Might I ask you to put in the word Oppose, just so there's no confusion for the deciding administrator as to how you're voting? Thank you. Biruitorul 21:43, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Grazon —SlamDiego←T 07:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
If you are a centipede, then you need many socks and are to be feared, but if you are a millipede then you need even more socks but are innocuous. —SlamDiego←T 12:28, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
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For excelent contributions related to Estonia ChrisLamb 16:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC) |
Hi. Please avoid commenting at User talk:RJ CG at the time being. Let admins deal w/ that. Otherwise you'd be blocked according to WP:HARASS. Thanks. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 17:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
To be written.
'Georg Julius von Schultz (Dr. Bertram), 1808-1875. Possibilities and Limitations of Estophilia among the Baltic Germans in the 19th Century', by Johann Gottfried of University of California. Printed in 'Zeitschrift für Ostforschung'. [2]
'1710–1850. The Baltic Landesstaat. Emergence of national consciousness and Estophilia' by Estonica [3]
'F.R. Faehlmanni estofiilia: sihid ja retseptsioon' (Estonian for 'Estophilia of F. R. Faehlmann: goals and reception'), a PhD thesis by Kristi Metste: ERIS entry
How Estonian literary culture was born, by Ea Jansen of Estonian Institute [4]:
“ | The era of the turn of the nineteenth century and its first couple of decades can be termed the epoch of "Estophilia",i.e. Estonian national awareness, and was imbued by the ideas of the Enlightenment. | ” |
The History of Estonian People, by Evald Uustalu of University of Michigan [5]:
“ | An Estophil movement believing in the possibility of a native Estonian culture added fuel to the gradually smouldering national feeling. | ” |
Crafts and Arts in Estonia, by Estonica: [6]
“ | By the time the Estophile Baltic Germans and later the first Estonian linguists and ethnographers began taking an interest in the old writings of the county people, they were often presented with 'popular' pseudo-interpretations instead of the genuine traditional meanings. Provided the scholars' 'new-way-of-writing' background and their informants' 'old-way-of-writing' background would have allowed for any reciprocal understanding at all. | ” |
Sorry to see you blocked for so long, especially as your new article seemed different from Estophobia. Ah, well. Meanwhile, this article may interest you, particularly the description of Russia as "fascist". While this is an opinion piece, we should keep our eyes open for scholarly works also labelling Russia in this way, and perhaps incorporate that term into our articles on the country. Biruitorul 02:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
And more: [8]. The evidence mounts. Biruitorul 02:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Artificial birthday party controversy - this is a) POV (the controversy has become very real no matter what the initial intentions of the parties involved) and b) confusing (what is an artificial birthday)?
They also pointed out that this era was characterised - who they? Which era?
Interesting distortion - the fact that this is your POV doesn't make it less POV
The Nochnoy Dozor group has in Russian media made calls for the Minister of Justice to resign over the event - this is plain bad English. And why not mention that Rahvaliit demanded the same, albeit with different justification? AdaHeidelberg 16:05, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I forgot to tell you the most important thing... the reason why we asked about Kutsherla valley on the Estonian Wikiproject talk, is that we had found this link in Estonian. Maybe you can help us with it. Thank you, again. --Ginosal 09:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your accusation of vandalism, I'm afraid you are mistaken - there was no vandalism committed. The comment I removed was clearly an uncivil remark which violates WP:CIV. HanzoHattori's edit is one of the more serious examples of incivility: Taunting
My removal of the incivility is addressed by WP:TALK, which states:
I violated no Wikipedia policy nor guideline and it certainly was not vandalism:
I recommend that you be very cautious about accusing others of vandalism in the future. False allegations can lead to problems for the accuser. Vandal fighting tools such as TW are very powerful and need to be used carefully. I use VandalProof myself, and I know how easy it is to misconstrue another editor's edits when one doesn't see the full context of the issue. I recommend erring on the side of caution. The 'pretext' you found 'unconvincing' in your judgement of vandalism, is actually quite convincing when one is aware of the context. ;) Just be more careful in the future! And always remember to WP:AGF! – Dreadstar † 16:29, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
I responded here. --Raphael1 11:50, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
While I actually have materials which deal with minority rights/politic during the first republic, it is, in keeping with your supposition, all based on the notion that everyone's already a citizen. I'll see what I can come up with on naturalization. — Pēters J. Vecrumba 00:54, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
I haven't been able to locate the actual text of the 1919 law although it's quoted high and low. I'll look around some more. — Pēters J. Vecrumba 01:51, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Dear Digwuren, Thankyou for making a comment on my page and helping me get out of that unhappy debate. I had absolutely no intention of offending anyone when I came to that page. Least of all do I wish to disparage the courage and noble cause of the rights of the Baltic peoples to their self-respect and self-determination - quite the contrary, I share in these aspirations. The dark shadow of the Soviet propaganda and security machine undoubtedly repressed your nations in ways that westerners cannot even imagine, and no-one, least of all me, wishes to offend, even by the negligence of failing to acknowledge the intensely tragic history which has enfolded the east. Please believe me that my comments were intended to show that the 'west' has never been a monochrome pro-American entity. I do think the article about lynching is rather appalling, and would be better left out of this - it is about as tasteless as referring to the fate of the Baltic German Jewry after 1938, not just because the accusations should not be made for propaganda purposes, but also because the subject itself should not be approached with anything like levity, or as a lever in any debate. In any case, I am not going back to that other page for any reason whatever, and hope that other editors will resolve the matter to their own satisfaction. I simply could not watch as the experience of western Europe since the war was portrayed as the continual and single-minded progress of an enlightened pro-American consensus. Western European opinion in this matter is very diverse, not merely in the (delusional) Soviet-sympathetic fringe, but in many intermediate shades of liberal or moderate political thought. I hope I may leave this thought with you in friendship. Kretzsch 18:05, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
So, what is the corect translatrion of the name: Estonian National Movement or Estonian Nationalist Movement? Please see Talk:Estonian Nationalist Movement. `'Míkka 00:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! Would you please care to explain your revision of Estonians? Removing tags without providing any sources is a form of vandalism. If you're going to claim that your own people were the first to arrive in Europe, you have to have sources to back that up. You might read more at WP:OR. JdeJ 18:04, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. However, we remind you not to attack other editors. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Please avoid personal attacks on the talk pages like this, in the edit summaries like that or that. It is very difficult to remove personal attacks from the edit summaries so please think before hand. Also removing sourced info like that with the only explanation: "removing someditor's propaganda" is not the best style of work. Please think about it Alex Bakharev 05:06, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Please re-read WP:VAND#What_vandalism_is_not Alex Bakharev 05:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Alex Bakharev, please consider rephrasing the accusations since
The closing admin/'crat is going to read and carefully weigh each comment. Spelling out "oppose" is not necessary, particularly since RfA is (officially, at least) not a vote but a community discussion, where arguments count more than the tally. —AldeBaer 13:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
A request for arbitration Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Digwuren and Tartu based accounts has been filed. --Irpen 18:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, ArbComBot 00:03, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
While I agree with you in general - it is more then little two-faced, that Irpen is bashing you while protecting dedicated POV-pushing edit warrior such as RJ CG - could you please tone down your statement? Using words "pet trolls", "grooming" and so on is not helping the case, in fact that is the first actual case of direct incivility from you. You don't have to feed the Soviets-forever! cabal and you most certainly don't have to behave like they do. And, in case you have forgotten, ArbCom case is not just about you. You may have given up on Wikipedia as beyond salvage - from your recent actions I suspect it to be so - but let me remind you that Alexia and I have not done so. Your behavior is hurting the ArbCom case, damaging the reputation of all Estonian editors. The case, which, in general is/was going very well for us, as Irpen haven't even managed to name the involved Estonian editors (which is at worst ten minute edit), not to mention, presenting any actual evidence for the "crystal clear" (his words) case. So please, could you edit (or even remove, as irrelevant) your comment? Sander Säde 05:24, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I do not want this ArbCom to fail because Irpen is unable to make a coherent case. I want it to succeed, and take care of the Cartel in the process. That's why I consider it important to point out the Cartel's misdeeds. (Irpen: and I know of more than you know I know of.) Digwuren 05:49, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Siinkohal mainin ma muidugi veel ära, et Ghirlandajo paratamatute tulevaste tigedate röögatuste puhul on abiks kohe viidata sekretäri selleteemalisele manitsusele. Digwuren 20:18, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions! Daniel 05:42, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Rene Reinmann, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rene Reinmann. Thank you. Petri Krohn 06:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. I responsed there. M.V.E.i. 15:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
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You made an excellent point about including this blog as a reliable external link. Thanks and I am most inclined to agree with you. My only slight hesitation (which I am sure there should be none) is how do we know that the professor is a recognized authority in Quackery specifically? I see that he was a professor of pharmacology at the now defunct UCL. I guess we can have this dicussion on Talk:Quackery, but I wanted to take the time to thank you for pointing out an exception to the rule. -- Levine2112 discuss 22:49, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions! Daniel 02:51, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Please, add whatever (well...) footnotes relating to the theorem, so we can move the item to decorate the Sunday front page. --Camptown 21:24, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
--Carabinieri 17:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Well... don't bother, I think. My ArbCom cost me tens of hours (an equivalent of the time I put into creating a Featured article) and it has "no enforcable remedies". I am sorry that you and your collegues are subject to cabal accusations; if it makes you feel any better - so was I. And it's next to impossible to punish users for flinging such slander; WP:CIV is not respected. The best you can hope is to try to get ArbCom to state their accusations are false - but really, it will unlikely stop them (in my ArbCom, despite repeated requests, we got no commentary on whether any party did anything wrong). My advice is: care less about discussions and disputes, try to create good content. In the end its all that matters; let other waste time on wikipolitics.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 19:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I've posted a question about your edit to Talk:Quixtar on that page. You added a template without any explanation and it's a bit mysterious to me. If you have a chance could you please tell us what you're referring to? Thanks, ·:· Will Beback ·:· 20:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
You might want to write a little more than "he is an Estonian person" before reposting this article. NawlinWiki 23:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I am sorry but, as an arbitrator has already indicated, tagging arbitration pages as part of a wikiproject category is not appropriate. Newyorkbrad 01:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I reverted your move. First, the term invasion of Poland is much more often applies to Nazi, not Soviet, invasion. Second, those are Featured-class articles, and any movese should be discussed on talk, preferably with the use of WP:RM.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 16:19, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
That's an interesting template; it needs however to 1) link to an existing policy / guideline and 2) be categorized.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 17:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I've only visited that site once or twice, but here are the main problems I see that make it an unsuitable source: firstly, it's very amateurishly put together, without external citations or verifiability. Secondly, it is (by design) more of a large polemic than a neutral and encyclopedic source: the people who run that site have a point to make and they're going to make it! Thirdly, a lot of the concepts that they present as fact on that site (a notable example is their adherence to the bizarre theory that the Hungarians are the direct descendants of the Sumerians) are rather loopy and have been soundly discredited, so it certainly calls into question the reliability of anything else on that site. K. Lásztocska 18:06, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
You may be interested in this discussion.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 22:37, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
From AN to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#TfD_disruption. Regards.--Chaser - T 23:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
If you ever have time, I'd love to cooperate with you and other Estonian users on subjects like Międzymorze or Inflanty.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 19:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, you unfortunately are right that WikiProject Hungary is conspicuously missing. I noticed that on the Soviet occupation page and was just wondering why we have no such project--probably because we Magyarians are so disorganized here on enwiki. I'll submit a proposal to the wikiproject council tomorrow or so, shouldn't be too hard to get it started. K. Lásztocska 05:28, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
--Allen3 talk 15:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Please read my comment here. --Raphael1 21:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I am working on a rewrite of the Religion of Peace at User:Mike Young/Sandbox2 would value your comments on this, and especially any references you can add. Mike Young 13:19, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Hhh thank you, feel free to use the phrase wherever you like ("fool scale discussion", man that sounds like a name of a war!). Wow only now i understood i wrote fool instead of full. That makes it even better! M.V.E.i. 14:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:M.V.E.i."
Tere Digwuren, the List of Estonian Americans has been nominated for deletion. I thought perhaps you may wish to weigh in on this matter, as nearly every other American ethnic group is not listed for deletion. Cheers, ExRat 01:30, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to make you aware of the fact that I have commented on your DYK nomination Elektrooniline Riigi Teataja. The entry is unlikely to be used until the issue has been addressed. Please note that the top of the T:TDYK page asks nominators to: "Please check back for comments on your nomination. Responding to reasonable objections will help ensure that your article is listed."--Carabinieri 04:13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
I have redirect Template:Irrelevant to Template:Off-topic, they seemed to have addressed more or less the same issue. I think you may want to comment at Template talk:1911POV and Template talk:Update-eb.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 22:16, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I noted that you are involved in ArbCom case with User:Irpen. I am not involved in the case, but thought you could use some help in regards to his behaviour at WP. Please see this fraud attempt here and see if you can use it in your ArbCom case. Hope that helps. Hillock65 01:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree with you, but your addition needs a cite.--Cberlet 02:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. I've nominated Denial_of_Soviet_occupation, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know.
You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created on September 23, where you can improve it if you see fit. Martintg 00:23, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
For the GA review for I Don't Remember. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 05:53, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Because of the article being in the following categories at the time of delisting:
Thanks, Will (talk) 18:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
You can create joke templates in your userspace. But please don't create them in mainspace, they will get deleted and allow criticism of you (their creator). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 18:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Did not want to edit your user page, so here are few more who have fallen while battling evil...
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For swiftly putting the phrase "fool-scale discussion" coined by User:M.V.E.i. into humorous template to bring back the smile into editors faces and cool down pointless arguments. Suva Чего? 19:43, 26 September 2007 (UTC) |
Please consider at least some standard latin characters in your signature so people can understand who you are. The funky signature obfuscates your identity, which is not helpful for establishing good cooperation with other users. Thanks. - Jehochman Talk 15:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Why did you do this? Daniel 09:14, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I notice you recently created a category about soviet unpersons. I would like to help you expand it, but I am a little confused as to the criteria for this category could you explain? I have added Łukasz Ciepliński, would you look over him and see if he is fit? Thanks, Ostap 07:30, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Currently, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars has two lists pertaining to it (List of characters in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and List of locations in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars). User:TTN decided it would be best to merge the lists into the main article and split Smithy Gang into those articles. I recently merged Smithy Gang into the list of chatacters by removing the non-notable characters, and I have asserted that a cameo section in the list of characters is valid, per Wikipedia:Trivia sections and Wikipedia:Handling trivia that uses Alex Trebek#Cameos as a good example. I have suggested that we rename the articles per Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting potentially controversial moves to something along the lines of Characters of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and World of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars or Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) just like Characters of Final Fantasy VIII and World of Final Fantasy VI or Gaia (Final Fantasy VII). I believe if these articles are to evolve beyond a non-notable list, they should be renamed. For example, List of Final Fantasy VII locations was merged into Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), because a World article is notable, but a simple list of locations is not. That is why there are other secions of the article to make it a World article. It simply has not been renamed yet.
TTN believes the citations in the development and reception sections of the list of locations, books and magazines, are trivial sources. When I added that the 3D perspective of the game is reminicent of Equinox to the main article, TTN removed it since my souce was "the opinions of the Nintendo Power player's guide writers". Although it was actually Nintendo Power magazine, I do believe a magazine is a reliable source, and I gave a page from Next Generation Magazine which also said the same thing. In addition, I was surprized that TTN said that it was from the players guide, since he claims to own the players guide for the game. He has not verified this, since I asked him for citations in May, "Could you look in the back of the Player's Guide and tell me what “types” of … Magic? I forgot what they call it in the game … well, anyways, what types of Special Attack or whatever it is (actually, could you find out what it's called?) there are? I remember some vaguely when I owned the guide like “Fire”, “Jump”, “Electricity?”, etc. Could you provide a citation, like the page number with a quote in context?" TTN replied that he was going to "get to it" (User talk:TTN/Archive 5#List of locations in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars). TTN claims the player's guide is "at the bottom of a box that's behind at least five others in a cramped space". Seeing that TTN did not recognize that the page was not from the player's guide when I provided a scan of the page in question from Nintendo Power shocked me. However, I have continued to assume good faith by not questioning TTN's honesty.
Per Wikipedia:Consensus#Consensus can change, I have offered five different reasonable, temporary compromises that might integrate my idea with TTN's.
TTN rejected my compromise because it still keeps the articles. I agreed I would consider a redirect, but Wikipedia:Article size does not allow that, since the list of locations is currently 82 KB long. Instead, I agreed to help cut down the geography section that is the bulk of the article, but TTN rejected that as well because TTN states, "I am not interested in working on the article in regards to improving it." and "get past this "having sources automatically means that this information is good" mentality." TTN states, "I don't think they have or will ever assert notability." I have replied with, "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so if you don't think the articles will ever assert notability, we cannot yet know this, per Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions#I don't like it.
Would you please take a look at Talk:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and give us your thoughts? Taric25 01:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately the move didn't work out in the end, but I've a copy in my userspace for the useful references. Beats me how something with over 4000 references in Google scholar could be dismissed as mere POV. Martintg 03:30, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Don't call obvious good-faith edits "vandalism", as in your edit summary "rvv" here. See also Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal". Don't jump at every opportunity to attack Irpen. Don't troll. Don't revert anybody on my page ever again. This is the only warning you will receive. Bishonen | talk 22:53, 4 October 2007 (UTC).
Hey, come talk with us here please. Your thoughts on this would be good. I don't disagree that Czechoslovakia was occupied until the 90s, but I'm not sure your article needs to exist. - TheMightyQuill 01:36, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
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while i'm all for the continual contributions, again not presenting a counter argument is somewhat non-productive.
provide an actual counter argument if you can. Both the pidgeon hole principle and the counting argument have no basis with a lower boundary in place.UmbraPanda 02:49, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
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Another motley scallawag has joined the crew. Thanks for your comments at my RFA. Arrrgh! - - Jehochman Talk 05:18, 12 October 2007 (UTC) |
Title says it all. Yes, again Dojarca, yes, again main reason for deletion is that you are Estonian. -- Sander Säde 18:13, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
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For when you return (I just realised you were banned), I have a suggestion to make. Interesting though I find the use of Greek in your signature, there is a mistake in it: in Greek, the final sigma in a word is different than the rest. In other words, if a word ends with sigma, it is not written "σ" but "ς". The current signature looks a little strange to Greeks, and probably to many others as well.
In any case, I wish you a happy and productive reinstatement when you return. Waltham, The Duke of 13:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
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Are you still using User:Digwuren/Denial of Soviet crimes? I came across it in cleanup work. Guy (Help!) 22:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
The Arbitration Committee has rendered decisions passing a motion to apply discretionary sanctions remedies to the case linked above. Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict ("articles which relate to Eastern Europe, broadly interpreted") if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
The final text of the motions can be found at the case page linked above.
— Coren (talk) for the Arbitration Committee, 14:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello Digwuren! As of October 21, 18:36 UTC, you are no longer banned; I have removed your name from the list of pariahs, and have restored you userpage. Cheers, Face 18:58, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Welcome back. Please don't get yourself banned again :) PS. Do follow Peters advice: once you write some Featured articles and such, you'll be much less likely to get banned ever again :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:04, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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Check out this search at the ESTER of National Library of Estonia. ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 21:42, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Mind WP:CSB: info on Estonian musicians is not easy to find. [As an admin] I'd support restoring and formal discussion at WP:AFD instead of speedy, how about that? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:07, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
You've got mail. Martintg (talk) 20:49, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi. You've participated in the debate about deleting of category:Former Towns of RSK 1991-95 [14]. Now, there's a similar voting on deletion on the article (created, although the results of discussion was delete, not listify). The links to the voting is here merger suggestion?. Since you've participated previously in the discussion, you're invited to participate again. Please, give your opinion. Kubura (talk) 14:21, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Came across your name, & since you seem knowledgeable about the EFront of WW2, let me ask. What would you say were the 2 or 3 best sources (in English; sadly, I don't read Russian) on Stavka &/or Stalin's command decisions during the war? Thanks for the help. TREKphiler hit me ♠ 23:25, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
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A very interesting article, I'll certainly try to lend a hand. On the subject of fascinating articles, see my post here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Do see the last few edits here - it's now being described as "an armed action by Estonian workers that was directed by the Communist Party of Estonia in the context of a revolutionary situation" instead of a "failed coup attempt staged by Communists in Estonia". Biruitorul Talk 13:55, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Verrrrry interesting... Either way, he's a) a radical leftist bent on polluting articles with his world-view and b) probably not new to Wikipedia, given his use of footnotes and jargon like "stalking", "vandalism" and "rvv". Not likely to be a help to the project. Biruitorul Talk 04:42, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Digwuren. Thanks for the message. Currently I am very busy, but I hope it will change and then I should be able to help. Greetings. Tymek (talk) 19:24, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
What is the height of this? I have seen everything between 25 and 31 m. Colchicum (talk) 22:03, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
... not even if hell gets frozen. :) Renata (talk) 23:03, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
I have no chance whatsoever at being able to be an arbitrator. However, I do know of some people who would make excellent arbitrators
See if you can convince them.
ScienceApologist (talk) 04:19, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for your offer, I'm rather pleased with it. However due to various RL circumstances now I don't have enough time even to write articles as much as I'd like to so I feel that if I were an arbcom member I wouldn't be able to dedicate necessary amount of time to the arbcom process. Best regards, Alæxis¿question? 06:21, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Digwuren, you may be interested in this List of Estonian choirs. Probably that template needs to be recreated. Martintg (talk) 00:47, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I think that we really don't need such re-directs ([15], [16]).
Considering that recently some of the more disruptive Russian nationalist trolls were banned or restricted, I suggest adopting a different attitude. Creating new articles or expanding present ones on the topic of Eastern Europe would be much more constructive than starting long disputes about trivial and at the same time controversial matters. Cheers, --Pan Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (t) 15:10, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
On my RfA, you opposed based on me being a "conformist". What exactly did you mean by that? Isn't it a requirement, basically, to be a conformist to be an admin? Or even a decent user at that? Undead Warrior (talk) 00:43, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Tsarskoye samoderzhaviye is definitely not a transcription, it is a transliteration (or a romanization, depending on how you spin it). IPA would be a transcription. Carskoe samoderžavie is also a transliteration. The former is required by WP:RUS, the latter is not, but can still be mentioned, providing the system of transliteration is identified. Does this help?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:10, December 29, 2008 (UTC)
Please consider writing "Andres Luure" article, see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-24/News and notes & et:Andres Luure - 7-bubёn >t 01:55, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I recently started a page in my user space, you are welcome to share your thoughts here. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 09:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice" Ostap 03:07, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Saying he was dethroned just makes no sense. [17] That comment bothered me and caused many sleepless nights. Now I hope it wasn't just sarcasm. Ostap 03:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
If presidential impeachment hadn't been irrecoverably tied to blue dresses and oval spots in American public's minds, it seems very likely that Bush had been impeached, too. ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 14:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your note there, sometimes I feel a little alone Power.corrupts (talk) 13:07, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, could you take a look here Talk:South Estonian language and Võro dialect. There's been for years some fuss that Southern dialects of Estonian form a separate language, which to my eye is pure and simple POV-pushing of marginal theories. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 10:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Digwaren. On the BLPN, made mention that: scatalogical material fell under "non-notable events of no encyclopædic value". If this is true, can you provide me with the relevant link? Or were you just being facetious? Richard Cooke (talk) 15:11, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
"Common sense" is contested. Better to stick to policy. And if SS are anything to go by, notability isn't the issue. Thanks for replying, and contesting in a good spirit. ;) Richard Cooke (talk) 13:22, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Should be of interest :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Please keep you POV away from what is a recognised natural language. Thanks, GerardM (talk) 23:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello Digwuren. You may be interested in the discussion at WP:COIN#Advice needed. EdJohnston (talk) 04:30, 18 February 2009 (UTC)