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Thanks

I see that you have added onto a lot of stuff pertaining to Russia, particularly my hometown, Dubna. Keep it up, it's great that someone actually contributes that which so few can add as well as you. :)

Portal:Russia

Hi there. I see that you edit Russia-related topics. Come check Portal:Russia/New article announcements and Portal:Russia/Russia-related Wikipedia notice board. You may even want to add these boards to your watchlist. Cheers, Ghirla ^-трёп- 17:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Railway termini

It's nice to see someone finally paying attention to the Russian railways in this project, but I would like to ask you a favor. Please don't start new articles on Kazansky and Yaroslavsky stations in Moscow and also about the Vitebsky and Moskovsky stations in St Pete. These four articles have been on my to-do list for ages, so I would like to start these four articles myself :) Thanks for understanding and keep up the good work, Ghirla ^-трёп- 23:59, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yevgeny Tolstikov

Thanks for the input! It's hard to find information about this guy in English, I guess you speak Russian so you could help a lot :) - FrancisTyers 12:59, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's also hard to find much info in the Russian web.... Goudzovski 13:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

City templates

Hi there! Thanks for all your work with the city/town templates—it's a great relief to know that I'll have to do a lot fewer of them now :)

I just wanted to ask you in which order you are completing them. I wanted to resume working on them as well, and don't want us to accidentally duplicate each other's efforts. If you could let me know, that'd be great. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to complete the Northwestern Federal District first. Let me use this occasion to ask you a question: why is the Category:Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg is a sub-category of Category:Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast ? Also, why is it stated that Kolpino (which is under St.Petersburg's jurisdiction) is the largest city in Leningrad Oblast (see article about Leningrad Oblast) ? To my understanding, the two categories (and the corresponding templates) should be separate. Goudzovski 07:02, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, good. I'm going to work on them alphabetically then, skipping over those in the Northwestern Federal District.

As for your second question, you are correct. Category:Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg is a subcat of Category:Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast because at the time it was the easiest way to keep track of all the mess that existed in that area. Now would be a good time to separate the two. As for Kolpino, that particular sentence was added by an anon all the way back in 2004. I guess I never got around to proofreading the article on Leningrad Oblast to note this inaccuracy. I removed the sentence about Kolpino altogether, because the "aside from St. Petersburg" part is just as misleading. Thanks for catching this; your attentiveness to details amazes me to no end. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 12:17, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the answer. I just created the Template:Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg, and detached these ones from the ones in Leningrad Oblast. Goudzovski 12:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Another template will contain the municipal settlements of SPb. Goudzovski 14:01, 30 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Railway terminals

Done, but that actually did not need admin priviliges. Thanks for pointing this out, though.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lake infobox

Hello, infoboxes in stubs look ugly and better be avoided, cause they create ugly image jams and make the article look slovenly! Furthermore, the information you put into your infobox is already covered in the article. So what's the point? Let's keep a shorter infobox, it's much nicer this way. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 11:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I see your point. Then my proposal would be to remove the infobox completely. Anyway, it dublicates the text. What's your opinion? Goudzovski 11:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Well, I believe the article is quite alright now. We should expand it gradually, but the current infobox is OK with me. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 11:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates

I added the template to many dozen articles, and I may tell you two things: a) the template I add is easier to operate (at least for me); b) the second are not always omitted, they are very useful for small settlements. Sometimes I omit seconds, then check Google Earth and see something very different from the town I wanted to find. So the seconds are actually useful. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 09:25, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mzymta

Привет! Хочу всё-таки разобраться, какая река в России из впадающих в Чёрное море самая большая? Кубань ведь впадает в Азовское море... Сами жители Адлера утверждают что всё-таки Мзымта. --Wiki 13:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, my mistake... I have reverted my correction to the article. Thanks. Goudzovski 06:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arkhangelsk Oblast

Hi I have recently set up the Template:Arkhangelsk Oblast which includes the district raions, cities and towns in Arkhangelsk. I then realised you have created one for cities and towns. Please could you move the template on the cities Template:Cities and towns in Arkhangelsk Oblast to the covering Oblast one and add the coat of arms from yours onto mine. I think its best if we have a template that covers locations in the oblast. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 13:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please also see User talk:Ernst Stavro Blofeld#Arkhangelsk Oblast for my response to Ernst. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Ezhiki, thanks for commenting on the point, I was confused about if the templates should be expanded or not... Goudzovski 06:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please textify your lists

Privet, I think your version of the article looks listy. This layout is an eyesore. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 08:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

Hi! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! Have a nice holiday time. If you don't observe this event then I hope you don't mind this greeting. :) - Darwinek 20:12, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Untagged image

An image you uploaded, Image:Kimry-Coat-of-Arms.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. -- 08:53, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Samarsky

Thanks! I don't know how I missed the fact that a sixteen-year old Chief Engineer would have been a rather weird thing in any century :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Romanisation of Russian

Yes thank you for the information, and sorry to have stepped in where I didn't know so much. The problem is that I am largely influenced by the only system I hitherto knew which was for the former Yugoslav languages of Serbian, Macedonia and now Montenegrin. Out Romanised forms are clear and do not change accordingly, and so I felt that Russian was the same. Your link is very useful so thanks again. Evlekis 11:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FSU Metro Project

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This user is a participant in the Soviet Metro wikiproject.

It's ready...please join! --Kuban Cossack 14:24, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SOVMETRO

Hi there, when the project was launched back in January, I thought you would be one of the few people who would make an active part of it. However at present the future of the project is at question due to its total lack of activity. I therefore ask that you join the project and help us to make it what we originally hoped it would become. --Kuban Cossack 10:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I am sympathic towards the project, and will help as much as I can, however I would like to abstain from joining any projects due to lack of time to contribute substantially. Sorry about that. Goudzovski 18:42, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks II

Hi, G. Thanks for fixing my Kazavskaya:-should-have-been-Kavkazskaya moment of inadvertence :)

After a while of dealing with Russian placename lists one's head (my head) tends to get in a bit of a whirl! -- Picapica 21:02, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birobidzhan Jewish National University/Temp

Hello Goudzovshi. I was wondering if you would have any comments on, or additional edits to Birobidzhan Jewish National University/Temp. Thanks and take care. Culturalrevival 15:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't have any comments at the moment. Thanks. Goudzovski 18:43, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Autonomous entities

Hi, Goudzovski! I was wondering if you would be interested to provide some input to a discussion I've been having with Untifler (starts here, continues here). We could use a fresh perspective. It's easier for Untifler when a discussion this involved is done in Russian, but feel free to comment in English if you prefer. If you are not interested, that's not a problem either. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:27, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jan Czerski

I have expanded the article, thanks for starting it. I'd just like to note that Czerski was a Pole, not a Russian (ethnicity, but a citizien of Russian Empire). Perhaps you could read over the article, see if any nameplaces need to be corrected (I relied extensively on Polish sources), and perhaps you could add some Russian language websites/sources/publications? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 19:10, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the impressive expansion of the article. I would like to edit it slightly paying attention to transcription of several places and names. In particular, do you know the English or Russian for Bogowieszczeńsk? Could it be Blagoveshchensk? Goudzovski 16:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help with transliteration. All the text states is that it was near the Amur river; I'd say its a good bet this is the place - I'd suggest replacing it but mentioning the change on talk on the off chance somebody comes up with another match.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 17:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MINOR and WP:OBVIOUS

Hello,

Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to 2007 Siberian orange snow, as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. (diff)

Please also have a look at Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles, especially the section #State the obvious, in order to avoid edits like this, which I fixed. The idea is "Don't delete, improve" (AKA "Improve, don't delete"). Thank you. — Komusou ^talk @ 20:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 : Thank you for the impressive expansion of the article. I would like to edit it slightly paying attention to transcription of several places and names. In particular, do you know the English or Russian for Bogowieszczeńsk? Could it be [[Blagoveshchensk]]? [[User:Goudzovski|Goudzovski]] 16:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 :: Thanks for the help with transliteration. All the text states is that it was near the Amur river; I'd say its a good bet this is the place - I'd suggest replacing it but mentioning the change on talk on the off chance somebody comes up with another match.--<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">[[User:Piotrus| Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ]]|[[User_talk:Piotrus|<font style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;"> talk </font>]]</span></sub> 17:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
+== [[WP:MINOR]] and [[WP:OBVIOUS]] ==
+Hello,
+* {{{icon|[[Image:Information.svg|25px]] }}}Please remember to mark your edits{{#if:2007 Siberian orange snow|, such as your recent edits to [[:2007 Siberian orange snow]],}} as '''m'''inor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see [[Wikipedia:Minor edit]]). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette.  The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' {{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}} <!-- Template:uw-minor --> [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_Siberian_orange_snow&diff=172505686&oldid=172040226 (diff)]
+* Please also have a look at [[Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles]], especially the section [[Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#State the obvious|#State the obvious]], in order to avoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_Siberian_orange_snow&diff=172505686&oldid=172040226 edits like this], which [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_Siberian_orange_snow&diff=172551015&oldid=172505686 I fixed]. The idea is "Don't delete, improve" (AKA "Improve, don't delete"). Thank you. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Komusou|Komusou]]&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Komusou|''talk'']]</sup> @ 20:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)