User talk:Pavel Vozenilek

Spring/Summer 2006: my presence here will rather spotty and I cannot promise quick answers or much of help.

Archived talk

• Archive 1 (Aug 10 2004 - Apr 20 2005)
• Archive 2 (Apr 21 2005 - July 29 2005)
• Archive 3 (Aug 01 2005 - Jan 01 2006)

My Edits

How can I send you sources for my edits? Please drop me a line. Bye User: Home_alone

'Western Betrayal'

Many thanks for your comments. Why don't you take control of this topic and impose some objectivity and proper referencing? User talk:Major Bonkers

User talk:Vinni-Puh's linkspamming of Omar Khayyám

I've posted a mild warning on his talk page, and then realized that it came after he had blanked your several warnings against doing the same. You can go ahead and have him blocked and reverted elsewhere he might have added similar links. --BACbKA 09:30, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

animal courtship

hello...the statement under this topic was laughable, because animal courtship is infrequently observed; HOWEVER, i didnt mean to delete the topic. this is actually a very important topic that links to many biological sites. ill give a try at saying it properly ;) cheersAnlace 04:48, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Help!

Zdar. This is the first time I'm asking you for help. Can you look at Ghetto section related to the Czech Republic and check for grammar or any factual mistakes. Thank you. --Darwinek 18:12, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Brtnice

Hello! can you make Brtnice/Pirnitz article? And is there any portal page about Czech?

--Sheynhertz_געשׁ״ך 12:14, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Eurovision

Why did you revert my mention of Eurovision on the Birmingham article, eh? It's an international show watched by a huge audience. The fact that Birmingham played host to it deserves a single mention, I think. Eurosong 01:13, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

info

I have replied you here;) Sz

varying quality

I understand the intent, but to me it sounds a bit critical and out of place in the introduction. Quality assessments are difficult to make on Wikipedia anyway. I think it would make more sense in a section on his short stories or the history of his writing jobs for money. Best, Tfine80 21:58, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

cat: Living People

Sir, while I respect your opinion on the matter, I am not making edits to impress one editor, but rather to build the encyclopedia based on the wishes of all the Wikipedia collaborators. If consensus is demonstrated to be against the category, I will be the first to help remove the tags (although I imagine that a bot would likely be employed by others with coding skills greater than mine). Until that time as such consensus is demonstrated, I will continue to add what I view as constructive edits. BTW, what category (for sorting purposes) could be MORE useful than one that denotes that various subjects are still extant? Regards, Dick Clark 15:27, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, please not that Jimbo Wales has weighed in on this issue at the category talk page.

This is the appropriate page for discussion of exactly how this category should be named and organized. The existence or non-existence of this category is not optional.--User:Jimbo Wales 20:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

The Body Soul & Spirit Expo

This has just survived an AfD; I wasn't sure if you were aware of that. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:58, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Stop removing useful links

I have seen you remove 2 useful external links now that were to sites that provide a great resource to people wanting to visit a specific destination. These sites are not commercial beyond contextual advertisements that may or may not make the site authors any money. Why is it that you insist on calling any external link a spam link? Have you taken the care to read through the sites that you call spam? Please do so before you remove a link - you may learn that there are useful sites outside of Wikipedia - and heaven forbid if the site owners try to pay for the cost of running the sites.

Response to Pavel on Bali links - I agree that Planet Mole may be too broad. BaliBlog is far more than a chit-chat site - at least more than the "I've been to Bali Too" site that is also linked to that page. If you get some time, read around the BaliBlog site - there is alot of good information. It was just upsetting to see you call them spam in the Edit Summary

Battle of Berlin

I have provided the website which is enough to authenticate my contribution.And it doesnt dilute the importance of war.The war crimes committed during any battle is neccessary for any reader.--Jayanthv86 07:21, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

L. G. Hale

What do you think about this article? [1] Juro 06:06, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

List

JJStroker and I have made an agreement to remove the red links and place them on a type of "To Do" page. So that way more people will notice (maybe) and they can come and fill up the links. I don't know much about the notability of these people but after plugging a few into Google, I'm pretty sure most of them can afford a nicely sized article. Antidote 02:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, after I get done working on List of Serbs, I can head over to List of Czechs and start making some articles, deleting whoever I can't find a source for. How's that? I may need some translation help though. Antidote 02:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I couldn't tell if that answer was a yes or no on the article making/helping with the article making. Antidote 02:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Completly dropping out the names is a shame, but I see no problem with just moving them to say - the talk page. If an article is made from there it could just be moved to the main page. Antidote 02:36, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I found some time to do a few articles if you wish. It may be best however if you choose which you think are the most important to make for now. Drop me a list on my talk page if you can. Thanks. Antidote 03:20, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Prague Spring

Hi. Perhaps I did write a bit too much, but that is only because I feel more familiar with this particular section of the events. I think it is relevant to the story: Romania almost got into war at that point, and over the same issue. In fact, public oppinion in your country was, for a brief moment, finding hope in a Romanian friend (I also attempted to explain why Ceausescu's attitude was more conjectural than anything). They aired archive footage on some Romanian station a while back (I also have a description of it in a Romanian historical magazine): it was a, well, propaganda film (not the pejorative meaning of "propaganda"), one shot by the tv station in your country during those days (I believe it had taken refuge someplace in Western Czechia, and later crossed the border). It had a voice-over that spoke perfect Romanian, with only the tiniest of accents. The very emotional man was praising Socialist brothers for opposing imperialism etc. During this, they showed footage of the invasion. I think this attitude is unique, and deserves a detailed account of parallelisms. For a while (and even way before the events, with the much media-covered visits by Tito and Ceausescu to Prague) it looked like a three-pronged alliance had been formed. Since the article depicts the prudent response in the West, it should also show where Czechoslovak hopes were being directed. Of course (as noted), the other two states had very different agendas. This being said (and not to mean that my phrases cannot be trimmed a bit), the article could do with more details for the events themselves. An account of the clandestine airings of your tv channels, reference to the prolific graffiti works and posters (perhaps many of them are not public domain), one to the themes in such mediums (from the weeping Lenin to the blunt "Ivan, go home"), etc. - all of these could contribute while allowing my paragraph to remain and not seem "obese" in comparison. To summarise: a Romanian connection was of capital importance, the Romanian response was a major event in itself, and the article could do with more insights in its other chapters. Sorry for taking up this much room on your page. Waiting to hear from you. Dahn 07:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

PS The article as it is fails to even mention Jan Palach. Dahn 07:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, how about having a list of major figures who exiled themselves after the events? I for one would be very interested in seeing one.Dahn 09:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Why are you talking about Praque Spring and I can't find any article? Should I look up Praque? I do after I leave this note here. If so, I think the Praque Spring would deserve a separate article. Here is something to add: Alan Ginsburgh was elected King of May by Prague students but was not allowed to leave his plane. So he couldn't join the students and celebrate with them. I checked, yes it's there. [2] Just passing.LeaNder 18:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

ooops, sorry!!! Shame on me.;-);-( I didn't notice it was a link. The search came up empty LeaNder 18:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Fatherland

Good point. The term "otčina" appears quite rarely nowadays, so it did not come on my mind, but it exists therefore should be mentioned on such a list.

I think the reason, why somebody founded this entry, was to gather only languages, where the term is derived from the word "father", not to gather translations into all possible languages. Despite this it can still seem quite useless for most people, but I can imagine that somebody might be interested in such a list.

Jan.Kamenicek 22:11, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

to be or not to be... not only hamlet asked this

Have a good day and sorry to bozher you. After some individuals started to "discuss" the present situation in the cs:wiki on the pages of Meta etc. Once more again (see ) I would just like to ask you for help for the cs:wiki. Maybe I will bother you but I mean this seriously.
As you probably may know, I was a user (since May 2004) and also a sysop (since Nov 2004) in the cs:wiki. After I have been several times heavilly attacked by some individuals saying I have been a collaborator and bolschevik member of the communist secret police StB, and after these people did start to publish this worldwide in internet (beside this: my family was persecuted in CSSR, I was living in West Germany beeing active for the Opposition there), I requested to be desysopped and do not work for cs:wiki any more. By the way, in last days there were two members of arbcom who resigned and another sysop who requested his desysop. More users and sysops declared to stop their activities.
Nevertheless: Both groups of these people do continue their attack on the cs:wiki as a whole and I am afraid, that the cs:wiki is in a very difficult stage and I am not sure if it will manage this, as the last weeks and months showed, that their reactions on such attacks are very "human " and "democratic" – say kind, not resolute enough. The groups I speak about are:

• cs:User:Vít Zvánovec and cs:User:Tompecina, first one now beeing arbitred, whom you maybe know from some other conflicts
• certain Mr. Ross Hedvicek, in cs:wiki cs:User:Rosta, an emigree living in Florida, known as a notorious spammer (see cs:Ross Hedvíček) and mainly an extremist author of very controversary statements on politics, with some dozens of people from his CS-Club (at least 10 are registered in cs:wiki); one of the worst internet culture I have ever seen

So this the situation. I would like to help cs:wiki in this difficult stage, as the attacks now reached the pages of Meta, and I will try to engage some steward like Anthere or Datrio to do something. But anyway, although I resigned as sysop in cs:wiki, i can tell you (or them) something and you can believe me or not. I know you as somebody who knows the czech community a bit and who can understand it, but somebody who is not engaged there. If you can a bit, see please at my page here, where you will find some links, and if you find something which could be helpful so comment it there, Anthere and Datrio or others will get the address as well.
Sorry for bothering you with this problems, but i think you could have some interest to solve it. For answers to me you can use only either my page in de:wiki de:Benutzer:-jkb- or the same in wikisource.org where I am still a sysop; my e-mail is deleted in all wikis but not in wikisource.org (at present). In the cs:wiki you can contact the bureaucrat cs:User:Ludek.
Thanks for listening to me and maybe for some help. -jkb- 19:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Thx for your edit in Meta. In fact, you did not help quite much the matter (cs:wiki), but otherwise you renamed and reformulated my reasons why I decided not to work there. So, say, partially positive. Thanks, you will find me mostly in de:User:-jkb- or (I am not sure) oldwikisource:User:-jkb-. -jkb- 21:00, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi. See e.g. [[3]]. - the fabulous George is Jiří Vaněk, some 1000x cited in internet. Be careful, everybody who joins their "discussion" is sooner or later a marxist confintal supporter of something... - - - Yes, I thank you for the invitation to participate here on en:wiki, and I also think, I will do it a bit (I think I should have some hundreds of edits here by the time), but obviously I will concentrate myself on the de:wiki as I live in Germany and can write a bit better in german than in english. But, anyway, I think about it and if I place something here, so you will get a message to improve the spelling :-). Good evening, -jkb- 23:43, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Patrin on Roma People

The issue I am concerned about with keeping the link is that it is not what is typically considered an acceptable primary source -- it's just some person's BLOG. Admittedly, it isn't necessarily being used as a primary source, but it would be better, I think, to stick to more reputable sources than individual efforts like this. --Improv 04:23, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Katie Holmes

Greetings! You have edited the Katie Holmes page in the past. I've completely reworked the article and have posted it on WP:PR in the hopes of advancing it to WP:FAC. I would be grateful for your comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Katie Holmes. PedanticallySpeaking 18:58, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

stdio.h

Thanks for your notes. I believe I'll do better after your note. However, I'd like to tell the fact that from cplusplus.com, NULL is defined as simply 0, with no datatype specified. So I think we should stick to that one. Deryck C. 08:41, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorting key and diacritics

Pavel, thank you very much for the tip on diacritics, I'll take your advice. Cheers --Lockley 05:40, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Messiah prophecy

Hi! Thanks for your note on my talk page. I reverted back to my own last version and left a note on the article's talk page. I don't know much about the actual text of the Bible, but I know that many scholars don't think the Messiah prophecy said anything about sacrifice. --Allen 05:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Málkov

I understand now. I was unsure why there appeared to be one single article on the Disambig page. You are doing a great job andding off Czech villages. It is people like you who which Wikipedia needs more of - Erebus555 16:02, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you Hello Pavel Vozenilek, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 63/4/3. I am honoured by the community support and pledge to serve the project as best as I can. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 16:41, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Category:Road signs in Ireland

This certainly isn't a candidate for speedy deletion - you may want to list it on WP:CFD instead. — sjorford (talk) 17:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Asimov / Datamatrix

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I'll add that at some point.

Absinthe Retailers AfD

Regarding your vote on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Absinthe Retailers, thank you for your input. The article's creator has raised an objection to its deletion that I think might be a valid point, to which I've responded. I would like to get feedback from other editors on this, so if you have the time, you might want to drop by the AfD page and give your opinion again. Thanks! –Sommers ^(Talk) 18:30, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

German Expulsion

I am a history student with a planned focus on Germany; I more than agree the topic is important to talk about, and knwo about. My problem is that the article poorly written by english-language encyclopedia standards that it cannot help anyone. In fact, in it's current state it is more destructive than helpful. I'll continue to talk about it; hopefully it can be fixed. --L.A.F. 02:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

I finished a new version of the German Expulsion article, at the location you suggested. I woudl appreciate it if you would look over it, and help me police it until we can move it over.

Thanks! --L.A.F. 09:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Bohemians, Moravians, Czechs etc.

Thanks for your comments. At the Opera Project we normally follow the New Grove Dictionary of Opera when it comes to nationalities. (This is what we did in the case of Gassmann. Gluck is another example.) The idea is to use the affiliation that the individual himself/herself would have chosen (hence we use Flemish, Alsatian, Bohemian etc.), however this can admittedly be difficult to determine when musicians lived such international lives. Maybe Gassmann would have wanted to be called 'Viennese'? Kleinzach 09:52, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. We would be delighted to have help with Czech entries, especially the haceks etc! For example we only have stubs for: Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen (Prihody Lisky Bystrousky), Destiny (Osud), The Excursions of Mr. Broucek on the Moon and in the 15th Century (Výlet pana Broučka do XV století/Výlet pana Broučka do Měsíce), Káťa Kabanová, The Makropulos Affair (Vec Makropulos), Šárka

You may be interested to see the Czech operas listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Opera Corpus.

Kleinzach 10:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Železný Brod

Hello Pavel! I created Železný Brod tonight since it was the only red link at Jizera River. I used info from the German and Polish wikipedias in its creation, as its website is only in Czech at the moment. Is there any place to announce new Czech articles (as there is no Portal:Czech Republic or Wikipedia:Czech Wikipedians' notice board)? Olessi 03:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back!

You are much welcomed back. Pavel Vozenilek 21:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, just killing some time... --W(t) 21:47, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Just FYI: almost nothing has changed here in the meantime, whatever one understands with it. Pavel Vozenilek 21:51, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Really? By the looks of it, wheel warring had become commonplace, no personal attacks had become a historical curiosity, and AIV response times had gone down the drain. But I'm glad to hear I'm mistaken :-P. --W(t) 21:54, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

"Technically"

At the time in question it was Nazi Germany and not Germany. If you think both are the same suggest to a German editor to merge the two articles. Zeq 06:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: When you revert vandalism...

Thank you very much for your advice. I'll definitely fight vandalism, whenever I meet it, but I won't search it on purpose. You are right, it is really time-consuming. As you have advised me, when I have time, I'll focus on creating new articles. Jan.Kamenicek 10:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

General Motors Corsa

Just wondering why you reverted this article; sure, some pictures were removed but they were replaced with genuine images of Corsas. Just need some clarification of why this is "playing." Thanks, --Spaceman85 14:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I would be interested

Why you consider my contributions wrong. I always engage in discussion if needed, and I am ready to provide sources.I do however understand that collecting information on certain topics can inspire emotional responces. My own guideline is to avoid personal remarks as much as possible. I would like to know your reasons for the opinions you hold ? Do you have any particular subject you wish me to provide sources or any critical observations ? Hope to hear you. Have a good day. --Molobo 00:51, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Please check your WP:NA entry

Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:

1. If you are an admin, please remove your name from the list.
2. If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
3. Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.

Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 03:28, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I do not know if you desire to be an admin, Pavel, but I believe you would be a good one. Olessi 04:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks!

Thank you! Hello Pavel Vozenilek, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosflux Talk

"Nonsense"?

i'm quite puzzled as to why you think i am adding nonsense to wikipedia. The edits I made to the General Motors Corsa article are legitimate and illustrate the headlamps on the said vehicle and a modification to it. i realise i may have inadvertently removed two images and i was attempting to work out how to replace them when you rolled back my edits calling them nonsense.

this was a good faith edit genuinely made in the hope of improving the article, and I encourage you to look at the page on this, Wikipedia:Vandalism which says:

"Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism."

i assumed this was the only edit i had made until i checked my contributions and found some "strange" edits. i can only assume these were made by someone using my machine (i'm at college)

apart from accidentally removing two images which i later tried to replace, i fail to see how i added nonsense to the wikipedia when i am only a new user trying to learn and contribute to it. if this is how you treat all newbies then i fear for those joining the project.

i'd like to hear your thoughts on this. --Jizzm 15:31, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Username block

It's a slang term for a certain bodily fluid. See [4]. I'll keep an eye on the IP autoblocker (which will be triggered if/when he attempts to edit from the blocked account) and release it so he can choose a better name. — Feb. 17, '06 [22:48] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Jesusism

The AfD on Jesusism was over unsourced, unverifiable, and possible hoax material. This time, Jag149 and Facts&moreFacts included sources. I have checked them out, and the connection appears tenuous at best. I have added {{fact}} tags where needed and cleaned up the formatting a bit. So far only one paragraph has been properly verified. If you do AfD this, I probably will support. Copysan 01:58, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Asians in Czech Republic

Dĕkuji vam, Pavel. I remember you, we've spoken before! I don't have the exact number, but I assume this wiki-page link will help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese. The page on Vietnamese people sources Vietnamese-Czechs at almost 25 000, though still a negligable number. You should fix the demographic page then, if you think it is that insufficient. Are you familiar with Praha? Are ethnic enclaves distinct in Praha, or are minorities spread all across the city? I have heard of the "Little Hanoi", but is it a distant part of the city? Until next time, take care. User:Le Anh-Huy

List of East European Jews

Well, they don't want to give up this stupid categorizing. What they've conceded so far is separate lists (they are linked to the main page). It's hard to convince American users that the world does not fold up neatly along categories, and that you have no chance of making a list short. For Chrissake, they have a List of Holocaust victims and a Category:Socialists! Hopefully, things'll get sorted out in time. What I resent about "Central" Europe is the inevitable notion that such a pattern is defining of "civilization" (I mean, the very notion and readiness to fit in it belongs to various nationalisms in the area); plus, mty own country is "orphan" - I mean, the same people designed a notional Balkans (according to the same wishful thinking), and decided that Romania does not belong in there. Alensha has had a great idea for this particular topic: that things be developed according to nation, and then linked to Europe. But, of course, she was told off. Dahn 21:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

AIV vs VIP

Hi Pavel Vozenilek. I noticed you added an entry to Vandalism in Progress. That page is only for very specific cases, as described by the page's guidelines. Your alert would be better placed on Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV), where it will usually be processed within minutes. Many alerts that are incorrectly placed on Vandalism in Progress are never dealt with, simply because they become old before an administrator gets to them. Thanks for your efforts. :) --lightdarkness ^(talk) 01:11, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Carpathian Ruthenia

Hi, thanks for the note. I just found this yesterday: Ruthenians and Ukrainians in Czechoslovakia (1918-1938). Regards. —Michael Z. 2006-02-20 16:33 Z

Diacritics for sorting keys of categories

It is better NOT to use diacritics for sorting key of categories. It sometimes results in quite funny arrangement of items, very unexpected for both Czech and English reader. Pavel Vozenilek 22:28, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the advice. Apart from that, to respond to your previous posting, I'm glad I'm not the only Czech person on the English Wikipedia. :-) I'll make every effort to add or expand some articles on Czech topics, mainly on literature or language. By the way, are the sorting keys of any use? Wouldn't it actually work even without them? (Not sure, just asking...) --Sebesta 22:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Curzio Malaparte

I can't help more with the article, as my knowledge is meek. I think you are wrong abot categories: featured articles have many, and specific, cats; there are regular demands on Category:[insert country] writers to include people listed in more specific cats, so as to avoid overpopulation (which helps no one). I don't any cat link I posted there is redundant, and all offer a good insight. "Natives of..." is a common cat, and I tried to apply it to all articles I've been translating from Italian wiki (mainly, about Fascist personalities). Dahn 01:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the kind words - cleaning up vandalism here is like shooting fish in a barrel, though. Kuru ^talk 04:54, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Czech Rep

Thankyou for your message.

I must disagree, a country's name does deserve to be at the top of an article on the country.

The use is minimal, but it is used, and the country's government says it is the name.

To say it "hasn't caught on in English" is not encyclopedic language and is vague. I have heard it several times, and it is a reintroduction of an old term.

N_Edits

x-ref between Black Patch Park and Roma People

Dear Pavel

You wish to remove my cross reference to Roma people in my entry on Black Patch Park. I think I understand your reasons but i wonder if i could say a little more on this subject which is rather dear to my heart and may perhaps persuade you that the entry was not a casual one, but I do realise this is a v.sensitive issue. The history of this park - threatened with being built over - revolves around the way the Romany were evicted from it in the 1900s. A long term friend of my late father - a Gypsy and campaigner for Gypsy rights and author of a book on Gypsies of the New Forest - Len Smith - has told me that Black Patch Park is well known in Romany History in UK. We now have the irony that the present campaign to save the park is being assisted by the descendents of the very Romany families who were forcibly evicted from the Black Patch to create a park for new industrial workers. This is a story of reconciliation that runs through the campaign to save this lovely green space with its long traditions as a refuse and settlement for Gypsy people. Is this case not worthy of a x-reference between Black Patch and Roma people? By the way it was Len who vetted my original account and said "Gypsy" was polite - if used with a capital G. Kind regards and thank you for your consideration. Simon - excuse me if this entry is incorrect by Wiki rules. I started only yesterday. s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk Sibadd

Dear Pavel

Yes, would you please make the necessary changes in this case. Thank you. I'm learning! Sibadd 16:00, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Help

Hello Pavel. Would you like to look at Islam in the Czech Republic article which I have recently created and check grammar etc. Thank you. - Darwinek 00:01, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Černá Hora

Hello! Can you expansion this city? --Sheynhertz_געשׁ״ך 09:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Protivín

Hi, I saw you made a redirect from Protivín to Protivin, but remember there is also Protivin, Iowa. This may couse problems or not?--Juan de Vojníkov 13:42, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

CFD voting

I noticed that in CFD you left a comment indicating you were voting that a number of odd, empty categories created by newbie User:Oscark should be deleted, but didn't actually affix your vote to them individually, presumably because you assumed this would be a no-contest vote. Similarly I didn't bother to vote because it seemed obvious they'd be got rid of. However, to my great surprise, a number of "Keep" votes have emerged, and to prevent any confusion it might be worth you actually going through the formality of affixing your vote individually to the categories you wanted deleted. Unfortunately, confusion caused by informal voting on disputed or contentious AFDs/CFDs is a grave cause of Wikistress! TheGrappler 21:24, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Transport

There are 59 countries which use "transport", which is quite a lot more than none. CalJW 22:15, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Is this true?

Hi Pavel, can you look at this edit? [5] It might be true, and it's certainly rather funny if it is. Thanks! Antandrus (talk) 02:28, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm not Pavel, but I'm also native czech speaker. It really could be translated this way but only by some software translator ... because it absolutely misses the point - it is translated without context (except for Harant is really Bastard). Furthermore the only place where it can be seen is on czech joke sites, so I think it's not "official" translation.

Dates

I know you feel that way - you've stated that opinion elsewhere. It's patently clear, however, that there's no consensus either way, and I very much object to people trying to force their opinion on others. If you want to discuss a compromise on this that can appease both sides, I'm all ears, but if you're just going to support this because you personally like date links, then I'm afraid I'm not very interested. Ambi 04:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

There's a very simple solution to that: convince Bobblewik to turn off his bot and concentrate on undisputed areas until a resolution is reached. In the meantime, I'm disinclined to let him get away with changing formats across the entire encyclopedia because of delays caused by his own refusal to discuss anything. Ambi 04:33, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

UPA

dlaczego Pan z premedytacją sugeruje jakieś domniemane pojednanie AK i UPA, proszę przedstawić jakieś wiarygodne informacje nt., np. Zarządu AK, zdjęcia oficialne, wystąpienia wladz AK, ZEZWOLENIA NA ZGODĘ BUDOWY POMNIKÓW UPA W POLSCE, to jest niedopuszczlane co Pan robi, i obraźliwe dla kombatantów AK !!!!, jeśli zna Pan język polski to chyba treść relacji w gazecie WPROST jest panu znana.

24 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your voting!

Thanks!

Hi, thanks for your voting on my RFA. It has finished with the result 88/14/9, and I am promoted. I am really overwhelmed with the amount of support I have got. With some of you we have edited many articles as a team, with some I had bitter arguments in the past, some of you I consider to be living legends of Wikipedia and some nicks I in my ignorance never heard before. I love you all and I am really grateful to you.

If you feel I can help you or Wikipedia as a human, as an editor or with my newly acquired cleaning tools, then just ask and I will be happy to assist. If you will feel that I do not live up to your expectation and renegade on my promises, please contact me. Maybe it was not a malice but just ignorance or a short temper. Thank you very mach, once more! abakharev 07:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Howdy

Hello Pavel! Regarding the questioned edit to East Colonisation, it is part of translated text from de:Deutsche Ostsiedlung (the Schlesien section). User:Imiraven did the initial translations, followed by the edits by 203.160.1.47; it is possible that Imiraven was accidentally logged out when the larger section was added. Regardless of the actual translator, the edits do seem to have been done in good faith. I will try to wikify and copyedit the material when I have time.

Regarding adminship, it is not something I have really given much thought to. I approach it the same way Piotrus does- having the mop and bucket is useful, but not that big a deal. I'm not terribly familiar with the guides listed at the top of RfA yet, so I need to understand the listed policies first. Right now would not be a good time for me to undergo the procedure, but I will certainly consider it once I have more free time. I do thank you for considering me worthy of adminship. Olessi 17:14, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Proposal

Hey, I have posted a policy change proposal on the Wikipedia talk:Editing policy page. I would your opinion and all Wikipedia members with accounts. Please. (Steve 21:56, 24 February 2006 (UTC))

Merge Teamwork and Team building?

I noticed that the two overlap a lot -- do you think we should just merge them? To me as an English speaker I don't feel something is lost if one becomes a redirect to the other. Coll7 01:41, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Article validation

Thanks for the link... it's interesting. Is it just someone random person's test or is it WP's? I really hope something similar is implemented soon. Westfall 05:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Klement Gottwald

Ahoj Pavle,
I have been doing some research on Klement Gottwald who was born in Dedice and then found that in 1683 Kaspar Gottwald from Domasov was burned on stake on suspicion of heresy. How far is Domasov from Dedice and do you think that Kaspar could have been among the ancestors of Klement Gottwald? Best Wishes, David Cruise

Hi Pavel,
Thank you for the information about Domasovs. I had no idea that there are several villages with this name. I know this would be next to impossible to prove reliably, it just seems an amazing coincidence. Take care, David Cruise 16:23, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Lída Baarová

Thanks for your comment. I'll explain the issue. This article reads like a romantized story. It is as if a history teacher is telling a story in front of a classroom...Phrases like

In Berlin she met Gustav Fröhlich, Leonardo DiCaprio of the German cinema,;

Lída Baarová's spellbinding beauty;

Lida's magic beauty;

Joseph Goebbels never forgot Lída, nor did she forget him.;

Her filmography bears testimony to the courage and determination with which she overcame the overwhelming odds she faced during most of her life.

just don't fit an encyclopedia.SoothingR 07:09, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for that point; I've reinserted them. Keep in mind that my revert's only purpose was to remove the systematic bias from the article, I never meant to remove anything else. If there's other stuff (apart from the POV) which you would like to see return in the article, which I have failed to notice, feel free to add it back.SoothingR 07:35, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Death of Joseph Stalin and Klement Gottwald

Hi Pavel,
Thank you for your comments. They motivated me to append two subnotes to the article and to give more references. On the personal note, my sister who lives in the Netherlands used to be married to a Czech guy. Many years ago, while visiting, I mentioned this issue. Her husband got red in his face, started to scream that I lie, and kicked me out of the house. He is dead now, but I still remember this event vividly. I do not think my remarks will stay on the Wikipedia too long. I put them there more or less as trial baloons to observe the reaction of the Czech community. David Cruise 19:04, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Samantha Brett

• I have rewritten the article from verifiable sources and hopefully in a more NPOV manner. I would bre grateful of you could have a look.Capitalistroadster 00:17, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Nice work on Pruning

Some good pruning you did on list of Czechs :); just make sure not to delete any red links that may have the potential for a good article. Also, I'm redirecting List of Czech writers and putting the category instead, since the list is superfluous. I will try to make stubs for all the red-linked writers on there though. Antidote

Revolution within the form

Thanks for letting me know. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Ithkuil_sentence.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Ithkuil_sentence.png. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator.

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you have questions about copyright tagging of images, post on Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags or User talk:Carnildo/images. 05:48, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Pavel Vozenilek/Locations

Hi, I've noticed that you're trying to create all Czech cities, towns and villages (especially communes, obecs) definitions at enwiki. I think You've missed some obec's from my neighbourhood (I'm from Cieszyn Silesia :) - Tesinske Slezsko) cause recently I've noticed some new articles at plwiki about Czech villages, like pl:Bocanovice, pl:Chotěbuz, pl:Cierlicko, pl:Mosty u Jablunkova, pl:Nýdek, pl:Ropice, and some of them don't have english versions. BTW have you any access to information which exactly communes belong to Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia? Zdravim :) D T G 22:05, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

the same?

[6] + [7] + [8] + [9] = [10] + [11] ?

Compare also these contributions: [12], [13], [14], [15]

Má vlast

I'[ve] removed the [{{capitalmove}}] tag and added [an] explanation on the [talk] page. Pavel Vozenilek 20:44, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Pavel; I enjoy learning these kinds of details!  Best wishes, David Kernow 20:55, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Adminship

Hi, I looked at your contributions. You are doing a very good job.

If you are not an Admin I would like to nominate you to become one but wanted to check with you first.

Best, Zeq 09:09, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

By coincidence, I also just now realized you weren't an admin. I would surely support. — Mar. 2, '06 [09:42] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Nick Peros Wikipedia article

Hi Pavel,

Thank you for your note to me re. the Nick Peros Wikipedia article that I have recently contributed. The Nick Peros article was contributed because Nick Peros is a notable contemporary classical composer that meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines, not as a vehicle for promotion.

In the notability guidelines for music, Wikipedia states that any artist that has had a record certified gold or higher in at least one large or medium-sized country meets notability requirements. CRIA is the Canadian Recording Industry Association and is the body that giverns Record Certifictaion in Canada. If you go to the following link on the CRIA website:

http://www.cria.ca/gold/0903_g.php

you can verify that O Canada- A Canadian Celebration is certified Platinum, as stated in the last paragraph of the Wikipedia Nick Peros article. Platinum Certification is a higher certifictaion than Gold, and as such meets that notability guideline.

In your your comments on the notability notice that you mention in the history section of the article, you refer to “claims of positive criticism”, implying that the positive criticisms listed in the article may not be accurate. For each critique listed in the article I have included a citation reference noting the name of the publication, the name of the reviewer and the date of publication. Most of these critiques/reviews are from hard copy newspaper reviews, however one of these critiques is from Classics Today. Classics Today is an internationally recognized and peer reviewed classical music site that focuses on critique and review of classical CD’s, and is often cited as a source for reliable and professional classical music critique by artists and major labels alike. If you go to the following link:

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=3538

you can read the entire Classics Today review of the Nick Peros Motets CD which is excerpted in the Nick Peros Wikipedia article.

Wikipedia’s notability guidelines for Music also state that for composers, the composer has been the subject of a biography published as a book, or has several articles by at least 2 different authors in the peer reviewed publications.

As a composer, Nick Peros is the subject of a number of major articles in peer reveiwed and recognized music and arts publications. One such article was published in the national Canadian Arts Magazine Perfroming Arts Magazine – the Nick Peros article was in fact the cover story for that issue. You can read the article in full at the following link:

http://www.looksmartclassical.com/p/articles/mi_m1319/is_n3_v31/ai_20931302

Nick Peros was also the cover story for Wholenote Magazine’s September 1999 issue- I was unable to find a link to the article itself, however, if you visit the following link:

http://www.thewholenote.com/wholenote_sep_99/musician_midst.html

you will see that the Nick Peros Wholenote cover story is affirmed in this article which appeared in the same September 1999 issue as the Nick Peros cover story (see last sentence of second last paragraph of that article as listed on the above link: She thinks composers should present their own concerts, both as a practical way of getting performed and as a way of developing an audience for their work. (Interestingly, this is exactly what Nick Peros, our cover story, is doing this month). The article confirms that the cover story for Wholenote for that month- September 1999- is Nick Peros. Along with Opus Magazine and La Scena Musicale, the Toronto based Wholenote is one of Canada’s three main classical music magazines – peer reveiewed and recognized.

Nick Peros has also had a number of feature newspaper articles written on him and his work and published in various major newspapers, including The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper by circulation – if you go to the following link:

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/422039631.html?did=422039631&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Sep+7%2C+2002&author=Geoff+Chapman&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Toronto+composer+creates+Sept.+11+work+%3B+Choral+memorial+to+debut+at+Washington%27s+National+Cathedral+at+Sept.+10+ceremony

you will find a feature Toronto Star article on Nick Peros’ composition and World Premiere concert of Prayer of Consolation, composed to commemorate the First Anniversary of September 11 and premiered in Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC.

Nick Peros has also been the subject of many shorter articles as well, but these two (Performing Arts Magazine and Wholenote Magazine) are included as examples since they were both cover stories, and the Toronto Star link is included as The Star is Canada’s highest profile newspaper.

I would like to ask if you, as a Wikipedia editor, could visit the above links to verify the notability of Nick Peros for inclusion in Wikipedia- based on the above information and links, the notability of Nick Peros for inclusion in Wikipedia is verified and affirmed as Nick Peros meets the criteria of Platinum certifictaion (which is a higher certifictaion than Gold, and Gold certification or higher is listed as a music notability guideline); he has been the subject of a number of feature articles (magazines and newspapers) by different authors in peer reveiwed publications (also listed as a music notability guideline); the critical review notes listed in the Nick Peros Wikipedia article are accurate and verifiable, as per the Classics Today example. I would like to ask if, upon your review/verifictaion of the above information/links, you could remove the notability notice from the Nick Peros Wikipedia article and, in the history section for your edit/removal of that notice, state that you have verified the content/accuracy of the article.

I noticed that you have removed some of the internal Wikipedia links for Nick Peros to other articles, citing self-promotion as the reason. Once again, I want to affirm that promotion was not the reason for making those links, but rather because I believe that the links are relevant links to the subject of each article- for example, the Emily Bronte link was included to show that Bronte's neglected poetry is receiving growing atention, and some of Nick Peros' vocal compositions are in fact the first time that some of her poetry has ben set to music; likewise with the Housman and Motet link, to show that this poet and compositonal genre are still active and relevant, and evident in Peros' music. However, I do understand that such links could have an appearance of promotion, and so I will defer to your judgement on that. However, I would like to ask you, upon verifying the subject notability as referrenced above, to reinstate the Nick Peros info in the following articles: List of 20th Century Classical Compsoers, List of 21st Century Classical Composers; List of Composers for Classical Guitar; List of Composers for Solo Piano.

Thank you Pavel for your help and attention in this – I understand that upholding the integrity of the editorial content of Wikipedia is of prime importance and I appreciate and respect the editorial/notability process. If you could e-mail me a reply to this e-mail, I would appreciate it. Thanks again.

Sincerely,

Michele Bryan

notability question

Hi Pavel,

I had sent you a response to your concerns about the notability of the composer Nick Peros article - it was my first time using the discussion feature, and I'm not sure if I correctly indicated a "watch" on this page to bring your attention to my response, so I'm sending you this note to make sure that you are aware that I have sent you a detailed response with verification links for the content of that article. Thanks again Pavel for your help and feedback - I appreciate it.

Michelle Bryan

RE:January

I've seen his name written like that before, but I do figure it is odd. Perhaps a Germanized of Polishized version?

Also, make sure that when you move any people from the Czech list, to add all red links to the discussion page, regardless if they are not Czechs or not associated with Czech lands. Oh, and I'm going to start moving some Austrians/Jews/Germans from the list who really don't apply (Gregor Mendel?). Is there really anything Czech about Mendel? Any ancestors? Antidote

Regardless, Austrians/Germans born in Czechia are no more Czech than American-born Czechs (who are not included). Some people like Kafka should obviously be included (for his contributions in Prague) but others like Mendel (and Freud for example) I am doubtful about. I'm only saying we should caution ourselves when adding people from Bohemia.

As for the name January; there exists January Suchodolski. I'm not sure why exactly Kozeluh was referenced with it. How do you speedy delete? Antidote

I generally agree, especially with the Czech American part. I am unsatisfied with the statistics on the Czech page, stating that 1.2 million Czechs live in the US, especially when a majority of those are "2 or more responses" registrations. Only, lets say, 500,000 at most are majority-blooded Czechs, and of those only 300,000 probably know anything about their Czechness or speak the language. I wish there was a way to cut it down to the 500,000 that count and aren't be repeated for other nationalities. Regardless, the 300,000 or so Czech-Americans who are aware of their Czechness should have their significants listed here if the opportunity presents itself. Anyway, as I did with my work on the Serbs articles, I need translation help. Mind translating cs:Antonín Slavíček to Antonín Slavíček? It's pretty short. Ignore grammar and images and such, I will fix that. Antidote

100,000 wouldn't surprise me in the least either. What's worse than the Czech number is the 8.9 million Poles number. Not only does the number include Polish-Ukrainians and Polish Jews (many of whom don't even identify with Poland), but almost more than half of them number is composed of 2-or-more response registrations. Anyone who happens to have a Polish grandfather is automatically added to this number. It ends up repeating tons of nationalities.

Right, so translate whenever you can. I got about 8 Serbian articles waiting to be translated too. Antidote

WP:AIV

Thanks for trying to help us out with vandalism by reporting it to this page. I've noticed that many of the users you edit are not currently active and, in some cases, have not been adequately warned. In general, if you are reporting a vandal to this site, s/he should be:

• currently active (within the last 2-3 hours) - remember all our timestamps are in UTC unless you've changed your preferences
• warned to at least test3 or bv, if not test4 ("final warning")
• committing simple acts of obvious vandalism

Again, we definitely appreciate your reports, but try to keep them to these criteria. (ESkog)^(Talk) 00:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Communities

Hello! Dobrý den. Can you expand these community?

Bzenec, Hořovice, Hodonín, Hustopeče, Ivančice, Prostějov, Mikulov,

Telč, Josefov, Brněnec, Lázně Kynžvart, Třebíč, Hranice na Moravě, Vítkovice, Krnov, Golčův Jeníkov, Hermanův Městec(right?), Poběžovice, Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Roudnice nad Labem, Úsov, Lipnik nad Becvou,

Is there any geographical portal/project pages?

Thank you for Černá Hora.

--Sheynhertz_געשׁ״ך 12:38, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Lída Baarová

Hey Pavel! You might want to take a look at Talk:Lída Baarová... Olessi 23:11, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Clapham J. disambig pls

Hi. As Malta is one of my favourites (see here, so i started to translate Clapham Junction (Malta) from my new article in de.wiki. I quess tomorrow I will finish it. But there is a problem just like in de.wiki: Clapham Junction is about the station in London, so I need in Clapham Junction article a disambiguation (this is about London station, see xxx for Cl.J. on Malta…), but I do not know the syntaxes in en.wiki. Can you make it there? – btw, you have been right, I finished to edit on cs.wiki and also here on the topic of the „pošuks“. Soon, I think, they will move and will be their own stewards :-) – see [16]. Thx for disambig, -jkb- 14:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Disambig seen, thx, -jkb- 20:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I would like you to reconsider your vote

The specified Armenian timelines are unique contributions of the author. As they are collection of dates and events, and it is the organization of the dates makes it unique to this author. There is no page on the internet that organized these events within these categories. This set of pages are UNIQUE and not copyvios. Your position is noted, but working on these timelines to cover your position would bea better way of solving the problem. I believe it is important to have a timeline of these activities for the explanation of the whole process. Thanks for your attention. --OttomanReference 18:53, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject C++

The WikiProject C++ aims to increase the quality of C++-related articles on Wikipedia, and has discovered that you have participated in the editing of them! So don't hesitate, join us! --Deryck C. 15:41, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned cats conundrum

Hi. As a party who contributed to the discussion on the Orphaned China cats recently, I wanted to see if I could get a comment from you at the unresolved discussion. I don't want to see this matter tossed back into the limbo of no consensus, so please vote under Agree with proposal or Disagree with proposal with the numbering and we'll see if this can be resolved. Thanks very much for your continued patience. --Syrthiss 22:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Roman Catholic actors

Given your votes and comments on CFD, I thought you'd be interested in voting at WP:DRV#Category:Roman_Catholic_actors. Cheers, Postdlf 20:53, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Dear Pavel:

You have the honor of being the 12th person to respond to my survey!

Thank you for your participation. Your responses to the survey are much appreciated!

The final essay should be posted on my user page no later than March 27. Stay tuned!!!

Shuo Xiang 01:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Moved from user page

Editing of others content.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camps_Lety_and_Hodon%C3%ADn was edited to provide a source for the information on the book Black Silence, which chronicles the Gypsy camp of Lety. I assume your anti-Gypsy sentiment is behind the edit more than aspiring to create a better Wiki. I shall be consulting other editors in Wikipedia to create a more compliant article... but the existence of this important book will not be covered up by hypersensistive site users.Eiri Amach 21:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

LDK

Frankly speaking his edits are both wrong and right. He is on some editing spree arguing that every single person who had something to do with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (for instance his/hers ancestors lived there several hundred years before) is Lithuanian. While in some cases it is right (notice the difference between self-consciousness of people from GDL and modern Lithuanians), in others is wrong. I notified our Polish club of the guy, but apparently everyone is anxious to do anything. Apparently the memories of User:Zivinbudas are still fresh... Halibutt 02:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Czechia-stub

Hi Pavel, is there any general Czechia-stub (like Template:India-stub) category? I really miss it. I would like to use it for articles like Student Agency (Brno). Thx in advance :-) JanSuchy 18:39, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt action! One more question plus one more wish

• what is more appropriate: The Drama Club (Prague) or Činoherní klub
• map for Pernink (no hurry)

My RFA withdrawal :(

Hello Pavel Vozenilek, it is my apologies to bring you that I've withdrawn my RFA. Due to the lack of experience, I would go under admin coaching first before trying again later. I would thank you for your vote in this RFA whether you voted support, oppose or neutral for me. I appericiate your comments (if you do have) you made and I hope to see you here in future. --Terence Ong 14:38, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Bleiburg

I know you made an enquire back in August of 2005, this was the first time I read that site. I've tried to explain a little something about the event and I've added a source but in seven months, you might just have learnt more about it than me! Betrayal Talk. Celtmist 25 Mar 2006

It's here!!!

Dear Pavel:

And it's here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Announcing my CS 492 term-end paper: On Wikipedia — the Technology, the People, the Unfinished Work. File:Wikipedia.pdf

Thank you for all the kind help you have lent me during the paper-writing process!!!

Long live Wikipedia!!!

Shuo Xiang 22:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Esoteric programming languages

Hi, would you be interested in voting on this monster before I let it loose on AfD? Cheers, —Ruud 21:38, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Ithkuil

Hey Pavel, do you know that Image:Ithkuil sentence.png you uploaded is going to be deleted soon? I'd say: do something about it. I would do it myself, but the truth is that I don't know anything about these licensing matters. Best regards, —IJzeren Jan _{In mij legge alle fogultjes een ij} 09:30, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia survey

Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 00:36, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Roman Catholic actors category

After being undeleted, it's been relisted on CFD; your vote would be appreciated. Postdlf 14:59, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Kusma's RfA

Hello, Pavel Vozenilek! Thank you for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. If you ever have problems that you could use my assistance with or see me doing stupid things with my new buttons, don't hesitate to contact me. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 02:43, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Czech [and] Slovakian NB?

Such Wikipedia noticeboard would be a good idea, don't you think so? It would allow an easy way to contact many editors familiar with those countries (now you are the only one I can recall). For example, it would be useful to attract interested editors to such discussions.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 23:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, when I started the Polish NB there were only 2 or 3 others interested users, and even now we are below 10. As long as you can name 2 other users that may be interested, the project makes sense - as user talk pages are basically 1 on 1 discussion, so for 3+ people, NB are useful.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp PR

Hello there! I remember seeing you contribute to various Holocaust-related articles. I have recently expanded the article on Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and asked for a peer review. I thought you might want to take a look at the article and perhaps improve it or tell me what's missing. //Halibutt 00:03, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikics template

Hi Pavel! I've just created a new template to indicate English Wikipedia user who also contribute to the Czech Wikipedia.

Template:User wikics

Feel free to add it to your userboxes if you like it (and if you actually contribute to cs wiki). Happy Easter. Daniel Šebesta (talk • contribs) 22:54, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Sexuality of Adolf Hitler

Fyi this article is open for voting on AFD.

Manu propria -- thanks

Thanks for everything, and all the best to you! <KF> 22:58, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi!!!

Hey Pavel, happy to see you here :) I have "List of Latin phrases" in my watch list and noticed your name. How are you? Are you still participating to boost? --Gennaro Prota 00:52, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page (I thought to drop a note here, just in case you aren't watching it) --Gennaro Prota ^(talk) 13:22, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Glad to see you around

Good to see you are still here, too. I am not quite as active as I used to be, either. My current watchlist is at 0.05% of old times. Heh. Rl 07:52, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Passports+

Czechs can hold mutiple passports? Really? It is just for special cases such as repeated travel to Israel and the Arab nations, or can anyone do this? Got any references? +Hexagon1 (talk) 07:33, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Israelbeach

I would like to bring to your attention that I have filed a request for comment on User:Israelbeach's conduct. --Woggly 11:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello check this out

Hello I have made a request for comment on Kurt Leyman and I need people to sign the request and also to sign on the specific page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_conduct

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Kurt_Leyman

(Deng 03:12, 27 April 2006 (UTC))

!בּײמְן און״ מײרְן

Hello! I wrote Lipschütz article. But where is Liebeschitz, Eidlitz, and Obrzizk, Brigul?

See also Fränkel, Frenkel, Epstein, Wahl, Kavka, Kuranda, Eibenschutz, Auspitz, Elbogen, Horowitz, etc.. Do you know any Czechs, Slovak that has lastnames like these? Then please add the names in the each articles. --Sheynhertz_געשׁ״ך 22:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Radola Gajda

Nice work :) --Stlemur 10:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I just wanted to write the same... Pavel, thank you very much for the work you're doing here! -- Sandius 17:42, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of Lists

The vote for deletion of Lists of farms in Oppland ended in nonconcensus. As a result, I propose moving forward after considering the varous comments in the discussion. As you were one who voted for deletion, I'd be interested in understanding what you think appropriate criteria to merit inclusion of a list on Wikipedia might be. Thanks - Williamborg 21:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Some relief, my friend? ;)

Gennaro Prota ^(talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!

RfA Thank You!

Thanks Pavel Vozenilek,

I am honored by your support in my recent successful request for adminship. As an administrator, I am your servant, ready to help however I can. (In your case, since you've had the tools longer than I, my best use might be menial labor!) My talk page is always open; should you need anything, or should you see me making a mistake -- probably a common occurrence -- please do let me know. I will depend on the good sense of the community to keep me from making a complete fool of myself! :) In gratitude, Xoloz 17:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi! I saw from Special:Newpages that you are working on Czech geo stubs. I am just curious: although geo articles are generally notable, why not put them on the Czech language wikipedia where local czech-speakers can use and add to them? Cheers, --unforgettableid | talk to me 13:26, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Also, do you have computer programming skills? Perhaps you could write or adapt a WP:BOT to go through Czech census data and auto-create articles?

Uh noo noo... he's quite hopeless at coding ;) --Gennaro Prota^•Talk 14:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Expulsion of Germans after World War II

I had given up editing the page long time ago (and occasinal comparison with some versions more than a year old was a constant source of pesimism - despite hundreds edits the page moved virtually nowhere). However, I've noticed Richard's recent efforts, and the page actually improving. He seems to be patient and bold enough in dealing with trolls and genuinely trying to create good NPOV article, so I felt moral obligation to help a bit. One sentence pointers to reference aren't that tiresome (and I'm not going to engage in disscussion again... I've learned like the page staying in the same state for years, also the attitude of most avid editors didn't changes [17] )--Wikimol 09:49, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

{{Major programming languages}}

You might be interested in Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 May 25#Template:Major_programming_languages. Cheers, —Ruud 21:56, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Czech locations

Wouldn't it be better to use modified versions of this image for locations? It doesn't suffer from the problem of being anti-aliased. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:09, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, due to it not-being anti-aliased it can be recoloured easily, hold on, I'll upload a less colourful version. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:16, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

How about this then? +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:21, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Well I can't be bothered to work on this much either, so we'll just wait hoping for someone to code a bot or something, it seems. This will have to be a one-helluva advanced bot, with optical recognition and such, so we shouldn't expect it any-time soon. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:37, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll see, my visits to the Czech Wiki are not frequent, and so far I've concerned myself with translations in the other direction (eg. .au to cs:.au). Oh well, I'll give it a shot. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:56, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm aware of that discussion, I kind of started it when I noticed the article claims Nitra to be the capital. By the way, I've finished the translation, it seems horrible to me, but the facts are there. If someone doesn't like the way I phrased it, they can fix it themselves. God bless the wiki-system! :) +Hexagon1 ^(t) 04:16, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

The Excursions of Mr. Broucek on the Moon and in the 15th Century

Would you mind if I re-amend the sentence about Svatopluk Čech, which I wrote originally. In English, we wouldn't say "from Svatopluk Čech" (even if the Germans use "von" here), but "by SC", or "of SC". Also, the clause "the author himself makes an appearance in a vision near the start of Act 3" shouldn't be joined to the previous sentence by a comma. It should be linked by "and" or it should be a separate sentence. It seemed polite to mention this to you rather than just re-editing, especially as your English is much better than my Czech (which consists almost entirely of words from Janáček's operas and The Bartered Bride - things like "pivo" and "S podmínkou"!). -GuillaumeTell 18:05, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

thank you from Plch

thank you for your welcome, I'll try to give my contribution to wiki but, unfortunately, I don't have much 'web time'. For the time being I think that I'll just keep correcting some minor mistakes but I have some more ambitious projects Plch 22:23, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

City/town templates

Hi, Pavel! To answer your question: categories only contain existing articles, a template (or a list for that matter) also includes those that do not yet exist but should definitely be created. It is easier to navigate through a template than it is via a category. And, of course, templates are pretty :) For additional points in favor of "colored boxes", see Wikipedia:Navigational templates. Hope this answers your questions. Best, —Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) • (yo?); 23:28, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Medium (spirituality)

I'm trying to figure out if those entries actually belong in the article, especially the way they're written. I was thinking of at least adding a request for citation, but I'm doing a little more research on the subject of Mediumship which redirects to Spiritualism. Right now, it doesn't appear that the new definitions belong under Medium (spirituality). What are your thoughts? - Dreadlocke 01:41, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Definite odor about it. I'm researching to see if any of it should remain. - Dreadlocke 01:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I noticed there was a Mediumship article with only a redirect as content, so I put the information there for the time being, and removed what looked like advertising. I'm going to research Mediumship to see if it's legitimate enough for an article. I see that someone already tagged it for "speedy deletion" as "nonsense", which is probably true.. -Dreadlocke 02:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Turkish Human Rights Record

The prod on this article was contested so I have moved it over to AfD. Figured you ought to know. Reyk _YO! 02:37, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: wikilinks on disambig page per Manual of Style ????

Why do you remove the links? At least in this case [18] it made the info much less useful (too complicated to explain). The reason of Wikipedia is to provide as much useful and exact information as possible, not to dance by the song of the day. Thanks for understanding. Pavel Vozenilek 18:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Since we just had a similar discussion just above, I thought I'd pipe in: I think the changes made the page more useful as a disambiguation page, while it might have reduced the amount of information. Disambiguation pages are intended to get you to the page you want quickly. As such it provides what information it is necessary to know which link to click and not more. WP:MOSDAB explains things pretty well, I think. John (Jwy) 19:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)copied the following from my talk page Colonel Tom

Thanks for responding, John; the above covers my thinking pretty well. In the example you gave, Pavel, the relevant bluelinks are covered in the relevant dab page, ie "mountain" is bluelinked in page Radhošť, so a bluelink to mountain is superfluous on the disambiguation page. You've come to Radhošť (disambiguation) to find out about the village/mountain by that name, after all, not because you want to read about generic mountain information; if you wanted that, you'd have searched on mountain. My edits have improved the encyclopedia, in my opinion, and that of the Disambiguation manual of style. Cheers, Colonel Tom 05:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Chanov

To be honest, I don't know anything about Chanov/Rudolice nad Bílinou, so I can't offer an opinion. It's always a tough call when the commonly used name and the official name don't match. I've been having a similar discussion on about Khrushchev's Secret Speech which is currently at its official, but essentially unheard of name. On the other hand, with the redirect, it doesn't really matter either way. -- TheMightyQuill 09:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

AfD, CfD, and TfD

You are correct that I have virtually no activity at WP:AfD, WP:TfD, and WP:CfD. Although I know that those are popular tasks, especially for administrators, I find myself devoting much of my time to other tasks. After all, someone has to take care of everything else. ;) Regardless, thanks for adding your comments to my RfA, they are appreciated. -- Natalya 21:08, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

WP:NPA

Might want to read this before you start attacking users in the future. JohnnyBGood t c 16:36, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Indeed there isn't. However making blind statements based on quick glance at the past is just ignorant and violates WP:NPA. Only once have I been accused of being "disruptive" and even that was only a partially accurate interpretation of that event. I have every right to voice my opinion on that particular vote you attacked me on even if I've had a few controversial edits in the past. JohnnyBGood t c 21:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

One problem however you fail to address when you say it should "consider the weight of the argument" is that is a totally subjective measure and not useful when determining the will of the community. Just because you may think your argument has weight doesn't mean users B, C and D agree. They may consider another argument to have greater weight. If we were to go to a weighted argument system admins would end up taking ulimate control of the project based on their subjective interpretation of the weight of arguments. That would be truly unacceptable. Also you are correct that the "stigma" of having caused a disruption can stick with someone (however I don't believe there has been an instance I've disrupted wikipedia enough to have such a stigma). However that is also no reason to violate WP:NPA and belittle someone's opinion just because you don't share it. You're supposed to follow WP:FAITH. JohnnyBGood t c 22:47, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

i do not understand how a stated source can be trumped by what exists presently. i have not altered previous material; i have added to it.

i do not negate your possible presence during and/or after the revolution in and/or czechoslovakia and/or the czech republic. please quote your source for your 'first hand account'. secondly: what you term as 'gossip' is debatable.

again, sir, please quote your sources. in the event of non-availability of a source, your additions add up to noise. your personal convictions and experiences during and/or after the revolution are non-NPOV. restating the above: i have sources; vaclav havel and salman rushdie. these are statement of facts. yours is experience. the case being made for 'gossip' and 'urban legend' is weak. hence, i shall revert back to the changes made earlier.

the changes have been made --Maas 22:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Planá

Thanks for your help with editing the page. The town I was referring to is not ficticious, it's a town called Planá in the west of the Czech Republic. Saying it was near Karlovy Vary was probably a mistake and misleading on my part. It is in fact closer to Plzen. You can find a link to the town I was referring to on this page [19] I think it's different to the village that was already on the page. I will leave it up to you if you wish to re-edit the page. Cheers -- MrMagoo 14:29, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

opinions on forth programming language and scheme programming language solicited

I have put up forth programming language and scheme programming language for peer review and want to move them towards being featured articles. As someone with a broad knowledge of programming languages you would certainly be welcome to contribute.

I am also merging k.lee's infamously delayed rewrite of programming language into the current article and would value your help. Ideogram 23:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit question

I was poking through the history of lyrics and you referred to LyricWiki.org as an "almost empty wiki". Just confused by what you mean. It is listed on WikiIndex as "vibrant" and is apparently the largest non-wikipedia wiki in the world. Was it still very small when you saw it, or was this just a mistake? Just curious.

Bohemian rulers

Hello Pavel! You might want to take a look at List of rulers of Bohemia, where User:Srnec has "Anglicized/Latinized" many of the names. While some of these names are used somewhat frequently in English texts (Wenceslaus, Boleslaus), others seem quite obscure (Vratislaus? Bretislaus?). Olessi 15:56, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Long talk page

Greetings! Your talk page is getting a bit long in the tooth - please consider archiving your talk page (or ask me and I'll archive it for you). Cheers! BD2412 T 00:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Danube templates

You might want to participate here: [20] --Dijxtra 09:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Tumlirz

Hello! I wrote Otto Tumlirz, but can you understand the meaning of word tumlirz?

I also wrote Karel Cihlář, etc. --Sheynhertz_געשׁ״ך 17:04, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Who is a Czech?

Hi Pavel. I see you contribute frequently to Czech lists and dislike when people with no Czech affliations are added to the Czech list. Do you consider people like Sigmund Freud, Gregor Mendel, and Gustav Mahler to be Czechs or Austrians living in Bohemia? Respond on my talk page: User talk:The Jujugoe. 70.146.15.151 20:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Havel classification

Upon further reference, I see what you mean in terms of the RC classification. Would it be more appropriate to classify him as a deist thinker, since he is obviously an intellectual and has made several statements analyzing both the nature of belief in terms of a personal versus impersonal god, and has also made reference to the psychology behind atheism? I will put it down, but if you disagree, message me. Homagetocatalonia 22:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

References: http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/print_article.php?id=284 http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_deist.html "A modern philosopher once said: "Only a God can save us now." Yes, the only real hope of people today is probably a renewal of our certainty that we are rooted in the earth and, at the same time, in the cosmos. This awareness endows us with the capacity for self-transcendence. Politicians at international forums may reiterate a thousand times that the basis of the new world order must be universal respect for human rights, but it will mean nothing as long as this imperative does not derive from the respect of the miracle of Being, the miracle of the universe, the miracle of nature, the miracle of our own existence. Only someone who submits to the authority of the universal order and of creation, who values the right to be a part of it and a participant in it, can genuinely value himself and his neighbors, and thus honor their rights as well." - From Wikiquote.

Milada Horáková

Hi, could you please give some names of women executed by Communists for political reasons? I don't mean "ordinary" executions (e.g. Olga Hepnarová) --- just the political ones. I couldn't find any other, so to me, the original statement, that "She was the only woman ever executed in Czechoslovakia for political reasons (...)" was true. Thanks! --- Sandius 18:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Location maps of Czech cities on Commons

I have deleted a number of location maps of Czech cities from Wikipedia. Some of them, however, had been deleted from Commons earlier or not uploaded there at all, so they're still present here.

I have also changed a number of licence tags for Commons maps from PD to GFDL. Please don't forget that you must license derivative work under GFDL if the original was under GFDL. Please check whether I have determined your sources correctly. Conscious 12:15, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Kostelec nad Labem

see here, -jkb- 12:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi

I've redone List of dictators currently in power to add explanations beside each dictator. Please reconsider your vote. Thanks! AdamBiswanger1 04:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Zvrškovec

I do not know what to do with such articles. The person exists and he is indeed the chairman of that (extremely small) party. If you are asking me, I think that any chairman of any party in the world should be considered relevant enough to have an article. Juro 03:02, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Polish/German border at the time of RČS

Do you know where I can get a reasonably high quality map showing the southern Polish-German border around the time of the first Czechoslovakia (RČS)? One showing rivers and cities as well. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 10:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

It's a shame, I've almost finished maps of the RČS, ČSSR and ČR+SR, but the RČS-time period borders elude me slightly, especially Polish-German ones near the RČS border. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 06:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Zdravím

Mohu poprosit o minimálně jazykovou revizi mnou přidané sekce v článku Miroslav Kalousek? Děkuji předem. Cinik 22:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. :-) Cinik 15:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

No mate I think you understood me . I mean set up regional categories then set up the district categories within them. Then villages will be listed by district in the regional categories. Then there shouldn't be any villages in the regional page because they are all sub headed. I did make the mistake of listing them in both in the Banska Bystrica Region and the regiuonal count was way too overcrowded this will be corrected in due course. See Category:Villages in Slovakia for what I mean. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 08:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japan-Oceania relations

"Something about 1984"? Why 1984? Bewildered, Ya ya ya ya ya ya 20:48, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi I propose that you alter the categories for villages in the Czech republic in the way I have done for Category:Villages in Slovakia. Otherwise the category villages in Czech will be grossly over full!! I see you have done district but try it as Villages in .... district. In Slovakia the category is too large even by region so i have sub-categorized into districts of a region. I reckon eastern Europe should be listed this way. Good luck though your doing good1 Ernst Stavro Blofeld 14:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes your category for towns is absoultely correct in the Cities and towns in ... but it is villages that need re- categorization by district. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 14:31, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Over 6200 villages!! Definately DEFINATELY needs to be localized!!!!!! There is no way you can have 6,000 plus articles in one big category.. I don't know much yet about geography of Czech but first I suggest that Villages is split into the larger regions of the country see Category:Villages in Slovakia. Then the district sub categories within them. Good luck Ernst Stavro Blofeld 14:49, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

The same goes for other countries in that regio of Europe, Croatia and Bosnia which i think have the same bad national village category!

Hi yes I agree that the category:.....district is wise but they need to be organized into strong regional categories - modernization. ..... district is useful as a category to include different features e.g lakes and rivers but there also needs to be a sub category within this category for villages to make some distinction of settlements in Czech.

I can't beleive you! After our conversation about Slovakia and about how villages in Slovakia are categorized by districts you go and put an article in Category:Villages in Slovakia!!!!! It goes in Category:Villages and municipalities in Bardejov District. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 21:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

The Zilina Region is the only region I think that hasn't yet had the districts created so you can just put it in Category:Villages and municipalities in the Žilina Region

Yes I figured you were doing something with Zb words. I will complete districts in Zilina tomorrow. I started one or two tonight. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 21:53, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Košice

Hi Pavel,

thanks for fixing Košice. I hope Juro will agree if he returns. (I don't want to start a fight with him... :) – Alensha  ^talk 17:04, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Czech districts

Hi I have looked at the categories of Czech districts and they are fine. HOWEVER, I have notcied that articles have not yet been crested for each district. In Slovakia all of the districts in each region have seperate articles with maps and a list of their municpalities. It would be extremely helpful if you could start them and find data for them. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 19:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of Cruisers of Austria-Hungary

Pavel,

The above category was created in accordance with WP:SHIPS' categorization policy and should not have been deleted; it fits into the extensive Category:Ships by country structure. Because you did not tag the category for deletion, but simply listed it on CFD, people interested in the category could not know about the deletion debate. In the future, please tag categories for deletion properly according to the instructions on WP:CFD. TomTheHand 15:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Onomastic pages

Hi, Pavel. Yeah, I'll try to do at least some of them. I have been correcting pages as I go about finding them when they are easy or if the problem is not apparent to the average editor. I do not have nearly as much time right now because I have school, though. -- Kjkolb 06:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

international peace institute

please could you provide more details on you recent edit

there was an elaborate discusstion on this page please go through them and contribute acordingly for the maen time i will delete your notices on the pages you can get on the discussion pages Kobrown 23:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

when pages are not improved as they should then the process should be repeated or at least they should be discussed as we are now doingKobrown 23:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

just by the way, i did not like the bit "looks like Nigerian fraud scheme placed here on the Universal Peace Protocol there is is nothing wrong in suspecting a page and recommeding it for deletion, but the mention of Nigeria for me is uncalled for i hope you do not take it personally Kobrown 10:23, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Yariguies brush-finch

How is it now?

List of faux pas AfD

Howdy, you have recently voted delete in this AfD with concerns about the article being made up of nonsense and indiscriminate trivia. The article has undergone a substantial rewrite since you voiced your concerns and I would like to invite you to take a look at the new version. In trimming the article down from 62 kilobites to 41, I've tried to remove as much trivial and nonsensical stuff as I could. It is still a work in progress and I would appreciate any input on what more could be done to possibly sway you to reconsider your position. Thanks and I appreciate your time. Agne 06:40, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Durova

Is transcluded now, thanks for the heads up. >Radiant< 20:56, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Hobix

This page was deleted under Prod, uncontested after five days. Without an AFD, such articles may be freely recreated without being speedied as recreations.

The notability's a separate issue. Fan-1967 23:11, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Given names / Giovanna

There are quite a lot of given names on Wikipedia. What's wrong with adding Giovanna? Edward 17:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

CfD for Category:Anti-gay marriage politicians

Hi Pavel,

Delete. Classification by publicly displayed opinion...

This reads to me as if you're recalling a (useful) guideline or policy – is this so...?  If so, I'd appreciate a pointer toward it; it should make similar CfDs much simpler!  Apologies in advance if my cursory check overlooked it, David Kernow (talk) 04:33, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

This is my interpretation of Wikipedia:NPOV_tutorial#Categorisation: ...

Thanks for your pointers... Re the Baidu Baike example, perhaps articles here could be limited to (say) five to seven 'primary' categories (visibly linked at page bottoms as at present) with all other ('secondary') categories listed but {{hidden}} below... Regards, David (talk) 03:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

The ability to have primary and (visually distinguished) secondary categories is sorely lacking but consider how hard is to push any changes through Wikipedia (due to MediaWiki shortcomings, the process of making changes "official" and resistance by typical editors). Even the stable versions, promised for years, didn't materialize yet...

Yes; even with issues of consensus etc aside, I can see from Bugzilla that patching problems is more than enough work for the developers (or single overloaded developer Brion VIBBER...?) so there seems no chance for enhancements such as the above (or formaliz/sing the inclusion of metadata, or the current JavaScript hack that implements a degree of sorting in tables, or...). I've heard there is a "Summer of Code" that tries to address this problem – I think that's it's focus...? – but, as Wikipedia becomes ever more of a landmark on the internet, I'm wondering if paying some developers to code is needed... Yours, David (talk) 01:47, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

CfD for Category:Dictionary Corner

I notice that you have voted to delete this category. While I admit that I am biased as I created it, I do not know if you are aware of the actual show and would disagree with your comment that this is a database tool or tag. We allow lists of people who appear in soap operas (look at the Category for Coronation Street actors) and some of them last only twelve months, yet on Countdown people reappear over a fifteen year period. I would ask you to reconsider. (Quentin X 11:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC))(Quentin X 11:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC))

Category:Escorts

After failing a rename, the new tactic is to merge. You commented on the previous rename and you might find this interesting. --Tbeatty 21:33, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Sad but true

I have to concur :( - Francis Tyers · 23:03, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

My administratorship candidacy succeeded with a final tally of 81/0/1. I appreciate your early and enthusiastic support. Results are at Wikipedia:Recently_created_admins#Durova. Warmly, Durova 20:53, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Joseph Owens

I know it is a while back but perhaps you could explain the edit you made to this page User talk:65.95.208.206 (the only edit)? The anon you wrote incitefully to then made these edits [21] which are nothing more than pure vandalsim. If you look at Rastafrai movement you will see Owens is well sourced there and your destructive ignorance (barely credible given an external link in the article prov3ed amply that it was not the joke you alude to) has only served to worsen the wikipedia until I remedied it tonight. Please take more care in future! SqueakBox 05:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Problems with the usage of sub-categories of Category:Biota by country

I am trying to get a discussion going on the Flora of <region>/Forna of <region>/Biora of <region> caregories. I noticed you are interested in this issue from the deletion log.

Please see Category talk:Biota by country GameKeeper 13:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Comedia

Hi, Pavel, and thanks for your message. I'm hoping to have time soon to expand the stub on the Spanish comedia in order to make better known the uniqueness of the traditional Spanish Golden Age theater and its contribution to world culture. It is not synonymous with "comedy". But I'm glad you asked the question. Cvj2000 19:36, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Chinese diplomatic missions

Hi Pavel - I am right in the middle of finishing the Chinese diplomatic missions article. There are fifty-odd of these articles that have been compiled over the last three months. Some guy when they first started voted to remove them; his idea was rejected in a vote. The lists are similar to others on wikipedia, like lists of airline destinations. Kransky 14:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

SU: Prod'd articles

OK, unprod'd. Sorry about that. :-) DWaterson 18:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Your far off the mark AFD comments, which you ought to retract and apologize for

Gosh, thanks for all those well-thought-out, carefully checked commets at theOphelia Benson AFD. In the future, to improve the level of your contributions to Wikipedia, might I suggest you improve your practices in two areas. First, you should actually read the article you are commenting on, and take note of its contents. Second, you should consider the claims made in the article against the relevant notability criteria, even, as necessary, checking the references and external links provided for the article..
Ophelia Benson is a well-known published author, not merely a blogger (although she is probably notable as a blogger, too). Her two books are listed by title in the article,even though none of you astute readers noticed that. (Apparently the identification of Benson as an "author" and the listing of the book titles in distinctive type was insufficient to tip off careful and well-informed Wikipedia editors like yourselves; perhaps one or two of you may have suggestions on how to improve such descriptions.) Her books meet the notability criteria, having been reviewed and discussed in major media. In fact, Benson is a native of the UK, and both her books have been reviewed/discussed in the TLS, which even Wikipedia acknowledges as "one of the world's preeminent critical publications." (The second review appears in the October 20, 2006 issue, and is not yet directly cited online.)
Benson's two books may be only available through such obscure retailers as Amazon.com [22] [23] and Barnes & Noble [24] [25], and the relevant pages give samples of reviews and indicate the caliber of Benson's audience.
Now I recognize that article deletion is a holy and privileged activity, and that deletion of articles about women whose claims to notability don't involve performances emphasizing, flaunting, or exposing their mammaries is a virtual sacrament which shouldn't be disrupted or contested, however ridiculous or inaccurate the basis, unless the circumstances are really really unusual. But while one of England's "leading cultural critics" is apparently not, by Wikipedia editor consensus, as notable as a moderately obese middle-aged woman who films herself having sex with dogs, and the TLS is apparently by the same consensus not a "major" publication with the stature and reputation of Color Climax Anal Sex or Big Fuckin' Tits, or even Juggs, I think she deserves to be included in Wikipedia.
I now realize that the excessive literacy and cultural awareness I displayed in recognizing the name of a well-known figure in the British academic-literary world is inconsitent with the qualities required of a good Wikipedian, and fully justifies the assumptions of bad faith you have all made. I now know that in-depth knowledge of any subjects outside of pornography, Pokemon, and professional sports can only damage the Wikipedian enterprise, and I will do my best in the future to follow your lead and to contribute only with regard to subjects about which I know nothing, or next to nothing.


Now (dropping the ironic stance) I deserve a public apology from each of the posters whose sloth, carelessness, malice, or incompetence led them to make unfounded, uncivil, derogatory comments about me (and about the entirely blamess Ms Benson). And I deserve a display of abject, public, unqualified self-execration from the ArbCom member who charged to the head of the attack. I expect, of course, nothing but renewed incivility, personal attacks, and evasion of responsibility. VivianDarkbloom 20:34, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Ophelia Benson

The Ophelia Benson is better than it was before, with several reviews added as references. Could you please take another look at the article? --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 22:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Apology?

Would you like to apologize to me for this edit? See responses to it here. —EdGl 22:04, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to intrude, but I believe you also owe an apology for remarks such as "Never do that again." and "I trust that this vote will not hold any weight towards the final decision on this case.". While the remark wasn't entirely appropriate, you have absolutely no right to command someone to desist something, nor do you have power to strike votes from the record because of an inappropriate remark. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Karkonosze

There's a new move vote at Talk:Karkonosze. The options right now are Karkonosze, Krkonoše, Krknonose, Giant Mountains, Riesengebirge and Krkonoše-Karkonosze, but new options keep popping up, apparently. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Curzio Malaparte

Hi, Pavel. I know you have taken an interest in the page in the past, and I ask for your attention towards what is currently being attempted there - namely, someone trying to introduce a praise into the text, instead of a more neutral wording. Could you keep that on your watchlist? Many thanks. Dahn 10:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

 

Infobox Czech commune

I created Template:Infobox Czech commune. --Pepča 13:25, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Untagged image

An image you uploaded, Image:Coat of Arms village Chvojenec.gif, was tagged with the {{coatofarms}} copyright tag. This tag was deleted because it does not actually specify the copyright status of the image. The image may need a more accurate copyright tag, or it may need to be deleted. If the image portrays a seal or emblem, it should be tagged as {{seal}}. If you have any questions, ask them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 00:37, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marija Pavlović

If you return to the article you will see that I have done a substantial re-write, have added materials, have fixed some POV linguistic concerns, added and fixed citations, it's longer than a traditional stub; so would you reconsider your vote on this article. SkierRMH 06:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC) So, I think we have reached much more than the required WP:BIO for this article.

Image copyright problem with Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_village_Byst.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_village_Byst.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 08:30, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Czechoslovak Legions

Hi, Pavle! I'd notised that you expanded Czech legions'related topics. I find any information about Kazan Operation and Battle of Kazan (1918), where Czechs participated. But in Russian or any other-language literature I can't find names of Czech commanders, however they playd a key role. Could you rescue for some Czech language sources about Czechs' participation in those battles. As for translation, I hope for the relationship of the Czech and Russian laguages... Thank you, --Üñţïf̣ļëŗ (see also:ә? Ә!) 19:21, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Milena Velba Afd

Hello, thank you for your valuable contribution at the Milena Velba Afd, valuable because very little has been done thus far to establish her noteriety besides the fact that a lot of people like to look at her. Can I ask specifically what that academic says about Ms. Velba and on what grounds he bases those claims? Cheers. --Beaker342 03:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Hermann Rorschach.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Hermann Rorschach.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Nilfanion (talk) 23:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

List of films with similar themes and release dates AfD

Hi, you've expressed an opinion in the deletion discussion of this article. I've recently suggested a compromise in hopes of improving the article while keeping both sides happy, and would appreciate if you could revisit the issue. Thanks. --Wafulz 18:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Couple of AfDs that might interest you

Hi Pavel. A persistent vandal who often uses IPs as sockpuppets decided on a new strategy and set up a couple of articles that really need to go. If you have a moment, I was wondering if you could look at Aga Khani and Islamic Cults and comment on their AfD pages. Much appreciated -- Aylahs ^(talk) 04:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject

Hello Pavel. Would you be interested in supporting/participating in the WikiProject Czech Republic? I think it is much needed. You can vote or comment here: [26]. Have a nice day. :) - Darwinek 10:24, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

No explanation for negative comments

Pavel wrote: "(written in marketese, not much of real content, possibly NN)"

1. Where exactly in the text marketese is used? 2. Which part is not "real" content 3. NN?

I expect more explanations from editors who give negative comments.

Thank you

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Jan Syrovy.gif)

Thanks for uploading Image:Jan Syrovy.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. This is an automated message from BJBot 21:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Nice to see

It's not a return, i am just wasting time. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:29, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

RFA comments

Thanks for your comments on my talk page about my on-going RFA. Honestly I am very surprised the amount of opposition. I knew there would be some given my low mainspace edits, but wow... I do plan on taking some time away from WP once this process is completed. I need to remove myself for a bit to prevent a WP:POINT violation by nominating 300 images a day for deletion and killing Ifd. I have very specifically chosen not to do any kind of real editing during the RfA for the same reason. Thanks again.--User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 19:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Red links

Hi. Could you tell me why you took out some of the red links on the hostel film. I´ve seen this done before and thought I´d ask if there is any policy when not to have red links. Thanks --Steinninn 16:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)