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Copyedit

Your English is lot better than my Polish. Cheers, Yomangani^talk 17:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Hi; nobody is on AIM, so may I ask a favor? May you click on this link: WebCT and see if anything loads? Thanks. — Deckiller 09:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Good, it's not just me :) Looks like the entire thing is down. I wonder if that means....no readings? I'll have time to check later this morning before class, but it'll be annoying to be unprepared. Thanks again. — Deckiller 09:55, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Dominican Republic

Im not an expert here but looking into the available sources I can't find a single one about the creation of a Neiba province in the Dominican Republic. I also can not find a source about the delegates added here [1] and here [2]. So I will have a look at this users edits, revert if I find unsourced and unverifiable information and ask him to give sources for further such edits. If he keeps on editing in this way the intervention of an administrator may be necessary. I would appriciate if we could work together to solve this problem. Thank you--VirtualDelight 18:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Didnt see on your userpage that you are an admin here yourself. As the administrative intervention allready is done let my now, if necessary, how I can help out cleaning up this users contributions, which at first glance are quite a mess, without getting in the way of your cleanup. Thanks--VirtualDelight 20:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I see, great work, could'nt have done it so fast. I'll take the articles on my watchlist. Thank's.--VirtualDelight 20:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your nice message. I've come to this articles reverting some odd vandalism, but as I have now downloaded the report on the census 2002 with 2664 pages I think I will use this rich source to slowly update the information in related articles. As the next census will be in some years, I guess there is plenty of time to do so. Happy editing! VirtualDelight 19:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Block

Hi Darwinek, I noticed you blocked yourself, which made me laugh. What a unique form self-abasement! Appleseed (Talk) 02:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Mosty u Jabl.

Zdravim, Mosty prapor maji (viz. [3] ), jenom ted na tom obrazku nejsou videt ty bocni bile pruhy, protoze splyvaji s pozadim. Chtel jsem to zmenit, ale zatim jsem neprisel na to, jak se na wiki meni obrazky. Tady je upravena verze toho praporu: [4] Jinak po naszymu umjym :) - Didzej 12:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Global Volcanism Program

Hi, What is the exact scope of the phrase mentioned on the GVP website: "The volcano and eruption data are freely available"?. Your comment left on an anonymous user's talk page, have created doubts in my mind. Thanks in advance, Jespinos 23:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Why have you not uploaded El Valle Photo to Commons?. I will wait until that you upload more photos and then I will see how I can help. Jespinos 04:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Meeting you after Christmas! Though I thank you for reverting the troll's message [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bhadani&diff=103889777&oldid=103879240}, such childish comments do not impact me at all! regards. --Bhadani 19:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes

Hi there. I've finally gotten around to starting up Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes. The project page itself is still pretty bare, but at least we now have a central discussion point for this sort of work. Please join! - 52 Pickup 13:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 31 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gustaw Morcinek, 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.

--Yomangani^talk 09:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Fryštát, was selected for DYK!

On February 1, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fryštát, 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.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Nice work, but a question: what's the ethnic breakdown? I assume there are some Poles, as you link to the article on Czech Poles and it's in Zaolzie, but it's not made explicit. I see here that there are over 5,000 Poles in Karviná, but I wonder if data for Fryštát alone are available. Biruitorul 22:38, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Guideline for Wikipedia

Hola, you might be interested in participating in this discussion to consent on a new proposed Wikipedia guideline for diacritics which basically says the following:

• Diacritics should only be used in an article's title, if it can be shown that the word is routinely used in that way, with diacritics, in common usage. This means in reliable English sources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, or articles in major English-language newspapers.

• If the word is routinely listed in reliable English sources without diacritics, then the Wikipedia article should follow that method for the article title, though the diacritics version should be given in the initial paragraph of the article as suggested in Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English).

• If it is not clear what "common usage" is, then the general Wikipedia guideline is to avoid use of diacritics in article titles.

It's at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (standard letters with diacritics). Adiós, Rosa 23:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Czesc :) I agree...I'm a bit worried it might get approved as decisions on the Wikipedia are reached by concensus. I don't fully understand why do these native English speakers react so negatively to the use of foreign terms, that attitude is so outdated. I remember that the Spanish language in the past used a lot of Hispanized terms like Guillermo Shakespeare and Benito Espinosa, but that was in my parents' time and now that attitude is completely re-evaluated and native terms are favored whenever possible.

BTW, were you able to notice that someone in the discussion page of that proposal even made a motion for Polish votes to be "discounted"? lolRosa 02:01, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Just wanted to say thank you again. My thanks is sincere for you always catching the vandalism the the Langston Hughes article. The mind of vandals I will never understand. Again, a sincere and appreciative thank you.17:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC) :-)

Lyrics

Original lyrics

English translation

Płyniesz, Olzo, po dolinie, ||You flow, the Olza, along the valley Płyniesz, jak przed laty, ||You flow, like years ago Takie same na twym brzegu ||There, on your shore, same Kwitną wiosną kwiaty. ||Flowers bloom in the spring A twe wody w swoim biegu, ||And your waters, along the course Się nie zamąciły; ||Have not gotten stirred I tak samo lśnią się w słońcu, ||And they still shine in the sun Jak się dawniej lśniły. ||As they used to long ago Ale ludzie w życiu swojem ||But the people in their lives Zmienili się bardzo; ||Have changed a lot Zwyczajami, wiarą przodków ||With their customs, faith of their forefathers Ledwie że nie gardzą. ||Now, they almost disdain them I dąb z dębem na twym brzegu, ||And oak trees on your shore Jak szumiał tak szumi; ||Rustle as they used to Lecz wnuk starą mowę dziadów ||Alas, a grandson hardly understands Ledwie że rozumie. ||The language of his grandparents Na twym brzegu dawnym śpiewem ||On your shore, with an ancient song Słowik się odzywa; ||A nightingale starts singing A dziś śliczne pieśni nasze ||But hardly anyone today Ledwie że kto śpiewa! ||Wants to sing our songs Jordan w ziemi Chananejskiej, ||The Jordan in the Holy Land Święte ma znaczenie: ||Is a holy river W jego wodach Izraela ||In its waters the nation of Israel Lud brał oczyszczenie. ||Would purify Więc z modlitwą uklęknąłem ||So, with a prayer I genuflected W pokorze przed Panem: ||Humbly before the Lord Byś się stała, Olzo, takim ||Asking for the Olza I dla nas Jordanem! ||To become our Jordan A tak kiedyś - gdy nad falą ||And one day, over a wave Wiosną wiatr zawieje, ||The spring wind will blow Wnuk usłyszy w fal twych szumie ||A grandson will hear in the hum of the waves Przodków swoich dzieje, ||Ancient stories of your forefathers I usiędzie na twym brzegu ||And he will sit by your shore dumać nad przeszłością - ||To muse about the past I żyć będzie dla swej ziemi ||And he will live for his land Czynem i miłością! ||With love and deeds

nie jestem poeta, jak chcesz to bierz pozdrawiam Tymek 03:41, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

piwo

tak sie sklada ze obecnie mieszkam w Chicago, ale mysle ze sie to zmieni i powroce do ojczyzny mysle wiec ze tego piwa sie napijemy kiedy nadejdzie czas

widzialem ze pisales o miescie Frysztak w latach 1938-1939 byl on siedziba polskiego powiatu frysztackiego, wchodzacego w sklad wojewodztwa slaskiego - popatrz na Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, tam masz obszar i ludnosc tego powiatu. Pozostala czesc Zaolzia - poludniowa i centralna, polaczona zostala z powiatem cieszynskim. Pozdro Tymek 18:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Blocked IP address

You recently blocked 146.171.254.66 , this being a shared IP address. Although I share use this IP address, I thank you for your actions as I am against the rampant vandalism that is appearing on wikipedia. The inconvenience to me in the short term is minimal to the damage a User can do. Keep up the good work Maggott2000 03:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Co nowego?

Zrobiłech se fajrant, isto na amyn, od wikipedii.Konto nie kasujym, bo eszcze kiejsik mogym co naszkrobać. Za to fórt czytóm wiki :) Teraz móm sesje :S Bywej, D_T_G (PL) 09:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Ot, ciekawostka

pl:Borówkowa. -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  23:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Delayed re

Thank you; highly interesting. I come back here and find your page plastered with song lyrics! Anyway, I'll let you pick one (or none, or more) of my latest articles for DYK: 1, 2, 3. Let me also make a small request of you: I've turned this into this; I know Slovak isn't Czech, but since I don't know of any Slovaks here, would you kindly look over my attempt at translating it into English? Thanks for your help. Biruitorul 06:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, I went through and made a few changes (and I put in for one DYK - we'll see, though they usually make it). I also made a couple of templates: this one should be fairly straightforward, but this one might need a review. In fact I think it would be helpful if we could get this list to replace this one, which is not nearly as helpful. (Also this is a nice template - note that we are lacking in articles on Czechoslovak constitutions; sk.wiki has short ones on the 1920 and 1948 ones.) So if you feel like translating some of this material, or know someone who can, that would be nice; I can fix the grammar.

Let me offer one guess as to why Czech Poles still identify as Czechs in this day of (often EU-imposed) minority-friendly legislation and atmosphere. Perhaps people like to be in the majority. In a country where ~95% of people are Czech, and <1% are Polish, it's always nicer to belong to the much bigger group and really feel like an insider. And Poles can do that because they're not too different from Czechs. In fact let me offer a couple of analogies from Romania. First there are the Roma/Gypsies, who are officially 2.5% but unofficially around 15%, meaning that many have declared as Romanian, even though in appearance quite a few are quite distinct from Romanians (given that they originate in India). Second there are the Aromanians, who, although distinct, often find themselves more at ease within the Romanian group. For instance Gigi Becali, an Aromanian, is a strong Romanian nationalist (as is, for that matter, Varujan Vosganian, an Armenian), while other Aromanians have contributed in their own way to the building of the Romanian nation (people like Emanoil Gojdu or Andrei Şaguna). This situation might be akin to that of the Moravians (or the Montenegrins - my guess is that we'll see many of the 30% who declared as Serbs in 2003 go back to declaring as Montenegrin at the next census). On the other hand, minorities that do have a better chance of resisting assimilation are those that are compact, fairly numerous, quite different from the majority, and have a history of hostility to them. A good example would be the Hungarians of Romania and of Slovakia. Biruitorul 06:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On February 6, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Třinec Iron and Steel Works, 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.

Keep up the great work Darwinek! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I second that. I notcied the Solomon Island is also part yours two on the front page congrats. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Costa Rica

In response to your question, Yes, my pictures can be used in Wikipedia under free license --Zerokarma 17:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

And yes it is a Polish last name, the family name was actually much longer at one time but was shortened around WW2 shortly before they moved to Canada. --Zerokarma 17:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

You are my HERO. You have affirmed my confidence here on Wiki. Thank you so much. I tried to get protection of the page but was denied even after explaining the level of vandalism. :-)TonyCrew 19:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks

For the revert :) .--Dakota 23:41, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Algeria Wikiproject

Wikipedia:WikiProject Algeria -- Szvest - ^{Wiki me up ®} 18:00, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Zaolzie

Witam Dam Ci znac jak tylko znajde czas o tym Zaolziu Tymek 21:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Algeria

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My RFA

Thank You, Darwinek for your Support! Thank you for your support in my RfA, which closed at 111 / 1 / 2. I am humbled and rather shocked to see such kind comments and for it to reach WP:100. Please feel free to leave a note if I have made a mistake or if you need anything, I will start out slow and tackle the harder work once I get accustomed to the tools. Thank you once more, I simply cannot express in words my gratitude.

...fly on littlewing. ~ Arjun 19:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Silesian Evangelical Church of A. C.

Hallo. I have deleted sentence "Also all bishops were Polish to date." which is incorrect. Bishop Volný and bishop Piętak are both Czechs.Qasinka 07:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Darwinku,

myślę, że rozprawy na temat narodowości ludzi, którzy zamieszkują Zaolzie, mogą trwać w nieskonczoność, a nigdy nie dotrzemy do przekonywującej konkluzji. Po prostu niepasujemy do schematów. Jak stwierdza Kevin Hannan, nie rzadko jest na Śląsku Cieszyńskim spotykana diglosia (w przeszłości nawet triglosia) - kiedy jednostka posługuje się równie dobrze dwoma językami i nie jest w stanie określić, który jest pierwszy (macierzysty) i który jest drugi.

Co do obou biskupów (Volnego i Piętaka), kierowałem się przy ocenie ich narodowości ich samokreśleniem; etnicznie ich nie badałem ;-) O ile wiem, oby dwaja biskupowie uczęszczali do szkół czeskich, i kiedy słyszałem ich kazania bądź przmówienia, wydaje mi się, że łatwiej im jest posługiwać się jązykiem czeskim aniżeli polskim (a najłatwiej jest im mówić po naszymu ;-)

Jeżeli chodzi o większość Polaków w ŚKEWA - to myślę, że jeżeli chodzi o osoby, które są świadome swojej polskości, to te osoby na pewno stanowią mniejszość. Zapytaj n. p. tylko parę urzędów parafialnych, ile dzieci pobiera naukę konfirmacyjną po polsku i ile po czesku. Albo odwiedź dowolną godzinę biblijną i przypatrz się, ile ludzi ma polską a ile czską Biblię.

Przytoczony przez Ciebie przykład Czeskiego Cieszyna nie może według mojej opinii służyć do scharakteryzowania sytuacji w całym ŚKEWA. Czeski Cieszyn to raczej ewenement, i zbór Na Niwach jedną z ostatnich wysp, gdzie zdecydowana większość narodowo uświadomionych Polaków isnieje.

--Qasinka 12:29, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

O planie spotkania mi pisał już kiedyś DTG. Wtedy mi to nie pasowało. Ale do przyszłości z przyjemnością wezmę udział na jakimś spotkaniu "tustela" wikipedystów. À propos, dziękuję za ocenę mojej polszyzny, nie jest jednak ona owocem kształcenia w szkołach polskich; jestem autodydaktą. --Qasinka 20:19, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

EU Images

You might be interested in this conversation, and this one at commons regarding EU images. Also, what constitutes as fair use regarding living people. Take a particular interest in counterexample number 8. Also, just because one cannot find a free example, it doesn't mean that a free replacement cannot be found, especially if the person is still living. Happy editing! --Bob 07:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Hi!

Hi Darwinek!

Thank you for your e-mail; I appreciate. I will try to get used to the making of that encyclopaedia that we are both developing, along with others.

I must admit I am astonished to spot a Polish interessed in Africa.

But that's very nice, anyway.

Thanks again.

Bye. Cambers 18:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

hard work

Obviously you must have been doing something right if someone felt a need to vandalise your userpage - apologies about stupid reverted message - possibly difficult to get meaning... cheers! SatuSuro 09:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah i think dakota and slim are two v good admins - and I hold them both in high respect - but i never thought to have their user pages on watch myself...SatuSuro 09:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK (12 Feb)

On 12 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jablunkov, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Laïka 17:47, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

possibly broken link on your userpage

Hi,
The last link on your userpage: http://www.websn.com/Pride/all.htm may be broken. It points my browser to the following URL: http://mirasearch.com Itayb 23:49, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Rail/koleje/vlaky

Witam tutaj Tymek 05:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

W Rozkladzie jazdy PKP lato 1939 (Polish Railroads Schedule Summer 1939) sa zdjecia ciekawych polskich miejscowosci - Krakow, Lwow, Poznan, Warszawa, Wilno, Zakopane, Krynica, Gdynia. Wsrod nich jest tez, co ciekawe, fotka zatytulowana "Slask - huty w Trzyncu" ("Silesia - Trzyniec ironworks").

A pisze to dlatego, ze mysle jak znajde czas stworzyc maly artykul zatytulowany np. "Railroads in Polish-controlled Zaolzie". Co o tym sadzisz? Czy to ma sens?

Tylko kiedy znajde na to czas - bo akurat czas jest u mnie bardzo deficytowy. pozdrawiam tradycyjnym czeskim "Ostre sledovane vlaky"

Jezeli uwazasz ze to zly pomysl to nie ma problemu. Ty jestes stamtad, lepiej to czujesz pozdr Tymek 13:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Images

Hi Darwinek, could you please delete the images 1, 2, and 3. They're duplicates; some were replaced by other users (instead of being overwritten) and others are just plain duplicates. Thanks in advance. :) - Anas ^Talk? 17:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

This, this, this, this and this (all orphaned, some are noncommercial) too please. :) Sorry for disturbing you. - Anas ^Talk? 17:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Darwinek, I appreciate your time. :) - Anas ^Talk? 11:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Grand Bahama Island Photo

That photo is posted with North pointing towards the bottom of the page.

You might want to flip it 180 degrees so that it shows a more conventional orientation of North towards the TOP of the page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.71.95.134 (talk) 17:41, 19 February 2007 (UTC).

email

Never got your email. Guettarda 18:59, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Czechoslovak x Czechoslovakian

The only variety of the adjective I met before I started editing Wikipedia was "Czechoslovak". Here I met "Czechoslovakian", too, but noticed that some editors were removing the -ian ending (see eg. the history of "Czechoslovakian koruna". In the article on Czechoslovakia I read this note, but now I have noticed that it is not there anymore.

Therefore I looked the word up in several dictionaries. Anglicko-český a česko-anglický slovník by Ivan Poldauf et al, SPN Praha 1990, uses only the version "Czechoslovak" in the English-Czech part, while the Czech-English part says "Czechoslovak(ian)". Velký česko-anglický slovník by Josef Fronek (from Glasgow University), LEDA Praha 2000, lists both versions, the one without ending on the first place. Velký anglicko-český slovník by Karel Hais and Břetislav Hodek lists both versions too ("Czechoslovak" is first, but here it is just due to the alphabetical order). Cambridge International Dictionary of English, 1996, lists just "Czechoslovakian".

Google seems to prefer "Czechoslovak" slightly (1,950,000 hits) in comparison with "Czechoslovakian" (1,370,000 hits). If it searches just Wikipedia, it gives 1,300 hits for "Czechoslovak" and 1,320 hits for "Czechoslovakian".

So, it seems that both versions are correct (unlike e.g. my summary here) and used. However, because google gives slightly more hits with the non-ending version, and because there is a clear connection with Slovakia and its adjective Slovak, I would prefer to write "Czechoslovak". Jan.Kamenicek 17:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Darwinek, just to let you know that I have made your two speedy noms part of a full nomination along with all the other '-ian' categories at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 February 21#People from Czechoslovakia. Thanks, mattbr³⁰ 19:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Towns

Hey, that's an idea! :) If you want to start working on it, I'll join later. Will definitely help to bring it to FL status if it comes to it!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I understand. But since we aren't in any kind of hurry, I don't think it's a problem. When you have free time for this, let me know, I'll sure help out.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 22:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome

Hi, Darwinek, and welcome to WikiProject Africa! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles relevant to Africa. Here are some points that may be helpful: Our main aim is to help improve Africa-related articles, so if people ask for help with an article, please try your hardest to help them if you are able. Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it. The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as article quality assessment, which you are welcome to participate. If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to our translation section, to help us improve our foreign Africa topics. You may also be interested in joining one of the descendant projects related to a specific African country. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We hope you enjoy working on this project.

— Emiellaiendiay 23:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Kiarostami featured article candidate

Hi. Abbas Kiarostami has now had a a lot of work and is now virtually complete - please read it throughand review it and leave your decision. Cheers. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 14:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I have now added the final details to his early life in the first section and found a highly appropriate image of Kiarostami's place of study. The new info is very relevant and has been referenced. Its just about complete. Thanks Ernst Stavro Blofeld 15:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Films February Newsletter

The February 2007 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Cbrown1023 talk 22:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Entrusted with the Bucket!

Yes, my identical copy of bucket-and-mop =]

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. Thanks for your vote, I've received an overwhelming 96% support and successfully took a copy of bucket-and-mop from the main office!

School graduation exam and HKCEE are both pressing in, so I might become inactive for a while. But soon after that, I look forward to working with you! --Deryck C. 03:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Geobox for Regions

Chapter One

Actually, that's the next one I was planning to create. I've already posted an info about its development on the Geobox main page and started creating it but … it seems most fields would be the same ones as in the Geobox Town so I might as well just tweak that one to be usable for regions too. Probably the only missing field is subdivisons (+ their type and number). Any idea what other fields should be there?

I suppose you've noticed the towns I added for the Pilsen Region, I have no particular interest in that region it was just the one I chose for trying out the new Geobox as it not only missed any sort of Infoboxes but mostly the articles themselves (rather than overriding articles for a region with more existing Infoboxes).

A sorry, že raději píšu anglicky ale na anglické Wikipedii mi to přijde slušnější, obzvláště při tom, co tu někteří naši soukmenovci vyvádějí (třeba: Talk:Karlovy Vary). – Caroig 22:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, Geobox Region is up and running. It has more or less similar fields as Geobox Town with one new feature: folding subdivison section. It is still rather beta so please use it rather for testing purposes on limited number of pages.

As of your ideas:

• Color settings - I'm against. Technically, it's very easy to implement but why? One of the Geobox series aims is to be consistent. One feature (set of features) should have one color, brown: mountains, ranges and potentianally other, blue: rivers etc. It is something that has been largely discussed over and over again on many Wikipedia pages (esp. with navigation boxes). As of the color I chose, it's not the final one, I usually use similar hue of color that appears in the location map and a color that would be easily distinguishible from other Geoboxes (I tried perhaps 50 colors). I guess this way, especially with the Czech "Small Districts" one doesn't need special page for the small district but you can simply put a second (Geobox Region) template into an article on the town/city (see Nýřany).
• As of ISO codes, I don't think there needs to be a dedicated field, there are now four generic code fields which could easily used. I guess the template should have specific fields only for features which can likely be used for most regions, ISO codes are set for the highest level of national regions only. The same applies for licence codes etc.
• Polititians in senate etc., again, is that something to be used in most templates or rather a handfull? There are four free fields that can be used for that purpose.
• Economic figures. Definitely. I haven't thought of that so this version doesn't have them but once I identify those that are applicable for a large number of template I'll put them in.

Before creating any template I usually checked other existing ones to see which fields are commonly used and those where the ones I included in the templates. Hope you find Geobox Region useful and please tell me about any bugs it contains I'm sure they'll be many. – Caroig 17:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Chapter Two

I neither like nor dislike the current color, it was just one which was way different from other Geoboxes. The greenish you suggest is too similar to geobox Protected Area. (I kinda like the corresponding color in maps and geobox header, but that's not a priority.)

I see you've already edited the misleading data in Legend, thanks. As you might have guessed I just copied the legend from Geobox Town, added new fields and forgot to change those talking about towns.

Map first, if I didn't screw up something, there should be a switch map_first which will get the map being displayed first, this is a feature present in other Geoboxes so should be here too.

Chapter Three

I didn't express myself clearly with the map_first switch, sorry for that. It acts only as a switch, if it is present in the template and any value is assigned to it (might be just 1, yes, true or anything) the map assigned to map is used. See Midtjylland/Sandbox. It would help me if you discover any bug or encouter any other problem to create a "sandboxed" version of that page so that I could sort the roblem out more quickly.

As of those colors, it is still my intention to have them color distinguished (as are e.g. the Taxoboxes). There seem to be a trend on Wikipedia in which it seems it is more a sandbox for editors rather than being a compendium for readers. So many pages now start with sometimes more maintance tag which discourage the reader from reading the article at all. The coherent style of Geoboxes should help the reader orientate. They always find the country where the subject lies in the same place etc. See e.g. Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, the different colors in Geoboxes help you to quickly find out what sort of information each Geobox contains. I'd like the colors to differatiate between various topics. I'm not very happy with the current salmonish color but I haven't come upon any better. FYI: I added a temporary field called simply color, you can added to any gegion template and try various colors, but it's definitelly not going to be in the final version.

BTW, the template wouldn't accept the special map from Granma Province but I'm looking for a way how to make it possible as it would solve another issue I see. – Caroig 20:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Chapter Four

So you've noticed. The HTML + CSS code for that map is kinda buggy, I tried to sort it out, anyway, it needs to be pretty large to be of any use and thus it would make the Geobox too wide. A few notes on the use of Geoboxes:

• There are dedicated fields for notes (be them references or whatever) for most fields whose name's simply field_note. I'm personally opposed to this style of rererences generally, I prefer those for Harvard style as they enable citing references in a separate section at the end of the article to having them scattered all across the article body.
• There are additional _round fields which enable to define the rounding precision for unit conversions (it looks somewhat better when both units have the same decimal precision)
• There's also the category field which should be used for the region type … it helps the reader tell apart what the actual name of the region is and what the region category name is.
• U can put the region subdivions to the Geobox too.

Apart from the _note issue, take these as recommendations only, it would be better if the Geoboxes are used in a consistent way. – Caroig 23:23, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Chapter five - Suggestion

Hi there. If I understand correctly you would like a second folding section, like the one where the Little Districts are listed in e.g. Moravian-Sielsian Region? Well, technically it wouldn't be a problem, I'm just not sure whether this wouldn't be too much. Do the subdivions in Poland exist paralelly or are they just subdivisons within subdivisons? Put you direct me at an article/articles where these Polish subdivisons are explained/described? If you don't mind, I'll look into it tomorrow, I'm terribly tired today.

I've made a few changes to the Geobox in Moravian-Silesian Region, I replaced hejtman with hetman which is the English version of the title, we might write a paragraph in the hetman article about this title and then link the word in the Geobox to it. Having just the Czech version, a reader might not understand what the field is about at all. I also moved the party to a dedicated field. And delinked the name, but there - I don't like those red links, but that's just my humble opinion so feel free to link it again if you consider it more appropriate. – Caroig 20:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

So I've tried this: there's a municipality_type and municipality_count field as well as a extra city_count field, many statistics indeed indicate how many munipalities and cities/town there are in each region, so it was a good idea. I think there's no need to have second folding field, the code for this is extremely lengthy given the very limited capabilities of the template engine.

As of the Czech Districts and Little Districts, from an administrative point of view the regions are divided into the Little Districts only. Besides, most of the old Districts don't have a wiki article at all and if there's one it's mostly just a list of municipalities. I guess there's not much to write about the districts anyway, just some statistical data and a list of munipalities which can as well be attached as a Geobox Region to the appropriate town. This way I've covered most Little Districts in the Pilsen Region (I'm going to finish the rest soon). – Caroig 14:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Award

Hello Darwinek! Thank you very much for your award. As I haven't got much time at hand right now its going a bit slow, but I hope to be able to do some more groundwork on this articles as I find more and more good sources to do so. Thanks again!--VirtualDelight 15:07, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Kamennogorsk

That one is good enough for a "rough translation". The name cannot be translated exactly anyway. I actually question the usefulness of this translation more than its accuracy :) Unfortunately, since my toponymyc dictionary does not have an entry on Kammenogorsk, I can only replace this with my own speculation as to what the name means exactly (the "-gorsk" part can mean either "mountains" or "city/town"), but that wouldn't be much of an improvement.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

No :) The names, however, don't always refer to large mountains. Sometimes it's just hills that residents perceive large enough to be called "mountains". Also, many of the names were artificial; assigned with no rhyme or reason.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Please sign my autograph page

Please sign my autograph page. A•N•N•Afoxlover PLEASE SIGN, ANYONE!!! 03:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Rudolf Vytlacil

Hi, Why did you move Rudolf Vytlacil to Rudolf Vytlačil? He was born Vytlacil in Schwechat (not Vienna!) and played for Phönix Schwechat, Slovan Vienna, Rapid Vienna, Favoritner Sport-Club and of course for the ÖFB. Fell free to read his biography (Kurt Castka, 1967). He lived a long team in Czechoslovakia so he had his Czechoslovakian passport, but I think its better to use his Austrian name, because he was born, raised, learned how to play football and lived a long time of his life there. Peterwuttke 11:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

So would it be okay to move the page back to his real (birth) name? Overall he was Austrian with a Czechoslovakian passport, in the 1920s and 1930s, when he played football in Schwechat, Favoriten and Hütteldorf there was no Austria-Hungary so I dot see any connection to the Deutschböhmen, who can of course be considered as Austrians und Czechoslovakians, but I think they also should be named with their birth name (Ehrenfried Patzel not Čestmír Patzel) Peterwuttke 12:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Melanesia

The guy who first proposed the project seems to be gone. I took the initiative to activate the project above in his absence, as I personally guess you all have enough members to give it a go. Good luck. John Carter 18:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

CHICOTW

	Chicago Collaboration of the Week
Last week you helped edit the Chicago COTW, but did not vote. Thank you for your help! Your input in future selections would also be appreciated. This week Union Stock Yards has been chosen. Please help improve it towards the quality level of a Wikipedia featured article. See the To Do List to suggest a change or to see an open tasks list.
	Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago

TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 18:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Geobox Region

Hello, yeah, the template can be considered released. I've changed the color to a lighter and less saturated one which I'm quite happy with but if you manage to find a better one, we can cahnge it. The color field is still there, but just for experimenting.

I saw your edits on those Denamrk region, let me just point out two things:

• all figures should be in raw format, i.e. without commas (in population it doesn't do any harm but in are it would cause errors, the figures are used for calculations, nonetheless, they are nicely formatted on output)
• when setting map/symbol width, do not put in px, just the value

(I never do that myself, but it real might help here to read the documentation to Geoboxes, there's quite a lot of extras there.)

The problems with how the template was displayed in IE7 have been solved (unless someone installs some furter fixes to the CSS Wikipedia engine send to IE7).

As of the Geobox Page. That is an experiment. There will be a link below the box enabling easy editing. The thing is, the geobox template might be pretty long and therefore you need to scroll down a lot of text before you can edit the article. It gets particularly long if there are two Geoboxes on the page. See e.g. Bor (Tachov District) - this way, there doen't need to be a separate article to every Little District. But taht's really an experiment, that's why I'm testing it on such an low profile article.

I really appreciate any ideas, suggestions, bug reports. They only help to get the Geoboxes better. Quite a lot of their features are other user's suggestions. The latest might be a second field for a map, see here: West Chester, Pennsylvania. I would especially appreciate if you correct any imprecisions or unclear statemnts in the documentation as it's written from the point of view of someone who knows every deatil of the Geoboxes. Like the isuue with the map_first switch. – Caroig 21:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

What exactly do you mean? It shows OK here. Which browser are you using? You can mail me a screenshot, my e-mail address should be in my profile.

As I was saying, it's an experiment. Erasing fields which are not used might be a possiblity too, but it should be used with caution. I would still like these Geoboxes be as user friendly as possibly, if an absolute novice sees there's a field for say district they will know how to use it without any explanation. People keep asking me for more fields for countries when they see only two, for a possibility to set rounding ... just because they don't see those fields in blank templates. If you look e.g. here: Hindu Kush – all fields which are not used are erased and I'm afraid not many users will know there are much more fields they can use. Hence the bold sentences at the end of the main (red) Geobox frame. – Caroig 21:56, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I was finding it bothering to scroll down the page myself, that's why I added that function, not difficult coding. I might try it out on some pages and see the reaction, but it's not important neither is it very standard. I just saw those transluded pages being used elsewhere on Wikipedia, I find it pretty useful for the Geobox doc pages. On the other side, it gets displayed when printing the page so it amy not be agodd idea at all. – Caroig 22:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Darwinek. Just saw you doing an edit during watching RC, and stopped to say a big helloooo ... --Bhadani 13:25, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for responding, and I am fine. --Bhadani 13:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure Darwinek. I enjoy editing and adding value to the Project, and I shall be able to give more time very soon. BTW, recently, we had a nice event (WikiCamp in India) [5] in Chennai (India) where Jimmy spent whole day with more than 300 persons interested in wikis. We had a great time. I hope that in some event in future somewhere in the world, I shall be able to meet you in person :) --Bhadani 13:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Yipsi Moreno on DYK for 11 March 2007

On 11 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yipsi Moreno, 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.

Thank you for your contribution! — ERcheck (talk) 14:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Soviet Union/USSR World Cup squad templates

I think either name is fine. Chanheigeorge 21:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Cities and towns in the Soviet Union

Hmm, I'm not really sure. On one hand, if its contents are kept strictly to other categories and not individual entries, it may be fine to leave it. On the other hand, considering that its only subcat now is Category:Hero Cities of the Soviet Union, and that it itself is a subcategory of Category:Settlements in Russia (??!!), it is already double and improperly categorized. I'd say CfD it, and if any good reasons to leave it exist, they will surely surface during the CfD.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 12:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I voted to delete the cat. As for the soccer teams, when you put it like that, it makes sense to rename the templates. However, not being a fan of soccer at all, I'd rather leave this to discussion by editors who are more qualified than me :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Antsiranana Bay

Hi Darwinek, I'm a little disheartened to see your responses to Sapient Vesta on this talk page. I feel I should remind you of the policies at WP:NPA, WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, and WP:BITE. Relax, and happy editing. Robotman¹⁹⁷⁴ 21:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. I would hope you'd do the same for me. Cheers. Robotman¹⁹⁷⁴ 21:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

USSR national team

Hello. I don't really have strong preference towards "USSR" or "Soviet Union" variant, anyway a little more consistence would be nice. Conscious 19:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Silesia

Cześć. Chciałem poinformować, że jakiś czas temu został uruchomiony Wikipedia:WikiProject Silesia. Serdecznie zapraszam. LUCPOL 00:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Actors and Filmakers

Hey see my proposals at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals and the main WP Film and Biography talk page. Know anybody who is interested? Actors and all film people articles need a body on wikipedia to upkeep them asthey need more focus -it would be a part of Biogrpahy and Film. You would possibly not be interested personally, but if you know anybody please let them know and whether you think it is a good progession for the project or not. THanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 14:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Russian footballers

Hello! You added Category:Russian footballers in the article about Valentin Afonin and explained it by his ethnicity, but this category also adding to:

1) Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Marat Izmailov, Ruslan Nigmatullin (Tatars)

2) Omari Tetradze (Georgians)

3) Andrei Karyaka, Viktor Onopko, Ilia Tsymbalar Ukrainians

4) Roman Sharonov, Anatoli Gerk (Jews)

I think this category only for footballers who plays with Russian Citizenship.

Sidik iz PTU 09:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

OK! I agree your comparing with the Basque and Catalan footballers. But what about Alexei Eremenko who player of Finland national team and have Ukrainian surname? He should be here? I think that 'NO'.Sidik iz PTU 10:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello! I'm sorry but my opinions about Gerk and Sharonov's ethnicity based only on his surnames and types of his faces. In Russia we have saying: Бьют не по паспорту, а по роже (Beat not under the passport, and on a physiognomy) Ж-) Sidik iz PTU 20:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:Syria

Hi Darwinek, long time no see. How have you been? After 2 days of hard work, I've finally launched WikiProject Syria. The project's banner is {{WP Syria}}. Just letting you know :-) — cheers, - Anas ^talk? 12:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Category:Czechoslovak footballers and Category:Soviet footballers

Hello again. I see that you've added Category:Czechoslovak footballers and Category:Soviet footballers as sub-categories of Category:Football (soccer) players by national team. I think there are at least a few players in these categories that did not play for the respective national teams, e.g., Vassilis Hatzipanagis. Do you think we need some separate categories such as Category:Czechoslovakia international footballers and Category:Soviet Union international footballers? Chanheigeorge 23:33, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I suppose the two categories can be viewed as footballers who played during the Czechslovakia and Soviet eras. I guess right now almost all of them are international players, with a few exceptions. Chanheigeorge 08:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Tags

I removed some of the project tags you added to talk pages. For geographical locations, let's stick to including them only in the project of the country, in the territory of which they currently lie. Otherwise we will have endless controversy and pointless fights. Balcer 15:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I see your point as well, but I still believe that we should use country tags sparingly. While the present location of any town cannot be disputed, one could talk endlessly about the degree to which a given town must be impacted by another country's culture to be included in that country's project. More pessimistically, I could easily imagine various nationalists sticking the project tag of their nation all over the place under various pretexts. So overall, while project tags are mostly harmless, why not be on the safe side, avoid controversy, and use only the tag for the country where the town is presently located.

On the other hand, to address concerns similar to yours, maybe one could create a related "Polish Culture", "Polish History", or even "Polonia" projects. I would have no problem with those. Balcer 18:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Tunisian campaign

Hi Darwinek. Hope you are doing good. Just wanted to make sure if "Sidi Bou Zid" is really "Sidi Bou Said" as per your redirect. I am working on Battle of Sidi Bou Zid and just wanted to make this clear. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up ®} 11:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello. It is the same. Sidi Bou Zid is older and I think obsolete spelling. - Darwinek 11:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Much appreciated. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up ®} 11:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

March WP:FILMS Newsletter

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Licencja

Witaj! Mam małe pytanko, czy licencja podana tu jest prawidłowa? Się pytam, bo chciałbym załadować na Commons to i dodać na Polskiej Wikipedii, ale mam pewne wątpliwości ;). Pozdrawiam! Marcin Suwalczan [our talk] 19:20, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, Darwinek,

Thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia! It was nice of you to reach out to me. I am still trying to find my way around the system without accidentally doing damage. I see you have worked on some things that interest me, so I hope you don't mind if I ask you questions from time to time, if the need arises. Best wishes, Baileypalblue 12:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for welcoming me, Darwinek. Digodf 19:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Vladislao Cap

I haven't been able to find any reference on his ancestry. I have to tell you, though, that being called Pole doesn't mean much here, specially around those years. Anyone a little bit blonder than the rest would get such nicknames. Take care, --Mariano(t/c) 18:50, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Re my Flickr

Sure, I'm flattered :) Which ones? I'll have to look into this licensing stuff; I'd like to release them for nonprofit use. Or maybe Wikipedia use. Depends on the picture :) --Caustic Armadillo 14:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Seems in order. Shall I upload them? --Caustic Armadillo 14:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

I just might do that. I've added the sign for now, I'm kind of busy atm. --Caustic Armadillo 16:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Darwinek

This arbitration case has closed and the final decision is available at the link above. Darwinek's administrative privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time via the usual means (RfA) or by appeal to the Arbitration Committee. Darwinek is placed on standard civility parole for one year. This notice is given by a Clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. Newyorkbrad 15:04, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Ach, this is terrible. You were one of the best admins -- 74.12.72.155 17:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Too bad :-/ ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 21:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Definitely, disappointing! Dr. Dan 21:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Also sorry to see this. Keep up the good work you've done around here.--Alabamaboy 01:15, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Sad to hear. You have always been great editor, and a good admin you will be again I am sure.--Dakota 06:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Please stop using only nohelp audio templates

Hello, if you haven't done so already, please stop using {{Audio-nohelp}} or {{Audio-IPA-nohelp}} without using {{Inline audio}} as well. If you must use lots of nohelp audio templates in the same place, please use a regular {{Audio}}/{{Audio-IPA}} template first. Thank you very much. --Kjoonlee 16:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

La Vega move

Hello Darwinek! Good to see that you support this move, as I was a bit insecure about it, and very good to see you editing despite the recent, in my view far to harsh arbcom ruling. All the best! --VirtualDelight 19:17, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Hejka

Nie martw sie. I odezwij sie na jakims IMie kiedys... GG naprawde fajne jest.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  06:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Jak wroce do domu to dostane, na razie edytuje na uczelni :) -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  22:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Bitter Glory

witam mea culpa, przyznaje ze zapomnialem o tym postaram sie wrzucic cos w najblizszym czasie moze w piatek, 13 kwietnia? pozdrawiam Tymek 00:31, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Język

W latach PRL-u język niemiecki (oraz śląski) był na Śląsku zabroniony (w tych czasach PRL walczył na Śląsku z wszystkim co niemieckie). W latach 1922-1945 w autonomicznym województwie śląskim (w ramach II RP) były dozwolone oba języki (język polski i język niemiecki miały status języka urzędowego - o tym pisał traktat wersalski). Obecnie (w wolnej Polsce) żaden język nie jest zabroniony. Obecnie w 28 gminach na Górnym Śląsku (w województwie opolskim i województwie śląskim) już teraz może zostać wprowadzony język niemiecki jako język "pomocniczy" (obok polskiego), bowiem w tych gminach minimum 20% stanowi ludność narodowości niemieckiej (obecnie 13 gmin z Górnego Śląska już ma język niemiecki jako drugi język "urzędowy"). LUCPOL 13:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Oj, niestety nie mam pewności (i źródeł) co do tego, że w Zaolziu przyłączonym w 1938/1939 roku do Polski był zabroniony język niemiecki. Zaolzie zostało przyłączone do autonomicznego województwa śląskiego na innych zasadach niż utworzono te województwo, zatem nie wiem. Niestety brakuje źródeł z informacjami na ten temat. Jeśli możesz, to poproś tego użytkownika o źródła. Niestety nie potrafię pomóc w tej sprawie. Pozdrawiam. LUCPOL 15:54, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Thank you for your wellcome. As you can see in my discussion page, I edit in Spanish wikipedia. I want to use my English page to watch articles that I have translate to Spanish, to add new interwikies to Spanish or Catalan or other languages when I create a new article or sometimes to create a new article. I think I will not work very hard in English wikipedia because I'm not very good in English but if I make a new article I'll tell you to check my English, If you want. Bye. See you. Millars 15:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, by the way, if you know anybody interested in Spanish history, and more specific in history of Aragonese Crown I created a project in Spanish wiki and it could be pass to English also. Thankyou.

Bougainville

Hello. Why did you merge Bougainville Province with Bougainville Island? Do you know that it is not the same, that the province is larger and includes several more islands? - Darwinek 10:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I know they are not the same, but not every noun needs its own article. They were not doing particularly well as separate articles. The island article was essentially a paragraph-long excert from the province article, missing a lot of history and other information. The idea is that it's easier for editors to grow a single article rather than two articles with 90% overlap. If there's enough island-specific information in the province article in the future, it could be spun off again, though it might make more sense to make subarticles along different lines - like right now we have History of Bougainville. -- Beland 19:02, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Marek Wesoły

Thank you very much for your contributions to the page on Marek Wesoły. Oberschlesien 00:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello,

Hello, I'm Japanese wikipedian K. Takeda and came to this page just to say thank you for your welcome message!

I'm really a freshman in this English wikipedia, and try to create new articles about Japan. Before that, I also got to study English, though... -- K. Takeda 15:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Return to Protection Status

Is it possible to place the Langston Hughes article back on semi-protection or even full protection from "ip" vandals. The level of vandalism is out of hand since being removed from semi-protection. The vandal patrols are doing their very, very best to correct the vulgarities and other racists remarks, but it is just to much.TonyCrew 18:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

April 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter

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Futbol 1939

Witam

widzialem ze lubisz pilke nozna wiec mala ciekawostka dla Ciebie wczesna wiosna 1939 roku druzyna Polonii Karwina zostala dodana do Slaskiej A-Klasy, czyli mniej wiecej obecnej II Ligi. Polonia grala z takimi druzynami jak Slask Swietochlowice, Naprzod Lipiny, Czarni Chropaczow, Concordia Knurow, Dab Katowice, BBTS Bielsko, Wawel Nowa Wies, Ligocianka, PKS Katowice, Pogon Katowice, KS Chorzow

niestety pierwszy mecz w Karwinie ze Swietochlowicami skonczyl sie porazka 4-6. Ale Slask byl klasowa druzyna w skladzie z 2 reprezentantami Polski - Hubertem Gadem i Ewaldem Cebula. chcesz wiecej? Tymek 04:56, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

26 marca 1939 Polonia pokonala w Karwinie w obecnosci 2000 widzow w meczu o mistrzostwo Ligi Slaskiej Czarnych Chropaczow w sensacyjnym stosunku 5-0 (4-0) Tymek 04:16, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

17.4 1933 Polski klub Polonia z Karwiny rozegra∏ spotkanie na Âlàsku Opolskim z Reichsbahn Sportverein Gleiwitz, zwyci´˝ajàc w pi´knym stylu 4:2 (2:1).

A moze bys rozpoczal artykul o Polonii Karwina? Tymek 15:14, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Těšín

I didn't say it was your opinion, but it is the opinion of the writer of the text referenced. It's not a fact and that alone disqualifies it from inclusion. About the Poles, I don't believe there is such a thing as an ethnic Pole, nor an ethnic Czech nor Russian (feel free to prove me wrong here), it's more ethnic Slav then individual subgroup. The distinction ethnic Pole and ethnic Czech would become even more difficult in an area such as Těšín/Cieszyn where much of the population is of mixed ancestry anyway. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 13:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Why not include that? "There was also a distinct Hungarian community in the town comprised mostly of officers and clerks, that ran local establishments such as the popular Hungarian Club." About ethnicity, that's exactly my point, that type of situations would be common in Zaolzie, so defining the real number of "ethnic" Poles would be a difficult talk (same goes for other groups), which is why I left that statement out all together. And I'm not accusing you of POV, I'd stand up for Poland too if need-be. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 13:23, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't mind if you speak Czech, but I'm more comfortable with English (I haven't been in CR since 2001 so my Czech is rapidly decaying and I don't want to embarrass myself :) But I envy you for your command of both languages, all I can do is stare at the pretty Polish crossed l's and e's with tails [ł,ę]. How exotic. :). How about changing the sentence to "Today the Poles comprise a minority in Český Těšín, as 16.1% of town's population, although the number of people with Polish heritage is considerably higher, and the city retains a strong link with Polish culture." I believe that explains the situation better. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 13:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

We can state that too, maybe a "Polish minority" section could be created to talk about the Polish population and the town's links to Poland (including the contemporary organizations). I'll be flying over sometime within the next two years, so I hope to get in as many places as I can before going back, although I'm not sure Těšín will be one of my destinations, seeing as I unfortunately have no contemporary links to the region. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 13:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, dziękuję! Will keep that in mind if I decide to turn up. :) But I'm afraid I'd be lost and confused in the Polish part of town, despite my best efforts even basic comprehension of Polish continues to elude me. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 14:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your offer, but if I actually turned up you'd be surprised on first sight. :) Oh, and glad we resolved the article dispute. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 14:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Sports of Ireland

Hi Darwinek. Saw you sporting there in Ireland and came here to join you. You are my old wikipedia friend, and I hold you in high regards. --Bhadani (talk) 15:12, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Just passing by spreading some cheer--Dakota

1939

raczej nie bede w lecie w Polsce, z Chicago dosc daleko pozdro i jak znajde czas to cosik wrzuce Tymek 23:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations!

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Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar, Darwinek. --Seattle Skier (talk) 04:21, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Dominican Flags

Hello Darwinek! Looks like the same person, I see you already cleaned up, fast as always. I'll keep an eye on further edits and new sock puppets. Best! --VirtualDelight 12:12, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Page Movement Methods

Hello Darwinek, I've 'moved back' Peter Stastny (like I did Marian Gaborik), because your page movements had no consensus backing it, nor did you discuss the changes first. I've brought my concerns (about your methods) up at WPP. Letting you know, so you can explain your 'actions'. GoodDay 18:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

If you're gonna change Marian Gaborik and Jaromir Jagr, I won't protest. I suggest however, you open up a 'consensus vote' first (particularly with 'Jagr'). GoodDay 20:22, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Your moving of pages, without discussing it first, bothered me. But, I'm alright with it now. Seeing that your intentions were in 'good faith'. In future though (again), when you do move a page, elaborate on your reasons. This will help curb concerns of (high-strong) editors like me. Sorry, if I came across as over-reacting. GoodDay 20:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou

Well, thankyou for welcoming me after I've been on the site 2 months. XDD Someone had to do it. (._.) The Rock And Roll Pirate 20:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Another Dominican Republic mess

Hello Darwinek! Thanks for the information. Looks messy indeed. Unfortunately I'm too busy at work this week to sort this out. Well this may be why I've lost a bit my cool in dealing with the interesting IP-editor at the Dominican Republic country article. But I'll give it a try next week, when I should have a little more time to do so. This template at least needs a cleanup to be useful. I have to think about if it is useful at all. Best. VirtualDelight 17:09, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

And some odd moving around of articles ... Re the template: I wont be online for much of the weekend, but give it a try soon. Also a move to a better name like "DRProvinceCapitals" could be useful. Best. VirtualDelight 10:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Po naszymu

Ahoj. Niestety książke od Hanana dóma nimóm, także nie poradzym zweryfikować kategoryzacji "po naszymu". Te książke majóm w Polskim Cieszynie w Książnicy Cieszyńskiej, sygnatura KN II 14548.--Qasinka 13:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Azuma-kofuji article

Dear Darwinek, would you be insulted if I moved the image of Mount Azuma you added further down the page and replaced it with one of my own? Though I appreciate your hard work and was flattered to discover someone had edited the page I started, I spent all morning yesterday climbing that stupid mountain just to get this picture of it for the article and would love to have my hard work count for something. However, if you feel it does not improve the article much, I will leave the current image where it is.

Thanks for your quick reply and not minding that I switch photos. As for me writing other Japanese mountain related articles; as long as I can climb them and photograph them I will consider writing articles about them. Thanks again! - Brian Adler

Just wondering

I have the pages of all the players on the Cleveland Indians roster on my watchlist and I see that you recently added Category:Polish-Americans to the Joe Borowski article. I'm wondering how you know for certain that he is of Polish ancestry? There's no mention of this in his bio in the Indians Media Guide. Do you have a source? If it's simply because his surname ends in -ski, I'm not sure that in and of itself is a sufficiennt criterion since (a) people of Russian, Ukrainian, Czech and Slovenian ancestry may have such names and (b) there's always the possibility that the name is not a blood name for him if there were divorces and/or adoptions in his family history. I have nothing against identifying people with their heritage. I'm of Polish ancestry myself and have a keen interest in genealogy. Since this is a biography of a living person, accuracy is particularly important. --Sanfranman59 17:14, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

If it's only a guess, I think it best not to assume the family history. This is particularly true with Americans whose family names were often mangled when immigrants came here. For example, one of my Polish family names is Kuczynski (at least we think that's the spelling). But when my great-grandfather came through Ellis Island at the turn of the last centry, the name became Kutz. It's not at all unlikely that Borowski's family name was once Borovsky or Borovska or some other similar spelling. --Sanfranman59 19:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming me, Darwinek.

gildemax 17:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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Rivers

Hi, Darwinek! I am doing fine; thanks for asking. Just don't have as much time on my hands as I used to, but that, too, shall pass :) Hope you are doing well yourself.

As for the rivers, of course I have no objections to categorizing them by federal subject. I'd do it myself, but I have my hands full with just the inhabited localities, so if you want to help with the rivers, that'd be great. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Good luck with the remaining exams! (Shouldn't you be reading up instead of categorizing rivers, by the way? :)))).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Double cats

Category:Kamchatka Oblast is a subcategory of Category:Kamchatka, so if you categorize rivers just under Kamchatka Oblast that should be sufficient (but of course, if a river flows elsewhere as well, then several cats will be needed). Same goes for Sakhalin (categorizing rivers once under Category:Sakhalin Oblast is enough).

As for the cleanup, of course, help would be welcome, but judging from what happened with Krasnoyarsk Krai, however, if you want to help, you'd better hurry, because there are going to be plenty of folks willing to beat you to it :). I only got to do some minor maintenance, because someone made appropriate changes almost overnight. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Greeting

Hello, and thank You for the greetings You have extended to me on behalf of the Wikipedia community.

I noticed on Your userpage that You're a Pole and was thinking if You could perhaps help me with writing some text in Polish. I can more or less understand written and spoken Polish and speak a little myself with some hand waving, but not really write. I tried to write a basic stub about the largest Ukrainian Marian shrine in Polish, as I think that people of Your nation, known for its great devotion to the Blessed Virgin, might find it interesting, however it's not of sufficient quality to publish it on Polish Wikipedia. What I have so far is now at User:Vohon/pl:Zarwanica, if You could perhaps help me out with it I would be very gratefull. However please, if You're busy with something else don't feel in any way coerced.

Once again, thank You for comming along to greet me, Yours sincerely, --Vohon 15:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, hope we'll be seeing each other around. --Vohon 11:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

RE:cats

Hallo Darwinek, thanks for your fast answer. I will do now a small example to explain the necessity of redirects in the case of the byzantine buildings in Istanbul (I am writing a serie of articles about it, the newest should appear in the next hours under DYK).

The building named now Bodrum Mosque is a mosque, so it is normal to have the article in the category Mosques in Istanbul. Anyway, originally it was the church of Myrelaion, and most of the Greeks also today know it under this name, and will look under the category Churches in Istanbul under that name to find it. Moreover, in this case there is no double link under the same category. That's why I chose to categorise the redirects in this special case.

I agree with you about Byzantine Empire, that category is wrong in this place.

That's all for now,

thanks again,

Alex2006 09:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hallo Darwinek, thanks for appreciating my articles! Yes, actually after Bodrum I have two more articles in the pipeline, they should come in the next weeks. My girlfriend is turkish, and she lives in Istanbul. So every time that I go there and she works I take my camera, wander around the walled city, visit one building, take pictures, and when I am back home I sack the university library and write the article. however, this can cause also some problem. Last January for example Fenari Isa Mosque costed me a pair of brand new shoes and four hours walking around Istanbul just with my socks (temperature was 4 C.):-((. At first I was angry, but then I tought that not many europeans nowadays can share the privilege of walking bare footed like St. Francis, and the old guy who stole my shoes surely needed them more than me :-)))

That's all for now, ciao and thanks again, Alex2006 09:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hard work

Thanks for your hard and unrewarding work on disambiguating articles about villages in Slovakia. Tankred 19:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely. We have been using the format "X, Y District" for a while, but it appeared to be too laborious to search and change all the titles with a different, older format. Tankred 20:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

;pp

Mów do mnie po polsku :D --Siatkarzyk-Olsztyn 12:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Reprezentacja Siatki

No właśnie dziś postaram się zacząć robić, bo jako Olsztyniak narazie chce skończyć PZU AZS Olsztyn ^^ Siatkarzyk-Olsztyn 14:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC).

Xixaxu

Sure, I never had any intention to be in war with you. Apologies for late answer.--Xixaxu 14:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Polonia Karwina

witam wlasnie zaczalem ten artykul Polonia Karwina

Twoja pomoc jako experta z tych stron mile widziana. pozdro

Tymek 18:37, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Na Zdar! (hehe)

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Barnstar

Thanks a lot. Also thanks for your corrections in categories. --Hiuppo 17:27, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Moving species names

Greetings. I noticed you moved some species to better names (e.g. "Hairy-Winged Bat" to "Hairy-winged Bat"). But your moves created some double-redirects -- please be sure to check for these. Also, is there a way I can know how to properly capitalize species names? Thanks, – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 17:43, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Category

Well, I think that you should use 'Poles from Zaolzie'. However, what about people of mixed Polish and Czech ancestry, not connected to Zaolzie (e.g. Jan Matejko)? Jacek Kendysz 15:19, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Ber[yo/e]zovsky

Oh, don't even start me on the "right direction". This is the suckiest summer I ever had, and I had some rough ones before. Well, this, too, shall pass, however... or so I hope :)

Anyway, I wrote a short explanation, which would hopefully be sufficient to explain what the problem with the name is. Wish you a pleasant and relaxing summer as well; compared to mine it shouldn't be too difficult to accomplish :) Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:26, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Re:Czech geo-stubs

G'day Darwinek! Long time no hear :)

‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Czech Republic geography stubs is getting close to the sort of level where splitting seems a good idea - 800 is regarded as the usual splittable level, and it has just under 700. What is happening with quite a few countries, though, is that upmerged templates are being made for subnational regions, and that would probably be a good proposal for you to make at WP:WSS/P. That way, we can assess exactly how many stubs there are for each subdivision. Any which have more than about 60 stubs would be very likely candidates for separate categories. Any others would stay in the main category, it'll make it easier to split them out if and when they get to the 60 stub level. Grutness...wha? 10:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Need your expert advise

Hello! I hope you are feeling great. I would like to have your comments with regards to these comments made by me. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 06:38, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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Need your views

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French football

Hello and thank for your good work on football related articles, recently I noticed your huge activity on Yugoslavian and German footballers.Good work!

I also think these pages about Division1/Ligue 1 seasons should be moved, the current name comes from an editor who wanted to remove any ambiguity, although I disagreed with him. So, I think you're right and I will move these articles soon.--Latouffedisco 13:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello, the changes you requested are now done!Keep on good work!--Latouffedisco 17:58, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Czech geo-stubs

Hi Darwinek -

The usual rule of thumb is 60 stubs (or close to it) - you can check the numbers using "What links here". At the moment, it looks like there are more than enough stubs for separate categories for Central and South Bohemia, and several other regions are close (HradekKrálové has 55 stubs and ÚstíNadLabem has 50). What links here is also useful; for keeping track of the ones still marked with just Czech-geo-stub - there are still a little over 100 of those, so it's quite likely the two regions with 50+ stubs will also get to 60. I'll propose the speedying of the first two, thouygh - they are already well past the 60 stub mark. Good work, BTW! Oh - and remember that the wording at the top of ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Czech Republic geography stubs} will need changing to mention the new templates :) Grutness...wha? 00:40, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi again - I've just made three subcats: ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:South Bohemian Region geography stubs, ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Central Bohemian Region geography stubs, and ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Hradec Králové Region geography stubs. That should empty the main category out a bit! Grutness...wha? 06:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Would it be possible to merge {{Chrudim-geo-stub}} and {{PardubiceDistrict-geo-stub}} to {{Pardubice-geo-stub}} ?

Best thing to do would be for you to take the Chrudim and PardubiceDistrict stubs to WP:SFD and suggest redirecting them there. If, as you say, the Districts aren't used any more and the number of stubs is not going to become too much to split them, then chances are redirection (or even outright deleteion) of the templates is a good idea. Grutness...wha? 11:55, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Czecho-Polo-Americano cooperation program

Hi, just wanted to drop by. Hey, it's nice in here. You won't mind if I rip off some markup, will you? I copyedited Těrlicko. Have a look. --Milkbreath 18:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Me again. I think Těrlicko is finished. Let me know what you think. I'll watch it for a while. Please let me know if there is another page you're especially interested in polishing. And, yes, I envy everybody who lives where you can see farther than 100 yards. I visited Prague and Tabor (darn those pesky diacritics) in May, and I thought the countryside was absolutely fairy-tale beautiful. --Milkbreath 21:35, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

My name is Bryan, although "Milkbreath" would have done fine—I'm proud of my European heritage. Is yours actually Darwinek? I'd assumed it was a portmanteau with "Darwin". --Milkbreath 22:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Notification of proposal: Guideline/policy governing lists

Dear editor:

Given your extensive experience here on Wikipedia, I would greatly appreciate your input on the following topic:

Wikipedia: Village pump (policy)#Proposal to make a policy or guideline for lists

Thank you in advance for any thoughts you may have on the topic.

Regards,

Sidatio 15:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Těrlicko

On 13 August, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Těrlicko, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 17:14, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

The page is looking good. I'm proud to have had a small part in it. It's on my watchlist. --Milkbreath 17:13, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Jasiczek

I've copyedited the page, but I have a few questions, as always:

1. He became an editor-in-chief before he went to journalism school?
2. You had "solitude", and I changed it to "reclusion" because it looks like he died before his wife, who I presume was with him. If he was actually alone, it could be "seclusion".
3. Are you sure you spelled "Oldrzychowice" right? (joke).

The epitaph looks right, now. "Autumn ray" is beautiful. Poetry doesn't translate, but you came close here, I'll bet. --Milkbreath 16:54, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't be embarrassed. Think of us as a team—you do all the work, and I get to play with your words. It's important to me that y'all come all the way out from behind the Iron Curtain. We've been waiting for you for a long time now, and I, for one, am glad you're finally joining the party (the fun, polka-style party, not any political one). My beautiful wife (she's part Bohemian) and I visited the Czech Republic for the first time recently, and we fell in love with it, especially Prague. The guy two houses down from me here came over from Poland only about ten years ago; he makes cabinets.

I hurt myself the last time I tried to pronounce that "rz" thing. I think I'll be content to try to read it. --Milkbreath 17:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Dzięki

Cześć Darwinek, dzieki za poprawę art. o skansenie w Sanoku. Stegna (Marek) 2007 08 19 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stegna (talk • contribs) 13:28:46, August 19, 2007 (UTC).

Cześć

Szumny mosz tyn artykuł o mniyjszości na Zaolziu :) Tak BTW: słyszałeś o 1, 2? :D P.S. Nie wiesz czemu mi wykasowali herb Ruchu, a nie usunęli go ani Górnikowi ani GieKSie?? Jakoś się zagapiłem, mógłbyś dodać ten artykuł do obserwowanych? Czasem tam wandale dopisują głupoty jak na pl-wiki. Chodzi o to, że im 'fandzym' i chciałbym kiedyś doprowadzić tutaj artykuł do poziomu z pl-wiki, ale teraz nie mam zbytnio czasu :| Jak nie wiesz o co chodzi to posłuchaj/obejrzyj tej pieśniczki, szczególnie drugiej zwrotki ;) D_T_G (PL) 11:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Miołech telkich dni fraju, a prawie oto zaczłech sie szykować do sesji poprowkowyj, także nie za bardzo teraz mogym sie spotkać. Jesi idzie o polskom skopanóm to fakt, i prawie sie tyn bajzel zbiygł z naj-nej-gorszym okresym w historii Ruchu, kiery nigdy nie był specjalnie finansowym krezusym... ;) (1) Miyj sie. D_T_G (PL) 19:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Dzękuję!

Thanks for the welcome, Darwinek! This is really encouraging for newcomers. Actually, it looks like I registered a few weeks later than you, but I only contribute once in a blue moon, so... Jbcombes 19:29, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, althrough I'm not so satisfied with those pics (dead posemeter). One picture is better than none, however, and lake Abbe seems a seldom visited place, that was my only visit to Africa. I also like geography; I'm a bit more involved on the french Wikipedia mountain project, and thinking rewriting articles about Sumava and Krkonoše, but I've had trouble finding infos (I can't read czech, nor polish). Strangely, french article (and to a lesser degree, the english one) equates Bohemian forest (I thought that was Šumava) with Český les. Looks like you know a bit about the Czech Republic, what is it really? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jbcombes (talk • contribs).

Aritajustino

Thank you for the welcome.Aritajustino 13:09, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Aritajustino

User: Blamed

Hello, you sent me a message but it was on July, but i wasn't seeing it Sorry!

Are you from Poland? could you pass me your msn?

Bye Blamed 21:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Answer

Ohh sorry, I don't have ICQ, but can emails form ICQ be used in MSN???

Blamed 20:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Ping

Hi D,
After a month, I answered your question at Template_talk:Infobox_Settlement#Question_to_include_collapsible_lists. Sorry, but better late than never. BTW comment over there as I won't be watching your talk page. Regards, —MJCdetroit 03:34, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

External link

Czesc, I think we should keep removing it. It's not only off topic but the description they give is terribly amateurish. A "main Polish portal critical to islam", as if criticism is being organised somehow? Get real. I had a look at the link and it seems to be just some sort of news page that deals with a wide range of topics. It happens to have some articles about islam as well. Big whoop. Deuar 11:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

South Moravia geo-stubs

Hello, mate! I just want to notice you that {{SouthMoravia-geo-stub}} is now over 60 stubs and is ready for its own category.

G'day Darwinek :) (what would that be... dzien dobry? I should know, but I'm not sure - I used to go out with someone who was half Polish). I'll propose it at the stub proposals page. if there are 60+ stubs, it should be speediable, so expect a category in the next day or so. For future reference, feel free to just add the proposal there yourself - the stub sorters don't bite :) Grutness...wha? 12:02, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Done: ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:South Moravian Region geography stubs. Grutness...wha? 01:07, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Izobilny

I want to say sorry for the accidental removal of content at Izobilny. When I had first looked at that page I didn't realize those were two different censuses. Anyways, I did change it so it's a complete sentence now but I didn't remove anything. Hope that's okay. Cheers. :) -WarthogDemon 01:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Collapsible list

Hi Sorry, I don't know how this template work with IE 6.0 because I don't have Windows to use it. But I think should it work correctly — Guilherme ^(t/c) 16:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

FYI Christmas Trees

Just so you know I removed the globalize template from History of Christmas tree cultivation; I am the only author there and am aware of the problem. Information concerning the history of Christmas tree cultivation in other nations has been scant but so far I have some stuff compiled on Canada. Anyway, since the point of the template is to let editors know work needs to be done, and I am aware, I just removed it. I also have concerns with the fact that this article was nominated for GA (without my knowledge), but am attempting to remedy that as the article is nowhere near ready for GA. IvoShandor 15:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. I have been working on numerous articles, Christmas tree production has a more worldwide perspective. But much of that information isn't really appropriate for the history article, though there will be some overlap once the article is complete. But I just wanted to leave you note so you didn't think I was being a jerk and removing the template just to slight you, if you're more comfortable with it there, I have no problem with its presence. IvoShandor 15:40, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I am glad they can bring enjoyment (not to mention some pretty interesting knowledge) to others. I am still working on NRHP stuff, one is up at DYK suggestions now. I will be through the winter, spent some of the summer touring sites and taking photos, so I will have plenty to do. If only I could have made it back to Oak Park one more time, I still have about 20 FLW buildings to photograph there and in River Forest and a couple other communities. IvoShandor 15:55, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Gorolski Święto

I don't understand what is meant by "the Gorol folklore group". I suspect it should read "the folklore group Gorol". Help me out here. --Milkbreath 18:03, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

If I understand aright, "group" here is used in the sense "vocal group", the way the Beatles were a "musical group". If that is true, the passage in the article should be "the folklore group Gorol" to be understandable as such and to be idiomatic. I'll let you correct it or not when you feel comfortable that we've sorted this out. --Milkbreath 18:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 17 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gorolski Święto, 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.

--Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 21:16, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Geobox 2

Template:Geobox/message – Caroig (talk) 09:42, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Wall Street image

Hi Darwinek,

The Image:Wall street 1867.jpg is public domain beacuse it's a US goverment image. This allows us to use it in Wikimedia Commons, so I would like to move it there. If you have any objection please contact me. Thanks :-) Hu:Totya (talk!) 20:20, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome

Thank you Andplus 09:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Doubrava

I did it. Two things: We aren't supposed to Wikilink whole years. The "references" template asks for pages, and you gave it only page 1, so it shows "pp. 1" which means "pages 1" which should be "p. 1" meaning "page 1". I don't know what to do about that. Nice to hear from you again. --Milkbreath 15:44, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Your question

Hello. I lost my admin rights in May, I think, following my Arbitration case. In the ruling of ArbCom it was stated I could gain these rights back through the Arbitration Committee. How can I do that and do you think it is the right time to ask for it again? Thank you. - Darwinek 09:50, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

You can post a request on the main RFArb page at Requests for clarification if you want to make your case in public. If you wan to discuss it with us privately, write to me and I'll forward your request to the Arbitration Committee mailing list. FloNight♥♥♥ 12:50, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 4 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Doubrava, 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 10:19, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

Dostal si zpet adminovani? ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 13:06, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

treba se te boji :) ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 11:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Jsou :) ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 12:21, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Liberec District

Hey, Darwinek. I appreciate most of what you've done here at Wikipedia, and have done a bit of editing on some of the same things you have (I think; especially articles on the Czech Republic).

I notice, however, that you've removed Hevstäf from the Liberec District. I believe that I've sufficiently cited that this town is in the Liberec district. However, I understand why you removed it: It isn't in that little municipal listing. Would you mind re-adding Hevstaf to the list here on Wikipedia? Or would you mind if I re-add it? The other two towns you removed I don't know too much about. I don't want to get into an edit war, which is why I'm asking rather than going in editing. Thanks! Zebraic 05:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

 PS- Have you thought about archiving your talk page recently? HAHAHA! Man it's long. No offense. Zebraic 06:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Re:

Videl bych to na hoax, bez potizi muzeme zacit AfD. Ja zas bojuji tady [6] a tady [7], nelibi se mi, ze urcuje narodnost jen na zaklade jmena. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 15:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Tak jsem to nominoval, brouzdal jsem po netu, snazil jsem se najit cokoliv o Hevstadt, Hevstäf nebo podobne, ale nic jsem nenasel. Ani na mapach, ani na google, dokonce jsem obvolal par znamych v liberci, ale nikdo to nezna. A to si myslim, ze mesto s 2300 obyvateli by zname byt melo. Alespon na mapy.cz by se melo vyskytnout. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 16:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Dal jsem tam tag hoax a zduvodnil to na talk page, ted uz je to zrejme. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 21:48, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Dubs Article

Consider me an "interested party", kiddo. Send your PDF to jayclatter@yahoo.com, if you would be so kind. Thanks! -Jay (Zebraic 21:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC))

I "know full well" that I created a hoax? Why would I want to do that? As per WP:HOAX, "It's been tried, tested, and confirmed - it is indeed possible to insert hoaxes into Wikipedia, just as it is possible to insert profanity. That goes along with the territory of being a free encyclopedia anyone can edit. A hoax is simply a more obscure, less obvious form of vandalism." How utterly boring testing the system would be. Look at my contribution history, please. I have no track record of trying to test the system. It's clearly not my modus operandi. If I were to create a "fictional town" in the Czech Republic via Wikipedia and other sources, as you are implying, it certainly would not be to "test the system". "Hoax" is an accusation that implies specific motives, as WP:HOAX has shown. They are specific motives that just don't sync with my contribution history. Which brings us to the core of the issue: You must think about motive and what it is that defines a "hoax" if you are going to make this accusation. You must also consider what you mean when you claim that "Hevstaf does not exist". According to this, this, this, this, and this, it does in fact exist in one capacity or another. Even were you to get the Wikipedia article deleted, it would not delete the fact that Hevstaf exists out there. In light of these minor revelations, your contention with the Hevstaf article really comes down to, "WP:IDONTLIKEIT". Zebraic 22:21, 14 October 2007 (UTC)