User talk:Rajofcanada/Regents: Scandinavia

What's the point of this article? The name is hilarious! Rajofcanada have (sic) been creating several similar lists (Regents: Germany and German States, Regents: France and French States). There never was a regent of Scandinavia - is this meant to be just a list or is it intended as a stub?
/ Mats Halldin (talk) 23:34, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. If you only read the article VERY CAREFULLY before you wrote your comment, you would have realized that "Regents: Scandinavia" is a section of the main article Annotated list of regents. This section, if you cared to read the section article, contains the regents of the countries or polities which are classified as Scandinavian countries. Nowhere in the section article is a "Regent of Scandinavia" ever mentioned.

And what is wrong with my "creating several similar lists"?

Over all, I think you should take some lesson on respect. To say that a name is hilarious makes you appear rude--and hilarious.

BTW, the correct grammar is "Rajofcanada HAS (not HAVE) been creating...". User:rajofcanada

Ha! Ha! Ha! "Regents: Scandinavia" is not a list of monarchs! I suggest you read the articles very, very carefully. If you need help, I can explain it to you word for word in plain English!!. You're laughable, if not pathetic.

Of course, sorry for editing "your" articles. "Regent" in Swedish is obviously different from "regent" in English. (See sv:Lista över Sveriges regenter). I'm sure this article will be moved to a more sensible name when someone else discovers it. A have fun meanwhile.

/ Mats Halldin (talk) 22:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry for your being mixed up but I have to remind you that my articles are in the ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA, not the SWEDISH version. Yes, I am having fun, until you came along. But I will continue to have fun, with or without your mindless comments!rajofcanada 01:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC)rajofcanada

Sources?

What are the sources for this list? At least the Swedish section is dubious on several points, most fundamentally in confusing completely different kinds of "regents". Olaus 07:22, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

On Sources

Thanks for your comment. This list is a work in progress. If you notice, I cite references immediately after an entry (that is, name of regent). This is so readers can click the link to the source for further elucidation.

I also intend (as I've done in my other contributed lists, e.g., Holy Roman Empire) to add references at the bottom of the main article (Annotated lists of regents) as well as in each sub-article or section (e.g., Regents:Scandinavia). Just be patient.

You talk about the Swedish section being "dubious" and "confusing". May I invite you to contribute some clarification on the matter by adding some data (and sources) or information to clarify your claim of "dubiousness" or "confusion". I think it is better to provide some clarification or more information rather than make judgmental statements.

Generally, however, a "regent" in this list is a person (or a group of persons as in a Regency Council) who has been designated to act on behalf of a monarch, ruler, etc. who is absent, incapacitated or a minor (altho being a "minor" can also be defined as "incapacity", that is, "legal incapacity"). So any person designated in the sources will be included in this list. The linked sources provided, hopefully, will provide more information about a regent. A reader of this list can go to the linked sources or do further research on his/her own for more clarification or enlightenment. After all, this article is merely a list.

I rely mainly on Internet sources or materials in building this list. As a "list-maker" I defer to scholars, authors and other writers who have done more indepth studies on this subject. There may not be a unanimity of opinion among authors (and readers of Wikipedia) themselves about "regents", "regencies" or a polity's history. But that is outside the scope of this list. So, if one reader of this list is on one side of the debate or the other, the responsibility is with him/her to check out other materials himself/herself.

Finally, due to the dearth, if not lack, of materials in English about regents in the polities included here, I've had to resort to other language sources (French, German, Spanish, etc.) and avail of Google's rough English translation service to compile additional information. I will, as I have done, endeavour to provide the links to both the original-language source and the Google English translation. Again, I leave it to the reader to pursue the links to other sources if they need any clarification.rajofcanada 14:48, 2 August 2007 (UTC)rajofcanada