User talk:Adammathias

I'm going to go on a little wiki-hiatus. I will be back around Easter. Adieu!

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Selam

Selam , Türk karşıtı kullanıcı Khoikhoi ingilizce wikipedia'da adminlik için şansını deniyor.Daha fazla türk gelirse bunu engelleyebiliriz. Oyunu burdan kullanabilirsin Teşekkürler. (85.97.143.5 18:01, 26 March 2006 (UTC))

Creating categories

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Tito and the Donauschwaben

Hey, I have no objection to your revert of the "may"/"alleged" changes, but would you mind posting a source for that information? I'm wondering if the article is straying too far from NPOV and with regard to using legitimate sources of information. --Hurricane Angel 20:02, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

There's lots of books written on the subject, some of the better known English language works even having been authored by Serbs. I've heard plenty of eyewitness accounts and been to mass graves (for example, Rudolfsgnad/Knicanin) and heard of more (Gakowo) which now have memorials erected in Serbian, albeit only with toothless mentions of disease and starvation as causes of death. When I go to my parents' I will get the names of some of the books, but in general I feel it's like the Holocaust - since I'm not quoting death counts or other statistics, it seems to me it's just a generally accepted event. Adammathias

Here are the lists of some books:

Jedan svet na Dunavu - Razgovori i komentari (German (I'll translate) One/A people on the Danube - The fate/destiny of the Germans in Yugoslavia under the communist Tito regime) - by Nenad Stefanovic, published 1997 in Beograd Geschichte der Donauschwaben (Story/History of the Danube Swabians) - 1989 from the Donauschwaebische Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany by Josef Volkmar Senz Genocide of the Ethnic Germans in Yugoslavia 1944-1948 - 2001 from the Donauschwaebische Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany with foreward by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans, 1944-1950 (german title is somewhat less descriptive: Anmerkungen zur Vertreibung der Deutschen aus dem Osten (Notes/observations on the driving-out of the Germans of the East)- from St. Martin's Press, New York, USA by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas De Zayas is a fairly famous historian, whose most well-known work is probably Nemesis at Potsdam, followed by The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau. I'm not sure if Stefanovic is an ethnic Serb (maybe you could confirm that for me, if it's one of those names where it's easy to tell), but the work was written and published in Serbian originally.

In any case, all the sources say that "soviet/russian troops and bands of partisans" carried out the executions, looting, rape, internment, and killing, and usually break it down as the Soviet troops who provided the support/cover, the cattle cars (for deportations), and the official reason ("to pay the debt induced by them graciously liberating us"), and the partisans who did most of the raping and killing and abduction of children ("for reeducation") - its scary to think that some of the people out there who deny/minimize all this might be those same brainwashed children.

See also: Aktion Intelligenzija, AVNOJ

Hope that helps. Hvala lepo & multumesc Adammathias

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hurricane_Angel"

Thanks for the information, much appreciated. --Hurricane Angel 18:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Danube Swabians

Moin moin, Adammathias! Thanks for the recent additions to Danube Swabians; it's quite interesting to learn about. I copyedited the information you added and tried to reorganize the images a bit. Regarding your personal images that you have uploaded, I would suggest that re-upload them to the Wikimedia Commons (if you haven't already); this allows other-language Wikis to access the images as well, I believe. Tschüß and happy editing! Olessi 08:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

German name

Please see did I wrote German name correct here: Banat of Temeswar. PANONIAN (talk) 22:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

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Can you add German name here too: Banat Republic. PANONIAN (talk) 22:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

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Userboxes instead of barnstars

Hello! I would suggest renaming the "Barnstars" on your User page to "Userboxes". Olessi 14:18, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Oh yeah - the Barnstars title is left over from when there really only was 2 barnstars. Basically the page is kind of a mess right - I gotta clean it all up anyways! Thanks, and sorry it's not very informative about myself right now. If you care to know: I'm a 20 year old computer science student at the University of Kansas. My mom is from New Orleans and my dad's parents are from Sekitsch and Feketitsch in the Batschka (and, as you've probably guessed right now, Swabian/German like my spelling of the placenames and of course my name).

Hungarian

I have created Template:User hu-½ for folks like us ;-) Nicholas 15:50, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Zwo

Hi there, I have added "Category:German language", though I am quite suprised that Category:Language doesn't seem to exist! I don't know if we should add it to "Category:Germany". Thanks, ^KILO-_LIMA 21:57, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Excellent. So everything's A-OK! ^KILO-_LIMA 22:06, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Juli and Juli (band)

Please do not move articles by using cut-and-paste. Read here on how to do it, and if you need an admin's help to remove the target page, there's always someone around. Please also read here on how to create a proper disambiguation page. Owen× ☎ 22:27, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I just saw your comment on Talk:Juli. I think your idea of turning Juli into a disambig was correct, but it needs to be done properly. Please let me know if you need my help. Also, please remember to sign your comments on Talk pages with ~~~~. Owen× ☎ 22:32, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

My bad about not signing. I just put in a move page request. Thanks for informing me about not copying and pasting - I was completely unaware. If you're an admin then I suppose you could do this. Thanks again for your help. Adam Mathias 22:35, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

OK, done. Owen× ☎ 00:17, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

To-do List

Yankeecentrism/US centricism

Right now these redirect to Tocqueville's American exceptionalism

Estadounidense

(and why there's no word for that in English) US-American no United Statesian but United States citizen (but not Germany citizen)

Related to German minorities

Translate from German/create and improve:

Germans of:

• Bessarabia
• the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Georgia)
• Yugoslavia (also sep article for non Danube Swabian Germans in Croatia and Slovenia)
• Romania
• Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan)
• the Crimea
• South America (possibly divided into multiple articles)

and anywhere else that deserves mention (these guys are amazing)

Linguistics

• map of where they "cannot say w", i.e. Iceland to Netherlands to Switzerland to Turkey to India (to Thailand?) to Siberia and back to Iceland
• map of where they cannot roll "r" but say "gh" (as in French or Northern German). I believe this is called an uvular fricative.
• map of where they have umlauts (basically some German and Skandinavian, French, Finno-Ugric, and some Altaic)
• map of where s+consonant is problematic (Spain, parts of Italy, Turkey, Iran - a complete band!)

I believe these maps will surprise you with their contiguity! That's because the pronunciation trends go across language families, reflecting the fact that often neighbors who now speak different languages had similar original languages before learning that of a Germanic/Turkic

Cryptolects - right now it redirects to cant. I will either do an article on this, or make an article on all the cryptolects which use inversion (which I was doing until I found it's almost all of them). see: Backslang:

• Verlan
• Cant
• Angolan_Portuguese#Angolan_Lexicon
• Caló
• Argot
• Panamanian Spanish
• Language game
• Langue verte
• Louchebem
• Lunfardo
• Pig Latin
• Polari
• Šatrovački - same principle as verlan, in (Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian)
• Shelta (ISO 639-2: cel [1]) - similarities to verlan, in Irish.
• Spoonerism
• Vesre
• Nadsat
• Variety (linguistics)

The German ones tend not to use as much backslang:

• Rotwelsch
• Jenisch
• Mattenenglisch form of Bernese German

And then there's the UK:

• Cockney_rhyming_slang

Yugomess

• David Martin's "Web of Disinformation: Chuchill's Yugoslav Blunder"
• Lees' "The Rape of Serbia: the British Role in Tito's grab for power 1941-1943"

In de:wiki

• Feilschen (bargaining)
• Bir-Seit-Universität (Birzeit University, Bir Zeit, Palestine)
• Tunnel (Nutmeg (Football)) - should also do spanish, etc

Ajeno

The Spanish adj. "ajeno/a" is quite interesting...

Conmigo/Contigo/Consigo

Not boring either...

Demonym

Can you explain your edit to Demonym? At least from my perspective (living in the USA), the demonym of America is American. It is, in fact, the very first example given in the article. Perhaps you were referring to the georgraphic problem of how "American" can refer to people who live on other parts of the continent? I reverted it, but I wanted to be sure that I wasn't missing something. --Mareino 14:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I am referring to that. The thing is, that is accepted by people inside (and I'm sure the Czechs and Aztecs also have a name for themselves!), but it is definitely contentious and wrought with confusion. United Statesian sounds pretty stupid, but in Spanish it exists: estadounidense, and in German it does appear (admittedly infrequently): Vereinigten Staatler). US-American is another option, frequently used in German (US-Amerikaner). Latin Americans (who basically are those most offended by the egocentric American) also have yanqui (Yankee) and the euphamism norteamericano (North American, though this probably includes Canadians too when it needs to - that is, it basically means Anglo-American, another option). As you see, this thing is contentious - just because American works in slang does not make it uncontentious. Imagine if you clicked over to es:Wikipedia/Asian and were redirected to es:Wikipedia/Chino (which is often used in the slang). Of course, the point of that section was to point out that you just can't add "-ian" to everything - United Statesian sounds stupid - and that there is no single most accepted solution to these particular examples. What do you think? Adam Mathias 18:48, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

• Eureka! I have edited Demonym accordingly. --Mareino 20:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

RE: an odd question

I am born in Romania, but my parents are both Austrians. I don't speak very well German, because I lived a long period of my life in Romania, were I spoke Romanian. Are you an Sas or Schwab from Romania? NorbertArthur 24 January 2006

They came in Romania because my father studied at University of Cluj and after they opened a bussiness there and stayed until 2003, when we moved to Canada. Now you're living where? Do you consider yourself an Serbian or an Schwab? NorbertArthur 24 January 2006

Lovcenac

The article I linked to is fairly insignificant socially or historically speaking, but I posted it precisely because Lovcenac is so infrequently mentioned on the web. When I have more time, I'll gladly translate the more interesting parts or maybe incorporate them into the article body. Zvonko 21:27, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Ethnic German

Sure, I'll take a look at the article over the next few days. You might be interested in the newly-created Wikipedia:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. Feel free to participate! Olessi 23:23, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I've done my pass through this. You did a lot of good work, hope you are equally happy with mine. - Jmabel | Talk 06:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Translations

Hi! Thank you for the barnstar. I translated the "Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania" the way I thought sounded most natural in English. The phrase "of the Germans" did not occur to me, because it was not in the German, but it seems a bit superfluous. An official English version would be nice, but things like that often seem to be almost impossible to find. --Inge-Lyubov 03:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah you're right about it sounding better / more native. I didn't even consider that. Don't ask! I looked for an official English version, but in vain. Adam Mathias 05:25, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi

No, I'm not, this is my pseudonym only, but my family was also a victim of "liberators" in Batschka.-Luftburger 13:05, 17 February 2006 (CET)

Template talk:Infobox Swiss town

Hi, I was wondering whether I could enlist your help in getting larger fonts implemented for the Swiss town info boxes by placing a post in favor on the above page. It would help me get to many of the articles on the missing encycl. articles list and I'd really appreciate it. --Mmounties 18:48, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Habe leider keine Ahnung von dem was ich tun sollte! Willste dass ich halt nen neuen Disku-Thread beginne, und dann meine Meinung zum Thema gebe, oder gibt es schon auf der Seite eine laufende Debatte? Adam Mathias 18:55, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Jetzt hab ich's gesehen. Erledigt. - Adam Mathias 19:16, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Ahh, vielen Dank fuer Deine Hilfe. Es sieht so aus als ob wir dieselbe Groesse bekommen wie in der Infobox Town DE. --Mmounties 22:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)(Magst du die Franzosen nicht?)  :)

Hat auch Sinn, nicht wahr? Ein Land wie's andere! - Adam Mathias 23:18, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Would you like to help prep Sanssouci for FAC?

Hi Adammathias, I've promised User:Trebor27trebor to help him turn the red links in this very good article into blue links. That's pretty much the only thing that's keeping the article from having a chance at becoming a FAC. I've asked him to list the needed articles on the Sanssouci Talk page so that we can share the work. He's completed the list and I thought it would be terrific if you'd decide to take part in the effort and help us with one or two of them. What do you say? --Mmounties (Talk) 05:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll do the Roman Baths. I think that the first picture in the article should be something closer to "Sanssouci Palace and glasshouses", since the view of the steps/terraces is a major part of the attraction. Also, the de article has some better tomb pictures. And I guess there's no way to avoid the TOC issues? Anyway, thanks for the heads up, I've been there but I didn't know the name! Adam Mathias 15:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I am happy

Hey, I appreciate your opinion on that long citation. Sure I don't mind, I inserted it myself! I was just afraid of copyvio and keeping strictly on topic. It is an amazing book. Cheers. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 23:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Your requested translation complete

de:Fernwartung

• Corresponding English-language article: Remote control (computing) or Remote observation or Remote administration
• Worth doing because: An extensive article not in English as far as I can see.
• Originally Requested by: Adam Mathias 15:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
• Status:
• Other notes: I'm trying to look around and see if the article already exists in some form. Make sure to link to Remote Desktop Protocol, List of remote administration tools. We need to look around a lot before we right this. It's mildly technical. Adam Mathias 15:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Ilithios- I completed this translation and can be found at Remote control (computing)

Afro-Asiatic

Not sure if you checked back already but I replied to your inquiry on my talk page. Cheers, — mark ✎ 19:25, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

German Translation

I have decided to translate an article you requested, de:Ungarndeutsche into English. It'll take me a few days, but I'll let you know when I'm done. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 00:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I've finished. The article is here. Happy to be of service, RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 04:56, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Request

Hello! I`ve got one request for you. I`m from Poland and I collect words in various languages. Now I`m looking for word "sugar" in other languages. I`ve got counterparts of word "sugar" in Japanese, Ahmaric, Thai, Georgian and Chinese, so can you write me what is "sugar" in Interlingue? I`ve got this word in 377 languages and dialects of many regions and countries in the world so it is very important for me! Thank you very much! Szoltys

German

Hello, i was reading your profile and saw that you speak german. Are there any websites or books that you would maybe reccommend for learning the language. Also, any other places you may reccommend learning other languages. I studied a tad bit of german, maybe like 2 weeks, but the book wasnt very good and it was hard to learn anything other than pronunciation.

Oh, and i saw you play tennis, im a tennis freak.

Bearingbreaker92 17:04, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Translation request - de:Buchenlanddeutsche

Hi Adam, I've completed the translation of de:Buchenlanddeutsche which you requested... er, ages ago. I suspect your German is better than mine so if you wouldn't mind taking a quick look over it, I'd be grateful. Best wishes, --YFB ¿ 04:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Munich

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Banat map

As I wrote on map page, base for that map of Banat is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Balkanpeninsula.png So, it was not me who made that Balkan map, but I created Banat map from that Balkan map (which was made by another user). PANONIAN (talk) 15:26, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello ^_^

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Germans of Romania

Hi, please see my question at Talk:Germans of Romania. Thanks, Khoikhoi 00:33, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Study at UW

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Help

Please, help on this Wikipedia, we new more Wikipedists. --Jeneme (talk) 20:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Vertreibung.png

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WikiProject Romania

Hi! From your edits, it looks like you might be interested to contribute to WikiProject Romania. It is a project aimed to better organize and improve the quality and accuracy of the articles related to Romania. Thanks and best regards!

--Codrin.B (talk) 06:06, 21 January 2012 (UTC)