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A Sincere Note of Thank-you

Dear Solipsist,

I'm not certain whether this be the appropriate page for this -- but I'll not be doing it again, so not to worry -- however, I wanted to thank you for your warm welcome, helpful links, and the offer of your personal aid should I find a problem that the general guide-lines don't cover. I'm afraid I still don't know how to contact you directly; not certain whether you receive an e-mail copy of anything I write, such as on your talk page, etc., or whether you have to log-on to see it. So maybe I do have a question in the end:

Please, let me know how I'd contact you via e-mail, if needed; (I need no personal e-mail address, simply the method by which Misplaced Pages will further the message to you).

Thank you once again, Christian M. Gregory, (just Chris, please)

PS: I do promise to try to learn and follow the rules laid out by Misplaced Pages for clarity and uniformity of style, but as it's early days, I can't say I'm au fait just yet. You understand; any mistakes are unintentional, and constructive criticism very welcome. Cheers.

Christian Gregory 07:54, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

No worries - adding a note to my user_talk page, like you did, is easily the best way to contact me for anything to do with Misplaced Pages. It is also possible to send users an email message, by viewing their user page then looking for the 'E-mail this user' link in the toolbox on the left. Users are not required to provide an email address when they sign up for Misplaced Pages, so sometimes you will get a message saying that an email can't be sent.

For discussions on a particular article, its best to use the article's talk page which can encourage other interested parties to join in. The only downside there is that you don't get the orange banner announcing a new message, in the same way that you do when someone edits your user talk page. But if you can find the 'my watchlist' link at the top of your page it can help you keep track of changes to any pages that you have edited or chosen to watch.

And don't worry too much about the manual of style before you start editing; it only really exists to help articles converge on a standard style and perhaps to resolve disputes if two editors disagree about something. One of the joys of Misplaced Pages, is that there are plenty of other editors around who will jump in and correct any mistakes you make. If you write a new article with no links and ignoring the manual of style, you will probably find that someone else has fixed the spelling mistakes, wiki-linked half a dozen terms and categorised it before the day is out. Many editors actually enjoy copyediting like this, see Misplaced Pages:Cleanup. As long as you are not actively trying to damage articles or promote some agenda, you are unlikely to have much trouble. Other than that happy editing. -- Solipsist 10:05, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

A Note

		A Lucky Penny
		In the spirit of funding this penny is offered to Editor: Christian Gregory for his special knowledge on War brides.......................................................! Hafspajen (talk) 21:22, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Dear Hafspajen,

I hadn't been up to logging on to Wiki for some time, and this was such a wonderful surprise now that I finally did. (I have never been awarded or recognised for anything).

Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

Christian Gregory (talk) 10:19, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

• Oh, but you did a very good work on that article, right? Hafspajen (talk) 12:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy holidays

	Happy Holidays!
	From Hafspajen (talk) 15:44, 24 December 2013 (UTC) 12:15, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

I thank you yet again, Hafspajen!

It is most kind of you to remember an old man at this time of year.

I should like to return the sentiment by wishing you and yours happy holidays, and peace, health and prosperity in 2014!

Yours sincerely,

Chris

Christian Gregory (talk) 10:32, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

• But Chris, I have to tell you a secret. I am not making these templates, I am snatching them . If I find a nice one I just copy it and use it. Only the most advanced who make their own, like for example Gareth Griffith-Jones. Some of them are made so that there is a little sign so it should be easyer, like this one:

Hafspajen (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Yours sincerely, Hafspajen (talk) 11:28, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! Hope you are having a lovely time!!!! All the best for you!

Bold, quotes, italics, other small niggly bits of MoS

Hi Christian

That is a great article, and you appear to have covered it in great detail.

I have just edited it again as you brought the quotation marks to my attention, and I also apologise for missing them in my last edits. I would normally suspect that an editor using that particular style of quote marks would be using a third part editor, such as MS Word or Open Office, and then copy and pasting into the article - perhaps this is your method?

I notice that you have around 130 edits, and so might not be knowledgeable on the niggly bits of the manual of style. If you are interested in learning more about this sort of thing, the easiest way is to go to the MoS pages where they are laid out in more detail than I could give you without filling your page with possibly unnecessary information :¬)

WP:MOS is the main area, and it is fairly straightforwards to follow down through the links to get more detail on topics covered in the outline pages.

Boldening, italics and quotes are at MoS boldening, Italic face and Quotation characters.

Feel free to ask anything you may have questions about, and there is some work needed on the tables to get the quote marks adapted to straight rather than the current "backtick" (`text´) that is used in them.

I hope this is not too intrusive, and that you find the information useful. You can also use my "cheat-sheets" from my user pages if you find them helpful for quick links. Chaosdruid (talk) 05:58, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

BMK (talk) 20:42, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

BMK (talk) 01:39, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Ah, best wishes for a happy holiday season ...

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		Season's Greetings! This message celebrates the holiday season, promotes WikiLove, and hopefully makes your day a little better. Spread the seasonal good cheer by wishing another user an Awesome Holiday and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone with whom you had disagreements in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Share the good feelings! Joys! Hafspajen (talk) 01:52, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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Miep Geis (German article): Proposed changes must be proofed for grammar before posting)

Hermine „Miep“ Gies (geb. 15. Feber 1909 in Wien, Österreich-Ungarn als Hermine Santruschitz, (später als „Santrouschitz“ in Niederländisch geschrieben); gest. 11. Jänner 2010 in Hoorn, Niederlande) gehörte zu den vier Helfern, die Anne Frank, ihrer Familie sowie der Familie van Pels und Fritz Pfeffer halfen, während des Zweiten Weltkriegs unterzutauchen.

Frühe Jahre

Sie war ein römisch-katholisches österreichisches Mädel, das wuchs in armen Verhältnissen auf, weshalb sie im Dezember 1920 von ihren Eltern, Mathias und seiner Ehefrau Genofeva (geb. Jakuschitz), aus Österreich im Rahmen eines Projektes zur Unterstützung unterernährter Kinder nach Leiden, der Niederlande, geschickt wurde. Sie lebte dort in einer Gastfamilie, zu der sie ein außerordentlich gutes Verhältnis hatte. Dort erhielt sie auch ihren Spitznamen „Miep“. Im Jahr 1922 zog sie mit ihrer Gastfamilie nach Amsterdam. 1933 bewarb sie sich als Sekretärin in Otto Franks niederländischer Filiale der Firma Opekta. Sie erhielt den Posten, und es entwickelte sich eine Freundschaft zu Otto Frank, seiner Frau Edith sowie den Töchtern Anne und Margot.

Note Bien: The above revision was proposed on: 16 February 2018, as such it may no longer be applicable to subsequent edits.

Christian Gregory (talk) 19:38, 28 February 2020 (UTC) https://de.wikipedia.org/Miep_Gies

Gavrilo Princip (German article): Changes must be proofed for grammar before posting)

] Gavrilo Princip (IPA: , Template:SrS; * 25  07 in Obljaj, Vilâyet Bosnien, de jure Teil des Osmanischen Reiches, de facto seit dem Jahr 1878 österreichisch-ungarisches Territorium, später im Jahr 1908 formell zu Österreich-Ungarn annektierte; † 28  04 in Theresienstadt, Böhmen, Österreich-Ungarn, heute genannt als „Terezín“, Tschechien) war ein bosnisch-serbischer nationalistischer Attentäter, der am 28. Juni 1914 in Sarajevo den Mordanschlag auf den österreichisch-ungarischen Thronfolger Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand und dessen Ehefrau Herzogin Sophie verübte. Dadurch wurde die Julikrise ausgelöst, die zum Ersten Weltkrieg führte.

✔ Nur Kleinigkeiten wurden verändert. ✔ Diese Seite beobachten.

Zusammenfassung und Quellen: Todesdatum im julianischen und gregorianischen Kalender (geschrieben so genau wie sein Geburtsdatum) und Status für seinen Geburtsort zu dieser Zeit.

NUR Vorschau zeigen. Änderungen unveröffentlicht.

Christian Gregory (talk) 19:38, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Unten ist derselbe Absatz wie heute, 28 Feber 2020: https://de.wikipedia.org/Gavrilo_Princip

] Gavrilo Princip (IPA: , Template:SrS; * 25  07 in Obljaj, Vilâyet Bosnien; † 28. April 1918 in Theresienstadt, Böhmen, Österreich-Ungarn, heute Tschechien) war ein bosnisch-serbischer nationalistischer Attentäter, der am 28. Juni 1914 in Sarajevo den Mordanschlag auf den österreichisch-ungarischen Thronfolger Franz Ferdinand und dessen Ehefrau Sophie verübte. Dadurch wurde die Julikrise ausgelöst, die zum Ersten Weltkrieg führte.

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Attn: ‘Huon’

Dear Huon,

I shouldn't think you would remember me, but you have come to my aid twice before. Once in helping — through on-line chat help, if I remember — to post an image file. (I did exactly as you instructed, and it worked out great! Well, till someone decided to stick their oar in, but I digress).

Than another time regarding Shibboleths, more specifically a ‘List of shibboleths’ article, when someone was being particularly belligerent, and every time I backed up a fact with a citation, it was immediately dismissed, and this went on & on about seven times, until — you may have been dispensing on-line help again — but someway, somehow, I managed to find you, and you looked at the situation, and sorted things out with one post that stopped this rather destructive & belligerent person dead in his/her tracks.

I think you may already sense what is coming. You would be better aware than I of the concept of ‘adopting an editor’, and I certainly would be most appreciative of your help. You would be a particularly good match for me, as the only other language I occasionally post in, or add to an article is German. Ich kann leider nur wenig. I haven't spoken it in almost 60 years, moreover, I never studied it, I simply know — or knew — the Swiss-Austrian dialect spoken by my late mother, and her parents.

I am old, and slow, and I do not post that often any longer, but there are sometimes I really could use your help, (and especially your help when it comes to a German article). Perhaps one is not meant to ask if someone has not volunteered somewhere first, but do you think you could take me under your guidance?

I promise to try my best on my own first, it's just sometimes I reach an impasse, and you clearly know your way around far better than I ever will.

Regardless, I thank you for your help in the past, and I respect your decision either way.

And I thank you for your time, now, Sincerely, Christian

P.S. You write in English so flawlessly, I'd have never guessed it was not your mother tongue.

Christian Gregory (talk) 10:34, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm glad that I could help you earlier, but the past few months I have only rarely found the time to do anything on Misplaced Pages. While you are of course always welcome to ask on my talk page if you need specific help or advice, I can't guarantee a speedy response, and I don't think I am currently active enough to "adopt" someone in a more structured or formal way. If that's your aim, the people who offer help at WP:Adopt-a-user might be more of a help than me. Huon (talk) 22:42, 28 November 2020 (UTC)