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You wrote: "Find a source for your claims. Inserting unsourced personal opinions is not in accordance with what Wikipedia stands for". But there is a source, the Folkting link! And why does it matter whether it is the first or the third sentence? During the Swedish rule in Finland (12th or 13th century until 1809) Swedish was the language of the state affairs and the nobility (at least from the New Age), it was the only official language. Because of this many Finns who wanted to climb the social ladder changed their language to Swedish. Civil servants worked in Swedish, so language change was a must for many. -- Jaakko Sivonen 15:07, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on my page regarding Finnish people. The other user clearly has some agenda and is not only rude, but not acting in the spirit of Wikipedia. He speaks of me using non-sense, but himself uses compeltely unreferenced claims and his own very controversial POV. Not only this, his personal attacks aren't that welcome either and I will report him to the admin. if it continues in such a manner. Thanks anyway and its always good too see more Christians on Wikipedia, ciao. Epf 21:09, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
You claimed that no other people article mentions them in the info box, but in the Swedish people it does say "87% of Sweden is composed of Lutherans". Are you going to remove it too? And why should the box not contain that important information? People might take one look at the article and think that there are about as many Finnish and Swedish speakers and Lutherans and Orthodoxes. -- Jaakko Sivonen 18:34, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Is it you, Litany? -- PaxEquilibrium 18:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
You're getting pretty close to violating the three revert rule. Please have a look at this essay and remember that editing an encyclopedia isn't a matter of life and death. I've blanked other warnings to your user page per Wikipedia:Ignore all rules because they accuse you of vandalism when your edits are not vandalism but part of a content dispute. Durova 15:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Per your request I have re-introduced Tajik's comments in their entirety. This was not a personal attack on Tajik, but a summary of what Tajik had said. You added a NPA warning to my page, when no one ever asks Tajik to stop personally attacking other users, especially Turks and Pashtuns.
I have attempted to follow WP dispute resolution process in dealing with Tajik, by discussing the issues with him, and by withdrawing from the dispute as advised. This has gotten me mocked, harassed, and personally attacked by Tajik, and administrators who support him.
But no administrator ever calls Tajik to task no matter how outrageous his behavior--and he is continued to allow to flame, call other users racists, not support his arguments, do anything he wants to in creating a hostile atmosphere at Wikipedia for Turks and Pashtuns.
He can ask an administrator to block a user for calling him a Nazi, and a couple of administrators jump to the task. Yet he calls me Taliban supporter, much worse than a Nazi for an Afghan, and nothing.
I did get the message about the dispute resolution process at Wikipedia, though: Don't bother!
KP Botany 20:16, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Please use the move function, instead of copy-and-paste, when renaming a page. This avoids splitting the page history in several places. You should also state the reasons for moving an article in the summary or on the article's talk page. Thanks. -- KFP ( talk | contribs) 11:20, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for the Treaty of Fredrikshamn revert, I was looking at Jaakko's edit, went away for a while and returned and reverted, I didn't notice that you had been there.-- MoRsE 23:45, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
I have for some years used to refer to Wikipedia articles. They do, however, have a tendency to change.
In some cases, this means that they not only give different answers from time to time, but they do actually answer different questions from time to time.
I'm not sure this is advantageous.
In any case, it does without any doubt disencourage me from referring to Wikipedia.
Specifically, the term "Finnic" is one of those obscure concepts that I've been happy to find explained at Wikipedia. There was once a sentence that, at least for me, was much enlightening about how the concepts Finnish/Finnic could be used in English by Finns, en explanation that helpfully made some wordings I'd come across not only understandable to me, but reasonable.
Paraphrasing, to distinguish between historically nomadic (or whatever) Lapps and agricultural Finns.
Using the history-tab, I browsed and found you editing this paragraph away with the explanation that you rewrote to make the text "more up to date".
OK.
You may be right.
I've no privileged knowledge about what the term means, but I dare say that as far as I can judge, your contributions have not made this article more useful to people in my situation.
Regards!
Christopher Hansen —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.224.17.83 ( talk) 01:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
67.165.216.16 is hard-banned user Primetime ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). If you see any edits by that IP or by users who appear to be him please contact me or another admin. All of his contributions should be reverted on sight. - Will Beback · † · 01:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Article Northern Sweden was Finnish up to the 20th century. The Swedes commited an ethnic cleansing by forcing the original Finnish population the Swedish language and indentity. "Det finskspråkiga Norrbotten har genomgått en etnisk "reningsprocess"." When is Sweden going to give the area to the Finns? -- Jaakko Sivonen 20:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
How exactly is the map you removed from Europe inaccurate and offensive? JIP | Talk 07:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
JdeJ, thank you for the sweet message on my talk page. I never thought of us as "campers", maybe more like a bunch of cyberspace hitchhikers, searching for our scholarly guides to the galaxy. ;) Being in a camp, even if it's located in outer cyberspace, is too confining for a free-roaming spirit, eh? Pia 19:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
In case you are interested, there is a proposal to move an article about a 97% ethnic Hungarian settlement in Romania to its native Hungarian name. The town is called Székelyudvarhely by locals and Odorheiu Secuiesc by Romanians. For more, see the talk page of the article. Please remember that this is not a vote; comments must include reasons to carry weight. Information about Hungarians in Romania can be found at Székely, Hungarian Autonomous Province, Hungarian minority in Romania. -- KIDB 06:24, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
What weasel words are you referring to? Relir 10:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi- I left a comment on the AFD for Father of the Nation that you started. I would agree that some of the entries are suspect. However, for Donald Dewar it is a relevant term that is used frequently and I have added sources from the BBC and the Guardian to back this up. Thunderwing 20:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
You are accusing me of falsifying articles and that is against wikipedia policies.. first of all, I will give you some links. I am not pro Yugoslav, I am totally neutral and have all sources to back up my claims.. First regarding Austria-Hungary rule on Bosnia-Herzegovina. It was administered and handed over by the turks in 1875 and then fully annexed in 1908.. this does not mean however that south slavs felt any less "dictated" until the original annixation point. Regarding Gavrilo Princip, he himself declared that he was a Yugoslav AIMING FOR ALL SOUTH SLAV unification.. (read here: http://www.bookrags.com/Gavrilo_Princip).. And I am sure you are aware of the Ilirski Pokret (illyrian movement from Croatia that wanted to unify all south slavs)
Was your last comment specifically aimed at my last post?
If so, you are of course entitled to your opinion, but aside from the nom's not always productive tone, I think that all evidence presented in this AfD supports deletion. Frankly, I don't know what more to prove if no reliable source has ever made this distinction before. Malc82 15:01, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Everything in the article is sources. Why do you keep adding things that are mentioned in the article. Check the sources.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.151.129.28 ( talk • contribs) 20:14 31 May 2007.
To begin with, it would be easier for everybody to follow if you would sign your contributions and if you would mention which article your thinking about. I guess it's Yugoslavs. The so-called source for Princip, inserted by you, is to a link that in turns incorporate the Wikipedia page on Princip, creating a circle-argument. I wasn't the one who first inserted the fact-tag, but I fully understand the user who did so. JdeJ 00:41, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Princip stated he was Yugoslav, he was in cooperation with bosniaks and croats who aimed for unification of a south slavic nation ( http://www.bookrags.com/Gavrilo_Princip Quote: "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be free from Austria." . Also, Tito was the first to put forth a resistence in Yugoslavia and was hailed by great briton and acknowledged by other super powers ( http://www.trussel.com/hf/tito.htm). Now please stop changing the article to your own point of view.
Please see WP:REDIRECT#Don.27t_fix_links_to_redirects_that_aren.27t_broken. Redirects should not be "fixed" if they work. There could be a reason why certain links are linked to in a particular way. For the particular case you are probably referring to, it is conceivable that comparable statistics on metropolitan areas using a single methodology could be developed in the future and the UN list of agglomerations may become different from such a list of metropolitan areas. So, unless the link you are fixing specifically refers to "urban agglomerations" (which is what the UN list claims to be), it is best to leave links to "metropolitan areas" alone as these two concepts are not exactly the same. -- Polaron | Talk 22:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
While I agree that it is probably the case that the irish revitalization hasn't been as succesful as the initiators hoped it cannot be declared an unequivocal failure until someone does a study evaluating its results together with its intended purposes. I am fairly sure such evaluations have been published and they must be included when making such statements. Read the first point of WP:SOURCES#When_to_cite_sources - and please understand that this statement is likely to be contested, particularly in the wording that you have written - which doesn't allow at all for different interpretations. The parenthesis attributing the irish language in Northern Ireland mostly to "nationalists" is also problematic and I think you should remove it since it cannot be proved and is a weasel phrase. ·Maunus· ·ƛ· 08:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
There is this man, admin Russian Mikkalai, who impose his POV on Transnistria. As he's a Russian he wants to divide Moldova who is a UN state, and to create Transnistria as a recognized state. They are trying to impose this POV by any means. You'll be blocked if you revert him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.141.109.205 ( talk)
Hi! I have just reverted some vandalism on your talk page for you. :) -- Stwalkerster talk 09:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Do you forget you are the one who accused me of being a racist, so please relax, grow up and back off. I added depth to the History of Europe, the article has nothing to do with Democracy, so let it go...Do you deny Constantines influence on Christianity too?? If so we have major issue, report me all you want, I did nothing to you and I have done nothing wrong, I gave a good discussion filled with facts, dates, names, references...while you scream and sent me threats...I wonder who is going to be guilty here?? I have done nothing wrong but added much needed depth to the long history of Europe, so that is all I have to say to you...Please don't send me your angry messages anymore, thanks( Scipio3000 22:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC))
Also how can I possibly edit the page and clean it up with you deleting it every time I get going...at least let me present it to you in a finished product, before you A) delete it, and B) Flip out on me, thanks( Scipio3000 22:55, 6 August 2007 (UTC))
Look I don't want this to get out of hand, I am only trying to present people with the most factual, non biased and informative article on Europe, so when people are done reading they have a good overview of Europe and Rome plays a large Role in Europe. The Romans were an international presence from 250 BC to 476 AD and then with the Papal States and the Holy Roman Empire, it is hard to argue or take that away...to do so is robbing people of factual history.
In saying that I mean you no harm or disrespect, so I hope we can work on this together, thanks( Scipio3000 23:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC))
Thanks but I still want your input, If you feel it needs cleaned up or have any advice let me know, I want to give good depth on the Long History of Europe without spending too much time or not getting to key points. I hope I didn't offend you and thanks for being understanding.( Scipio3000 23:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC))
I have asked Scipio3000 to tone it down a bit. I would ask that you maybe step back for a few hours and let the heat subside. I am sure you both can and should work together. Your comments seem calm but let's diffuse things a bit before we have real problems. Thanks! JodyB yak, yak, yak 23:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
As for ancestors of Finnic people being among the first in Europe, this is not really so bold a claim. As you recall, in the Northern Eurasia, agriculture was rather problematic before development of domestic rye (and a few other, younger grains). Accordingly, the people inhabiting roughly the path taken from those northern people, including those that ended up becoming Fenno-ugric, was considerably nomadic in nature for considerably longer time than those of the more Southern Indoeuropean people that farmed the Fertile Crescent. This meant that their migration was strongly influenced by migration patterns of game -- such as deer -- and relatively slow, but also relatively steady. For various reasons, such as greater wealth leading to more common warfare, Indoeuropeans tended to migrate faster, and in more interesting patterns -- which, in turn, caused them to start colonising Europe somewhat later. Digwuren 18:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
User:Scipio3000 is due to come off of block in about 2 or 3 hours. I am sure that he will head back to the Sicily page pretty quickly. I hope you will help him be productive by doing your best to avoid conflict with him. As I have said elsewhere, I think he can be a productive user but right now he's really on the line. I will be watching to assist but I hope I can count on you to help make this work. I know you have been through a lot of stress but perhaps we can move beyond that and get some good work done. Thanks for your help and patience so far. -- JodyB yak, yak, yak 16:54, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
First off I would like to apologize for my rash behavior. I also did not accuse you of saying that the Holy Roman Empire was the reason for the spread of Christianity, I am sorry you assumed that, as I was in debate with another user. Also I never said I was against the fact you said Ancient Greece has had a large influence on European democracy. It was because you refused to give me explanations why Rome did not belong and you kept deleting my changes without any explanation. I just wanted to clear that up. Regardless it did not give me the right to lash out on you and for that I am truly sorry and apologize again, take care.( Scipio3000 20:23, 12 August 2007 (UTC))
My apologies for moving your comment. -- SevenOfDiamonds 18:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
You realize you made your vote on Crockspot look like a duplicate vote, right? See User:Tangotango/RfA_Analysis/Report. Bushcarrot Talk Please Sign! 19:25, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I indented the comment in the neutral section. If you prefer it to be there in spite of the "weak oppose", don't forget to indent the comment in the oppose section. — AldeBaer 19:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you your your support, but please see the clerk note below, Arbcom request protocol says that there can be no threaded discussion. So I suggest that you move your comment to your own statement under corresponding heading as I did. Threaded comments will be deleted per protocol... Best, Alexia Death the Grey 18:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I would appreciate it, if you could give me your thoughts on this essay: Accusations of collaboration: 3RR hurts Wikipedia -- Alexia Death the Grey 09:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
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Your analysis that the article "World's largest cities" should refer to 1 article, the published document by the UN, only is unfortunately wrong. I have to remind you that this is a wikienviroment, which is based on the filosophy that by changing articles on well founded facts and with more sources than can be found in a standard encyclopedia article, this can lead to a more transparent and accurate picture of the world we live in.
However if you stubbornly still think you are right I suggest you change the title of the article to "World's largest cities according to UN report". In any other case please stop taking other people's freedom away of editing an article by using valid and accurate references. Regards, Maximilian
I have responsed here so... feel free to propose ideas there :-) Thank you. M.V.E.i. 18:59, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Ok so that evolved into a vote. Feel free to vote here. Because not much people take part in the discusion every voice is importent. M.V.E.i. 21:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
There is, of course, an English name for Paris, Berlin, and Istanbul. In one of those cases, it is spelled differently than the local name, in another it is pronounced much differently. As WP:MOS says, The choice between anglicized and native spellings should follow English usage (e.g., Besançon, Edvard Beneš and Göttingen, but Nuremburg, naive (not naïf), and Florence). There is also an English name for the Vossstrasse; we should be using it; the reason we are not is the claim that Voßstraße is neither English nor German. Since the article is trivial, and all the attention to it has been this nationalist and disruptive spelling campaign, Wikipedia would be better off without it. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Here we go again with your old refrain. If you can't have the article your way, you want to have it deleted. It is getting very repetitive. JdeJ 16:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Good thing you put your note on the talk page, because the article is not at is face nonsense and had refs. I've deleted Swedish-descent Finns. Rlevse 21:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jdej, at Talk:Voßstraße you accused me of dishonesty, and I responded. Did you see my response? -- Reuben 16:02, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Concerning the comments you made in [1] -- yes, in ideal world, it should be treated together. But Wikipedia's political power structures does not make it feasible to discuss the whole concept at this time. We might not even be able to keep this well-sourced narrower article. :-( Διγυρεν Εμπροσ! 00:45, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I think maybe the person who fact-tagged that was looking for a reference confirming the use of "un truck" or "un pickup" in Franco-Ontarian dialect, rather than whether camion was standard French or not. Just a guess, though. Bearcat ( talk) 20:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi, you changed the lead of this article to say "It is a developed country, with the sixth largest economy in the world by nominal GDP" where formerly it said "fifth".
Looking at the article, I'm not sure where the original information came from, but since you changed it I suppose you're probably the right person to ask: where does your information come from, and if it's not given in the article already could you give a reference to it in that article and in Economy of the United Kingdom? -- Tony Sidaway 11:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
If I ever stumble into you remind me I owe you a beer for being the rock standing fast in the river of Norwegian nationalism. to the introductory paragraph is exactly what that article and my fellow countrymen who work steadfastly to build a superficial image of happy-dream-land with their white elephants and distorted facts needed.
All I want to say is, thanks for attempting to balance the article, if only a little bit. -- Joffeloff ( talk) 01:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
First of all read before you give warnings, 2nd Iraq did exist in that time read Persian Iraq. Third you are so Biased that you gave me a warning and you didn’t gave Adam Bishop. So I'm asking you to fix your wrong information and edit the Saladin article and say he is Iraq-Kurdish. Mussav ( talk) 19:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I saw you contributed to the Gdanks article, there is ongoing discussion, you might want to contribute [2]. Also please remain civil and beware of personal attacks. ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 16:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Your edits seem to indicate bad faith and consist of personal attacks, If you have precise problems with any content don't hesistate to bring that up, but please stop from making personal accusations and attacks.-- Molobo ( talk) 16:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
The quote notes divisions between Slavic groups in history, religion, history. It mentions clear religious division between West and East Slavs as one of them.-- Molobo ( talk) 16:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Please no Original Research-West and East Slavs are divided by religion and we have sources to confirm this. -- Molobo ( talk) 17:00, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
A question ? Poles persecuted Ukrainians in Silesia in 1918 ? I don't get your change.-- Molobo ( talk) 16:58, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
It is clear I think that current wording about only linguistic divide is not enough in Slavic peoples. Do you have any proposal for compromise version that would describe the divisions in more precise way ?-- Molobo ( talk) 17:43, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
You reverted "Ukrainian claims" to "some" [3] "The source that gives that number reads: According to Ukrainian estimates, the AK may have killed in retaliation as many as 20,000 Ukrainians in Volhynia." Could you correct your revert ? -- Molobo ( talk) 13:02, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Churchill and de Gaulle had a complicated relationship, although not as complicated and even antagonistic as that between de Gaulle and Roosevelt, there where ups and downs. There where times when they described the other as the saviour of there respective nations and at other times in lease flattering terms. But to describe them as rivals is just wrong; to be rivals you have to have something to compete about. De Gaulle never disputed Churchill’s role as the leader of the allies and Churchill always supported de Gaulle as leader of the French. Neither could one say that there where rivals for the post-war leadership of Western Europe? Churchill was in power 1940-1945 and 1951-1955, while de Gaulle was in power 1944-1946 and 1958-1969. Carl Logan ( talk) 13:06, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I restored that See also item for consideration by other editors. If it were deleted later in the day by someone who may have a hint of perspective in the matter, that would be fine with me. I don't know whether or not this is something many readers will be looking for. / edg ☺ ☭ 14:08, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
There are a lot of countries which want their names to be preceded by the words "The Republic of", i.e. "Republic of Ireland", "Republic of Iran", "Republic of Macedonia", etc. However, Wikipedia omits the words "Republic of" when referring to those countries in international lists, except when the word "republic" is necessary, i.e. for distinguishing the country from other countries having the same name (i.e. when "People's Republic of china" is intended to distinguish that country from "Republic of China" = Taiwan). Eliko ( talk) 21:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Please don't accuse other editors of vandalism or "Polish nationalism" as you did to Poeticbent. This kind of uncivil behavior is strictly prohibited, not only by our policies (which I am sure you are familiar of) but by ArbCom (see Wikipedia:General sanctions). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:14, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello JdeJ. Thank you for your note. I have indeed been linking some book reviews to Wikipedia entries over the past couple of months. I'm sorry if this seems like bad form, but I can assure you that all the reviews are of high quality, highly relevant, and enhance the pages on which I have added them. I've always respected the structure of Wikipedia and ensured that the reviews are put on the "external links" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richtig27 ( talk • contribs) 15:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks JdeJ. I'll certainly make sure any future pieces that I put up are relevant. And if you feel that they are not, then please do get in touch. I'm a big fan of the Wikipedia project and don't want to violate any web ethics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richtig27 ( talk • contribs) 13:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
You have been warned by the infamous Durova?!! I'm impressed. Sarah777 ( talk) 22:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
I am already acquainted with etiquette thank you very much. In future I shall make my own judgement on what I speculate on. Signsolid ( talk) 19:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
It's as simple as the IMF carries more weight on GDP figures than a news paper. Please don't keep spamming my talk page. Signsolid ( talk) 20:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Please do not remove the POV tag from the Vladimir Putin article. The tag specifically states "The neutrality of this article is disputed." I am disputing the neutrality of this article. You do not have a right to remove it just because you don't like it (see WP:IDONTLIKEIT) or because you are of the opinion that the article is fine.-- Miyokan ( talk) 09:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
"Nashi has been referred to as "Putin Youth" and the "loyal youth brigade" in the Western media. A Nashi advertisement was described in a Time magazine article as "reminiscent of Soviet-era propaganda with its non sequitur acceleration of hysteria"; the poster reads: "Tomorrow there will be war in Iran. The day after tomorrow Russia will be governed externally!"[182] Some Russian liberals refer to Nashi as "Putinjugend". The Boston Globe said that "movement's brownshirt tactics certain evoke shades of Hitler Youth, as does the emphasis on physical fitness, clean living, and procreation for the Motherland".[183] Some view the emergence of this and, more recently, other similar organisations, such as Young Guard and Locals, as one of the signs of Russia under Putin "sliding into fascism, with state control of the economy, media, politics and society becoming increasingly heavy-handed"-- Miyokan ( talk) 09:48, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Actually if you care to look you will see the previous edit before mine said the introduction was too long. In future don't keep chasing up all my activities on here and don't make assumptions about what I do. Signsolid ( talk) 17:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on France. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. (I'm warning both of you) -- lucasbfr talk 17:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Please cease your disruptive reverts, administrator Alex Bakharev has already said that this content is irrelevant and already discussed in talk in this edit [7]. Furthermore, by reinserting this - and the uniformly positive and extensive coverage that Putin receives from the state-controlled media. you are misrepresenting sources because no where in those sources does it say that state run media is responsible for Putin's high approval ratings. Go on, quote me where it says that.-- Miyokan ( talk) 09:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I thought you might want to have a look at the London article where there are problems similar to what happened in the UK article. One editor removed information showing that London has the 6th largest metropolitan GDP in the world after Tokyo, New York, LA, Chicago, and Paris, by claiming that the source for this is outdated (the source is a study by PWC from March 2007). This user has replaced the information with a claim that London is the financial capital of the world ahead of NYC, using as a reference the website UK Invest which is an agency in charge of promoting investments to the UK. I tried to explain that March 2007 is not an outdated source (if anything, with the depreciation of the pound, London's economy should have slipped further down the list of metropolitan GDPs, not up), and that UK Invest is not a neutral source for such a controversial statement as London overtaking NYC in the finance sector, but to no avail. It's all on the talk page of the London article, so perhaps you could have your say there (one on one discussions lead nowhere in general, it's better to have the input of several editors). Keizuko ( talk) 19:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment. As I explained in the talk page, it is impossible to give stable links to particular countries, but the CIA World Factbook main page has a visible drop-down menu with a list of countries. Also, most libraries should have a printed copy of the Factbook. Please, advise if the source is sufficient in this respect in your view. Cheers Pundit| utter 17:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed you deleted my map representing the distribution of languages in Europe. I know it had many mistakes, but my intention was to improve it as soon as someone would have told me. It was just a beta version of the map I intended to create and which should have been almost completely accurate. Please write me what should I have changed to my map. Andrei nacu ( talk) 20:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Have you seen the enlarged map? Some of your suggestions are already represented> Swedish in Finland, French in Aoste and Catalan in Roussillon. But anyway, I am thinking to make a better map that will also include the administrative divisions of the European coutries ( German lands, French regions, Russian oblast etc.). Thanks for your hints and I ll announce you when this map is finished. Andrei nacu ( talk) 22:56, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Clemson University football recruiting scandal has been nominated for deletion per WP:AFD. Please participate in the debate here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clemson University football recruiting scandal, if possible. Thanks. Thör hammer 09:03, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I have a problem with this user (again). I don't know does he understands english or not, but he again begain deleting žepče map. We had discussion, I tried to reason with him, but it ended badly.
He has maps from touristic againcy which shows him otherways, so he is against the map on Žepče pages. No matter the Bosnian laws etc, he's stuck to those maps. And those maps are not all the same, one of it (touristic map of Žepče municipality) [8] is basecly the same to the map he wants to delete.
Help?:) Ceha ( talk) 10:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC) Thanks:) I'll try to give my best in the future:) Ceha ( talk) 13:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I quote:
"An editor does not have to perform the same revert on a page more than three times to breach this rule; all reverts made by an editor on a particular page within a 24 hour period are counted."
User:Kirev reverted other users' edits not 3 but 5 times within 24 hours. The fact that he reverted different sections or that his reverts are not "identical" does not matter. In any case, he will have the chance to defend himself after I complete my report. And I believe that he is capable enough of doing that. But if you wish to support him you can present your arguments as well after my report is completed. Cheers!-- Yannismarou ( talk) 13:16, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
For the current map I only used my knowledge on the distribution of languages in Europe. I couldn't find any accurate map on the whole Internet so I decided to make one myself. My intention was, with the help of responses from other users, to improve it constantly. But I realised the map was way too inaccurate and now I'm making a better one. I am using all the information I can find on each European language article plus the existing maps on the distribution of individual languages or language groups. I would very much appreciate if you could help me with several problems I am facing>
1. Should Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian be represented as one language (Serbo-Croatian) or like three separate languages?
2. Should the Occitan language be represented as it has retreated and is only spoken by isolated pockets in Southern France?
3. Is Sorbian a dialect of Polish or is it a separate language?
4. Is Galician a Portuguese dialect or a separate language as the Spanish leadership is claiming?
Andrei nacu ( talk) 21:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello! You seem to know more on this that me! With reference to the Gdansk/Danzig ruling, should the article Diet of Porvoo not be called Diet of Borgå? At the time Borgå was clearly the official name for the town, and looking at the article this name was even used in Finnish at the time. 82.21.219.114 ( talk) 21:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. Just to let you know there's renewed controversy in the UK article. A guy keeps removing the information from the Financial Times because he found GDP figures in the CIA World Factbook which place the UK GDP above France's. It's obvious the World Factbook (which contains lots of errors by the way) used the exchange rates before the recent fall in the sterling, but that user claims the UK economy has overtaken France again (whicy, incidently, would need a Chinese-like growth in 2007 to offset the depreciation of the sterling). Anyway, you can see the whole thing at Talk:United Kingdom. I find it very funny how far some people are ready to go to remove that information from the FT. Obviously if the FT had written that the UK economy had overtaken China due to depreciation of the Chinese Yuan, there wouldn't be so many people willing to remove that information from the article, right? Keizuko ( talk) 15:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Firstly, I would like to point out that I am not a sockpuppet, check my edit history and you will see that I have made thousands of valid edits to Wikipedia over the last couple of years - hardly the behaviour of a sockpuppet. I also find being called an "English nationalist vandal" extremely offensive. Please cease your personal attacks immediately. Dan1980 ( talk | stalk) 13:59, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Please stop reverting the article United Kingdom. If you disagree with a version of the article, take it to the talk page, even if it means leaving the the wrong version up. Please do not revert the article again, or you may be blocked for violating the three revert rule. -- Jayron32. talk. contribs 14:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Let's hope that some sort of consensus can be reached at Talk:United Kingdom - as you will have noticed I have added a RfC to the article, however as yet it hasn't been listed at Template:RFCecon list for some reason. Hopefully we can get some "second opinions" on the subject, although I feel that the current article is a satisfactory temporary solution. Dan1980 ( talk | stalk) 22:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Check this, it's priceless: Talk:List of countries by military expenditures#United Kingdom and France rankings. Some people really need to grow up. Keizuko ( talk) 02:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Inserting tags on an article is not vandalism. And in an article on a location, anything which is not cited could be original research or point of view. And have you read the layout of the article? Do not bother me with idle threats which have no basis again. Good day. Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 03:34, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
And what do you mean by deragatory comments? I think France itself is beautiful! And the people are sweetie-pies! There was no deragatorism anywhere. And I am for improving Wikipedia. Are you? Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 03:38, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
For everything. For hexing you, and for not explaining why I tagged France. It was in good faith, the tagging. I really saw those sorts of problems in the article. If I had known you have to explain why you've tagged an article for something, I would have done it. But please let me request of you that you first assume tagging to be in good faith; someone else who does such may not know that they have to explain, either, and they may feel hurt if you say they were vandalizing. That is why I lashed out at you, and hexed you like that; I hope no one ever says you've committed vandalism when you have not, because it really makes you feel... violated. You're a good editor, from what I've seen, and I know what you did was also in misguided good faith. I just hope we can put this behind us and be friends. Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 20:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for your contributions to the Plovdiv page. As you can see there has been a huge edit warring campaign for the past three months which has really pushed the boundaries of Wikipedia rules. I have tried to initiate discussion on the link with all parties concerned but it is third party involvement from people like your good self that is really supporting the discussion and stopping the edit war from occurring.
Thanks again. Koal4e ( talk) 22:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
A short/sweet little message, which I hope has made your day better! Happy Valentine's Day!!! Wilhelmina Will ( talk) 02:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Let's put it this way: that was my opinion about your opinion. I did not attack your person.-- Getoar ( talk) 09:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
You are assuming bad faith and had no business reverting my edit. As stated in the very first line of the 3rd paragraph of this article, "Europe is the birthplace of Western culture."...Europe as a continent is a WESTERN fallacy, a viewpoint that is foisted on the world by westerners. Eastern maps predating those of "europeans" do not show a divide in the continental mass between "Asia" and "Europe". The idea of a European 'continent' is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY under the heading of "Geology". If you want to have it a separate 'continent' for the rest of the article, fine, but don't belittle the science of geology by claiming that there are actually two continents in fact, when they only exist by convention.
Yes, report my edits. At least do me the courtesy of letting me know where you have reported them to so that I may respond to your irresponsible reversions.
There are other viewpoints of the world other than just those of westerners. Australians for example have maps showing the southern hemisphere at the top. Ignoring other peoples and cultures is wrong. You are wrong to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaq1qaz ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying the name. Do you speak Finnish? I'm looking for a translation of "Asukkaista 84,5% oli ruotsinkielisiä ja 15,4% suomenkielisiä vuonna 1970 ja kunta oli kaksikielinen." from the Finnish version of the page. TerriersFan ( talk) 00:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
You may want to check this article ( [10]). It seems there is British POV in many war related articles, not just the List of countries by military expenditure. I think we've just discovered the tip of the iceberg. Keizuko ( talk) 15:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
You seem to be engaged in edit warring at Slavic people. Please be aware of WP:3RR, the rule that forbids every editor from reverting any one article more than 3 times in 24 hours. If you violate this rule, you may be blocked. I know that anonymous reverts by unresponsive editors can be frustrating, but the world is not going to end if the article is in a less than perfect state for a while. There are many other editors around that may help, given a chance. -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 12:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
So far I have not breached the 3RR. I will stop reverting now and instead concentrate on convincing people on the talk page. After all why shouldn't there be and England flag on the page about the ENGLISH language and why shouldn't there be a german flag on the page for the GERMAN language? Thank you for informing me anyway... -- Camaeron ( talk) 15:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for being polite and reasonable about it. We could do with more admins like you! -- Camaeron ( talk) 15:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, can you explain why this [11] is "nationalist POV"? I see it is referenced.-- Avg ( talk) 17:48, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I have read through the rules, so instead of going the wrong way my friend did, I will kindly ask you to explain why if the wikipedia is supposed to be impartial and unbiased, it does not follow the United Nations conventions. I would also like to know if you indeed understand that the way that article is right now, many people feel a direct aggression against their feelings. To conclude, I think again that if we had followed the United Nations conventions, all of this would not have happened. Kind regards. 87.221.5.113 ( talk) 19:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
On the other side, the Republic of Macedonia has changed both the Flag and its Constitution at the request of our Greek neighbors,reviewed and listened to all of the mediator's suggestions,and is still called hostile and uncooperative.Aside from the wet dreams of some Macedonian ultra-nationalists(I'm sure there are some on the Greek side as well),most Macedonian people have no territorial or historical or cultural aspirations towards Greece.The name issue is still an active one,however,and it would be foolhardy to implement changes to the article before they even happen. 79.125.143.9 ( talk) 15:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in the Eurovision article. Please note that, while the current year is indeed 2008, Azerbaijan and San Marino have not actually participated in the Contest yet. That's why Azerbaijan is still yellow. Once they have performed their song live on the stage on the night of the competition, then they will be deemed to have participated. Intention to participate does not equate to actual participation. Hope you understand. Thanks. EuroSong talk 09:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi JdeJ,
The reason I removed those sentences from the "Ancient Period" section is because they are largely irrelevant to the history of the current Republic and go on into too much detail. Stuff about the Paeonian dynasty belongs in the article on Paeonians. The history of the current Republic was not significantly affected or shaped by the events whose description I removed. For the purposes of this article, per WP:SS, one sentence about conquest of the territory by Philip of Macedon and another about the Roman conquest suffice. -- Tsourkpk ( talk) 21:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
It's alright, an easy mistake to make - it gets my goat when people don't use edit summaries too. Chwech 18:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I would happily disagree with you about the linguistic value of the Ethnologue. I guess you refer to its use in the European context, where you might have a point. That is where the Ethnologue appears to be weakest. The situation in non-European countries is quite different: In most cases the assessment there is based on fairly recent thorough research (which is still ongoing, that is why there are so many changes from edition to edition). But one reason why so many Europeans disagree with Ethnologue`s assessments in their countries is often based on political assumptions. In the case of Germany (my country) this means: Because all Germans are Germans they must speak some variety of German. The Ethnologue, applying purely linguistic criteria, comes to a different conclusion, and draws flak for this for example from the renowned Institut für Deutsche Sprache. IDS always claims that low German varieties are German varieties, while Ethnologue claims that they (Low Saxon) are to be classified together with Dutch. The Ethnologue view is correct from a linguistic point of view, but still gets rejected by experts - does that make it bad? But I'm looking forward to your references - maybe you have totally different situations in mind when you question the value of the Ethnologue. Thanks anyway for looking into this! Landroving Linguist ( talk) 15:27, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, after these attacks you just went through, I want to affirm that I like your style. In dealing with our little disagreement on the Ethnologue article, your actions have always been above board, and I want to commend you for that. Cheers, Landroving Linguist ( talk) 08:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
No change in policy, but this seems to be a content dispute rather than pure vandalism. Just because content is deleted, and just because it is deleted for a reason that is not in line with policy, doesn't automatically make it vandalism. I have seen edit wars where far more content has been repeatedly deleted, with very flimsy reasoning but, again, it is not typically dealt with as vandalism - unless the intent is clearly simply to vandalise. The user has been warned for 3RR now, so if it continue there is a remedy - does that address the concerns you may have? Cheers TigerShark ( talk) 00:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Bonjour Jdej. Je ne sais pas si vous pensez que vous pouvez changer leur avis, où si vous les nourrissez, mais il est une plus bonne idée d'effacer ces annotations des trolls. Balkan Fever 08:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Your 3RR report appeared to me to be incomplete. I added some information to it. -- Coppertwig ( talk) 12:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
read the link fellow, there is a link of NATO official report, no need to imagine personal attacks Rezistenta ( talk) 17:23, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I've removed this IP from WP:AIV without taking any action against him. He could certainly do to read WP:CIVIL, but his recent edits do not constitute blatant vandalism. Canderson7 ( talk) 16:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I know it could look like vandalism from a quick glimpse, but the newcomer's edit was actually an improvement. Please check it carefully (and please do not bite) Niko Silver 12:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
You're not in a position to call the work of any earnest contributors "vandalism", including mine. It is obvious that you intend to leave your tags there for a long-long time, regardless of other contributors. You may consider ceasing to police the article in question. Excuse me. Gregorik ( talk) 18:21, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I made some changes in the article Central European and I also cited the sources. How did you dare to undid my revision AND threaten me with the blocking? Why don't you write such messeges to users like
NeroN BG who truly vandalizes the article (but not just the article. He also blanks this own talk page and behaves as if he did't reand my messeges)? --
Olahus (
talk) 20:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I also removed the section about the cities because I don't think it was necessary.-- Olahus ( talk) 21:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Just a note to let you know that you're at your third revert at this page. If you revert again before 10:57am tomorrow you will be in breach of the 3RR. As most of the edit-warriors at the page are IPs I've semi-protected the page. Stifle ( talk) 13:16, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, JdeJ. Please be aware that a request for comments has been filed concerning your conduct on Wikipedia. The RFC entry can be found by your name in this list, and the actual discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/JdeJ, where you may want to participate. -- // Chris (complaints)• (contribs) 21:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC) .
I've left a message at Talk:United Kingdom concerning your and Signsolid's edits of the UK and French GDP. Let me know what you think. Keizuko ( talk) 00:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for your time reading the post, I have added the diffs and quotes with exact phrases. Let me know whether you think this is a proper way to speak and to act for a user on Wikipedia.-- Moldopodo ( talk) 12:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Could you please tell me why you have a problem with all language maps using the same criterea.
In Paraguay Guarani is spoken by 90% of the population while Spanish is spoken by 75% of the population —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.69.75 ( talk) 12:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I see Signsolid has created the account Itsempty to bypass his/her block. You should report this sockpuppetry case to admins so the sockpuppet account is blocked. I don't want to report it myself since he left a message on your talk page, not mine, so it's better you do it. The place to report sockpupettry is here: WP:SSP. Since he confessed on your talk page that he was Signsolid, it will be very easy to establish the case of sockpuppetry. Keizuko ( talk) 18:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Re this, please read the Arvanites article. Those guys are in the Greek peninsula since the 12th century, and have been largely assimilated (to the point of even passing votes to the modern Greek government for not codifying and teaching their language!) Also, many leaders of the Greek War of Independence were of Arvanite descent. Finally, it may sound surprising, but to my own experience here, this group seems more nationalist-Greek than the "pure" Greek nationalists. In any case, their long-standing Greek self-identification is undisputed by scholars. Niko Silver 10:31, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
You should be blocked from this site. You must be a 1st year undergraduate with all the moralizing. Gee, get yourself a girlfriend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ballygowan12 ( talk • contribs) 14:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
You appear to have made some reverts lately on Bosniaks. Please be aware that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reverts on a single page within a 24 hour period. If you continue reverting, you risk being blocked from editing. Rather than reverting edits, please consider using the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. The dispute resolution processes may also help. Stifle ( talk) 11:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thanks for your clarification on the respective talk page, where you contradicted many statement made by an IP. I would have almost added them to my trivial knowledge. Seems that I should be more critical in the future when absorbing information. Tomeasy ( talk) 00:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the information. Maybe he was angry about the excluding of Anatolia in my map. -- Olahus ( talk) 16:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
User:Signsolid is on the rampage again: [13]. Some people just can't call it quit...
By the way, we still haven't reworked those GDP sentences in the UK and France article. I'll try to make a proposal tomorrow. Keizuko ( talk) 13:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about the vandalism before. Please contact me at [email protected] to explain —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.73.68.240 ( talk) 10:14, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi there JDEJ, this is VASCO,
Regarding your message where you view my edit summary (in PETER FROJDFELDT, referee) as RACIST, i will start by saying i am from PORTUGAL too (so the "PORTUGUESE IDIOTS" remark i made loses a bit of effect), i am just getting FED UP with vandalism and treat vandals the way they deserve, the same way i am now treating you POLITELY because you deserve. The level of hysteria (people call it love for a nation) that people reach with soccer (or "national identity") is really mad (and i mean MAD in a NEGATIVE, not GOOD way), my friend!!
Why did i react violently in this person's article: If you read this referee's edit history, you will find that user 93.108.18.193 made, on 19 June, 20:43 (just minutes after the game) these two "contributions": In external links, he inserted this fictional link (and i know 0 SWEDISH, bur know my PORTUGUESE, so i am glad to translate): www.oPeterFröjdfeldteumgrandepaneleiroeofilhodaputavaimorrercomumapirocaenfiadanocuateopescoco.pt, in ENGLISH www.PETERFROJDFELDTis a-big-faggot-son-of-a-bitch-go-die-with-a-cock-shoved-up-your-neck.pt...Charming isn't it? And you tell me these people do not deserve to be insulted? Come on...In the second edit, he proceeded to name that "fictional link" and inserted more foul language.
This "person" 93.108.18.193 also made, in just ten minutes (if you check his "contribution" history you will see it is true) 4 edits to RICARDO PEREIRA (portuguese footballer, goalkeeper for national team), that consisted in foul language (really disgusting i tell you, and he wrote it in PORTUGUESE in an ENGLISH article)
I know all about WP policies of "NO PERSONAL ATTACKS" and "ASSUME GOOD FAITH", but i treat vandals the way they deserve, nothing less. I also apologize for any incovenience that could have led you to send me that message.
From Portugal, have a nice weekend, VASCO AMARAL - -- 217.129.67.28 ( talk) 15:02, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey JdeJ, you just posted that you're sorry on my talk page. What exactly are you sorry for? -- Muppeteer ( talk) 22:44, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, there seems to be a misunderstanding in the article "conflict". The user Turkuun ( talk) has not gained other editors approval for such a large scale article restruction where numerous article sections are just simple deleted or replaced randomly! I have contributed almost a year into the Estonia article with only 1 goal - to improve, to get this article featered and that it would be a fine specimen for article articles to follow. - and that is all. I have been working on this article for a long time and during this period the current article chapter and topic structure has been approved by other major editors. This has not been a original research but a very difficult consensus and constant upgrade - which makes it better not worse. The user Turkuun ( talk) who points out Wikipedia:Copyright violations has itself violated this rule a lot after having added numerous parts of data which hardly has anything to do with the main article - this article is about Estonia not the Statistics of Estonia or something else, I have suggested him to add and contribute data into other article as well but he has not responded to that - such as Economy of Estonia. I have been checking over the article section, began yesterday, and as i find any copyviol. section I have beee removing and adding no-copyviol. info instead. The version Turkuun economy version is based on Wikipedia:Copyright violations as the hole section is based on only 1 source where a large rip off has been taken. Also the user has removed completely the former information and added information which does not give a large picture of the economy of the country of which the article is about.
I understand that such article fights must be pain in the @ss to read and deal with. Also I find them very not adult way to approach to a problem. But in the decision making one should not make fast decisions and give bannings, labels as a vandalist where he or she does not know the hole picture. There should be made clear line between those who know about what they are talking and those who do not know or who have a smaller amount of info - I mean the editors. Please remove the 24h bann or warning - as I see this is very unfair and is unjustified action. Karabinier ( talk) 22:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Karabinier ( talk) 14:16, 218 June 2008 (UTC)
I'll make some inquiries over the next few days to clarify the issue of Estonian government websites. In any case I think this involves several paragraphs at most, so I don't know if a massive revert is justified. In fact I think Turkuun has only identified 3 or 4 paragraphs as potential copyvio, and Karabinier has apparently fixed a couple of them since. So I don't see how a massive revert is justified when only perhaps 5-10% of the text may be of issue. Perhaps the {{Copypaste}} template should be used for those contentious paragraphs. Martintg ( talk) 13:11, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Karabinier ( talk) 00:22, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
With all due respects to both of you, my talk page is not the place for your discussion. My involvement with the Estonia article starts and ends with trying to see to it that no material possibly under copyright is included. For anything else, I'm not involved and any discussion on that between you two should take place on the talk page of Estonia. Cheers JdeJ ( talk) 16:32, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi JdeJ,
Got a reply concerning www.mil.ee:
"photos and other content from www.mil.ee can be used freely, but we want to see that source (www.mil.ee) is clearly identified. Also images and content can not be used for beneficial purposes."
-- Martintg ( talk) 12:14, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
I'll edit however I want thanks. Signsolid ( talk) 21:29, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm investigated listed copyright problems, and I wanted to see if you are satisfied that the current article is copyright free. I do not read German. :) If you believe problems persist, I will track down an administrator who does to help out here. If you're satisfied, I will mark the matter resolved. Thanks for any assistance you can give in closing this. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:07, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
If I am elligible to recieve a warning for edit warring on Mixed language, then I believe so should User:Angr, and if he is not, will file an ANI report on the situation. Also, I do not consider it good faith for you to label my edit as "vandalism", and am reverting to the correct versions. 89.242.104.114 ( talk) 21:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
I will gladly explain them.
I will continue further reading and I hope I have clarified the reasons for my editing. Thank you. -- Dimorsitanos ( talk) 19:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
I'm confused. I noticed there was a poll about deletion which had no result. Did this poll end? How may I vote? Do I need to propose a new deletion debate? I also do not understand why does it have to be debated in the first place. Isn't that against the conventions made claiming it is an offensive term? Shouldn't it be deleted immediately as any other anti-convention editing reverted on the same rationale? And if so, would you please tell me what is the deletion template I need to add? -- Dimorsitanos ( talk) 20:38, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
I would like to express my dissapointment concerning the system on which the english wikipedia's function seems to be based on. Countless political points with no or irrelevant references are kept, as well as articles that based on the conventionts the wikipedia community has made itself should not exist.
And in order to prove my point,
1) As clearly stated at MOSMAC "In articles dealing with the predominant ethnic group of the Republic of Macedonia Use "Macedonians" (only if the meaning is unquestionably clear) or "ethnic Macedonians", " In articles where there is a need to distinguish the aforementioned ethnic group from the other ethnic groups inhabiting Macedonia Use "Macedonian Slavs" or "Slavic Macedonians" to distinguish them from the other ethnic groups in the region" The latter has been frequently been violated at articles or section concerning these "Macedonian Slavs", a term which is insistently avoided and replaced with "Macedonian" contrary to the convention made. 2) At the same page, the wikipedia community made another convention stating:
"Deprecated names (province) The following name is deprecated:
The name Aegean Macedonia should be avoided for general use, except in articles describing the irredentist concept. Note that Aegean Macedonia can be considered offensive for some Greeks, but the Greek government has not raised issue." Nevertheless, an article " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Macedonians Aegean Macedonians", not to mention the propagandistic statements with no references, saying horrible things about the greek nation's behaviour towards these group of people. And although the page had been nominated for deletion, it still exists. And on top of that, I am informed I donnot have the right to re-nominate this monstrosity so soon for debate.
3) I also disagree with the concept of some conventions themselves, such as the right for this nation to use the term Macedonians to identify themselves, but for the greek people to try to avoid the use of plain Macedonians to identify themselves, but need to add Greek next to Macedonia. Talking about neutrality..
4) The concept of the conventions indicates that for internal reasons, each side may use the terms it recognizes, as well the internationally accepted terms used when refferring to the UN and the organizations, in respect to their onomatology. And although at FYROM related articles, the internally accepted terms are used freely, the Greece related topics are invaded with propagandistic maps of uncertain quality, using terms as Aegean Macedonians, Rep. of Macedonia, as well as balling up Arvanites and their language with the Albanian immigrants. All these points confuse the reader, who cannot distinguish what macedonia really means. It's like a ball of confusion. Not to mention the maps indicating pieces of modern greece as slavomacedonian terriroties. And if someone dares to express his/her troubling about the, as stated by the wikipedia itself, offensive terms "Aegean" or whatever they may come up with, the response is of Points of Discussion such unutterable level: "This is the section where major points of the Article should be discussed. Please put your objections here so that they can be adressed.P m kocovski (talk) 11:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)-Point 1- Article name Aegean Macedonians or Ethnic Macedonians in Greece. I believe some users have expressed concern that Aegean Macedonians may be ambiguous. That is a legitimate point and should be discussed. NB: crap about being offended or about irredentism is not worth taking note of. BalkanFever 11:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)" - "Please watch your language. Are you not civilized?--Dimorsitanos (talk) 17:22, 26 July 2008 (UTC)" - "Your comments- Please note that comments like this are not tolerated. If you do it again, you may very well be blocked. Balkan Fever 02:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)"
I hope the wikipedia community can give some conviencing response to my worries and prove me wrong.-- Dimorsitanos ( talk) 04:58, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I would like to inform you that i nominated this article for deletion and I was accused for disruptive behaviour, due to former nomination with no consensus. I would like to state that I did not get the chance to vote and I didn't receive the rationale on which the article still extists, while violating the conventions of the wikipedia community on the offensice term "Aegean Macedonians". I'm informing you on my worries on the implementation of the wikipedia conventions.
Thank you for your time. In expectance of your response. -- Dimorsitanos ( talk) 15:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Reporting is up to you, if you think it's necessary. Recently, my giving people warnings has resulted in too many AN/I threads about me, so I'll stay out of it. Balkan Fever 12:27, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you've been adding your signature to some of your article contributions, such as the edit you made to Celtic nations. This is a simple mistake to make and is easy to correct. For future reference, the need to associate edits with users is taken care of by an article's edit history. Therefore, you should use your signature only when contributing to talk pages, the Village Pump, or other such discussion pages. For a better understanding of what distinguishes articles from these type of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thanks for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. The Ogre ( talk) 12:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
A new anon user has appeared introducing MagdelenaDi Arcos edits. I have used my three reverts for today, mind chipping in? ·Maunus·ƛ· 11:12, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Please try to get along with other users, rather than escalating disagreements, as you did here and here. That was not a personal attack. The user was making a good faith effort to explain a difference of opinion. Perhaps they were a bit presumptuous about your English language facility, but I don't think they were intentionally trying to insult you. A better way forward would be to nicely ask the user to restate any remark that you found offensive, rather than accusing them of bad faith. Jehochman Talk 11:17, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I don't speak english very well, so, could you help me?? in the page of naples, i would like to write that the second most populated metropolita area of italy is Naples and it's wrong Rome!!! Only one o Two references tell that Rome (like world gazetter), and a lot of references tell Naples that the second most populatet area in Itay (references: ONU, SVIMEZ, EUROSTA, ETC..) sorry for my english!!! -- Denver85 ( talk) 14:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I just received a warning from you, please take a look at the actually topic and let me know your decission, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oxygen305 ( talk • contribs) 17:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi again, thank you for your fast response. So what do you advise to do?-- Oxygen305 ( talk) 17:19, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Since I am new here, would you be able to arrange that and let me know?-- Oxygen305 ( talk) 17:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
As I made clear elsewhere, the "vandalism" thing in the edit summary was a matter of hitting the wrong button. If I could have edited it, I would have. What I was responding to was a clear 3RR violation. I don't particularly appreciate being accused of 3RR when I explicitly took care not to violate it in the face of Oxygen's 14RR or whatever it was. I've told Oxygen305 I'm done with the Haider page, it's too much trouble. Hiro Antagonist ( talk) 17:34, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Jdej, I have no idea what I have done to upset you but something, obviously. Firstly, I would be grateful if you would behave a little more civilly towards me. Secondly, you are in no position to threaten me or anybody else that "you will be blocked from editing" as you have no ability to do so. If you'd like to take me to AN/I I'd be more than happy to see you there, given the way you have behaved this morning.
Now, down to matters at hand. First,
Nick Begich. Twice now you have reverted me so that the article says "The son of Croatian immigrants", with a rude edit summary of "Rv nonsense. The source you posted yourself clearly states that he was the son of Croatian immigrants". Now, the source in question quite clearly says "My dad grew up in the Mesabi Iron Range in Eveleth, Minn., where his father, John Begich, spent his life working in the iron ore mines. My grandfather, John Begich, was born in 1893 in Podlapaca, Croatia, a country without a history for strong democratic institutions, in an area of the 20th century's worst genocide in Yugoslavia's recent wars. After growing up in an impoverished 19th-century village whose survival depended on backbreaking farming, my grandfather, armed with an eighth-grade education, left Croatia in 1911 to join his brother in Minnesota". So I expect you to revert your changes, with an apology for your accusations of "nonsense" and "vandalism", or I will take the matter to AN/I myself, as I have no desire to edit war with you.
Next,
Italian language in Croatia. The rambling, disorganised section you have restored mainly repeats what is said more coherently in
Istrian exodus. It is a blatant
content fork, and I would recommend that you read that guideline carefully before you bandy around accusations of vandalism. Regarding the sources, Marino Manin is reasonable, but I doubt that "Petar Strčić, in HRT's TV-show Latinica" is quite up to our standards. However, I will be more than happy to discuss the matter at the article talk page if you wish to do so.
Lastly, I'm sure it is abundantly clear that I am somewhat disappointed with the way you are behaving towards me. I do not take accusations such as you have made lightly, as I am most certainly not a vandal. Very far from it, as the briefest perusal of my contributions undoubtedly makes clear. Kind regards,
AlasdairGreen27 (
talk) 10:26, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Your warning is a tad ridiculous, don't you think? I breached not a single Wikipedia policy, and reverted for good reason. It would appear that you perceive every edit that is contrary to your opinion as "against policy". Either that or you're trying to scare-off other people with unwarranted warnings. If you like, I'll copy-paste a warning on your page as well for reverting my edit, and we can go on warning each other forever. I suggest that instead you follow wiki policy and reach consensus on contested and controversial edits before you find yourself reported for 3RR violations. -- DIREKTOR ( TALK) 18:56, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
My apologies, it would appear the harshness of my earlier conduct was unwarranted. I restored Alasdair's version due to the POV IP user's edits that followed your contribution. However, while my behavior was rather rash, I do not see why you felt an immediate warning was necessary. A more "amiable" approach would have sufficed I'm sure. -- DIREKTOR ( TALK) 19:08, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Its not really a problem, I'm glad we're agreed. It would seem we both need to "refresh" our powers of attention. Regards -- DIREKTOR ( TALK) 19:21, 30 October 2008 (UTC)