User talk:Oliverknill

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Hello, Oliverknill, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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Comment: I was shocked that you've been editing here for >6 years but never welcomed! :) DBaK (talk) 10:30, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hopf conjecture

Hi Oliver, I stumbled upon your paragraph in this article talking about the fact that the two Hopfs are unrelated and might have never met. Even though the former seems to be true, I doubt the latter, as the two were students of Erhard Schmidt around the same time: https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=7361 10:38, 6 March 2020 Oboofyu (talk)

Hi Oboofyu, thanks! That is a valuable information and might indeed increase the probability that the two Hopfs have met. Oliverknill (talk)

Raphael Maklouf

Hi Oliver. I was interested to see that you'd edited Raphael Maklouf in the past. Do you have any sources on him? I am not disputing your edits - rather, it's just that I haven't found much about him by way of sources and I wondered if you knew where there is something useful. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 10:33, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Raphael Maklouf was a first cousin of my wife. He was father was the oldest son in my wifes mothers family. I don't know much more about him then what is on that Wiki page.

Ah right, thank you. Is not was, I rather think ... he was in good form when we had lunch with him a month or two ago, and a family member saw him much more recently. A splendid and interesting chap. Small world, huh? ... your wife and mine are, I think, rather distant relatives! Cheers DBaK (talk) 19:43, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ludwig Danzer (January 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SeraphWiki was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please add more independent reliable sources to establish notability.

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SeraphWiki (talk) 08:35, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Oliverknill, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! SeraphWiki (talk) 08:35, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]