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DYK - Henry Hunt (politician)

Did you know? was updated. On 30 August, 2007, a fact from the article Henry Hunt (politician), which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

~ Riana ⁂ 10:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An ideal team!

Andrey, I am always amazed and delighted by the periodic DYKs that appear on my talk page, largely thanks to the work you do on the raw material I provide on the Humanities Desk. We make an ideal partnership, a little like Marx and Engels, or Laurel and Hardie! All the very best from Anastasia. Clio the Muse 22:39, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 30 August, 2007, a fact from the article Nikolay Kruchina, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Peta 23:58, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 31 August, 2007, a fact from the article Ladoga Canal, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks, for the nth time, for your nominations. Daniel 06:41, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Skhimar

Made some additions based on Brook and an article by Ehud Ya'ari. They both call the site "Khumar". Should we rename the article "Khumarinskoye gorodishche" or "Khumar", as Skhimar seems a rather obscure Georgian designation? --Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 03:15, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Courtier and Favourite

- are both just dic defs. I've left pleas in a couple of places, & can chip in myself, but I'm sure you could make a great job of them. Any chance? Johnbod 19:15, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My feeling (lurking as usual) is that any material that could go here would be more encyclopedic if incorporated under Noble court (bad title), even as separate sub-sections. These should be redirects, IMO. --Wetman 22:21, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't seen that. It certainly is a terrible title, but the article is a start. "Courtier" should probably redirect there, but "favourite" certainly deserves its own article. Johnbod 01:28, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Iranian counties

Sorry for the late reply. I have been very busy lately. I will address the issue when I have time (hopefully tonight).Hajji Piruz 23:59, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Storm page

Howdy partner, liked your storm page Meteoguy 18:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Central Asian Railway

Thanks for your additions to the Trans-Caspian Railway article! However, I am asking that it be moved from Central Asian Railway back to its original article name. While 'Central Asian Railway' is a correct translation from the Russian name, it is rarely (if ever) used in English. I have checked all my English-language Central Asia books, and all mentions of the railway (from both historical-based and modern works) call it the Trans-Caspian. A Google search also verifies that this is the more common English name.

Ditto for the 'Tashkent Railway' article, which already exists as Trans-Aral Railway. I added all your info from the Tashkent Railway article to the Trans-Aral article, and then added a re-direct. I just wanted to let you know. Cheers! Otebig 18:30, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 4 September, 2007, a fact from the article Coptic architecture, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 22:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rye

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Rozh.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 09:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know...

On 5 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Catherine of Cleves, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 23:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Empires

Would anyone like to comment on this? --Joopercoopers 11:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why there is an Uspensky/Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki

Hi Girlandajo! You wrote on the talk page of the article on Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki that: "There is no explanantion why a church in Helsinki should occupy this generic title". There definitely is an explanation: Finland and Russia happen to have a common history 1809-1917. Kindly read my comment on this on the talk page of the article. By the way, your analysis about Wikipedia on your user page is thoughtprovoking! Cheers! --Tellervo 11:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mongol question

Ghirla, hi, I'm needing the help of a Wikipedia editor who actually knows something about the Mongols (in particular about their activities in the late 1200s). Preferably someone who actually has access to reliable sources, as opposed to someone who's just doing Google searches through pseudohistory websites. :/ Would you be a good person to help with this, or could you point me at someone else that might be able to help? Thanks, El on ka 19:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wished to refer you to User:PHG but, since you seem to be in dispute with him, you will be well-served to get a third opinion from User:Adam Bishop (on medieval Palestine) and User:Latebird (on the Mongols). I suppose User:Briangotts and User:Srnec may be interested in commenting as well. --Ghirla^-трёп- 20:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I see that PHG has done a lot of fine work on other articles in the past, so I was a bit surprised to see the use of some unreliable sources as regards the Knights Templar. Hopefully it's just because PHG was putting too much trust into some websites that turned out to be pseudo-history fluff (there's a lot of that where the Templars are concerned). I'm hopeful that once we find some reliable sources, things can be straightened out fairly quickly. Thanks for the help, El on ka 20:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dardanelles Operation

Hi, do we need two articles on the same topic Battle of the Dardanelles (1807)? I notice you haved edited at them both. Chessy999 00:40, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Hi, just to let you know that I protested against the by-passing of the nomination process here regarding the Kazanowski Palace. --Camptown 20:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article was not "bypassed" due to Kazanowski Palace, but due to the fact that the nomination for Anne de Joyeuse was accompanied by a good quality image and including the article in the update indicated by Camptown would have resulted in the image not being used. In the past, you have expressed extreme displeasure when this was not done. Have you changed your attitude about image use since then? --Allen3 ^talk 14:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, my principal objection was that Andrey's comments were ignored when Kazanowski Palace was posted on the main page... --Camptown 12:00, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anne de Joyeuse, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 02:50, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Paintings depicting battle, death and war (new articles)

Hi there. I saw your suggestions at the Reference Desk thread. Do you know of anyone (maybe you?) who would be able to draw up a more complete list of the most famous "battle" and "war" paintings that we should have articles on? commons:Category:Battle paintings might help. The list so far is:

Any more ideas? Carcharoth 08:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know...

Did you know? was updated. On 9 September, 2007, a fact from the article Battle of the Alta River, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 10:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ivan the Terrible

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Ivan the Terrible and Harsey.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Chris B • talk • contribs 14:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Franco-Mongol alliance

Hi Ghirlandajo! Thank you very much for the star! I do appreciate very much! Best regards PHG 15:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know...

Did you know? was updated. On 12 September, 2007, a fact from the article pseudo-Nero , which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 15:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weather infobox

I think the general idea is good (temperature information is encyclopedic and useful), but I, too, don't care much about this particular implementation. Peacock colors aside, the template is so wide (regardless of whether it is hidden by default) that it would more often than not clash with infoboxes and images. In Irkutsk in particular, there is no way to fix this situation unless the "Geography and climate" section is expanded (more than twice) or moved down (which isn't desirable either), or if the infobox is removed. I don't really know if there is a good solution.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 14 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article yasak, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 11:25, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-Ghirla insults on IRC

You never answered my question - why did you retask an article you've never edited before? --Golbez 14:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Golbez, the rumor has it that you commented on this drama earlier today on IRC in a nice chat with Alexa in a civil and proper for form of course, for an admin and for a chat between a gentlemen and a lady. Could you just repeat that onwiki and we will proceed from there in this Q&A session? --Irpen 15:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to see both why you are communicating with me on someone else's talk page about something that happened off-wiki, what this has to do with my question, and why you're even communicating with me after I made it clear I have no intention to respond. And just to make it clear, this is my last response to you about anything pertaining to Ghirlandajo. If you have a question for me, drop it on my talk page, so I may ignore it more appropriately. --Golbez 15:56, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Golbez, I believe I have made it clear on IRC that I've had my share of your insults for today. Please leave me alone. I don't follow IRC discussions, you are free to continue insulting me behind my back for as long as you like. A gang of nationalists will probably be grateful for the show. Best, Ghirla^-трёп- 16:10, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Berehynia

Since medieval history is your cup of tea, could you please look at the edit war at Berehynia. I wrote this short article long ago and now Hillock seems eager to make a change supported by sources that seem dubious to me. Could you comment on how serious these sources appear to you or maybe you know of any other literature on the subject. TIA, --Irpen 04:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Baseless allegations of misconduct

Dear Ghirlandajo, I was simply trying to show you that your admin abuse allegations are baseless. You may not agree with admins, you may not agree with deletions an admin made, but that's no reason to be desysoped. In the same vein, if someone disagrees with your edit, that's no reason take your priveleges away. As for the RfC, are you aware that there need to be two other users who certify the dispute? I highly doubt that will happen because of one of my deletions. Maxim_(talk) 12:46, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ghirlandajo, I don't want you banned of the project. You're a brilliant article writer, and we don't have enough. I was simply making the comparison to your allegations of admin abuse. Я хочу чтобы ты остались здесь, я просто сравнил то что ты говорил про администраторов, и если администратор посмотрит на тебя с твоим мышлением. Maxim_(talk) 13:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Breeching

Glad you liked it! I'll have to think on the caption - I'm never good at those. Cheers Johnbod 13:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sig

I don't have a problem with your sig, it just seemed a bit hypocritical of you to complain of someone else using Cyrillic in their sig. I'm not sure what you mean about IRC. —Random832 23:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It does not require any knowledge of cyrillics to read my name in the signature. Not so with Suva, while Digwuren's signature is completely disconnected from his user name. This does make a difference, doesn't it? I'm surprised that I need to explain this to you. --Ghirla^-трёп- 23:48, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(I can continue this discussion on here or on my userpage, whichever you prefer) - It takes only a mouseover to read the usernames in either. I think it is a slippery slope. Is Redvers's signature (REDVEЯS) acceptable? What about JzG, whose signature reads simply "Guy"? How about User:Radiant!'s, which I mention only because it lacks a punctuation mark present in his actual username. (I see what you mean about IRC now, though, it's worth mentioning that I've been in and out of #wikipedia in the past week and seen not a breath of this "campaign of harassment" - this was, indeed, my first encounter with any of you that I was aware of) --—Random832 00:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To a compatriot

I now think he misunderstood the link to "Moscou": [1]. That is a hamlet where I lived for some time. The place was NOT called that way in honour of "the French victory at Borodino" as many French tourists think. It was named after a detachment of Cossacks, who stayed there in 1815 waiting for a Cossack general to return from England. During the Hundred Days, Louis XVIII came to Ghent, and was put under their protection. Ghent tourist guides still mention the story of the French King sweating in his carriage, waiting for his Cossack guard to take him from his Hotel in the Veldstraat to the French consulate at St Anne's (both the Hotel Steenhuize and St. Anne's French consulate still exist). Louis XVIII, "Lowie die zwiet" (Louis who transpires) is still a nickname in Ghent for a, er, rather fat man. After Waterloo, the cossacks seem to have left for Paris, which they may have entered together with Tsar Alexander, but I cannot source that. I am sure, however, that there were no Russian soldiers at Waterloo, though the French may have thought otherwise: a small part of the Russo-German legion (by then incorporated into the Prussian army) reached Waterloo and was still wearing their green (Russian) uniforms. This photograph was once put on the internet to show how "Russian" the architecture of Moscou is. But that dom is actually in Ledeberg, the cottage houses on the left are in Moscou.

There is a "famous" tram service from the main Ghent station to where I used to live. I can assure you that there are some American tourists who think that the "Moscou" tram really drives all the way to Russia. The Dutch spelling of the capital of Russia is actually MosKou. In any case, since he uses the same "travels and life" set up, Martin should have seen in my travels that Russia was marked with weeks only. Before turning me into a Russian, he should have noticed that there was something funny there. --Pan Gerwazy 10:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 20 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nikolai Yevreinov, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 16:09, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Good faith

Regardless of my zero knowledge of the history behind all these matters, I said that because why should administrators stoop down to that level to communicate their point? It really isn't necessary and in the future if someone with or without a history uses the board inappropriately, I would really be disappointed to see another response like that.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 16:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pity that nobody bothered to reproach Digwuren for referring to me as a "troll without a specific gender"[2] and to Bishonen as "an associate member of Cartel USSR Forever!".[3] I am subjected to such abuse on a daily basis, but this does not entitle me to run to ANI and spawn frivolous threads requesting "a block, indefinite but to be lifted immediately upon display of remorse, to prevent further violations of WP:CIV", as Digwuren has been doing.[4] I made a mental note that, when Bishonen attempted to put an end to disruption of the noticeboard and the stream of insults in her usual resolute and effective manner, you found it reasonable to scold her for that and to demand more "good faith" to the editor who has been insulting me as "a troll without a specific gender" for several months now. You may be assured that I'm not impressed by your failure to identify trolling and to deal with it in any meaningful way. I don't know about your background, but I am here for writing the encyclopaedia rather than promoting "wikilove" to the most odious disruptors. --Ghirla^-трёп- 06:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:No chat.jpg

This is not PD-Russia, this image is copyrighted. Alex Spade 07:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So what's the problem? Either update the license or nominate for deletion. I don't care. --Ghirla^-трёп- 07:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can retag this image as {{Non-free poster}}, but I cann't write {{Non-free use rationale}}. Alex Spade 09:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. It is indeed PD-Russia. It cannot be considered Fine art (paintings, sculptures etc.) it is propaganda poster made by Soviet gov. establishment. These kind of posters are qualified as public domain in Russia. Владимир И. Сува Чего? 12:54, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I made a fair use rationale for now. I hope this works. Владимир И. Сува Чего? 16:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Berehynia

Ah, so it was слово as in Слово о плъку Игоревѣ. That makes sense. I knew there was little chance that Saint Gregory would have mentioned Slavic water sprites back in the 4th century. Cheers. --Folantin 18:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Franco-Mongol alliance

Thanks Ghirlandajo! I do appreciate! PHG 18:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A few points

1. I'm in a dispute here (by the way, your own input there would be appreciated) where Dojarca claims that Rodina-Mat' referred to the USSR and not Russia. However, was there not a revived Great Russian nationalism during the Great Patriotic War, with even the Church brought back to life? I suppose an article on the concept would be illuminating, but until then, I'll see what you may have to say.

I don't believe it would be reasonable for me to discuss this subject with a person who describes the country that eradicated the fascist plague as a "fascist state".[5][6] Please reflect which country was Hitler's jackal and which proved its ruin before posting further inflammatory comments of this sort. Eight German soldiers out of ten died on the Eastern front, fighting at Kursk and Stalingrad side by side with Romanians. It adds nothing to your argument to misapply terms on this scale. --Ghirla^-трёп- 20:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll send you an e-mail explaining this, if I may. Biruitorul 22:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2. I know ий can be transliterated either -iy or -y, but when, if ever, is one preferred over the other? See point 2 here for why I ask, and why I think -y should be used in that case.

Your are correct on this point. User:Ezhiki is the ultimate authority on WP:RUS, though. --Ghirla^-трёп- 20:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I will ask him as well. Biruitorul 22:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3. I note we lack an article on the Domostroi - is that something which you would be interested in writing at some point?

Please check Domostroy. --Ghirla^-трёп- 20:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry. Biruitorul 22:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help. Biruitorul 23:42, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ahem!

Ghirla, I suspect that Professor Vize has been made up by a determined hoaxer whom I've caught at Talk:Huvadhu_Atoll, while following up leads on a hoaxer I uncovered at Bourges. What do you think of "Professor Vize" with all his legitimnate links?--Wetman 02:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, no: he's at German Wiki as Wladimir Wiese. --Wetman 03:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your cup of tea

Ghirla, I know you have your hands full all the time but if you have a minute, please consider taking a look at the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/House of Gediminas and improving it if needed. I know of no better expert in the princely genealogy than yourself. --Irpen 03:34, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Franco-Mongol alliance

Hi Ghirla, please do not hesitate to drop by on the Talk:Franco-Mongol alliance page, as there is some dispute as the extent and nature of the alliance. Your expertise would be welcome. Best regards. PHG 07:27, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WPRDAC at André Antoine Bernard

Hi, Ghirla. I hadn't spotted the use of Template:WPRDAC before, it's a great idea. Xn4 18:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Attack towards User:Alexia Death

Hey, I don't think it's nice to pick on Alexia for miswriting your name. She has done that to several other editors aswell, namely Digwuren and possibly myself. AFAIK she is suffering from a form of Dysgraphia which mostly affects writing strange names. I might be wrong but there also seems to be reference in her name to related disorder Alexia. Suva Чего? 12:51, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well you might want to do User talk and Talk search for word "Digwurren". I have seen many others, but I don't remember how they were exactly misspelled. Thus I don't know how to search them. If you really want I can do some manual searching. I would friendly ask you to strike out the comment and apologize. Suva Чего? 13:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

@@ Line 297: / Line 297: @@
 Hi, Ghirla. I hadn't spotted the use of [[Template:WPRDAC]] before, it's a great idea. [[User:Xn4|<span style="color:#9911DD">Xn4</span>]] 18:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
+== Attack towards [[User:Alexia Death]] ==
+Hey, I don't think it's nice to pick on Alexia for miswriting your name. She has done that to several other editors aswell, namely Digwuren and possibly myself. AFAIK she is suffering from a form of [[Dysgraphia]] which mostly affects writing strange names. I might be wrong but there also seems to be reference in her name to related disorder [[Alexia (disorder)|Alexia]]. [[User:Suva|Suva]] <small>[[User_talk:Suva|Чего?]]</small> 12:51, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
+: Well you might want to do User talk and Talk search for word "Digwu<b>rr</b>en". I have seen many others, but I don't remember how they were exactly misspelled. Thus I don't know how to search them. If you really want I can do some manual searching. I would friendly ask you to strike out the comment and apologize. [[User:Suva|Suva]] <small>[[User_talk:Suva|Чего?]]</small> 13:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)