User talk:Andres

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Thanks for tracking down the info on the Edi Rama article. By the way, are an Albanian descendent or are you just working on Albanian articles for the fun of it. Dori 13:27, 12 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I am not Albanian but I want to learn about Albania as much as possible. Andres 17:27, 12 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Hello there Andres, seem as you seem to be editing lots of things to do with Albania. I was wondering If you had seen the Kosovo War article. At the moment it's deeply biased and writen entirely from a Serbian viewpoint. I was wondering If you'd like to try NPOVing it. G-Man 18:10, 12 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I had a look at the article. Unfortunately, right now I lack the abilities and competence needed for doing that. Andres 22:56, 12 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Hi Andres, I see that you took the now-irrelevant comment out of Action (philosophy). I replaced the confusing content. Apart from noting on Wikipedia:Pages needing attention that I'd done so, I left that page's reference to the Action entry there. I am new to the wikipedia; would you either do what is needed there or tell me what the procedure is for editing the needs attention page after attention has been paid? Thanks, vanden 02:30, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi Vanden, good job! I think there should be two separate articles: one about action as a concept (how it is defined in philosophy (in different ways) and what are the problems about it and what approaches there are to them) and another on philosophy of action (on what are the issues of the philosophy of action and what has been done in it). There will be some overlap but the contents will not coincide as in the philosophy of action there are many other concepts. And links to those other concepts would appear in both of them.

If you edit those articles I will hold my eye on them.

Most of the articles on analytical philosophy need much work. Andres 06:11, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi Andres,

I cannot edit them. I do analytic philosophy, but phil of math and logic. I came close to exhausting what I know well enough to put up already! (I will see if I can convince a fellow grad student to take a bash.)

That would be fine. Thank you! Andres 12:22, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

As for the two articles idea, I'm new and action is not my thing, but I cannot see the need for two. I see philosophical work to define and understand action as exactly what the philosophy of action is up to. (Had I seen Philosophy of action I think I would have felt like Action (Philosophy) should be deleted -- I think I've turned it into a duplicate article. But what do I know? Best, vanden 06:40, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

OK, that was my proposal. There are other people who think like you thoml and there are people who think like I think. I still think that when the articles grow long enough, the need for two articles will appear. In any case, this is the way I would edit. Andres 12:22, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi Andres, I've nominated you for adminship. Please reply at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Dori | Talk 03:49, Dec 10, 2003 (UTC)

Hi Andres. I have a question to You. Could we use one Estonain map, what I made myself, to show Estonian Counties? Then I will write each county separately. Here it is. But Probbaly it will be too big?

Image:Estmap.jpg -- Egon 15:15, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Thank you, Egon, I like the map. Do you mean to modify it for each copunty? I don't think it's too big but I guess some other people would think so. I think it could be that size if all counties were marked by name and the relevant county were of other colour. Then the map would be more informative. Perhaps the location of Tallinn could be marked also, but then people would think it is not part of Harju County. Ask what User:Mic thinks. And See our discussion about the permission for coats of arms and flags. Andres 15:38, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I want also mark capitals of each county --Egon 15:53, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I have here also one good program about resizeing a *.bmp image but I cannot use this, because it is in korean. I will try and lets see what can be made. Egon 15:57, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

This one? Or must it be certainly *.jpg? -- Egon 16:42, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

For the politics, see Wikipedia:Image use policy#Format. In any case, you uploaded this image, and it is OK.

AlexLL uploaded another map, and Mic modified it (for discussion, see User talk:Mic and for an example, see Saare County). Mic's version is small and fit for the table. I would like more your version, and I don't like table templates at all. On the other hand, I think that we have to choose among the two, and we have to consult other users, including Mic.

If you can use the letters ä and õ, then I prefer your version for the Estonian Wikipedia. Could you please make the maps in Estonian?

I could not make these maps in estonian, I tried. My program does not allow import characters, only english and korean and chinese.-- Egon 22:22, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

The pity of it! Then we can use your map just as a location map without the names of the counties. Andres 22:47, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Image:Estmaparnu.bmp, Image:Raplamaa.bmp, Image:Harjumaa.bmp, Image:Laanemaa.bmp --Egon 01:36, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

OK, if you can create õ as well, it could go simehow... Andres 02:35, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I installed yesterday a new program and there is possible to transport and edit all the characters, that we need to edit.--Egon 13:18, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

That's wonderful, Egon!

Yes, the Rapla version is good enough. But look what Mic says. Maybe you would create these maps in Estonian instead? Andres 02:47, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

If the other version is used in the English Wikipedia, I think your version still could be used in the article Counties of Estonia. Andres 16:43, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

The maps could well be in English, and a description like "Harju County" looks proper. What I was concerned about was resorting to for example "Laane County", when "Lääne County" ought to be used. The most immidiate concern however is the file format, as one bmp file takes more room than maps for twenty counties would in png. -- Mic 09:03, Dec 18, 2003 (UTC)

I think the new map looks fine and would fit very well in the Counties of Estonia entry. For the entries of each respective county a map of that county, accompanied with a smaller one that pinpoints its location, is the best option. However creating these kind of custom county maps is quite an ardous task. The maps that are used on the country pages on Wikipedia virtually all comes from the same source and has the same color scheme, a tip could be to use the same coloring as these to achieve a sense of uniformity also on other maps.

The preferred file format for maps and illustrations is PNG, like it says under in image use policy, and this can't be stressed enough. BMP is uncompressed and creates much too large files. JPEG is fine for photographs, but shouldn't be used here since it degenerates the image. An application which should be able to save PNG with out any hassles, as well as do antialiased resizing of images is GIMP. It is free to use and a good option if you are able to install software where you are working.

The ä and õ should be used also in the map unless they are not used at all in English. In that case they should be stripped in the text and the articles also. -- Mic 17:54, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Russia

Hi again, A. I realize now that it was you who wisely reverted a couple garbled words about imperialism and Russia a couple days ago. I just reverted (or rather, excised the material after it was to late to simply revert) similar words in the same place. I have now discussed this extensively at Imperial Ambitions sec'n within our now familiar meeting place. I wasn't sure whether you had a specific interest in the History section, or were just being a responsible Wikipedian, but either way, i wanted to help keep you up to date in case. --Jerzy 09:07, 2003 Dec 17 (UTC)

Just read yr notes on Russia, which sound pretty good tho not thoroughly studied. I set my watch to remind me to take my Niasapn NOW and go to bed, and i'm going to obey. G'nite! --Jerzy 10:45, 2003 Dec 17 (UTC)

You're now an administrator. -- Tim Starling 08:19, Dec 18, 2003 (UTC)

Hi, i'm back, & embarrassed not to have thot to be in touch. I notice you are working on Russia; are you getting all the native-language-editor assistance you want? [smile] --Jerzy 16:38, 2004 Jan 13 (UTC)

Your reply somehow reminded me of your connection to Estonia. I don't know if you have followed the hornets' nest i stirred up by starting what is now List of people known as war heroes -- and you may just want to stay away from it: (if you were a Yank and of my generation, i'd say "it's a tar-baby"; ask me, if curious, about Br'er Rabbit, but) "thankless morass", evoking VietNam war, comes pretty close. At Talk:List of people known as war heroes#Estonia lists a few names (maybe i should have added more) from List of Estonians (which was item 1 or 2 in a Google search of WP for "war hero"). Perhaps you could come up with a small handful of standouts in about 30 seconds. [shrug] --Jerzy 06:19, 2004 Jan 16 (UTC)

[edit] Wikis down

The English Wikipedia seems to be the only one still up. Does anybody know what is going on? Andres 06:45, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Don't worry! just some server problems and maintenance. I know that Brion, Jason and others work hard for keeping the servers running. If you want to be the first (well, second) to learn about the server issues, don't forget to watch the Wikipedia mailing lists and the Wikipedia IRC chat channel. New servers are about to be installed, AFAIK. :) Have Peace Profound, Optim 13:07, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for the Dr. Pap name in Greek! jengod

[edit] Ann Nzinga Mbande Merger

I requested a merger from the author of the Nzingha article, Pandora a few weeks ago but I have not had a response. I went ahead and merged the text with the article a few weeks ago. The problem with Nzinga is that she has so many different names and even more surnames, the most common spelling is Nzinga; but that is also a first name of many other people, sometimes her surname Mbande or royal title Ngola are included in her name.

When I created the article Ann Nzinga Mbande, I tried to be as specific in the title as possible to avoid confusion. I also created several redirects to various spellings. Unfortunately, I had never come across the spelling Nzingha, interestingly it is the second most common speling, before and did not discover the previous article. I would like to propose that Nzingha become a redirect page to Ann Nzinga Mbande, since the text there has already been merged and the title is more specific.

--JCarriker 05:48, Mar 19, 2004 (UTC)

With the cross referencing of two languages and the knowledge we have of Nzinga we should be able to create more than stubs, possibly three or more good paragraphs. Please post on my talk page, since those pages do not yet exist.

JCarriker 02:51, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC) Talk

[edit] Hiiumaa

sorry, I believe I was even intending to write "1708" - it was an undiscovered typing error. :-(
--Ruhrjung 08:55, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Comedy Help

Hi. I'm trying to recruit some people from non UK/US countries to add to our sitcom and television comedy sections. At the moment they're totally about American or British comedy. if you're able to contribute, please do - I am happy to tidy up after you and it may, at least, get others of your fellow countrymen involved. --bodnotbod 22:46, May 1, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Estonia province and Estonia

As far as I am concerned, before 1918 the therm Estonia referred to smaller province than present-day Estonia. Could you please add article about province of Estonia? Thanks. Cautious 13:06, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Haemophilia C

I was in the process of renaming Hemophilia C to Haemophilia C, and something seems to have gone wrong. The renaming process froze with a SQL error message appearing. It then refused to undergo the renaming process again, claiming, wrongly, that the Haemophilia C page now existed. Since you are a sysop, could you look into it, please? Arno 08:29, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Tänan! Arno 04:07, 21 Aug 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
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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:

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

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)

[edit] RFC pages on VfD

Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:16, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Your impersonator reverted Tony Blackplait

It seems you have an impersonator, using the account User:Andres.. S/he reverted your last edit to Tony Blackplait. I've already mentioned this at WP:AIV but thought you would want to know. By the way, thanks for your efforts with the Tõnu Trubetsky article! -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:03, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Dear Andres. Thank you for your work. And I have one request. May I suggest that you put edit summaries more often? That is really helpful for people like me who have a given page on the watchlist. Thank you, Oleg Alexandrov 21:55, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Unalienable Rights

Please delete Unalienable rights and redirect to Inalienable rights per the 8-day-old vfd. Please also add a redirect from Inalienable right. Thanks freestylefrappe 01:27, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

I am sorry, I don't feel competent to do this. Besides, there is no need of deletion, so the necessary changes don't require an admin. Andres 06:09, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Philosophical realism

Is no:Realisme (ontologi) not the same thing ? Sure, the English article is about ontology and epistemology, but I don't think the Norwegian will seperate each part. -- Amtiss, SNAFU ? 17:43, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Estonian pronunciation

I posted some questions I had about Estonian pronunciation in Talk:Estonian language. If they are answered, not only would the article on Estonian language be enriched, it would be really helpful in my attempt to standardise the Korean alphabet transcription of Estonian names on the Korean Wikipedia. I hope you have time to look through the questions; any help with any of the questions would be deeply appreciated. --Iceager 07:09, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject C++

The WikiProject C++ aims to increase the quality of C++-related articles on Wikipedia, and has discovered that you have participated in the editing of them! So don't hesitate, join us! --De ryck C. 15:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk Ex-Yugoslavia

Talk:Kosovo#2 Administrator for Ex-Yugoslavien articels in Wikipedia- The voice of Kosovar

[edit] Request for edit summary

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

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Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. – Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 15:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Estonia flag images

I am not sure if your the right person to see, but if you think the images from here are going to be useful for Wikipedia, you have my permission to upload the images onto Wikipedia under {{PD-user}}. I wish to hear your thoughts, first. TIA. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 11:03, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Estonia

Hello, Andres.

I've noticed that you're interested in Estonia and a very active member of the Estonian Wikipedia. I wonder if you'd like to help out with the brand new Estonian Wikiproject. :) Please don't feel pressured - I only wanted to let you know that it's been created at long last.

Have a great day!

Srose (talk) 17:43, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I reverted your talk page

Just leaving you a note to explain why I reverted your talk page: the text I removed was a spurious/vexatious request from User:HotHotSoup, the latest sockpuppet of User:PoolGuy, spamming the talk pages of admins (and a few non-admins), and apparently working alphabetically. Contributions of a banned user may be reverted by anyone, but if you would still like the message to be included here, feel free to revert back. Stifle (talk) 17:40, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Estonia newsletter

You are receiving this notice because of your involvement in Wikipedia:Wikiproject Estonia.

Effort of the Week Update: I just wanted to let everybody know that the Constitution of Estonia, the group effort of the week, is finally finished! :) Of course, additional information would be lovely, if anyone would like to help out. :)

Need Help? If anyone else has an article they've been working on and may want help with, please list it on our project page under "Effort of the Week".

Have a great week, and if you need anything, feel free as always to contact me. :)

Srose (talk) 13:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Estonian

Oh ok, thanks. --Adriaan90 17:24, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about links

Hi Andres, I noticed that you removed a number of links to non-English Wikipedia articles from the Distributary article [1]. The edit summary says "rm inadequate wikilinks". Could you help me to understand what is going on with those links. I see editors add them, then I see editors remove them. I'm just hoping for some understanding of the issues. Sincerely, --BostonMA ^talk 15:01, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Translation proposal

Greetings. Could you, by any chance, look into translating et:1. detsembri ülestõus into "Estonian insurrection of 1924"? I'd very much appreciate it, I would clean up any grammatical errors, and I would add some of my own material. Thank you for your consideration. Biruitorul 01:58, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I started the article Estonian insurrection of 1924. I will continue it later. Andres 05:04, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Good! Take your time. Biruitorul 17:17, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, now I found out that Toomas did the translation but forgot to tell me (I'd asked him a while before). Sorry for perhaps wasting your time, although he did try to keep the text you started when he combined the articles. And thank you once again. Biruitorul 16:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

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