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[edit] Typos

Nice job de-"practioner"ing all those pages! heidimo 02:18, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! :) -- Nikai 09:10, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for spellchecking the 'Challenger deep" article. All I can say is, my fingers were cold.Raivein 11:58, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Electric vehicle

Why did you remove the pollution references on electric vehicle. Do you have a source which refutes this claim? Rmhermen 16:23, Mar 18, 2004 (UTC)

The reference I removed is rather an argument contra electric vehicles.

(As an aside, the most common argument contra electric vehicles I've heard is the inefficiency of power transfer, provided the power comes from a power plant far away, this means on the way to the car a significant percentage already gets lost. In contrast, using environmentally friendly sources implies that the power does not come from a far away power plant, but rather from smaller, decentralised sources like solar panels on the roof of your house. --Nikai 18:39, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC))

Emissions are generally a bad thing, and dilution with high chimneys doesn't solve this problem, it rather makes it a global one. When in Germany in the 1960s/1970s industry started to build higher and higher chimneys, while pumping more and more emissions into the air, there was even a term coined after this effect, the Politik der hohen Schornsteine, "politics of high chimneys".

I removed the reference, because in my humble opinion it is by no means an argument pro electric vehicles. I can find a ton of information in German on this subject, I'll try to find something in English. If you really want to include such an argument pro electric vehicles, you need to rephrase and stick to concentrations of emissions. However, I don't think it would make a good point. --Nikai 17:04, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Here's the first one I found from the WHO, [1] section 5.4.1 concerning acid rain, describing the problem that comes with high chimneys. Bottom line, you need to avoid emissions in the first place. --Nikai 17:39, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

A current article concerning acidification and boreal lakes, University of Alberta, [2] (pdf, 936kB), pages 7/8, nice pictures. --Nikai 18:02, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] MAGENTA

Hi, thanks for translating MAGENTA from de! Good stuff. I've just seen that they've got a (de:Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Kryptologie), and a quick compare with List of cryptography topics shows we don't have (at least) de:CSA or de:GMR, if you're looking for more stuff to translate ;-) — Matt 15:59, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I'm glad you like it! I'll have a look at the above articles. --Nikai 16:11, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

And I'll name them Common Scrambling Algorithm and GMR. --Nikai 16:26, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

If you set up a Wikipedia:WikiMoney account (and link the new articles into List of cryptography topics), I'll give you ψ2 for your troubles! ;-) — Matt 18:57, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, hope you like them :) --Nikai 19:20, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Cheers, they're good (also WAKE). Don't spend your ψ's all at once... — Matt 09:23, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Links to other wikis?

A quick question: I've noticed that people (including yourself) have been moving links to other wikis from the top of the article to the bottom. If this a good thing to do, then I can do likewise, but I wondered if there was a rationale / convention here? — Matt 22:50, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Yes, this is conforming to Wikipedia:Interlanguage_links#Syntax. I prefer them alphabetically and one per line at the bottom, that makes it easier to add new ones manually. --Nikai 23:04, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! — Matt 23:07, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Peer Review Request

Hi, If you have a few minutes could you please consider visiting the peer review page, you could be the first person to give comments on West Papua.Daeron 20:33, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

I'm frightfully sorry, but I currently don't dispose of a sufficiently qualified opinion to recommend an English naming for the province in question. --Nikai 21:39, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the typo corrections :) Jmabel seems to be having a go at act as a mediator on the article page now, I keep my fingers crossed. All Best.:) Daeron 09:43, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

• Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
• Multi-Licensing Guide
• Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. – Ram-Man ^{(comment) (talk)}[[]] 15:36, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] US spellings

Thanks for the note. No need to apologise/apologize. Iota 15:42, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lua

Boy, talk about a competition for obscurity. One might be able to make the case that the other Luas should be pushed onto a disambig page, but I suppose the language is just as obscure outside the computing world. So yeah, "Lua" as disambig and "Lua programming language" for the language makes sense. Stan 13:53, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chuvashia

The text at [3] is definitely in the Public Domain. I thought you'd want to know. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 14:38, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Well, after stripping the marketing speak, reorganizing, moving around and tidying up, there won't be much left of the original text :) But it's nice to have it as a starting point. --Nikai 15:40, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Franz Fuchs

Thanks for translating the article on Franz Fuchs from the German Wikipedia! I've just seen the link. Great work! --de:Benutzer:Herrklaus

Good article, all I changed was the first sentence in order to provide a quick summary. If you want to have fun, you can compare your initial version to the current one, and you'll see how few of the article has changed after 16 contributions. :) --18:04, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Time zones

Thanks for updating all that time zone information for the Russian federal subjects. A very mundane and boring job, which makes it all the more appreciated!—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 22:15, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

The idea is to get the articles closer to the WikiProject standards. I found a number of different sources for time zone information, but apparently they give different information for some areas. So I'll rather do the other regions first. --Nikai 22:36, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Would you care to join the project then? I could really use your help as I have less and less time to bring the articles to the standard the projects calls for.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 23:33, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

I know it's a bit late, but anyway—welcome aboard! Thanks for joining the project.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 15:28, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chukotka and Magadan

Chukotka used to be under the jurisdiction of Magadan Oblast (until 1991). I guess that whoever created the maps, was including the autonomous districts with the top-level subjects (a similar arrangement can be found, for example, in the Perm Oblast article, where Permyakia is inculed into the oblast's territory). While in Perm's case it is correct (until Dec 1, anyway, when both subjects merge), it is not so with Magadan and Chukotka. If you could color Chukotka to the background, that'd be the right thing to do. Thanks for catching that!—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 22:52, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Just wondering...

Is there a particular way you can compile a list of known typos across the Wiki universe without simply dogging through all known pages for them? I noticed one page in particular that lists a lot of concept albums is littered with errors and was just wondering if there was a way to catch all or at least a majority like that and place into a to-do revision list or something.

You want to assemble a list of articles with very poor spelling in an automated way? One possible way would be to run a spellchecker in a script across a copy of the database, and count the numbers of words which the spellchecker considers common spelling mistakes. That should give an interesting list, but is not completely trivial to do (e.g. will need some tweaking of the spellchecker dictionary, at the very least).

On the other hand, a cheaper way to fix typos (don't need your own database) is to search Wikipedia for common typos in a search engine, and then have a look at these articles with a spell checker. With this method you're likely to hit a number of articles with generally poor spelling as well. --Nikai 12:14, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] lots of edits, not an admin

Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:48, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] {{R from misspelling}}

I had no idea this template existed, I could have used it a dozen times by now. I happen to see it in RC. Just thought I would say thanks for using it :). ∞Who?¿? 12:31, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome :) It's already quite useful with Special:Whatlinkshere on the template, however, I think this category still could need some sorting. It would be nice to get some of these redirect categories to a point that a robot can clean up everything that links there. --Nikai 12:51, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania

Hi Nikai - are you going to Wikimania next week? - PaulY from Yellowikis.(30 July 2005)

Would be fun, but it's a bit more than 6 hours by train from here. I don't rule it out completely, though. You're going? --Nikai 12:07, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yellowikis

Thanks so much for doing the German translation at Yellowikis. I'd like to send you a Yellowikis t-shirt to say thanks. Can you send your postal address to me (paul@yellowikis.org). Let me know what size you want. Tschuss. PaulY

[edit] Die Grünen

servus Nikai, i saw your comment on the Austrian Green Party. I think the current name is quite bizarre too, i don´t know if this topic is still of interest to you. i wrote to the Grünen and asked them about it, let´s see what they have to say. let me know if you are still interested.. cheers Gryffindor 08:58, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Well, I see that there was an attempt to create consistent titles across political parties worldwide, and that literal translations of the respective party names were commonly used here (like for the German Greens, Alliance '90/The Greens). As much as I like consistency, I'm not sure this is always a good idea, especially in cases where the literally translated name is not used by the party themselves at all.

However, it's not a big problem, as long as consistency is also taken into account. I for one could live with literal translations as well. Thanks for writing to the Austrian Greens. --Nikai 12:26, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

servus Nikai. Ich warte noch immer auf die Antwort von den östr. Grünen. Die Grünen aus Deutschland haben aber zurückgeschrieben und gesagt, daß sie sich auf Englisch the "German Green Party" nennen. Also hätten wir da schon bereits ein Problem mit dem jetzigen Artikelnamen "Alliance '90/The Greens". Ich freue mich auf dein Kommentar dazu... lg. Gryffindor 13:17, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yohji Yamamoto

I've just finished translating the Japanese version of Yohji Yamamoto. Since you requested it, I thought I'd drop you a line. Franzeska 23:00, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Misspelled redirect

Nothing actually links to "Accomodation (law)" - it's a purely prophylactic redirect to help bad spellers searching for the article itself. BDAbramson T 22:21, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

It's misspelt anyway. However, I guess in most cases people don't search for terms with brackets, do they? Such a misspelt redirect could be a candidate for deletion, as "unlikely misspelt redirect". --Nikai 22:28, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] extention lead/reel

i don't see how either of theese is a misspelling or typographical error. the first one is an alternate name used in some parts of the world, the second is a name for a specific type of extention cord. Plugwash 19:42, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

extension - extention --Nikai 19:50, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok sorry my mistake. Plugwash 21:09, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mirny

Perhaps, this is better, but I am usually trying to list upper-level subdivisions first, followed by cities/towns, then by urban settlements, and then by minor settlements (sorting the entries alphabetically within each group)—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 13:18, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. The list just looked almost alphabetical to me, and I assumed that was your intention. By the way, there's also a Belarusian tennis player named Max Mirnyi, but I don't know whether it would make sense to link him, as spelling differs somewhat. --Nikai 18:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it would. I'll add him. "Mirnyi" redirects to "Mirny" anyway. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 18:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dornbirn

Hallo. Ich erlaube mir, einen deutschsprachigen Kommentar auf deine Benutzerseite zu schreiben, ich hoffe, dass das kein Problem für dich oder sonst jemanden hier ist. Wie ich gesehen habe, hast du hier in en:Wikipedia den Artikel zum Bezirk Dornbirn geschrieben. Nun wäre es gut, wenn der Artikel Dornbirn etwas ausgebaut werden würde. Da mein Englisch leider nicht so gut ist, wie das deine (Bin ja auch noch am Lernen...) traue ich mir eine Übersetzung des Deutschsprachigen Artikels nicht zu. Vielleicht könntest du dennoch, wenn du einmal Zeit findest diese dazu verwenden, ein bisschen etwas zu übersetzen. Das wäre super. Mfg plani (62.47.233.136 17:41, 20 February 2006 (UTC))

Kein Problem, ich werde mir den Artikel mal ansehen. Dein Bild kann man auf die commons verschieben, dann kann man es in anderen Sprachen auch verwenden. Wenn es noch mehr Bilder werden, kann man auf den commons auch eine Seite für Dornbirn anlegen. Wenn Du abgesehen von Dornbirn noch andere deutschsprachige Artikel hast, die Du gerne auch im Englischen sehen würdest, gibt es auch noch Wikipedia:Translation into English, da kann man immer Anfragen für Übersetzungen machen, und wer Lust hat übersetzt die dann. Liebe Grüße --Nikai 18:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Alles klar, vielen Dank. In die Commons muss ich mich zuerst noch ein wenig einlesen, bevor ich da durchsteige, anschließend werde ich meine Bilder aus der de:Wikipedia in den Commons hochladen. Mfg plani (62.47.241.51 20:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC))

[edit]  ?

Hey what your names

yagan.

二階. --Nikai 19:58, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Russia

Hi there. I see that you edit Russia-related topics. Come check Portal:Russia/New article announcements and Portal:Russia/Russia-related Wikipedia notice board. You may even want to add these boards to your watchlist. Cheers, Ghirla ^-трёп- 13:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your invitation. Next time I create a Russia related stub, I'll try to remember to announce it properly :) Cheers --Nikai 17:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] (Y)elena Produnova

In such cases I usually use the spelling variation the person him/herself wants to be known under (but that is not an explicit Wikipedia policy/guideline). If that is hard to verify, then regular translit guidelines (i.e. WP:RUS) kick in. If I found this myself, I would most likely move her to Yelena Produnova, especially since the intro gives both variants. Russian people's names are currently a grey area in the rules.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 14:20, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Baykalsk

I think it works fine. The only reason I requested citation was because that particular passage was the first edit by a new user, and I was too lazy at that moment to find the confirmation myself. I didn't really mean to offload that work onto someone else; it was rather intended as a reminder to myself to check that piece when I edit the article next time. Anyway, thanks for taking time to find the appropriate reference.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 18:03, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] German Pointers

I got your message about the new alternative name, and the answer is that I just did it as a temporary fix for aesthetic reasons until I could do more research. However the names do seem very questionable, and I will remove them. Pharaoh Hound 12:02, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Worgl

I saw you wrote the stub on the Austrian town of Worgl. Im reluctant to edit wiki much, but maybe you would find it interesting to know that this town was a place of one of the most interesting economic experiments, in 1932, during the great depression. The ideas of demurrage, by stamp script, where money note had to be stamped every month in order to revalidate it, and a stamp fee of 1% of the value of that money note was charged for this stamping. This way the ideas of a relatively opscure argentinean economist, Silvio Gesell were implemented, and with great economic sucess . Keynes, the most famous economist of this century, praised this idea, though though it hard to implement in large-scale. Its rather influential among theories of local currencies. for instance: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0254/is_4_57/ai_53449308/print --Aryah 14:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I've heard of it. The German Wikipedia article has a section de:Wörgl#Wörgler Geldexperiment, which links to current initiatives and projects related to this experiment. However, theory of economics just isn't my cup of tea, and translating that section should probably better be done by someone with a better understanding of that topic. --Nikai 13:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Central Asia

WikiProject Central Asia has finally been created! If you're interested, please consider joining us. Aelfthrytha 21:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for inviting me, when I find the time I may have a look through Central Asia related stubs, and look for interwiki links. --Nikai 13:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the welcomening thingie :) (Okay, slowest response of the year...) --Devnevyn 22:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yermolaev

Hi there. I notice you're planning on writing an article on Vladimir Yermolaev. Luckily, someone's already done the work for you - see Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev. Cheers. JackofOz 00:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :) -Nikai 11:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)