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[edit] Hiya

Hiya. Brianski 02:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EU map

I see you changed the map in the EU article to one that is focused on Europe. I disagree with that choice as we already have such a map (and a better one) further down in the article and I believe the map in the infobox should display the EU in a global context like these maps do in country articles. This has been discussed in the talk page: here and here. --Bjarki 01:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Reverted. Didn't see the talk page, and thought it was better. My apologies. Brianski 11:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kasimovian

I noticed that you created the Kasimovian, which was tagged for speedy deletion about an hour after you did so, as it appeared to be empty. Were you planning on adding to this article? If not, please stick the {{db-empty}} tag back on it. Thanks. Tijuana Brass¡Épa! 06:15, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

It took me a minute to get back to it, but I have since added a stub there. Brianski 06:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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Whoops, that was GFDL. Fixed. And yeah, I just responded to a bot. Brianski 18:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arab League, Djibouti and Somalia

This is regarding your comment "Djibouti and Somalia are hardly Arab states." The map in question is of the Arab League; these countries are its members. It is not up to us to decide that they "are hardly Arab states". Thanks. ←Humus sapiens ну? 01:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to my change on Image:Israel_and_Arab_states_map_k.png. The map in question is *NOT* a map of the Arab League - if it were it would include the Comoros as in Image:Map_of_League_of_Arab_States_countries.png, which would further skew the focus of the map and make the critical region harder to see. Djibouti and Somalia both have less than 15% Arab minorities. Furthermore, there has never been significant bad will between Israel and these nations, so including them is misleading on two levels. If you want to change the map's description to say "members of the Arab League and Israel" fine, go for it. In sum, the version of the map with Djibouti and Somalia excluded is more accurate. Brianski 05:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks you for your response, but sorry I am not going to get into this discussion again. Please see Talk:Arab-Israeli_conflict/Archive_6#Should_Iran_be_included?. You'll see that it was I who proposed to include Iran and then agreed not to. You'll find some info on Somalia there also. Let me just say here that, as members of the AL, these countries supported this bloc's policies such as Khartoum Resolution and used their voices at the UN in what they see as their common struggle. Cheers. ←Humus sapiens ну? 09:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
There is clearly no consensus on the talk page, with 2 sides (1 of which appears to be comprised mostly if not exclusively of you). I'm sorry, I don't accept your argument that there was an agreement there just because you object personally. If you don't want to get sucked into the argument again, stop watching this page for changes and move on to somewhere you can be more objective. Brianski 04:19, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I uploaded that image into commons and added a note about it. Sorry if that standard procedure somehow hurt your feelings. In the future please try to focus on the argument and not on the opponent.
You uploaded it to the commons to delete the revision history when its content was being actively debated. That is not "standard procedure". Brianski 17:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Somalia: A failed state, warlords dominate the country, political violence and banditry have been endemic since 1991, no national judicial system, 80 to 90% of the school-age population don't attend school, virtually all females genitally mutilated during childhood [1] but this is what Somalia proclaims at the UN: "...There are those who violate these lofty principles with impunity. Israel is an example in this regard. The continued Israeli occupation of Arab lands, seized by war, denying the Palestinian people their dignity, daily killings of Palestinian children, siege of the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people and calls by Israeli officials for his killing, the suffering and daily humiliations inflicted on the Palestinian people are of great concern to the international community." [2]. AFAIK, Somalia and Djibouti (as all other AL members) participated in all anti-Israel activities dictated by that bloc. I don't see any reason to single out these 2 countries. ←Humus sapiens ну? 09:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what Somalia's internal struggles have to do with your argument, but for the sake of discussion: many countries including many Western European states have condemned Israel for its bombing of civilians in the recent conflict in Lebanon. Does that mean that those states are "Arab" as well? Clearly, to express support for countries at war with Israel does not an Arab country make. Brianski 17:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I really don't agree with your reasoning for the removal of these two countries from the map. These kinds of maps always include Somalia and Djibouti since they are members of the Arab league. While Israel probably has never been too concerned with them, there has long been signifigant ill will towards the Israelis. While the population only includes about 15% of people who identify themselves as Arabic like you stated, the fact is that Arab culture is more dominant and mainstream than any other culture in either of the nations.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 15:48, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

To claim that Arab culture is more dominant than others is quite offensive and flat out wrong. Still there has been no response to my question: if Djibouti and Somalia are included for being members of the Arab league, why not Comoros? Brianski 16:58, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
1) Both these countries are members of the Arab League. 2) Both these countries participate in all anti-Israel initiatives of the Arab League. But there is no reason to crosspost the same discussion. Please see/respond at Talk:Arab-Israeli conflict#Somalia an Arab nation?. ←Humus sapiens ну? 08:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
And yet again, I ask, if Djibouti and Somalia are included for being members of the Arab league, why not Comoros? Somewhere you have to draw a line between countries in the Arab league and countries in the Arab/Israeli conflict. Brianski 11:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Explained at Talk:Arab-Israeli conflict#Somalia an Arab nation?. ←Humus sapiens ну? 19:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Polygamy

I saw you removed the cute (POV) math reference in the trigamy section. While I agree it's not critical, if it is in fact correct I'd vote for inclusion. That being said you also mention it was incorrect but I don't see an explaination in the Talk page. Could you explain why you feel it is incorrect? Thanks --Acq3 08:35, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

It is incorrect because, while there are 3 bonds in this union, only two of them involve the man. The third bond, that between the wives (if indded they have a relationship), could be prosecuted as well, but not against the husband. Think of the relationship as the shape of the letter V, not a triangle. Even if the women have a relationship / are considered to be married as well, any single individual in this triangle still has only two marriages. Or in more mathematical terms, if there are P people (nodes) in a relationship, and every member of the relationship is considered to have a relationship with every other member, there are P*(P-1) two person relationships (edges). However, each individual has only P-1 relationships (each node has only P-1 edges / touches only P-1 other nodes). Brianski 08:53, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
I completely agree with you but it seems the analysis you enumerate is for bigamy but I was referring to the Trigamy section which involves three wives, not two as in your example. I would view the issue more like this: Three bonds Man (M) to Wife 1 (A), Man to Wife 2 (B) and Man to wife 3 (C). Thus the man could be charged with three counts of bigamy: MAB, MBC, and MCA. your thoughts? -- Acq3 15:31, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
You're right, brainfart on my part. Still think the bit should be nuked tho, it's not really relevant. Brianski 16:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World map

Just a note that I created Image:BlankMap-World6.svg based on your Image:BlankMap-World3.svg, and fixed some of the errors that you mentioned were in your original. I would be honoured if you could have a look at my creation and let me know your thoughts on my talk page. --Canuckguy 18:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Looks great, thanks for your help! Brianski 08:44, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blank world map & neutrality

Hi! I was going through your great world maps. Quite a bit of an effort. I noticed that the Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh regions of India+Pakistan/China needs to be accurately updated to reflect the neutral point of view. Image:India-locator-map-blank.svg might help you in making the necessary changes. If you have any queries, don't hesitate to ask :) Thanks for your time. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your input - the effort I put in to the maps was mostly programming - stripping the data we didn't need out of other sources and combining that with other data we needed. I put very little effort into trying to ensure the data was up to date and NPOV, however, User:Canuckguy did, and has addressed this particular problem as of about 2 weeks ago. You can see his version at Image:BlankMap-World6.svg, and please do use it! Brianski 10:18, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply, I've posted a note on his talk mentioning the need for an update. As soon as that is done, and a stable filename is created, I'll get to using it for various articles. Any chance of getting svg locator maps for the country infoboxes too? Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Star

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For massive contributions towards the first functional .svg map. +Hexagon1 (t) 06:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
I've initially awarded a star to Canuckguy for the map, but now I see a massive portion of that map was yours, so here's some recognition for your work. Canuckguy gets to keep his star as his edits finally made the map usable, but he couldn't have done it without your foundations. So, thanks! And keep them vector maps coming! +Hexagon1 (t) 06:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll admit part of me was annoyed for a moment on seeing someone else getting accolades ;) But Canuckguy did some great work too, and I'm happy to share credit, especially if it helps others use SVG! Cheers... Brianski 06:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slovenia/Slavonia Disambiguation

Hi, Brianski! I posted a comment about your recently added disambiguation in the Slovenia article. Since I'm interested in what you have to say, I'd like to invite you to post your views there.WorldWide Update 08:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kaszubs

Hello, I am quite sorry to bother you with this -- but the Kaszub ethnic group of Poland is most certainly not located in the "northeast" of the country. Their historic and (more or less) current area is to the northwest and west of Gdansk/Gdynia, two cities in the northern middle of Poland, on the Baltic. Cheers.longlivefolkmusic 08:13, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Well I made my change based on what I saw in the map, which clearly shows the Kassubs in NE Poland. Perhaps that map (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Slavic_languages.jpg)

is wrong? If you think so please let me know, and I'll be happy to make an appropriate changes... Brianski 15:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

It seems like the map had been on a bad revision. Brianski 15:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
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