User:Valentinian

One of my favourite images: the Danish despatch vessel "Freia".

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Greetings, traveller. You've found the home of Valentinian.

Who am I? Well, my real name is Jesper Valentin and the user name Valentin was already taken by my brother :-) I'm a 31 year old Danish male living in Odense, the third largest city in Denmark. I made my first edit on the English Wikipedia on 3rd May 2005.

I study Contemporary History and English at the local university, the University of Southern Denmark (formerly known as Odense University.) In my spare time, I work at a major Danish furniture store.

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This user is a member of WikiProject Denmark.

This user contributes to the Denmark Portal.

This user is a member of the Military history WikiProject.

This user is a member of the Maritime warfare task force of the Military history WikiProject.

This user is a member of the Heraldry and vexillology WikiProject.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Greenland.

A fact from the article Isted Lion, which this user created, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

50K This user has more than 50,000 edits on the English Wikipedia but believes that Editcountitis can be fatal.

This user respects copyrights but he does not like paranoia. Whenever he is in doubt, he uses common sense.

This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.

This user is a member of the WikiProject Stub Sorting.

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This user reserves the right to completely screw up their own edits.

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Denne bruger har dansk som modersmål.

This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.

Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

Denne brukeren har god kjennskap til norsk.

Denna användare har grundläggande kunskaper i svenska.

Deze gebruiker heeft een beginnende kennis van het Nederlands.

UKThis user uses British English.

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This user is interested in politics.

This user is interested in Scandinavian history.

This user is interested in the Byzantine Empire.

This user admires Woodrow Wilson and his struggle to create the League of Nations.

This user is interested in flags and emblems.

BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.

File:Julius caesar.jpg This user is a Historian.

This user is a Christian.

This user is a Venstreman.

File:Voting box clipart.gif This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.

This user is a Viking or Norseman.

This user lives in Odense

vn-6This user page has been vandalized 6 times.

What am I doing here? I'm one of those Wikipedians, who don't make a lot of publicity about themselves, but who're nonetheless pretty handy to have around - just to say so, myself. :) I write articles like everybody else, but you might also consider me a bit like a janitor (although I'm no administrator).

I'm an active member of WikiProject:Stub Sorting and an awful lot of my edits relate to stub sorting. Information should be as accessible as possible and in order to achieve this it needs a little bit of sorting and a little bit of order. I came across WP:WSS by chance but I stuck around. My articles primarily relate to Denmark (including politics, history and heraldry) but also a number of other topics. I've joined WikiProject:Military history after realizing how much of the relevant Danish material is either non-existent or very incomplete. I have also spent much time on WikiProject:Heraldry and vexillology and I run the Denmark Portal. Another long term project is an attempt to bring a bit of order to the already existing lists of Danish cabinet ministers, to add the missing lists, and to give each of these politicians a short (stub) article, and to give the Spoken Wikipedia a try.

I speak Danish, English and a fair amount of German (be warned: my German grammar is getting rusty). I understand a fair amount of Norwegian, some Swedish, and a little Dutch. Alas, I am unable to write the three latter languages.

If you don't agree with something I wrote, feel free to drop me a line. I make mistakes too, and all well-argued criticism is welcome. You may have access to other sources than me.

Subpages

• Gallery (still in its infancy)
• To Do
• Politician-stub sorting lists
• Country stub templates
• Heraldry related material
• My sandbox
• My sandbox for template code
• WP Denmark tagging

To Do list

This list has grown, so I've moved it to a separate subpage.

If you notice that I've still not fulfilled a request you gave me long ago, this is merely a result of the fact that I currently have to focus all my time on writing my thesis. Several months of work still remains, but once that's done, I'll be very happy to look into these topics again. Regards. Valentinian ^{T / C} 23:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Main interests

• I'm a member of Venstre (the Liberal Party, the largest political party in Denmark). For the last five years, our chairman has been the Prime Minister of Denmark. It's the first time Venstre has led a government since 1975.
• Eastern and South Eastern Europe in general. Most importantly, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Russia.
• The history of Denmark, the former Union of Denmark-Norway, and the former Danish provinces of Southern Schleswig, Skåneland and the former Danish West Indian Islands.
• Everything relating to the so-called Byzantine Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire was clearly the most advanced country in medieval Europe, but has been almost completely erased from Europe's collective mind after centuries of anti-Greek propaganda, which is simply disasterous. The country is incredibly interesting.
• The history of the Royal Danish Navy and Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy.
• The League of Nations. In fact, the 1920s are a lot more interesting than their reputation seems to suggest.
• Africa, in particular South Africa.
• The Greek Orthodox Church.
• As you might have guessed, I'm a great fan of Yes, (Prime) Minister

Favourite quotes

How do you know that you live in a democracy? Well, if one political party has won power; then lost it again and given that power to another party; and this party in turn loses it and gives it back to the first party; and all this happened peacefully. That's when you know you live in a democracy.

— My grandfather

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

— Ben Franklin

Countries visited

Denmark	Germany	Italy	Vatican City	Poland	Czech Republic	Lithuania	Latvia

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Some people have been kind enough to award me a barnstar. To see the list, just click the link.

Award	Message	From	Date
	Thanks for all your WikiContributions!	FireFox	20:25, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
	I Angelbo award you this minor Barnstar for all your grammar work.	Angelbo	17:05, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
	Your answer User_talk:Comanche_cph#The_"400_year_long_night" is awesome, and very moving, and I would like to strongly request that you turn it into an essay. It is worth preserving and making known far more widely than on the talk page of a user who has just stated that he has no interest in working collegially. Please consider preserving it somewhere. Your ideals are very worthy of sharing.	Lar	16:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
	For great contributions to history topics and for spreading a healthy passion for history.	Inge	15:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
	I, Poulsen hereby award you this barnstar for your knowledgeable edits about Denmark and the history of Denmark, as well as your attention to the Portal:Denmark.	Poulsen	23:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
	For getting me my account back	Pupster21	19:30, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
	I, Notmyrealname award you this Barnstar for stubbing above and beyond the call of duty. Even bots bow down to you in awe.	Notmyrealname	16:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
	I, Angelbo award you this Barnstar for your managemant of Portal:Denmark.	Angelbo	10:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
	For your large and tireless efforts on Denmark-related articles, I award you this barnstar.	Lilac Soul	16:48, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
	I award you this barnstar for your diligence in editing Denmark-related articles.	Laleena	14:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

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Christian IV and Regensen

My source is København før og nu - og aldrig

Regensen, Collegium Regium, was build by Kommunitetet, an institution founded by Frederik 2. to support poor strudents.

„Christian 4. ydede ved den lejlighed et lån på 9.000 rdl, der i øvrigt blev tilbagebetalt få mpneder senere. Det er med andre ord stærkt overdrevet, når man har villet gøre Regensen til en af denne konges bedrifter. På indskriftstavlen fra 1623 står der da også kun at han inviede kollegiet.“

Så the wording of my comment is too strong. He was involved. But he did not build it.

The home page of Regensen claims that it was buildt on his initiative, but not that it was build by him.

--Klausok (talk) 16:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)