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[edit] References

Editors who added plenty of references regarding sources from Romania (mainly, but not only), please source the references in the proper way with the appropriate tags. This concerns especially references to unknown books, for which Wikipedia requires to use a special citation tag, including verifiable ISBN number. Otherwise I will simply delete these references, as no verification is possible whether they exist at all in the first hand, and whether the info supposedly cited in these books is really present in them.

Also, we have plenty of foreign references, but very few Moldavian. May be we can work on it and find more Moldavian evidence.

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(Moldovan) tag, it applies to all official Moldavian sources. It is useless to fake the contents of Wikipedia by changing it into (Romanian). The official data should be sourced and cited as it is.--Moldopodo (talk) 17:57, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia requires mainly English language references, so it's nothing wrong with using too much of them. Also, the fact that important Romanian University profesors debunk the Moldavia-connected myths of Romanian nationalism can only boast our case.Xasha (talk) 18:09, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem with that, just source them correctly. Wikipedia has a special format for books, web cites, journals, etc...--Moldopodo (talk) 18:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Just out so total interest, History of Romanian language is so weak (short article using basicly terms like "hypothetical" and "believed"), compare to History of the Moldovan language which clearly gives references and an extensive history.--Moldopodo (talk) 18:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
    Please note that the article Exploding whale is a featured article with lots of pictures an has as much sources as both aforementioned articles combined. Surely, this means something... not. --Illythr (talk) 20:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Ok, seems like we have a new Bonny's creation User:Flueras, editors beware--Moldopodotalk 13:52, 5 June 2008 (UTC) I was wondering how is this possible to create so many sock puppets (at least the ones we know or have strong doubts about)? What's the technique there that Wikipedia cannot do anything to ban Bonny once for good?--Moldopodotalk 14:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
    Why do you ask? :-) Anyhow, open proxies can't be banned for long and there are too many anyway. Bonny also seems to have a number of admirers and lookalikes.
    Unless, of course, you meant, how is it possible to do the same stuff over and over for over three years and not get crazy... to that, I have no answer. ;-) --Illythr (talk) 15:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
  • I thought that after having used a number of different I.P. addresses, the range would be by now known for the I.P. checkers. Weird. And three years!!! Impressive, poor guy/girl... This reminds me something of another poor Romanian[1]--Moldopodotalk 16:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Now, look at that, just in the beginning of this page, the template Moldavian language is considered for deletion

(Moldovan), guess who filed the request? I guess we should simply ignore this, as it is not serious and time consuming. I am trying to get my hands on an article about Moldo-Ukrainian relations and Moldo-Russian relations, and never have time for all the intra-wiki discussions...--Moldopodotalk 17:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Can one be blocked for the above accusations? I would like to see Moldopodo blocked for what he said above. Flueras (talk) 17:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey, why Moldopodo and not me? -Illythr (talk) 17:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Moldavian or Moldovan

As per this question[2] could you express your answers to this question? May also directly on that talk page as well... Thanks--Moldopodotalk 19:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Moldovan, definitely. --Gutza T T+ 19:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Moldovan. English Language authors distinguish between the Principality of Moldavia and the Republic of Moldova. The Principality of Moldavia had already existed for decades before it gained controle of the territory of the current Republic of Moldova (under the reign of Roman I or more likely Alexander the Good) and continued to exist for several decades after it lost controle of it in 1812. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 14:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)