User talk:PKM/13 July-Dec 2010

Thank you!

Hi PKM, I'm not sure if this is appropriate given I'm such a Wikipedia newb but I just wanted to thank you for the welcome. I appreciate it!! Gwytherinn (talk) 06:13, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Want to do a bit of peer review?

Hi PKM! I found you via your edits on the Sewing page, and your credentials suggest you know what you're doing. If you are bored, there is a new article in need of your assessment. :) Singer Model 27 and 127 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Txinviolet (talk • contribs) 13:11, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Every one of your suggestions is now implemented. :) At your leisure please have another look. Txinviolet (talk) 23:44, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Breeching (boys)

Hi! Do you think the picture rearrangements someone has done are an improvement? I don't think I do. Nice to see the article gets a steady c5K views pcm. Johnbod (talk) 10:48, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I rather like the current arrangement. - PKM (talk) 19:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

PKM, thanks for your great Dante Gabriel Rossetti edits, especially the much needed refs. Best wishes Spanglej (talk) 19:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good to see all your recent additions to Rossetti. It makes quite a difference! Best wishes Spanglej (talk) 11:40, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article is looking good - but the text seems a little over-loaded with images. I'd suggest keeping the Cheyne Walk and the self image and moving the others down to the gallery to free up the text and intro more space. - now we have a good gallery going on. What do you think? Best wishes Spanglej (talk) 19:56, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My personal taste runs to including representative works in the text of artist bios where they are discussed, but I know many people find mutiple illustrations in the text distracting. I'll make the change if you feel strongly about it.

I also ordered the bio/catalog from a different source and should have it next week, so I'll be able to add more citations. - PKM (talk) 17:16, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I am just having a look at MOS:IMAGES and Wikipedia:Layout#Images. I would recommend cutting a few of the larger non biographical images, perhaps until there (or if) there is more text, and trying and avoid sandwiching. Shrinking the larger images might be worth trying, except that reducing beyond the thumb size can mess with browser viewing specs (which I know little of). You might want to raise it on the article talk page for a wider view - but you are investing time now in working on the page, so I'll leave it with you to lead on it. Best wishes Spanglej (talk) 18:32, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done until we have more text. - PKM (talk) 19:47, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Thanks. Spanglej (talk) 20:48, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're doing good work! Have a great weekend. Best wishes Spangle (talk) 11:51, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ugg boots

I recommend participation by fashion editors on the Ugg boots article. This is fashion footwear worn by such celebrities as Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Hudson, Jessica Simpson and Oprah Winfrey. In most of the world it's a well-recognized designer brand, but in Australia and New Zealand, it's considered a "generic term." Please help. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 15:42, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New in Commons

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury in Garter robes, c 1608, by John de Critz the Elder. Yummy. - PKM (talk) 02:20, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and there's a Roy Strong essay on Nicholas Lanier and Isaac Oliver in this catalogue, downloadable as a PDF. - PKM (talk) 02:49, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help with article name?

O great and powerful Wiki group mind, does anyone have a better article name for Tristram and Isoude stained glass panels? It seems awfully long and awkward, but I am not sure what to do about that and my brain is fried. Thanks. - PKM (talk) 02:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tristram and Isoude stained glass panels

On 12 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tristram and Isoude stained glass panels, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:04, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Charles Joseph Faulkner

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Peter Paul Marshall

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Random comment

Where can I sign the petition to disallow anonymous IP edits? [sigh]. - PKM (talk) 22:11, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

at perennial proposals.

Hi PKM, and thank you! (I couldn't resist these two Sweet Robins; you see I've found out how to upload, but I only find things I was not looking for). I hit upon a funny thing about William Segar: "Indeed the ... venality of the heralds soon became notorious. The relaxing of the standards by the heralds was dramatized by the revelation in 1616 that Sir William Segar, Garter King of Arms, had been tricked by York Herald into selling arms (for 22s.) to that overworked man, Gregory Brandon, the common hangman of London—the arms being those of the Kingdom of Aragon with a Canton of Brabant." (Lawrence Stone: The Crisis of the Aritocracy, abridged version, p. 39)

I also came across this Russian page with lots of Elizabeth prints. They also have a Goltzius one. Cheers! Buchraeumer (talk) 21:31, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that link!! Great stuff. - PKM (talk) 17:04, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've grabbed all of the engravings - we don't have many of them. It will take a while to process these into Commons. Thanks again. - PKM (talk) 18:02, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am delighted you like them! Cheers. Buchraeumer (talk) 20:15, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And that site had a much higher-res version of Gower's "red" sieve portrait. - PKM (talk) 02:08, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Main page apperance

Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on November 16, 2010. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 16, 2010. If you think that it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 (talk · contribs). If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch^Talk ^C. 06:38, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Hoxne Hoard is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain. Found by a metal detectorist in the village of Hoxne in Suffolk, England on 16 November 1992, the hoard consists of 14,865 Roman gold, silver and bronze coins from the late fourth and early fifth centuries, and approximately 200 silver tableware and gold jewellery items. The hoard is now on permanent display in the British Museum and is valued at £4.5 million. The coins of the hoard date it after 407 AD, which coincides with the end of Britain as a Roman province. The Hoxne Hoard contains several rare and important objects, including a gold body-chain and silver-gilt pepper-pots. The Hoxne Hoard is also of particular archaeological significance because it was excavated by professional archaeologists with the items largely undisturbed and intact. The find has helped to improve the relationship between metal detectorists and archaeologists, and influenced a change in English law regarding finds of treasure. (more...)

William Morris

Great work on William Morris. Best wishes Span (talk) 00:02, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Byzantine silk

All yours for tonight. Some of my books are behind the Christmas tree, so it may be a slow burn on this one. Are you doing a dyk? All the best for the holidays! Johnbod (talk) 02:59, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While reviewing the article for DYK, I noticed that reference number 8, for Tortura & Merke, is incomplete, missing a page number. Good job to both of you on the article. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:31, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to this. What books could I reserve for the silk? Johnbod (talk) 09:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I decided in the end I should stick to BL-related topics, per the declared aim. Indeed what with tours, trouble logging on, lunches, talk and hangovers I only got Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, Or. 12208) down the slipway. But I'll get back to it. Natural dye is really fine! Johnbod (talk) 21:45, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Byzantine silk

On 31 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Byzantine silk, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Byzantine silk designs include the tree of life, winged horses, and imaginary beasts, along with fashionable images of hunting and quadrigas (pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 08:04, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]