Basilicum

WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, Basilicum! 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 | finger on pulse Wikipedia:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board | finger on pulse

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 13:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Invitation to Wikipedia research by City University HK

Dear Basilicum,

I am Andreas Schroeder, a Research Fellow at City University in Hong Kong. Here at the University’s Center for Applied Knowledge and Innovation Management, we are currently conducting a research project on collaboration activities in Wikipedia. We are inviting experienced Wikipedians worldwide to share their experiences and views on different aspect of the community processes with us. Our aim is to find out how people integrate and coordinate their contribution efforts to ultimately better understand the mechanisms behind the amazing success of Wikipedia.

Because you are an experienced Wikipedian and a well integrated member of the Wikipedia community, we would like to talk to you about your experiences. We would like to do a short interview during the next two weeks either via Skype, MSN Messenger or telephone at a time that is most convenient for you. The interview should not take longer than 30 minutes and could be conducted in German or English.

We would very much appreciate your participation in this research project. Any information about participants will, of course, be kept strictly confidential. For further questions about the project and to arrange a date for an interview, please contact Andreas Schroeder at WikiResearchCityU{at}gmail.com or send me an email.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,
Andreas Schroeder, PhD

Center for Applied Knowledge and Innovation Management
Information Systems Department
City University of Hong Kong
WikiResearcherHK (talk) 03:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Santa edits

Are you of the curious opinion that simply reverting is going to magically alter folks' perception? Pardon the blunt, but perhaps you could make your tangled way to the artcle discussion page and talk it out there. Edit-warring on the article is going to do little but end you in a pot of slowly-boiling trouble. See you there. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 22:30, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry it took me a while to respond to your contribution to my user talk page but i am quite busy right now. I do not even have enough time right now for "slo-mo edit-warring" (just kidding).

First i must say that your very rude tone right from the start, in my view, wasn´t warranted nor was it appropriate. In response to my contribution to the Santa Clause topic you stated: "thank the gods western culture relies neither on Germany or France". Again i find this out of place and in my understanding Germany and France are in fact part of a group of very influential members (along, of course with the U.S., the UK, Italy, Canada and others) that very much constitute the western culture.

Your contribution on my talk page, following my next edit of the Santa topic, was , in my view, even more out of hand. I dont think its ok to threaten me, because i disapprove with your arguments, with me ending "in a pot of slowly-boiling trouble". From the fact that this comment on my user page was riddled with typos (some of which you corrected the next day) leads me to the conclusion that you perhaps wrote this in a condition (perhaps anger) in which it would have been best to sleep it over and respond the next day (no offense meant).

Coming back to my argument, i still think that its ok to change a notion like the one taken in the article, that the believe in Santa Clause is dominant in "all" or "most" western cultures. First of all it contradicts my own personal experience greatly as a European citizen and it was not at all backed up by the citation given, which only contained a poll about the significance of Santa Clause in the U.S.. Second, the dominant Christian church in Europe is the Catholic church, which does not practice a believe in Santa Clause as the bringer of gifts on Christmas. In fact Santa Clause is a variation of the catholic Saint Nikolaus (or Saint Nicholas) who brings some presents in the night between 6th and 7th of December. So, in my view, one can not argue that the believe in Santa Clause is dominant in western cultures (whereas i would agree that it is dominant in the U.S.).

In conclusion i want to state that my edits where in no way intended to wage "edit-warring" of any kind nor was my intention to offend anyone. I did and will do edits only to enhance and advance wikipedia in a spirit of good faith.

I hope the next time we are ad odds with our arguments, the discussion will be conducted in a more soberly manner. - Basilicum (^{cast a spell}) 01:40, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your thoughtful response, Basilicum. Allow me to suggest that you appear to have taken great offense where perhaps more consideration as to why you received the faintly negative post you did.

It initially began with this edit, and after being reverted, you - instead of seeking a solution in the discussion page - essentially added in the same edit again. This reverting happens yet again, until you decide - again, instead of addressing your concerns on the discussion page - decide to drop a fact tag into the statement that you clearly find so objectionable.

To date, you haven't posted in the discussion page; can you not see how your edits might be more durable were they actually supported by other editors as well? Forget the fact that my typing skills are not on par with Mavis Beacon (and I will forget that Clause is the surname from a Hollywood movie, and not the correct spelling); instead, focus on the fact that, over the course of three days, you made approximately the same edit and ignored WP:BRD and requests for you to discuss matters. That sort of behavior tends to get folk blocked. What I offered you was not a threat but rather a warning (though I will admit to shiny-ing it up a bit with language).

Also a fair criticism was my noting of Germany and France, though technically, western culture doesn't rely upon them. They are a part of it without being the pivot point of it. The comment was - again - designed to get you to come to the discussion page. Few things make me crankier than someone who insists that they needn't discuss a community project with others. I am sure you aren't like that in other wiki pursuits; however, you gave no evidence of that during the period you edited in Santa Claus.

See, a lot of the stuff you have posted here in defense of your edit would have been far better off in the article discussion. In fact, I would dare say that you should probably write the article for Weihnachtsmann; clearly, you have some knowledge that would be useful in such a task.

I am sorry you took the wrong message from my posts via edit summary, or my post here. It was meant to urge you to partake of the nectar of discussion, not to complain about the size of the goblet. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 06:11, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Translating

Hello, if you were looking for an article to create, you could translate this into English. I know it could take a while, but just if you were looking for something.

Good luck! JZCL 16:50, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

"Verschärfte Vernehmung" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Verschärfte Vernehmung. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 July 19#Verschärfte Vernehmung until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. (t · c) buidhe 14:20, 19 July 2021 (UTC)