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Hey. There is a problem with the Apertura/Clausura image you made. Ecuador and Peru do not use the Apertura/Clausura system. Ecuador used it once in 2005 and Peru stopped using it last year. Both currently use a multistage seasons. It should be corrected. Thanks. Digirami (talk) 10:18, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Done--Oleg Abarnikov (talk) 18:14, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on my talk Ottawa4ever (talk) 12:23, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! The problem is that the flag was invented by a user. Montevideo has no flag. Regards. MauriManya (talk) 16:50, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Understand--Soul Train (talk) 17:17, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But he is known worldwide as Radamel Falcao, and there's only ONE.

One day, if another Radamel Falcao appears, you can change it.

For example: Pizzi (Portuguese footballer) real name is 'Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes' but the page isn't something like 'Luís Fernandes', right?

--Hydao (talk) 00:49, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• So what? It doesn't mean that Radamel don't have the surname. By the way, I watch for his appearences since he was River Plate player and he allways was Radamel Falcao Garcia for me. Furthermore, just look at Spanish Wiki, this article named just "Falcao Garcia". They know better; and I know better 'cause I'm specialist and professional in South American football.--Soul Train (talk) 06:36, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you are right, but at least in Portugal he was always mentioned as Radamel Falcao. I never read and heard (on TV, journals, magazines, etcs) Falcao Garcia. --Hydao (talk) 07:03, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. This is the Official website: http://www.falcao.com.co/ ... check the external links from the article. Also, his personal twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/R9falcao

The player like to be treated only as Radamel Falcao, so let's not change the Wikipedia main title. --Hydao (talk) 07:31, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• You are wrong, he is not mentioned ONLY as Radamel Falcao, over 165 thousand results for "radamel falcao garcia" confirm this.--Soul Train (talk) 07:43, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, well, it's just a fu*king surname..... In this case "García". Actually it's "funny" because his LAST surname is Zárate, not García. Anyway, in my opinion Radamel Falcao is OK, but let's see what other people/fans think about it. :) --Hydao (talk) 08:43, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Surname is very important thing. Zarate is second (maternal) surname, of his mother, and it's not so important. Just read those articles: Hispanic American naming customs or Spanish naming customs--Soul Train (talk) 09:04, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I changed it again. Anyway, did you see the history of the talk page??

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Radamel_Falcao&action=history

" 16:28, 20 April 2008 Sebisthlm (talk | contribs) m (215 bytes) (moved Talk:Radamel Falcao García to Talk:Radamel Falcao: WP:COMMON) (undo) "

They changed it for a reason, right? Pfft. --Hydao (talk) 09:46, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Someone changed it again to Radamel Falcao again... See? I told you... I'm off now. --Hydao (talk) 09:50, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Yeah, I see the history. Sometimes there is a problem with redirects, but it's removed by bots. :)--Soul Train (talk) 09:51, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  But you did it wrong, because you change article to redirect - with it's story of changes. Let we just wait before some administrator delete "Radamel Falcao Garcia" to rename current article?--Soul Train (talk) 09:54, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. --Hydao (talk) 09:59, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Soul Train. I agree with that article in the Wiki can be written in English and in Spanish Wiki. I do not understand Russian, but if you do the translation I can help with the editing of the article. Regards. MauriManya (talk) 17:55, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Soul Train. It is good article [[1]], I hope to be able to translate it into the Spanish when I have time. Best regards! MauriManya (talk) 15:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_entrenadores_ganadores_de_torneos_abolidos_de_la_CONMEBOL_%281988-2001%29

I had not seen, it is really very good! Всего хорошего. MauriManya (talk) 21:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Пеньяроль Пеньяроль! MauriManya (talk) 01:15, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I want to write featured article @ru-Wikipedia about Peñarol.--Soul Train (talk) 02:09, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That good. In the Spanish Wikipedia recently is featured article. With a Uruguayan Wikipedian we are beginning to translate the article in Spanish to English for improvement. I saw the picture on your user page, therefore my previous comment in Russian. MauriManya (talk) 22:30, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• I think that you'll be more impressed when you'll see what exactly written on the back.--Soul Train (talk) 22:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  Great player of the machine of '49! How did you get that shirt in Russia? MauriManya (talk) 17:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  One of my comrades occasionally works in Montevideo. He is a programmer. And I asked him to buy T-shirts of Peñarol (10 - Schiaffino) and Celeste (10 - Forlan). He is not football fan, but his father also asked him to buy Forlan's T-Shirt. Well, he became our deliveryman --Soul Train (talk) 18:05, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  I now understand all MauriManya (talk) 18:05, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Hello! You saw the friendly match between Russia and Uruguay? MauriManya (talk) 23:59, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  Yes, of course, I was at the nearest sector of tribunes to Luis Suarez when he scores! I had a ticket to upper level, where were Russian fans, but I was able to go to Uruguayan fan-sector. In fact, there were few Uruguayans - much more Ecuadorians, Peruvians, Brazilians and Russian fans of Celeste. Also we (Russian-speaking Celeste-fans) had meeting at the bar before the game. There were fans who specially came from Kurgan, Smolensk, Yerevan and even from Faroe Islands and Denmark. By the way, this ex-player also was there and he is Celeste-fan.--Soul Train (talk) 18:28, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  Wow! I had no idea that there are many Celeste-fans as far away to Uruguay! Knowing that fills me with emotion, like when I saw your picture with the Carbonero shirt in the Wikimeetup. In addition, now that I think, that was the first game between Russia Federation and Uruguay. Regards to the Celeste-fans! MauriManya (talk) 22:01, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  [2]--Soul Train (talk) 00:01, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Привет Soul Train. I saw that edited the article List of countries with multiple capitals. The map[3] needs some changes: The countries whit more than one capital at present (in red), need to add Swaziland. In the countries whit more than one capital in the past (in light red) need to add China, Germany and Libya, and would have to change Philippines and the former Serbia and Montenegro. I hope your can update it. Thanks and regards. MauriManya (talk) 15:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Vgrigas (talk) 20:52, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Soul Train. I just nominated the C.A. Peñarol article on WP:GA, and thought you should know. I changed it not along ago, based on the spanish version, which is featured. Cheers!—Nuno93 (talk) 20:24, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Nuno, I'll see this nomonation as soon as possible!--Soul Train (talk) 20:36, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Привет Soul Train,

I found that equivalent article to Khinalug language is a featured article in Lezgian Wikipedia (lez:Хинелугъ чIал) and that, compared to the Lezgian article, the English article is somewhat lacking. While tagging the English article with an "Expand language" template, I found that it's the first article that could be expanded with a translation from Lezgian Wikipedia.

I noticed that you are an admin in Lezgian Wikipedia, so do you know anyone who would be willing to translate the Lezgian article into English?

Thanks, DraconicDark (talk) 19:36, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Hello. The author of this article, Aslan Xasiyev, is unfortunately not very active at the Lezgi WP recently. And I don’t think he could translate it into English. I am not a native speaker, I'm Russian ethnically. But I'll ask him, maybe he could give me Russian-language sources from which I could translate into English. — Soul Train (talk) 01:16, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't this this DJ is notable. Please ping me. Bearian (talk) 19:55, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• He is a participant of Scooter, and also he was famous in the 1990s before he became a part of the Scooter (at least according to the project Shahin & Simon). This article is very poorly written, but Mr Simon without a doubt is a very notable DJ and musician. — Soul Train (talk) 09:24, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Diannaa, I have never seen this site. I translated parts of the text that were in the Russian Wikipedia. The coincidence probably turned out because the text indicates numerous renaming of this educational institution, and it is simply impossible to formulate it differently. For example, in this site they have a text “the Military Institute of Government Communications has been transformed into the Academy of the Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information under the President of the Russian Federation (abbreviated name - "Academy of FAPSI").” and in my version it is “In 2000, the Russian Government transformed the MIGC into the Academy of the Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information under the President of the Russian Federation (abbreviated as the FAPSI Academy)” — so how do you propose to change the full name? I don't need to copy anything, I'm interested in creating texts myself or translating. — Soul Train (talk) 21:07, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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