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If you want to use IPA without getting the boxes, use the Template for IPA. That is, type {{IPA| then the transcription, and then close it with two }'s. Just thought I'd help you out a bit since you mentioned you didn't know how to do so. AEuSoes1 06:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Cross-Wiki Question

Is the first link in the Russian Wikipedia article pro-violent jihad? I don't want the CIA to come after me for clicking on it. If it is, it should probably be removed there. BirdValiant 02:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

And what about the second one (of only two)? Clicking around I'd say it looks like a weird Islamist web spam trap... Unfortunately my two or three russian words won't help me much when edit warring, so let's hope bad ol' FSB get's them one day. --Джихад? нет товарищ! 03:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Russian

The source that I have, The Phonetics of Russian, states that /o/ between palatalized consonants is a central vowel. The weird thing is, though, that the authors use <ö> which looks like an umlaut (which would indicate full fronting in systems other than the IPA). I believe that whoever edited the Russian phonology page may have used this same source and thought it was a front vowel. Thus, as far as I can tell it is [ɵ] Eventually, once I finish reading the book, I will ask Kwami to help me edit the Russian phonology page since he's got a copy of a more recent book on Russian phonology. Thus it will have actual sourcing and more accurate data. AEuSoes1 00:40, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wheel of fortune

I suppose the russian version should not be mentioned unless it is verified 13:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


Hello, I've just created an article Pole_Chudes for your consideration. I'm sorry if I've done something wrong, cause I'm still a novice, and please forgive my poor English%)) Anyway the variant should be added to Wheel_of_Fortune_in_different_countries Posse 11:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

ok Ive updated the map (and also added past broadcasts listed in the article) --Astrokey44 09:03, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

you have to clear your browser's cache (hold shift and press refresh in firefox). Regards, --Astrokey44 03:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anonimous Vandal

The correct procedure is to give the vandal a warning or two using a template from {{subst:test1}} to {{subst:test4}} (test1 - the politest, test4 - the last warning), then report the matter to WP:AIV.

The user can be from a shared IP and was not warned for a month, but he seems to be a repeated vandal, so I gave him test4 - the last warning. At the next vandalous act an admin would block the IP.

Thanks for acting ob vandalism. Some people think that we absurdly polite and lenient to vandal, but the system seems to work abakharev 14:36, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What should I do If one of my articles requires copy editing?

Hello BirdValiant, first of all thank you for all your work done for Pole Chudes article, it looks much better now.

I have another article, namely Dmitriy Puchkov which requires copy editing, the problem is I am not much in copy editing yet%)) What I am supposed to do to attract people, like you, for further improvement of such articles?

Thanks again.

Posse 20:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Many thanks for helping fend off the vandals while Gregorian chant was on the main page. I wasn't prepared for the level of vandalism. It's heartening to know how efficient and diligent you WP admins and editors are to revert it! Peirigill 07:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

"I just saw that it was vandalized at the right time ... so I just reverted it." My point exactly.  :-) Peirigill 07:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Views on U.S. Currency

I just read your post on Blogspot at [1], and let me just say, your views are pretty much the same as me. While in Europe, I (and my friends) realized just how crappy our system of currency is, and since then I've been hoping for some change. Ideally, the currency would have many of the suggestions you made, but still have national individuality, and shouldn't be exactly like the Euro. After all, we're all the way across the pond. BirdValiant 03:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your support. My blog is still at its infant stage, so I need to understand where my readers come from. Can I ask you how you found out about it? Thanks. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 05:40, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Activity of Po-210 vs Ra-226

FYI, I undid your edit of Polonium from March 31, 2007; see Talk:Polonium#Inaccuracy?. I believe the original figure was essentially correct, due to the different atomic masses of the two nuclides. You are, of course, welcome to double-check my math. Hqb 11:37, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Germany Invitation

Hello, BirdValiant! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be.

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 01:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)