Portal talk:Heraldry

message: Fellow editors, Following the consensus reached that an heraldic portal would be welcome at Wikipedia, I have started the portal. Rest assured that I have NO IDEA what I'm doing. If you can think of a way to improve this portal, do so as soon as possible. I won't be offended by any changes to my material, because I know I've not done much good yet.--Eva db 11:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *From what I've seen it looks very good. Excellent job Eva db. Dryzen 19:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

text: *Looks great, but I think Eire should be called Republic of Ireland... Lozleader 19:48, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How about Ireland? It fit the formating better.--Eva db 06:32, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Much better Lozleader 08:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal Creation 

message: Good day, folks. The end of the month is close at hand. I think it would be good to start a list of possible candidates for the portal template subpages for the month of June. Changing things on the first of the month seems reasonable to me. Here is what I think might be nice:
===Selected article===
*Either Lord Lyon King of Arms or Court of the Lord Lyon (this would help balance out the English bias in this months feature
:*How about the Canadian Heraldic Authority instead? Both the Lord Lyon and Lyon Court articles are a bit light on content, whereas the CHA article has been featured on the main page Dr pda 14:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Good point. That sounds like a good choice to me.--Eva db 15:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

text: *Rodney Dennys left his career in the British intelligence service to become an officer of arms Dr pda 14:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

text: *The Ypotryll has the head of a boar, the body of a camel, the legs and hooves of a goat and the tail of a serpent -- Dave Boven 14:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

text: *During the Second World War the records of the College of Arms were stored in Thornbury Castle (pictured), home of Sir Algar Howard, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Dr pda 22:31, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: June Updating Plan

message: *Either Lord Lyon King of Arms or Court of the Lord Lyon (this would help balance out the English bias in this months feature
:*How about the Canadian Heraldic Authority instead? Both the Lord Lyon and Lyon Court articles are a bit light on content, whereas the CHA article has been featured on the main page Dr pda 14:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Good point. That sounds like a good choice to me.--Eva db 15:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected article

message: *I've not had enough time to look around and see what tidbits can be used here. Suggestions welcome:
:*Rodney Dennys left his career in the British intelligence service to become an officer of arms Dr pda 14:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *The Ypotryll has the head of a boar, the body of a camel, the legs and hooves of a goat and the tail of a serpent -- Dave Boven 14:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

text: *During the Second World War the records of the College of Arms were stored in Thornbury Castle (pictured), home of Sir Algar Howard, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Dr pda 22:31, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Did You Know?

message: On my screen, the Quotes and the To Do List seem to have migrated from the right column to the bottom of the page. I'm not good enough at wikiformatting to put them back where they belong. Anyone else?--Eva db 07:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. There was a stray </div> tag at the end of the selected biography which was the culprit. Nice job on the update by the way. Dr pda 10:21, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You Rock! Great work and thanks.--Eva db 10:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Template Format

message: We might as well start thinking about a July plan for updating right now. If you have suggestions for these categories, list them here for discussion.--Eva db 10:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was checking "what links here" and saw this. Any chance we could get this article up to WP:GOOD status? Gimmetrow 12:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're doing a great job so far, it's a well-written and well-referenced article. I'd hoped  putting it as this month's selected article would encourage a few more people to have a look at it. Dr pda 14:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: July Updating Plan

message: Ecclesiastical heraldry --Dr pda 23:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was checking "what links here" and saw this. Any chance we could get this article up to WP:GOOD status? Gimmetrow 12:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're doing a great job so far, it's a well-written and well-referenced article. I'd hoped  putting it as this month's selected article would encourage a few more people to have a look at it. Dr pda 14:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected article

message: One of the following --Dr pda 23:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected picture

message: Johannes Rietstap --Dr pda 23:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected biography

message: ...that the coat of arms of Greenland depicts a polar bear raising its left forepaw, breaking with the heraldic tradition of showing the right forepaw raised, because polar bears are left-handed? (appeared on the Main Page on June 17 2006) Dr pda 18:18, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Did You Know?

message: Various heraldry pages have links to www.national.archsrch.gov.za; these always (for me) lead to a page which begins "Existing session timed-out. Restarting."  If that's a subscription service, it doesn't belong here.  —Tamfang 18:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I get the same thing. What I suspect is happening is that an editor has searched the heraldry database of the Bureau of Heraldry (there's a link to it on the 'session timed out' page), and then copied the URL of the search result into the article. Unfortunately the URL is only valid for the current session, so when you or I later try to follow it it doesn't work. As far as I can see it's not a subscription service. Dr pda 14:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Archives of South Africa 

message: Hi all,
I've updated the portal for August. I've done the last couple of updates now, since Evadb who set up the portal has left Wikipedia, but I don't want to be the only one keeping it alive. I've added links to suggestion pages for the selected article/biography/picture and did you know, so feel free to make suggestions for future updates, or better yet, update the portal yourself next time the first of the month rolls around! (monthly seems to be an appropriate frequency) Dr pda 23:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I made a template that could be used for selected articles and pictures: Template:SelectedHeraldry. Gimmetrow 00:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  That template is now incorportated into the WP:HV project template. Gimmetrow 05:54, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates & Suggestions 

message: Hello, I made a userbox for us here, use it if you like it:
 
It contains the authentic coat of arms from Polish heraldry, called Przyjaciel (it means: "Friend"). My family was using it. I would like to ask only for help in putting this userbox to the list of Wikipedia userboxes if it is possible... Merewyn 13:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You can also add yourself to :Category:Wikipedians interested in heraldry by adding this text:  to your user page. --EncycloPetey 04:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Userbox 

message: FYI - All flags with the *.svg images are not showing their flags, but the following link: [Image:Flag of ****.svg]. Please fix this ASAP Chris 14:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you be more specific as to when and where? I just saw three examples that worked fine. Valentinian T / C 22:05, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  *.svg flags 

message: How does one format a commons tag for the bottom of this page. I've made a commons page for officers of arms at :commons:Officers of arms. Thanks.--Eva bd 19:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. That's the code that I thought to use, too. But it is a bit more complicated than that. See Portal:Heraldry/Wikimedia for the subpage. I didn't know about the Danish herald pic either, but found it on the Dutch page for herald. Don't ask me how it got there. :) Any other thoughts on formatting?--Eva bd 20:30, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried fixing it WikiProject Flags on Commons. I just added ":Commons" twice. (1x to go to Wikimedia Commons and 1x to get to Commons' Commonsspace (if such a word even exists. This sentence sounded like complete rubbish.) :) Valentinian T / C 22:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Commons Links

message: I think we should have a selected flag and selected coat of arms.Bewareofdog 21:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be great if we could, but we don't have enough articles to select from. A reasonable attempt is being made to alternate them. Gimmetrow 23:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected flag

message: I think we should replace this image with this oneBewareofdog 01:05, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: Could someone pse tidy my description of the coat of arms of the above German town?  The entry in en/Wiki (which I have just finished translating from de/Wiki) has produced a note from an assessor to the effect that expert help is required. Mikeo1938 21:51, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lauffen am Neckar 

message: This is currently subportal of History portal. Heraldry has never been as vibrant as now. At least on global scene. Better suited could be society, culture or arts perhaps. Comments? Junior Woodchuck 15:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subportal of ?

message: Prompted by Eva, who uploaded a picture of him in a tabard, I've started a new article for Osmond Barnes (1834-1930), a Chief Herald of India. Apart from Giler's new Delhi Herald Extraordinary article, we don't seem to have anything yet on heralds in the Indian Empire, and I can't find much on Barnes's title of Chief Herald. Does anyone have any thoughts? Xn4 15:59, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Osmond Barnes]]

message: I don't suppose there is a list anywhere of arms that we have descriptions of (from a verified source) for which we need a blazon?  I'm happy to create some illustrations, if anyone has some tasks. 125.238.19.73 (talk) 09:13, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Arms Needed? 

message: Would the Timeline of national flags article and/or the Eagle (heraldry) article be a "cousin" to this portal or belong elsewhere? 
Twillisjr (talk) 20:31, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Both are tagged by WP:HV. Gimmetoo (talk) 21:39, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline of National Flags & Eagle Heraldry

message: Please, is this flag listed ? I did not find it in your (numerous) flag pages... I don't know what it is... Blump007 (talk) 06:00, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this flag listed ? 

message: Feel free to contribute to List of oldest heraldry. Chicbyaccident (talk) 13:31, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of oldest heraldry 

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