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Multumesc :) Nu e usor sa faci dezbatere cu rusi si cu tradatorii aia de basarabeni care isi scuipa poporul si istoria neamului romanesc, dar asta e. --Anittas 01:35, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sa stii ca ma consider Roman (desi traiesc in basarabia) si ceea ce tu ai spus, in special "tradatorii aia de basarabeni" chiar m-a ofensat...

Imi place mult comparatiile care le-ai facut intre limbi si constitutiile celor doua state. Tot inainte! :) --Anittas 20:36, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bonaparte

De ce Bonaparte daca esti roman? Nu mi se pare corect! --Dacodava Ar trebui totusi sa-ti exprimi identitatea de roman. Chiar daca si eu il simpatizez pe Napoleon, nu cred ca e cazul sa-mi asum istoria unei alte natiuni.Dacodava

About the "so-called Moldovan language" and Romanian

Hi Bonaparte,

Yes, you're right, every linguist knows what you're saying is essentially correct. However, there are minor distinguos to be made in terms of: (1) What is the difference between a language and a dialect; (2) standard language vs. dialects; (3) national language vs. language from a linguist's point of view, and so on and so forth. Romanian, or more precisely Daco-Romanian, is obviously one language, but it has some dialectal variation (not a whole lot, really, compared to some other European languages), among Oltenian, Muntenian, Transylvanian, Moldavian dialects, etc. (I am referring to the Moldavia, or Moldova, that is part of Romania, not to the old province of Bessarabia, which corresponds more or less with the present-day country of Moldova).

When the Soviets decided to invent a "Moldovan" language, they essentially took standard Romanian, wrote it in Cyrillic (to be fair, that is the way Romanian was written up until the mid-nineteenth century anyway), and gave it just a little regional flavor by adding some dialectal features, characteristic however of the Moldavian dialect within Romania, not specifically of the Bessarabian dialect). But these dialectal features are not very significant.

As a result, there is no question that Moldovan and Romanian are essentially the same language. So, what is the difference between a language and a dialect? "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" (a quote from Antoine Meillet, but also -- erroneously??? -- attributed to Max Weinreich, Uriel Weinreich, and Joshua Fishman). That's it. Consider the case of Dutch. Technically, linguists should consider it a dialect of German, specifically the Netherlandic subgroup of the Lower Franconian dialect group (there is of course huge variation among the dialects of German), but imagine telling the Dutch that. They are a very proud national group. And what about the difference between Dutch and Flemish? Of course, the Flemish dialects are a distinct subgroup of Lower Franconian dialects than the dialects of Holland, but in Belgium they use the same standard language as in Holland, so, despite the dialectal differences, the Dutch/Flemish standard language is the same. Finally, one additional complication: all the dialects from the eastern part of the Netherlands aren't even Lower Franconian, but Lower Saxon dialects, just like the Plattdeutch dialects of the German state of Niedersachsen.

So, what do you want me to say? Historically, whether Moldovan and Romanian will be considered different "languages" (not, of course, from a linguist's point of view, which they will never be really, but in the sense of "national languages") will depend on whether they will remain as separate countries in the centuries ahead. So, ultimately, this whole question has a lot more to do with politics than with linguistics.

I hope I didn't disappoint you. Îmǐ place foarte mult limba romînǎ. Pasquale 22:31, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Bonaparte, most linguists consider Aroumanian (or Macedo-Romanian), Istro-Romanian, and Meglenitic as separate languages, not dialects. That's why I said above: "Romanian, or more precisely Daco-Romanian, is obviously one language". By specifying Daco-Romanian, I was precisely excluding Aroumanian, Istro-Romanian, and Meglenitic. As far as the dialectal variation within Daco-Romanian, well, it's not completely insignificant. I remember looking at a Romanian Dialect Atlas once and finding considerable variation, especially within Transylvania, if I remember correctly. Anyway, these are minor points.

I am very sorry about the vandalism you're complaining about. However, I am a little tired right now of Wikipedia fights and I would rather not get involved in another one, if you don't mind, especially knowing how vicious some of these can get. Sorry! Pasquale 17:18, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bonaparte, Please don't push me. I've had a couple of bruising Wikipedia fights recently and my conclusion is that they lead nowhere. Besides, I am extremely busy with work right now, and I know this kind of effort takes A LOT of time, because you have to explain things VERY, VERY clearly to convince people. But, if something needs to be voted on, I will vote. Pasquale 18:04, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

 Thanks for your nice words. Unfortunately I can not be so much time on net.
 You make a good job. Keep doing it!!! Dacodava

Thanks

Thanks for the useful comparison. Maybe the difference is like the difference between Swiss German and (Standard) German. I have a clearer picture now. How did you find my question anyway? :) Best, Dpr 03:31, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Glad to help you. Bonaparte talk & contribs

Barnstar

Salut. Mulţumesc pentru barnstar! Ronline 09:43, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mersi si eu pentru stea. --Anittas 09:49, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Salut, Bonaparte. Multam' fain pentru barnstar. User:Dpotop

Thanks man!

I like this star :)
EvilAlex 12:46, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Admin

You know, if you start changing your edit tactics now, you can be an Admin in the future. That is, if you want to. It's not too late to change, and if you do, I'm sure many people would vote for you in the future, including me. Alexander 007 12:33, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Remember, you chose the name Bonaparte. Alexander 007 12:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC) Multumesc Alexandru. Bonaparte talk 12:50, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Orioane's RfA

Pe tine te-am lăsat mai la urmă, ca să scriu un mesaj personalizat. Iată-l pe cel standard:

Hey Bonaparte! Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. To my amazement there were no negative or neutral votes and the result was (28/0/0). I am now an administrator so I'll try and do my best in this new position. I'll be happy to answer any comments or requests from you. Thanks one more time!

Acum, în plus, ai fost cel mai puternic suporter al meu şi pentru asta îţi mulţumesc în mod special. Cu siguranţă o să mai lucrăm împreună la articole, aşa că sigur o să discutăm şi în viitor. Eu o să intru într-o Wikipauză şi sper să ajung pe acasă, aşa că îţi urez "Crăciun Fericit" şi "La Mulţi Ani!". --Mihai -^talk 20:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Secrets of Effective Leadership

I like very much what Fred Manske once said: "To me, a leader is a visionary who energizes others. This definition has two key dimensions: (1) creating a vision of the future and (2) inspiring people to make the vision reality".

Bonaparte talk 17:28, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your personal vision should do three things:

1.It should incorporate your dreams and passions; the things that excite you.

2.It should be authentic and true to your realities, anchored in who you really are. It doesn't have to meet anyone else's standards.

3.It should continue to evolve. Personal vision is not static, like a photograph, but rather like frames from a videotape that change slightly from day to day. It reflects where you are in your own evolution and where you think you are heading.

Take a moment here to reflect a bit your personal vision.

What are you passionate about?

What are your dreams?

Where do you want to be in five years? Ten years?

If you live your life to its fullest, what will you have accomplished?

What impact do you want to make?

Bonaparte talk 17:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Israel

Hello Bonaparte,
What I can find about Romania's ascension to the EU is at the BBC. You may also want to see Enlargement of the European Union, it has sections on both Romania and Israel. Regarding Israel and the EU, I don't know much. I live in England and therefore already am a European citizen. In 2007 you will be too :-) Izehar (talk) 11:52, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Izehar for your link :) Bonaparte talk 14:38, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Couplet I

Allons enfants de la Patrie,

Le jour de gloire est arrivé !

Contre nous de la tyrannie,

L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)

Entendez-vous dans les campagnes

Mugir ces féroces soldats ?

Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras

Égorger vos fils et vos compagnes !

Refrain

Aux armes, citoyens,

Formez vos bataillons,

Marchons, marchons !

Qu'un sang impur

Abreuve nos sillons !

Couplet II

Que veut cette horde d'esclaves

De traîtres, de rois conjurés ?

Pour qui ces ignobles entraves

Ces fers dès longtemps préparés ? (bis)

Français, pour nous, ah ! quel outrage

Quels transports il doit exciter ?

C'est nous qu'on ose méditer

De rendre à l'antique esclavage !

Refrain

Couplet III

Quoi ces cohortes étrangères !

Feraient la loi dans nos foyers !

Quoi ! ces phalanges mercenaires

Terrasseraient nos fils guerriers ! (bis)

Grand Dieu ! par des mains enchaînées

Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient

De vils despotes deviendraient

Les maîtres des destinées.

Refrain

Couplet IV

Tremblez, tyrans et vous perfides

L'opprobre de tous les partis

Tremblez ! vos projets parricides

Vont enfin recevoir leurs prix ! (bis)

Tout est soldat pour vous combattre

S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros

La France en produit de nouveaux,

Contre vous tout prêts à se battre

Refrain

Couplet V

Français, en guerriers magnanimes

Portez ou retenez vos coups !

Épargnez ces tristes victimes

À regret s'armant contre nous (bis)

Mais ces despotes sanguinaires,

Mais ces complices de Bouillé

Tous ces tigres qui, sans pitié

Déchirent le sein de leur mère !

Refrain

Couplet VI

Amour sacré de la Patrie,

Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs

Liberté, Liberté chérie,

Combats avec tes défenseurs ! (bis)

Sous nos drapeaux que la victoire

Accoure à tes mâles accents,

Que tes ennemis expirants

Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire !

Refrain

Couplet VII

Nous entrerons dans la carrière

Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus,

Nous y trouverons leur poussière

Et la trace de leurs vertus (bis)

Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre

Que de partager leur cercueil,

Nous aurons le sublime orgueil

De les venger ou de les suivre !

Oooh...

Multilingual page! I love it! Want Portuguese here? ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 18:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Why not? -- Bonaparte talk 19:06, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Eu não sei o que eu devo dizer. Algumas coisas no português são difíceis de escrever. Talvez, escreverei algo no espanhol tambem! ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 19:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You may say everthing you like. What's your interest and how can we collaborate. Is not a problem for me, you may write in any langauge as you wish. I have to admit I would like not to be in English :) since I want to practice other languages as well. Thank you. -- Bonaparte talk 19:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

So far I see German, French, Italian, Romanian, now Portugues, naturally English; Spanish should be here too.... Y lo puedo hacer, me gusta hablar en el español...pero es un idioma muy fácil, entonces, no creo que hago algo tan especial.ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 19:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly how many languages do you speak, I really admire people that speak a whole lot of them...ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 19:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Buna Sera, congrats, I see you speak Hungarian, too! You are a talented person! --KIDB 15:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:RfA

Thanks : ), but I have to decline. I do not wish, on any terms, to be an admin. Thanks for thinking I would be good for the job. : )

Take care, ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 00:18, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Basescu

I think you noticed that I did not say "the Moldovan people" but "the people of Moldova"-Basescu [[1]]

http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/2003/moldova2003.pdf

http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/2004/moldova2004.pdf

http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/nitransit/2005/moldova2005.pdf

RfA

Thank you for your support in my request for adminship. I was promoted with a final tally of 31/1/1. Don't hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can assist. --BorgQueen 21:56, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you Bonaparte for the new award---it looks nice. Stylish. Alexander 007 22:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Thanks man ;) --Just a tag 18:31, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Man, you are cool!

Take care, ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 22:30, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I dub ye your Portuguese name:

"Napoleão I de França!" 65.35.196.18 22:34, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

update

Good to see you Joe in 2006! You should make an update on your user page ;) Bogdan is back again by long time now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmabel#Trust :) Bonaparte talk 15:53, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reminder! Şi la mulţi ani! -- Jmabel | Talk 21:21, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mulţumesc Joe, gândurile şi urările mele de bine ţie şi familiei tale şi un start bun în Anul Nou! Bonaparte talk 21:24, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

For your New Year wishes.I hope you had a Happy New Year also. --Molobo 16:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Thank you very much for your support and for your good wishes. I wish you happy new year too!--AndriyK 16:52, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Joining the "nationalist" AndriyK in his wishes. Fair position towards Ghirla, Mikka and alike. Number of contributions does not reflect their quality. Thanks. La multi ani! --Oleh Petriv 23:32, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian in intro

Hello. Regarding Avram Iancu, Alba, I advise you not to list it as "Avram Iancu (Romanian: Avram Iancu, Hungarian: Felsővidra)". You mentioned it is no problem to list the Romanian first; because the article is about a locality in Romania, it is automatically assumed that the title of the article is also the name in Romanian. When this is not the case (as in Bucharest), a Romanian language qualifier is added. In previous months when working with localities I included the native language within the parentheses as such: "Avram Iancu (-Romanian, Hungarian: Felsővidra)". However, that approach was generally disapproved of by other users and the majority of such additions have since been removed. Duplicating a name in the introduction as you have done just adds redundant information. As I have already mentioned, if you wish to change the method of listing names (common throughout Wikipedia), please discuss it as Naming Conventions first. Olessi 18:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen this Naming Conventions and is not yet reglemented. However, I've seen for other countries that they do not add double names only where really is needed. To a lot of cities from Transylvania, I've seen that is added even if there is no need for that. Bonaparte talk 18:32, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could you list some examples so localities can be standardized? Olessi 23:00, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My Request for Adminship

Greetings, Bonaparte! I wanted to sincerely thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with a final result of 55/14/3. Your support means a lot to me! If you have any questions or input regarding my activities, be they adminly or just a "normal" user's, or if you just want to chat about anything at all, feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! —Nightstallion (?) 07:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for your support of my RfA, and for your generous comments. I appreciate your confidence, and hope to remain calm and friendly in the coming year. Best regards, Tom Harrison ^Talk 13:06, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

la multi ani si tieConstantzeanu 17:10, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian names

Can you add Romanian names for those places if you know them: Novi Kneževac, Banatsko Aranđelovo, Nakovo, Novi Bečej, Aradac, Kačarevo. Unlike in Romanian counties, there are 6 official languages in Vojvodina, and the NPOV use of alternative names for the places in Vojvodina would be to post names in all 6 languages or at least 3-4 of them. Since somebody already added Hungarian names for those places, I do not see why Romanian names should not be added too. PANONIAN (talk) 23:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I will search them. Bonaparte talk 14:30, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Transnistria

As I promised you a couple of days ago, I have spent some time trying to clean up the Transnistria article and even kept them from be reverted by a anonymous reverter. The edits were somehow censored by User:TSO1D ( I am not fully agree with his corrections but lets discuss them first on the talkpage). I am neutral about the alleged COPYVIO paragraph since I have not seen the alleged original and I am trying not to interfere with its removal or insertion by people who probably have stronger opinion of the matter than me. I believe that my changes are improvement to the article and after censoring by User:TSO1D are devoid from the Russian POV. Can you spent a few minutes and explain your grievances against my edits. I will appreciate your output as I consider you as a bright representative of a Romanian POV abakharev 00:59, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We'll see about it. What russian POV or romanian POV do you talk about? Seems like you push something like POV fork here. There has to be a neutral version and it looks like that now. You should make the list of the issues that you don't like it. I will answer when I have time of it. Bonaparte talk 06:19, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I am not pushing the POV fork, it is the anonymous reverter you seems to support is pushing for the POV fork. On the contrary, I went into the great pain trying to keep all the valid edits, while improving the article (removing the duplicated phrases, restoring logical order, expanding). While the article is protected, would you mind to make a look into the Talk:Transnistria#NPOVing set by User:Wojsyl and put suggestions there abakharev 06:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Un an bun in 2006!

Salut,

Merci pentru urare. Iti doresc si tie un an bun in 2006, si La Multi Ani. Pe curand,Dpotop 16:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mersi si tie :) Ai vazut? Bonaparte talk 16:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moldovans

Sorry, but I do not know much about Moldovans to participate in your dispute with user:Node ue. My interest are small nations like Krashovans, Bunjevci, Ashkali, etc. Moldovans are large nation, and there is also this dispute about their identity, in which I do not like to participate. I believe that everybody should to say for himself what is his national identity. In this case, I like to hear what Moldovans say about themselves. So far, as I can see, the disputes about Moldova-related articles were mainly between Romanians and Russians. I understand that Moldova is a poor country and that not many people there have Internet, but the articles related to Moldova and Moldovans would be much better when people who live there start to participate in its writing. PANONIAN (talk) 21:30, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tigers

Yeah, I know. That's something I have to work on. But I'm telling you, some people are just asking to be mauled. Alexander 007 23:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My Request for Adminship

Hey man, thanks for voting in my RfA, I got it! :) If you need anything, just give me a shout. PS. Repeat after me, mantra style... "there is no difference between a language and a dialect" :P ;) - FrancisTyers 00:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So, after you logic that means that Moldovan is identical with Romanian. That's ok, I like it. You have now to repeat...I wish you all the best. Bonaparte talk 06:30, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

László Tőkés

Thanks for removing the {{copyvio}} notice. I've made a note on the relevant subpage of WP:CP indicating that the matter is resolved. -- Jmabel | Talk 02:38, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Next time I will be more careful. Please Joe, look at Transnistria as well. There were allegations of copyvio from node, since is not the matter can you explain him? Theresa did and still not get it. That would be very nice. Bonaparte talk 06:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Bakharev's RFA

Bonaparte, you have been asked by several users to elaborate on Alex Bakharev's wrongdoing on the Transnistria page. Could you please do so? Given the strength of your opposition, I think it is important that others know what has made you vote this way. Thanks. Raven4x4x 04:21, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An award for your work as a mediator

award withdrawn due to dishonourable conduct --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 09:21, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, Bonaparte. You should move the award to your userpage. --Anittas 06:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all. I feel good :) <font color="#FFFFFF" style="background: maroon;"> Bonaparte talk 08:13, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations Bonaparte. You should put it on your User Page. Alexander 007 08:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA for User:Juro

RfAs should not be put on the main RfA page until the candidate has accepted the nomination. Thanks. —BorgHunter (talk) 13:08, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ok Bonaparte talk 13:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Judete

Denumirea este si pentru judete. Pot sa iti arat deseara o fotografie sa vezi ca se folosesc si denumirile in Maghiara pentru institutii ale statului român. În plus, consider ca pentru judetele cu un procentaj mare (>10 sau 15 %) de etnici maghiari trebuie sa existe si denumirea alternativa. Suntem in Romania nu in fosta Yugoslavie ca sa ne dam in cap intr-una din motive total aiurea.

P.S. Nu este la fel ca si cum ai pune la landurile germane denumirea in romana din acelasi considerent cu proportia de populatie. Si pls, pe viitor incearca sa fii mai tolerant si mai putin agresiv in ceea ce priveste chestiuni delicate.

--Mihai -^talk 15:08, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tungjatjeta!

Hello Napoléon - I saw you had a word with Theathenae (talk · contribs). He has a history of pushing Greek POV and propaganda throughout all Balkan articles. He had left for a few (blissful) months, but now he's back :-( Beware - Greek Nationalism is here! Rex^(talk) 15:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You see, he blaked his talk page when you made a good faith effort to talk to him. I think that Wikipedia:Assume good faith no longer applies to him after his attitude. Rex^(talk)

16:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the assistance Bonaparte, but don't take things to extremes. I am not, like you, claiming that "Aromanians--->Romanians". That is a POV. Please don't include that POV in the article, because it may make it seem as if that's what I am trying to do, but that is not the case. My version is referenced and scholarly. I am simply detailing ethnic origins and language origins, according to the references. Alexander 007 16:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alex :) What is "Aromanians--->Romanians"? :) Bonaparte talk 16:35, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just a favour ...

Hi, Bonaparte. I appreciate your attempts to defend me in my talk page and elsewhere, but could you consider not doing this for some time ? It's intimidating me ;-) Many thanks !!! --Wojsyl ^(talk) 16:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Compromise on Mark K. Bilbo page

Hi Bonaparte. I hope you're well. I took your advice and proposed a compromise on the talk page. Please come and see and give your input/advice. I tried to make it as accurate, nPOV, and concise as possible. --Jason Gastrich 18:13, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First, i have read the sentence and it sounds pretty sarcastic. The more i consider this sentence the more I realise it is just not appropriate for an encylopedia. For example, why is Dick Cheney saying "fuck yourself" to a senator on the senate floor not in his wikipedia article? That seems to set a precident for the quality of product we are trying to write. Also I still don't understand why usenet is relevent for an encylopedia. It is full of fantasy and trollism and does not represent real life. Certainly not ones true character or even gender. Wikipedia is not a gossip column we are trying to produce a serious product. Jason seems to have a serious problem with POV in this case. David D. (Talk) 18:39, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- A "serious problem with POV?" Say it isn't so! [grin] WarriorScribe 19:17, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
He's just trying to drag the Usenet conflict between he and I onto the Wikipedia. And this has gotten completely out of hand as he's even stooped to trying to intimidate User:Icj_tlc by calling his pastor (and father) on the phone. That's the point I decided to get involved. I do not react well to bullies. I'd rather see this article deleted than be the center piece of some childish online tirade by Gastrich. Mark K. Bilbo 18:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bonaparte, removal of EAC is an interesting solution to the problem and I think that could work well. Thanks David D. (Talk) 20:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Khoikhoi

Hey, thanks for you help with his 3RR violation. I have not seen 8-10 reverts per hour before, but I guess one will never say never on Wikipedia. He didn't get blocked, which is OK with me, although perhaps a bit unfair to other users that did get blocked for much less aggressive editing style.

He's from Oakland, just a stonethrow from where I work. A smart guy, but unfortunately quite American in his demeanor. I'm afraid that cowboy-like editing in ethnicities articles will not make things easier or make concesus to come about faster. Jbetak 18:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now he revert a lot of my work today. Bad behaviour. Bonaparte talk 19:00, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I can't help you with Khoikhoi - blocking him would be controversial: other admins disagree. Also, please don't report other users on WP:ANI again; it makes you look silly as the admins will not help you (we can't). How is mediation going? I am mediating also, and it's hard isn't it - the parties don't listen! Izehar 19:13, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe he stalking your edits ever since you made that comment on the 3RR noticeboard. I'll see if I can help with commenting on the Talk:Georgian people page. I don't think I should get involved on the pages he is reverting, since you could assume bad faith. How about finding a third party to help find suitable concesus? Jbetak 19:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Level

Hello Joe, I wanted to change your user page to change the level of romanian to 3. After your so good translation I can bet that your level is even better. Trust me, you may change there, in fact you can give this edit as reference to this. You did a great job helping me these days with those articles. Have I forget to thank you, I have to say right now: thank you. Bonaparte talk 19:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but while I read Romanian pretty well, even as a reader I occasionally get thrown by the verb tenses, or misunderstand a word (I probably had to look up a dozen words while doing that translation), and I definitely don't have the same level when I write, speak, or even listen to spoken Romanian. To claim a level three, while I certainly wouldn't have to be perfect, I'd have to be able to express my thoughts in the language without difficulty, which I can do only in English and Spanish. I'd have a very hard time, for example, writing this paragraph in Romanian, and I wouldn't know where to begin if I had to describe a work of art. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:59, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you're to modest to recognize it. I do believe since you got the essence of some hard expressions that is 3. No matter you said above. I trust you and I think when you'll come back to Romania you'll speak even better. When it will be this? Bonaparte talk 20:05, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Damn good question. It's going to depend on when I have time and money at the same time. Or when work takes me there again. I'm probably about to start a 6-month work project, so I won't be doing pleasure travel soon, but the project does have a Romanian connection: if I get the position, which I think I will, I'd be writing functional specs, from Seattle, for the same tech group in Bucharest I worked with before. So there's some chance I might be over there on business, and if that happens I'd try to take a few days off once I'm there. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good news. You're welcome here. Bonaparte talk 20:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alpha Phi Alpha

the same IP address that reverted the page 2 days ago has done another revert back. Can you put it back to the lastly approved version? 67.34.215.22 21:19, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you review the discussion regarding the sentence about homesexuals. It was added during the period when you said all edits should go through you and is really illegal. However; I believe the discussion has been exhausted with bobbydoop finally resorting to asking for our personal research to validate his unverifed and biased sources to make this sentence valid. Thank You. Ccson 67.34.215.22 21:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

bobbydoop has reverted the article again and added new text in the Notable Alpha section. It's signed by a user ID but I can tell from the ID on the discussion page and his direct responses there that the ID matches the one that caused the revert. [[Ccson|Ccson}} 67.34.215.22 00:24, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why isn't anyone stopping Bobbydoop from vandalizing the Alpha Phi Alpha page? Can't his IP address be blocked or something? It really appears as though very little mediation is going on on that page. Akhenaton06 02:49, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, bobbydoop has reverted the page again to his text that has not been approved. Can you review the discussion page on reference to homosexuality and make your decision. his text is Alpha Phi Alpha is amongst the first to accept homosexual, but has struggled with these members [2]. Again, this text is not veriable, has no author, and still only one person's personal experience. Ccson 03:02, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The revert war has started again with bobbydoop going way back to a much earlier page with text that has never been discussed on the talk page. Can you revert back to last page and possibly decide on the current issues which may stop some of the revert issues? Ccson 00:29, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AMA

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believers?

"1046 believers of Polish ethnicity": what does this mean? How is one a "believer" of an ethnicity? -- Jmabel | Talk 10:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Original text in romanian is: "Comunitatea din Soloneţu Nou (cu filialele Solca, Plesa, Racova, Arbore) numără 365 de familii cu 1046 de credincioşi de etnie poloneză. " (http://www.ercis.ro/actualitate/viata.asp?id=20040326)

Maybe polish believers is better? Bonaparte talk 11:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! Because there they are in a context where they are referring to the Roman Catholic Church. So it is referring to Roman Catholic believers. But the word only makes sense with that context. I'll deal with it in the article. -- Jmabel | Talk 21:21, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

Hi Bonaparte, I was very offended by your remark at Anittas' talkpage. Please tell me, was it intended to be offensive? --Node 09:00, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Pgk's RFA

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (80/3/0), so I am now an administrator. I was flattered by the level of support and the comments, so I'm under real pressure not to disappoint, thus if you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as an admin then please leave me a note --pgk^(talk) 10:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian names

Please see did I wrote Romanian name correct here: Banat of Temeswar. Can you also add Romanian name here: Vojvodina of Serbia and Tamiš Banat. Also, we can add alternative names here too: Elayet of Temesvar. Do you know the Turkish name for this province perhaps? PANONIAN (talk) 22:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you add Romanian name here too: Banat Republic. PANONIAN (talk) 22:45, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here too: Elayet of Temesvar. This is the last one for now, I think. :) PANONIAN (talk) 23:14, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your sockpuppet farming activities and the Mediation Cabal

Dear Bonaparte: Regretfully, due to your sockpuppet-farming activities, I am forced to remove you from the Mediation Cabal since such conduct is most unbecoming of a mediator and shows very badly on our work here down at the Mediation Cabal. Frankly, I am quite appalled to learn about your conduct in this area, and would have expected better from you. In addition, through the discourse that transpired on the Administrators' Noticeboard regarding your actions, a number of users pointed out severe deficiencies in your conduct as a mediator, which I had not observed whilst you were working with us. I fear I was in error to award you the Red Crystal, since it transpired that you had used farmed sockpuppets from which to bias an RfA - an action not neutral, but partisan in the extreme. Regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 09:19, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RFA thanks

Thanks for supporting me in my RFA. --TimPope 13:56, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks

Please accept my embarrassingly belated thank you for supporting my RfA, which much to my surprise passed 102/1/1, earning me minor notoriety. I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have already started doing the things poeple wanted me to be able to do. And hopefully nothing else... Just zis Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C]

AfD? 12:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why

I must ask Bonaparte himself, if he can answer here, why he was banned. Was it truly because, as is officially stated, that he was running a "sock farm"? The evidence that I saw of this was minimal and even if true they made very little difference. I question whether the true reason was because of User:Zordrac/Poetlister, where Bonaparte offered to tell Jimbo so that Jimbo could overturn the decision, and he I know left a message to that affect on Jimbo's talk page. Did Bonaparte go further? I would really like to know why. And what response did Jimbo give as to the unfair ban on Poetlister? 02:12, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Oi

Oi, Senhor. Eu acabo de noticiar que você não pode editar na Wikipédia mais. Isso é uma lastima em minha opinião - então eu oponho a decisão dos administradores e seu bloqueio. Eu quero encontrar-lhe uma outra vez. Até logo, senhor. Eu ainda tenho que melhorar meu português - lembre que eu não sou falante nativo. Desculpe-me pelos erros que eu faço, por favor. ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 15:13, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Miky's xenophobic hatred towards Romanians

Miky's xenophobic hatred towards Romanians is well known. Nowadays he continues his xenophobic dance...

Bonaparte talk 14:23, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 Oi, Senhor.  Eu acabo de noticiar que você não pode editar na Wikipédia mais.  Isso é uma lastima em minha opinião - então eu oponho a decisão dos administradores e seu bloqueio.  Eu quero encontrar-lhe uma outra vez.  Até logo, senhor.  Eu ainda tenho que melhorar meu português - lembre que eu não sou falante nativo. Desculpe-me pelos erros que eu faço, por favor. [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="#000000">'''''ε'''''</font>]][[User:Encyclopedist|<font color="#000000">'''γκυκλοπ'''</font>]][[User_talk:Encyclopedist|<font color="#808080">'''αίδεια'''</font>]][[Wikipedia|<font color="#808080">'''*'''</font>]] 15:13, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
+== [[User:Mikklai|Miky]]'s xenophobic hatred towards Romanians ==
+[[User:Mikklai|Miky]]'s xenophobic hatred towards Romanians is well known. Nowadays he continues his [[xenophobic dance]]...
+[[User:Bonaparte|<font color="#FFFFFF" style="background: maroon;"> Bonaparte </font>]] [[User talk:Bonaparte|<small>talk</small>]] 14:23, 25 February 2006 (UTC)