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[edit] Welcome & User page

First off,

Welcome!

Hello, Mallerd, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! 

About your post on ny talk: The Netherlands have changed in the last couple of years and not for the better. Still I feel committed to the Dutch tradition of openness and tolerance. I'll try to find the music you advised me, but they don't even have a wiki, why not start one? C mon 15:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] da

Do we know anything about the style of war? did they use primarily axes and went berserk or what? Mallerd 19:22, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

They used sticks and stones (for the poorer part of the warriors) and bone-, flint-, or iron-tipped spears for both throwing from a distance and stabbing in combat. The richest few may have had swords and pieces of iron armor (this being more common towards the beginning of the middle ages). Probably all had shields made of wood and leather. Axes probably weren't used much untill the fourth century, when they became popular as throwing weapons. Later on they were used more and more as melee weapons untill in the viking age it was a popular weapon for the poorer Scandinavians. If you're interested in the subject: M.P. Speidel, Ancient Germanic warrior styles (London 2004). A routledge book. Krastain 12:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! All I heard was as far as I knew only fantasy. Mallerd 15:27, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Claude Speed

Kid is what Claude is commonly referred to as by several characters during the game. Kenji, on the other hand, says: "My sister speaks highly of you, though I am yet to be convinced that a gaijin can offer anything but disappointment." The point here is that Kenji is describing him as a gaijin, as opposed to actually calling him gaijin; the other characters call him "kid" rather than describe him as "a kid". Ray Machowski also refers to Claude as an errand boy, but you wouldn't say "Claude is also known as Errand Boy" now, would you? Dbam Talk/Contributions 16:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

I suppose it would be, so long as they were calling him gaijin, and not a gaijin (eg. "How are yah doing, gaijin?" or "You did good back there gaijin, real good." etc...) Dbam Talk/Contributions 17:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dealing with vandalism

I gave them a notice, at Wikipedia:Vandalism you can find a series of templates you can use to warn vandalizing editors. Happy editing! C mon 15:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyrus

Simply put, every single article about every ruler of every country would have to have "[Blah] was its capital." It is completely irrelevant. However, Cyrus expanded his empire until it became the largest the world had seen up to that point -- which is something worth mentioning. Look at the articles for other expansionist rulers; it'll say something about the extent of their empires. By the way, the capital was not Persepolis during Cyrus' time. It was Pasargadae, and even then, it wasn't the capital from the very beginning of his reign, so we would have to go into details about that. ♠ SG →Talk 18:50, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

You are not the only user who wanted to add the capital information to the article, though. Pasargadae is notable because Cyrus ordered it to be built during his time, but I still don't think it needs to be in the introduction (it didn't remain as the capital for very long). I've been meaning to write a new section about his building projects, but I haven't had the time to search for sources. It's been a little difficult to find them, as most sources talk about Darius' constructions instead. ♠ SG →Talk 09:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes

De userboxen zelf zet ik liever niet op je gebruikerspagina, ik geef je liever de code. Jij kan die dan kopiëren naar je eigen gebruikerspagina. Misschien een beetje omslachtig, maar het lijkt me wel iets beter.
Goed, de codes staan hier tussen nowikis. Om ze op je gebruikerspagina te kunnen zetten moet je de nowiki-tags ff weghalen.

<div style="float: left; border: 1px solid deepskyblue; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: white;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: deepskyblue; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" | '''[[Image:Flag of Israel.svg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em;" | This user does not believe in a '''[[two-state solution]]''' to the [[Israel]]i-[[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict|Conflict]]. | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: lightgreen; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" | '''[[Image:Flag of Palestine.svg|40px]]''' |}</div>

<div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: crimson;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: darkred; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Corona reial nua segons la Generalitat Valenciana.svg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user supports '''monarchism'''. |}</div>

<div style="float: left; border:solid white 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: red;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Flag of West Papua.svg|40px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user opposes the [[Free Papua Movement|independence]] of '''[[Western New Guinea|West Papua]] ([[Republic of West Papua|RWP]])'''. |}</div>

<div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''...''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | This user would like to know '''all existing languages'''. |}</div>

Wil je ze in rijen van vier hebben, zoals ik op User:Aecis/Userboxes heb gedaan, dan kan je dat doen met <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>. Bij <tr> begint de rij, tussen <td> en </td> plaats je de code van een userbox, beginnend met div style= en eindigend met /div. </tr> sluit de rij af.

Ik heb hier gewoon mijn eigen userboxen gekopieerd, en alleen de tekst aangepast zoals je gevraagd had. Bij supports monarchism heb ik de link weggehaald, want die kan natuurlijk niet linken naar republicanism. Mocht je een afbeelding willen veranderen, dan kan je dat natuurlijk gerust doen. Mocht je zelf een compleet andere userbox willen ontwerpen, dan kan je altijd ff kijken op Wikipedia:Userboxes#Constructing a userbox. En heb je verder nog vragen, stel ze gerust. AecisBrievenbus 22:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Ik heb ook ff <br> aan het eind van elke code toegevoegd, om het wat leesbaar te houden. Die moet je dus ook ff weghalen, net als de nowiki's. AecisBrievenbus 22:56, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

It sees out of place in the premise section. How about moving it to the influnces zection instead, the reason I removed it was because it dodn't fit in with the flow of that paragraph. The Placebo Effect 23:39, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the help. Cheers, ·:· Will Beback ·:· 18:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moroccan Arabic

here it goes → عيدكم مبارك. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 16:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC) Stop this elephantastic guys supportng blue power and all the olds people on Near East. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.32.82.253 (talk) 13:54, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Geert

Hi there: Simply delete {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. BW -- Avb 15:22, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

It looks OK to me. When you're previewing a section you're editing, references may show up incorrectly but once saved, the page will be all right. Does that explain the problem? Avb 18:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rome: Total War

Um, which changes are you referring to? I only made one edit and you changed it. SirBob42 04:07, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply: Rome: Total War

To revert multiple edits at once, you have to click on the green bullets next to the two edits that contain the vandalized context and then click on the upper button that says "Compare selected versions". Once you have done all that, Wikipedia will be able to allow you to undo those edits. Hope this helps! WinterSpw 23:41, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] amico, amica & amici

Hello, could you please add pronunciation to these "friend" articles? I don't know when it is k and ch in Italian. Mallerd 20:39, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I added the pronunciations. It is "k" before a-o-u, and "ch" before e-i. In order to get the "k" sound before e-i, you have to write it with an "h": che (ke), chi (ki). To get a "ch" sound before a-o-u, you have to write it with an "i": cia (cha), cio (cho), ciu (chu). —Stephen 20:56, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much :D Mallerd 21:00, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maegashira

There's no indication that the DJ is notable per WP:BIO, WP:N, or WP:MUSIC; indeed no article was even attempted to be written; hence, vanity. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 16:36, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arabic

Hi, are the differences between Maghreb Arabic and 'normal'/standard Arabic so big that a Moroccan can't understand a standard Arabic speaker? Thanks if you know Mallerd 18:49, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

In fact, it is quite the opposite. It is not an easy task for Arabic speakers (except speakers from the Maghreb) to understand Moroccan Darija. Moroccan Darija, as well as Algerian and Tunisian, includes many non-Arabic words (Berber, French and sometimes Spanish) hence the difficulty for non-Maghrebians to understand it fully. On the other hand, Classical Arabic is taught in all Maghreb countries' schools. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 20:10, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dutch Empire

I'm not an expert on the East Indies. In the West Indies, where I live, the Dutch enslaved the population directly, without any intervening nobles, and most of the population had reasonably frequent interaction with the Dutch.Kww (talk) 19:42, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE Hattat Aziz Efendi

As you can see, this article does not have much information. Since I know you are interested in Islamic subjects, do you know more about this man? If so, you could improve the article. Mallerd (talk) 20:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately no. I've just left a note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Turkey. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 16:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RTW

I've noticed that usually the force the captain commands has to be outnumbered by the rebels numerically and be on par with them technologically. You can tell this if the case if the AI feels confident enough to attack you first although sometimes they will sit for just a little bit before rushing. If they stay put despite all the damage they're taking even if it were better for them to charge it's usually because your army has a technological edge even though it's outnumbered. E.g. 1 archer auxilia vs. 3 peasant units. What you then need to do is destroy the rebel force through smart maneuvering and tactics rather than by fighting them straight on. Missile units are great for this because they can use hit and run tactics without sustaining casualties. You do have to be careful though of getting outflanked because the rebel force like I said usually outnumbers you. The captain obviously also has to survive. These conditions aren't a guarantee for sure, but it seems to increase the captain's chances of adoption. I.e. he is a talented commander because he defeated a superior force with an inferior one. However you don't want to be too weak either because winning becomes nearly impossible and your army will just get chased around the map. For some reason when I tried this out with the Dacians, my adoption rate seemed to jump vs. than with upgraded Romans. --BrokenSphereMsg me 02:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure when the bodyguard unit gets upgraded as it's only happened to me a few times. Maybe the general needs to get more combat experience? The general threshold I've noticed for regular units to get a chevron is ~100 kills. --BrokenSphereMsg me 17:27, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dommel & Semaphore

See Talk:Semaphore#Dommel. Perhaps you'll contribute to Cubitus, besonders wenn du Deutsch besser als ich verstehst.
--Jerzy•t 05:34, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Wikipedia:Userboxes#Using_existing_userboxes. -Babelious 03:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Express what you like, rather than what you don't like.
Nonsense, what you do like can be inflammatory as well, such as "I am a homosexual person", I leave my userboxes since Wikipedia policy is not OK on this subject. Mallerd (talk) 12:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changes to Spain

Yea, I understood what you meant by it being a barbarian faction and agree, and the was you edited now clearly shows that the Spanish are a very different barbarian faction with major Carthaginian influence —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.114.42.109 (talk) 20:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Greekroman.JPG)

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[edit] Image:Gates (comics).jpg

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[edit] Gladiator movie

I served with the US Army in Iraq and in one time I was watching the movie with Iraqi intepretor working with us , he said that there is alot of arabic sentences in the movie .. and since I read your post in the Gladiator film discussion page I wanted to tell you this : the man who shout before the first battle of the Gladiators in Africa was saying : - Prepare your selves for war - in Arabic , ironicly he should said : Prepare your selves for battle.

--Blain Toddi (talk) 19:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rome: Total War protection

Hi there Mallerd. I protect it in steadily increasing increments because at its core, Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that everybody can edit. The page is not under vandalism in the true sense of the word, ie obscenities, it is a subtle form of vandalism. I am hoping that the protection will force the IP to reconsider their actions, but it would be unfair to block out all editors for a long period of time. Hope this clears it up. Woody (talk) 21:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hebrew from the other side

If you're still curious: Talk:Hebrew language#Other side. Dan Pelleg (talk) 15:56, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other side

I heard that Hebrew means from the other side, other side referring to the other side of the Euphrates. But I don't understand from which side one must look, the mediterranean side or the Iranian side if you will. Can someone help me? Mallerd 16:46, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, in which language? the Hebrew word for hebrew, Ivrit,does not mean from the other side in hebrew. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.107.53.54 (talk) 16:27, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

The Hebrew name for Hebrew, "Ivrit", is derived from "Ivrim" (the Hebrew word for "Israelites") meaning simply "the language of the Israelites". Neither word means "side". However, both of these words are constructed from the root consonants ע (/ʕ/,), ב (/v/) and ר (/r/). This means that they may be etymologically related to words such as /ever/ ("side"), /ma'avar/ ("passage"), /avar/ ("to pass", v.i. or "to go over"), /he'evir/ ("to pass", v.t.) and others. As far as I remember, it is traditionally said that the Israelites' name "Ivrim" was given to them because they entered the promised land of Israel by crossing, e.i. passing over the Jordan River. Dan Pelleg (talk) 15:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanation :) it is a shame that I can't remember where I've heard it :( I'll put it in wiktionary :) Mallerd (talk) 18:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] maltese language

from a linguist to a fellow linguist (although I might like to add that I am nowhere near as advanced as you) ;) ... I would like you to help out with an ongoing longterm discussion that keeps recurring at maltese language about the origins of the language. POV pushers keep pushing it to be classified as Arabic, which I am certain is not true. Hope you can help, thanks. 78.145.1.62 (talk) 11:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: A priori

Some support for the claim that "bachelors are male" is a priori:

  • You can know it just by thinking about the concepts of 'bachelor' and 'male'.
  • You don't have to look in the world to observe bachelors to figure it out.
  • It's analytic. There's a common view that all analytic propositions are a priori.

–Pomte 20:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Malibufles.JPG

See commons:Commons:Derivative works. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:06, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Companies hold copyrights to labels so it's mean that you don't own all copyrights required for free licenses. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 02:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] M2TW

Hey, can you tell me what red banners mean if I shoot troops with Greek firethrowers? Or green banners if I throw dead cow corpses on troops with a trebuchet? Thanks Mallerd 08:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, The red banners means the unit takes periodic damage, i dont know the exact amount but if you look carefully a few will drop dead eventually, also (obviously perhaps) its a massive morale reduction The Green banners are mostly a morale decrease, but i heard somewhere that theres a reduction in attack and defense --Roy34543 19:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much Mallerd (talk) 20:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Horned Helmets

Greetings, I noticed you made a post to the Teutonic Knights page in December and I figured I'd try to offer a suggested response, if you haven't already gotten one. However, my remarks are conditional on the basis that you are misidentifying Teutons with Vikings, as it is a very common stereotype to depict Vikings as having horned helmets. The horned helmets of Vikings is completely unhistorical, as archaeological evidence shows. There is some very slight evidence to possibly support a claim that horned helmets were used for religious rituals, but nothing more. The reasons why horned helmets would be undesirable are rather obvious: first, they add extra, unnecessary weight--always something to be avoided in combat; second, they would impede not only your own motion (as you would invariably hit the horns on your helmet during combat-related actions, thus causing all sorts of problems; and third, it could cause significant problems for your allies in close proximity, who would be at best be disrupted by the moving of the horns in combat, and at worst injured by them. Why so many depictions of them? I'm not sure I have the exact answer, but as you pointed out, it does "make them look tough." When I was in Denmark last spring, my tour guide at a museum said that it was a type of historical revisionism done in Denmark when nationalism and morale were very low; they looked to a time "when Denmark mattered on the world-stage" and that was during the Viking Age. Thus, they glorified it and altered it, resulting in depictions of horned helmets that have no basis in reality. Well, I'm really hoping you have the Teutons confused with Vikings, or else I've just wasted a lot of your time, but hopefully this material will be interesting to you, if not illuminating. Best, Vincent Valentine 04:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah, your picture has helped illuminate things for me. As far as I am aware those types of helmets could be used for processional types of celebrations, or for jousting. When one is jousting, they pretty much let the horse do the work and only need to steady and aim the lance, so it is possible to wear them in those types of situations. I am not certain though, but I agree with you that they do look really cool and intimidating. Vincent Valentine 10:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sassanid Empire infobox

I don't know where you want that bit of information to be placed on the template. I've unprotected the template now, so you can make the appropriate changes yourself. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 03:58, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Zoroaster

We have no definite information abut where and when he was born. Did you read the article? Paul B (talk) 22:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

If you read it you must know that there is no reliable historical information at all about the date or location of Zoroaster's birth. Myths and traditions are not facts. Paul B (talk) 23:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
There are references to lots of places [1]. Paul B (talk) 23:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Then write an article about Clorumia. No one s stopping you. Paul B (talk) 23:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Moroccan Arabic

Salaam, as you can see on my userpage an anonymous user has added some statement behind your reply. Do you have any idea what it means or who the user is? Thanks Mallerd (talk) 13:50, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes :) He is an active user at es.wiki where he was blocked indefinitely with a message at his userpage stating that "Este usuario ha sido expulsado de Wikipedia en español." On the fr.wiki you could find an indef block notice on his talk page stating that "Compte bloqué indéfiniment pour contournement de blocage et vandalismes systématiques."
Well, this guy is the only Spanish user whose sole mission is to remove all references to Morocco as being a country with a long history where many dynasties have governed. He believes that the country is new (1956) and forgets to argue about the same when it comes to History of Italy and History of Spain itself. He confuses the territory with the notion of the State.
In fact, he is not disrupting a lot since he comes here once a month or so. Everytime he comes back he gets himself reverted by someone (in many occasions by respected Spanish users here) but the blame is always on me according to him. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 16:43, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah, I understand now ;) thanks for explaining Fayssal Mallerd (talk) 16:54, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] That's enough from you.

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to User talk:HalfShadow. Your edits appeared to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. HalfShadow 00:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Get the fuck off you mogool, I placed a fucking question why the hell do you revert? Then I ask why the fuck you were reverting. you did not answer at all, vuile neus.

Please do not attack other editors. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. HalfShadow 00:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I am not attacking a user in any way! Now you listen, stop reverting and warning me, you know you are making this shit up man Mallerd (talk) 00:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, well unfortunately for you, I can translate: 'kankerjood' translates into english as 'cancerous jew', 'mogool' means 'retard' and vuile neus roughly translates as 'snot-nose'. HalfShadow 00:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, you should read usage notes my friend, lots of people don't see kanker as an insult, it is an intensifier. Same as mogool, you can't literally translate such words. Especially when you don't know with what kind of person you are dealing with. Besides you referred me to the Blocking policy, where it said you shouldn't block users to cool down, something which you implied with your title "That's enough from you". Stop this power abuse, it is nonsense and bullshit! You started reverting me for NO reason at all. Mallerd (talk) 00:37, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Forms of government

Is that the one you're asking about? I'm not sure I've done any major work with it. Fishal (talk) 20:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re:Screenshots from Warcraft

It saves them as .tga (Targa) files, am I right? I just use a freeware program called IrFanView to resize them to 640x480 and reformat to .png. It's a great little program, you can download it here, though you might need to get a plugin too in case it won't view certain things. As for the Night Elf campaign, I'm not there yet (I don't spend as much time gaming as I used to). Anyway, Irfanview or another similar program should be able to solve your problem (but I recommend Irfanview as it's not only free but very easy to use). Hope this helps, FusionMix 18:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Glad to be of help! Cheers, FusionMix 12:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)