User talk:Evangeline

Welcome!

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Hello! Thanks for your work at LIP (clockwork factory)! Your translation of the sentence concerning Neuschwander & Riboud is correct (but I couldn't find where was that sentence in the article). Cheers! Tazmaniacs (talk)

March 2008

Hi, the recent edit you made to Owen Roe O'Sullivan has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. DougsTech (talk) 20:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Just to note that DougsTech erased the whole article by mistake without realizing it was correct and comprehensive, with lots of references, just written by a newbie! He reinstated it and apologized once this was pointed out.

Evangeline (talk)

Your recent edits

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Owen Roe O'Sullivan Rating

The article is indeed past Stub-class but is not yet past Start-class, the biography should have sections. It would be helpful if a works sectioned with a list of notable poems followed before the references. The material is good, but the format just needs some tweaking. If you would like some more specific help re editing, drop me a note. EraserGirl (talk) 10:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Evangeline! Thanks for your very nice comment on my subpage nl:Gebruiker:Guss/commentaar uit andere wikipedia's. I'm glad you like my pages on Chinese history. If you think of any other pages to translate into English, please let me know. Always glad if I can help. Guss2 (talk) 08:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Medellín

You're doing a great job - I'm going to stay out of your way for a while to avoid edit conflicts (hate those!). There is some information at the article on es:Medellín which could be added later, and the layout could certainly be improved, but the text is (as ever) the most important thing. pablo_hablo. 21:34, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello Pablo, thanks. I'm sort of new here but I thought Medellín was too important a place to have incorrect English in its article. I don't know much about layout at all, sorry if it's wrong. Evangeline (talk) 04:42, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

It's not wrong - and anyway I wasn't criticising you (nothing to do with the text, just the way the images are all plonked on the right!) pablo_hablo. 05:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Top job on Medellín! Have a beer. pablo_hablo. 09:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

p.s. I have shifted your userboxes so that they align on the right (they kept moviing around when you resize the browser window), please revert if this was an unwelcome change. pablo_hablo.

AfD nomination of Lily Collins

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Lily Collins. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lily Collins. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:07, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The article mentions that she was on the season finale of 90210, but doesn't specify what season. Can you add that? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 00:53, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Final result: article was not deleted. Evangeline (talk) 07:56, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

SUL

I would like to usurp the Swedish wiki's sv:Användare:Evangeline; it looks as if that user has a single edit last July. I am using the Evangeline.en just for usurpation. Thanks! Evangeline (talk) 09:56, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Hallo WikiDE! Wie gesagt...ich bestätige, dass ich de:Benutzer:Evangeline übernehmen möchte. Ich benutze "Evangeline.en" nur zum Übernehmen. Vielen Dank! Evangeline (talk) 07:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

管理员祝你們好! 我希望 "奪取" 中文维基用户帐户 User:Evangeline. 看來这位用户無貢獻; 可是我也許算錯了. 谢谢你們幫忙. 请包涵我的中文不好. 新年快樂! Evangeline (talk) 04:19, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Salut Wikiens français! Je souhaite unifier mes comptes globales et pour cela je demande l'usurpation du compte Utilisateur:Evangeline, qui ne semble pas avoir des contributions depuis l'enregistrement du nom. En fait, je pense que cet utilisateur est probablement moi-même car j'habitais en France au moment de l'enregistrement, mais si c'est le cas, je n'ai plus le mot de passe. Merci de votre aide! Evangeline (talk) 04:54, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

¡Hola Wiki ES! Para unificar mis cuentas globales, quería prender el nombre del usuario Evangeline que parece haber contribuido dos veces desde la inscripción. Gracias por su ayuda! Evangeline.en (talk) 05:18, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done@eswiki. Regards, --Dferg (talk) 19:35, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Hei Norske Wikifolk! I am en:User:Evangeline from the English Wiki since 2004, with the global account Evangeline. I am trying to unify my global account. I see that the Bruker:Evangeline seems to have only one edit, almost two years ago, and no recent activity. There is no User Page or Talk Page. I would like to usurp this name if possible. I am sorry not to use the template but the links did not work properly for me. Mange takk, og Godt Nytt År! Evangeline.en (talk) 06:12, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Done. Haros (talk) 08:59, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello Wiktionary, This is my SUL request section. (I am using the Username Evangeline.en only for usurpation of the name Evangeline.) Thanks! Evangeline.en (talk) 07:19, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Salut, c'est bon, mais comme indiqué il faudra faire l'unification depuis tes préférences ici (pour peux que le mot de passe et l'adresse email que tu avais pris pour evangeline.en soit les mêmes qu'ici). Popo le Chien ^{throw a bone} 09:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Je l'ai fait deja mais comme j'ai dit, il reste encore des comptes ou Evangeline est une autre, dont le francais. Est-ce que j'ai autre chose a faire? Merci! Evangeline (talk) 03:11, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

USURP@pl.wiki

• Your USURP request has been done. Happy editing :) Masti (talk) 10:05, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

USURP@zh.wiki

• Your USURP request has been done. Best regards.--Mywood (talk) 08:51, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Twenty-Four Histories

Would like to expand all the articles on Twenty-Four Histories?I can give suggestion about the meaning of some Chinese characters and sentences. Gisbrother (talk) 08:25, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

That would be fun. I think we might work well together since you seem very literate about Chinese literature/history, and I can help with the translations and English. Evangeline (talk) 19:25, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

《史记》的缺失与增补是《史记》研究史上重大疑案中最为突出的两个问题，两千多年来学者们多有争论。 What I want to say divided to two part.One is the missing of some chapter of shiji then scholars added chapters( as the style of Sima Qian wrote) to shiji,histaus for 缺失,supplement for 增补.

班彪在其续《史记》的《后记略论》中提出 :“太史令司马迁作本纪、世家、列传、书、表凡百三十篇 ,而十篇缺焉。《汉书》:“十篇缺，有录无书”。其篇目则多从魏人张晏,《史记》全文一百三十篇，自司马迁殁就有十篇散失。西汉博士褚少孙补之。但其中有些也有可能更有后人补之，如《孝武本纪》摘抄于《封禅书》，褚少孙虽才识不足也不至于如此。另有唐司马贞补《三皇本纪》。 In Book of the later Han write about Ban Biao (班彪) His 略论(brief talk/conclusion on shiji in afterwords)said "Sima Qian wrote Benji,Shijia,Liezhuan,Shu and Biao,a sum of 130 chapters,but now 10 chapter have missing".Ban Biao dont list the titles of the 10 chapters,Zhang Yan(张晏) list the titles,景纪,武纪,礼书,乐书,兵书,将相年表,日者传,三王世家,龟策传,傅靳列传.Chu Shaosun(褚少孙)added supplement to shiji.

the other is some scholars consider that Sima Tan wrote some draft of shiji. 易宁、易平， 《北京师范大学学报(社会科学版)》 2004年01期， 北京师范大学史学理论与史学史研究中心、史学研究所，南昌大学古籍研究所 司马谈作史,初唐时提起,之前并无此说。此后直到清代以前,学者只凭想当然,予以断定。清人方苞、俞正燮等根据对《太史公自序》的理解,从《史记》中寻找司马谈遗文,开考证之先河。王国维根据《刺客列传》等三篇的赞中提到公孙季功、董生、他广、平原君子俱与“余”有交往,而此数人行辈“远在司马迁之前”,推测文中的“余”是司马谈。以顾颉刚为代表,后世学者据此认定司马谈作史,并不断推衍,持论也更加肯定。其实,此说立论的文献依据有问题:其一,《太史公自序》“请悉论先人所次旧闻”,其中的“先人”所指并非司马谈,而是世为史官的司马氏先祖和孔子。其二,“卒述陶唐以来至于麟止”,只能是司马氏先祖和孔子“所次旧闻”,并非司马 In early Tang dynasty someone said that Sima Tan wrote history book,but before Tang dynasty there isn't anybody said about that.In Qing dynasty Fang Bao(方苞),Yu Zhengxie (俞正燮) referred to Autobiographical Afterword of the Grand Historian to look for the texts written by Sima Tan. Wang Guowei(a famous scholar on Guoxue) found that 刺客列传 mentioned Gongsun Jigong(公孙季功),Dongsheng(董生),Taguang(他广),the son of Pingyuanjun(平原君子) are friends of me,but they as old as Sima Qian's father or grandfather,so the me would be Sima Tan. 赖长扬 史学研究1981年02期 顾颉刚先生《司马谈作史考》,曾考定《刺客列传》、《郦生陆贾列传》,《樊郦滕灌列传》等篇“成于谈手无疑”。①并推断:“谈之为史,有传有赞,《史记》体例创定于谈亦可知”。 Gisbrother (talk) 16:22, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to say thanks (regarding Dream of the Red Chamber article)

I noticed your contributions on the talk page of the Hong Lou Meng article, and I wanted to thank you for your input. Other users browsing the page will be able to benefit from your insight. Thanks!--Catch153 (talk) 23:38, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for creating the article Lord Chunshen. I've expanded it and nominated it for DYK. You may wish to keep an eye on the DYK nomination page. Best regards, Zanhe (talk) 23:22, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Zanhe! I really appreciate the help with the article. I'm not very good with the technical side and didn't know how to add the refs quickly even though I have them. I also couldn't figure out how to add the link to the Chinese Wikipedia. It used to be easy to do and now you have to do something with Wiki Data which I don't have time to figure out right now. Thank you for the nomination also, very kind. Evangeline (talk) 05:08, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Lord Chunshen

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:17, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For your work on the article about Béla I of Hungary. I hope I will have a chance to meet your copyedits again. Have a nice day. Borsoka (talk) 02:34, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		Thanks for your contributions and skillful copyediting on Hanban. An admirable example of zhuomo 琢磨. Best wishes, Keahapana (talk) 22:24, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Notability of translators

Hello, Evangeline. I came across your question about Draft:Ros Schwartz at Sulfurboy's talk page and decided to butt in with an answer since I know he's busy.

You actually gave the reason why the article was declined in your comment: "Unfortunately, translators are almost never the subjects of articles. They are left off the covers of the books they translate and all too often not cited in references to the books." Notability, as defined for Wikipedia purposes, requires that the person has been written about by more than one "secondary source": someone unconnected with the subject of the article, such as a newspaper columnist. While I agree with you that translators do important work and should be recognized, in the process of getting that recognition, Wikipedia articles on translators must follow articles in other sources — not the other way around. —GrammarFascist _contribs^talk 19:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. That is the problem, indeed. Will try to dig up some more sources. Evangeline (talk) 19:16, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

If you do manage to find sources, I would be happy to work with you on the article so that it can be part of Wikipedia. Let me know by responding here beginning with [[User:GrammarFascist|GrammarFascist]] (you can just copy & paste it), once you have found at least two secondary source articles. —GrammarFascist _contribs^talk 20:33, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

A technical remark

Hello. At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taharrush gamea, you started your comment by ::KEEP . If your intent was to express a !vote, it could be more clear to start your comment by: *'''Keep''' (where the star is the first character of its line). Indeed, there are scripts that robotically read and interpret the Deletion Pages. Cheers. Pldx1 (talk) 10:14, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, didn't know that! Evangeline (talk) 22:07, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Can you help verify translations of articles from German

Hello Evangeline,

Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from German to English Wikipedia?

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This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original German article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:

There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages including German , using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown, including some articles translated from German. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.

If you can help out, that would be great. Here's a sample of the articles that need checking:

1. Florence Oboshie Sai-Coffie
2. Franz Xaver von Pausinger

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the German article, and assess them "Pass" or "Fail" (the {{Pass}} and {{Fail}} templates may be useful here). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then assessing it, that's even better, but it isn't required.) Also please note that we are assessing accuracy not completeness, so if the English article is much shorter that is okay, as long as whatever has been translated so far is factually accurate.

If you can help, please {{ping}} me here to let me know. You can add your pass/fails above, right next to each link, or you may indicate your results below. Thanks! Mathglot (talk) 06:40, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Appeal of autoblock

{{unblock-auto}}

This has never happened to me before. I have apparently been autoblocked. I do not understand why. The explanation is "The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider." To be honest I don't really understand how my IP could be a web host provider. I am not in *any way* a techie.

I've done nothing wrong, have scarcely been on Wikipedia recently, then suddenly today, while about to correct a mistake on a Wikipedia page, I find out I am blocked. Is it because I am using a VPN? I have used ExpressVPN for a while without any problems on Wikipedia. I just checked what my IP is via whatismyip.com and the IP is listed, incorrectly, as in North Dakota; my ExpressVPN is set to Dallas, Texas.

I have also had a hard time understanding the instructions about appealing an autoblock. Specifically, I don't understand instruction number 3 at Template: Autoblock, which reads

″If you are still blocked, copy the unblock-auto code generated for you under the "IP blocked?" section. This is usually hidden within the "What do I do now?" section. If so, just click the show link to the right hand side to show this text."

This does not include any links to what it's talking about, and I have no idea what page it refers to, nor how to get there. I do not see any "unblock-auto" code, any "IP blocked?" section, nor any "what do I do now" section on any page I've looked at concerning this block. (I see I'm not the only one who's asked about this instruction number 3. It could be clearer.)

I also don't understand whether I'm supposed to write anything after the "unblock-auto." I would appreciate an explanation, or immediate lifting of the block, or preferably both so I can prevent this from happening again. Thanks!

Disable your VPN, and you should be able to edit. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:00, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, but is that normal? Does this mean anyone who uses a VPN can't edit? If so, can I request an exemption as a trusted editor? I'd like to continue to use my VPN, and I probably won't edit any more if I have to disable the VPN each time. (Mainly because of China/political stuff in my real life.) Advice? Evangeline (talk) 05:09, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

We block VPNs as we find them, so most of them are unusable. They're often used by banned editors to continue editing. I can grant you IP block exemption, which will allow you to use VPNs. It'll just take a second. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:29, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

IP block exempt

I have granted your account an exemption from IP blocking. This will allow you to edit the English Wikipedia through full blocks affecting your IP address when you are logged in.

Please read the page Wikipedia:IP block exemption carefully, especially the section on IP block exemption conditions. Inappropriate usage of this user right may result in revocation. I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:31, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much! (And thank you for the quick response.) I'll try to deserve it... Evangeline (talk) 06:12, 20 January 2020 (UTC)