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[edit] Yasnaya Polyana

Actually, I disagree. The vague "number of other rural settlements" was in fact added by me. I am currently working on cross-linking/disambiguating the names of Russian districts, cities/towns, and urban-type settlements, so they explicitly link to where they should be located, even if an article does not exist yet. Eventually, I am planning to do the same for all Russian rural settlements (considering that each and every U.S. town, no matter how minor, has an article, I don't see why that shouldn't be done for Russian villages as well). This vague statement is a flag for me to look this name up in case I need to return to this article (usually when a settlement with of the same name is promoted/demoted); if it bothers you, I can certainly expand it to say what those rural settlements actually are :)

What's more, "Yasnaya Polyana" has other meanings not currently mentioned on the dab page. It is used as a trademark, as a name of entities other than settlements, etc, etc. There is a potential to expand the disambiguation page beyond the three entries currently there.

Please let me know if this answer satisfies you, or if you have any further comments/suggestions. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll expand the "rural settlements" entry per your request. If I may ask, what's so important about the one in Kaliningrad Oblast that it needs not to be lost among other ones? It's just another rural settlement among thousands others, and it is not even the largest of all the settlements by that name. It's the only one that currently has an article about it, but I suspect that's only because it used to be a town in East Prussia, so it gets more attention from the West. Anyway, I'm just curious. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Yup, that's what I figured. Anyway, the dab page now sports the list of the largest and/or most important rural settlements by that name. There are many more, but I don't have means to verify those at this time. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:44, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology

Since you are interested in flags and emblems I would like to inform you that the WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology has just been created. Why not take a look? I hope you can join. Inge 20:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orange Sky (song)

Don't worry about it. It was clearly a well-intended edit. --דניאל ~ Danielrocks123 ^{talk contribs Count} 01:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bilingual titles

Hi, you just wrote on Talk:Soča - Isonzo River about naming conventions as an argument to move to a single name, as I proposed. Can you tell me where to find that specific naming convention? It would help me a lot in move discussions, like Talk:Bozen-Bolzano. Thanks. Markussep 05:10, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer. Do you know if there's a general rule against bilingual titles, for places, people etc.? Markussep 13:00, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turnianska Nová Ves

Please don't move pages like Turnianska Nova Ves without fixing the indexing sort keys. Go fix it, or I'll have to move it back again. Gene Nygaard 05:37, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive130 Olessi 07:09, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] help!

I somehow blanked half the Robin Hood article when I was trying to add a couple brief references. You helped me with footnotes in the past. Can you tell me how to fix this error? Thanks. Markwiki 14:28, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] talk:Erika Steinbach

Although not meaning to, you have helped stir up quite a brew-haha on Erika Steinbach talk page. I ask you to close your current poll and declare it "inconsequential" so that a more neutral vote can be staged. Balcer keeps removing the more neutral vote because he says you must close your own poll first. the new vote is here now (Balcer kept removing my edits so I had admin help me) as you can see, the new one presents both sides, and if you look at your proposal, all the votes supporting it were posted before anyone posted any counter-points to your version. Not to mention that your poll has been degraded into a flaming war of personal attacks, accusations of sockpuppetry, defamations of characters, and people deleting other's edits. Your vote has become polluted to say the least, and although started with the best of intentions, it is time it should be ended.

--Jadger 06:00, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Another possible interpretation is that Jadger wants a new poll because the option he supports is losing 9 to 3. None of the other voters have so far expressed support for his idea of restarting the poll. I would let the current poll run its course, and see if a clear concensus is established for supporting your proposal. Balcer 06:12, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Really Balcer, I'm surprised you didn't just delete what I had typed, as you have done that repeatedly. the current version is not 9-3, votes have been removed by their poster from the support section but Balcer continues to count them. and I doubt any new possible voters would see the chance to vote in all the dribble of him flaming others. Also, Dr. Dan has supported my version if you would read what he stated. The current poll has run its course now one needs to shoot the racehorse that has broken its leg (figuratively speaking). As I stated elsewhere, a clear consensus on the unfortunately worded version of yours would not matter, as it would be like the last election of Saddam Hussein, no opposition properly represented, whereas I have properly represented both in the new vote, and have stated clearly that any flaming, trolling and Gerrymandering as Balcer is doing would not be tolerated on the new poll.

--Jadger 06:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Jadger's distortions are a little bit pathetic, because anyone can simply look at the vote tally and trust his own eyes instead of what he says. The support column currently lists 9 support votes: Balcer, Prokonsul Piotrus, Thorsten1, ProudPomeranian , Space Cadet , abakharev, Halibutt ,Lysy, Pan Gerwazy. One vote in the support column has been changed to abstain. In the oppose column, we have 3 votes: Jadger ,Schwartz und Weiss, Stettiner. You, Olessi, stated you are fine with both versions. So the 9-3 vote result is clear, unless I am making a major mathematical error, which I am sure Jadger will point out to me. Balcer 15:08, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

You are indeed making a major mathematical error, as you have failed to notice that all but one of those votes were cast before any opposition was outlined to it, that is like shooting first and asking questions later. but please, don't start a war on another user's talk page.

--Jadger 02:54, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German_placename_etymology

User:147.10.58.139 had already vandalized the Silesia article which you reverted, why should I have treated this as good faith? Ameise -- chat 01:20, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I find it odd that you consider these edits to be vandalism. Why would you consider the article to be vandalized? Olessi 02:03, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Besides the mispellings (which I suppose could be fixed), he does not cite his source that says that names such as '-witz' originate from '-wiec', could it not easily be the other way around? It may not be vandalism, but unless he cites something... Ameise -- chat 02:38, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

de:Ortsname lists many more suffixes than at the English article, several of which mention the Slavic connections. Some snippets:

• -itz, -itsch, -witz, -(sch)ütz: aus slawisch -ic- bzw. -ov-ic-, z. B. Rochlitz, Delitzsch, Doberschütz (1349 Doberschwicz zum altsorbischen Vornamen Dobrš)
• -ow (-au): aus slawisch -ov, z. B. Malchow, Lüchow

See also: -itz, -ow, -au, de:Patronym, Family name affixes. I am unaware if the -wiec suffix (such as in Sosnowiec) has any connection with wiec ("meeting"), but it wouldn't surprise me. On the other hand, I'm not aware of -itz or -witz having any meaning in German (aside from "joke"). This link has further information about the meaning of Polish suffixes. The anonymous editor went into greater detail about how the Czech and Polish suffixes were Germanized, but his/her additions are correct to my knowledge. Hope these links help. Olessi 04:56, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, you must remember that just because a city has a Polish name, does not mean that it was originally settled by Poles... a good example is Danzig/Gdansk, which was settled, in reverse order: By Poles, Germans, Poles, Germans, Poles, East Germans (Goths/Vandals), Celts, and whoever came before them... I doubt that any Indo-European culture founded cities such as those at such strategic spots -- there are other cities such as Lignica/Liegnitz which the form could be German -or- Polish, since apparently both could be formed from their respective words for 'to lay'... Ameise -- chat 07:10, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

When German colonists settled in the east they gave their settlements obviously German names (Königsberg, Käsmark, Kronstadt), translated local names into German equivalents, or Germanized local names (Dorpat, Reval, Memel, Danzig, Bistritz, Prussian towns ending in -ehnen, etc.). "-vice", "-vec", "-ic", and "-ov" all mean something in Slavic languages. As far as I know, "-witz", "-etz", "-itz", "-ow", and "-au" do not mean anything in German (although "-au" has the unrelated water-land meaning). For instance, "Breslau" does not mean the meadow land of "Bresl", but is a linguistic corruption of the original Slavic name, which meant "the place of 'Vratislav'". The same occurred in the majority of German colonial cases. This link gives an example of the the Slavic (Silesian, in this specific case) origins of "-"ic" / "-ici". Also see -witz. While there may be exceptions, generally "-itz's" etc. were Germanizations of originally Slavic names. To conjecture about the unknown names before Poles or Germans (such as with Legnica) seems like original research, and is not relevant for this project. Olessi 16:15, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

My main issue is that many articles claim that cities which were once Polish or are Polish today were founded by Poles or other west Slavs; but they never give any evidence to this; is this not also original research? Ameise -- chat 18:56, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

If there is information in articles that you feel is unsourced, feel free to add Template:Fact and raise the issue on the talk page. After all, information should be verifiable. Olessi 00:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brixen

I'm a bit in dubio about your move suggestion for Brixen. Brixen im Thale is known as well (resort town), but already disambiguated by "im Thale", so "Brixen" may be a better location than "Brixen, Italy". Do you want to put it on WP:RM? Bolzano and Merano will have to go through another round as well. Markussep 20:57, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

To both Olessi and Markussep. Why not make it simple and use Bolzano-Bozen, Merano-Meran, and now finally with this, Bressanone-Brixen. Remember this region is Italian-German. I'm from this region, and we don't start taking out the name of Bozen because most of the inhabits are Italians. The same, we don't take out Bressanone or Merano. take care. Taalo 00:14, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Rarelibra

Hello Olessi, thank you for defending me against the personal attacks by User:Rarelibra and his partner User:Taalo, and your help on dealing with South Tyrol, Trentino-South Tyrol and Bozen-Bolzano. I warned the user before already, however he seems immune to good advice. If you need help with the 3RR, let me know. I already reported his behaviour on the admin. noticeboard, I don't know if it helped.. Gryffindor 08:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kaliningrad Oblast

Hi Olessi. I thought you might be interested in this German-language site by a Russian about the remains of Germandom in the Kaliningrad territory. Lots of interesting photos! See:

http://www.milovsky-gallery.albertina.ru/ger/

Sca 15:49, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the find! I'll keep it in mind if I work on articles in the Oblast in the future. Cheers! Olessi 03:16, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prussia WikiProjects

Given your excellent work on articles related to Prussia, would you be interested in joining me in reviving the WikiProject Prussia? I have been working on redoing some of the articles on the various incarnations of Prussia and their subdivisions (going only to the province level for now - WikiProject Prussian provinces). You stated on the talk page for Kingdom of Prussia that you would like to see a better organisation for the Prussian articles. I agree completely, so perhaps this project might be the place to do it. - 52 Pickup 07:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Germany

Hi Olessi,

User:Badbilltucker has proposed creating a WikiProject for articles related to Germany. Since you contribute to WP:GSWN and seem to speak German pretty well, I was wondering if you would be interested in helping with this project. If you want to know more about the proposal you can check the temporary project page or the List of proposed projects.--Carabinieri^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 10:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Jamie Lynn DSC 0160.JPG listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Jamie Lynn DSC 0160.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 15:41, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] mediation

Hi olessi, can you respond to Lar's offer? i think it was nice for someone to come on here and offer to do this.. so the arguing can finally stop! :-) Taalo 18:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Well

I'm sorry, my "well" was not directed to you. I was just curious of what others think of a compromise. Impatient me. Only wanted to apologize if this seemed impolite (otherwise ignore it). --Lysy^talk 04:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German-Brazilian

Good job on the German-Brazilian article I think that it is a good quality, not yet a featured article. Keep up the good work! I am user Werdnak, but I can't log in because of technical issues. Send me a message on the talk page

To be fair, I haven't added that much to that specific article. I only copyedited it a bit. It's a decent article, although it needs to be sourced and referenced. Olessi 20:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] L.A. vote

Since you recently voted on the Philadelphia article name change, I thought you might be interested in participating on the vote to make a similar name change for Los Angeles. See Talk:Los Angeles, California. Also, if you put my user page on your watchlist, you'll see notifications of other similar votes. --Serge 18:16, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spiš

Thank you for your message. It was a vandal called User:VinceB, who moved Spiš to Szepes county without any discussion. He did the same to at least one other article (Bratislava county > Pozsony (County)). He has been recently blocked for sockpuppetry and he is constantly vandalizing sensitive articles, in which Hungarian and non-Hungarian editors had previously maintained a neutral and balanced point of view. I stopped writing and expanding articles just because I have to deal with this guy every day. I do not know how to "un-move" an article, so I have no idea how to restore the Spiš article, on which many editors worked together before VinceB came. I would be grateful if you can help me anyhow. Tankred 20:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Tankred 03:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nomination for admin

[edit] Another proposal to move Los Angeles

Another proposal to move Los Angeles, California is being debated. You particpated in a previous discussion and may be interested in giving your opinion. Talk:Los Angeles, California#Requested move #3. Cheers, -Will Beback 18:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German-Polish reconciliation

Olessi, you might be interested in this piece at Spiegel online: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,443586,00.html

Sca 21:00, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Muchas gracias

Hey Olessi, 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 05:00, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka

Thank you for expressing an interest in my recent RfA. As a followup, I wanted to let you know that unfortunately consensus was not reached, and the nomination was not successful. However, I do appreciate that you took the time to monitor the discussion, as I find it a valuable thing to understand how I am perceived by others in the Wikipedia community. My current plans are to continue contributing in a positive manner to Wikipedia, and if there is anything that I can do in the future to help further address your concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. --Elonka 10:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

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Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 17:15, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations from me, too. Best wishes and good luck with the new mop and bucket tools -- Chris 73 | Talk 08:52, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I would like to thank all who voiced an opinion in my aforementioned RFA. I appreciate all of the comments that were left, whether they were complimentary or critical, and will take them into consideration in my further editing. Once again, I thank all who participated in the discussion. Olessi 23:20, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MySpace

I'm not sure why you posted a comment regarding MySpace at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Porn stars, none of the examples you list are porn stars. As for the examples you do list, I would remove the MySpace links—all of them have official websites which should suffice.—Chidom ^talk  19:43, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I have continued discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Porn stars. Cheers, Olessi 20:16, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Karkonosze/Giant Mountains/Krkonoše

Just in case you're interested, there's a new Karkonosze → Giant Mountains or Krkonoše vote here. Cheers! +Hexagon1 ^(t) 07:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Commercial link" removal

Hi Olessi. AnonEMouse asked me about this too, and I gave an explanation of my actions here. I don't believe that batch of links was added with the intent to provide useful information or sources. Robotman1974 20:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. In response to your second question here, I think a link to the mp3 interview would be acceptable if it met at least two conditions. First, it would have to be relevant to the article and important enough to include as a link. That would mean of course that the information contained in the link could not otherwise be added into the article itself. Second, the copyright issues would have to be looked at. I'm still fairly green when it comes to copyright issues, so I'm not the one to ask about that. I still find myself wondering why the Penny Flame article and the dozens of other porn actor articles like it are even on Wikipedia. To me, the right course of action wouldn't be to discuss which links should or should not be included, but to open a discussion about which porn actor articles should or should not be deleted. That being said, if you want to add the link again, I won't object or remove it. As I said before, I was following a pattern of edits by Luftballoons that looked to me like obvious spamming. Robotman1974 23:39, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Sophie Moone 1.jpg

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[edit] DYK

On 11 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Milceni, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 12:21, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shiny new buttons

Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use. ~ trialsanderrors 06:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin tools

The mop

Congratulations on becoming an admin! Enjoy your new-found powers, and remember to use them only for good, and not for evil. If you would like to try out your new mop, here are some spots that always need loving care: Category:Images with unknown source Category:Images with no copyright tag Category:Images with unknown copyright status Category:Replaceable fair use images All the best! - Quadell

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[edit] Restructuring the Prussian pages

Hi there Olessi. What are your thoughts about the restructuring of the Prussia page? I saw that you were keen to do this a long time ago, and I wanted to know if you still were. At the moment, I would say that most of the information on the main page be shifted to a new History of Prussia page, allowing room for other topics. The different versions of Prussia over time can have History sections of their own, linking to this history page - as I have done for the Kingdom of Prussia page and the new Free State of Prussia page. Freeing up space on the Prussia page should make it easier to resolve some of the context problems that have come up regarding various Prussian pages. What do you think? - 52 Pickup 11:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Replied here. Olessi 01:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Germany project

Hi Olessi, are you interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany? The project has been restarted and has recently been quite active, although most of the activity so far has been behind-the-scenes tagging and assessing. The input of experienced Wikipedians such as you would be greatly appreciated. Even if you don't feel like joining, could you have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Article requests and list missing topics that you come across there? Thank you, Kusma (討論) 06:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't think I'll have time to specifically dedicate to the project, but I'll try to help out when I can. Thanks for the heads-up. Olessi 18:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] yeh sorry

yeh sorry i was messing around. Why u looking on pornstars pages anyway, eh? didnt know u cud message ppl on this thing. cheers for opening my eyes to this amazing new feature. i will contribute in a more productive may next time.--Topher183 21:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TNX

Thanks re Battle of Austerlitz. Sca 15:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your invitation

Thanks for your invitation on my disk. My english isn't good enough to write in english articles but on german Local government questions I might be able to help you. I'm co-autor of a de:Gesetzeskommentar of the de:Hessische Gemeindeordnung ([1]). In case please ask me on my de-Disk. --ST ○ 22:43, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My commets

Somebody erased my comments on you discussion page see in history: Jan Dzierzon and Name. Andrew Serafin 06:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Barnstar!

I appreciate it! Was it prompted by anything in particular? Just curious. AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 13:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Silesians

Andrew, I have not made any comments out of a desire to provoke you. I have been editing this article out of a desire to ensure it meets the standards and conventions of the English Wikipedia. I am sorry you had a negative experience with the German Wikipedia, but that is a separate project from this English project. Assuming good faith is a fundamental principle of the English Wikipedia; I advise you to give editors a chance instead of assuming the worst. I inquired about Silesian/Polish because Silesians are sometimes considered a separate ethnic group. I am not sure what you mean by "reverting the article upside down"; my editing has been done to ensure that its formatting and style is consistent with other biographical articles. As I do not anticipate being able to copy-edit the article further, I am removing it from my watchlist. Good luck with the article. Olessi 23:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for you comments, and in fact fruitful discussion. You are right that the work of a person is most important. However, there are much present and past propaganda, which destroy the peace. If only some people would show objectivity and patience, as you did, it could be clear up. To mention nationality is however important, since exceptional individuals inspire new generation of a nation. (Unfortunately, nations or ethnic groups will still exist. I have to hope for peaceful coexistence of them, and fair competition. Seems to me that competition has to exit too – best if for fun only.) I am conscious that English and German Wikipedias are separate projects, but you see, when I approach German Wiki, Dzierzon article the Polish relevant article was attacked by some German/Silesian/Polish guy. It cost me more then here on En Wiki to settle the Pl article well. So sorry if you did feel bad about my attitude, possibly I explained more my excitement.

With Silesian is in short like this: Originally, they were Slavic tribe, spoke Polish, as I mentioned. For some 300 to 500 hundred years there were under German governments. They had bad time as you possibly can imagine. Many of them married with German and were/are of course confused who they are. You know, the pressure on east of resilient nation and of course Polish-German conflicts continued. Finally in 1945 Poland returned and become new problem for some of the natives. Even those who honestly considered himself Polish Silesians at the end of war could be persecuted. There in Poland was complete disorder. Soviets and Communists arrived, most of them real simpletons any way. “National” government - just pro-soviet mafia, was mostly occupied with fight against democratic opposition. Polish borders were shifted. We lost some 20% of our area and millions of people from east territories moved to present west Poland. You can imagine that most of them were not intellectuals at all, some of them completely simple people. They spoke different Polish dialect also. On top of this in the post war, pro-soviet atmosphere criminals found good playground. Well, I do not know if you are familiar with criminal minds – unfortunately I am. This is like gangrene on fresh wound, literally. Thus many of the native Silesian could be robber in Poland, which they wanted so much. I believe that in such conditions many simpletons could use the opportunity accusing natives to be Germans.

Now, the present time, some of the falsely accused people remember the tragic experiences and want rehabilitation and apology – they could be absolutely right. However, there are many Germans who want their property back and some just using opportunity to stir in internal Polish affairs - despite the final border agreement between Poland and Germany signed on 14 November 1990 and governments effort to improve relations. Finaly I have to say, I beleave that Polish are hospitable and very often naïve. Not many realize that politic need caution. Those who realize that have a hard time to wake up the naïves. Some procentage remember lectures of history, and objectively, too many Germans are toublemakers. I am also convinced there exists something like national character. You can have obviously you own opinion, let me have my own. Returning to Silesians it is something close to squaring the circle [2]. I wish the true Silesian all the best but I do not want Fith Column [3] on Polish terytory in addition.

Sorry if I used posibly ofencive "reverting the article upside down" that was in the heat of the battle, wich I still have with Ge Wiki. They just arogantly do not answer if they do not like and refuse mediatior at any imaginative pretext. That sucks.

Sorry and thanks again. Feel free to contact me any time you need. Best regards, Andrew--Serafin 02:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

On 12 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dzierżoniów, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 18:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Germany

The article is currently a Featured article candidate. As it is basically impossible to give an overview of German history in one page, we probably miss something important or overemphasize something that's not. Could you take a look and comment on the abridged version of German history? It would also be nice to know whether the article needs further copyediting (I can't really judge the quality of English writing, except possibly when people are writing about mathematics). Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 10:07, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't have added the 95 theses (too detailed imho) but the Peace of Westphalia was indeed missing. The only problem is that once any detail is added, the history section starts growing like crazy and needs regular pruning. Anyway, thank you! Kusma (討論) 23:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I noticed that you had cleaned up the article, and just wanted to let you know that I have inserted some fairly important but also possibly controvercial aspects of the early allied occupation. diff here. Another thing that should probably be mentioned is the largest ever recorded instance of mass rape (see Red Army atrocities), from what I've read in Norman Naimarks book it had a profound and traumatic effect on East German life for many years.--Stor stark7 ^Talk 01:05, 14 December 2006 (UTC)