User talk:Flying Saucer

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Flying Saucer, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Again, welcome! --Ghirla -трёп- 10:06, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intermingling languages and ethnic groups

Hello, I'm afraid it's not very wise to put "Hungarian people" into Category:Ugric peoples or Category:Finno-Ugric peoples because it's practically only the language which connects Hungary to the Ugric peoples, nothing else. According to a genetic study by an acclaimed scientist, Endre Czeizel ("Genetics of the Hungarian people", ISBN 963-86336-4-6, in Hungarian), Hungarians have much more genes in common with the neighbouring Slavic and Germanic peoples than with Finno-ugric groups (sorry, I don't remember the exact percentages). This is what I studied at university (ELTE), too, when I studied about the Finno-ugric roots of the Hungarian language; this was the first caveat the teacher said on the very first lesson: distinguishing languages and peoples. So I'd recommend deleting these categories.

On the other hand, I don't have anything against Category:Finno-Ugric world because it may also refer to the language, which is related indeed. Adam78 12:39, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!!!

Thanks for helping me out with the categorization of my Estonian biographical articles. Looking over your contribution history, I see you've done a lot for Estonian articles, and I'd just like to let you know that your assistance in the WikiProject on Estonia would be very much appreciated, if you'd like to join. This month, we're trying to get Estonia to good-article status. If you're interested, please feel free to sign up under the "Participants" header. :) Head aega! (Talk to you soon!) Srose (talk) 13:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help please

Can you verify this translation? NikoSilver 18:20, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Done by User:Antipatros. Thanks anyway and happy new year! :-) NikoSilver 19:07, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Estonia-band-stub

Hi - I see you have recently created a new stub type. As it states at Wikipedia:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Wikipedia, new stub types should be proposed prior to creation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies. It is far from clear that your new stub type would have the 60 stubs usually required for a separate stub type, and as such it may be upmerged into a more effective stub category. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any reason why this stub type should not be proposed for deletion at WP:SFD. And please, in future, propose new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 00:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for this information. I'm sure that in the future I'll follow these instructions first. Flying Saucer 09:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buses WikiProject

I notice that you have edited lists of bus routes recently. You might be interested in helping with the new WikiProject buses, especially the proposed Bus route list guide. We are also working out when a bus route should have its own article and other issues. --NE2 15:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Award for best contributors of WP-Estonia

Could you please take a look at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Estonia#WP-EE_awards_for_best_contributors... an let me know what you think.--Alexia Death 09:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)