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Revision as of 11:40, 23 October 2012
Status = Wikibreak
In response to this abuse of power by ArbCom I am pretty much withdrawing my services as an editor in protest. I may be around from time to time, but certainly not as before. I've never approved of witch-hunts and lynch mobs, and people deliberately distorting, exaggerating, embellishing, and going OTT in order to get a conviction, and I'm not about to start now. I particularly refer to the patently bone-headed treatment I've seen meted out to two of WP's most able and active contributors. I await the return of sanity, which I know is not inevitable. Nortonius (talk) 11:37, 23 October 2012 (UTC) |
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- Thank you! My latest (and only about my third or fourth) round of major editing, to King William II of England's page, has already proven contentious, so I may well need that help...! Nortonius (talk) 10:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Intriguing issue with Heritage Gateway
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This may be of some interest to you. Do you ever get to teach AS language or literature? Drmies (talk) 16:11, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
- Hi. Thanks, I'm not sure I'd heard of it before, it does sound very interesting. I never did get to teach anything I'm afraid, though that was the plan many moons ago. I'm not even an Old English specialist, you might say I just got used to having it around. Anglo-Saxon history is very much my thing, so I've worked with manuscripts, but I was fortunate in that (IIRC) all the Old English I saw was available in printed editions with translation; my practical interest was mainly in seeing that documents had been transcribed correctly, and how the originals were laid out on the vellum, very useful to know sometimes. I did find an error or two when I was doing that kind of thing, but only in Latin documents oddly enough. I'm guessing the "Kentish" aspect of the poem is because the manuscript was kept at Canterbury? Looking at Stephen of Ripon (under "Manuscripts") I'm wondering where the poem is in the book, roughly when it was written, and whether it was brought to Canterbury from Yorkshire or added to the book at Canterbury. I expect that all ties together one way or another! Cheers. Nortonius (talk) 17:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
- I'm making and expanding these little stubs and notes as I move along in the book. Nothing of much interest will come out of the chapter I just read, but I won't expand on that: the author might be reading Wikipedia. So expect more for the Psalm, since I need to finish this review by next week. I'm going to make a DYK out of it if I can.
I got to teach OE once and OE lit once. It is not even a dying profession anymore outside of the institutes and the big research schools: it's dead, and nobody can even be bothered to throw some dirt on the corpse. Got your mail BTW; thanks. Drmies (talk) 18:13, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
- I'm making and expanding these little stubs and notes as I move along in the book. Nothing of much interest will come out of the chapter I just read, but I won't expand on that: the author might be reading Wikipedia. So expect more for the Psalm, since I need to finish this review by next week. I'm going to make a DYK out of it if I can.
Hi Nortonius! Is anything open of this request? -- Doc Taxon (talk) 20:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks for taking the trouble to ask! I'm only waiting on one thing, from Carolyn Fenwick (1998) – GabrielF kindly got me what I originally asked for, but then I was a pest and asked for some more from the same book! It's the bit that reads "Anything for St Nicholas-at-Wade/St Nicholas and All Saints/Shuart – there may not be any!" I'm quite sure that's all I'll be needing, actually it came up because of another article which sort of sprouted off from Reculver... As I say, thanks for asking! Cheers. Nortonius (talk) 21:20, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, I will look for what I can do for you. So long, -- Doc Taxon (talk) 22:11, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
- That's very kind, thank you! It can be a complex book to find what you want, if you get your hands on it but get stuck do please give me a shout! It might help if I tell you that St Nicholas-at-Wade and Shuart are in the administrative unit known as Ringslow Hundred... Thanks again! Nortonius (talk) 22:34, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, I will look for what I can do for you. So long, -- Doc Taxon (talk) 22:11, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
you've got mail, -- Doc Taxon (talk) 16:19, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
The Beatles poll
Hello — this message is to inform you that there is currently a public poll to determine whether to capitalize the definite article ("the") when mentioning the band "THE BEATLES" mid-sentence. As you've previously participated either here, here, or here, your input would be appreciated. Thank you for your time. Jburlinson (talk) 03:35, 20 September 2012 (UTC)