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Viking ring castles

Hi Thomas

Sorry if I've been ignoring your request. I didn't mean to be rude, but my schedule just has a very bad habit of getting full. This is also why I currently focus on material I know inside out / more trivial janitorial work, rather than writing "real" new articles.

I included material from the Danish Wikipedia in the article about Aggersborg, and when I get the time, I'll try to do the same for more of the other articles. I can't promise that I'll find the time to go deep into new material in the next months. I'm busy with my thesis as well as other work. Unfortunately, I have very little knowledge about the Viking Age myself, so I can't simply cite a lot of material by heart.

After our last talk, a friend of mine took a few images of the Nonnebakken site (which is completely destroyed from an archaeological point of view) but he never got around to actually uploading them. I'll ask him again next time I see him.

A quick attempt at a translation about the spade goes like this:

The ring castle's southern moat was investigated during a dig in Allégade, due to a planned works to lay down central heating piping. The moat turned out to have been at least three meters deep. Its breadth: around 11 meters. The moat had been filled up over several occations [so it has been filled partially up once, and this work was continued much later]. Finds included a preserved spade made of oak tree, dated by dendro-chronology to the functioning era of the fort. No traces of the moat['s structure] or its bank.

I'm afraid this means that they were unable to find traces of the wooden structure.

When I get the time, I'll try to look for more material, but unfortunately, I can't promise you when my schedule will free up.

Anyway, it is great that you're expanding this material, and I wish you the best of luck with it. If you find some Danish material that needs translation, I might be able to help out there as well.

Happy editing. --Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 21:16, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Fachhallenhaus

Thank you for your comments on my translation of Fachhallenhaus. I decided to give this a try, but I was upset to find that several of the words in the article were too technical to be listed in my dictionary (including Gefach). I don't really know anything about the subject and it seemed like a Long House to me. I don't see a distinction, but I'm hardly an expert. Perhaps you would be more capable of translating this article. I will try to do a little more work though. Also, do you know how to transfer images from one wikipedia to another. Many of the pictures on the German page are not available on the English project. KLabe 13:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Exactly this lack of a good dictionary has always kept me from starting a translation ;) Transfering pictures is something I was just having a look at and I might contact some of the authors for help (this always worked in the past). For the time being the easiest is looking wich are on the commons and what else is on the commons that might not be in the article. Maybe a good start would be expanding the english longhouse articles linked to from the longhouse page adding more technical expressions[1]. One great difference to an english longhouse may be that the fachhallenhouse is always aisled with two or three aisles. The devision into bays is also vital as in old documents the length is given by counting the bays. This is also a very important difference to the de:Ernhaus that borders to the south and may be related to in the sense of having a common ancestor with british cross passage types as this is sometimes not devided into structual bays. The bays of the Fachhallenhaus are seperated by trusses that are combined to rigid triangles made of the rafters and the tie beams, these again connected with braces to the posts (de:Sparrendach). This is very different to the crown/king post or purlin roofs (de:Pfettendach) of other regions including england.[2] This again raises the need to have good articles on other house types of vernacular architecture [3] [4] such as the british crosspassage family with the open halls, hall and parlour, wealden [5], pendean and american types such as the I-house, the saltbox and the cape cod house that may have an european origin of some sort. Note also the german de:Langhaus (Wohngebäude) article for more longhouse information.--T.woelk 14:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I think I have cracked most of the technical terms: Duden's pictorial dictionaries are most helpful here, but you need both English and German versions! --Bermicourt (talk) 21:20, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Traditional House of Banjar

I've made an article of Traditional House of Banjar. You can have a look, if you are interested. Cheers! Matahari Pagi 10:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I admit that my article is still very shallow and hasn't really explaining that much. But your link that you gave me gave me a hint of what you're looking for. I'm afraid I can't give you such an amazing academic paper like that article. But a big difference between the longhouses and Banjarese architecture is that while the longhouses are a communal structure, each of the type of house in the Banjarese architecture is a private resident, containing only one family (although in Indonesia's fashion this family is not necessarily a nuclear family, but can also be an extended family). Back in the old days, the type of house determines their social status in the society (aristocrats, clerics, merchants, peasants, etc).Matahari Pagi 02:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

hm. Don't missunderstand me. My approach to buildings is generally through plans of the layout (like where is the kitchen, does it have a real kitchen, in what rooms is a guest entertained, how is the sleeping of all people in the house "managed", do they move around according to age, sex or weather conditions), structural details (like what material is used where, how is beam a connected to post b, how is the load of the roof carried) und lots of other things considered as dull by most people and so obvious to those living there, that they don't need consideration. I find it quite fascinating how ways of solving some every day problem are taken for granted and when one studies some other culture one finds that there are other just as obvious ways to solve a problem besides from the ones one grows up with. One of my favourite film scenes has always been when Bruce Lee is asked to help somebody in a western style country and first encounters a toilet one sits on. Its a good example that some things might not be so universaly solved in the same way as one might think. The linked article has taught me to take a different viewpoint at some of the south east asian architecture. The article wasn't completely what I was looking for but it did give me a hint to how the different houses could be compared and linked to each other. So that now it's not such a mystery to me anymore how Dayak longhouses and Malay houses are just variants of the same concept. But then again things that interest me must not be things that are of general interest to other people. So much for now. --T.woelk 08:37, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Guys, I suggest an article should be created called Banjarese architecture, so some of the details from the smaller articles in this category can be merged into this overview article. By creating one articles per architecture style, the information is fragmented and therefore harder to access and read. A consolidated summary article would be comprehensive, diverse and easier to digest. Stand-alone articles are only necessary if there is enough material available to warrant expanding beyond the details provided in the summary. Merbabu's Indonesian architecture article is an excellent example of this approach. Hope you agree. Matahari Pagi, thanks for your work on this BTW. Its great to have some people knowledgeable about Kalimantan on here at last! (Caniago 15:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC))

MatahariPagi's architecture work is excellent. In fact, he (I presume) is arguably the best new WP Indonesia editor recently and is to be encouraged and assisted in all ways. The fact that he is doing architecture articles means he has won my favour.

I do however agree with the suggested consolidated article approach and THEN move create seperate articles as the big one gets more specific. Ultimately, it would be great to have full articles on all these styles, but i really think one consolidated article will be a much better article, ie - people want to read it all together. Yes, they can do this in Indonesian architecture to get the over arching view (most people know nothing about Indonesian architecture) and then break off for more specific topics like Candi of Indonesia, Pendopo, Borobudur, Rumah Gadang, Omo sebua, Tongkonan etc, etc. There are others I'd like to see created like Traditional Javanese architecture, Balinese architecture, but wait for the info. Merbabu 17:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words, Merbabu! Yes, I agree with you, Michael. I think it will be for the best for me to compile of my articles in one page only. Thank you for this suggestion, and guys, please don't hesitate to give me more advices as I'm still new at this.

And for T.Woelk, it may be not exactly what you want, but I've explained that there's a part of the Bubungan Tinggi House for receiving guest, kitchenry etc. And how Balai Laki is the house for male officers and Balai Bini is for the female ones. I hope I can get more resources the next time I'm coming home. Cheers! Matahari Pagi 02:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Borneo history

Thanks for your post and the info on Borneo - i will try to look at is this weekend. Yeah, we should put that into a few articles, including the timeline. If we use info from a number of sources in the timeline (a good thing) what I would like to do would actually to have every entry with its own inline citation. I notice you've provided references at the end. Do you think it is necessary to put each as inlines? I think (although not 100% sure) that it is, your thoughts? And, I can look up this info in the next few days in a couple of Indonesian history books. Merbabu 08:55, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Indonesia collaboration

New collaboration...

Hello everybody. I’ve updated the current Indonesia collaboration to > > > Central Java < < <

This article’s not in a very good condition but such a significant part of Indonesia, the cultural heart of the Javanese. Please contribute! Thanks to all those contributed to the previous collaboration Sidoarjo mud flow particularly Indon.

The next collaboration...

For the next collaboration in a fortnight, I’d like to try something different. Let’s chose a stub rather than an already well-developed article. Here is a list of Indonesian stubs to choose (there’s two pages). Please check the article's importance rating – let's chose an important and significant article that will appeal to a broad range of people. Please do not choose an obscure and/or esoteric topic that is not very important. Please place your nomination here.

Any questions, please let me know. Kind regards --Merbabu 05:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

"Thank you, come again..."

Hey, good to see you 'round again. When your wiki break is over, please come back and contribute to the Indonesia project. We are desperately short of good editors - actually, short of any editor good or bad, lol. Merbabu 09:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Wooden toy train

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Interesting effect during a browser(Iceweasel) crash --T.woelk (talk) 17:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, T.woelk! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be. Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany | watch Wikipedia:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board | watch

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Thanks

Thank you sir for sorting structures categories that belong to WP:KSA.  A M M A R  20:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Jeddah

Yes, I live in Jeddah but actully i still havent visited that mall, I also need more information about some historical building such as The Qishla of Jeddah, But for some security resons i couldnt enter the castle which is now a military important office.  A M M A R  18:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Saudi Arabia

Hello! We are a group of editors working to improve the quality of Saudi Arabia related articles. You look like someone who might be interested in joining us in the Saudi Arabian WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you in our project :-)  A M M A R  23:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

External links in Jeddah

Replayed in my talk page.  A M M A R  09:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to thank you for your help with Saudi-Arabia-related articles. -- Slacker (talk) 01:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Special thanks

		The Saudi Arabian Barnstar
		Thank you T.woelk so much for helping us :)  A M M A R  05:22, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

re:

I think you better include them in Education part "Museums" in a new subsection :) but first practice them in your sand box, also categorize them into public and private museums. let me help you when you need help :)  A M M A R  21:55, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Smoke and heat extraction interwiki

hi,

I have linked the english page Heat and smoke vent and the german page de:Rauch- und Wärmeabzug. As I am not fully aware of the terms used in Amerika I would be happy if someone at home in both worlds could have a look at this. I think the article on Smoke exhaust ductwork would also fit to the german scope of RWA. As you seem to be at home in Canada, I wonder if you have access to the french terms used in the subject and could search for more potential interwiki links. Also as these systems do not actively fight the fire nor hinder the fire from starting or spreading (opinions may differ on the last point) they do not really fit to AFP or PFP, rather they help in firefighting and secure evacuating of buildings. Maybe we need a category for such systems, including things like save evacuation paths, evacuation information systems, smoke and toxic gas management, clear access and aiding for effective fire fighting, controlling the development of a fire once it has started. thanks in advance --T.woelk (talk) 13:06, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Hallo,

mit französisch bin ich nicht so bewandert. Im englischen Wiki differenzieren wir zwischen den Rauchabzugsklappen im Dach und den zulassungspflichtigen Schächten, geprüft nach ETK/DIN4102 etc. Die auslösende Elektronik ist natürlich auch ein Teil einer gesamten Anlage. Dies ist allerdings nicht im englischen Wiki behandelt. In Nord Amerika sind diese Anlagen allerdings nicht vorgeschrieben oder angesagt. In der BRD insbesondere scheint der passive Brandschutz noch die Überhand zu haben. Hierzulande gewinnt allerdings der aktive Brandschutz. Mehr darüber kannst Du hier lesen. In der Welt der Sprinkler, ist Rauch kein Thema, da man aus kommerziell motivierten Gründen lieber davon ausgeht, daß solange alles gesprinklert ist, nichts mehr schiefgehen kann. Das sollte man so sehen, wie die Weisung in Chernobyl, wo niemand während der Entwurfs- oder Bauphase eine Betonhaube rechtfertigen konnte, weil man sonst zugeben müsste, daß der sozialistische Reaktor eventuell mal ein Problemchen haben könnte. Ähnlich ist das hier. Rauchabzugsschächte mit Brandraten, vernünftig geprüft und nach gültigen Zulassungen eingebaut sind von der Bauvorschrift her in Nord Amerika nicht gefordert und werden daher nicht eingebaut. Was man hier an zugelassenen Schächten doch sieht, sind Küchenabzüge und Luftüberdruckschächte, damit Frischluft in Treppenhäuser, Operationssääle, etc. geblasen wird. Auch dies wurde die längste Zeit mit Neandertalmethoden gemacht, bis man hier ISO 6944 Prüfmethoden einsetzte, durch den Einstieg von DuraSteel in Kanada. Dann wurde der hiesige Klumpatsch übernacht illegal. Rauchabzug gemäß BS476 findet man wohl in England und in machen vorherigen Kolonien Englands, aber nicht in Nord Amerika. So haben wir auch keinen englischen Wiki Artikel über die gesamte Anlage, welches Sinn macht, sondern nur über die Schächte und die Dachklappen. Der RWA Artikel ist über die gesamte Anlage, passt aber nur teilweise auf die englischen Artikel, wo es um Dachklappen und Schächte mit Brandrate geht. Die beste Strategie wäre also wahrscheinlich einen ausführlicheren deutschen Artikel zu haben, der erwähnt, das Schächte mit Brandrate und Dachklappen mit zum System gehören können. Mehr Arbeit, aber so würde es eher stimmen. --Achim (talk) 06:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

BRIO pic

I uploaded it on Wikimedia at Image:783px-Brio toy train track-1-.jpg ,but I had already deleted the original, so I uploaded the thumbnail from wikipedia. :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:42, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Dark Oberon

Hi, T., I don't suppose you have any further insight on the two sources you mentioned at Talk:Dark_Oberon? Thanks, Marasmusine (talk) 11:41, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

er, well only been back for two weeks or so. Have been doing other stuff. Besides looking through my old DO related files and wondering how to make a DO-map-editor - nope. I must admit my Bit-hilani project is much more time consuming than I anticipated and there's still so much in the pipeline for Wooden toy train. I guess I'm trying to keep away from games at the moment as they tend to prey on time. I do have located my pile of old magazines though. Just don't dare to open one for fear of I might start reading them ;-) - Oh dear, Please be patient with me....--T.woelk (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi again T. - thanks for adding the CHIP reference. I've removed the "proposed deletion" tag, as it can't be added to an article that has already had a PROD contested in the past. The article really needs to show where the game has had multiple coverage (have a quick look at footnote 4 - if there's only one source its better to just mention the game in a "broader topic" - in this case List of open source games.) You mentioned that Computer-Bild had some good coverage on the game? No pressure :> Marasmusine (talk) 10:13, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Qishlah of Hail

Actually im not sure of it's name, because in 1940 Saudi Arabia was exist and with extreme propaganda against Ottoman civilization.

Nevermind, i think we should rename the current category to include more types of forts and military buildings rather than making new categories, Because they are very few in Arabia, maybe less than 15.  A M M A R  06:05, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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Low German house and Middle German house

Hi Thomas, thanks for your encourage and congratulations on your excellent English. This is a new subject for me, but I'm interested as both a German railway fan and someone moving to Lower Saxony next year. When translating names e.g. of houses I try to use authoritative sources (e.g. English geography books about Germany) where possible, but they are not always consistent with each other. That's why I usually include the German names as well, to make it clear.

BTW I'm not sure the Middle German house article is very balanced. My understanding is that this kind of farmstead started out as a single house, but is now much more commonly a Zwei-, Drei- or Vierkanthof. It would be useful to expand the de.wiki and en.wiki articles to show these other examples. Gruß, Paul. --Bermicourt (talk) 21:18, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Wealden hall house

Hi, just a note to let you know that you need to provide a rationale at File:Bayleaf dismantling.gif for the use of the file in the Wealden hall house article. This is because the image is copyrighted and not freely available to use in any article. Mjroots (talk) 07:25, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Muhammad bin Nayef

As this guy has got more attention lately, it might be a good idea if at least some of the biographical information present on the arab wikipedia page on him be translated into english. Could you help in getting this done? Is there some Saudi-wikipedia project on goverment bodies and people? Also as he is prominent in the Saudi attempts to fight terrorism some notes on his policy may be of general interest. Thanks in advance. --T.woelk (talk) 08:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

We got a wiki-project for all Saudi Arabian related topics, go to WP:KSA. Anyways, i'll translate important info to EN-WIKI.  A M M A R  10:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick respond. What might be of further interest now could be: since when he has his current government position, maybe a short synopsis of his official actions and a description of his policy which differs somewhat from other people involved in the fight of terrorism due to differences in culture, religion and political possabilities. I know of the wp:ksa as can be seen here. What I rather wanted to know was wether some taskforce was tacking care of Government: Politics, Basic law and as such monitoring the major politicians currently in office or for some reason brought to public attention. --T.woelk (talk) 09:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

In fact, I apologize because i don't think i'll contribute more in this topic, this is really not my interest. Sorry again.  A M M A R  12:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

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Onaizah Mall

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