jump in and make the articles better. I searched and searched and was totally unable to come up with her point of origin. I definitely notice all your little tweaks here and there and appreciate them. Articles can almost always be improved from another set of eyes :) SusunW (talk) 15:38, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. What I did for the search engine here, as far as I remember, was to enter "Catherine Feuillet née". Because the word "née" includes an acute accent that doesn't turn up so much in English sources, you tend to drive the French language sources to the top of the list. Though of course if the Great God Google says that in Mexico thou shalt not access French language sources .... well, it's alarming on several levels, but clearly it's an aspect of the planet we've ended up living on. Charles01 (talk) 15:44, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Great suggestion. I often follow Spanish bio queries with nació to pull the Spanish sources to the top. As I said, don't speak French and while I know that née is the designation (even in English) for born, didn't occur to me. (Significantly, I think it matters not that it is France. I can hardly find any sources for Chile in google, but I get great results on Romania. If I use an IP hiding engine I can find Chilean sources. Go figure.) SusunW (talk) 16:26, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mary Saran[edit]

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Thanks for the update, Casliber. Success Charles01 (talk) 12:10, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Peugeot 403 references[edit]

There is an error in the references on the Peugeot 403 page which I think may stem from an edit which you did some time back. Cheers. GTHO (talk) 00:19, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So there is (?was). I think I just corrected it, but if not pls advise. Regards Charles01 (talk) 08:48, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination of Hotel Les Trois Rois[edit]

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I don't think I made any such submission. It's true, however, that I don't remember everything I do.
But a couple of people including you seem to have gone through the entry and made some changes, some of which are corrections of typing errors, some of which are syntax improvements and some of which are syntax changes which, though I don't necessarily think I'd have made them myself, do not materially detract from the quality of the thing. If that's part of the submission process, then good. And thank you! Regards Charles01 (talk) 08:55, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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Noted. I tend to archive stuff after I am as sure as I can be that I'm unlikely ever to need it again, or at least not very often, and these days even here (ie UK) where the de facto monopolist telephone company provides third world quality infrastructure under many circumstances ..... I think the copper wires are slightly less ubiquitous and the thing is a little less snail-like than once. But you're right: I'm probably overdue for a burst of archiving. Regards Charles01 (talk) 08:46, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Heinrich Schmitt[edit]

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Thank you. Regards Charles01 (talk) 12:10, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Hotel Les Trois Rois[edit]

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Thank you. Regards. Charles01 (talk) 14:57, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Teufelhof Basel[edit]

Hi Charles, hope you're well. Can you expand this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:20, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I rememebr I did google round a bit, but didn't really come to any clear sense of where it might go. Maybe I'll need to take another look. Best Charles01 (talk) 06:50, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Catherine Feuillet[edit]

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Thank you for your recent articles, including Werner Lamberz, which I read with interest. When you create a new article, can you add the WikiProject assessment templates to the talk of that article? See the talk page of the article I mentioned for an example of what I mean. Usually it is very simple, you just add something like {{WikiProject Keyword}} to the article's talk, with keyword replaced by the associated WikiProject (ex. if it's a biography article, you would use WikiProject Biography; if it's a United States article, you would use WikiProject United States, and so on). You do not have to rate the article if you do not want to, others will do it eventually. Those templates are very useful, as they bring the articles to a WikiProject attention, and allow them to start tracking the articles through Wikipedia:Article alerts and other tools. For example, WikiProject Poland relies on such templates to generate listings such as Article Alerts, Popular Pages, Quality and Importance Matrix and the Cleanup Listing. Thanks to them, WikiProject members are more easily able to defend your work from deletion, or simply help try to improve it further. Feel free to ask me any questions if you'd like more information about using those talk page templates. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:24, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stub vs start[edit]

Hi, can you remember to embolden the articles you create beyond stub level and mark as such on the Intertrans main page.? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:14, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be a wide range of views on what constitutes a stub and what constitutes as non-stub / ex-stub, and having made a start at translating an entry - maybe also improving it where sources allow - I am content to leave the semantic judgement to others. If you simply take the two terms "stub" and "start" at face value there's, at the very least, a good deal of overlap. All wiki entries - well most of them - desperately need further work, and lots of the ones that get "wiki-promoted" are appallingly written, sometimes including ones that I did myself and was quite pleased with at the time. That's a joy of the thing: each of us finds different things important. We can take delight in one another's priorities without necessarily sharing them in every detail. A wikipedia written by one person would be wiki-dull, and almost certainly (even) more error prone than the one we have till now. Me? I haven't really got my mind round stub definition. Might do one day, but it's not a priority. Success! Charles01 (talk) 15:22, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Minimum 1500 bytes of readable prose for a start class.♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:41, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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VisualEditor News #6—2015[edit]

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Recent improvements[edit]

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Defaultsort[edit]

Hi Charles01, I see you are creating a large number of articles. Great job. I noticed however that most of them were lacking the WP:SORTKEY, which causes articles not to be displayed in the right place in categories. I added the sort key to about twenty of your most recent articles. I hope you could add the defaultsort to the articles you create. Keep on the good work. Crispulop (talk) 09:41, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Noted. Sort key ... I'll try and understand what it does. Sounds like a neat idea. Regards Charles01 (talk) 10:14, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Editor of the Week[edit]

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Editor sstflyer submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate User Charles01 to be Editor of the Week for his tireless article translations. Charles01 has been an editor since 2006 and has over 40k edits, of which over 90% is to mainspace. As a member of the Intertranswiki project, he has been creating about an article a day, usually translating and expanding articles from other Wikipedia language versions such as the German Wikipedia that are missing from the English Wikipedia. I first noticed this editor while new page patrolling, and I think he deserves the EotW award. sst✈discuss 09:39, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A surprise. You are kind, and thank you. Feels like Christmas. Regards Charles01 (talk) 15:29, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Charles01
Charles01 took this photo
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning December 27, 2015
Provides guidance and formatting help with a congenial and collaborative tone. Assists fellow editors in need whenever possible
Recognized for
being active in monitoring and editing all over the Encyclopedia. With his guidance and demeanor, the articles have remained stress and trouble free. He promotes an aura of fairness and friendship.
Notable work(s)
Deidesheim, Rhenish Republic and currently Ignaz Anton Demeter
Nomination page


Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk 15:06, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A surprise. You are kind, and thank you. Feels like Christmas. Regards Charles01 (talk) 15:29, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
One of the benefits of facilitating the Eddy award is that I get to meet editors like you. Too many veteran editors spend too much time at the various drama-laden pages of Wikipedia. They rarely take the time to see the hard working editors that fly under the radar of contention and strife. Editors like you are the heartbeat of Wikipedia. Thanks for all you do. Happy New Year Buster Seven Talk 16:57, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I see that back in the 1990s I regularly drove past your own point of origin, when my in-laws were living in Kloosterzande (north of Hulst) and I used to like shopping at Delhaize ("wrong" side of Sint-Niklaas). It made a change from Albert Hein. Well, I think "place" is important.
As for "the radar of contention and strife", yes indeed, there are some subject areas that one knows to avoid, alas, but it's still a nice phrase and one I shall try and retain for future use! Regards and Happy 2016 to you too. Charles01 (talk) 17:16, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Charles01: What a MOST pleasant surprise to know that someone was paying attention to the EotW page. Sometimes I wonder if anyone notices. And it came at a really MOST opportune time when I have just, moments ago, have been brought to a RL angry outburst due to a pervasive stalker that has pursued me for years. Your minor little correction soothed me to the point of smiling. I share this all with you because sometimes we forget that behind each editors pseudonym is a real human. Thanks for making my day pleasant when it could have been horrible. Buster Seven Talk 21:39, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm delighted if my throw-away edit-narrative proved unexpectedly timely, albeit still flummoxed about what "RL" means. Still, it doesn't sound too much fun so maybe I shouldn't want to know. Best wishes to the real human behind the verbals Charles01 (talk) 06:46, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's WP jargon for "Real Life". Something happened at an article and I was outwardly expressing anger about the other editor which my wife noticed since its not my usual WP personna. The timing of your narrative could not have been better. After thinking some more about everything, (What would I do if ANY other editor had made so many changes to an article I was working on?), I sent the editor a "Thank you" notification. Best wishes in return. Buster Seven Talk 08:32, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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