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A fact from Wanderer above the Sea of Fog appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:
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That's not an animal in the Chalk Cliffs on Rügen picture, as per the description in the article, it's a man on his hands and knees looking over the edge of the cliff. R011ingthunder 01:55, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Surprised we didn't have this before! Someone should compile a list of important paintings for WP:MEA. Zagalejo 05:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
This article makes a lot of claims about the reading of this work that I don't believe can be backed up. In addition to that, the grammer is very awkward. Some words are repeated in unusual ways and phrases sometimes start out as facts but have rambling opinions tacked on at the end. It should be re-worked. It is a serious problem for Wikipedia that people's individual interpretations about works of art are published. The article content should only consist of facts (which does not exclude a historically factual intepretation from a worthwhile source such as another important artist, historical figure or field expert). Justinjuicebox (talk) 22:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The word "desecration" has been used here in the wrong sense. I'm trying to think of the word that the writer intends, and it keeps slipping away. Help somebody! Amandajm (talk) 12:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
This painting is also mentioned in the book "If the Dead Rise Not" by Philip Kerr. It is used as an illustration of how a character feels after having no choice but to leave her lover. Returning to America from Germany in 1936. A second painting is also mentioned in the same passage by Friedrich this is "The Sea of Ice" again as an illustration of the character's emotional state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petepsy (talk • contribs) 10:16, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
The pop culture section is a classic example of a miscellaneous collection of trivia, described in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections. First, all of the uncited bits should be deleted. Next, the remainder, which has citations, should be integrated into a relevant section of the article. The difficulty in finding a relevant section for things like a tangential connection with the Hound of the Baskervilles is a good clue that it should be removed altogether. If substantial citations can be found to show that art and culture authorities find any of the parts of the pop culture items to be significant, then that would be a reason to keep them.
A list of every odd example of a reference to Wander above the Sea of Fog, without rhyme or reason, would be just the sort of thing WP:INDISCRIMINATE says is not encyclopedic. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 03:39, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the sea of fog.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 7, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-04-07. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:43, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Is the commentary "Ryan Britt wrote for Tor.com that the painting's iconic composition has been highly influential on the composition of scenes in stage or screen productions such as..." encyclopedic or just original research? Who is Ryan Britt and what makes his blog authoritative? - Pointillist (talk) 12:48, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
I know this painting - and the figure in it - is playing a key role in the fantasy show Lost Girl's ongoing third season plot, I think that's probably worth mentioning, it's central to the whole arc. Exactly what it means, or who the figure is going to turn out to "be" within the show, is yet to be resolved, but there's been a very strong emphasis on it for several episodes now.
The finale has only aired in Canada as yet, it will air in the US soon, but The Wanderer character is hugely important. He's implied to be the heroine's father, and a much feared villain of great power. Just to give some context, the tarot card appears at key plot points to signpost his influence over events throughout the season, sometimes accompanied by the song The Wanderer by Dion. He appears in person for a moment towards the end of the final episode, basically exactly as he is in the painting, right down to the pose. The cliffhanger final shot of the season is another one of his cards, this time with the heroine apparently trapped in the painting with him. The storyline is going to span at least two seasons, and he's likely to be the villain next year. Lost Girl isn't a huge show, but The Wanderer has been a huge part of the series this year.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.83.249.195 (talk) 22:19, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/BreathoftheWildFinalCover.jpg 2601:18D:681:C8F8:F01F:12CB:5205:B43D (talk) 17:48, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Latest insights:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Wanderer_%C3%BCber_dem_Nebelmeer#Provenienz
Would be very pleased, if the informations are included in the english WP-article. --2.240.155.59 (talk) 02:21, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
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Would it make sense to put in a little note that tells about how this painting was referenced in the game Minecraft, or is that not relevant enough to make the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.86.200.134 (talk) 22:04, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
What is the justification for reference 3 in the description? Reference 4? I'm not saying these secondary works don't deserve a citation somewhere or a place in the bibliography. But those footnotes seem unwarranted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:14C6:E10B:C5F:C86F:6FB2:C9E5 (talk) 18:57, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
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The ideology of the author of the painting should be on their own wikipedia page, not this painting. It distracts from the painting itself.
Additionally, the references are bogus. Reference [c] does not mention that the author was an 'outspoken supporter of German liberal and nationalist feeling" nor does reference [15] mention that "Nationalists such as Friedrich thus identified themselves with restoring a lost national greatness", or that "Altdeutsche costumes were banned in 1819 by the Carlsbad Decrees", the book isn't even on the right topic.
I recommend removing this section. Whole Oats (talk) 08:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
The final paragraph of the lede section is an exact duplicate of the section titled 'Reception'. Seems that one of these is unnecessary. 24.87.154.112 (talk) 21:32, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
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