User talk:Codrinb/Archive 1

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Dacia

Thank you very much but my English is not so well and at the moment I am working at First Mithridatic War in Wiki.it, processing many other maps. Perhaps in future. Best regards! :) --Cristiano64 (talk) 09:50, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Getica

The creation of Vasile Parvan is in public domain since 1998. There is no sketcher named in that book so they are probably the drawings of Parvan. If so, it's ok to use them under Template:PD-old-70. --Alex:D (talk) 22:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

LATER EDIT: The drawings were made by Dionisie Pecurariu, who died after 1960. However, his drawings does not qualify as artistic photography, neither as encyclopedia, dictionary and corpore. --Alex:D (talk) 23:12, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Helmet_of_Cotofenesti_-_Worn_by_Decebalus_in_the_movie_The_Dacians.jpg

File:Helmet_of_Cotofenesti_-_Worn_by_Decebalus_in_the_movie_The_Dacians.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Martin H. (talk) 02:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Roman_castra_Sucidava,_Romania.jpg

File:Roman_castra_Sucidava,_Romania.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Ionutzmovie (talk) 22:00, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

FoP

FoP inseamna Freedom of Panorama si se refera la faptul ca esti liber sa comercializezi fotografii cu opere de arta (sculpturi, picturi) sau arhitectura, expuse permanent in aer liber, fara sa platesti drepturi de autor. La noi legea nu permite asa ceva, daca autorul a murit dupa 1 ianuarie 1954 atunci opera sa nu e in domeniul public. Din cauza asta nu se pot urca aici poze cu Casa Poporului de exemplu. --Alex:D (talk) 00:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Mersi. M-am documentat. Tot nu pare sa faca sens. Nu se pot pune statui cu poeti sau eroi nationali? Cladiri importante pentru articole?--Codrin.B (talk) 00:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Nu, pentru ca asemenea fotografii nu pot fi comercializate. Iar conditia principala la commons este sa aiba o licenta libera (adica oricine sa le poata copia, modifica si vinde). Dar se pot urca local cu "fair use". --Alex:D (talk) 13:57, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, m-am gandit la fair use. Mersi de sfat. Incalcite regulile Wikipediei uneori.--Codrin.B (talk) 01:20, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Images will be deleted

No OTRS permission has been received for your uploads from the Detroit Institute of Art, such as File:Helmet of Iron Gates at Detroit Institute of Arts, accession 56.18-S1.jpg. If nothing is received in a week they will be deleted. – Adrignola talk 19:44, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Codrinb. You have new messages at Adrignola's talk page. You may remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

File:Colonia_Dacica_Sarmizegetusa_2011_-_Great_Temple_Sign.jpg

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Saibo (Δ) 01:28, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

File:Castrum_Apulum_2011_-_Porta_Principalis_Dextra_Sign.jpg

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Saibo (Δ) 01:23, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 has finished

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Message delivered by Lucia Bot in 20:52, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

no thumbnails

Hallo Codrinb, re:

• File:Orastie_Ethnography_Museum_2011_-_Model_of_a_Dacian_Polygonal_Stable.JPG
• File:Orastie_Ethnography_Museum_2011_-_Dacian_Mandrel_and_Spiral_Bracelet-2.JPG

Fixed it at the following by removing all EXIF data.. .not nice - I am investigating.

• File:Orastie_Ethnography_Museum_2011_-_Dacian_Woodworking_Axes.JPG

Please only use RotateLink to rotate images. ;-) It didn't work here sine the bot refused to process them since they were not rotated and you requested 0°. In general: if you need help with photo editing you can ask at Commons:Graphic_Lab/Photography_workshop.

Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 18:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the help! I would rather keep the EXIF info. It is one or a combination of bugs in WikiMedia/PHP. See here Commons:Help desk/Archive/2011/10#Thumbnail/EXIF issues with uploaded images. Also I reported the bug here.--Codrin.B (talk) 19:05, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah, sure - I also want to keep the EXIF info. I wasn't aware that you are aware of the problem in detail, so I just wanted to see if it is caused by the EXIF data. I have removed my test file version from your file. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 19:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

National Museum of the Union

I have moved National Museum of the Union to User:Codrinb/Sandbox. As an empty gallery -- one with no images -- it was very likely to be deleted on sight by one of our colleagues. I know that may seem odd to you, but we see about 100 new galleries every day -- 90% of them are deleted immediately, usually because they have no images.

When you are happy with the way this looks, just copy it to National Museum of the Union and leave User:Codrinb/Sandbox for the next time you want to create something in a private space.      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 13:10, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Thraco-illyrian languages

Buna ziua, voi face o versiune engleza dupa 15 ianuarie (momentan am o lucrare de predat) si pâna atunci astept rezultatul discutiei. Cu bine,--Spiridon Ion Cepleanu (talk) 10:39, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: File:Les Ruines du Pont de Trajan.jpg

Renamed as you requested. Best regards, PRENN (talk) 01:50, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

About 488px-Bulgarian-Wallachian-Empire.jpg

Buna seara,

Din pacate nu sunt suficient anglofon pentru a participa la discutie, dar ce ii pot spune corespondentului Dumneavoastra sunt urmatoarele 6 lucruri :

• harta este efectiv si vizibil inspirata din alta, precum si din mai multe surse (Vâlsan, Pârvan, Iorga, Giurescu, Constantiniu...), dar, conform regulilor wikipediene, este "suficient de diferita" pentru a fi socotita alta lucrare ;
• denumirea de "Bulgarian-Wallachian Empire" este o simplificare practica, inspirata din expresia istoriografiei românesti : "Taratul Vlaho-Bulgar" ;
• denumirea de "Second Bulgarian Empire" preferata de istoriografia bulgareasca (si, dupa aceasta, de cea englezeasca si nemteasca), este deasemenea inadecvata, deoarece presupune ca acea monarhie din sec. XII-XIII era un stat etnic bulgaresc, precum regatul bulgar din sec. XIX-XX, si nu corespunde cu sursele primare din sec XII-XIII ;
• denumirea corecta ar trebui sa fie "Kingdom of the Bulgarians and the Vlachs", traducere directa din sursele primare bizantine sau papale din sec XII-XIII, care vorbesc despre Asenizi ca "Vassilevs ton Boulgaron kai ton Vlachon", sau ca "Rex Bulgarorum et Blachorum" ;
• pentru orice stat medieval multietnic exista mai multe istorii alternative, si ele trebuie cu toate sa fie mentionate, fiecare cu sursele ei, conform regulilor wikipediene, chiar daca anumite grupe de contributori incearca sa promoveze un singur POV si sa le socoteasca pe celelalte ca nerelevante ;
• insfarsit, controversa bulgaro-româna despre acest subiect este intretinuta de consideratii ne-istorice, ci politice. Exista la bulgari presupunerea ca românii ar incerca astfel sa-s legitimeze revendicari teritoriale asupra Dobrogei de sud zisa Cadrilater, iar la români presupunerea ca bulgarii ar incerca astfel sa-si legitimeze revendicari asupra Dobrogei românesti. Ori azi nici România nici Bulgaria nu au nici-o revendicare teritoriala una asupra celeilalte. Pe de alta parte, Vlahii din sec. XII-XIII nu sunt chiar totuna cu Românii ulteriori, iar Slavonii din Bulgaria din aceiasi vreme deasemenea nu sunt chiar totuna cu Bulgarii moderni. Asa cum istoria Bulgarilor are o compozanta Vlaha, chiar daca ei o oculteaza azi, deasemenea istoria Românilor are o compozanta bulgareasca, suficient de importanta pentru ca liturghia si limba oficiala a principatelor române sa fi fost slavona veche pana prin sec XVII, fara sa mai vorbim de nenumarate toponime si de fptul ca vocabularul grec medieval a intrat in limba româna prin intermediarul bulgar.

Nu sunt inregistrat pe acest calculator, dar eu sunt, Spiridon Ion Cepleanu. Cu bine, --90.36.40.33 21:39, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Multumesc pentru raspunsul detaliat si va dau perfecta dreptate. Legat de surse, dupa cum va scriam pe pagina de talk despre harta cu limbile traco-ilire, ele trebuie notate (carte, autor, pagina) in sectiunea "Source". De asemenea, legat de derivare, sugerez folosirea template-urilor {{Derived from}}, {{RetouchedPicture}} si {{DerivativeVersions}} pentru a lega imaginea derivata de original. Ca exemplu, vedeti File:Paleo-Balkan languages in Eastern Europe between 5th and 1st century BC - Romanian.jpg si File:Paleo-Balkan languages in Eastern Europe between 5th and 1st century BC, according to Duridanov.png. Legate de limba de comunicare, poate bulgarul nostru stie franceza, daca nu o sa-i recomand google translate pentru mesaj. Si va sugerez sa va puneti pe pagina de utilizator limbile pe care le cunoasteti. De exemplu, uitati-va pe pagina mea aici: User:Codrinb (dreapta sus). Toate cele bune.--Codrin.B (talk) 22:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Am vazut aici ca va descurcati foarte bine in engleza. Deci raspundeti la bulgar in engleza fara frica ;-)--Codrin.B (talk) 22:21, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

I know a bit of Romanian and I googled the rest :) I think the current caption represents both views, as mentioned (I think) by Spiridon Ion Cepleanu. Cheers. --Laveol (talk) 08:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Commons:WikiProject Dacia

Hi! I created the Commons:WikiProject Dacia as a sister project to WP:DACIA and WP:DACIA to better organize, categorize and improve the quality of media and galleries related to ancient Dacia. From your contributions, I think you might be interested and maybe you wish to join and support the project. Your input is welcomed! Thanks and best regards!

... and happy holidays! --Codrin.B (talk) 23:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

• Codrin, thank you for your invitation as well as for your greetings. We shall see how things may turn out for me, considering I am a very busy person in my real life.

• • Pe de altă parte, vă urez, Crăciun fericit 2011' și An Nou 2012 cu bucurii și împliniri !!! Al dumitale, Wars (talk) 05:57, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

The same to you my friend. Merry Christmas! --Țetcu Mircea Rareș (talk) 18:38, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you. Vale! --Cristiano64 (talk) 13:02, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

• Codrin, I appreciate the invite and will follow through when I get a little time. The beginning of the year is very, very busy.

Îți doresc un 2012 fericit și fără probleme! Bci2 ””””UserTalk:Bci2

Probleme cu GPSul

Salut,

În timpul parsării imaginilor cu monumente am observat că File:Alba_Carolina_Fortress_2011_-_Francisc_De_Paola_Ravelin_Sign-1.jpg are niște coordonate invalide pentru România (114° longitudine E). Am observat că ai editat poza cu Picasa, așa că mă gândesc că poate el e de vină. Dacă folosești un receptor GPS cu S5IS-ul, problema ar putea proveni și de la el. Ai putea să verifici dacă mai ai și alte imagini cu probleme? Mersi.--Strainu (talk) 23:22, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Salut, cred ca e bug in DschwenBot, cel care a extras coordonatele din EXIF. Am pus eu cu manuta mea coordonatele in Picasa, exact pe cetatea din Alba Iulia, camera neavand GPS ;-) Iti citez din EXIF:

GPSLatitudeRef - N
GPSLatitude - 46 4 2.99 (46.067497)
GPSLongitudeRef - E
GPSLongitude - 23 34 24.65 (23.573514)

Singurul lucru care pot sa-ti mai spun e ca am observat probleme cu citirea EXIF-ului din Picasa pe Commons. Am gasit un bug sau doua (vezi si Commons:Help desk/Archive/2011/10#Thumbnail/EXIF issues with uploaded images) si uite aici in ce hal e categoria asta, pana repara problemele: Category:Costesti Cetatuie Dacian Fortress.--Codrin.B (talk) 17:12, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Am lasat un mesag aici.--Codrin.B (talk) 17:28, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

OK, bine de știut :) Eventual mai aruncă și tu din când în când o privire pe la ro:Proiect:Monumente_istorice/Erori/Automate#Commons. Acolo loghez problemele identificate în imagini.--Strainu (talk) 19:39, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Excelent! Nu stiam de pagina, o sa o inspectez din cand in cand. Faci o treaba minunata! --Codrin.B (talk) 19:52, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

VI

For Alba Iulia National Museum of the Union 2011 - Rider from Lupu Dacian Silver Hoard.JPG. Should know what this object. By putting the name in the scope, several other objects of the Dacian culture to be promoted by the label VI. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 09:05, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Poze de la muzeul hărților

Nu am versiuni mai mari, e tot ce-am putut face rost. Eventual dacă te lasă să pozezi poți încerca să faci rost direct de la muzeu. Din câte îmi amintesc era interzis de tot.--Strainu (talk) 22:41, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Apropo de asta, ai putea să faci și pentru muzeul hărților o pagină cum ai făcut pentru muzeul unirii din Alba Iulia? Pot să o adaug eu în categorie.--Strainu (talk) 22:49, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Sigur, planuiesc sa fac pentru fiecare muzeu.--Codrin.B (talk) 02:35, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Sebastian Münster. H. Petri (nu știu de la ce vine H) e editorul.--Strainu (talk) 16:26, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

File:Dacia around 100 AD - Italian.png

Now it's ok, thanks to User:MagnusA. Wow! :) Happy New Year! --Cristiano64 (talk) 17:56, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Dear Codrinb I've add some notes. I hope it's ok. Best regards. --Cristiano64 (talk) 14:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Valued Image Promotion

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Dacian hoard of Lupu.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.

review

 Comment Very interesting, but: you can not reduce the Dacian culture to a single object. I suggest restrindre the scope, with a sharper descirption of the object is shown. Finally an idea of ​​the size would be useful to put in the caption of the image. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:45, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

 Done Added diameter and weight.--Codrin.B (talk) 20:52, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

 Comment Category:Dacian culture is different and indeed much broader but I was suggesting Dacian mythology. But we could go as narrow as Category:Dacian hoard of Lupu--Codrin.B (talk) 20:52, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

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Scope changed from Dacian mythology to Dacian hoard of Lupu --Codrin.B (talk) 18:09, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

• Please notify previous voters of this change. Remember: "A support vote that was made before a change of scope is not counted unless it is reconfirmed afterwards; an oppose vote is counted unless it is changed or withdrawn".

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•  Support good scope --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 07:40, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. George Chernilevsky ^talk 17:08, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Valued Image Set Promotion

Congratulations!
The set of images you nominated for valued image set was reviewed and has now been promoted to the Valued image set: Helmet of Coţofeneşti.

It is considered to be the most valued set of images on Commons within the scope:
Helmet of Coţofeneşti.
If you would like to nominate another image set, please do so at Valued images candidates.

-- George Chernilevsky ^talk 20:18, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Codrinb, Congratz with your nice VIS! I noticed you just handed out two barnstars to the two promoters, (who are also my Commons friends). I think the barnstars are great for appreciating the collaboration we have among others. I think you have given these two out simply because you are happy with the success of the VIS. However, for an outsider, it could be seen as a reward for support, especially when related to the objective you state for handing out the barnstar. I do not think that is the intention from your side to "buy" promotion in any way. I just wanted to bring it to your attention. These two users are certainly tireless contributors and deserves the barn stars one way or another, but perhaps not for supporting a VIS . Anyway, I hope you will continue your nice work and have a nice weekend. Best wishes from Denmark --Slaunger (talk) 22:40, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Indeed, Slaunger is a very wise friend among us ! Anyway thanks for the barnstar. I do not deserve it because I promoted you (very nice) set, but I accept the kind message. Congratulations for nice work, we all expect new nice pictures from... Dacia ? --Jebulon (talk) 23:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Got it! I am still learning about Wikilove ;-) I'll do my best to bring quality pictures on Dacia topic.--Codrin.B (talk) 17:35, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Good! And good luck with the Dacia Project! --Slaunger (talk) 21:22, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thank you for your attention. I hope you continue to make good pictures and you will often on VI. The rules are not very easy but you have understood the point. You will always find someone to help you. When I got it Chernilevsky George helped me, and I think is the best of us. In some time you will help you as a newcomer and the chain will continue. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 07:42, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• It is always appropriate to appear in the other two category (QI & FP) to receive comments. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 10:55, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the notes!--Codrin.B (talk) 17:30, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Am rectificat !

Buna seara, pe harta în engleza voi lasa momentan Greece (nu ca stat ci ca denumire geografica), din doua motive : 1-Greeks erau si prin alte parti, colonisti ; 2-Acum mi-e lene (sincer si pe sleau). Va las sa modificati fisa hartii în Commons cu mentiunile trebuincioase (Duridanov + Florin Constantiniu, Giurescu, Constantinescu, Iorga...), si voi desena mai târziu alte harti cu alte variante, daca îmi dati indicatiile necesare. Cu bine, --Spiridon Ion Cepleanu (talk) 19:58, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

File:Alba_Carolina_Fortress_2011_-_Horea,_Closca_and_Crisan_Obelisk.jpg

File:Alba_Carolina_Fortress_2011_-_Horea,_Closca_and_Crisan_Obelisk.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

     Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 23:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

File:Roman Dacia 1.1.svg

You requested the speedy deletion of File:Roman Dacia 1.1.svg as a duplicate. I am unable to do that as the deletion policy only allows for speedy deletions for exact duplicates. If you believe that it should be deleted then it will require a RFD through normal processes.  — billinghurst sDrewth 10:16, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

This is the situation. All maps have been created by the User:Andrei nacu (who no longer seems active) on Wikipedia EN, without being aware of the ability to upload over previous versions, thus branching. Once the maps got moved to Commons, he continued solely on the File:Roman province of Dacia (106 - 271 AD).svg version. As for the other versions, File:Roman Dacia 1.1.svg and File:692px-Roman Dacia 1.1.svg.png, have been moved by two other users from WP en without any changes and without knowing of duplications. I checked with User_talk:Antemister and he simply moved the map. The other map was moved by User:Jaime85 who is no longer active and also didn't change the map. The difference in color was introduced on January 14, 2011 by User:Andrei nacu as he resumed work on the map. To summarize, the two maps in question are older and not really changed, but duplicates of older versions. They are redundant and what I want to achieve is to have all articles which use older maps to be pointed to the latest version. What is the best way to do that? Thanks! --Codrin.B (talk) 22:18, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

As an admin you can still do the global replacement (upgrade) using {{universal replace}} by placing that on User:CommonsDelinker/commands without having to delete the file. Note that if this is done the file link that was being replaced gets a tag afterwards and land in Category:Universally replaced by CommonsDelinker . If you think that the file is superfluous, then we just need a normal DR, it just cannot be speedied through {{Duplicate}}.  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:26, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! I added the two {{universal replace}} requests. I will follow with a DR once they get replaced.--Codrin.B (talk) 18:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

re:Muzeul Național al Hărților și Cărții Vechi

Am creat

National museum of maps and rare books, Bucharest
	Native name	Muzeul Național al Hărților și Cărții Vechi
	Location	Bucharest
	Coordinates	44° 27′ 25″ N, 26° 05′ 34″ E
	Established	2003
	Website	www.muzeulhartilor.ro
	Authority file	: Q18542278 VIAF: 1121151898606924190006

institution QS:P195,Q18542278

Doua intrebari/probleme:

1. Ai cumva o image cu cladirea care o putem folosi?
2. Stiu ca e ok sa avem nume de imagini, probabil si de categorii in alte limbi pe Commons, dar mi se pare ca ar fi mai bine sa avem toate categoriile de muzee si monumente in engleza. Daca te uiti la Category:Museums in Romania by city, jumate sunt in engleza, jumate in romana. Eu as prefera engleza, in felul asta toti cei ce contribuie la commons ar gasi mai usor imaginile si categoriile. Oricum, as prefera sa fie totul intr-o singura limba. Acelasi lucru se intampla si cu Category:Muzeul Național al Hărților și Cărții Vechi. Multe institutii (dar nu toate) sunt in limba engleza si au acelasi nume cu categoriile care le corespund. Exemple Institution:National Museum of Transylvanian History, Institution:Byzantine & Christian Museum. O situatie similara de amestec romana/engleza se intampla si cu Category:Fortresses in Romania si multe alte categorii de acest gen. Tu ce zici? O sa deschid discutia si pe Village pump sa vad ce zice lumea.

O sa lucrez mai departe la o galerie pentru muzeu. Mersi --Codrin.B (talk) 21:22, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Mulțumesc pentru cutie! O să mă uit și după o poză cu clădirea. În ceea ce privește numele categoriilor, nu sunt deloc de acord. Există câțiva editori la ro.wp care nu vorbesc engleza și care au probleme în a contribui aici, oricât de bine tradusă ar fi interfața. Pentru alte limbi, situația e și mai gravă. Dacă Commons vrea într-adevăr să fie un proiect multi-limbă, trebuie să accepte categoriile în limba originală. De aceea toate categoriile pe care le creez eu sunt în română. Aș aprecia un semn când deschizi discuția, nu trec decât ocazional pe la commons.--Strainu (talk) 11:19, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Am mutat aici coversatia sa fie intr-un singur loc. Inteleg, dar aceasi situtie se aplica celor ca nu stiu romana si vor sa contribuie imagini legate de Romania. Nu vor gasi categoriile. Idea ar fi sa existe amandoua categorie, cumva cu redirect, dar nu merge redirect pe commons cum trebuie. Doar un soft redirect ar merge. Pentru upload daca nu ma insel exista interfata in limba romana, cel putin pentru Wiki Loves Monuments era. Discutia e deschisa la Commons:Village pump#Language mix in category naming si se pare ca idea de a avea categorii in engleza e acceptata si de altii. E un compromis ca sa existe informatia uniform.--Codrin.B (talk) 15:42, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

re:WLM 2012

Buna. As vrea sa particip sau sa ajut in vreun fel la organizarea Wiki Loves Monuments Romania 2012. Ce pot sa fac ca sa devin si eu membru in echipa de organizare. Multumesc. --Codrin.B (talk) 20:25, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Nu știu dacă o să se organizeze WLM2012 în România și dacă o să particip. Ai putea să-l contactezi pe Nicubunu, celălalt organizator? El părea destul de hotărât să continue..--Strainu (talk) 11:45, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, dar care ar fi motivul? Mi s-a parut de succes si o idee excelenta. S-au strans multe poze. O sa-i scriu la Nicubuni. Mersi --Codrin.B (talk) 16:45, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

re:Dacoromanica

Exista vreo colaborare intre WikiMedia si Dacoromanica.ro? Exista foarte multe materiale acolo pe site care cred ca sunt PD si ar fi foarte util de importat pe commons.--Codrin.B (talk) 20:31, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Nu există vreo colaborare. Vezi condițiile de utilizare pentru a înțelege de ce. În Europa există drepturile fabricanților bazelor de date, care e practic un copyright pentru 15 ani dacă pui la un loc o bază de date. Poți încerca să iei contact cu respectivii, dar fiind o instituție de stat, frica va fi mai puternică decât dorința de a ajuta. O abordare diferită ar fi să contactezi pe cineva din interior care să te ajute. Nicolaie a fost un timp editor activ la ro.wp și este foarte implicat în domeniul bibliotecilor. Eu i-aș da un email și i-aș cere sfatul. Poți să-i spui că ai adresa de la mine.--Strainu (talk) 11:45, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, inteleg. Dar daca cartile scanate de ei sunt din 1800, ar trebui sa fie PD, nu? Multumesc pentru sugestii, o sa-l contactez pe Nicolae.--Codrin.B (talk) 16:04, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Din punct de vedere al drepturilor de autor sunt fără îndoială în PD. Dar după cum spuneam mai sus, mai sunt și alte drepturi implicate. :) Dacă am înțeles bine, tu trăiești în State și WMF e tot în SUA, deci teoretic ai putea să le iei fără să-ți pese de legislația română (în SUA sunt clar în domeniul public). Dar asta nu e o metodă indicată din 2 motive:

• Legile internetului sunt încurcate. În cel mai rău caz, bibliotecile respective te-ar putea da în judecată în România, ai putea pierde procesul și să fii condamnat în lipsă. Când vrei să mai vii în vizită...surpriză. Scenariul ăsta e extrem de exagerat, șansele să se întâmple fiind neglijabile. L-am scris doar ca să-ți faci o idee de cât de complexă e toată situația.
• Al doilea motiv, mult mai serios, e că făcând așa ceva, îți cam tai orice șansă la o colaborare pe viitor, atât pentru tine, cât și pentru restul editorilor.--Strainu (talk) 10:56, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Cichorius plates

Hi. I replied at my talk page. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 10:42, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

File:Alba_Iulia_2011_-_Statue_of_Michael_The_Brave.jpg

Salut. E ceva în neregulă cu imaginea asta - nu se generează niciun thumb. Ai putea verifica dacă sursa e ok din punct de vedere al standardului (că de afișat la clic se afișează)? Mulțumesc.--Strainu (talk) 11:46, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Dupa cum ziceam, este un bug care l-am raportat (vezi si Commons:Help desk/Archive/2011/10#Thumbnail/EXIF issues with uploaded images). Cel mai nasol arata categoria Category:Costesti Cetatuie Dacian Fortress. Poate votezi sa-i puna prioritatea mai mare sau poate ii stii mai bine pe cei de la WikiMedia. --Codrin.B (talk) 15:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Ah, da, cred că mi-ai mai zis :) Ai putea încerca să-l reîncarci pe ăsta în alt format, de ex png? E aparent singura poză cu monumentul respectiv și ca atare e folosită în lista de monumente istorice de pe ro.wp. Paint ar trebui să știe să-l convertească (File->Save As) Aș putea să-i bat la cap pe IRC să-și updateze PHP-ul, dar cred c-o să dureze până testează.--Strainu (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

S-a rezolvat, şefu. --Codrin.B (talk) 15:33, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Mulțumesc!--Strainu (talk) 10:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Commons:WikiProject Romania

Thanks for the invitiation. I'll put the WikiProject on my watchlist. I haven't been in Romania in over five years and have no immediate prospects of getting back there (but one never knows), so I won't have new photos to contribute, but I'm one of the few native English speakers here with even a moderate amount of Romanian (the other way around is, of course, very common). Feel free to grab me if at some point the native English speaker point of view is needed for an decisions. - Jmabel ! talk 02:23, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Helping with translation or adapting some Romanian content to English would be of great help. I might take you on your offer soon. Best regards. --Codrin.B (talk) 14:15, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

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Posada

There is only one version. I believe File:Chronicon Pictum P0146 A posadai csata2.JPG is the original picture, however in different books it was retouched to look less scratchy. File:Viennese_Illuminated_Chronicle_Posada.jpg is closer to the original, and File:Battle1330.jpg was photographed under different light conditions and all the greens look blueish. --79.116.214.64 13:22, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. The light conditions for File:Viennese_Illuminated_Chronicle_Posada.jpg and File:Battle1330.jpg can indeed count for the differences in color. However, I don't think there is only one version. The en:Chronica Hungarorum article talks about en:Chronicon Pictum (1358–1370, ed. S. Ladislaus Endlicher 1827), en:Buda Chronicle (1473, with eleven(!) surviving copies out of which one is at en:National Széchényi Library and one at en:Eötvös Loránd University Library; don't know about the other nine!), and also Johannes de Thurocz's Chronica Hungarorum. From so many copies and variants, it is possible then that two of the Battle of Possada images (page 143 and page 146) are from different copies of the en:Buda Chronicle, while the other two images from other editions of it. I counted at least 13 different medieval versions. But I don't exclude modern retouching. In any case, for each image we need to know the source, where is it located, if it was re-touched recently and by whom. All this detail has to be with the picture. BTW, who I am a talking to? ;-) --Codrin.B (talk) 14:00, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to log on:) Well, it will be difficult to establish the actual source of each picture, as they simply say "from the Chronicum Pictum", no more. --Alex:D (talk) 10:15, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

True, but whoever contributes a picture, should try to do his best and mention the source (book, museum etc). It will help make the image legit, searchable etc.--Codrin.B (talk) 18:24, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Se pare ca e o pictura a lui D. Stoica, m. 20 dec. 1956. Deci ar trebui sa dispara. --Alex:D (talk) 14:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, care dintre ele? Nu stiu ce sa zic despre disparut. Era deja PD cand a facut modificari el, nu?--Codrin.B (talk) 14:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Aaa, vorbeai de alta pictura. Aici e sectiunea Posada domle. M-ai incurcat ;-) --Codrin.B (talk) 14:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Scuze, era vorba de aia cu intrarea lui Mihai Viteazul in Alba Iulia. --Alex:D (talk) 16:35, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Posada lui Thuroczy: in cuprinsul manuscrisului exista niste gravuri care se tot repeta pentru diferite batalii. Asta era pusa si la batalia de la Posada. --Alex:D (talk) 16:25, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Nu mai tin minte, le-am tot gasit pe net. --Alex:D (talk) 17:06, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Commons:WikiProject Romania

I checked late email. Thanks for your invitation. I know what does mean to look for partners or those persons who have some activity to contact them. Coming on your page I saw that you put a sustained activity. I will look on the project to see what I can do to help its development. Have a nice evening .

P.S. Cred că puteam vorbi și în română, nu? Întreb pentru viitor, deoarece e mai simplu să îți scriu în română decât în engleză.Argenna (talk) 18:09, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Multumesc pentru mesaj si interes. Sigur, putem vorbi in romana. Te asteptam la proiect! --Codrin.B (talk) 15:18, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks so much! I will review all the material provided and start working on the backlog asap.--Codrin.B (talk) 14:30, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Commons:WikiProject Romania

Doream încă de atunci să te întreb cu ce pot ajuta , dar lipsa timpului a făcut să revin târziu pe pagina ta. Codrin, concret cu ce aş putea ajuta ? --Argenna (talk) 10:25, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Buna. Totul e voluntar aici si fiecare contribuim cand si cat putem. Deci, nici o problema! ;-) Am facut o lista preliminara cu ce s-ar putea contribui la Commons:WikiProject Romania, dar in principiu orice imagine sau informatie adauga ajuta. Eu fiind interesat mult de istorie si ocupandu-ma si cu Commons:WikiProject Dacia, m-ar bucura foarte mult contributii legate de obiecte din muzee, site-uri arheologice, monumente istorice, cetati, castele etc. Am inteles ca esti din/in Iasi, deci poate poti contribui la Category:Historical monuments in Iași County‎, poate poze cu obiecte de arta/arheologice si interioare la Category:Iaşi Palace of Culture etc. Categoria Museums in Iaşi cred ca nu are toate muzeele si e cam "subtire". De asemenea, Category:Museums in Iași County‎ lipseste. Cam astea ar fi exemple ;-) Multumesc anticipat pentru interest si ajutor.--Codrin.B (talk) 15:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Am creat o subcategorie Category:Museums in Iaşi la categoria Category:Buildings in Iaşi. Pot crea o subcategorie Category:Museums in Iași County‎, dar nu stiu dacă să includ în ea şi Category:Museums in Iaşi ca subcategorie. Cred că mai bine, nu. Categorie cu o singură subcategoerie nu arată bine. Adevărat, cam subţire categoria Category:Museums in Iaşi, eu am deschis-o s-o îmbogăţească lumea, dar nu prea a evoluat în timp. Poate astalaltă să aibă mai mult noroc. --Argenna (talk) 18:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Category:Museums in Iaşi merge sub Category:Museums in Iași County‎. E ok sa fie doar o subcategorie. Toate muzeele din orasul Iaşi trebuie mutate de la [[:Category:Museums in Iași County‎] la Category:Museums in Iaşi. Mai multe despre categorii: Commons:Categories.--Codrin.B (talk) 14:24, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

File:Emilian Lazarescu - Sarja de cavalerie.jpg

Bună! Din păcate nu am mai multe informații despre tablou. Imaginea am preluat-o de pe website-ul casei de licitații www.alis.ro unde imaginile obiectelor licitate nu sunt păstrate. Nu șiu dacă v-ar răspunde cineva dar mă gândesc că ați putea încerca să contactați direct casa de licitație. Mvelam (talk) 03:31, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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File:Wallachian and Moldavian noblemen, late sixteenth century.jpg

N-am mai multe informații decât numele. Imaginea o am de la Bridgeman Art, care nu dădea detalii. Bogdan Giuşcă (talk) 18:30, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

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Category:Keltenmuseum Manching - Exhibition "Rome´s unknown border"

Hello, Codrinb ! In february I visited the Exhibition "Rome´s unknown border" in the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching ( Bavaria ). Subject of this exhibition was the history of Celts, Dacians and Germanic tribes like the Vandals in Hungary and Romania. I took a lot of pictures, which I am uploading right now in the Category:Keltenmuseum Manching - Exhibition "Rome´s unknown border". Even so I am doing my best in categorizing these pictures, support and advise by you or other members of the Dacia-project would be highly appreciated, because I am no real expert in the history of this area. .--Xenophon (talk) 12:25, 6 March 2013 15:46 (UTC)

Oh, wow! Nice exhibition and great pictures! I'll work on "curating" the info, for those that I know. Looking forward for more pictures. Best! --Codrin.B (talk) 03:51, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Roman inscriptions

Hello ! Well, I like epigraphy as you can see in my own imports. To identify inscriptions, I use Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. As you can see there whit this link, you have all the inscriptions identified by Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum for the ancient roman provinces Inscriptiones Asiae, provinciarum Europae Graecarum, Illyrici Latinae, including Romania. If you can read a little bit latin, just a name or something more, you can find the real nomenclature quite easily. I hope it will be usefull for you. You have all the other volumes of CIL if you change the two last numbers of the link. Il you need volume 17 (miliarias of the roman empire), it's http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_de.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+17. Il you need inscriptions from Africa, it's http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_de.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+08, etc. Nonopoly (talk) 12:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Please answer here, I follow your page. Nonopoly (talk) 12:23, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh, wow! That's an excellent database/tool! I tried to use [1] in the past but the search options are quite limited. Thanks for the link! I will try to add some of the inscriptions to the pics. Very impressive collection of uploaded images! I will upload inscriptions as I find them during my trips through museums. Best! --Codrin.B (talk) 13:20, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Great to hear it's usefull for you. If you need help, you can ask. I will answer if I can. When I can find a nomenclature, I add the file to galleries like Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Vol III. And specificaly to Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Vol III, 04000 - 04999 for references of volume III, as I created the other files for volume XII and XIII for the moment. Nonopoly (talk) 13:34, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Pacuiul Lui Soare

The most probable the image from pacuiul lui soare is from X-XI century see for references: http://www.institutarheologie-istoriaarteicj.ro/Articole/eph-XII-11.pdf

XI-XII according to museum inscriptions.

Thanks for finding the details! --Codrin.B (talk) 11:02, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

No subject

If you find someone who has time to investigate I've found a nice coincidence:

• 
  ancient sport mask from Germany
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  ancient helmet from Ostrov

The artefats are dated in II AD, the research was performed by Zaharia Covacef but i can't find references. http://www.telegrafonline.ro/1158872400/articol/10058/coifuri_si_masti_de_parada_la_muzeul_de_istorie.html The same period with other roman masks: http://www.observatorcultural.ro/MONUMENTE.-Masca-unui-calaret-roman*articleID_2948-articles_details.html

Thanks for the info, links and pics! Great stuff! --Codrin.B (talk) 09:56, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Categorii

Salut. Am observat (the hard way :D) că la Category:National Museum of the Union ai introdus toate pozele și în categoria de bază și în subcategorii. Nu știu dacă ai citit până acum Commons:Categories#Over-categorization, dar e important ca pozele să fie în categoria cea mai specifică. Acum le-am pus eu pe toate doar în Category:Collections of the National Museum of the Union, dar văd că mai jos sunt și mai multe sub-categorii unde ar trebui să ajungă fiecare. Poate ai timp să îți arunci un ochi. Mulțumesc!--Strainu (talk) 22:30, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

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ad hominem comments in DR

Hi Codrinb, there is an ongoing discussion about some of the comments within Commons:Deletion requests/File:Biserica de lemn din Apatiu (2).JPG at the administrative board. While I understand that deletion requests can be upsetting, it is still best to stay calm and avoid ad hominem comments such as this. Could you please consider to strike out this comment? This would help to take the heat out of this discussion. Thanks and regards, AFBorchert (talk) 07:40, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

I am sorry I lost my tempter, but I find a lot of the DRs coming from that user absolutely frivolous and irrational. It is impossible not too. Look at this one. The Dacians from the Trajan's column died a long time ago, and so did Conrad Cichorius. Yet, for him, they could be reasons for copyright. And here he managed to delete the image of a Dacian Draco from a museum, as copyrightable taxidermy. Except this was not a stuffed animal but a symbol, a flag. I can strike out my comment, but someone has to seriously look at this person's activities and motives. Currently he seems to be focused on deleting in mass materials related to Romanian history and culture, stretching and bending rules such as FOP.--Codrin.B (talk) 09:28, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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2012 Picture of the Year: A pair of European Bee-eaters in Ariège, France.

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2013) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category have continued to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just one image to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 2 will end on 7 March 2014. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduction/en Click here to learn more and vote »]

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Picture of the Year 2013 Results Announcement

Picture of the Year 2013 Results

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The 2013 Picture of the Year. View all results »

Dear Codrinb,

The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).

• In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
• In the second round, 2919 people voted for the 50 finalists (the top 30 overall and top 2 in each category)

We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:

1. 157 people voted for the winner, an image of a lightbulb with the tungsten filament smoking and burning.
2. In second place, 155 people voted for an image of "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) National Park in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
3. In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.

Click here to view the top images »

We also sincerely thank to all 4070 voters for participating and we hope you will return for next year's contest in early 2015. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.

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Maps of the history of Romania in the Middle Ages

Why you included into that category a lot of maps which are not show territory of Romania at all? For example, this one or this one? I suggest that you examine category where you included such maps and to remove unrelated maps from it: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_the_history_of_Romania_in_the_Middle_Ages PANONIAN (talk) 15:48, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, it was in error :-) I am cleaning up what I find. No hostile annexation of territory, for sure ;-) Thanks for bringing it up. --Codrin.B (talk) 20:32, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed you have set up User:MiszaBot to archive your talk page. Unfortunately, the bot has stopped working, and given how its operator is inactive, it is unclear when/if this will fixed. For the time being, I have volunteered to operate a MiszaBot clone (running the exact same code). With that said, your input would be appreciated at Commons:Bots/Requests/ArchiveBot 1. Regards, FASTILY 07:44, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Cat-a-lot

Bună. Am observat ca folosint Cat-a-lot ai început să adaugi categorii pentru imaginile (hărţile de localizare) din categoria Category:Locator maps of cities in Romania (de exemplu, harta de localizare a oraşului Haţeg). Te rog nu te grăbi să le adaugi, pentru că o voi face eu sistematic imediat ce termin de adăugat hărţile de localizare pentru oraşele care lipsesc şi după ce termin categoriile cu oraşele României. Mulţumesc.

Buna. Uneori lucrez la articolele legate de localitati din Romania, si in procesul asta, de obicei strang toate imagine care le pot gasi pe commons pentru o anumite localitate (nu doar harti). Nu ma grabesc cu nimic :-), si ma bucur ca lucrezi sistematic si tu la organizare, dar nu prea inteleg unde ar fi problema. Commons si WP sunt sisteme de colaborare prin definitie, si putem lucra in paralel la diferite aspecte, categorisiri, articole etc. Oricum nu lucrez la Category:Locator maps of cities in Romania in mod specific. --Codrin.B (talk) 16:14, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Eu vorbesc limba moldovenească.jpg

You're doing political censorship. It is not permissible. --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 11:15, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

I am proposing for deletion politically-loaded, propaganda material in unfree content that you stolen from the internet. Is that censorship to you? What you have done in the 1st place is not permissible.--Codrin.B (talk) 09:32, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

File:AsambleaDeAlbaIulia19181201.jpg

I've improved it a bit; I suspect it might be wise to upload a copy to en-wiki with Template:Keep Local on it, though. Trying to decide whether to remove the line, or to just hope for a better copy, as removing those sorts of lines from half-toned images can become interestingly difficult. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:16, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Stone Mace Head of Decea Muresului Type from Sard

Hello,

My name is Peter Le Couteur, I’m an artist and researcher doing a PhD at the Royal College of Art in London. I’m very interested in the intersection of sculpture, museology, anthropology and narratives; sculpture here meaning primarily a way of thinking about objects.

I’m writing to you with a question about the small stone toroids classed as “mace heads”. I’m not an archeologist, and so had no idea who best to contact about my question. The image you uploaded to Wikimedia of the Decea Muresului Type from Sard is an excellent example of what I'm interested in, so I thought I would write to you.

In the course of my researches, I saw an artefact in the National Museum in Istanbul, which was labelled as a fragment of a “mace head”. I was a bit suspicious (my research is all about being suspicious in museums) and I assumed the classification was either a) a translation error, or b) a classic case of trying to label an artefact as more exciting than it was. Not possible it’s from a mace, I thought; the haft would have been too narrow to use. And there it was again, in another case, this time flatter and labelled as a 'loom weight', though it was clearly of a different class than the weights it was grouped with.

The funny thing was, I had instantly recognized the class of object from some ethnographic research I’d been doing about pre-industrial tools: it was (I thought) the flywheel weight from a pump drill. An excellent piece of ‘primitive’ technology, and the very same tool – in fact – that was likely used to make the stone’s well-drilled hole in the first place.

I did some digging online, and found that while these objects are found internationally, the “mace head” category seems a bit of a misnomer. These artefacts, labelled "mace heads" since the late 1800s, are classed as decorative because they are absolutely unsuitable as mace heads, and there is longstanding uncertainty about what (if anything) they are actually for.

Rather than being a strangely international, cross-cultural example of a decorative status symbol, each embodying days of skilled, precise labour, I'd argue they are in fact functional components of a highly advanced and practical mechanical tool. Of course, this hypothesis would only apply to examples which have rotational symmetry. Some design elements from particularly interesting examples – such as your image of one from Sard – really become interesting if you imagine them spinning. I'm certainly not suggesting that stone-headed maces did not exist, but that in examples like this, the tiny diameter of the haft in comparison to the weight of the "head" would make the object impossible to use; even ceremonial weapons need to at least look functional!

I’d love to know if there is any contemporary debate / interest about the practical use of “mace heads”, and particularly if anyone has suggested / examined the idea that they represent the only surviving (because non-biodegradable) component of the widespread use of pump drills?

All the best,

Peter

Hello Peter!

Thank you for reaching out with this very interesting topic. I am not an archaeologist either, just someone with passion for history and the "old worlds". Some of my goals and hopes behind these picture contributions to Commons is to make such objects from unknown and underfunded Romanian museums accessible to scientists who can research them.

I couldn't find much around the mace head topic in Wikipedia. Very few things are discussed about the Mace's Prehistory. Probably it would be interesting to read more on the Decea Mureşului culture but most likely there is very little literature, especially in English. Here is some interesting Google Books search results: Decea Mureşului culture mace head, Decea Mureşului culture. Among the hits, I would recommend this really impressive book: The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC

Your ideas are fascinating and I wouldn't be surprised if archaeologists misinterpreted the functions of some objects. Worth talking to some of them about your thoughts. The mace head I posted is hosted by the National Museum of the Union in Alba Iulia. I can try to find out the archaeologists involved with it if you want.

I also found this paper by Florin Gogaltan. It covers that mace head and a lot of others I didn't know about, all from Transylvania. Unfortunately it is written in Romanian with a German summary. Google Translate could help and I can to, if you need.

Do you have pictures of the artifact from the Museum of Istanbul? Would be worth posting them to Commons and point archaeologists to them. Maybe there are some connections here.

Best regards!

--Codrin.B (talk) 21:22, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

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