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chefkeem: 06/11/2013 - 05:15 PMI don't know if he's on Twitter, but he's a PM away here on our site. BTW, Christian is Austrian, Karen (GUtopia) is German.
Christian is the person who talked me into joining Wizzley. He's my referral person. Just so you all know who to blame. :p
chefkeem: 06/11/2013 - 05:15 PMI don't know if he's on Twitter, but he's a PM away here on our site. BTW, Christian is Austrian, Karen (GUtopia) is German.
Thanks for clarifying that, 'Chef' Achim. I'm not making sense tonight...
And now back to sorting non-Wizzley 'stuff' out so you don't have to deal with my witterings until I have slept.
I said that I'd start with Wilfred Owen. Where else was there to begin?
The WWI War Poems of Wilfred Owen: The Poetry is in the Pity
I've just begun a First World War board on Pinterest. If you all want to give me your Pinterest names, I'll invite you onto it, so you can pin your articles there too. <3
JoHarrington: 06/12/2013 - 11:28 AMI've just begun a First World War board on Pinterest. If you all want to give me your Pinterest names, I'll invite you onto it, so you can pin your articles there too. <3
http://pinterest.com/humagaia/
Invitation sent! Pin your relevant Wizzles and other internet stuff at will!
WordChazer: 06/11/2013 - 05:02 PM
Meanwhile, check with GermanUtopia and CADoerr, two (smart) Pagewizz authors who try to create English pages on Wizzley.Oh yes! Christian Doerr is a great guy, brimming with ideas in both German and English. Recommended collaborator for anyone who wants to try. He's on Twitter too, if I recall?
Thanks a lot! Trouble's that I am stuffed like a goose with work for university 'till july. I just bought some original books about WW1 from Helfferich dated 1919 so I can provide information about that time period. I might start my own business of republishing public-domain books on Amazon-Kindle.
Found this German site with amazing resources re: WW1. Don't know if Google Translate will do a good job. Just thought I post it anyway.
http://www.politische-bildung.de/100_jahre_erster_weltkrieg.html
Sounds like it has potential, Christian. Good luck with it!
Achim, the link translates very well via Google. But I've veered off into a second link from it, and the translation there is dodgy as... well, something very dodgy.
The general essence seems to be that the average German has focused so much on studying and understanding WWII, that all previous history has largely been ignored. I find this utterly fascinating, even as the historian in me is shuddering at the disconnection. WWII doesn't even make sense without referencing the first world war at least; and that couldn't be grasped without the context of everything else.
To my mind, this is like attempting to create a garden by lying cut flowers down on top of the soil and hoping that something grows. Is that how history is really approached in Germany? Or has Google translate totally mashed all meaning from the article?
If it is, I'd love to read a proper article about it, if any of our English-speaking Germans has one in them to write.
Thank you for the resource, Achim!
If it is, I'd love to read a proper article about it, if any of our English-speaking Germans has one in them to write.Thank you for the resource, Achim!
Maybe Sam can write about it. My English isn't good enough for writing articles I am sorry altough I try to once in a long while. Every try from my side is another grey hair for Achim :P.
Christian
CADoerr: 06/13/2013 - 02:29 PM
If it is, I'd love to read a proper article about it, if any of our English-speaking Germans has one in them to write.Thank you for the resource, Achim!
Maybe Sam can write about it. My English isn't good enough for writing articles I am sorry altough I try to once in a long while. Every try from my side is another grey hair for Achim :P.
Christian
I could attempt a translation from German, Christian?
WordChazer: 06/13/2013 - 02:31 PM
CADoerr: 06/13/2013 - 02:29 PM
If it is, I'd love to read a proper article about it, if any of our English-speaking Germans has one in them to write.Thank you for the resource, Achim!
Maybe Sam can write about it. My English isn't good enough for writing articles I am sorry altough I try to once in a long while. Every try from my side is another grey hair for Achim :P.
Christian
I could attempt a translation from German, Christian?
Interessant. Das wäre einen Versucht wert. Habe aber noch bis Juli einen Berg von Arbeit für das Studium zum Erledigen. Danach können wir uns über ein Thema einigen. Ich habe einiges an Literautr über den ersten Weltkrieg daheim und es wäre eine tolle Zusammenarbeit. Ich könnte deine Artikel übersetzen und du meine. Deal?
Christian
Das koennte mal gehen!
It's certainly easier for me to write in English with my QWERTY keyboard than German!
JoHarrington: 06/11/2013 - 04:49 PMAs far as I can ascertain, these are Wizzley's current articles about (or which mention) the First World War. Apologies if I missed any.
Books:
The Love of Class Mystery and Suspense Fiction
Fashion:
History:
Human Interest:
WW1 Christmas Truce, Christmas Eve 1914
Medical:
Treating Disfigurement from World War 1
Military/Fighting:
Shot at Dawn: Battlefield Executions
Vermin in the First World War Trenches
Junior Officers in World War One
Applications of the Death Penalty: The Gas Chamber
Movies:
Politics:
British Library Explores State Propaganda from Around the World
The Balfour Declaration: A Jewish Homeland in Palestine
Travel and Places:
I might translate these articles into german as far it is possible and I will add information if I find additional one. Maybe we could also write the first part of the "PageWizz Series" as an eBook :). What I could offer would be to write some articles about "Manfred Richthofen" the Red Baron and I am still looking for a copy of "Infantrie greift an" from Erwin Rommel. I see a nice collaboration beginning soon.
But 'till july I am struggling to get my things done for my study.
Kein Problem!
I'm always busy too. Good luck with your study. Das ist wichtiger als PageWizz, ehrlich.
CADoerr: 06/13/2013 - 02:29 PM
If it is, I'd love to read a proper article about it, if any of our English-speaking Germans has one in them to write.Thank you for the resource, Achim!
Maybe Sam can write about it. My English isn't good enough for writing articles I am sorry altough I try to once in a long while. Every try from my side is another grey hair for Achim :P.
Christian
That would certainly interest me, if you were up for it, Sam. And Christian {{{hugs}}} .
As for basing PageWizz articles off mine - go for it!
Translating articles? You may have to be careful, as Google recognizes translations as duplicate content.
Knowing how liberal my translations can be, Chef, this could be the dark side of unlikely ;-)
Then it may work, Paula. More power to you! 
