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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Mohonu, 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!  --Oblivious 09:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:question on images

Hello oblivious. I am glad that you are welcoming me. Please frogive me my ignorance but I would like to know how to place an image (a small picture file) in an article. I am not getting any wiser with the helps. There seems to be no simple way. Thank you againMohonu 12:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

No Mohonu, it is simpler. Let me break it down for you
  1. You upload an image
    • Once you are done uploading, the image can be seen from Image Page - this isnt actual image, its a page - e.g. This image
  2. Edit an article (or you can test it in your own sandbox) and place the image with Image Syntax
  3. Do a preview before saving and if placing and appearence is as desired, save the page
Let me show you some image syntax here.
Image syntax What it does ...and finally how it looks
[[Image:Maliku.jpg]] This will place the image as it is, without any caption, any resizing Image:Maliku.jpg
[[Image:Maliku.jpg|thumb]] This resizes the image to default thumbnail size
[[Image:Maliku.jpg|thumb|left]] This resizes the image to default thumbnail size AND aligns the image to the left
[[Image:Maliku.jpg|thumb|center|300px|This is image caption]] This resizes the image to default thumbnail size, aligns the image to center AND gives a caption to the image
This is image caption
This is image caption
You can find Extended image syntax here
Hope this helps. --Oblivious 15:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Seenu/ Addu

Thanks for your comments. I would not have been so confused if I had found a link or a comment on the amended page - perhaps I missed them? Anyway, the info is interesting and the reversion to "Addu" is tidier from an WWII historical point of view. I had thought that the naval base warranted a page to itself, as it is so separate. Folks at 137 17:42, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alihuraskandu

How wonderful to get an answer to this after so long! Amazing. Thank you. · rodii · 00:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peros Banhos

Hi Mohunu, I like your map Peros banhos.PNG. Would you consider adding some information to it: to draw a dashed line from the east point of Île Fouquet to the east point of Moresby Island, and marking the area east of it as "Peros Banhos Atoll Strict Nature Reserve". Thank you.--Ratzer 08:02, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I haven't seen it on a map either, but the description talks about a straight line between the easternmost points of those islands (which I understand as neither cutting through the islands nor even one feet east of any island, just touching them).--Ratzer 09:05, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, the Strict Nature Reserves are explained here:[1]. I will look through that document to see what I can take from there.--Ratzer 11:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Maps disappeared

Hello Oblivious. I have noticed that some maps of the atolls of the Maldives have disappeared. For example Kaafu Atoll. Something seems to be wrong.Mohonu 07:00, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

This image is being called from commons (its not physically located under en.wikipedia.org) and there appears to be a technical problem displaying them (the ones at commons) here. See wikipage of the image Image:Kaafu_Atoll.jpg --Oblivious 13:54, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, my mistake. There was a call to png image when it really was a jpg and since there wasnt a png file with this name in either wikipedia or commons, mediawiki (wikipedia software) generated this error --Oblivious 13:58, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chagos map.PNG: unnamed Bank?

Hi there. Can you provide a source of the unnamed bank on the map, in the very north of the archipelago (north of Colvo Reef, northeast of Speakers reef). The Indian Ocean Pilot [2] says on page 104 that Speakers Bank is the farthest north of banks in the archipelago.--Ratzer 14:37, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Ithaa

Oblivious, I have a question about the whole Ithaa restaurant article. Is it OK in Wikipedia to promote a certain restaurant? It looks like an advertisement to me and its presence dubious in an Encyclopedia. I might be wrong though. That is why I am asking you.Mohonu 15:59, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Usually such articles are considered advertisement unless there is something notable about the place in question. In Ithaa's case it is notable for encyclopedia because it is the first of its kinds — first underwater restaurant. --Oblivious 14:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maldivian numbers

Hello there. I am trying to find Maldivian numbers written in Thanna script. I've searched the net but can only find transliterations. What I want is the numbers written in the actual grammar of Thanna. So, 'one' is 'ekeh', but how is this written using the letters of Thanna ? Thanks in advance. MP (talk) 09:10, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What's with all the anti-americanism tags?

I thought you might be a vandal because you are tagging stuff which is dubious. Please make sure the cat is appropriate to the article and that you're not trying to make a point. <<-armon->> 10:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Edit summaries

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. Most, if not all, of your recent edits lack summaries. See WP:ES for more information. Argos'Dad 20:45, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nordensjold Archipelago

I tagged one of the articles with the "Merge" tag. If you feel like it, you can merge them yourself, just make sure people agree on the spelling of the name. Happy editing! KNewman 05:26, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, Mohonu! I've made redirects to Nordenskiöld Archipelago, just like you suggested. Why are you interested in this topic (I mean, Kara Sea and its islands etc.)? Where are you from yourself? Just want to get acquainted with you. KNewman 18:15, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Sibiryakow Island

Hi Mohonu, nice work on many articles about islands. I have a couple of minor questions. First, is there a particular reason to go with the German-style romanization Sibiryakow instead of the more usual Sibiryakov? Second, I get zero hits on Google searching for Oстрова фaддея, even without quotes. Is it really so minor that there's nothing about the islands on the web in Russian? Do you have Russian-language sources? Thanks. --Reuben 20:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

If Britannica uses Sibiryakow, it's well enough established that we can keep it as is. I don't doubt your info about the Faddeya Islands, I was just quite surprised and wonder if perhaps there could be another name. --Reuben 06:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Got it! A Latin "a" had snuck into the Russian name. Fixed. :-) Now there are lots of hits in Russian. --Reuben 06:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Komsomolsky Pravdy Islands

should be either Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands or Komsomolskoy Pravdy Islands (i.e. dropping or preserving the Russian genitive). Any objection if I move to Komsomolskoy Pravdy Islands? --Reuben 21:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Moved + redirects. Thanks. --Reuben 06:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Mohonu and Reuben, I am afraid we have to do another redirect based on this - [3]. KNewman 18:56, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't think most of the Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands hits are about these islands. There are lots of pages that mention Komsomolskaya Pravda and islands, and only a very few that are actually talking about the Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands. Komsomolskoy Pravdy Islands seems to be the most common, and as far as I can tell, Komsomolsky Pravdy is just a misspelling. --Reuben 21:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Voronin

Got the dates. The birth place is given as "Sumsky Posad," which might or might not be is not Sumy, now in the Ukraine. --Reuben 17:06, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I had assumed you were a Russian speaker based on the articles you created! My Russian is only intermediate, but I can find + translate articles you have a need for. --Reuben 18:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zhelonskyy Islands

Nothing for Zhelonsky, but they could be the Shelonsky Islands: group of islands located in the east of the Yansky Gulf of the Laptev Sea. [4]. I find some hits under "Shelonskiye Islands." --Reuben 19:06, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm surprised; I do find some hits for "Shelonskiye Islands". Nothing very detailed, but there are at least map + lat + long and extreme amateur radio operator lists. --Reuben 00:26, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
All I was able to glean is that the main Shelonsky Islands are Vostochny (=eastern) and Zapadny (=western). Makar and others seem to be nearby but not included within the Shelonsky Islands. This page mentions Makar [5] and indicates that it's marshy. This map [6] has a locator dot for Makar, and Vostochy Shelonsky is the island just S and slightly E of it. This site [7] has a few Makar pictures. --Reuben 18:22, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nordvik

Dumping links for now:

  • [8] description of 1990 tourist/research trip, mentions camp closed in mid 1940's when Americans arrived in Nordvik (presumably war related?)
  • [9] notes from same trip, mentions settlement closed in 1956, prison camp closed mid 1940's, worked by internal deportees rather than prisoners after camp closure
  • [10] newspaper article about same expedition
  • Lots of pages confirm there was a camp

--Reuben 20:23, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wiese/Vize

I always use native foreign names rather than their back-transliterations from Russian. If you're certain that "Vize" is a more common form, feel free to rename the page. --Ghirla-трёп- 21:04, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yerminia Zhdanko

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[edit] Ob islands

They're in the Gulf of Ob, near the mouth of the river and far from the open sea, but just above the Arctic Circle. There's a nature reserve that includes some of the islands. Documents here [11], map of the islands you asked about here [12]. Actually, the Arctic Circle passes right through Narechi Island around longitude 71.5 E. --Reuben 08:54, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

This lies in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. --Reuben 08:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Wetland reserve listed under Ramsar sites in Russia, info site here. --Reuben 09:21, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
According to the official name of the wetlands preserve, these islands are in the Gulf of Ob of the Kara Sea. Very nice map, by the way. I agree they are a bit out of place in the Kara Sea article, but how about this: describe the islands in Gulf of Ob, and then add a brief description of the Gulf of Ob to Kara Sea, including a mention of islands. --Reuben 19:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Firnley & Geiberg islands

Random finds... here's a description in English: [13], see pg. 30: "From the west the Geiberg Islands are covering the entrance to the Vilkitski Strait from the east – the Firnleya Islands. The coasts are covered with tundra vegetation and stony scattering. On the north and the south they are raised above the sea level, but the northern coast is mainly higher then the south. The rivers, which are flowing into the Strait, became shallow to the beginning of the navigation and aren’t significant." There's a description of sightings of wolves and other wild animals on Geiberg. [14] A polar meteorological station was established on Geiberg in 1940 to aid navigation of the northern sea route [15]. A first-person account of the Taymyr's voyage in 1938, including a bear hunt and snow blindness on Geiberg Islands: [16]. An account of a ski expedition in 1994 mentions that the polar station is abandoned, with millions of rubles of equipment still there: [17]. Variant Romanizations are Firnley, Firnleya, Geyberg, Geyberga, Geiberg, Geiberga. --Reuben 19:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Island names etc.

Hi Mohonu, I'm not editing Wikipedia articles myself right now, but I'm sure your work will be top-notch when you get back after the weekend. Good question about the names. If you haven't seen it already, you'll probably be very happy to learn that Nansen's book is online at Google Books: [18]. There are even a few pictures! Most of the island names can be easily understood if you read the list of financial backers for the expedition at the beginning of Chapter 2. Consul Axel Heiberg is #1 on the list of private individuals. Also listed are Mr. Thos. Fearnley, merchant; and Messrs. Ringnes & Co, brewers. There are no occurrences of "Mona" in the book! Based on this site [19] the Mona Islands were also named by the Nansen expedition, but I can't explain the name. Nansen doesn't seem to have married... --Reuben 06:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Axel Heiberg also has a Canadian island and an Antarctic glacier to his name. He was associated with the Ringnes brewery, and Amund Ringnes and Ellef Ringnes also have Canadian islands named for them: Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island. The Canadian islands are so named because the brewers financed Sverdrup too. --Reuben 07:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
It turns out Nansen did marry, it's just not mentioned in our article for some reason. His wife was Eva Sars. Interesting bio in another online book here [20].--Reuben 23:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mona Island

Hi there, Mohunu! I did some research, and you know what's funny? Most of the articles in Russian Google refer to Mona, Puerto Rico, an island in the Carribbean :). Your guess about Mona being a female name was a bit off course, although there is such a name. My guess would be that the island is named after some gentleman, whose last name was Mon (Mona is a genetive case, meaning "island of Mon"). Now we have to find out who that Mon was. I enjoy reading your articles about the Kara Sea islands, so keep up the good work and let me know if you need any help! Take care. KNewman 17:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I got it! Here's what I found: "HENRIK MOHN (1835-1916), Norwegian meteorologist, was born at Bergen May 15 1835, his family being of German origin. He was educated at the Cathedral school, Bergen, and afterwards entered the university of Christiania, where he took his doctor's degree in 1852. In 1861 he became an observer at the Christiania observatory, in 1866 was elected professor of meteor- ology at Christiania University, and in 1866 was appointed. director of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, which he was largely instrumental in founding. He retained this post until 1913. Mohn's meteorological researches were of the highest: importance. His Etudes sur les mouvements de l'atmosphere, written in collaboration with the mathematician Goldberg (1876-8), is a work of great value for the study of the dynamics of the atmosphere, and the authors continued their researches on the subject in various papers contributed to the Zeitschrift der Oest. Meteor. Gesell. (1877-8). Mohn did much work on the subject of storms, publishing storm maps of the Atlantic (1870-1;1, and he also carried out researches (1876-8) on the meteorology and oceanography of the northern Atlantic. He worked ou t and published the meteorological observations of various polar expeditions, including those of Nansen in the " Fram " (1893-6), the second " Fram " expedition (1898-1902), and Amundsen's south polar journey (1910-2), some of his papers appearing as supplements to Petermann's Mitteilungen. He also published many articles on the climate of Norway and conducted investigations into the use of the hypsometer, which are of great importance for the study of the physics of the earth. Besides the works mentioned above, he produced Grundziige der Meteorologic, which has gone through numerous enlarged editions since its first appearance in 1872 as a small text-book. Mohn was a member of many foreign scientific societies, and was senior hon. member of the Royal Meteorological Society of London, having been elected in 1874. He died at Christiania Sept. 12 1916."

This comes from 1911 Britannica, so it's weird we don't have an article on this gentleman. So this is the guy the island is named after. Too bad the article doesn't say who named the island after him. It's gotta be the Russians :). KNewman 17:35, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Me again :). There's an article about Henrik Mohn in Norwegian Wikipedia, if that helps you any. KNewman 17:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Good find! It was surely the Norwegian Nansen who named the islands. Here's an article by Nansen using the spelling "Mohn's Islands" in the Geographical Journal (1897): [21], see second page. --Reuben 17:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
And I guess we have to rename the article into Mohn Islands, since they're named after Henrik Mohn. KNewman 16:53, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Firnley & Mona

The article by Nansen was visible a few days ago... I may have been on a university network with special access. I'm not sure. I can't see it now, from home. As for the mention of Firnley, that chapter does mention the islands, but it doesn't seem to say too much about them in particular. They just happen to be sailing past them at one point. --Reuben 20:57, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rusanov

Russian Wikipedia has an article for ru:Русанов, Владимир Александрович, including a photo and a date & place of death. That last piece of info, however, does have a question mark next to it: 1913, Kara Sea (?). --Reuben 06:33, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Echinku and stuff

Hi there, Mohonu! You were right about the Echinku being one of the names of the Velikaya River. It was mentioned in some Soviet document describing the rivers of Yakutia (got it online), so I guess we could put it back. As for the Kara Sea islands you write about, I want to ask you something. Could you please drop me a line every time you're about to submit an article about any of them? I see you name these articles as they sound in Russian in genetive case (like Voronina Islands or Komsomolskoy Pravdy Islands, when in English it really should be Voronin Islands and Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands). This way we won't have to create redirects, correct your maps and stuff. Thanks and happy editing! KNewman 21:00, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Translation

Hi there, Mohonu! Sorry for the delay, I was away for a few days. Here's the translation that you requested: 1) Islands close to the Middendorf Bay = Острова вблизи залива Миддендорфа and 2) Islands in the Bay of the Pyasina = Острова в Пясинском заливе. KNewman 18:14, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Taymyr Island, including adjacent coastal islands = Остров Таймыр, включая соседние прибрежные острова. KNewman 19:55, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chukchi Sea

Thanks for expanding the Chukchi Sea article, Mohonu. -Kain Nihil 04:37, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Herald Island

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia states that the area of Herald Island is approx. 10 sq km (answering your question to Reuben). KNewman 10:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The area in the article comes from the Russian Wikipedia article, but it should be 8 sq km. The current 82 sq km is a typo on my part. Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to look for what happened to the icebreakers... Keep up the excellent work! --Reuben 12:42, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
A reference in English is here, under "Geographical features". Regards. --Reuben 00:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, the island is very narrow so the maps might be exaggerating the width a little bit to make it more visible. --Reuben 00:01, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merging

I think you meant that note for User:KNewman, not me. Anyway, there's not likely to be any controversy, so just go ahead and do it: turn the article you want to merge into a redirect to the article you want to keep. Instructions are here: WP:REDIR. The general merge instructions are here: WP:MERGE. They note that making a merge is like any other edit, so you should discuss to resolve disagreements, but there's no general requirement to always go through a formal process beforehand. In this case, I am sure nobody will object; and if they do, they will probably undo it. You can start a discussion then if needed. --Reuben 18:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Mohonu! I redirected Sibiryakov Is. and Zhokhov Is., but I can't really agree with the names of the rest of the articles, for they look wrong if you ask a Russian. It should be Izvestiy TSIK Islands, because "iy" is exactly how the Russian letter "й" is pronounced in English. TSIK is short for TSentralniy Ispolnitelniy Komitet and should be in capital letters, as it is in Russian (ЦИК). Same goes for Oleniy Island (not Oleni Island). Unless this is all spelled this way in most of the English sources, which I leave to you. As for Baron Toll and Eduard Toll, which one should be the one and only? My guess is Eduard Toll, please advise, because I haven't touched it either. KNewman 19:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I moved it to Izvestiy TSIK Islands, for I think this was what you had in mind. With Oleniy Island the situation is tricky. Google Fight says that Oleniy beats Oleni, but, in turn, Oleny beats Oleniy, so I am confused now which one is ultimately the right one. KNewman 19:19, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Baron Eduard von Toll moved to Eduard Toll. KNewman 19:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Byrranga Mountains

The reference to the Kamchatka Peninsula must be mistaken, that's quite a long way off and in the wrong direction... should it be a different peninsula? I'm always interested to read your articles! --Reuben 09:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear about your accident, and very glad that you were both OK! --Reuben 17:57, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, Mohonu! I've read the Byrranga article and found some mistakes (at least, I believe they could be). I've consulted the Great Soviet Encyclopedia and it says that 1) these mountains run for about 1100 km (and not 600 km); 2) the highest peak is 1146 m (to be exact); 3) as for bitter winters up there, the average temperature in January is ranging from -30C to -33C, which is peanuts (trivia: I was in Moscow during the winter of 2006, when it was -34C for a couple of days and I saw a guy eating an ice cream at the bus station :)). That is, of course, if one is to trust the Great Soviet Encyclopedia in terms of geography. What do you think? KNewman 20:12, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Help Contributing Dhivehi Wikipedia

Hey... Guys...! I'm Glacious from Dhivehi Wikipedia. I was Just browsing the English Wikipedia in search for some Maldivian Wikipedians. Anyways, what i would like to ask you guys is to help contributing our dhivehi wikipedia. Help us bring the Dhivehi wikipedia to its next level. Thanks and Hope to see some of you guys in Dhivehi Wikipedia. Cheers!!


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[edit] Re: Corrections in map of Addu Atoll

Oblivious, "Hikihera" for Hikahera is not the only error in the Addu Atoll map. The island mentioned as "Kudavaahera" is actually Us Hera. I have made a corrected version of the map, but there is no option to upload it. How can I do it?Mohonu (talk) 05:15, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

The map has been moved to commons since my original upload here to en.wiki. You will need to go to its commons page and then upload image to commons, with the same filename. This would keep a historic record of the original file, should anyone need to refer it. (To upload, you will need to create an account at commons). If you still need more instructions, send me an email. Thanks --Oblivious (talk) 18:17, 20 December 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Allow me

The Barnstar of National Merit
I, Alex Bakharev (talk), award you the barnstar of national merit in recognition to your fine contributions to the history and geography of Russian Arctic. Alex Bakharev (talk) 09:36, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
neat! --Oblivious (talk) 12:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Long overdue! Mohonu, thanks for all the hard work you've put into the Russian Arctic! Keep it up! KNewman (talk) 10:04, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Severnaya Zemlya

It would have been helpful to have put the source there to begin with. The way it was presented was highly POV and was written to make it look like the changes were final. Zazaban (talk) 04:32, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Image source problem with Image:Icebreaker stalin.PNG

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[edit] Marutea Sud

Shouldn't it be named Marutea Atoll? Basketball110 what famous people say ♣ 03:59, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh. Well that's okay, I was just wondering. Cheers, and happy editing, Basketball110 what famous people say ♣ 18:54, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Unsourced

Actually the articles on the atolls have very little reference in English. It becomes hard to find references for the articles. I generally dislike addition of any material without proper citation. Not only me, it has been discussed previous times also by many people and by wikipedia administration. Even Jimmy Wales say that instead of using fact tags, remove unsourced material.


“ In general, I find the "fact" tagging to be overdone in Wikipedia. A better option is to nuke the unsourced material. Sometimes "fact" is warranted, I don't mean that it is always a bad idea. But it is overdone.I very often see completely preposterous claims tagged with "fact", usually because an editor is being excessively cautious. Be bold. ”

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However it is hard to find more references on the atolls. I think a google book search may be helpful. Or if you can find name of books, you can mention it in the articles. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 07:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Have a look at this reference [23]. It support the fact that Manuhangi has no permanent inhabitant. It may be used. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 08:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Gone?

Hi there, Mohonu! You've been gone for a month already. What's up? I don't see you editing anymore. Got tired of Wikipedia? Drop me a line. KNewman (talk) 04:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] secret experimental station on Cape Zhelaniya

Hi, I was wondering where you found this information, as I can't find anything about experiments there on internet. --Hardscarf (talk) 20:00, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

Hello. Can you upload your maps to commons:, so I will be able to use it in Russian Wikipedia? Amdf (talk) 18:24, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Instructions: That's simple.

  1. Register an account in commons:.
  2. Go to commons:Special:Upload
  3. Upload files the same way as you do in English Wikipedia.

Commons accepts only free content. Add [[Category:Islands of Russia]] or [[Category:Locator maps of islands in Russia]] category to uploaded images and others will be able to find your images. When you upload an image to commons, you can use it in all existing Wikipedias: [[Image:Picture.png]] here, [[Изображение:Picture.png]] in ru: wiki and so on. Amdf (talk) 13:28, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chamisso Island

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[edit] Request to move article Karaginskiy Island incomplete

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[edit] Walrus Islands

Hi there, Mohonu! I wrote the Russian name for these islands in the article. I try to follow most of your article and fix some of the names, style etc. So you took care of all your prolems, I reckon? Glad you're back to the editing of the Russian Arctic articles :). Drop me a line if anyhting. I'll be absent for a week starting tomorrow, though. KNewman (talk) 13:27, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SVG maps

I'm willing to help with SVG maps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kennonv (talk • contribs) 03:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't have a lot of time, either. Creating maps of the Arctic Islands was a good way to build on my SVG skills. If you would like an SVG map, let me know the area/article. Actually, send me a "wish list" on "my talk" and I'll do what I can. Kennonv (talk) 19:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikicookie

I am awarding you this WikiCookie for your constructive edits on Wikipedia--LAAFan 16:46, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] maps in commons

Hi Mohonu, would you mind uploading your nice Peros Banhos maps, such as Image:Peros_banhos_map2.PNG, to wikimedia commons? Or mind if I do it? Would be nice to have access to these maps in other wikipedias, too (I'm more active in the German wikipedia, since they happen to write in my native tongue :-) --Ratzer (talk) 20:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Matisen

Hi there, Mohonu! I've added his b-day and death date and his name in Russian. I'll see if I can find anything extra on him. KNewman (talk) 18:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Arctic islands of Russia

Hi there, Mohonu! Just a tip - you can also add Category:Islands of Russia to all of your articles on the Arctic islands of Russia.

Including adjacent islands and the northern end of the Lena Delta - Включая прилегающие острова и северную часть дельты реки Лена. KNewman (talk) 17:13, 7 June 2008 (UTC)