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Hi! Could you create the such (English) for Tatar language: tt. Thank you. --Untifler 19:32, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

I am sorry, but I no longer have the computer that I used to make Image:Symbole-sk.png; the computer I currently use does not have Franklin Gothic Medium installed (and I am unwilling to pay $20 for it). You should be able to find someone who is able to make it, or you may wish to make it yourself, which would not be very difficult provided you have an image editing program such as GIMP and the Franklin Gothic Medium font (which I believe is pre-installed on Windows). --Wikiacc (talk) 19:59, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

The Iran page

Hi,

The changes you made to the Iran page are wayyyyyy too drastic. The format of the page was something that numerous editors had agreed on. You have taken out sections completely, deleted key internal links (keeping links that do not really matter), and watered down the page significantly. The section on the government (with the sub-sections) needs to be restored definitely. We based the page's design on the United States article. Compare the page the United States to the new page of Iran and you will see that it compares very little.--Zereshk 22:29, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I suggest that we keep your changes, but also retain some of the original formatting. The cities section, the political section, are 2 notable examples.--Zereshk 22:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi Zereshk,
I based my changes on the guidelines at WikiProject Countries and a selection of featured country articles, among them China, India, Cambodia, Belgium and Nepal. (United States is not a featured article.) I agree that it could be scaled back in certain aspects (e.g. moving the cities section around the page rather than/in addition to moving it to a separate one). If it seems that I have reduced some parts of it to less than "brief summaries", please tell me where this has occured. --Wikiacc (talk) 23:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC)


Greetings,
Will it hurt if we base our page Iran on the model of United States, even if it is not listed on Wikiproject countries? The cities section is good to have on the main page. But the political section needs to be sub-partitioned. There is a good reason for the way we had it. If we could keep the former format, it would help out greatly, and greatly increase article feasibility in information transfer. It's great to have an admin like you around helping me out. I mean it. Thanx again.--Zereshk 01:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC)


ISNA

Hi.

Are we allowed to use images off of ISNA? I think not. Hence this image Image:Irangay teens.jpg , which has been downloaded from ISNA is copyright protected.--Zereshk 03:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

It would be considered copyright here; however, it is still usable under fair use defense, as it is a historical photo. --Wikiacc (talk) 20:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
So we can use ISNA photos here under a fairuse tag? ISNA has an excellent repository of photos that we could use.--Zereshk 22:08, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
We can use virtually any images considered copyright if we have an adequate fair use rationale for their use. See WP:FAIR for more details, but for the most part ISNA photos should make an excellent addition to Wikipedia as fair use media. --Wikiacc (talk) 22:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Iranian Languages redirect to Languages of Iran

I reverted the redirects from Iranian languages to Languages of Iran. Please don't confuse the two. Iranian languages is a linguistic branch of the Indo-European language family. Languages of Iran are the languages that are found in the country of Iran. It's like confusing Germanic languages with Languages of Germany. There are plenty of Germanic languages outside of Germany (eg. English, Icelandic, Swedish, ...), and there are non-Germanic languages in Germany (eg. Upper Sorbian - a Slavic language, or Romany) --jonsafari 03:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

As a member of WikiProject Languages, I should have known that. Thanks for the catch. --Wikiacc (talk) 20:03, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I apologize if it seemed a little too harsh. Also, I realized just after the fact that I should have moved the pages, instead of copying and pasting the material into a different article. My mistake. --jonsafari 03:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

RFA

Thank you for supporting my recent bid for adminship, which passed 64-2, though I found alarming the number of people who thought I already was an admin. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 07:17, Dec. 17, 2005

(sigh)

I'm a bit worried for User:Striver receiving posts like this. Please keep an eye on this lunatic who calls himself User:Haizum. He seems highly confrontational and rude.--Zereshk 08:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

He also seems to be breaking a number of Wikipedia policies. It is my civic duty to report his comments and himself to the "User is blocked" page. :P --Wikiacc (talk) 18:25, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism by 213.224.83.4

Thank you for fixing my user page. I have no idea why 213.224.83.4 is targetting me for vandalism. Can you block this IP address?? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:39, 17 December 2005 (UTC)


Another problematic image

Greetings,


Please erase this image: Image:Hafez Tomb 2.jpg so that I can upload pictures of it which I took.

Also, the picture gallery midway down the Isfahan (city) page has also been mostly marked for deletion.

I'll let you know if I catch any more cases.

Thanx.--Zereshk 02:47, 19 December 2005 (UTC)


This image is also not free, as far as I can see:
source: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Al-Khwarizmi.html

--Zereshk 03:24, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

One more: Image:Hafez Tomb.jpg

Im replacing these copyvio suspect pics with equivalent photos of my own, to save everyone from future quarrels.

Thanx.--Zereshk 22:47, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sturmgrenadier]

hi, there is an organized campaign to save the above self-promotional vanity games-club page from deletion.... i'm wondering if you'd be willing to take a look and voice your opinion? normally i wouldnt care but (a) i hate organized campaigns from groups of users (especially when they have vested interests but dont declare them) and (b) when challenged about it, they suggested i try it myself! so here i am.... cheers! Zzzzz 20:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Rogue

I've checked my dictionary carefully, and I'm sure I used the correct spelling of the correct word. I was however, blissfully unaware that other users used "rouge" for apparently humorous purposes. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 14:53, Dec. 26, 2005

LOL --Wikiacc (talk) 15:50, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
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