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Please do not welcome users until they have contributed. Firstly it can sound patronising ('thanks for your contributions? I haven't done anything!') and secondly it can scare some users off. Ironholds ( talk) 21:48, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply

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Welcomes

Hi Mario1987. As nice as it is that you're welcoming new users, it'd be better if you stop your current method. Generally, we only welcome users who have made at least one (non-vandal) edit. 90% of our new accounts never edit, so welcoming them is a waste of time, energy and bandwidth. Additionally, the red-linked talk page is very useful for people dealing with vandalism. Turning it blue slows their useful work. Thanks. ➨ ЯEDVERS a reasonably good buy 09:41, 12 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Hi

Hi, I'm really not that much into footbal, but I like it. Good job! Alecsdaniel ( talk) 19:12, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply

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Interesant portalul. Cum pot sa devin membru? Sfeclamare ( talk) 19:53, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Portal

It looks very nice, I don't really have time to contribute to the Argentine one, my list of things to do seems to double in size every 3 months, just going through my watchlist and the New footy articles takes up most of the time I have for editing these days. Good luck with it. King of the North East 22:02, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Hello Mario! Thanks for letting me know about the existence of that portal. Is there anything else to say but "great to have that, good job, keep up the good work?" -- Vlad| -> 10:28, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Thanks, but no thanks!... Lately I don't have anymore the time I used to have for wiki... so I'm just browsing around and fixing stuff where I see it to be broken. Moreover, I never could edit something in a particular category (i.e. I'm a football enthusiast, a fan sometimes, I love football, but I don't think I've got the patience to edit about it... :) But good luck in recruiting more members. If you don't have an account yet, I recommend you to come over to the Romanian wikipedia, I think that there are some football fans there too!... -- Vlad| -> 10:47, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Excellent job, it could be compared with other football portals that are probably bigger. However, I won't contribute to that portal (or some kind of a Romanian football project, if it would exist). It's not only because I have too much work right now, but I also believe I am still being misunderstood after I did all that job on Romanian Cup 2008–09. I'm not that interested in Romanian football in general but I'm writing/editing/contributing to this season's European football articles and therefore Romanian Cup article was just part of that work, nothing more. Anyway, great job with the portal and I hope you will have enough editors to support it. Bye! SonjiCeli ( talk) 11:18, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Cu pla! :) -- Vlad| -> 12:52, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Port of Thessaloniki

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DYK

I would like to help in reviewing the WP:DYK, suggestions section. How can i do that? Do i have to have a special status for ex. to be a member of WP:DYK? Thanks in advance. Mario 1987 20:32, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Hi, there is no special requirements to start checking the DYKs. All you need to do is know the rules. You can read them on the DYK page. You need to check that the article is either new, or 5x expanded the last five days (first edit on the day it is listed), that the hook is referenced (including reading the reference if it is online) and is in the article, and that the hook is no more than 200 characters. I think it should re fairly well documented on the DYK page. A tip can be to install the java script importScript('User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js'); //[[User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js]] on your monobook page (add the above code to User:Mario1987/monobook.js). This allows you a one-click check of the readable prose length (the part that is qualifiable for DYK). I've seen some of your work around, and I find it quite interesting (of course, it is in a field I enjoy reading about too). Good luck, and please ask if there is anything you wonder about. Arsenikk (talk) 20:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Port of Naples

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DYK nomination of Port of Tokyo

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Re: My DYK on Wisconsin Highway 131

I replied to your comment about my DYK for Wisconsin Highway 131. I did have a non-Google source for the hook, it was just later in the sentence. -- TheCatalyst31 ReactionCreation 02:00, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK suggestion - Harlington Wood Jr.

This was posted in the 16 Jan update, and is set to expire soon. I think all the sources are solid and while I prefer the second hook, you folk can use whichever one you wish. I just didn't want it to be missed. Could you take a gander and help out? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 18:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Port of Thessaloniki

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DYK for Port of Piraeus

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DYK for UNIO High School, Satu Mare

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Dravecky ( talk) 22:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Ulan Bator

hi there,

do you mean with 5x an article has to be expanded five times the size by me (or someone else) in order to be nominated? Seems a tall order if that would be the case. Gryffindor ( talk) 20:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Ok. I thought I have expanded the article 5 times? Or if there is something missing, what else do I have to do? Gryffindor ( talk) 13:15, 30 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oh wow, that's crazy. I find that rule rather strange in that case, but thanks for explaining it to me. I guess I'll take the nomination out then. pity. Gryffindor ( talk) 14:15, 30 January 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Port of Tokyo

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DYK for Port of Jakarta

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Template talk:Did you know

Hi, Mario. Please be aware of my complaint at User talk:BorgQueen#Gresham, Norfolk. Xn4 ( talk) 03:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC) reply

I have a prose counting tool and in the first instance it sais 1,320 charachers and in the second instance 6,105 characters so it's only a 4.6x expansion. Sorry Mario 1987 09:19, 4 February 2009 (UTC) reply
The only way I can get the first total to 1,320 is by including the "external links" and spaces, which I find unreasonable. May I ask what you were counting? Xn4 ( talk) 10:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Where on the website is it stated that it is released under a CC license? neuro (talk) 16:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Well, you need OTRS confirmation of that, or it will be deleted for lack of proof of permission. I won't tag as an NPD for now, but I will soon if no evidence is provided via OTRS. Thanks, neuro (talk) 19:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Did You Know question

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DYK for Port of Lázaro Cárdenas

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DYK nomination of Mihail Fărcăşanu

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DYK for Gogea Mitu

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Portal:Romanian football

I like it :P 89.33.128.101 ( talk) 19:50, 9 February 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for List of wind farms in Romania

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DYK for List of wind farms in Romania

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Gatoclass 15:33, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The first sentence should read 7 gigawatts, not megawatts, I think. Perhaps this was a typo inherited from here? (think dude, Romania's smallest windfarm, out of dozens, is bigger than 7 megawatts)- TungstenCarbide ( talk) 16:35, 11 February 2009 (UTC) reply

For every category you create, you should specify parent categories to which it belongs. You do this by listing the parents near the bottom of the page, each enclosed in double brackets like so:

[[Category:Energy in Paraguay]]
[[Category:Companies of Paraguay by industry]]

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DYK for Mihail Fărcăşanu

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Margau Mǎrgǎu

Merci! Basketball110 My story/ Tell me yours 15:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC) reply

I'm fine. I've been sick, though. And you? Basketball110 My story/ Tell me yours 21:17, 15 February 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Ionel Fernic

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DYK for Constanţa Shipyard

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DYK for Apartment building 63

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DYK problem

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DYK for Histria Perla

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Keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:35, 19 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Aleea Clasicilor

Mulţumesc pentru traducere! :) -- Gikü ( talk) 08:57, 22 February 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Petromidia Constanţa Refinery

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Gatoclass ( talk) 14:33, 23 February 2009 (UTC) reply

I'm confused by the mention of Rovinari without a link to the article Rovinari, but I'm not sure there should be a link...is this mine in Motru or Rovinari? Perhaps the mention of Rovinari should just be deleted, but I don't know the subject.

Also, in National Company of Lignite Oltenia, should the section on 'Motru Coal Field' link to this new stub?

Cheers,

--  Chzz   ►  10:27, 24 February 2009 (UTC) reply

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DYK for Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries

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DYK for Ion Oncescu

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For every category you create, you should specify parent categories to which it belongs. You can do this by listing the parents near the bottom of the page, each enclosed in double brackets like so:

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Likewise with Category:Culture in Chişinău. -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 19:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Likewise with Category:Wikipedians who attend the Vasile Goldiş West University of Arad. -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 19:51, 27 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Likewise with Category:Users that play the Cruce card game. -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 19:56, 27 February 2009 (UTC) reply

I notice that this category you created is unpopulated (empty). In other words, no Wikipedia pages belong to it. If it remains unpopulated for four days, it may be deleted, without discussion, in accordance with Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#C1. I'm notifying you in case you wish to (re-)populate it by adding [[Category:Monuments in Chişinău]] to articles/categories that belong in it.

I blanked the category page. This will not, in itself, cause the category to be deleted. It serves to document (in the page history) that the category was empty at the time of blanking and also to alert other watchers that the category is in jeopardy. You are welcome to revert the blanking if you wish. However, doing so will not prevent deletion if the category remains empty.

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UCfD nomination of Category:Wikipedians who watch The Money Channel

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DYK for Petrobrazi Refinery

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Shubinator ( talk) 20:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Arpechim Refinery

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Hydroelectric Power Plant

I moved two articles that you started into another name. One of them is (Cakovec Hydro Power Plant into Čakovec Hydroelectric Power Plant), and the other is Zakučac. I hope you agree. I didnt move others because they didnt have (č,ć,š...) in the article name. But if you want you can move them, so that all Hidro becames Hydroelectric. Regards. -- Kebeta ( talk) 21:21, 2 March 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Solar power in Romania

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Royal broil 02:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Dacia Duster

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-- Dravecky ( talk) 21:19, 11 March 2009 (UTC) reply

Football in Romania

Am scos acum vreo saptamana templateul Football in Romania de pe pagina cluburilor (pentru ca nu merita sa fie prezenta pe pagina cluburilor, acolo nu avem decat linkuri catre competitii - nici macar cele in desfasurare), iar Vlad9 le-a dat undo. Am intrebat pe Wikipedia_talk:WPF si cei de acolo au fost de acord ca acel portarl nu are ce cauta pe pagina cluburilor. Tu ce parere ai ? LaUr3nTiU ( talk) 15:56, 12 March 2009 (UTC) reply

Happy Bine Mai's Day!

Bine Mai has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
so I've officially declared today as Bine Mai's Day!
For being an excellent user who is dedicated to the English Wikipedia,
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Proposed deletion of Ramazan Abbasov

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Request for tagging WP:Energy categories

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DYK for Roşia Poieni copper mine

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Dravecky ( talk) 08:22, 29 May 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK for Corina (Romanian singer)

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Royal broil 15:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC) reply

Fair use rationale for File:Oncescu-kbile5-thumb-250-0-18.jpg

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Salut,

Dacă într-adevăr ai făcut tu poza aceasta, ai putea să o muţi pe commons:, ca să poată fi folosită şi la ro.wp? Mersi!-- Strainu ( talk) 17:36, 19 July 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK nomination of Insomnia Summer Show

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DYK for Iuliu Ilyés

Updated DYK query On July 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iuliu Ilyés, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page ( here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wizardman 00:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC) reply

What are you doing to this list. Out of your dozens edits, I have found a few which are correct (i.e., they follow the information on this site [1]).

Most of you changes, however, appear absolutely arbitrary. Sometime you delete a middle name, sometimes you add it. Sometimes you expand an initial to the full name, in other cases you delete the initial.

Please stop editing and have this clarified first. Tomeasy T C 09:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC) reply

DYK

Hello, Bine Mai. You have new messages at Soman's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

-- Soman ( talk) 20:20, 26 July 2009 (UTC) reply

Hi Mario, I do appreciate your work for DYK and have nothing against you personally. I look through many DYK noms and if I find something clear (+ or -), I reply, if not, I leave it to others. Thats why I wrote on your noms - they are lacking proper references, thats all, nothing serious or special. I don't speak Romanian, but I can read several european languages (both east and west), which make it easier for me to read some Romanian too. Cheers. Materialscientist ( talk) 11:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC) reply

IMO, the notability of Satu Maru topics is on the edge - the mayor is notable. Colleges themselves are probably notable enough to have a WP article per each, but, the DYK hook merely listing their names is by no means notable. Materialscientist ( talk) 12:31, 28 July 2009 (UTC) reply
Mario, I do sympathize your efforts to let the world know more about Romania. I just feel you need to choose things which would be more interesting to outsiders to read (I mean for DYK, for WP articles being "interesting" is not so important), and which would be easier to support by independent references. I often get into such situation myself and try to find topics which are covered in English-speaking literature. Right now I have several cool facts, which I can't publish because of that (no reliable refs.). Cheers. Materialscientist ( talk) 12:40, 28 July 2009 (UTC) reply

Pyrrhotite

It meets all the requirements. It is not a stub by any standard. By "assessment" you mean the project tag on the talk page? That is totally irrelevant. -- BorgQueen ( talk) 12:33, 28 July 2009 (UTC) reply

As I said, that is totally irrelevant. -- BorgQueen ( talk) 12:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC) reply
No. What makes you think it is necessary? The Geology wikiproject does not have anything to do with the DYK. -- BorgQueen ( talk) 12:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC) reply

A tag has been placed on Play & Win (band) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{ hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Jonathan Hall ( talk) 12:12, 29 July 2009 (UTC) reply

OK, they look reasonably notable to me. I'm probably getting a bit trigger-happy as a result of all these Myspace bands who seem to think it's their right to have a Wikipedia article. I'll remove the tag, sorry to bother you with this mistake. Jonathan Hall ( talk) 13:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC) reply