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Latest comment: 16 days ago by Randy Kryn in topic Thank you (currency)
. . .Veiled Christ , a statue in Italy that depicts a knobbly-kneed Christ in the tomb, please give the image two or three clicks. This almost unbelievable 1753 sculpture ("how'd he do that?"), carved from one piece of marble, has one of only two Wikipedia article's which have to prove, with sources, that the artwork was not the work of an alchemist. Step right up, and don't miss the modern looking couch, the two tasseled pillows, or the crown of thorns and other torture things down by the feet. All carved from a single block of marble.
Literally steps away from Veiled Christ sits another "how'd he do that?" sculpture, also carved from a single block of marble (or created by alchemy).
p.s. While writing aloud about impossible statues carved from one piece of rock...who can forget flowers made of glass!
Watching Secretariat run his 1973 Triple Crown races in order while knowing three things: 1) Secretariat's trainer and jockey realized only after the second race that he could run full speed from start to finish. 2) Even though they had drastically held their horse back during the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, running in last place in both, Secretariat still holds the fastest time in all three Triple Crown races. 3) Sham - the horse Secretariat trashed like a dancing bear in the Kentucky Derby - still holds the Derby's second fastest time.
Here's the 1973 Kentucky Derby...Secretariat's jockey holds him back...holds him wayyyy back while in last place. Next the Preakness...holds him back...last place and again must go to the outside And then: the Belmont..."He is moving like a tre-men-dous machine".
July 8, 2022: during three edits in three minutes an IP proposes marriage on the same page as the above masterpiece, creating his own. Wikipedians have a romantic side, even the bots, so nobody reverted until I did after two hours with a note saying that it should be enough time, and wished him luck. Does anyone know of an earlier proposal on Wikipedia, especially on such an appropriate page and so perfectly played out - he seemingly decides to marry her right there, between two edits. Film scene scenario worthy (Hallmark, are you listening?).
The docents ask people: "Find the cat". Letting the coolness of it lead me to break my oath as a Wikipedian, I now self-identify as a vandal. (in other vandal news, in 2023 an IP spent a great deal of time removing all the vowels from several articles. Wh ddn't thnk f tht?).
See and listen to Wikipedia edits as they occur. Designed by Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi of hatnote.com, the link was copied from a user page, don't remember where, but deservedly displayed on quite a few as well as having its own article. Just who is making all this noise? Well...
Here is Paine Ellsworth's subpage about how many Wikipedians can dance on the head of a pin.
I wanted to thank you for fixing my mistake in the Soviet space dogs article. I accidentally removed "see also" and didn't notice. It would have been bad if it stayed unnoticed for a while, so thank you for noticing and fixing it quickly! Vicccqh7 (talk) 12:08, 29 May 2026 (UTC) Reply
I could swear we had templates, footers, and categories devoted to the Paris Salon, but I just had a gander, and could find nothing. Were they all deleted? Now, there's no way to look at a list or category of all of the known Salon articles or to see what needs to be created. Am I misremembering or were these all deleted? Forgive me if I'm just traversing the multiverse from one universe to another. I get them mixed up. Viriditas (talk) 23:29, 4 June 2026 (UTC) Reply
Dear Randy,
Almost ten years ago you helped me enormously to formulate my personal page (David Adams-Peace Activst) and the page for the culture of peace according to the wiki guidelines. Those pages remain very relevant, especially given the wars around the world at this moment of history.
In a similar spirit, I would like to add the following information to the page on the Seville Statement on Violence, but your colleague Sphilbrick has pointed out to me that it is not a good idea that I enter this myself, and it would be much better if it were re-edited and introduced by a wiki editor.
The book History of the Culture of Peace is my own copyright, self-published on Createspace (Kindle Publishing) of Amazon and is available on my website.
I wrote the article on women warriors . Although the publisher holds the copyright, I received permission from them to reprint a copy freely availabe on my website.
Would you have the time and interest to edit and enter the following?
Thank you for your consideration.
David Adams (adams1peace)
One of the Seville signatories, David Adams, replies to the preceding criticisms by contending that the origins of human war are better explained by culture than by biology.
According to Adams, by the end of prehistory, the culture of war [1] was probably pervasive, judging by archaeological evidence. The best hypothesis is that ritual warfare was maintained by most societies and, in the long run, this prepared them to survive otherwise catastrophic famines by raiding the supplies of other communities, or defending their own supplies at such a time. This is supported by cross-cultural anthropological data showing a strong correlation between the frequency of warfare in non-state societies and the frequency of unpredictable natural disasters.
The culture of war included both psychological preparation for war through myths, rituals and traditions and physical preparation through the regular practice of combat, ranging from sporting competitions and initiation rites to ritual warfare and periodic raids and feuds.
Adams also contends that the exclusion of women from war [2] is better explained by culture than by biology. Evidence supports the hypothesis that women were excluded from the planing and execution of war because the pervasive practice of patrilocal exogamy put them in the difficult position of having their husband on one side and their fathers and brothers on the other side of a conflict.
With the development of the state, the culture of war at the dawn of recorded history [3] was greatly elaborated. We know a great deal about this culture from ancient manuscripts. Adams1peace (talk) 14:54, 25 June 2026 (UTC) Reply
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I've changed it to "paper money". It would be useful to have a category for people apprearing on US coins too. Wehwalt (talk) 22:59, 6 July 2026 (UTC) Reply
Do you own this book? Can you tell me if Charlotte and Gene Keyes are mentioned in it? I'm working on a draft about the original essay. It looks like Gene was influenced by Lyttle, but this is just my interpretation of the literature so far, and I'm looking for more to go on than vibes. Viriditas (talk) 22:30, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply
Thank you and Wehwalt for doing so much for the currency categories! I did not expect it to be so large or contentious when I made it haha. Check out this game: catfishing.net. If you look to the archives and puzzle #751, you'll see one of the categories you've made. Besides that, it's a fun trivia game in of itself! Bungle491 (talk) 22:55, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply
