I do not work on commission, but I will listen to requests for articles about coats of arms (preferably Dutch, Belgian and from the UK) or rijksmonuments. I can write new or improve articles. If you want a quick answer: ask on my Dutch page

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RE: Map of the Netherlands

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What do you mean? I assume you are talking about the one I added to Netherlands yesterday.

If so, do you mean you don't see the special municipalities, because if that is the case you may need to force a refresh (in Firefox you can do this by viewing the image in its own page, holding shift and clicking the refresh button; after that you may need to refresh the NL page as well. Other browsers are similar).

If it's that you can't see that it is different from the version that was already there (.png version), that is because it is largely the same visually. However, for maps etc, vectors are preferred by Wikipedia (when using relatively simple line-type maps anyway; not so much for topographical maps and the like), since they scale better (when shrunk or expanded they produce smoother lines etc). From a user point of view, the difference is fairly insignificant, but loading time etc shouldn't be effected and it should produce a slightly sharper image.

Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.ðɒn/ (talk) 13:11, 11 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

I was indeed talking about the map you've added to Netherlands. Well, problem is I don't see any dark green dots near Venezuela... but if it works for other people it's fine to me. Thanks for the response though. Dqfn13 (talk) 09:52, 12 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

BRD

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Dear Dqfn13, I have opened the discussion on Talk:Netherlands and invite you to discuss ethnicity. I have temporarily restored the version that is in conformation with the source for consistency (but that does not mean I am in favour of any arrangement, I let the value of the sources count...)... L.tak (talk) 10:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LvdMoosdijk

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To delete a user page, you would have to go to WP:MFD rather than WP:AFD. But first, to avoid being "bitey," please try contacting the editor and pointing out Wikipedia:User pages and asking him to make whatever change you feel is needed. Some bio information, and description of background and interests is highly appropriate on a user page, if not a lengthy resumé. Regards. Edison (talk) 16:08, 4 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Dear Edison, this user hasn't been active since 2006 and on the Dutch wiki not since 2009. So deletion of this resumé isn't that strange. This userpage doesn't show any interests of the user, just only where this user went to school, did during his/her educations, nothing more. I'm not trying to be bitey, I'm just blunt (I'm Dutch, so being blunt is in my blood). I'll do what you've pointed out to me... but I don't think it'll make any difference. Dqfn13 (talk) 16:16, 4 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Armenia in JESC 2012

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According to WP:UNSOURCED, any material lacking a reliable source that directly supports it may be removed, and the acticle used as reference is not clear about Armenia's participation. So unfortuately, until a better reference is found, Armenia may not be added. Cheers. Kosm1fent 12:05, 23 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

Okay, but the source does say they will participate... maybe it isn't very obvious. We'll see in the future, there shourly will come a better source. Dqfn13 (talk) 12:08, 23 December 2011 (UTC)Reply
The source says "we will plunge again into blah blah". Whether they mean we, as Armenia, or we, as majestic plural is unclear. Maybe they did intend to confirm their participation; however, their wording did not make that clear. As you said, there should be a better article coming soon, possibly even mentioning a deadline for the pre-selection. Cheers. Kosm1fent 12:16, 23 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Coat of arms of Zaanstad

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The article Coat of arms of Zaanstad has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No reliable sources that can verify. The only reference provided does not appear to be a reliable source. The municipality's official website has not mention or display of these coat of arms.

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Verifiability

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Please do not remove citations in articles. Please read Wikipedia:Verifiability about the English Wikipedia policy. – Editør (talk) 21:11, 29 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Editor, this has been talked about on the Dutch article talk page, you don't need to verify who's the director is or where the museum is located. Why do the same as you did on the Dutch article? Dqfn13 (talk) 22:52, 29 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
The English Wikipedia policy is much stricter, please read it and stop removing citations immediately. – Editør (talk) 06:42, 30 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
Attribute all quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged to a reliable, published source using an inline citation. Means: if it MIGHT be challenged give a source. Nobody is going to challenge the location of a museum, nobody will challenge who the director is. But I'll leave it, I won't start a war over this, you've won and lost at the same time. Dqfn13 (talk) 08:52, 30 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Discussion on Admins noticeboard

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  There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Noted. Dqfn13 (talk) 19:26, 19 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Opinion

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Hi, i would like to have your opinion about a discussion which i started here, thank.Kingroyos (talk) 22:54, 27 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

February 2016

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  Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Coat of arms of Enkhuizen, from its old location at User:Dqfn13/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 22:17, 16 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Wiae. Dqfn13 (talk) 22:19, 16 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Coat of arms of Enkhuizen (March 7)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
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AfC notification: Draft:Coat of arms of Enkhuizen has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Coat of arms of Enkhuizen. Thanks! The Average Wikipedian (talk) 14:38, 12 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Coat of arms of Enkhuizen has been accepted

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Coat of arms of Enkhuizen, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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SwisterTwister talk 22:14, 23 August 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks SwisterTwister. As English isn't my native language, I'll stick to using Drafts, so I can improve the articles with help of native speakers. Dqfn13 (talk) 08:16, 24 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Interview invitation from a Wikipedia researcher in the University of Minnesota

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I am Weiwen Leung, a student at the University of Minnesota. I am currently conducting a study on how people on the LGBT+ Wikipedians group use and contribute to Wikipedia.

Would you be willing to answer a short 5 minute survey? If so, please email me at leung085@umn.edu. It would be helpful if you could include your Wikipedia username when emailing.

Thank you, Weiwen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weiwensg (talkcontribs) 03:09, 30 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hello @Weiwensg:,
At the moment I'm not realy helpfull as I'm more active on nlwiki. Also, in the Netherlands it is near holiday season, so I'm more busy offline. I wish you good luck on your survay. Dqfn13 (talk) 21:08, 30 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Greek heraldry?

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I know nothing at all about this subject, but I have translated some articles from Dutch into English Wiki, helped by a Dutch friend: Johan Hendrik van Dale, Nes (Amsterdam), Ewoud Sanders. If you translate, or want help with translating, any Dutch articles into English, {{ping}} me. (Van Dale had no article in English Wiki until I wrote one!? yes indeed, he did not!) Narky Blert (talk) 23:26, 30 March 2017 (UTC)Reply


Merger discussion for Monotypic taxon and Monospecificity

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Where can I ask an admin to hide a version of a page?

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Dear Admins,

On the Dutch spoken Wikipedia we have a request page for where people can ask us to make a version invisible. This can only be done in case of privacy, harassment and in case of copyvio. Today I found this version on enwiki. I think this version should be made invisible, as the person is not famous at all. Where can I make such a request in the future?

Thanks,

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@Dqfn13:, I am not an administrator but I believe I can answer your question. Here on English Wikipedia the procedure is known as Revision deletion (a.k.a. "RevDel"). There is no RevDel noticeboard to avoid publicizing material that should not be even visible (see Streisand effect for reasons why). You can request RevDel from any one of these administrators. I have to say, however, I see no reason why the linked edit should be removed from the edit history. I suggest you review the list of reasons at the first link I left before making a RevDel request. I hope this helps. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 13:34, 17 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Hi, @Dqfn13: I am an administrator here on the English Wikipedia, and am unfamiliar with the person mentioned in that edit. At first glance, I don't see that this issue meets the list of criteria I'm allowed to remove content from (WP:REVDEL lays out our policy.) However, I know that sometimes there is more than meets the eye to a request such as this, if you'd like to send additional information privately, you can select "email this user" from the page [[1]]. --joe deckertalk 16:34, 17 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Thank you both Eggishorn and joe decker for the answers. At nlwiki we may be a bit more strickt with privacy of non-notable people. We will delete revisions with names of people who have put their own names on lists, articles, etc. If the revision here doesn't meet the criterea I won't ask for deletion. At least I now know where I can find a list of criterea and where to find the right people. Dqfn13 (talk) 18:37, 17 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Jewish cemetery, Hoorn

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Kijk eens: jouw foto! Bedankt--het is hoog tijd dat History of the Jews in Hoorn wat invulling krijgt. Zeg, ken jij toevallig een C. Aay die in 2010 als "veldtechnicus" voor de Hoornse afdeling voor archeologie werkte? (Zie het colofon.) Drmies (talk) 22:37, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hoi Drmies, wat leuk! Drie van mijn foto's op het artikel. Ik heb een vermoeden wie het is; vermoedelijk een vrijwilliger en daar heb ik minder contact mee dan met de vaste medewerkers, met wie ik af en toe vergaderingen heb. Ik zal proberen om binnenkort foto's te maken van het nieuwe monument bij de begraafplaats. Dqfn13 (talk) 15:25, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ha, geweldig! Ik ben nog wat bezig geweest en het is inmiddels meer een "History of" geworden. Ik hoop genoeg materiaal binnen te krijgen om "History of" wat completer te maken, zodat ik in "Cemetery" meer bij het onderwerp kan blijven. (Raar om in het Nederlands te tiepen: ik maak de ene tikfout na de andere.) Ik heb Oud Hoorn geemaild voor een van hun artikelen maar nog niks gehoord--als jij materiaal hebt, deel het ajb! En over die vrijwilliger met die rare achternaam--da's waarschijnlijk familie van me. ;) Het allerbeste, en veel plezier als je gaat schaatsen, Drmies (talk) 15:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Schaatsen kan helaas niet meer en ik heb ook al jaren niet meer op de ijzers gestaan, ik weet niet eens of ik het nog kan. Oud Hoorn heeft al hun oude versies van het kwartaalblad (tijdschrift) op hun site staan. Voor mijn werk heb ik met Oud Hoorn wel een documentatiesysteem aangelegd. Over de Joodse begraafplaats kan je dus hier heel erg veel informatie vinden. Informatie komt veelal uit officiële stukken, maar ook uit krantenartikelen. Informatie over de huidige begraafplaats vind je in het eerste dossier met het adres Berkhouterweg 26. Ik denk zo dat ik het Nederlandstalige artikel ook wel weer bij mag gaan werken... Dqfn13 (talk) 15:38, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Al hun oude versies? Ik keek hier, en zoek natuurlijk dat artikel van Saaltink. Dat dossier is erg interessant--zo zie je maar dat niet alles op het internet correct is: er zijn twee liggende stenen. Groeten, Drmies (talk) 16:14, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Alle oude tijdschriften staan hierzo opgesomd. Als het goed is zijn ze ook allemaal volledig in te zien. De paginanummering loopt per jaar. Dqfn13 (talk) 19:24, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply