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Welcome to the Wikipedia

Here are some links I thought useful:

Feel free to contact me personally with any questions you might have. The Wikipedia:Village pump is also a good place to go for quick answers to general questions. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, like this: ~~~~.

Be Bold!

[[User:Sam Spade|Sam Spade Wants you to vote!]] 11:17, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Please stop moving out the infoboxes from the country articles. There's no need for that, and no consensus. Gzornenplatz 23:28, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

Maybe I've missed something, but I was under the impression that the infobox templating are considered to be more streamlined than a bunch of code in otherwise normally formatted text; furthermore, you seemed (and seem) to be the only one actively working against infobox templates. Nightstallion 00:47, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
No, this has annoyed several people. See here. Gzornenplatz 00:50, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
Alright, I'll cease out-templating the infoboxes. I wasn't aware of this side of the discussion up to now. Nightstallion 01:22, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Template talk:Europe

Hello. On Template talk:Europe you seem to have made a lot of votes, but by each new vote you made, you also deleted the previous vote you had made. It is strange and confusing, so see for yourself. Out of the six votes you made, currently only one is visible (Akrotiri and Dhekelia). Is that what you intended? If not, can you fix it? Thanks. —Cantus…☎ 05:00, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

Oh. Yes, I seem to forget on a regular basis that editing different sections of the same article or talk page at once and then saving subsequently will not work... thanks for reminding me. I'll correct that later. Nightstallion 12:04, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)


Templates

  • Copied from Parmestro page*

Regarding the (Flag - Country) templates you created, is there a list somewhere of which countries have which template code? I'd like to include the templates in the UN member list, for instance, but don't want to have to try all of them until I find the correct ones... Thanks! Nightstallion 08:40, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

You should be able to find the flag templates by using IS0 3166-1 alpha-3 codes or the IOC country codes. Parmaestro 13:56, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Okay. I have started creating templates based on the ISO codes meanwhile, and I might as well finish it; at first, I was rather confused that some templates corresponded to the ISO codes, while others didn't. Thanks! Nightstallion 14:00, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
Yes, unfortunately it was difficult to have one standard like ISO codes because of the nature of Wikipedia. I enjoyed reading some of the pages have you set up such as your personal european integration page. I noticed what would appear to be some small mistakes on it that I did not touch since it is a personal page. I was wondering if you would be interested in joining me and some others in a project to improve the European Union articles in Wikipedia. There is a portal page that has been created that might be of interest to you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiportal/European_Union
Parmaestro 14:29, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
I've been considering that, yes. Just out of curiosity, though - what small mistakes? I was fairly sure I had pretty much everything correct (apart for my uncanny interest and love for separatism in all forms, which might slant the view on a few things in what might appear as a 'wrong' direction...). Would you mind telling me which ones? Thanks! Nightstallion 20:23, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
And with the single exception of India, I haven't run into any trouble at all. All states and territories (with the exception of such... "dependencies" as Norfolk Island, Bouvet, ... - I prefer to ignore those) have ISO-conform templates now. Almost all, that is. Nightstallion 21:33, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Template:IND

{{IND}} is used in many places, and changing it for a completely different use foesn't work, unfortunately. --SPUI (talk) 16:58, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Mh. Is it really absolutely necessary to have a template that just contains a wikilinked word in it? I'd be willing to take over the work of editting the articles it is used in, if it's too much work for you, but I'm trying my best at standardizing the templates to ISO codes... Thanks, either way. Nightstallion 20:21, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Euro coins

Hi. Thanks for responding to my question. One other detail: are the majority of coins you encounter Austrian? LeoO3 00:30, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Yes. Nightstallion 10:51, 22 May 2005 (UTC)


European Union

You might be interested in the European Union project. Parmaestro 06:52, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Indeed I am. Currently, I am studying for my Matura, however, and if you add dance courses and other activities to that, I lack the time for more in-depth wiki activities; as soon as my summer holiday starts, however, I plan to get active in the EU project. Nightstallion 07:26, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
One might wonder whether the quieter schedule is related to a Northern Hemisphere summer or Southern Hemisphere summer. (SEWilco 03:21, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC))
Northern. Nightstallion 28 June 2005 07:08 (UTC)

Template:ISO

You expressed interest in an ISO flag template: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Flag_Template#ISO_template (SEWilco 06:18, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC))

Thanks for the notice. Nightstallion 08:29, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • I found it necessary to make the non-ISO Template:country_flag have 3 aliases: flag file name, Wikipedia article name, and text label for display. At present Template:ISO triggers code which only has the first 2 aliases. Should I add the "text label" alias? I think it is better to use the present code, which displays the supplied country code, as that enforces the use of ISO country codes rather than hiding whatever the user typed. (One of the reasons I added "text label" alias is so a reference to the USA 48 star flag would show as "USA" rather than "USA-48", and "USA-MN" shows as "MN".) (SEWilco 03:19, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC))
  • If you think Template:ISO is ready, want me to try to have a bot convert your template collection? (ie: Template:IND) (SEWilco 03:39, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC))
      • Redirect wouldn't translate exist usage. Replacing the content of Template:IND with {{ISO|flag|IND}} should work. Hmm... That produces "Template:ISO", with IND as the label. Should I make the name of the country be the text label? Another option is {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]] : "Flag of India India". (SEWilco 14:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC))
          • I'm sure there are other cases where a short name for a country is needed rather than an abbreviation. Another template: {{flagcountry|IND}} : "Flag of India India" (SEWilco 17:04, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC))
            • That should work, yes. Perfect. ^_^ Nightstallion 17:45, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • SEWilcoBot is initializing the flag data. Going slowly due to new code being tried. I'll get the flag data ready before dealing with the country template set (which were used to seed the data). Note that I tested the templates on {{USA}}. I'm also seeding {{flag}} with those country codes, so the ISO three letter codes will be in place for general use, not only in {{ISO|flag|CountryName}}. (SEWilco 06:41, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC))
  • SEWilcoBot is now going through your ISO templates in United Nations member states and converting to {{country}}. I set the delay at 2 minutes, so it will take some hours. Converted flags are slightly larger, as too many details were being lost. All ISO country codes are working (my test page is a tad crowded :-). However, the conversion is using the names in the templates rather than the ISO codes. You mentioned Bouvet Island earlier, and as it has no flag its "flag" is a blank image. (SEWilco 06:06, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC))
    • Conversion completed. The Qatar flag looks small, but that's because most of it is white. Other flags have same problem, I'll see if I can get a frame around them. (SEWilco 14:33, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC))
      • Nope. Rendering inline does not allow a frame, only a size and alt-text label. I can't alter all the flag images because those represent the flags as they are. Someone could create versions for iconic use (probably in a small standard size), but at present I'll leave them as they are. (SEWilco 14:52, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC))

Translate a motto, please?

I see from your user page that you are a multilingual Wikipedian in a great level. Admirable. Anyway, I found you through the category of users of advanced knowledge of Latin because I have that cool three-word motto that I came up with the other day to use it as an advocate for AMA and I'd like to know how it is in Latin. I myself know nothing of the language. Ευχαριστώ προκαταβολικά.--Bill the Greek 10:21, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Sure, toss the motto my way and I'll do my best. Nightstallion 10:57, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm terribly sorry!
No problem at all.
I was in such a hurry yesterday (the thing is, I am usually using a public computer to access the Internet and I had to go home for lunchtime) that, not only I didn't use the special characters to write "thank you in advance" in Greek (because that is what it said, in case you only saw a series of boxes),
Actually, I saw it just fine. (In case you're wondering, BTW - I actually do not speak Demotic, but have learned Ancient Greek in school for four years. For lack of a "Ancient Greek" template in the Babel series, I'm using "Modern Greek".)
but I forgot to mention the motto itself! Anyway, it is "Victory through words". Thank you again.--Bill the Greek 08:07, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Victoria verbis. Hope I could be of assistance. Nightstallion 08:14, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Eternally gratefull, Mr. Nightstallion, eternally grateful. And for your information, my knowledge of Ancient Greek is much lower than yours. I am not good in foreign languages because it is not easy for me to learn complicated grammars. The only reason I am a fluent speaker of English is that its grammar is simple. Ancient Greek is not a foreign language but its grammar is damn difficult!--Bill the Greek 08:23, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
No problem at all, glad I could help. And yes, the grammar of Ancient Greek is four or five notches up from Latin - at least in Latin, I'm always sure where the stem of the word ends and where the suffixes start, but in Ancient Greek... ah well. Still, I love languages, and would love to add a couple more to my repertoire (Russian, Swedish, Swahili, for example)... Too bad the day only has 24 hours. Bah. Nightstallion 08:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Oh, you hava a life in front of you, and plenty of time to learn Swahili. What is a day in comparison to a beautiful bunch of decades? Listen to someone who has an experience of life... (I am finishing high school next year) --Bill the Greek 09:02, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Wait a minute, did I say hava? It seems I did. --Bill the Greek 09:05, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Poetically spoken. ;) Nightstallion 11:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

As I told you, I am using a public computer to access Wikipedia, and it happened that the day before yesterday the Internet connection over there had a problem. Then I came again yesterday and the Internet was all right, but I couldn't enter Wikipedia! I could access several sites and I could not access Wikipedia, nor any other sister project, as well as another irrelevant page. They told me that the computers had no problem and there must have been a thing with the site, but today I am here and there is nothing in the Signpost. What is going on here?--Bill the Greek 06:32, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm afraid I really don't know. The only problem I'm frequently experiencing is that after editting and saving the changes, Wikipedia tells me the changes couldn't be saved; after reloading the page I editted, however, the changes are in fact there. Curious. ::scratches head in confusion:: ナイトスタリオン…ㇳ–ㇰ 08:40, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

In any case, don't you think this piece of your talk page is getting too long? Maybe you should drop over my talk page. I could need a little bit of talking. If it's all right with you. --Bill the Greek 08:50, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Nah, scratch that, they are kicking me out of here. Anyway, I will try to come in again in Monday. You know I really need some talking. So long for know. --Bill the Greek 09:01, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Now scratch that too, I am back again. These guys here are constantly trying to break my nerves. They don't know one thing, however: it's impossible! --62.103.82.230 09:23, 29 July 2005 (UTC) Sorry, forgot to log in. Now I'm OK.--Bill the Greek 09:25, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Why, you thought that I stopped dropping in? When I said "I won't have time," I meant "...by the time I start lessons". I only today got the school books! Anyway, I haven't said my final word. You know where to find me. --Bill the Greek 12:08, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Katakana, for fun

Nightstallion, may I suggest that maybe ナイットスタリオン sounds closer to "Nightstallion" than the ナイトスタリオン you're currently using. I only had a year of Japanese, and that was a little while ago, but I like the Katakana you're using! - grubber 12:24, 2005 August 5 (UTC)

While my knowledge of Japanese is actually limitted to translating Japanese CCG cards into English, my knowledge of katakana is very good, and I've up to now seen "night" only seen transliterated as ナイト and never as ナイット (which also makes sense, since in English diphthongs are always "long" vowels, and ッ tends to make the vowel before the affected consonant become shorter to a strong degree (compare ヒット for "hit"). Thanks for the input, though! ナイトスタリオン
The template {{Nightstallion/α}} is deprecated. Please use {{Country}} instead.
This usage is deprecated. Please replace it with {{tdeprecated|Nightstallion/α|Country}}.
The template {{Country}} is deprecated. Please use {{Flag}} instead.		 
ㇳ–ㇰ 15:23, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
Your katakana sounds more advanced than mine; I cannot recall seeing "night" in Japanese. It sounds like there should be a ッ there simply due to the glottal stop I hear when I say it out loud (to make it sound like night-stallion rather than nights-tallion). Hey, it's your name! I thought it was cool to see the katakana, and thought I'd say so. Take care. - grubber 17:15, 2005 August 5 (UTC)
Mh, the Japanese don't really care to much for putting in stops to ease pronunciation. At least, not on those CCG cards I've translated. Thanks for your input, anyway. You take care, too! — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 18:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
Cool, well I learned something today! - grubber 20:31, 2005 August 5 (UTC)

Macedonia(ns)/disclaimer poll

There is an ongoing poll here about the use of a Disclaimer stating that "Wikipedia has no official position concerning the use of the name Republic of Macedonia etc.". As in previous cases (most notably the Macedonians/Macedonian Slavs poll) this poll would be decided by grossly nationalistic voting.

The author of the poll told me this:

You are right that the poll was not a good idea, since the NPOV is not subject to negotiations, but I have no way to remove those disclaimers: the Greeks keep reverting them and the rest of world avoids entering in the negotiations of Balkan issues like the plague. I was hoping that the poll would attract some people, but instead it attracted the same old Greeks vs. non-Greeks. bogdan | Talk 19:10, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

As a fellow Wikipedian, I can not be more than terrified by this statement. Not surprisingly, the "For the disclaimer" vote is 100% composed of ethnic Greek votes, and currently it is in the lead. It is in my deepest belief that Wikipedia should not mould under the pressure of nationalism (from neither side). That is precisely why I am abstaining of the poll, stating my reasons here.

Please, your possible avoidance of entering in the negotiations of Balkan issues like the plague is causing Balkan disputes to conform to nationalist narratives (logically, to the narrative of the biggest nationality), and this is something that is done in direct opposition to NPOV policy. It is mostly up to neutrals to decide on the issue, and it is only up to them to stop nationalism. So, please, participate in the discussion, or in the poll. --FlavrSavr 15:04, 21 August 2005 (UTC)


Hey!

Hey... working on the same front ! Just passing to drop a short hello ! Cheers, --Gego 10:57, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

- Deploy smart Diplomats, not Smart Bombs -


Hey there. ;) — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 12:19, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Latin?

Hello! I saw you listed as one of our rare users who are good at Latin. Would you be willing to help translating a bit of text from English into Latin? Let me know please. Yours, Radiant_>|< 09:49, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

Gladly. Toss it my way, and I'll do my best. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 10:20, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Official Languages of Austria

Croatian, Hungarian, and Slovenian (and perhaps other languages) have official status in some municipalities in Austria. Could you please tell me in which ones, if you know. I'm tying to find out for the list of official languages by state page. – Zntrip 03:25, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

I've written to Statistics Austria about the issue. If I don't forget, I'll get back to you about it; if I do forget, just ask again in a few days' time. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 13:19, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
Oh, and as far as Bundesländer are concerned, that's easy. Croatian (or, more formally, Burgenlandkroatisch) and Hungarian in Burgenland, Slovene in Carinthia. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 13:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help. – Zntrip 23:20, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

I added the languages to the list. Could you check it to make sure that it is correct? – Zntrip 22:32, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, no. As far as official languages are concerned, there's only Croatian and Hungarian in Burgenland, and Slovenian in Carinthia, as far as I know. I already corrected that for you. Furthermore, regarding your request about official languages in the Gemeinden, I'm afraid that Statistics Austria couldn't help me with that request; on a second thought, however, I don't think you'd really want to have all Gemeinden with their official languages in a list about official languages worldwide, anyway, or would you? — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 09:59, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand? Territories, states, and subnational entities are encluded on the list. – Zntrip 00:51, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure you understand what Gemeinde is - the lowest level. Townships, more or less. There's problaby a couple of thousands of them. Even if only one percent of them have an official language not official in the whole Bundesland, that'd be a lot. Doesn't matter, anyway, as I haven't been able to acquire a complete list of all Gemeinden with special official languages. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 09:04, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I understand know. Gemeinde, if possible, should be included (instead of the state that they are in) on the list. Thanks for looking anyway. – Zntrip 22:44, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

By the way the address at the bottom of the link could help [1], but I don't know German so I could be wrong. – Zntrip 22:48, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Alright, I've researched it a bit now. The information I haven't been able to obtain for you is irrelevant for a simple reason: Amtssprachen (i.e. languages in which you can officially converse with local authorities) do not have the the same rights as official languages. You've got all official languages you need already. Whether some in Hintertupfing can write to his Gemeinderat in Czech and receive an answer in the Czech is not related to official languages, but only to Amtssprachen, so we can finally resolve this. ;) — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 23:03, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Gah. There are, however, specially protected minority languages, which enjoy statewide protection and... what the heck, I tried to include them in your list using your format as best as I could. Hope I could help. It's starting to confuse me myself, and I thought I was rather well-informed about everything Austrian... — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 23:13, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :) – Zntrip 00:57, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Glad to help. However, there's two things that are ambiguous now after your changes: Firstly, it's not clear whether "statewide" refers to Austria or one of the nine federal states. Secondly, those languages that are both countrywide protected minority languages and regional official languages now do not clearly state this... Just my €0.02. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 01:32, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

On the list, statewide always refers to the country. Languages in parenthesis that have a province, state, municipality, etc. inside of them are regional languages in said area. Languages with statewide minority language after them are languages that have minority status throughout the nation. Hope that makes it clearer. (¿€0.02 = Two cents? I don't get it) – Zntrip 04:11, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Yes, that makes it clearer. You might want to include that somewhere in the introduction more clearly. ;) And yes, €0.02 is two cents. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 13:21, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

But in Austria isn’t it written €0,02 with a comma? ;) Thanks for the advice on the page and for your help. – Zntrip 23:13, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

True. But in Austria, we don't write English, either, and in English, it's written with a decimal point, to the best of my knowledge. ;) Sure, no problem. Glad to be of help. If I can help with anything else, just write. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:40, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

native speakers of dead languages

You're a native speaker of Ancient Greek! Neat! You must be really old! -Lethe | Talk 10:43, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Not really. The only template that exists for Ancient Greek is the generic "native speaker" one. I just thought that if anyone needed someone with knowledge of Ancient Greek, I'd rather have this wrong template (I consider myself at grc-2) than none. ::shrugs:: — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 20:11, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
Well, I don't think it's as cool as being 2500 years old, but for your information, there is a grc-2 template, although there's no one in it, so its category link is red. You'd be the first! There's also a grc-1 with about two dozen people. There's no grc-3 or grc-4. Odd that there's is a grc native. By the way, finish this translation of the grc template for me. I think it says something like "Dead is the ancient Greek language." and then the second sentence I got nothing. I'd probably be grc-0, if there were one. -Lethe | Talk 21:59, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
Oh. Well, maybe I should have checked again a few weeks after the first part of the template was put up... Thanks for the information, and sorry to disappoint you regarding my age. ;) I think the second part actually says "no native speaker is left", or something close to that. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — 00:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Greetings, fellow Latinist. If you have second, please add your thoughts to the discussion of a category for native Latin speakers who are also Wikipedians. --Flex 13:20, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
I noticed this too late, I'm afraid, but it was a keep, anyway... And someone should tell the guy who said "you'd have to translate 3000 words that don't exist in Latin into Latin" that the Vatican City State regularily updates the Latin dictionary with contemporary words... Ah, whatever. All's well that ends well. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 21:27, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Correcting other people's comments

Thank you for going through all the effort of converting Champions League links to UEFA Champions League. However, although I understand it was done in good faith, could you please refrain from changing comments people have made on talk pages (such as mine on Talk:UEFA Cup). Partly because it damages the historical context that the comments were made in (i.e. when Champions League really did point to the relevant page), and partly because editing other people's comments without their permission, for whatever reason, is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. Thank you. Qwghlm 11:26, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, my fault. Was done in good faith, I assumed that a disambiguation would be a positive change. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 11:44, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Nassau

At link repair you said that "Nassau and Nassau (disambiguation) need to be switched." Why is that? Also, could I remove your signature from the project page's "Done" section, the flag and katakana are a little distracting and you can always bring up any issues on the disucssion page? Thanks for contributing to the project! --Commander Keane 15:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. The need for the change is that Nassau (disambiguation) forwards to Nassau, and in my opinion it would be more logical the other way round... ナイトスタリオン ✉ 14:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Also, Northern Alliance has about 30 article links to it, so why is it in the "Done" section, are they very recent additions? --Commander Keane 17:07, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

To the best of my knowledge, yes. When I marked it done, there were only two or three links from strange user pages to it... ナイトスタリオン ✉ 14:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

New European Union collaboration

Hi Nightstallion, this is just a note telling you that I have created the European Union collaboration (the first collaboration is Eurobarometer). I'm looking forward to your contributions! Talrias (t | e | c) 12:10, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks you for your interest in the WikiProject:Numismatics. There is a to do list on the front page if you are looking for something write. I have also registered an IRC channel (you can access it on the front page). Also, you can add this to your user page to show that you're a member of the project:

{{NumismaticWikiProject-Member}}



Which looks like this:


This user is a member of the Numismatics WikiProject, a WikiProject which aims to expand coverage of numismatics on Wikipedia. Please feel free to join.



Johann Wolfgang [ T ...C ]
15:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Challenge

The challenge has been put aside (for some time), but not forgotten! Do we still want to do this?  BD2412 talk 17:51, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Sure, why not? Should be fun. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 18:33, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your vote, and HDI discussion underway ...

Hello! I hope you're well. I'd like to thank you for participating in the vote earlier to include the HDI in the country infobox/template. Yay!

After a lengthy gestation, a discussion piece has been prepared to help give form to the vote. If you've a preference for how and where this information should appear in the infobox, I'd appreciate it if you head on over there and comment. :)

After a decision is arrived at, if at all, I'm also hopeful to prevail upon you to add the values (if you're willing and comfortable) for a handful of countries; the more people doing it, the less time it will take to implement the vote and realise the fruits of our collective labour.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for your co-operation! E Pluribus Anthony 03:56, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

I'm glad you are happy with my ... text. I put it there while I was working on it and eventually posted it to [2]. It didn't catch much attention and is in the archives now. Anyway, it could be useful again, this discussion seems to go around in circles a lot, starting by somebody proposing a random move on WP:RM and then the rollercoaster beginning. I tend to monitor that page, but this whole business gets very argumentative as there are very stubborn people on both sides. Stefán Ingi (talk) 23:02, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

I was afraid that was the situation, yes... Ah well. As I said, you've got my support when you need it somewhere. Just call. ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 07:53, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Unnecessary deletion of United States commemorative coins category

Hi, I invite you to vote against the unnecessary deletion of the United States commemorative coins category

I'd like to thank you for voting in this matter! --Kurt 10:07, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Sure, no problem. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 11:26, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Taiwan

In your note, you put Taiwan (Still officially "Republic of China") under possible secession. I know this is a sensative subject, and there are groups of people that support independence. However, about equal size of population in Taiwan leans toward unification.

Yes, but unification's boring. ;) Quite frankly, my notes are very far from NPOV in any way, since I'm mostly in favour of secessionists, just for neophilia's sake; I also have the impression that when faced with the two-way choice between officially and finally joining a decidedly undemocratic country like the PRC and trying to go it alone officially, one would tend to choose the latter. ::shrugs::

Also, you said "I'm rather unhappy with the wikipedia policy of "if English name and official name clash, use English name"; therefore I support the following page moves". So I'm just curious if that applies to Republic of China as well.

Mh, good point. In this case, I suppose I'd go with ISO, which uses Taiwan.

See also Political status of Taiwan

I know, thanks.

--Chochopk 13:51, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

ナイトスタリオン ✉ 14:01, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

The currency moves

Hi, I think we can safely assume that the currency moves should be carried out. I did a few yesterday, many of them don't need an admin. Unfortunately, WP:RM is starting to run up a huge backlog maybe because the currency moves look a bit daunting. I think the Rùm vote which I parttook in should also be closed, but unfortunately one support vote should be discounted so it's going the "wrong" way. Anyway, enough for tonight. Stefán Ingi 01:03, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Did what I could for Rùm, moved the ones that I could. Could've done that before, actually, I just wasn't aware that the existence of a redirect doesn't necessarily mean that I can't do the move myself. ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 07:53, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Czech Republic to Czechia

Wouldn't "Czechia" be awfully homophonic to "Chechnya", at least for those unfamiliar with how to pronounce the two? Andjam 15:16, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Not really. Chechnya is tshe-tshni-ya, while Czechia is either tshe-ki-ya or tshe-khi-ya (with kh like ch in Loch), depending on how well you can pronounce it. Say, aren't Australia and Austria awfully homophonic, at least to those unfamiliar with what the difference is? ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 17:15, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
Well, for that disambiguation, all you need is a cross-out kangaroo in Austrian airports (is that real or an urban legend)? I can't really envisage anything for a Czechian airport. Out of curiosity, was there anything in the Austrian media about Australia temporarily being ahead of Austria in the 2002 Winter Olympics? Andjam 12:03, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Urban legend, though there are a lot variations of t-shirt designs with road signs stating "no kangaroos allowed" and the text "No kangaroos in Austria" beneath it.
Well, they could cross out AK-47 guns at Czech airports, but that probably wouldn't go too well with Russia... ;)
And no, I don't really recall anything like that. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 12:08, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Crossed-out AK-47s would probably not go down well with jittery customers either. Andjam 12:20, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Mh, probably, yes. ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 21:13, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

This article claims that a German TV crew said that Austria had won first and second place in the women's two-women bobsleigh at the Europa Cup (whereas Australia had won second place). Andjam 10:49, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I can't access the page, and what you said didn't really make sense to may – how can Australia participate in the Europacup? ナイトスタリオン ✉ 11:40, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Re: Bot

Well, I'll advise you as far as I can. Basically, I use the Python bot framework at http://pywikipediabot.sourceforge.net and run one of the scripts supplied, specifically solve_disambiguation.py, with certain arguments that cause it to move all references from one page to another, aiding me in cleaning up the backlog on WP:RM.

I'm not doing anything particularly special. However, that framework contains a lot of scripts for a lot of purposes, so you may well find something you need. Don't forget to read WP:BOTS first and request permission on the talk page for a trial, once you know what your bot will be doing. Rob Church Talk 07:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 07:47, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Talk page

Another mass move. This time, flag pages; list will be updated as I go through the pages alphabetically. Reasons are bad grammar or similar mistakes.

Please could you add a talk page for your mass move, or include the talk paese for each move. --Philip Baird Shearer 22:34, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

I thought that for such trivial moves it wouldn't be necessary, but if you insist. ::shrugs:: Since I don't know what single talk page these moves could be discussed at, I'd say discussion will have to occur at the respective pages. Give me a moment, please. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 22:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Kakashi Bot

Am I correct in assuming that one can request jobs to be done by your bot here? I'm currently trying to orphan Image:Flag of Czech Republic.svg and replace it with Image:Flag of the Czech Republic, but the amount of pages it is used in (especially English, French, Spanish wikipedias) is enormous... ナイトスタリオン ✉ 20:01, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand the difference between the two. --AllyUnion (talk) 23:34, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
For countries/regions with the terms "Republic" or "Islands" in their short name, correct grammar is "Flag of the Czech Republic", not "Flag of Czech Republic". Image names are expected to follow the same naming rules as article, AFAIK, so this grammar mistake should be corrected, and it'll be much easier with a bot. Furthermore, I've managed to upload basically all the national flags in svg format, and those should replace the earlier png versions, so the bot could be put to further use... Sorry if I'm getting on your nerves, but your bot seemed to be available for tasks. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 00:04, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Done. At least for English pages. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:42, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Could you do the same for Image:Flag of Peoples Republic of China.svg, replacing it with Image:Flag of China.svg? Thanks! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 20:44, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
Never mind the above, then... Please replace:
Thanks! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 11:03, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Done. Any remaining links should be checked over manually. --AllyUnion (talk) 20:45, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Regarding your sig image.

Hi, I notice Image:Austria flag large.png have been marked as redundant, I'd recomend you change your sig to use Image:Flag of Austria.svg instead. That way new instances of the png flag won't keep poping up when you sign things, and it's easier to replace all use of the image somewhere down the line (I'm toying with the idea of making a "redundant image replacement bot" myself). Thanks. --Sherool (talk) 17:46, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Oops. Rather embarassing, that, seeing as how I'm one of the two or three people who did most of the uploading of new SVG flag images over at the commons... I'm also trying to standardize use of national flags over all the wikipedias. If I can help you in any way, drop me a line; currently, we've got flags for all ISO-coded regions except for the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, and Jersey. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 13:31, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Mergers & acquisitions

Well, as you know, the October referendum was successful, with the majority voting for the merger. The lawmakers are currently working on a draft of the constitutional law that will be the basis of new Kamchatka Krai. I have not heard anything new on the actual merger date yet (I think it's still sometime in 2007), but I might have missed the news. The final date will probably depend on how fast the draft is signed into law, among other things.

As for the flags—sorry, I was not actively looking for them. By the way, the ones which are already in Wikipedia—where did they come from? Is {{PD-flag}} still something we can slap on pretty much any flag image? If so, I might be able to locate them, but they may not be of very good quality.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 00:47, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

AFAIK, User:Bart l added most of them from heraldika.ru, according to his summaries (e.g. here), but he said he couldn't find flags of the three oblasts still missing. (Pskov, Kaliningrad and Novgorod, IIRC.) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 00:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Ah, I think I've got the root of the problem: As of 1999 or so, they didn't even have official flags (according to fotw.net), and it's apparently difficult to get information from Russian sources when you're asking them in English... Sadly, I don't speak Russian yet, so I can't try to ask in Russian and see if that gets better results. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 01:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
And yet another note: This or this should be the flag of Novgorod, this, while technically the flag of Kaliningrad City, also seems to be the oblast's flag... though I'm not sure. And this seems to be Pskov's flag. If you can confirm that somehow, it'd be very nice of you to upload them subsequently... I don't want to do it before I've got confirmation from someone. ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 01:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I'll see what I can do.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 22:03, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 07:06, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh, you are not getting on my nerves. As a matter of fact, I love seeing that yellow bar notifying me of new messages :) Unfortunately, I have not heard/found anything of interest yet. When I do, trust me, you'll be one of the first to know :) Take care!—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 17:54, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I love seeing it, too. ;) (Though it's not a yellow bar in my skin, but... whatever... grins) You take care, too! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 17:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Flag of China

Hi, just wondering, is there any particular reason why you're moving Image:Flag of Peoples Republic of China.svg to Image:Flag of China.svg? The PRC / ROC arrangement was set up for NPOV reasons. The Chinese Wikipedia is especially sensitive to this issue and I doubt people would be willing to make this change. -- ran (talk) 02:56, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I am also a Chinese Wikipedian. There is no such state named "China" in the world, there exist only two states with "China" in their names: "People's Republic of China" (whose capital currently resides in Beijing) and "Republic of China" (whose capital currently resides in Taipei). Although the former is commonly referred as "China", and the latter is now commonly referred as "Taiwan", these abbreviations are never formal or appropriate for a reliable and trusted encyclopedia. Instead, they stir up disputes among people from both sides (in both PRC and ROC, or say in both Mainland China and Taiwan). Wikipedia should be sensitive to these matters and carefully maintain NPOV by avoiding referring PRC as China and ROC as Taiwan whenever possible. I think that Image:Flag of Peoples Republic of China.svg should be restored. Thank you! --roc [[User_talk:R.O.C|(talk)]] 06:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Aye, I would suggest Image:Flag of Peoples Republic of China.svg and Image:Flag of Republic of China.svg if you want to standardize names. -- ran (talk) 07:08, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

In regards to your rename request for the flag of China, I agree with the above authors on the subject matter, and therefore refuse to process this request. --AllyUnion (talk) 08:35, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I agree, too, I just thought this had been discussed and decided upon. I'll re-create the images with the correct names. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 10:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Nightstallion, thank you for your response. I apologize that I misunderstood and sounded a little irritated yesterday. I agree with the new arrangement that standardizes the use of Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg and Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg. I will update links in zh.wikipedia accordingly. --roc (talk) 03:10, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 07:05, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Talar du 12 språk?

Kan du 12 språk? Hur kommer det sig att du lärde dig så lite av så mycket; alltså, att du kan flera språk, men inte helt flyttande? Jag ser att du kan lite av svenska, tyska, etc. --Anittas 10:20, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, ..-1 means I can understand the language decently if written down or spoken slowly. Swedish is actually the language I understand with the most difficulty, though I did comprehend what you wrote without using a dictionary. My German and English are at par, my Spanish could still use some improvement if I want to get it at a level comparable to my German and English, Latin and Ancient Greek will likely remain at their respective levels (six years and four years in school, respectively). I understand French, Portuguese, Romanian, and Catalan mostly because they're just Latin/Spanish with lots of orthographical mistakes. ;) I can understand Modern Greek barely, if I know what I'm doing, thanks to my knowledge of Ancient Greek, and I've got a basic grasp of Japanese due to my interest in animé.
My current plans include to learn Russian, some actual Swedish and Japanese, as well as improve my Spanish. Hope that was comprehensive enough. Tack så mycket för din intresse! ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 10:52, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

I think it's better to learn 3 languages to a high level of understanding, than to know fragments of several languages. It's still impressive, tho. --Anittas 11:34, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks; it's not like I actively made an effort to learn all of them, though. I learned English, Spanish, Latin, and Ancient Greek at school (to a high level of understanding ;)), and learned a little Italian while in fifth grade. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 11:45, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
がんばって！ -(I'll even attempt my signature in Japanese in honor of your attempt)- --平行か相俟って？ 12:19, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
ありがとう　ございます。(And I think you're quite aware that your signature was not an attempt, but absolutely correct. ;)) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:09, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

New user box

Hello Nightstallion, It's Moe Epsilon. Im giving you the user box for your user page called Template:User Member. It's a user box that says your a member of the AWWDMBJ.... Hope you like it! — Moe ε 04:12, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Yep, cute. Thanks! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 06:46, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Ronline's discussion

Of course I agree with you... But it seems that someone have a huge lack of information about almost everything he speaks of. Most of the time is purely troll and so on a vicious circle is started. Of course the present government of Moldova is wathing West not East. It is allready well know how bad relations have now with Kremlin. Russia will stop gas now and electricity for Moldova is now more than 50% since last two weeks from Romania and Ukraine. Since the puppet regime from Transnistria has stopped delivery of electricity. Bonaparte talk & contribs 09:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Didn't quite get the bit about trolls and circles, but else, yeah, it's pretty obvious that Russia's trying her best to keep its zone of influence somewhat alive despite strong opposition by USA and EU... ナイトスタリオン ✉ 10:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

my RFA

Thanks so much! Early support seems to really set the tone. Please let me know if you can see a way I can be more helpful ever. Tedernst 14:12, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. No reason not to support qualified users. ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 14:15, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi there! I hope you're well. I've been around for almost two years and I've thought about the prospect of Wp adminship: in my other life, I've also been an IT administrator, so I'm no stranger to this. I really appreciate the gesture and your consideration!

However, I think I would decline any such effort, at least for now. I'm happy to make quality edits – and have at times made somewhat controversial ones! (though not necessarily out of malice) – but I'd rather solicit interest first from users that have some interaction with me and for me to gauge whether or not this would be a worthy venture with a good chance of success on my end. As well, while I have designs on what Wikipedia can be, I'm well aware of what it sometimes isn't. A play on words (and your alias!): if wishes were horses, I'd be on Sable Island, and not just in the stable. :)

Ask me again in six months, though, and I may change my mind! In any event, send me an e-mail if you have any additional feedback. Thanks again! E Pluribus Anthony 16:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Okay then, but mark my words - I will ask you again in half a year. ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 19:28, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

RE: Template talk:Infobox Country/HDI

Hello again! Thanks again for your vote of confidence!

As well, the discussion to determine the appearance of the HDI in the country/infobox template has been concluded, with an outline for moving forward. Please consider entering some metadata; we will more quickly realise the fruits of our labour if more users do so. In any event, thanks for your participation! E Pluribus Anthony 02:40, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Euro coins

Sorry it took a while to reply (I forget sometimes that I've written something on a talk page) but I just thought you might like to know I replied to your reply on the Euro talk page about the coins. I just thought I'd tell you here, just to clear up what I don't get about the phrasing on the coins pages. This is the reply

Sorry, I was also a bit unclear. What I meant was the way officially (in trade) all the old currencies (IEP,FRF,DEM etc.) were replaced in 1999, but in cash, they weren't replaced until 2002. That is what I think is wrong, it doesn't say if it means (using the Estonian Kroon as an example)

  • in 2006 the Estonian Kroon will cease to trade as EEK and begin trading (still in Estonian notes) as EUR
  • in 2006 the Estonian Kroon will cease to trade as EEK changing to EUR, and the cash will come in at the same time
  • in 2006 the Estonian Kroon will cease to trade as EEK changing to EUR, and the cash will come in at another point, but this will also be in 2006.

- RedHotHeat 17:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I thought it was pretty clear that for the currencies that are replaced by the euro later, the changeover would be handled for cash and trading at one single date; but maybe that's because I've read quite a lot about the subject already. Anyway, what do you suppose we add to which article to make it clear? It doesn't make too much sense to add that to each individual coins article, but rather the general one about the euro itself, no? ナイトスタリオン ✉ 19:28, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
(sorry for this long reply wait. I didn't forget, I just wasn't available) Oh ok. Well I don't really know what could be done. I mainly just posted here to clear up what I meant. I assumed it would be possible this time to do both on one date, but I was thinking it would be very hard to manage. Well, I suppose the easiest thing is to put it on the main page, but the way I say it is, if you don't read that, then the problem is still there. - RedHotHeat 22:08, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Copyright

Hi. My original map (Image:BlankMap-RussiaDistricts.png) is GFDL. You have purported to release a modified version of this into the public domain. Please correct this. Morwen - Talk 17:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi Nightstallion,

I would like to thank you for your kind support on my RfA. I'll do my best to be a good administrator. If you need anything, or if I ever do something wrong with my new powers, please contact me. Mushroom 16:50, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

RfA thanks

I would like to thank you for your support of my recent successful RfA. If you have any further comments or feedback for me, my door's open - don't hesistate to drop a note on my talk page. Happy editing! Enochlau 11:03, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Flag of Lebanon

Why have you replaced Image:Lebanon_flag_large.png with Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg in Flag of Lebanon? CG 13:36, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Because all flags should be standardized to SVG format, and since I was just going through all country entries for an unrelated reason (HDI addition to infoboxes), I thought I might as well correct the flag links. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 14:37, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Your edits to Florin

Hi. I'm see you reverted some of my reverts of your edits. That's OK, let me explain what the problem was. When you changed the spelling of some of the referenced articles, you broke the links to them. If you think the articles are incorrectly named, what you should do is move the articles to their correct titles, then go back and fix up the links (using the What links here tool on the left side of the page). In the case of English coin Florin or Double Leopard, I suspect it would be best to rename it to English coin Florin, and make Double Leopard redirect to there. If you need help with the technical aspects, just ask me and I'll be glad to provide assistance. --RoySmith 16:44, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi! Yeah, I wanted to get to renaming the other articles, but a) I forgot ^_^;; and b) I wasn't quite sure whether English florin coin wouldn't be more correct, with the same change for the other two... ナイトスタリオン ✉ 16:57, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

I can't really help you on which name is better; I'm not familiar with the subject area. I notice you're a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics. I'm sure if you post your question there, somebody will be in a better position to answer it. They might even already have some kind of guideline on how these things should be named. --RoySmith 17:03, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I just went and had a look at other similar articles - it seems English coin Florin is the current standard, ugly as it may be. Well, I'm not touching it with a ten-foot pole; don't want to move five hundred articles. ;) Thanks either way! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 17:14, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Human Development Index

Could you please explain why you're adding the Human Development Index to infoboxes? The information is subjective and irrelevant and does not belong there, or at least not without substantial discussion first. Páll (Die pienk olifant) 19:19, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Substantial discussion has taken place for quite some time at Template talk:Infobox Country/HDI. Cheers! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 22:46, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Alexander for Admin

We need you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Alexander_007 ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Alexander_007 . I've nominated User:Alexander_007 as admin. Let's vote for him! -- Bonaparte talk & contribs 14:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Now that my RfA is fully and officially completed, I want to thank you for your support. There are lots of reasons why not, but I guess none of them applied... ;-) I appreciate your confidence that I can do the job. -- SCZenz 18:16, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Our forum

Welcome to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board! This page is a portal for all Romanian-related topics and a place for Romanian editors to gather and socialize and debate. Discussions are encouraged, in both English and Romanian. Post any inquiry under their relevant cathegory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedian%27s_notice_board

--Anittas 19:38, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

RFA for TheParanoidOne

Hello Nightstallion. Thanks for the vote of confidence in my RFA. I have now officially received the badge, so I shall try my best to be a good administrator. Thanks again. --TheParanoidOne 19:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Mindmatrix scam adminship

Image:Loonie.jpg

I have recently been granted greater access to your systems, and can begin the process of salvaging the sensitive information from my politically unstable land, as I promised. Please accept this loonie as a token of faith that I will conduct myself as required to complete our transaction. Thank you for your support. Mindmatrix 20:20, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Czechoslovak koruna

Also observe German mark or Danish krone -- I'll support the move from Czechoslovak crown to Czechoslovak koruna if there is a vote. Thank you for your efforts. Best Jbetak 17:39, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Just FYI, there already is a vote at Talk:Czechoslovak crown... ナイトスタリオン ✉ 19:18, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh thanks - I've put my vote on that page. Cheers Jbetak 07:44, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

I am very grateful to you for being the first person to vote for me at RfA. I really appreciate the honour you have shown me by your vote.--File Éireann 19:31, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Signature

Yes, it was inspired by yours! I decided to change my signature on the national day of Romania and I put just the Romanian flag, and then I got the idea from you about the EU flag as well. Oh, and the little envelope as well! I think the mixed EU-Austrian flag looks cool... I'll make something like that for Romanian too! Cheers, Ronline ✉ 06:18, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Cool. ;) Glad to have inspired you! Cheers, ナイトスタリオン ✉ 07:35, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Cool! However Romania will join EU in 1st January 2007. -- Bonaparte talk 16:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

You know what: you (or I!) could probably create and upload a small animated GIF that transitions between both flags. It would also be fairly unique in Wikipedia. Just my two devalued cents worth ... :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by E Pluribus Anthony (talk • contribs) , 16:52, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Technically, one could, but remember that we should Burn All GIFs! ;) And technically, Flag of Romania Romania could be set back to join only by 2008, though I personally hope she won't... Well. Either way, I really like my hybrid flag. cuddles it ナイトスタリオン ✉ 17:26, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm an admin now!!

Thanks a ton for your support on my rfa, the final tally was 50-0-0; I'll try and live up to the expectations of others and do my best in maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia. --Gurubrahma 13:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Opposition

Thanks for reviewing and voting on my Request for adminship. Since you opposed, would you care to comment further on my general suitability? I hope to improve as an editor and apply for adminship some time in the future and if you could give me something specific to focus on, that would be very helpful.-MegamanZero 0:14 7,December 2005 (UTC)

Well, first of all, take some more time. Get more familiar with Wikipedia, participate in the various votes for deletion, in meta-talk, join meaningful discussion at WP:RFC, and so on. And while I don't write as many edit summaries as I should and would like to (I just regularily forget), it would be a substantial bonus for your next nomination if you'd regularily write edit summaries. Have fun editting, and be sure to try again in half a year or so; chances are good I'll support then if you follow some of my suggestions. Cheers! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 12:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

BD2412's RFA

Although my RfA is not over yet, I figured that since so many people voted before it had been posted, I may as well start thanking people before it wraps up. It'll take me that long to thank everyone who voted anyway! Thank you, Nightstallion, for your support (really, I wasn't already an admin!) - I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 23:44, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Early RFA thanks

Hi Nightstallion/α,

Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. It has done very well and is currently at 67/0/2. As such, I am posting this in advance of its closure. If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know. Thank you once again! – NSLE (T+C+CVU) 06:46, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Boxes

Brookie here - I love all your user boxes on your page - how about one that says This user likes little boxes? :) Brookie: A collector of little round things 16:07, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I was actually just contemplating where I should add {{User ubx-5}}... ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 16:52, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Boxophile? :)

Hi there; thanks for your note. Is the country/infobox initiative still on? I presume(d) so: I have every intention of culling the country infoboxes you have listed in time, unless you indicate otherwise. I will also try to encourage others to assist, but I do not promise anything. :( E Pluribus Anthony 19:29, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, it's still on. I was just a bit disappointed by the initial reaction at Talk:Australia. Noone's said anything at Talk:Spain yet, so I'll try substing there and wait if anyone reverts... ;) I'll also ask the one who wrote the bot to convert album articles to use the respective infobox to take a look at the issue. Good to know there's someone else working on this, as well. Cheers! (Oh, and yes, boxophile indeed. grins) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 19:34, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
Great! If there's anything to learn from this: patience is a virtue. This is a huge, but I think worthwile, undertaking: there may be exceptions that require usage of a unique infobox, and opposition generally, but we can deal with it. Recall the HDI project: I was compelled to mount the vote/discussion, etc. after being shut down initially. Even though it took around 3 months, the proof is in the pudding. If you build it, they will come. :) I hope this helps. E Pluribus Anthony 21:12, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
Only problem is that patience is in fact the only virtue which I have a profound and utter lack of. Well, what to start with, then? A vote at Template talk:Infobox Country with a post at Wikipedia:Current surveys to attract attention so our proposal has some force behind it? ナイトスタリオン ✉ 21:57, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Country infobox

Re: [3]: I'd expect there would be some opposition, since the infobox template itself is not flexible enough for different countries to use it. Most countries that are not using the template directly are in fact already having boxes very similar to the template. — Instantnood 20:49, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

But it can be made flexible enough. It's not as if the current infobox system is set in stone, never to be changed again. I was aware of the fact that almost all country articles already use something like the template; my goal is/was rather to have all of them use the infobox template itself... ナイトスタリオン ✉ 21:57, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
The existing template may be improved to allow more flexibility. — Instantnood 06:28, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Please take a look at my latest proposal at Template talk:Infobox Country and add your thoughts. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 06:46, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Responded at template talk:Infobox Country. — Instantnood 14:26, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi! Assuming that the mass conversions are fine, we should probably wait until they are completed. Let me know if and when assistance is needed. E Pluribus Anthony 18:36, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

Nightstallion, thanks for your support on my RfA. The final count was 46/0/0. I hope I'll live up to your faith in me in my use of the mop and bucket. Please accept this wikithanks as a token of my gratitude ;)

On another note, our opposition at Talk:Australia to changing the infobox is nothing against the good work that WikiProject Countries does! And I noticed you support those pages moves - a while back I proposed a naming convention using ISO 3166-1 to name country articles. It's kinda stalled, but you might like to check it out. --bainer (talk) 23:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Of course it's nothing against the work, I know. It's no big problem, it's just that I really lack patience. I'll just let you Australians in peace until I've managed to convert all the other articles, and then I'll get back to bothering you as the odd one out. ::grins:: And I'll get myselved involved at the proposal, naturally. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 05:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

My failed RFA :)

Dear Nightstallion,

I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. Even though it failed with a with the final tally of 55/22/6, I want to thank you anyways. I don't want to be one a admin anymore until I reach 10,000 edits now that it's over with. Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 01:53, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Awolf002 RfA

Thank you very much for your support for my RfA. I will do everything I can to justify your trust in me. Awolf002 03:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Nightstallion:

Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks for your vote of support on my recent RFA. I hope to live up to your expectations.

All the best.
→ Ξxtreme Unction {yakłblah} 13:42, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

The Dem Userbox

I put up a proposed solution to make the political ideology "democracy"(not the party) one work. I don't care either way in regards to the party box. Let me know what you think. karmafist 19:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Portuguese flag in svg format

I've reverted all the image links I've found to your new version of the Portuguese flag, now in svg format. Please, if you are going to change a flag image, please consider changing it to a real flag and not to some kind of badly done sketch, I would hand draw the portuguese flag better than that in .svg. The one in .png was taken from the national symbols section of the Presidential website, and I think it should remain like that. 217.129.204.176 22:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Pathoschild's successful RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my request for adminship; it passed with 23/0/0 (plus one duplicate support and an oppose from a vandal IP). I shall do my best that my font of craftiness doth not dissipate. ;) // Pathoschild 08:50, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

vielen dank!

Hey Nightstallion/α! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, have a question, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D

Tomertalk
Ugh. my wrists hurt... :-p Tomertalk 22:06, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Well, just think about what BD2412 must've gone through... ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 22:09, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

My adminship request was successful!
Thank you
Thank you so much for your support of my RfA. The results of the request was 18/0/1. With the help of your support vote, I am now a bona-fide Wikipedia sysop/admin. I pledge to use my newfound powers for the good of Wikipedia and its editors. If you have anything to tell me, dont hesitate to "speak on it"!. --LBMixPro<Speak|on|it!>

Orioane's RfA

Hey Nightstallion/α! Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. To my amazement there were no negative or neutral votes and the result was (28/0/0). I am now an administrator so I'll try and do my best in this new position. I'll be happy to answer any comments or requests from you. Thanks one more time, Mihai -talk 20:08, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Your contribution to the Haiti election page

First off, thanks for helping out. I used your information to do a lot of back research. There is one problem though, in this edit you put that the municipal elections have been moved to March 5, 2006. I don't doubt that this is true, but I just have not been able to find a source. I have been trying to find sources for all of these changes and making wikinews articles so it looks cleaner, and I have found what I need for all of the other changes, except this one municipal change. If you can tell me where you saw it, or if you remember if it was in the same article that talked about changes in the presidential dates.... or any hint of where I could find this, that would be great. --MateoP 21:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Gladly: Try this, third paragraph. (Found through searching for "Haiti elections March" on Google News.) Take care, and cheers! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 22:24, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Language

Dont you want to learn this language?

Do you understand something?

What about to start a Wikipedia in this language?--Nixer 00:15, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I understand some things, mostly because much of it is related to either Latin or Ancient Greek. I s'pose this is one of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European languages? ナイトスタリオン ✉ 10:44, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Do you want to see a Wikipedia in this language?--Nixer 16:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
shrugs Can't say I'd be terribly sad if it doesn't happen, but it'd be nifty. Why do you ask? ナイトスタリオン ✉ 08:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Alhutch's RfA

Dear Nightstallion,

I'm an administrator, and I've got you to thank for it! Thanks to your support, my RfA passed 25/0. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can help you with anything. See you around the wiki, :-) Alhutch 05:47, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

SoLando's RFA

Image:WikiThanks.png Hi Nightstallion , thank you for voting in support of my RFA; the result was (28-0-0 ). I hope that I am able to fulfil the expectations of an admin. If you see me mess up anywhere, have any concerns (be it for my musical taste or edits), please don't hesitate to tell me! Take care. SoLando (Talk) 09:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

I noticed your neutral vote in my RFA. If there is any concern that you have that I may be able to answer questions about or anything else that you may need to make a decision. Please feel free to let me know and I'll be happy to help. Thank for participating! Gator (talk) 13:20, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi! I'm sorry to say so, but I changed my vote to oppose. I've said it at your RfA, but I want to state it again: It's nothing against you personally, but the issue with BD777 is simply too recent in my opinion. I consider your edits and contributions of high quality, and if this RfA fails, I'd be glad to re-nominate you in a few months, if you want. Take care! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 13:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey, I understand. I'm disappointed I couldn't have your support, it would have met a lot to me coming from you, but no hard feelings, I won't take it personally. See you around.Gator (talk) 14:00, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

A Jaffa Cake for you from CLW!
A Jaffa Cake for you from CLW!

Many thanks for your support during my RfA – following a 30/0/0 vote I’ve now been made an admin. Do have a Jaffa Cake! Cheers, CLW 13:59, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

My recent rfa

Dear Nightstallion, I wanted to thank you for your support during my recent RfA. :)

--Syrthiss 22:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Your message

Thanks for expanding on the Greater Austria article. I will try to add some more stuff as well. cheers Gryffindor 10:33, 16 December 2005 (UTC) ps: Austro-European, I like that. von wo genau?

Yep, I like that, too. I consider the EU to be a pretty ingenious project in principle, though it has its flaws in the details... As I state on my user page, incidentally, I'm from Mauerbach, a few metres west of Vienna. And you? ナイトスタリオン ✉ 10:43, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh yeah you did, sorry so many boxes I missed it :-) ursprünglich aus Wien, aber seit Jahren in Berlin :-) Gryffindor 15:24, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Kein Problem, wird ja langsam wirklich unübersichtlich... ;) Kuhl. Exilwiener quasi... ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 21:58, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

 Thank you for voting for me at my RFA, which closed with a 24/1/1 outcome. I will do my best in the position I now am in. Thanks again, and see you around Wikipedia!

--Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:59, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for voting on my RfA! The final result was (36/1/2), so I'm now an administrator! Didn't recognize this name at first, because on the actual page your name shows up as ????????? ?? ???????? or something. I'm assuming those are Japanese characters?Mo0[talk] 06:47, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Yup. They're the katakana for Nightstallion, i.e. NA I TU SO TA RI O N. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 10:38, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks for the support. My RFA passed 64-2. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 07:04, Dec. 17, 2005


RFA

Thank you for supporting my recent RFA, especially for starting the voting! It passed 30-0. If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to contact me.--File Éireann 14:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Gladly, you deserve it! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:39, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for voting on my RfA! The final result was (36/1/1), so I'm now an administrator! Shanel 20:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

World Citizen userbox, {{User:1ne/Userboxes/User world}}

Hi, I noticed the message saying you're a World Citizen, I would like to invite you to add {{User:1ne/Userboxes/User world}} to your user page if you wish to proclaim it in a more effective way, and this template will also add you automatically to the Wikipedians with World Citizenship category. :) --Mistress Selina Kyle 23:54, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Cheers!

Hi Nightstallion, thanks for your support on my recent RFA. The request was successful, with a final tally of 33/0/0. I'm delighted that you decided to support it and I hope that I can live up to your expectations. And say hello to Vienna for me, a beautiful city with great food as I remember! Leithp (talk) 10:26, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Sure will. Take care! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:43, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar may be awarded to those that show a pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without being asked.

Basically for [4] :) --Cool CatTalk|@ 17:09, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh... Gladly. ;) Thanks for the barnstar! (My first, actually. Yay! ;)) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:45, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Ianbrown's RfA

Thanks for voting in my recent RfA. I was overwhelmed at the turnout and comments received.

Ian ≡ talk 07:39, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the barnstar! It is very kind of you. I hope to be able to bring litas article to featured status. And also thank you for supporting renaming Partitions of Poland :) but could you just elaborate on that a little bit? That would be priceless!

Also, I have removed the wikithanks pic from Lbmixpro message because it screwed up your talk page. I am sorry if it caused any inconvenience. Renata3 18:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Mh, LBMixPro's message shows up fine for me. I've reverted it. You've certainly got my vote on featured article status, and I'll try to elaborate on the partitions talk page. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 20:00, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
For some reason his (?) wikithanks picture shows up in my screen waaaay at the bottom. Like at the bottom you have the last "thank you" comment, then footnote by Wikimedia, then I see huuuge white space (I counted 30 empty screens till I reachd the bottom) and then after all this white space there is this image, all centered. I got curious is it just my computer messed up or what? Anyway, I just let you know. And thanks again for everything. Renata3 01:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your support and kind words on my talk page as they were much appriciated. — Moe ε 22:55, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Gladly. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:10, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Deletion of 'green wikipedians' category

Hi. I saw you're (like me) listed in this category which is up for deletion. Hoped you'd like to vote in favor of keeping it... Thanks! Larix 02:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

As you already know:
Thank you!
I thank for your support on my recent RFA. Although I did not make admin, I'm very happy you decided to support me. I hope that I'll live up to your expectations in the future as well. — Moe ε 04:35, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Most Active Regional blocs

I have made some changes and comments on the Trade bloc page... Check them and let's see what (and how) will we do with the WikiProject... Regards, Alinor 20:50, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support on my RfA

Thank you for your support in my successful RfA. If you are ever in need of a second opnion (or some help), feel free to come to me. I will try my best to be there for my fellow Wikipedians. :-) Have a Happy Holidays! -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. Think out loud 03:49, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

malo's RfA

Thank you!
Nightstallion, thanks for your support on my RFA. I was rather suprised at the overwhelming support I received. Thank you for your confidence in me. I hope that I'll live up to your expectations in the future as well. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 05:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Euro coins from pdf, take two

Hi! Today, the National Bank of Slovakia decided on the motifs to be used on Slovak euro coins. I haven't been able to find information about it on the internet, however upon emailing the NBS directly, I quickly received a detailed answer, including a pdf file containing all eight euro coin designs. Could you extract the images from this file, just like you did for the new designs on euro coins? I'd need to email the pdf to you, naturally, since it's not available on the internet AFAIK. Thanks! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 14:32, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I just sent you an e-mail now from the address to send them to (gbonner AT mymeteor DOT ie) but I wasn't sure which you'd check first so I thought I'd just let you know here too. - RedHotHeat 16:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh, actually, it *is* available online, I just wasn't able to find it without the assistance of a really helpful person from the NBS... The text is here, and the images are in this pdf. Thanks a lot! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 06:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh ok. I am working on extracting them, but unlike the others, these are on a blue background, AND have been antialiased to it, so I'll either have to remove the antialiasing (which is why I said I'm working on them) or leave it as blue. Which do you think is better? Personally I think white, since it would match the rest. - RHeodt 08:03, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, I think that would most likely be for the best, unless it's unmanageably difficult. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 09:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I have just devised an ingenius way of doing it, so each one can be deantialiased in about 30s, so most of them are now done. I'm just gonna compress them properly. - RHeodt 11:55, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Great! BTW, cool signature. Nightstallion ✉ 11:56, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I had just realised a second ago I had forgetten to upload 1c. You may have noticed, but it's fixed now. I had a good bit of trouble with 20c though, due to it's lack of proper circular...ness. Some still have tiny traces of the original antialiasing, (which you may or may not have noticed) but not enough to notice without zooming in (except maybe 20c) but to have completely removed some would have put them out of shape. (BTW thanks for the signature thing, and that pretty little star!) - RHeodt 13:51, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Yup, I did notice, but figured you just hadn't got to it yet. I don't think the minor mistakes are noticeable; you did excellent work IMO. And as for the barnstar–gladly. ;) BTW, I took the liberty of changing my signature, inspired by yours. Take a look: Nightstallion ✉ 13:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Adminship EdwinHJ

In the light of the opposition to Edwin's Adminship (3rd attempt), you may wish to review your position.Phase1 21:36, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Mon beau RfA

Sadly, I am too poor to afford shiny colored boxes and pictures. Nevertheless... Thanks for supporting my RfA. The final tally was a smashing 22/4/1. Deltabeignet 23:41, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Hey Nightstallion! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was an unanimous (45/0/0), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, or have a question, please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D --Eliezer | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 03:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your support of my Rfa, Nightstallion. I am happy to announce that I have successfully been voted an administrator, and wish to say that I will work harder to make Wikipedia a more reliable source of information. I apologize if this seems impersonal but it is past my bedtime. I'm always following Eliezer's thank you... and his better than mine too. Croat Canuck 06:58, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes

The WikiProject you supported has been created, so please visit it and consider joining. Thanks! Ian13ID:540053 18:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC)