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Welcome to my talk page. Feel absolutely free to leave me a message. I will reply on your talk page (everyone likes that yellow bar). :) Peace. - Darwinek 19:45, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Instead of adding {{Arabic}}, why not add the Arabic title itself? 2 Regarding Reservation in India 3 Barnstar 4 Hello 5 Re:Reservation - India 6 World Cup squads 7 Blnguyen's RfA 8 Re:Question 9 pix 10 My RfA 11 Mount Hermon 12 Czech National Revival 13 German Translation 14 Stub sorting 15 Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 16 CrazyRussian's RfA 17 My RFA 18 Thanks Darwin 19 Hi 20 Thank you for your Poland-related contributions 21 Czech footy stub 22 Categories 23 Welcome to WP:LAKES 24 To Success 25 Barnstar Award 26 Oliver Reck 27 A short Esperanzial update 28 Just like everyone likes the yellow bar 29 Czech footybio stub 30 Thanks! 31 Football (soccer) related 32 Romsdal Peninsula 33 Reservation, etc. 34 My reward 35 Presidents of Panama 36 GSE 37 COTW Project 38 Quick work! 39 Flag question 40 My silence 41 Thanks for Cleanup 42 Commander links in Solomon Islands battles entry's infoboxes 43 Thank You For Your Great Work on Tchicaya U Tam'si 44 Teluk Yos Sudarso 45 Demonyms 46 User:Misza13's pile! 47 Re: FP Question 48 Something worse... 49 Russian cities/towns 50 Australian Lakes 51 my RfA 52 Lakes etc 53 Russian language template 54 czech 55 An editor/vandal is impersonating Jimbo Wales and asking for user passwords 56 Austronesian Language Stubs 57 Bitis gabonica 58 Re: Panorama photo question 59 slovan 60 Ukraine Portal 61 West Irian Jaya 62 August Esperanza Newsletter 63 A Czech journalist contacted me 64 Re: Adminship 65 Commoms flowers 66 guess who's back 67 Volcanoes 68 Adminship 69 Image id 70 Kuril Island 71 Pano no. 3 72 Original script templates/categories 73 Said hi 74 "Red" vs. "Beautiful" 75 Featured picture promotion 76 September Esperanza Newsletter 77 RfA thanks 78 1966 FIFA World Cup squads 79 My RfA 80 A newbee sends thanks 81 Syrian governorates 82 Wikipedia:Babel 83 Lipno Dam 84 More On Czechia 85 Muchas gracias 86 My RFA! 87 Arabic template..ُ 88 Thank you for supporting my RfA 89 Greetings 90 Negro Almanac 91 Russian towns 92 Sierra Leone template 93 Hoax 94 Thanks for the welcome! 95 Thank you... 96 November Esperanza Newsletter 97 Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/History_of_Solidarity 98 the cemetery photos 99 Arabic script 100 Barnstar 101 Summer days 102 RfA thanks 103 Dalbury's RfA 104 PA State Parks 105 Sulmierzyce 106 Indonesia collaboration 107 Census site 108 Olomouc 109 Me 110 RfA thanks 111 Buzuluk 112 Your name mentioned in discussion on my page 113 Happy B-day! 114 A Happy Birthday From Randfan 115 archiving 116 Thanks 117 Happy Birthday from Esperanza! 118 Reply 119 Re:Question 120 GG 121 user box question 122 Categorization 123 Griboyedov Canal 124 Thank you. 125 Book cover 126 Thank you

[edit] Instead of adding {{Arabic}}, why not add the Arabic title itself?

When an article has an interwiki link to ar:, chances are very high that the title of the Arabic article is the requested Arabic spelling of the original title. --tyomitch 15:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Reservation in India

Hi. I saw your query on Bhadani's talk page, and could not resist giving a go here. I hope you would not mind. :) The government's policies for reservation are highly controversial, given that the public in India is very very sensitive to public policies. Many of the people here (in India) believe that the hiking of seats and reservation for the OBCs (Other Backward Classes) is only a political ploy to attract votes, while the government insists that the OBCs are econimically backward and they need the government's help. There have been mass protests against this proposal by the government. There are anti-policy demonstrations all over the country (which have been widely covered by the media). I personally, believe that reservations will only reduce the quality of the students that are churned out of the system, because due to all this the students who do not deserve to be a part of an institution would get in without merit due to reservation through their castes. And also that, the creamy layer system has not been established by the government, that keeps economically good classes at bay from the OBC reservation. Hope you find this helpful! --Andy123 talk 12:11, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I too couldn't resist chipping in here :). Bhadaniji's talk page seems to be quite famous. If you are interested in knowing more about the group of students leading the demonstrations, you can visit their official site here. Feels good to know that people from around the world are trying to know more about this issue. - Aksi_great (talk) 18:04, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thanks!! Punkmorten 12:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

[edit] Re:Reservation - India

Hi, I felt really nice to hear from you after so long. My response to your quesry is here: [1]. Thanks and regards. --Bhadani 10:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World Cup squads

Hi. Nice job on the flag updates. However I wanted to let you that it was my intention to do the squad pages not only as rosters but also as final rankings since the groups format is on the regular World Cup pages but the final rankings are not. The final rankings are a seldom seen curiosity I had hoped to provide as adouble to the lineups. Let me know what you think, since it was my intention to do all the squad lists from 1930-62. Libro0 00:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blnguyen's RfA

Hello Darwinek. Thank you for your support and gracious comment (If you want to read some real articles about the suburbs of Adelaide User:Beneaththelandslide has a few FAs about Adelaide suburbia listed on his userpage)at my request for adminship which ended at the overwhelming and flattering result of (160/1/0), and leaves me in a position of having to live up to a high standard of community expectation. You can see me in action and observe what then happened as a result. Naturally, if I make any procedural mistakes, feel free to point them out. I look forward to working with you in the future. Enjoy your sunny Czech summer! Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:03, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Question

You to me: Hello. Apart from being a Wikipedia administrator, I am also a university student of politology. I would like to ask you, cause you are Indian, what do you think about current anti-reservation debate. On which side do you stand? Thank you. :) - Darwinek 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Me to you: It is nice to hear from you after so so so long. I shall surely open up my mind on the matter - however, not in a public place, as the issue is really sensitive. In case, you send me an e-mail, I shall surely give an exhaustive reply. --Bhadani 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I am write now e-mailing you 11 pages of scanned materials from the magazine India Today. Kindly, inform me their "safe-arrival" in your mailbox on my user page. Thanks. Best. --Bhadani 13:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Mailed just a minute before. --Bhadani 14:00, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] pix

I saw the picture of Paul Bremer you uploaded.

Personally, I like to give the URL to the page that contains the pic, as well as the URL to the picture itself. I include the original caption on the image page too. I see it as a courtesy to the photographer, who may not have any rights, if they were a federal employee, taking the picture as part of their job. But, as a courtesy, we can still give them credit.

In addition sometimes a .mil or .gov site will liscense a picture from an external source, and we don't have a liscense to re-issue those under a free liscence. -- Geo Swan 22:33, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

yeah, i didn't do it at first either... -- Geo Swan 22:50, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 06:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mount Hermon

Hi Darwinek, I wasn't quite sure which parts of the Mount Hermon article you thought needed sourcing. I'd appreciate if you could take a few minutes to point out the appropriate passages. Cheers, Tewfik^Talk 05:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Tewfik^Talk 13:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Czech National Revival

Hello .. this is a request for help .. could you please look at the Czech National Revival and Josef Jungmann articles. I created them recently, and I would like someone to read them and maybe point out some grammar/spelling errors I might have left there. Thanx ackoz 16:06, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German Translation

A while back, you requested translation of a German article dealing with a long-named reservoir in South America, and I'm telling you that I have pickedd it as the next article I will translate. I won;t get to actually doing it until tomorrow though. When I'm done, I'll post the link and you can tell me what you think. Happy to be of service, RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 05:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Just letting you know, I've finished. The article is right here. Hope you find it to your liking! Happy to be of service, RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 17:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stub sorting

Hi old friend :) This sounds like a good proposal. Someone was counting the football stubs - User:Alai, I think. Either contact him or just propose it at WP:WSS/P, see what happens. Someone may bite :) Sadly my own Wiki-time is pretty stretched at the moment, otherwise I'd have a look myself. Grutness...wha? 06:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thanks. It was nerve-wracking, but it was great. Now all we have to do is draw with England and beat Paraguay :) Guettarda 18:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, then we'll have to beat England ;) Guettarda 18:16, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CrazyRussian's RfA

Hello Darwinek, and thank you for your support at my request for adminship, which ended with an awe-inspiring 86/1/2 result. I plan to do much with my shiny new tools - but I'll start slow and learn the ropes at first. Please deluge me with assignments and requests - I enjoy helping out. For Mother Russia!! - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 05:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Darwinek, thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. --Fir0002 08:33, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Darwin

Dear Darwin, thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship. I really appreciate it. (Incidentally, my best friend's name in grade school was Darwin!) Let me know if you need any administrative support; just leave me a message on my talk page or send me an e-mail if it's urgent. Take care man -- Samir धर्म 05:17, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Since you wrote part of this voice, please check this out Talk:1938_FIFA_World_Cup#Win_or_die. I am not going to change it without a second opinion 'cause it's too easy to start edit wars on sensible subjects like politics and football... C Ya --Jollyroger 21:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC) (it:Utente:Jollyroger

[edit] Thank you for your Poland-related contributions

Hello Darwinek! Thank you for your contributions related to Poland. You may be interested in visiting Portal:Poland/Poland-related Wikipedia notice board, joining our discussions and sharing your creations with us.

--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 22:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Czech footy stub

OK, I've voted. --Runcorn 07:01, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

I was wondering what category you would suggest for conservation-based NGOs - I just added Pointe-à-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust, and there's the Asa Wright Nature Centre - so there now are two of them. I'm not sure what most countries use - either then could go into a Conservation in Trinidad and Tobago cat, or they could go, together with the Scouting article into a "Civil Society"/Organisations cat (not sure if other countries use something of the sort). Any thoughts? (Sorry to see the result in the Ghana match. I'm quite conflicted - I like the Czech Republic and hoep they do well, but I'm always happy to see an African team do well. Hope you beat Italy convincingly - my wife says I have to support USA, so I am hoping for the Czech Republic and USA to get through, though I would be ok if Ghana got through instead of USA). Guettarda 14:59, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, and yes, she is American. Good luck against Italy. Hope your summer's going well. Guettarda 18:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WP:LAKES

Hi Darwin. I just wanted to stop in and welcome you to my little pet project! I am more-or-less a novice with some of the advanced functions of the Wikipedia (as are most of the other participants of our project), so someone with your experience would be a huge asset to the project. I will likely have a limited internet-presence over the next 4 days, so if I don't respond to your comments or queries right away ... well, now you know :D. Anyway, it's 10 minutes to 4 am where I am, and my night-shift is almost over, therefore I am very tired and probably rambling somewhat incoherently haha. Take care, and again, welcome to the project. Em3rald 10:50, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• I think targetting some of the poorer countries is a good idea. Or at least non-english countries because they are very much neglected. One could make an interesting observation: Rich countries generally have more fresh-water lakes than poor countries. Also, I think the categorization scheme for lakes needs cleaning up, so if you are a whiz with figuring out categories, then you are certainly welcome to help with that. Otherwise, I figure just do whatever you like. Anyway, I really am getting tired. I better stop all my rambling until I get some sleep. Take care! Em3rald 11:10, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• Thanks for your work on categorizing lakes! See, I knew I asked the right guy. The problem is some of the "instruction pages" for wikipedia are difficult to understand (or even find sometimes), so I was just trying to figure it all out as I go. But now you've set me straight :D thanks! As far as mountain lakes is concerned, I have thought about maybe changing it to Alpine lakes instead. This might help clarify it a little. Ultimately what I would like to see is somehow sorting Alpine lakes by region (country, state, etc). So people could look up maybe, Alpine lakes of Alberta or perhaps Alpine lakes of Chile.
  But yes, thanks very much for your assistance. I will figure this categorization thing out yet. Em3rald 20:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] To Success

Congratulations on the successful completion of examinations and closing the books for the summer.--Dakota ~ 15:53, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar Award

Thank you for the award! I really appreciate it! Patken4 21:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oliver Reck

Thank you for contributing this stub! It is now announced at Portal:Germany/New article announcements and Portal:Germany. Feel free to add any other related articles you create. Thank you, and happy editing! Kusma (討論) 00:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just like everyone likes the yellow bar

Just like everyone likes the yellow bar, these are nice also. You deserve this. You're such a humble administrator and you've contributed so much here. Take care and enjoy the summer -- Samir धर्म 08:53, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Czech footybio stub

I propose to create this now, as nobody has objected.--Runcorn 12:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

It's up and so far I've used it on 51 stubs. --Runcorn 20:33, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

I appreciate the kind words! Too bad about your side in the World Cup. At least you were able to give mine (USA) a drubbing! Elektrotek85 20:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)elektrotek85

The American side was arrogant too. It should be fun to watch Ghana against the Brazilians tomorrow. Elektrotek85 22:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)elektrotek85

[edit] Football (soccer) related

Hi there! Just wanted to ask you to add your newly created football (soccer) related articles at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/New articles board. thanks a lot, and good wiking! Mariano(t/c) 07:30, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

thanks for improving Reynald Pedros Abdelkweli 04:13, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Romsdal Peninsula

Appreciate your fixing Romsdal Peninsula. My English is perhaps not as good as it should be. Thanks - Williamborg 12:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reservation, etc.

Hello Darwinek. I got your latest message. Your point is really very pertinent for the indians. I shall reply to you withing 2 to 3 days. --Bhadani 15:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My reward

Thanks a lot, it took a while for me to complete my goal of having articles for all the stations. I'll probably now read through all of them and correct any errors and/or problems that might have slip through the cracks. I might also get information on stations on abandoned lines and try to add that to Wikipedia.

The Legendary Ranger 20:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Presidents of Panama

Hi, yeah, I certainly believe it should be deleted in favour of the standard succession box; maybe you could nominate it at WP:TFD? Regards, Ziggurat 20:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. I got bored, so I nominated it myself :) See the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:PanamaPresidents. All the best, Ziggurat 23:22, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GSE

Hi, Darwinek! I did know about GSE (although I usually access it through Yandex, but thanks for keeping me in mind and dropping me a note. Just so you know, GSE's PD status is not without controversy, but it is still great for some fact-checking. If you want to find someone who would devote his/her time solely to translation, you might want to check the Russian Portal. I, unfortunately, have my hands full as it is, so I must decline. Sorry.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] COTW Project

You voted for History of Sicily, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. Davodd 00:27, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quick work!

Hi Darwinek - just about to make the sci name redirect Pinus maximartinezii, and find you've already done it - thanks! MPF 17:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flag question

Hello! I noticed that you corrected some of the formats for flag icons on some of the national football team pages. I was wondering if you knew where I could find a master list of historical flag tag names for the Flagicon template so that I don't have to resort to those rangly Image links in the future. Thanks! - RPIRED 00:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My silence

My silence. Perhpas, I do not have any answer. --Bhadani 17:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

You are right perhaps. I will also try to reach conclusions. --Bhadani 17:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for Cleanup

Hey, thanks for going around after me and cleaning up my crummy World Cup goal scorer stubs! It's a help, and hopefully it'll help me make better ones in the future. \ Fnarf999 \ talk \ contribs \ 21:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

==KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK== James Janderson 10:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commander links in Solomon Islands battles entry's infoboxes

I didn't mean to create work for you to have to go back and reenter the links in those battle articles. I'll try to leave those red links alone from now on. Cla68 14:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

WWII history has been one of my main hobbies since I was in elementary school. It's still just a hobby, my occupation has nothing whatsoever to do with history. But, Wikipedia gives me a place to do something useful with what I've learned in my hobby and to work with others to bring (hopefully) informative and illustrated articles about events and people in history to the Web for anyone to read and learn from, and to provide a list of sources from which they can go to learn more about the subject in greater detail if they desire. Perhaps you've found some of the same satisfaction through the many articles you've put a lot of time into? Cla68 01:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You For Your Great Work on Tchicaya U Tam'si

A seriously underated author in need of the attention you are helping to bring. Pelegius 01:01, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!. I believe we should all compliment each other rather than criticise all the time!! James Janderson 10:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Yes I have a couple of weeks leave from work and often it is too hot too sit in the garden so it keeps me occupied. I may as well do something useful. I have noticed your millions of footie articles-great enthusiasm!! James Janderson 10:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. I received my BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Geography from Cardff University last year but at present I am a training manager at Marks and Spencers in Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff. Next year I will start looking for a top job perhaps in environmental management as a full time career. James Janderson 12:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes the Conservative party in UK is under going modernization and development by David Cameron the new younger Tory leader. He is giving them a lease of new life. The popularity of Tony Blair Labour has obviously declined in recent years with the war in Iraq and his policies towards the Middle East and relationship with George W. Bush. James Janderson 12:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teluk Yos Sudarso

Thanks for your improvement to this, the most obscure article I've posted to date. (I did it because a lot of WWII Navy ship articles mentioned Humboldt Bay, which some bot had changed to T.Y.S., and there were lots of red links.) I've learned that it is NOT easy to find facts about small, frequently-renamed Indonesian bays, especially when they weren't always in Indonesia. ;-)

I have about 20 African American students, most of them 2-3 years older than you. I'm sure they would like to know about a European guy who has an interest in African Americans. I'd welcome anything you would like to share about it. Lou Sander 20:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Darwinek -- Today I was cleaning out one of my bookshelves and I found a book that I no longer need. It's called "The Negro Almanac." It is from 1967, and I think it would interest anyone who likes African American history. If you leave your mailing address on my talk page, I will send it to you (it doesn't cost much to send books from the U.S.) Lou Sander 14:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I can send the book by surface mail, which will take 4-6 weeks. The cost of airmail is significantly more. Can you wait for the surface mail? (I think it will be worth the wait). Lou Sander 00:16, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Demonyms

Hi, yeah, I personally do think Category:Muscovites should be renamed to Category:People from Moscow. Many of the non-American categories in Category:People by city are inconsistent with each other (some use demonyms, some use "people from", some use "natives of"). So far, the American categories seem to be the only ones that users have proposed for renaming to a consistent non-demonym "People from foo" form. I think all the others should be renamed as well as all the city categories should use the same naming convention. --musicpvm 22:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

[edit] Re: FP Question

Hi Darwinek,
That's certainly a sensational view! Image quality is great apart from the banding in the sky, however I'm not too sure many people will like the top and bottom white border. It makes it look more artistic, but I'm not sure if a lot of people on FPC will appreciate that. Once cropped it may prove to be too low res compared to this. But, have a go! I personally think it reflects badly on the review process on FPC when people are nervouse to nominate something. And I don't want to bore you with a rant, but recently I've become distressed with the lack of community spirit on FPC. All that aside, I think it's definetly worth a try. Good luck! --Fir0002 09:38, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something worse...

I have photos, http://alb.rosfcb.com/displayimage.php?album=121&pos=20 here, they have new kits from "KAPPA" and theese are the new ones. But I don't know if theese will be used on home matches so I will let it how it is and I'll update it later.

Hmm, they look strange as HOME kits. Yes I am from Czech rep. but I didn't know if I can write here in czech :)

Tak to je fajn. Odkud si že fandíš Baníčku? Jinak ty dresy sou divné no, radši bych viděl víc bílé barvy ("Dresy bílé jsou jak padlý sníh..." - to se bude tezko ted zpivat...)

[edit] Russian cities/towns

Hi, Darwinek! The answer is no, not really. All Russian cities/towns should have at least substubs written about them, so what you are doing is quite useful. It is also true that those substubs will all have to be expanded sooner or later. I am simply adding information that's readily available, as well as to maintain consistency with already existing stubs. So, don't worry about me being annoyed—I am not :) Thanks for your interest in this area!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Australian Lakes

Hi, noticed you changed a number of australian water bodies from their titles with qualifiers to stand alones, why? SatuSuro 01:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] my RfA

[edit] Lakes etc

See - Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian places - Lakes etc - for the conversation. If you need to explain anything, there's the place ! SatuSuro 22:43, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

So by the examples, for some editors the "simple" solutions dont solve some of the complex names issues ! :) Anyways thanks for your input to the bigger picture tslk page ! SatuSuro 06:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Russian language template

I honestly don't know. It seems kind of redundant, but perhaps there are uses I couldn't think of off the top of my head. You'd probably be better off asking about this at Portal:Russia/Russia-related Wikipedia notice board.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:10, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] czech

Hi I see you are still doing a good job this time on Czech places in your home country. Do you have any photographs of these places which you could use?. Because I have taken a few photos of local places which can be used to illustrate wikipedia. I think Czech already has many pictures though in the commons. Keep it up James Janderson 08:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi the madagascar one is not a spelling mistake it has two different ways of spelling it. I'll check on the lake. Thanks for your help James Janderson 20:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

hi yes thanks generally I do use the google search engine to research and check articles through yahoo although it was probably wise to check the more popular spelling. I'm doing ok though overall. James Janderson 20:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An editor/vandal is impersonating Jimbo Wales and asking for user passwords

I need to report a user account that is asking for other editor's account passwords, saying that he is "Jimmy Wales." The user is: User:Banner Making Competiton and he left a message on my user discussion page asking for my password. I wasn't sure who to contact about this. Cla68 13:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Reported to helpdesk. Thank you. Cla68 13:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Austronesian Language Stubs

I see you just changed a bunch of stubs for East Papuan languages from {{lang-stub}} to {{au-lang-stub}}—Naasioi language, Kol language and some others. Are you aware that the are these languages are not Austronesian? (the Papuan languages are defined as 'the non-Austronesian indigenous languages of Melanesia'). --Ngio 04:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

(copied from User talk:Ngio) Hello. Oh, I'm sorry. Should they be reverted to "lang-stub" or is some other stub they fit in ? - Darwinek 10:58, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. There's no Papuan language stub, so unless you feel like creating one I think you should simply revert them back to lang-stub. Naasioi language, Ata language, Kuot language, Kol language, Sulka language, Taiap language are the ones that need doing. --Ngio 19:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Also Ndu languages, Kobon language, Porome language, Busa language, Yalë language, Yuri language, Ramu-Lower Sepik languages, Piawi languages, Left May languages, Amto-Musan languages. A Papuan stub cat might be nice. kwami 19:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bitis gabonica

While I appreciate that you're willing to contribute to Bitis gabonica and other viperine articles, I found it necessary to remove your last edit as it had rendered that statement inaccurate. Specifically, you were editing information that I had gleaned directly from McDiarmid et al.'s 1999 publication "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1", in which it does not mention that B. gabonica occurs in Ethiopia. If you know of a source that does mention Ethiopia as part of the range of this species, I would very much appreciate that you would add that to the article, but as a separate statement -- and please, please cite your reference! Personally, I have at least six books citing ranges for B. gabonica and none of them mention Ethiopia, so I'd be very interested to know who said that and whether it's just a report of a single specimen or not.

Regarding your edit to Bitis gabonica rhinoceros, in this case only the addition a few "Fauna of <country>" links, I'm suddenly not so sure we should be so confident in the case of Togo, despite the fact that it is currently stated as being part of the range in the article. Specifically, I just found a line in Spawls & Branch (1995) stating that Ghana and Togo are at the eastern limit of the range of this subspecies, and that they begin to intergrade here with B. g. gabonica (I'll add this information to the B. g. rhinoceros article). The distribution map supplied by Spawls & Branch indicates that the general range for B. gabonica does no include Togo (or Benin for that matter), but that there have been reports of specimens found in that area. These two countries (and at least eastern Ghana) are part of a larger region known as the Dahomey Gap; a relatively dry region that separates the rainforests of West Africa from those of Central Africa, as well as the two subspecies of B. gabonica. I think it would therefore be safer not to add the "Fauna of Togo" category to either of the B. gabonica articles. --Jwinius 23:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

(Replying to your message in User_talk:Jwinius#Bitis gabonica)

Did they say what happened to the poor fellow? Receiving a bite from any of the larger Bitis species while out in the bush can only be a horrible experience.

Sure, send me a screenshot of the animal -- perhaps I can identify it. That would be fun. It may turn out to be Bitis parviocula! However, even if I was convinced that it is B. gabonica, I would not add any statements to the B. gabonica article based on this (kind of) evidence: that would be assuming too much. It comes down to the old adage "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." In this case, that would entail a proper identification of the snake and a reasonable description of where and when it was found. That information would then have to be published, so that everyone can have access to the information and make up their own minds regarding the source. But, since we don't have that in this case, we'll just have to wait for somebody else to do it. In the mean time, it's safer for us to just stick to what has been published on the matter. --Jwinius 00:25, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

(Replying to your message in User_talk:Jwinius#Bitis gabonica)
Thanks for sharing the photographs, but that's definitely not B. gabonica. It's B. arietans, the common puff adder! Looks look a juvenile too. Even so, bites from specimens this size have been reported to be very painful. Here's a better photo of B. arietans: note the distinctive series of chevrons down its back and the light crossbar between the eyes over the top of the head: no other species in Africa are like that. --Jwinius 10:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

(Replying to your message in User_talk:Jwinius#Bitis gabonica)

Bothrops insularis? Not right now. I'm currently busy with the Viperinae and probably will be for some time to come. I still have a quite a few articles to create and many others that are still not much more than stubs. It takes a long time to research and write any of those articles properly.

As for whether I feel categorization of "Fauna of xy" is very useful, I'm afraid not. I see two problems. First, it's too general. Right now we may not have too many articles dealing with the fauna of Ghana, for instance, but what about in 10 years time? There could be thousands. Better to create categories that do not have the potential to become so large. I would suggest only creating categories that will never achieve such proportions, such as "Dangerous Snakes of Ghana". Such smaller categories could then be added to "Categories dealing with Ghana", for example.

Secondly, from the viewpoint of at least some species articles, country categories (of any kind) are not always practical either. Take B. arietans: a species that is extremely widespread, occurring in some 40 countries across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula: would it really be practical to add all of those country categories to the article? If you did, it would become rather difficult for anyone to find what they were looking for in such a long list. In other words, the current system has its limits. Unless that's changed, a solution might be to create only a category for the "Venomous Snakes of Africa" instead. Hope this helps! --Jwinius 12:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Panorama photo question

Hi Darwinek!
Yeah, until I see the extent of the differences I won't be able to tell you what can be done with it. Upload the images to commons and I'll see what I can do. --Fir0002 22:09, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Here's the pano, stitched pretty well - the source photos were quite good. Image:Stitched darwinek pano raw.jpg, Image:Stitched darwinek pano edit.jpg, Image:Stitched darwinek pano edit02.jpg --Fir0002 10:57, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

No worries! Image:Stitched darwinek pano2 raw.JPG, Image:Stitched darwinek pano2 raw edit.JPG - enjoy! --Fir0002 09:55, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] slovan

je a bol vzdy slovensky, argument, ze to bol ceskoslovensky sa mi vobec nepaci, uz vtedy v patdesiatych rokoch to bol aj v prahe chapany ako slovensky celok, inac VELKE DIKY za tvoju robotu, SUPER!!!! --Mt7 00:15, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ukraine Portal

Hi there! I see you commonly create Ukraine-related article. May I ask that you announce them at the Ukrainian Portal New article announcements board. Cheers, —dima ^/sb.tk/ 21:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] West Irian Jaya

Hi there. I was wondering about why you switched the Indonesian "Kepala Burung" for "Jazirah Doberai" in the West Irian Jaya article. What language is it??? DOes it also mean "bird's head"? And, is it more appropriate than the Indonesian?? Perhaps it would help if the language was stated (as it should have been with the Indonesian). Depending on your answer, and in the spirit of wikipedia, i may argue that the indonesian was more appropriate. ha ha. Thanks --Merbabu 04:27, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] A Czech journalist contacted me

See this email - I was contacted by a journalist from Respekt, and I get the feeling from the questions that when he says "Wikipedia" he means "English Wikipedia." I'd hope he knew about cs: as well! So someone suggested I ask you to read the questions and get in touch with him, for a local perspective. Hope you can help - David Gerard 15:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

It can't hurt to contact him - just say I suggested you could supply local information. Of course, now I don't know if you even write much on cs: :-) Even if cs: is locally considered awful, it can be considered, um, a land of opportunity! Yes! A new frontier to make into a good encyclopedia! Or something :-) Those of us doing en:-centred press get enough static from the French other language Wikipedians about the en:-centricity of the journalists in question. (As if we told them to ask those questions that way.) - David Gerard 23:09, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Adminship

Hi Darwinek! Thank you for your proposition that I run for adminship. I accept. —dima ^/talk/ 04:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commoms flowers

The water lily is Nymphaea alba [2]. Have a nice vacation.--Dakota 05:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] guess who's back

Slim Shady? :) Guettarda 19:36, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Good to see you back. I'm still on a (ever more tenuous) wikibreak...which basically means I'm busy (second week on classes is done, so it's getting a bit more sane; on the other hand, the academic job-hunting season is just starting, so it's going to get a lot more crazy) and a lot less stressed (since I'm not on WP all day). Hope your vacation went well and things are good with you. Guettarda 19:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back. Have a nice holiday.Where did you go? Everyone's missed you! Ernst Stavro Blofeld 11:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

In case your wondering it is me James Anderson who has changed his wiki name Ernst Stavro Blofeld 11:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi mate alright? I reckon you needed a break! Yes Welsh is compulsory and is taught in all the school but I live in south-east Wales not very far from England so a very small minority speak it. I know a few words and phrases as others do but I consider myself English. However if you go up into Merthyr Tydfil , Powys and theBrecon Beacons and north Wales such as Clwyd and that they speak majority Welsh. I don't know about the strength of the Welsh football team!! To be honest I think we under achieve. SOme of the players in the past have been great e,g Ryan Giggs and mark Hughes but we don't really perform in relation to talent. Nice to talk, Ernst Stavro Blofeld 14:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Volcanoes

Hello. Please do not add Indonesian volcanoes to "Volcanoes of Indonesia" category. Those volcanoes are marked by subcategories of this cat so it is unnecessary to mark it in that way. - Darwinek 14:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm - well, some were, some weren't. I want consistency, so i chose one way - inclusion. Alternatively, all the other volconoes there should be removed from that category? By the way, what do you think about the Category: Mountains of Indonesia? Ie, most (all?) Indonesian mountains are volcanoes. I guess i saw it as another bit of doubling up. Merbabu 14:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, in the spirit of list of Indonesian sub-categories, I thought of replacing CategoryVolcanoes of Indonesia with Category: Volcanoes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (for Nusa Tenggara volcnoes of course). I started with Ebulobo but I am not sure if it worked OK. Firstly, what do you think of the idea, and secondly, why doesn't it work on Ebulobo? Thanks Merbabu 14:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

PS, or do you think Volcanoes by island is better than by region??? I notice Flores and Java have heaps, but do we really need seperate categories for say Bali or Lombok? Merbabu 14:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to keep bothering you about this, but while we are on the topic of categories, when I have tried to create them according to Wikipedia instructions (ie, they are simple and suggest they are automatically created) i just get red links. Ie, I created Ecology of Indonesia and it was red for a few days, that one day it was a true link.

As for the specifics I thought it best if it was down by broad region - eg, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas, Maluku, Sulawesi. Could Flores be a sub-sub-category under Indonesia and Lesser Sunda? Merbabu 15:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Hi Darwinek. Sorry that I didn't answer you until today, but I agree with you that I don't have many Wikipedia namespace edits and need to catch up on them. Thanks, —dima/s-ko/ 15:17, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image id

Id of one of your images on commons. Check your talk there :)--Dakota 21:37, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kuril Island

Hi. Wow I had no idea there were so many volcanoes in that area!!! Although thinking about it I think it lies on the Pacific plate boundary which explains so many!! Well done for covering the geography. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pano no. 3

Hi Darwinek!
Here's the pano stitch: Image:Stitched darwinek pano3 raw.JPG, and the obligatory edit Image:Stitched darwinek pano3 raw edit.JPG:-)
That panorama you mentioned is a sensational view. Quality is a little low, but it is well worth a shot on FPC - I would support it!
Thanks again for asking me - and I honestly don't mind at all, feel free to bring any more panos you need stitching! --Fir0002 12:25, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original script templates/categories

Hi Darwinek, I'm letting you know I've created a category to hold a number of clean-up tasks similar to {{Arabic}} for various languages, Category:Articles needing original script. So far I've made {{Cyrillic}} (which you requested), {{Chinese script}}, {{Greek}}, and {{Hebrew script}}. I'm letting you know since you seem to be the most frequent user of {{Cyrillic}} and you seem to create/clean up articles from all over the world. Rigadoun (talk) 17:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Said hi

Hello Darwinek. You welcomed me there. I answered u.

See you,

Ultrogothe 10:01, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Red" vs. "Beautiful"

You are right, in modern Russian "krasivoye" is used for "beautiful". "Krasnoye", however, not only means "red", it is also an archaic (and poetic) form for "beautiful".—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured picture promotion

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Dingle peninsula panorama crop.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.

Thanks for the great nomination! howcheng {chat} 06:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] RfA thanks

Hey Darwinek, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 22:10, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1966 FIFA World Cup squads

Hi. I noticed you reverted edits by SndrAndrss to 1966 FIFA World Cup squads. I was wondering if you'd like to leave any comments about this user on Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-09-24 SndrAndrss, especially if you've noticed his edits in the past. --StuartBrady (Talk) 15:19, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey what do you think of my new article William Garwood? Its allright isn't it for a start. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 16:19, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi no I used my own words. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 19:35, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 91/1/4. I can't express how much it means to me to become an administrator. I'll work even more and harder to become useful for the community. If you need a helping hand, don't hesitate to contact me. "Lengyel, Magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol s issza borát" - absolutely agree... :) NCurse work 15:52, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A newbee sends thanks

It's nice to be welcomed!

OWL | Talk 19:22, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Syrian governorates

I already made the map for each Syrian governorate, but I made the maps before each governorate had its own article. As a result, many of the maps are on the page with the city with the same name as the governorate. I will work on moving them to the right page. LittleDan^talk 15:42, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

I looked at each governorate article (some of which are still shared with cities) and each page has a map. What map did you want me to make? LittleDan^talk 15:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi lovely to see your name on the new page. I see you have been occupied with existing stuff. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 21:25, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Babel

Could you consider using the language boxes so we can know what references you can verify or translate? Thank you; -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  14:40, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, tylko ze trudno troche je znalezc - moze dodalbys je do swojej glownej strony jako normalny szablon (tak jak ja zrobiłem na mojej, zerknij). Co do Ruskich - coz, jest tu kilku nacjonalistow i niestety nie udaje sie 'zakopac topora', i caly czas mamy taka niby Zimna Wojne (i nie tylko z nimi, niestety). Zerknij chocby do talku o Russian Enlightenment na portalu zeby zobaczyc co sie dzieje :( Tak na marginesie, to co widzisz na HoS to jeszcze nic, zerknij jak storpedowali Piłsudskiego :( -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  01:33, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Coz, zwykle wiekszosc waznych dyskusji czy glosow jest oglaszana na naszej tablicy ogloszen i dyskusju - zawsze warto ja miec na watchliscie. Dodatkowo informujemy siebie o roznych ciekawostkach przez talk page i GG. Z jednej strony staram sie unikac organizacji 'narodowych' - w koncu to projekt miedzynarowodowy, a bez watpienia 'Polski punkt widzenia' nie jest lepszy od innych - ale na takie brednie jakie wypisuje Żyrandol trudno nie reagowac niekiedy...-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  22:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Wlasnie zorientowalem sie, ze jestes tez adminem. Ciekawe, ze mamy 3 adminow z Polski na en-wiki, ale tylko 1 (ja...) aktywny na noticeboardzie i w roznych Poland-related dyskusjach... :( No i Rosjanie storpedowali History of Solidarity na FAC, eh :( -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  13:56, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Poza toba znam jeszcze User:Misza13. PS. Zapraszam do lektury i komentarza na temat HoS w FACu, kilka glosow za moze jeszcze przewazyc szale.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lipno Dam

Hi! I wrote the bulk of that article, and am wondering if there should be a "stub" tag on it. I'm relatively new here, so any help is welcomed. Thanks for putting it in some categories. Also, did you start the article on the Sumeva National Park? Thanks! -Zebraic 01:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More On Czechia

I'm working on one large article right now, and intend to start the 'Bohemian Paradise' article soon. Here is my current article on a small town in the Czech Republic: [3]. Note that it is still in my userspace. I really like the Czech Republic, by the way. -Zebraic 17:41, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Muchas gracias

Hey Darwinek, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoikhoi 04:32, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA!

Darwinek, thank you so much for your support for my RfA. I passed with a vote tally of 61/0/1. I am honored that the consensus was to allow me the added privilege of the admin mop. I appreciate your support and kind words on my RFA! --plange 23:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arabic template..ُ

Well I expected someone to ask me that, it was about time someone did. I did so to simply add the Arabic script my friend. It's just that I'm opening 20 tabs simultaneously and changing the names to save time (I'm on dial-up - STC). Anyways, it's been translated already. :) I'm going through the whole category and finished almost 170 of them. --Anas Salloum 21:20, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I must've forgotten to add the Arabic script to the Abdelnacer Ouadah article after removing the template. My bad. Thanks my friend. :) --Anas Salloum 20:34, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Don't even mention it Darwinek. After finishing the S articles, totaling almost 900 articles, I will keep on monitoring the category every few days, so you can feel free to add the tag whenever you please :D. --Anas Salloum 20:58, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA that I have passed with 73/2/1.--Jusjih 09:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Thank you for your recent contributions to one of Wikipedia's Uruguay-related articles. Given the interest you've expressed by your edits, have you considered joining the Uruguay WikiProject? It's a group dedicated to improving the overall quality of all Uruguay-related articles.

If you have any questions, see the help pages, ask at the Uruguay project talk page, or feel free to ask me on my talk page.Wesborland 20:52, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Negro Almanac

Oh my! I'm sorry. I put it in my car, ready to mail it, back when we talked about it, but I know I didn't mail it. I'll see where it is and put it in the mail for you. (My car is very cluttered.) If I can't find it, I'll let you know. Lou Sander 13:02, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I mailed it today. Air Mail should get it there in a week or less. Lou Sander 02:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Russian towns

Hi Darwinek! Just curious, how can you explain your interest in writing about some minor Russian settlements? I'm doing it myself, too, but I am from Russia :). Are you a geography fan? Feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! KNewman 09:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sierra Leone template

Hi Darwinek, just doing some work on Sierra Leone. I see that you were involved in template {SL provinces}. I would like to create a similar template for SL's Districts. Can you direct me where to do so? or perhaps create it yourself if you like. I'd be happy to apply it. Thanks!--Thomas.macmillan 01:58, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hoax

Please check your email.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I sent you a reply. Feel free to comment on my talk if you wish.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

No, I am not Jewish. Sorry about that, I should have clarified that the weird N.B. nick I use is not my real name :) I'll shoot you an email regarding the rest of your questions tomorrow.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 23:41, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the welcome!

Hi Darwinek, thanks for the welcome - much appreciated. I'm just another newbie happy to lurk in the background and edit a bit here and there ... Assemblany 01:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC) | Talk

I agree, thanks for your welcome message.
You're absolutely right, I need to spend more time
reading all of the pages you suggested.
There's a lot there, and a lot of suggestions
burning to be typed as I'm browsing, so I've just been
going for it (mostly on talk pages) as meekly as possible.
and trying to make the official pages a regular part of that browsing.

Again, thank you for your kind welcome.
I'm sure I'll see more of you around here.

- Rockthing 13:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you...

...for your support during my recent RfA. If I can ever lend a hand, just drop me a line. BTW, WV isn't really the edge of the world, more like a mysterious dark spot in the middle. Cheers. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 18:40, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/History_of_Solidarity

The objections raised in the last nomination have been addressed (I hope). Since you have voted last time but may not be watching the relevant article's pages, I am spamming you with this notification that the article has been renominated and new discussion is ongoing at the above link.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  04:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the cemetery photos

where are they ? i'll help. if it's relevant. Amoruso 06:21, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

It's difficult to see. There's a clear photo of a grave of a woman called "Leah" and it has the standrad hebrew transcription of ת.נ.צ.ב.ה which is acronym for "may her soul be wrapped up in the bundle of life". [4] It says : "Here is buried (in acronym) the humble and perfect woman important and famous woman wisdom built her home miss Leah. Daughter of the deceased Moshe Gras , wife of the (can't tell) deceased Yitzchak Yehora" Amsterdam...

Amoruso 13:04, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

In here [5] another woman called "Leah" and seems to stay : "an honest innocent tender gentle woman of good..." on the right another grave with the inscriptions here buried and "may his soul..." Paa son of Nachman... Amoruso 13:14, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

That's indeed very very sad. I hope to visit the Czech republic one day, thought of Prague but perhaps should visit more. Amoruso 13:51, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi long time no see how is your politics course going? Busy?! Thanks for adding the Hungarian to my slovakian village starters. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:53, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arabic script

Ahoj Darwinek, how are you? :) I want to ask you for a favor. Could you, instead of adding the Arabic template, directly add whatever articles needing the script to my talk page. This will save a lot of time and effort, as it gets rather tiring to edit the talk page of every article, especially with my pathetic connection. It would also be a quicker method. What do you say? ↔ ANAS - Talk 16:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Personal? If there's any problem, it's cool with me, you can do it the traditional way. A quick question, is your name Darwin or Darwinek? Thanks man. ↔ ANAS - Talk 17:07, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I see. It's OK, since only few articles are tagged by people other than you. Thanks my friend. ↔ ANAS - Talk 18:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Hey, thanks a bunch! I much appreciate your recognition!

I've just sent you a reply to your email, by the way. Sorry I didn't get around to it yesterday.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Summer days

Hey the new page section is like the summer again with you and Punkmorten adding new articles!! Its great to see. I am still gradually working through Slovakia but most of my work on wikipedia now is in film which is extremely backwards in many places. I have broadened Belgian TV a bit but I will be concentrating on old film and Finnish film which has a major film industry of its own. I have been working with several Finnish wikipedians who are adding to my starter articles. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 11:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for the extra feathers on my wings! Thank you so much, Darwinek, for your support in my RfA, which passed on November 11, 2006, with a final tally of 82/0/2. I am humbled by the kind support of so many fellow Wikipedians, and I vow to continue to work and improve with the help of these new tools. Should you have any request, do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Húsönd 21:43, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dalbury's RfA

My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 03:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PA State Parks

Thanks for your efforts and recategorizing the PA State Parks. It is greatly appreciated! Keep up the good work! Thanks again Dincher 01:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I am working at creating the missing state park articles and expanding the stubs. Any help with copy edits and categorizing these is greatly appreciated. Thanks again. Dincher 12:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sulmierzyce

Byłbym wdzięczny gdybys dodwał takie artykuły do Portal:Poland/New article announcements.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  21:10, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indonesia collaboration

Hi Darwinek! It's the last few days of the Garuda Indonesia collaboration. Please contribute!!!

Also, could you please vote for the next fortnight's collaboration? Please vote down the bottom of this page. The collab for the fortnight will be decided this Sunday 26th (or Monday at the latest). By the way, we could also chose Garuda Indonesia for another week.

So please visit and help choose the next article. Any questions/comments, please let me know. I'd love to hear from you particularly if you have any good suggestions! :-) --Merbabu 10:34, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

OK mate I only made a few stubs. I happened to be browsing and saw how very disorderly the administation in Russia is and empty. I know you have been concentrating on Russia. I'll leave you to it Check out www.maplandia.com. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 12:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Census site

Don't worry, I can. I was relying on the site to get other data perspectives though, but even those are still available elsewhere.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 07:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Olomouc

Ahoj, odpověď zní ne. Přeji hodně úspěchů. Pokud máš stativ, dalo by se ještě lépe vyfotit interiéry kostelů. Fotek je dost, ještě by to chtělo napsat články v angličtině nebo je přeložit z české wiki. Aspoň kašny, kostely, hradisko, radnice s orlojem, olomoučtí biskupové. --Snek01 13:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Me

Can I impose on you and ask to translate this into Czech, please? It's not important at all, but if you could spare a minute of your time, I'd love to have that page in Czech instead of in English.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! How come you are not registered there, by the way?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:34, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buzuluk

Done. See Buzuluk (disambiguation). Let me know if there is anything else you need. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, that's great! So far, that's been the only thing that prevented my from being able to dump a bunch of grunt categorization/redirection/disambiguation work on you :) Not to discourage you or anything... :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your name mentioned in discussion on my page

Please note that your name cropped out in the discussion at User_talk:Piotrus#Under-the-carpet_maneuvers. Perhaps you'd like to reply.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  21:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Tak na marginesie, sugeruje polsko-rosyjsjkie, nie polsko-ruskie - nie ma co dawac im amunicji; ja tez lubie skroty ale jesli maja kogos obrazic - po co? Mamy wystarczajaco duzo problemow i bez tego (a w watku powyzej i na ANI juz o ten przymiotnik poszlo...). Dzieki za komentarz, byc moze rzucilbys jednak slowo czy dwa na ANI - jak mawia przyslowie (mniej wiecej): co z tego, ze wiekszosc chce dobrze, jak slychac tylko kilku podzegaczy, a madrzy milcza myslac ze ta burza przeminie... podczas gdy podzegacze przeciagaja publicznosc na swoja strone? Co do Zaolzia, jestem pewien, ze pomozemy - i Czesko-Slowaccy edytorzy tez, mialem z nimi same dobre kontakty (szkoda, ze jest ich tak niewielu).-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  00:15, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy B-day!

[edit] A Happy Birthday From Randfan

The Wikipedia Birthday Committee, myself, and Bearly541 wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your special day. Hooray! --Randfan please talk talk to me!

Happy b-day! Hope it's a good one! Cheers! :) —Randfan!! 00:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy BD!!!!!!!--Sir james paul 15:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Have a good day! —¡Randfan! 00:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, you are now of legal drinking age in the United States! :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] archiving

You might want to consider archiving, your page is long. :) —¡Randfan! 00:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for signing my autograph book Darwinek. | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 11:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday from Esperanza!

[edit] Reply

No problem. Bushcarrot 16:07, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Question

It's a border case; I'd say yes but I am a inclusionist anyway :) -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  16:28, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GG

Gadu-Gadu - używasz może?-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  19:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Uzywalem kiedys ale jakos przestalem. Moze rozwaz Gaim - dlugo z tego korzystalem, w zasadzie dalej mam ale aktywnego mam tylko klienta GG (dla 'statusow' :).-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  20:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] user box question

deleted question - Rockthing 22:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, again, I had a question about something I'd done to a userbox template, but decided that it's not worth the time or effort to be bothered about it. Sorry for fooling with your talk page, you can see the original question in the history, I suppose.

Thanks again for your welcome.

- Rockthing 23:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks for your reply. I've read the page that you mentioned a number of times in the past.

I thought I'd 'be bold' and do something apparently useful.

After I posted my original question to you I had my first look at that topic's 'discussion' page. (a bit late) After a few minutes of reading this and a few related pages I decided that this whole thing is just not worth my time.

I've decided to return the three userboxes I migrated and wash my hands of them. I came to realize that I really don't care if I have any userboxes or if they are delted. I also realize that I have already spent an inordinate amount of time on my userpage

I am just going to just remove userboxes from my page as I really don't want to have anything to do with it (neutrality?). I have two infromational designs which I plan to quickly implement on my page without using transclusion.

Neutrality is definitely the way to go on this. I may be taking Neutrality to an extreme.... (?) :-) hahahhaa

- Rockthing 00:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categorization

Hello there,

I am requesting your help with a user named Downwards (don't worry about the red link, he isn't interested in creating a user box). I have repeatedly try to remove people from both Cat:African American basketball players and Cat:American basketball players, as the former is a subcat of the latter. However, this user has repeatedly reverted my edits and spurned my questions and comments on his talk page. Needless to say, this is somewhat frustrating and I would appreaciate your help. Thanks--Thomas.macmillan 15:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Griboyedov Canal

Yup; thanks for catching that. "Griboyedov" is the spelling used for the title of the article about the eponym (Alexandr Griboyedov); Britannica uses the y-spelling as well, and google hits for the y-version outnumber the oe-version 2:1. So, all stars are in favor of the move, which I have just completed.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you.

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which was successful. I will do my best to wield the broom wisely! | Mr. Darcy talk 20:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Book cover

This is to let you know that I've orphaned the fair use image Image:Bonheur dames.jpg, and replaced it with Image:Au Bonheur des Dames manuscript.jpg, an image in the public domain. For more information, see the book cover replacement project. Thanks. Chick Bowen 22:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Similar for Image:Life mississippi.gif, which was used at Life on the Mississippi. Lupo 08:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

My pleasure. And thanks for all your hard work! Appleseed (Talk) 22:27, 15 December 2006 (UTC)