There has been some response now at the article talk page. It would be nice to know exactly what caused it, hopefully it was the WP:Biography note that drew more people towards this.
I have found a source from 1998 (i.e. pre-Wikipedia) that gives the 1617 and 1687 dates. So presumably there is some basis for that. Though possibly this is one of those cases where earlier scholarship was too precise, and later scholarship has made things vague again. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bizrAAAAMAAJ&q=B%C3%B6ckler+1687 That source is "The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection: Northern European books, sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries". "Comprised of nearly 750 volumes housed at the National Gallery of Art, the Millard Collection is one of the finest private collections of rare illustrated books and bound series of prints on European architecture, design, and topography. This series catalogues each of these beautiful and influential books, carefully describing and illustrating them." That sounds reliable. Carcharoth On 7/3/12, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > As long as the query is relevant to the Wiiproject I don't see a problem in > asking more than one Wikiproject. > > Another method I use for non-obvious things is to put a note at the top of > my guestbook - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/guestbookWhich > reminds me, I need to refresh that list as there is currently only > one task available. > > WSC > > On 3 July 2012 14:14, Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> On 7/3/12, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Most articles belong to a Wikiproject (or can be given to one with a >> little >> > tagging), and if a wikiproject is even semiactive it will have people >> with >> > specialist knowledge. So I'd suggest if you need help on an article, >> post a >> > query on the relevant WikiProject page. And if there isn't a >> > Wikiproject >> > tag already on the talkpage feel free to add one that seems relevant. >> >> In the case of Georg Andreas Böckler I asked the article creator (only >> two edits here in 2011 and none in 2012, probably more active on the >> Dutch Wikipedia, where I may try and contact them). I could also ask >> on the German Wikipedia. I have (only recently) asked on the >> WikiProject Biography page, but am a bit stuck as to what other >> WikiProjects to ask at (History of Science? Architecture?). >> >> > Alternatively put a query on the talkpages of people who've edited the >> > article or relevant related ones. >> >> Hadn't thought of the 'relevant related ones' approach. >> >> > SoFixIt doesn't always work, sometimes it helps to seek out experts, >> > but >> in >> > my experience such people appreciate a query that is relevant to their >> > expertise. That's why IMHO the content noticeboard and similar >> > overcentralised mechanisms won't work. >> > >> > Patience also helps, not every expert will be here every month. >> >> Good point. Patience *is* a virtue. :-) >> >> Carcharoth >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
