User talk:Vontrotta

Jasenovac

Hi Vontrotta. Just popping by to say great work on the Jasenovac article. It's much better now, much more readable. Greatly appreciated. Best, AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 13:26, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

great work on all Croatia WWII related articles !!--Rjecina (talk) 16:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi Vontrotta

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Hello Vontrotta

May God repay you for your unconditional effort in making the article "Union Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc." to its much readable level.

I was amazed of your ability to read what is in my mind and as if you have had heard directly the messages from the Blessed Spirits.

Again, Thank you very much.

(bensj 05:46, 8 August 2008 (UTC))

• You are welcome. There is still a little work to be done cleaning up the references/notes sections and there are a few places where I left in a "need citation" tag. If someone can finish up those, then I would propose removing the cleanup/issues tags at the heading of the article. I may not be able to get back to the article for a while, but if these issues are still open, I'll work on them when I return.Vontrotta (talk) 09:34, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Translation

Hi, can you tell what will be appropriate translation of Wissenschaftliches Institut zur Erforschung der Tabakgefahren - Scientific Institute for the Study of Tobacco Hazards, Institute for the Struggle Against Tobacco Hazards or Institute for Tobacco Hazards Research? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 07:03, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Is this a "test", or an editing question on a wiki article? As with any translation, it is possible to render something in different ways depending on the audience and developed practices. Regarding the three "choices": -"Scientific Institute for the Study of Tobacco Hazards" is a pretty direct transalation, although "Scientific" is usually left out (as being understood) in most common usages and "Study" is a rather informal usage in a name of an institute. -"Institute for the Struggle Against Tobacco Hazards" is wrong. -"Institute for Tobacco Hazards Research" conveys the essential information in a nice abbreviated way and is probably what you would see in most US news article.Vontrotta (talk) 07:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks I like the translation Institute for Tobacco Hazards Research. This is for the article Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 07:30, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

That's a good article. I read a book about a year ago by a former NIH researcher that talked about these German studies, and how they were successfully "buried" by the tobacco companies after the war. As I recall, there were also some pretty good "occupational health" studies carried out during this time regarding exposure to other toxins such as asbestos, benzene and coal dust. If I remember the name of the book, I'll let you know.Vontrotta (talk) 07:45, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Wikipedia e-mail

Thanks for sending me the mail. Btw which is the article that you are refering to. Let me see if I can help -- Tinu Cherian - 10:51, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Life and culture of JatsVontrotta (talk) 10:54, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Kargil War

I read your comments on my talk page and would like to respond to the points. 1. The first part of the line is, I believe, already covered in the article's Background section which talks about the Siachen skirmishes and the insurgency that started in the 90s without going too much into detail. The second part about Pakistan's effort to get diplomatic support should probably find a mention in the article. 2. Yes, when editing the article there was still some debate whether it was the mujahideen alone or with support from pakistan military that undertook the operation, so perhaps it does reflect the thinking at the time, rather than the info at hand. Feel free to change this too. 3. Regarding the current division, I'd been having the same thought too, the last couple of days and it's only been a lack of time that's preventing me from modifying it immediately. If you can contribute by making it better, I'd be glad too. Thanks. --Idleguy (talk) 14:58, 30 September 2008 (UTC)