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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/enwiki/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)

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

The March 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. This is an automated notice by BrownBot 00:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Milovice

The one near Prague - see Central Group of Forces which was headquatered there. That's all I know.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  16:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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)

dear friend

please be a creative wp author and do not play a revert cowboy and give for your statements sources. --Mt7 09:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

another question, is it necessery to give borbely to category hungarian soccerplayer. not enough hungarians in slovakia? please give your arguments. --Mt7 09:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)