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Pierogi

Thanks, it's so nice to see helpful edits to that article for once. Hristos Voskres! μηδείς (talk) 19:09, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. I'm glad to hear that my work is appreciated. Voistinu voskres. Off-shell (talk) 20:25, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheers for shrinking the unnecessarily large image of kissel in the infobox. Just as a little note, could you please leave an edit comment for all edits you make indicating what exactly you've done each time. It just makes life a little easier when it comes to sorting through changes on watched pages. Happy editing! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 02:57, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Napoleon

I am very happy that you inserted my photo "TortNapoleon(kuski).jpg" into the en-article "Mille-feuille". In order to avoid any confusion, I just wanted to make you aware that traditionally Russian Napoleon cakes are rectangular and made of puff pastry. This is however very difficult to realize at home, therefore homemade Russian Napoleon cakes are usually round and made of flat pastry (unless the amateur cook cheated and bought readymade pastry))) The Napoleon shown at my picture is a genuine homemade one. Currently Commons has no photos of a genuine traditional Napoleon, except "Napoleonschnitte_IMG_1721.JPG", but that is a single piece and no entire cake. If you want, I could upload a photo of an entire traditional Napoleon cake, but the cake is uncut and the photo very slightly blurred (yes, stupid me, I had the occasion to make great pix and just didn't think about it). --Otets (talk) 09:28, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your work. I'm aware of the typical Russian Napoleons. From the picture I cannot judge of which kind of pastry it is made. I chose this image because it nicely shows the typical thickness, general size and the typical topping. There are quite a number of other pictures of the Russian-style Napoleons at commons:Category:Napoleon (cake) (also rectangular ones) but I found this one to demonstrate all these features best. Anyway, it could be an opportunity for you to bake another tasty one at home and to upload a new picture:). Off-shell (talk)

as you suggested

see this discussion. Frietjes (talk) 16:11, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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A pie for you!

For your great work on cuisines! Jaqeli (talk) 16:51, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! This looks tasty. Off-shell (talk) 22:04, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Postage stamps and postal history of Russia

Sorry, I had to revert this. It's probably a copyright violation. Even if it's not, it may not be a neutral source, and it's simply bad practice to cut and paste this amount of material. You could quote selectively or provide your own synthesis mixed with other sources. Thanks. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:42, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I copied it from the article Russian Post here on the Wikipedia! It is not from an external source! Off-shell (talk) 23:45, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I apologise, I misunderstood. Is all this relevant to both articles? Philafrenzy (talk) 23:56, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is. At least taking the current state of the articles into account. One might decide to change the scope of the articles. However, this needs a detailed consideration. I'm going to work further on these articles, and may be one will find the way to restrict the scope such that the overlap will be reduced. But at the moment, the information is needed in both articles. --Off-shell (talk) 00:04, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have put it back. Of course, it might still be a copyright vio from the original source. I don't think Russian official sources are noted for their impartiality! We also need to minimise duplication. Philafrenzy (talk) 00:09, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Russian Jews

Hi,

I really liked some of your proposals there and they definitely should be implemented! I wrote a reply on the page.

I also loved some of your ideas for the Ukrainian page, do you mind posting them on the Ukrainian Jews talk page, just so we could take it further there as well. 90.198.246.7 (talk) 08:00, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi :-)

So based on your personnel ideas and Khazar's style idea, I tried to create a new proposal. I haven't done it "physically" yet because first need to get your and Khazar's approval. 5 of the 15 people in the proposal are people you suggested. To be honest, if we would have normal pictures then I would also add Gregory Perelman to, the problem is, his image is too wide.

Please take a look at the proposal on the bottom of the Russian Jews talk page! 90.198.246.7 (talk) 12:26, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks very nice. I replied there and provided a picture of Perelman. I will put my proposal on the Ukrainian page. --Off-shell (talk) 18:50, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Russian Jews barnstar

		The Barnstar of David
		For taking an active part in the discussion regarding the Russian Jews infobox. Out of 15 selections, 6 were proposed by you! You made sure to propose people based on their notability, and also in order to represent different occupations/areas. Mr. Sort It Out (talk) 23:26, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		The Civility Barnstar
		During the discussion regarding the infobox on the Russian Jews page, you made sure to rationalize every proposal you made on the talk page, by that providing a fine example of how civilized editing should look like. Mr. Sort It Out (talk) 23:26, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. :) --Off-shell (talk) 17:28, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ukrainian Jews Barnstar

		The Barnstar of David
		For taking an active part in the discussion regarding the Ukrainian Jews infobox. You designed the template itself, completely changing it's look (for the better) and proposed few great selections for the collage. Mr. Sort It Out (talk) , 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Question - How familiar are you with Israeli Jews?

Hi,

I was wondering how familiar are you with Israeli society, culture and cultural history? The reason I'm saying this is because the Israeli Jews image, in my opinion, looks just horrific. Over-crowded, un-balanced between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jews (if this image would be done by proper Israelis they would be obsessed with it and for a good reason), it has a higher amount of politicians and Prime Ministers than any other infobox could allow itself, and most of al, it has some chavy selections like Eyal Golan, while somehow they managed to miss out on Ofra Haza (but they had space for Dana International and Eyal Golan. Yep, I know), they managed to miss out on Josef Tal (the greatest Israeli composer ever), Ephraim Kishon (the greatest Israeli director, twice Academy award nominated, with Hebrew Films), and Arik Einstein (voted as the great Israeli singer ever).

If you are unfamiliar with Israel nevermind :-) I did start a discussion and didn't do any change yet, but the problem is... no one responded to my discussion. Here is a link to it.

If you are interested, feel free to join and giving any more brilliant ideas in terms of people and design. Mr. Sort It Out (talk) 08:04, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, unfortunately I cannot really help with it. My knowledge in this scope is rudimentary. Just quickly looking at your proposal it sounds rather reasonable to me. I would also change the style and make it 3 columns times 5 rows as with the other collages. So I would say, choose the best 15 from different fields, make a proposal at the talk page, and if nobody responds within a reasonable time frame, "be bold" :) --Off-shell (talk) 08:39, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, sounds like the right thing to do. Ill do it later on and hope I don't start a conflicts which overshades the current war in Gaza lol. 90.198.246.7 (talk) 10:43, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just did a proposal for a new collage, I hope it looks decent. Would love to hear any ideas/opinions from you there on the topic of style or selection. 90.198.246.7 (talk) 21:50, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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 : Hi, unfortunately I cannot really help with it. My knowledge in this scope is rudimentary. Just quickly looking at your proposal it sounds rather reasonable to me. I would also change the style and make it 3 columns times 5 rows as with the other collages. So I would say, choose the best 15 from different fields, make a proposal at the talk page, and if nobody responds within a reasonable time frame, "be bold" :) --[[User:Off-shell|Off-shell]] ([[User talk:Off-shell#top|talk]]) 08:39, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 :: Thank you, sounds like the right thing to do. Ill do it later on and hope I don't start a conflicts which overshades the current war in Gaza lol. [[Special:Contributions/90.198.246.7|90.198.246.7]] ([[User talk:90.198.246.7|talk]]) 10:43, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
+I just did a proposal for a [[Talk:Israeli Jews#Offering an alternative|new collage]], I hope it looks decent. Would love to hear any ideas/opinions from you there on the topic of style or selection. [[Special:Contributions/90.198.246.7|90.198.246.7]] ([[User talk:90.198.246.7|talk]]) 21:50, 23 August 2014 (UTC)