User talk:Martin Wyatt

Welcome!

Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start. You'll probably want to know how to get started as an author. Just look at CZ:Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. Be sure to stay abreast of events via the Citizendium-L (broadcast) mailing list (do join!) and the blog. Please also join the workgroup mailing list(s) that concern your particular interests. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forums is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any constable for help, too. Me, for instance! Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! D. Matt Innis 02:12, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Pompeii

Thanks for correcting the Pompeii article. I'm hoping to add a few more paragraphs, would you be interested in proofreading it once I'm done? Richard Nevell 20:20, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

That's much appreciated. I sometimes find I read what I meant to write rather than what's actually there. I'll let you know when it's in a fit state (more or less). Richard Nevell 17:58, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Martin, the Pompeii article's expanded a bit and is now up for approval. I've gone through myself to iron out any glaring mistakes, and I'd really appreciate another pair of eyes if you've got time. Thanks, Richard Nevell 22:23, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

December 2012 elections

Would you be interested in being an author member of the Editorial Council? You can say no, of course, but so far we've only two nominees for the council, and they're both editors.-Derek Hodges 07:30, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

CZ:Featured article

Hi Martin, I noticed your message at CZ:Featured article. What Johan Forberg was referring to was that if you update what appears on the welcome page, the main article won't be updated unless you make an edit there too. I've looked over what happened with the Robert Burns article and the summary that appeared on the welcome page never got updated, so it appeared as Chubnum first put it up there [1]. What you did was update the article itself, so the article still appears as you intended.

The important point is that if you want the article to reflect what appears on the welcome page, you need to copy and paste the edits. I think you're right that this needs to be more prominent, the question is where to put the notice? Richard Nevell 20:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Acknowledgement from the Managing Editor

Martin, on behalf of Citizendium, I want to thank you for your continuing support of the project, through the many new articles you started and the regular monetary donations you have made.

I hope you joined the Citizendium-L mailing list (see link in the welcome note at the top of this page). Also hope you will contribute to the discussions in the Forum. Anthony.Sebastian 22:54, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for the Editorial Council

You have been nominated for an Author seat on the Editorial Council in the July-August Special Election. The nominator was myself. To accept or decline this nomination, please visit the Nominations page by midnight UTC on July 27th. You may write an election statement for each if you wish (linked from the Nominations page).

The Editorial Council seat expires on December 31st, 2013. In the event that Referendum 1 is passed, all seats will expire on June 30th, 2014. Thanks! John Stephenson 17:25, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for accepting my nomination. I realise that you did so reluctantly, but I can say having previously occupied the seat that it doesn't have to take up much of your time. John Stephenson 12:59, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

CZC Prop

Good point. The charter does not grant the power to "invest". Russell D. Jones 01:20, 1 October 2013 (UTC) - from the peanut gallery....

Notes

À partir de l'exil commence une période de création littéraire qui est considérée comme la plus riche, la plus originale et la plus puissante de l'œuvre de Victor Hugo. C'est alors que naîtront certains de ses plus grands poèmes.

Les Châtiments sont des vers de combat qui ont pour mission, en 1853, de rendre public le « crime » du « misérable » Napoléon III : le coup d'État du 2 décembre. Prophète des malheurs qui attendent Napoléon III, exécuteur du neveu honni, Hugo s'y fait cruel, satirique, voire grossier (« pourceau dans le cloaque ») pour châtier « le criminel ». Mais Hugo se fait aussi poète de temps meilleurs comme dans Stella ; le poète prend alors des tons quasiment religieux. Quant à la forme des Châtiments, elle est d'une extrême richesse puisque Hugo recourt aussi bien à la fable, qu'à l'épopée, à la chanson ou à l'élégie, etc.

Quelques années plus tard, Hugo déclare, à propos des Contemplations qui paraissent en 1856 : « Qu'est-ce que les Contemplations ? – Les mémoires d'une âme ». Apothéose lyrique, marquée par l'exil à Guernesey et la mort (cf. Pauca Meae) de la fille adorée : exil affectif, exil politique : Hugo part à la découverte solitaire du moi et de l'univers. Le poète, tout comme dans les Châtiments, se fait même prophète, voix de l'au-delà, voyant des secrets de la vie après la mort et qui tente de percer les secrets des desseins divins. Mais, dans le même temps, les Contemplations, au lyrisme amoureux et sensuel, contient certains des plus célèbres poèmes inspirés par Juliette Drouet. Les Contemplations : œuvre multiforme donc comme il convient aux « mémoires d'une âme ».

Enfin, la Légende des siècles, son chef-d'œuvre, synthétise l'histoire du monde en une grande épopée parue en 1859 ; « L'homme montant des ténèbres à l'IdéalTemplate:, », c'est-à-dire la lente et douloureuse ascension de l'humanité vers le Progrès et la Lumière.