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The Minister of War is taking a long wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia if he still feels like it later on

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? Huh? Ok.

  • If you post here, I will reply here


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[edit] Yuriy Yekhanurov

If I provide the translation of the biography (when Y. gets ratified), would you volunteer to put it together into the article? Sashazlv 05:22, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Id be happy to! Bear in mind, though, i am not Ukranian, so i would definitely need you to check whether i did a good job. I really only know about this guy what i have read in English, and because he is new, there is still very little on him. --The Minister of War 07:52, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
In regards to Image:Yekhanurov.jpg you uploaded, you've labeled it public domain, but then said "when citing information available on their site in printed or electronic form, reference to www.razom.org.ua must be provided." This is not consistent with public domain. Where did you get this info on the copyright status? Thanks.--Pharos 23:14, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
The image is from here. I didnt know which 'status' it would have (they seem rather confusing to me), but it is supplied by his political party and also used elsewhere. A plausible alternative would be to classify it PD-UA-exempt, but i dont really know the specifics on that either. Thus, as a cry for help, i decided to just post it and hope that somebody as yourself would pop op automatically to help! :-) And lo, behold! Any thoughts? --The Minister of War 13:06, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Hmm... on a careful reading it doesn't seem to qualify as PD-UA-exempt, so I've changed it to fair use.--Pharos 16:13, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

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

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 place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  -- Dave C.talk | Esperanza 03:56, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Doh! Dave C. beat me to it! I was gonna welcome you. But still, I second what he said and add my own. Good to have you aboard!--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 06:37, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Haha! Two welcomes mean more than one! Thanks, hope to be of help!--The Minister of War 08:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Bosniaks

Please don't stick your nose in the bosniak article, you obviously don't have any knowledge on the subject and therefore you should keep yourself away.

Haha! And a good day to you! Luckily Wiki is free editing, so even if i didnt know my stuff (which i do) i could still edit it. But thank you for your concern.--The Minister of War 07:01, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Warbox

The move strikes me as somewhat of a bad idea, since (almost) nobody knows that WP:WARS even exists, whereas WP:BATTLES actually has some active members. If anything, I think it would be easier to merge WARS into BATTLES (creating, in effect, WikiProject Wars and Battles) which would standardize the entire range of articles (battles, campaigns, wars, etc.).

Having considered it further, I think having a separate project may be the best idea after all. I've created a project notice ({{WikiProjectWars}}), and will be adding it to some articles as soon as I get the chance. Hopefully, this will get us some more activity.

If you check the bottom of the WP:BATTLES page, you'll find that battleboxes originally had a color scheme as well. It was abandoned primarily because (1) the casual reader would have no idea what the colors meant, and (2) pink battleboxes just looked silly. I'm not convinced that the color scheme you found will solve either of these problems. Kirill Lokshin 12:44, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New European Union collaboration

Hi The Minister of War, 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)

[edit] WikiProject Wars

Well, the tagging seems to have failed in bringing in any new members. I'm willing to give it a few more days; if nothing happens, I think we may need to consider merging back into WikiProject Battles and continuing the warbox development there, as there are, at least, some people who comment on that page.

Any thoughts? Kirill Lokshin 16:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Actually, i'm not so sure we should. You're right, at least they can comment. But we can ask to comment on that page, regardless of whether we move there or not. If we want to implement this warbox-scheme (i think its a great idea), we'll have to do this as a WP anyway.
And i'll wager that once we start putting on the first few warboxes, we'll get a lot more replies, comments, criticisms and members! --The Minister of War 08:59, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
What articls did you tag? What system did you use? I keep running into articles you've already done ;-) Simultaneously, i'm attempting to tag the categories as well. --The Minister of War 11:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
I mainly tagged articles under Category:Wars and its sub-categories — I probably missed anything too many levels deep, however. The sub-categories definitely need some work.
I suppose you're right about members and comments and everything else :) I'll try to do some work on the warbox templates in the next few days; if no major issues come up, we could be ready to start adding them by the end of this week. Kirill Lokshin 12:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
Also — do we really need {{war-stub}}? Most articles on wars aren't stubs, and the ones that are generally use {{mil-stub}}. In any case, the new stub type would need an associated category (per Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub Sorting); it's also a good idea to add it as a proposal on that page before using it. Great picture, though :) Kirill Lokshin 15:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
Phew, man, it seems you cant do anything here which doesnt get noticed by some committee or another! I wanted to talk with you today on the stub (little time yesterday), but i guess it overtook us. I posted my reasons on the WARS talk page, we'll discuss it there.
And about the pic: i didnt like it much as an icon, but it looks great on your tag! :-)
Yeah, the icon is very nice (much better than I could have drawn, anyways).
I've commented fruther on the WP:WARS talk page; I've also posted a note to the WP:BATTLES talk page inviting people to comment — hopefully we can get a few more opinions on it rather than just endlessly talking back and forth ;-) Kirill Lokshin 10:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Eurobarometer

I'm happy to see someone else contributing text to some of those sections.  :) Thank you! Cheers, LiniShu 21:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] HypnoEdits

Hi,

As they say, it takes two to tango. I haven't seen a sincere interest on both sides to put the quality of the article first. If they actually agree to work the To Do list, there might be some hope. — RDF talk 13:49, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree. The revert war only ended in a truce, but no peace. I am surprised to see little enthousiasm for any mediation effort (and even less actual cooperation), despite having asked for it officially. Funny how people can seem very committed to reverting a certain article, but apparently less so when it comes to inserting comments constructively.
Still, I was hoping your obviously more neutral input would help tip the scale towards a more objective view. If you feel inclined to jump in the fray, youre more than welcome to! The Minister of War 16:12, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm really not much of a fray jumper when it comes to Wikipedia. I see NPOV as more of a mythology than a reality in too many cases. At best, a balance of POVs can be achieved, but only if good will trumps vested interests. I tried to mediate once but only one party (Sam Spade) agreed. I'm not aware of any change to that situation, so I don't see what truly would be gained by my participation. If I saw some constructive movement on the To Do list my outlook might be different. — RDF talk 16:43, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
I'll be honest: I feel very insulted by this. I feel that you've come to the situation with the preconceived notion "It takes two to tango; they must be equally reponsible for a failure to reach consensus" and interpreted everything according to that preconception. On what grounds are you judging that my interest in putting the quality of the article first is not "sincere"? Exactly why does all my willingness to discuss changes and improvements to the article on the talk page count for exactly as much as Sam's refusal to work in the same process? The only thing that I have been asked by a reasonable editor which I have not done is engage in a "mediation" with Sam and the reason I have refused that is that it does me precisely the same wrong that is being done to me here: my efforts to preserve the quality of the article by keeping Sam from stripping out POVs he doesn't agree with and adding pseudoscience about "brainwashing and mind control" are being placed on a par with Sam's POV-pushing. The problem is being looked at as "two editors are having an interpersonal dispute" rather than "one editor is trying to violate key Wikipedia policies and that effort is being resisted by other editors who care about those policies." Tell me again why "mediation" would be worth engaging in, if this is the kind of a slap in the face it amounts to. -- Antaeus Feldspar 20:09, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Battles and Wars

Hey! Due to surprisingly strong support for the WikiProject Military history idea, I've tried my hand at a summarized proposal here. I hope I noted all of the main points in the discussion, but feel free to add anything I've missed. In the absence of significant calls for my head, we could merge the projects in a few days; in any case, comments on the final proposal would be appreciated :-) Kirill Lokshin 13:00, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Looks great! I'm pleasantly surprised about the amount (and enthousiasm) of the reactions. Perhaps this will work out nicely after all, though - about your head - mind you, in the US the day is still young! ;-) The Minister of War 18:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Minister, thanks for your support on my RFA. I very much appreciate it. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask. See you around! —thames 18:31, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Baie dankie

Thank you for nearly supporting me in my recent request for adminship but just missing out due to the votes closing. I will strive to an open, approachable and transparent administrator. --Jcw69 19:08, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you very much for your support. :) --a.n.o.n.y.m t 19:02, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] the wub's RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my RfA, I really appreciate it. the wub "?!" 14:02, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Titoxd's RfA

Thank you!
Thank you!

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Titoxd(?!?) 18:11, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your vote on my RFA

Now that the voting has officially closed, I would like to thank you very much for supporting my candidacy for adminstrator and as of 18:36, 28 October 2005 (UTC) I am an administrator. I will make sure to use the additional power judiciously and I welcome any comments you may have. --Reflex Reaction 19:43, 28 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] My RFA

Thank you for your support! If you should ever have any concerns about my actions as an administrator, please be sure to tell me! Kirill Lokshin 13:26, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dvyost RfA thanks

Thanks for your kind words and support vote on my RfA! Rest assured that I'll do my best to wield the mop with honor and righteousness. Cheers, --Dave 14:30, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spawn Man

You wrote that "Spawn Man is hardly a troll though." I request that you review this edit, in light of meta:dick. Hipocrite - «Talk» 14:00, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Ouch. I agree, its not a flattering move for Spawn Man; didnt say i would condone everything he ever said. But mind you, he was called he troll before he said that, and in said discussion he wasnt all that bad. I've seen his work on WP:WARS, and he's always a valuable, hard working and cheerful contributor. The Minister of War 18:41, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RFA for Johntex

Hello, I want to thank you for your support of my RfA. I enjoy reading your contributions to Wikipedia. Hopefully we can work together at some point in the future. Best, Johntex\talk 00:17, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hypnosis

The article is really turning around, and I want to thank you for the work you put into it, even if we didn't always agree. As a gesture of good faith to your attempted mediation process, I wanted to ask you to comment @ Talk:Hypnosis#Next.3F.

I read your User page, and you seem like a very interesting guy. I don't live all that far from you, being in the Eifel region of Germany (near benelux). What is your thesis regarding? If you find the time, I have been thinking of improving European_Defense_Community and European Security and Defence Policy. The protectedness of europe, and the likelyhood of eventual conflict/WW is a great concern to me. Cheers, Sam Spade 22:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. I had kind of had it, but this helped. My thesis is about explaining why European Defence is picking up, and more specifically why now? Why not in 1989? Or even after Bosnia? Why now? Not sure about the answers yet, but i'll find out soon hopefully! I'm putting wiki work on hold, I really have to get to work on it... About those articles: I will probably also do a bit of work on them. I'm busy writing my thesis anyway, so i'll put some stuff on Wiki while i'm on it - there is almost nothing on Wiki on that topic! It'd be nice to do some stuff together. Well, see you around! The Minister of War(Peace) 18:55, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Indeed. I think the answer to "why now" is because america is kinda going down the toilet as earth's next best thing to superman, and someone else needs to step up to the plate and balance out the world stage. We in the west don't want that to be China, so... E.U. has alot of work to do in becoming a viable military Superpower. Its only a waiting game until someone gets greedy and tries to bully their way into stealing europe's power and opulance. Besides, nearly everybody would be more comfortable if america wasn't #1, or at least wasn't the only one. Sam Spade 19:34, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Have a look @ Category:EU security, I've been adding any applicable articles there. if nothing else, it may help you w your paper! Sam Spade 00:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi, Thank you for your interest in the WS topic. A vote has began here about the infobox. Are you interested? Daryou 20:52, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Success!!! Thanks for your support! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 08:04, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank-you for expressing your confidence in me at my recent Request for Adminship. The final result was 40/0/0, and my "superpowers" have now been activated. I look forward to helping out with the development of the encyclopedia. Physchim62 (talk · contribs)

[edit] Thanks from Pamri

Hi, Thanks a ton for voting at my RFA. I am now a wikipedia administrator. I hope I can keep your trust. Thanks again. --Pamri • Talk • Reply 04:45, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for supporting my RfA

I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --Alabamaboy 16:31, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] FireFox RFA

The Minister of War

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (96/2/0), so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any queries about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, thanks!

FireFox 18:54, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

I just wanted to thank you for your support (by changing your vote) of my RfA which finally passed! I greatly appreciate it! Ramallite (talk) 04:11, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Very much for your kind support of my adminship. I'll do my best to live up to your and my other supporters' expectations. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 14:37, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mediation?

Hi Minister! Days ago you dropped by the talk page of Cenepa War offering yourself as a mediator. The idea wasn't bad, as by the look of things, a flame war was about to start...Well, it did, until it ran its course (gladly). Well, I've been doing some more work on the article, it's somewhat bigger now, and I think the notes and references are coming out ok (your opinion would be great though). The thing is, this is a fairly recent war between Peru and Ecuador (I am Ecuadorian BTW), and it's a proven fact that human emotions cool down much slower than the barrel of a gun. Anyhow, a Peruvian user, HappyApple, dropped by the other day to leave a POV warning, but without mentioning specific sections or sentences. I've been trying to reach him, but he doesn't seem to be terribly enthusiastic about coming in and pointing out some ideas on how to improve the article and delete that warning. Could you take a look at the article, and the talk page, to see if you'd like to mediate or rescue the article, in case HappyApple doesn't show up anymore? Thanks Andres C. 22:06, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Please fix your signature

Please refer to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ianblair23 and fix your signature as necessary. Thank you. Silensor 23:24, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Euhm... I dont see anything wrong with my signature to be quite honest... -- <font face="Garamond" color=navy size="2">The Minist</u>[[WP:EA|<u><font color=green face="Garamond" size="2">e</font></u>]][[User:The Minister of War|<u><font face="Garamond" color=navy size="2">r of War</font></u>]][[User talk:The Minister of War|<sup><font face="Garamond" color=navy >(Peace)</font></sup>]] 06:57, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Aha. Now how did this happen?
Does stripping it help? The Minister of War 07:15, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Your signature, from some post a couple of days a go, reads: The Minister of War(Peace) , around "The Minist" you open u, open font and then close u without closing the font, so add directly after "The Minist". It seems like you have maybe changed it already so that's great Stefán Ingi (talk) 09:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
I guess I should have realised that on the page this will just render your sig as html tidy has been added again, but you can see the problem if you edit the code. Stefán Ingi (talk) 09:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
But everything is still behaving wierdly, I just got my [ randomly html-escaped, when expanding the ~ Stefán Ingi (talk) 09:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Yep, your (talk) is still weird (though i fixed it). I think I'll be sticking with boring sigs for a while :-) Thanks for pointing out the missing font tag, indeed i overlooked it! The Minister of War 09:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Godmode light

Hi! I am afraid I do not know IE well enough to fix godmode light so that it works with it (note that some of the required code is already present). But I will try to have a look at it if I ever have the opportunity to use a Windows box. Sam Hocevar 12:06, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Image:WikiThanks.png Thanks for your support. I've now been made an administrator. I'll do my best not to let you down :) --Sherool (talk) 02:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for supporting me for adminship. The RfA passed today. I look forward to working with you to make Wikipedia a better place. --Nlu 05:37, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] GraemeL's RFA

Hi The Minister of War,

I am now an administrator and would like to thank you for your support and kind words on my RfA. I was very surprised at the number of votes and amount of and kind comments that I gathered. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I mess up in the use of my new powers. --GraemeL (talk) 15:40, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Hi The Minister of War,

Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! Regards, JoanneB 15:46, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ianblair23's RfA

G'day Minister,

I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. It closed with the final tally of 57/0/0. I can only hope I can live up to the expectations that this wonderful community of ours demands from each of its administrators. If you ever need anything, please just let me know. Cheers! -- Ianblair23 (talk) 03:53, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MONGO RfA

I really appreciate the time you spent examining my contributions and for the well thought out and articulate commentary you gave when you voted to support me. I was really impressed with your professionalism in your statement. I have been promoted and I have you partly to thank for that. As I discussed, my comment regarding foreigners was not taken seriously and the object of my "joke"Rama, a person I have edited with in the past, knew it for what it was and voted support, although I think they didn't count his vote as it came in late. Regardless, I'll be careful to not let my words erroneously cast confusion to the reader again and I'll ensure you know that your vote was the correct one. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you.--MONGO 08:31, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm glad you made it! Like i said in my comments, it seems like your an excellent contributor, apart from those specific comments. Sadly, most people dont take, or even have the time to look so thoroughly through contributions, so sometimes appearances are all people base their opinions on. Cant really blame 'em; must say that after your RfA i decided to quit voting on them - it just takes too much damn time! :-) The Minister of War 09:07, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers

Thnaks for your support on my RfA and your kind comment. I hope I carry on looking good! Steve block talk 09:50, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers

I hope I'm doing this right - I'm new to wiki editing. Anyway, I think we have boatloads in common, and I look forward to chatting with you. Best, Arthur360911.

[edit] re: Reverting talk pages

The last time it happened, dozens of pages resulted from it. Most of the material in the talk page have nothing to do with the article, which is really sad. I was also responsible of this mess, which I accept the partial blame. It is predicted that had the materials been left there, Thoth would have answered and then the other person, and then Thoth etc., and it would be impossible to delete anything then(because deletion would be the only way to stop that), because to delete you will have to decide where to cut, and either of them will find it unfair that you started deleting from his answer. Since it was early in the discussion, deleting both answers was the best thing in my opinion. If you disagree, feel free to revert back, but you'll have to moderate both of them if it degenerate. :) Fad (ix) 00:03, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Esperanza elections

Hi The Minister of War: This is a quick note just to let you know that there's an election under way at Esperanza. If you'd like to become a candidate for Administrator General or the Advisory Council, just add your name here by 15 December 2005. Voting begins at 12:00UTC on 16 December.

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[edit] News from Esperanza

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[edit] Brandram Merge

Thanks for merging the two articles I flagged (Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark and Lady Katherine Brandram). I wasn't quite sure how to do it. -- EgbertW 01:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Diplomacy

Thanks for the improved text regarding the computer games' lack of voice chat. More accurate and more encyclopedic than the previous version. Barno 02:48, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

No problemo. Must say, I even quite enjoyed both of the computer games. Then again, i'm the kind of person who played them with six computer opponents with world domination as my goal rather than merely victory. :-) The Minister of War (Peace) 15:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meatball, and why Voting is Good sometimes

Meatball is a wiki about community processes (now mostly defunct, though), and has created a lot of Words of Wisdom that we use on a daily basis. So while I see few people actually participated in VIG, I'm sure many have read it.

Anyway. These issues have already been discussed (to death, several items) on a variety of pages. The problem with that is that such discussions generally bog down into two opposing factions, both with reasonable arguments, and it is impossible to measure if either side is representative of consensus, or simply a vocal minority. So we should most certainly take this poll seriously. Once we know that (if) a strong majority supports a certain position, we can take it to a proposal page to hammer out the details. If we started out with a proposal instead, there would 1) be substantially less interest, and 2) any opponent could simply state it to be non-consensual.

I disagree with your assertion that "half of the people who count, don't vote, and half of the people who vote, don't count". With the exception of a sockpuppet (whom I take to be an existing user exercising his right to be anonymous), all voters are established and reasonably knowledgeable Wikipedians. And the poll had over five hundred responses in the first day. Radiant_>|< 13:15, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Yeah, it's tricky, but Category:Wikipedia proposals is generally worth keeping an eye on. It's true that voting encourages pileons, it's tempting to scan both sides for people you know and trust and I'm sure it subconsciously influences judgment for many. Radiant_>|< 16:28, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfB

Hey, Minister (or should I say, your Excellency??). I just wanted to thank you for your support in my RfB. And thank you especially for your compliment on my argumentation. I'm flattered. Thank you so much. Redux 22:03, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history: Coordinator elections

WikiProject Military history The Military history WikiProject is currently holding elections for project coordinators. Any member of the project may nominate themselves and all are encouraged to vote here.
The elections will run until February 5.

--Loopy e 04:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment on my work via the military history project coordinators. Most of the editors know that my formal education is in military history, and for the last 7 months I have been working away at it. I appreciated your coming to my defense. Thanks! I have accepted that I won't be on that project. I will just continue to freelance. old windy bear 12:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

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[edit] WS

Hi, I see that Arre agree that the two terms (WS and SADR) are not interchangeable. What do you think by then about the title of the page? Best regards. Daryou 20:56, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

hey, stop misrepresenting my point of view. i'm sure that his excellency can read for himself what i think. Arre 23:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

My dear Arre you said exactly: "We all agree that they are not interchangeable terms". :)

Hi, I just posted a comment, what do you think? Cheers. Daryou 22:57, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AH

With all due respect, I didn't think the "grammar" changes had anything to do with grammar :) Wyss 17:33, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Wow. You seriously nitpicking about that, when its so clear what i meant? Fascinating. Or perhaps this is meant as a clear apology and i myself am missing it? The Minister of War (Peace) 10:08, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Hi Mr Minister of War, thanks for participating in my RfA discussion. Unfortunately, my fellow Wikipedians have decided at this time that I am not suitable to take on this additional responsibility, as the RfA failed with a result of 66/27/5 (71.0% support). But thank you for voting for me! Regards, Proto t c 10:35, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Helpbox

Hi. Per your comments at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 January 24#Template:Helpbox, I've userfied the above template to User:The Minister of War/Template:Helpbox since there seems no reason to userfy it to an author's space who showed no interest in it despite being asked about it. If you'd prefer it deleted, drop me a note. The redirect is already gone. -Splashtalk 03:05, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Hmmmm yes thanks. I think it was a real swell idea to make it, but i'm not sure i want to pick up the baton if even User:Xiong himself doesnt seem willing to help out with his own project. I wish he just would. I dont know what happened, but it seems awfully pointless to let it get to you, as there are so many other editors who just contribute without getting stuck in Wikipoliticking. Ah well. Thanks anyway. The Minister of War (Peace) 07:08, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What You Said On Radiant's Talk Page

Well, I do have a manifesto, although it's more about what me, Radiant and many others believed in(a need for reform), rather than getting Radiant back. I just hope he does come back and that Jimbo realizes what a fool he's been for his actions and trusting the people he has(the Clerks, mainly). Karmafist 13:53, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Birthday

Thank you very much! —Kirill Lokshin 14:25, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Re, WS

Hi, Thank you very much for your intervention in this issue. There is just a little problem; I have some comments about the introduction and the arguments:

  • Moroccans accept and use the term Western Sahara.
  • If you want to include the comparison with the Flag of Tibet and Flag of Palestine, there should be also the comparison with the flag of ROC (Taiwan). Maybe we should also include that all conflicts aren't similar.
  • We should also include "See Also: WP:NPOV"
  • Morocco does acknowledge the very term "Western Sahara", it's a fact.
  • There is one or 2 of my arguments that you didn't mention: There are exceptions to the naming convention (flag of Taiwan), and "neutrality of WP has priority".

Thank you and best regards. Daryou 16:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for setting up a poll. Arre 17:22, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the poll

Hi, the wording of the arguments is controversial, for example:

  • Calling this flag Flag of Western Sahara implies that the flag is the rightful flag of the whole territory, which is POV. (you use affirmations in the opponent arguments and you use the conditionnal in my arguments?)
  • Morocco uses the Moroccan flag in Western Sahara, and several other different flags of different Provinces within the area.
  • The term Flag of Western Sahara could not be applied to any other flag. There is no Moroccan version of a flag of Western Sahara, save the Flag of Morocco itself, and the Flags of the Provinces in Moroccan Sahara (this page doesnt yet exist).

Plus, you didn't mention many of the arguments that I used in this talk page. The arguments section is supposed to summarize in a very neutral way all the arguments used by the opponents since many voters won't have the time to read all the page. For example

  1. the "flag of ROC" precedent.
  2. there are exceptions to the naming convention.
  3. neutrality has priority over the naming convention.
  4. this title is POV because it reflects the polisario's POV and is refused by Morocco.

If you don't agree with some of my arguments, it's not a reason to not mention them, by the same way many of the opponent arguments are untrue.

And thank you for setting up this poll, cheers. Daryou 18:35, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey Daryou, glad you like the poll.
  • You have a point. However, I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from your implications of my partiality on the question. Please WP:AGF - I'm not trying to push the vote in any direction; in fact, I'm just trying to help on a page with which I have no feelings either way.
  • I use the term Moroccan Sahara to reflect the part currently under Moroccan control. I must say I dont see any problem here.
  • I'll change this; I was not implying the flags dont exist, but I assume this would be clear to most readers.
I have tweaked one of the arguments to include some of your points. Points 2, 3 and 4 are minor points within the second argument, and not really arguments unto themselves.
More generally, I have two more comments. First, I do not appreciate the way you imply that I leave out arguments because I do not agree. This is simply not the case. Again, please WP:AGF, and dont assume you know what my opinion on the matter is. Second, please dont comment on every vote in the poll. There has been ample discussion already, and inline comments (especially when improperly bulleted) only confuse the poll. Please dont add more.
Cheers, The Minister of War (Peace) 23:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I have absolutely no doubt about your good faith. I know you very well since we've met in the WS infobox survey, remember? I really appreciate your integrity. Thank you very much and best regards :). Daryou 23:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah yes, the infobox vote; the good old days! ;-) Glad to hear that! I was worried for a sec that the poll about how POV the article name is, would turn into a discussion on how POV the poll phrasing is! Thanks for clearing the air. Cheers, The Minister of War (Peace) 23:39, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

By the way, we used to add comments in the poll, it seems that it is the WP way. I appreciate that the background section be clear, but there is no need to move the comments about the votes into the bottom of the page. Cheers. Daryou 23:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I didnt move them [1]. You're right in that it's the Wiki-way to ask people to clarify their votes, and sometimes a discussion follows. In this case, you're just adding your comments. On other pages as well, such reactions are usually frowned upon; if everybody would add in comments for any vote they disagreed with, it would be a chaos rather soon! I wont remove these, but please dont add more. Ciao, The Minister of War (Peace) 09:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal

I have blocked a couple of addresses so far, but unfortunatly they keep changing IP address on a fairly quick basis. So I semiprotected Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) which seems to be their favorite vandalism page. Please let me know if you notice them coming back under a new IP address. --Martyman-(talk) 00:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Will do. Again thanks! (for the third time! :-) ). The Minister of War (Peace) 00:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] European Union

Is there another template to use which indicates to readers that there is a dispute over one minor fact ? Agreed that the dispute template gives an impression of major factual inaccuracy, but in the absence of another more appropriate template I am not inclined to remove it - not through any obstanacy on my part, but because then the article is left as it is which I believe to be wrong. So it will stay wrong unless I make my proposed edit again - and so there is a silly edit war. I am not a massively technically aware person, but I would be happy to contribute to the design of a new template that indicates a specific and minor dispute rather than the current "blanket dispute" template. I hope I am being reasonable, but absent any other guidance, I am going to leave the article as it is. Thanks for your help--jrleighton 13:09, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VWN en WCN

Beste The Minister of War,

Al enige tijd is er een Nederlandstalig chapter in oprichting, te vinden op http://nl.wikimedia.org . Dit wordt de Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland (VWN). Je kunt je interesse om lid te worden van deze vereniging hier aangeven.

Deze vereniging gaat eind augustus/begin september een Wikimedia Conferentie in Nederland (WCN) houden, volgend op Wikimania in Boston, gedeeltelijk erop inspelend middels een aantal discussiegroepen. Om iets dergelijks te organiseren is imput erg gewenst. Dus als je wilt meehelpen, of als je interesse hebt om bij een dergelijk evenement aanwezig te zijn, geef dat dan aan op nl.wikimedia. Ik hoop daar snel je imput tegemoet te zien! Met vriendelijke groet, effeietsanders 21:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phroziac

Yeah, her oppose is really civil, just like her, but I still feel wierd using that pronoun with the transgendered, it's nothing personal. Karmafist 19:37, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal info

It's ok in a diff. It's already been posted on the wiki, and is easily findable. Thank you for your concern. --Phroziac . o º O (♥♥♥♥ chocolate!) 16:58, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phroziac's Oppose

I hope you don't think i'm a horrible jerk now, I thought all of that was common knowledge, and I wanted to try and explain why I thought Phroziac voted that way(Phroziac is currently in a bad state and needs some friends, which the Cabal provides), but I said it in a way that wasn't objective like I wanted, but subjective and insulting, which apparently proves to a point what the cabal has been largely saying -- that I am an inferior person to an extent.

Please change it to make it not insulting if it hasn't been changed already, that was not my intention, and I have no confidence in my abilities to do so at the current moment. If I have lost your respect, I am disappointed, but I understand. Karmafist 19:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I often forget about the face part, since I used to be very poor at recognizing that part anyway. The internet does seem to make it easier to be a bastard...

As for the adminship, ultimately, there are only three reasons I can think of at the present time.

  1. This place for lack of a better term is like a kid to me, I love it, and I want to help others better experience it in anyway I can, and ultimately, adminship gives some of the tools necessary to get the full experience of this place(I still feel like I have phantom limbs)
  2. Whenever I try to explain the political workings of Wikipedia to real life people, especially those in the political sphere(i'm fairly involved as you can probably tell), their average response is somewhere around the perception that Wikipedia is either run by a mental asylum or a clan of rabid monkeys. Sooner or later, reality and our little wiki-world is going to collide, and if that happens with this place being run the way it is, this place will have next to no credibility left afterwards.
  3. With all the idiotic groupthink cabal admins around, don't you think there needs to be somebody around to make sure they don't go out of control?

It'd be nice if I could just ignore it, but hard times call for people who don't want to be in charge of anything(like myself) to eschew that and strive for leadership. Hopefully i'll be able to learn how to do that here, because look at who's "running" the country right now, the real world desperately needs leaders, and I don't see many signing up to try and clean up all those messes. Karmafist 12:27, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Leaving"

Maybe just a break. All I know is that now is not a good time for me on here, last night I literally got sick just looking at Wikipedia. I'd like to come back, but I don't know. I'm a politician by my nature, so maybe that means there's no place for me here. However, the fact that i've been unable to make wikipolitics into a less toxic thing for all involved is a disappointment to me, and I have to take a step back if only from that. Karmafist 13:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gatekeepers

Regrettably, the RFC didn't bring in many people. The article is about the same or worse, with none of the suggestions incorporated. Is there another way to attact some level heads and knowledgable people to the article...? Schizombie 00:08, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I put an AfD on it. Schizombie 20:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] help me!

I have given nearly two half days of work on this issu. I really do not want to read protocols for community to take it forward, based on your remark. I'm just learning this tool and its social structure. I'm involved as Karabekirs significant work was reverted by one of the administrators. I believe his work was a significant addition. The reasons are already given at the talk page. I'm sure you can find them, just check my additions. I believe one of administrators took the issues on a personal level (from his words, he is sided on the issue covered at the article, which is fine with me) and tried to get rid of every addition of Karabekirs on the article (which is not fine with me) of Armenian genocide. I wish to see first two items happen very strongly.--OttomanReference 16:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

  • "Karabekirs (a.k.a Coolcat's or ...) additions on the main article should be reverted back. Revision of 07:12, 9 March 2006"
  • "Karabekirs (a.k.a Coolcat's or ...) additions of timelines should be reverted back (undelete them). Let him contiue with the organization of the timelines."
  • "Karabekirs (a.k.a Coolcat's or ...) controversial additions on Turkish side of the argument that brought whole issue (I support keeping them) should be left as it is. Let Fadix deal with them, not the whole community by voting."

-> please take these forward, and add that MY VOTE is positive.--OttomanReference 16:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Armenian Genocide

Hey there,

I can understand you're looking for help - you've stumbled on one of the most controversial articles on the wiki! :-) You should know that the article on the Armenian Genocide is a very VERY disputed topic, and throughout its history has seen a lot of very political an non-neutral editing. You are probably right in saying that some administrators react a bith harshly (though I havent checked or anything), but this is probably because of previous attacks on that particular page. On these kinds of pages we should all try to be as forgiving as we can.

You are right that most of the arguments are listed on the page, but it takes a LOT of time to read through it. For this reason, most wikipedians prefer to be given links which show the edits you mean. This means digging into the history of the article, and then comparing the dit you mean with the one immediately preceding. For example, in this case you probably mean this edit, am I right? These types of links, called 'diffs', make examining a dispute much easier for others. Learning how to use them can save you much time explaining the arguments, and save others time by not needing to read the whole talk page (and it makes the talk page a whole lot easier to read!). Also, as a note in etiquette, you should refrain from using too much CAPITAL LETTERS and too much bold font. It is harder to read, and feels like "shouting" to most people.

I hope you dont mind I'm telling you all these things, but you mentioned you were new, so I thought I'd explain it a bit :-)

About the content: I dont agree with the whole edit (for example, crucial parts of the Ottoman archives are still closed), but I understand your point. I will post something on the talk page, and we'll see what happens. If you still feel uncomfortable with the outcome, the usual recourse is to post a request for comment, though response is usually not high.

If you have any other questions feel free to ask more!

Cheers, The Minister of War (Peace) 16:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

The whole thing is very very disappointing. I belive there is a responsibility which falls on administartors on the handling of reversion. The additions we are talking are not vandalism. I spend, on the basis of good will, planty of time to point out that there is something wrong (on administartation) on deleting a significant effort by assigning claims that are questionable. Also all my efford is going to be trashed because I did not used diff. It is very easy to add labels on a very controversial issues, such as this as you pointed. Efforts of this person are all gone, because one of your administartors shouted "liar liar". "liar liar" is controversial. I disagree with him. Assume that he is right on the section that he should "liar liar", how could that extent to whole effort. I can see you have your labels too. So, I'm saying; "How you treat the label is also important". You treated that label getting rid of everything that person contributed. People are not stupid. They can recognize what is right what is wrong. I believe reverted text was much better organized so that these labels can be traced easily. That is what made your administrator crazy and get rid of whole effort. If that thing does not reverted back; it will be a policy decision of the wikipedia, given the fact that your administrator called his friends (do i need to check if they are administrators too?) to vote on reversion in the first place. It will have more meaning than a simple activity of one of your administrators. Your administrator organized this page toward his "worldview" and protecting it as it is, using arguments of NPOV, CITATION, etc. The whole thing is very very disappointing.--OttomanReference 17:03, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
The additions which were added in days (I'm sure you use diff better than I can) were reverted so quickly compared to what I'm trying to bring forward... Do not take it personally, but it is frusturating.--OttomanReference 17:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Helpbox

I notice you salvaged this delicate little tool from the yahoos; thank you. But of course it's pretty much useless in userspace. Do you want to do anything with it, with or without my help? — Xiong熊talk* 10:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Belarus

There is no need to take offense to this reversion. Reversions are to be expected in the process of peer editing on Wikipedia. Reversions can be undone, and no single editor has the final say on any article. Now, regarding the reversion, I found the following sentence to be a particularly problematic example of speculation: Currently the country is in the grip of a crisis following the March 2006 Presidential elections. "Crisis" is a strong word. Currently there are only around 700 demonstrators in Minsk. The protest has been dwindling since Sunday. Since then, each evening has seen a progressively smaller gathering -- 5,000 on Monday, 3,000 to 4,000 on Tuesday. The hardcore group spending the whole night outside however rose from 300 to 1,000 on Tuesday. [2] This protest comes nowhere close to the scale of previous protests in the former Communist world that did trigger crises threatening to oust the ruling regime. We do not see evidence that the crowd in Minsk is going to be storming government compounds anytime soon, as was the case when Shevardnadze and Akayev were forced out of power. We see no evidence of a split in the leadership, as we did in 1989 during the Tiananmen crisis. The country does not appear on the verge of civil war, as was the case in Russia in October 1993, when the parliament declared that it would no longer recognize Yeltsin's presidency. The crisis in Russia then came to a climax when Yeltsin brought tanks into the streets of Moscow and blasted his opponents in parliament out of the Russian White House. While it's possible that an unforeseen event stemming from the protest might trigger such a crisis in the coming days in Belarus, that's only a matter of speculation. While this might be an interesting question for us to consider, we must keep our speculation out of Wikipedia articles. 172 | Talk 13:04, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good Night and Good Luck

Hello, my friend. Sorry you had to leave the project and the taskforce. But I fully understand. I was lucky my own Master's defence occured during the summer when I had little else to do otherwise. What I do take exception to, though, is when you charachterize yourself as somehow, "unknowledgable". We are all amatures, and unless the likes of Keegan or Chalmers joins our little group, we are likely to always remain so. Please know that you are more than welcome back anytime you find the time and inclination. By the by, what is your Thesis on? My MA is also in Poli-Sci. With an emphasis on European Politics, International Relations and Conflict Resolution. Cheers Bro,--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 02:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Helmut Kohl patrol

Sounds like a grand idea to me. I was feeling kind of exasperated tonight because that edit came back so randomly. Well, that and finishing final exams, but it was still kind of "Where the heck did this come from?" when I saw it in the edit history. It'd be really nice to have someone to back me up, so I'm not accused of starting an edit war. Again, thanks for the offer. I'll gladly take you up on it. --Sporkot 07:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that an anon ip actually removed that stuff before the one you referenced. What do you think we should do? Is this moving into "recurrent vandalism" territory? --Sporkot 21:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Ah hell, what do I do now about this? He added it back on the 30th, but the talk page reveals he does want to make an honest effort about it. I already pledged to not rv anymore, so what next? --Sporkot 04:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience:
"No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
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  1. Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before.
  2. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log.
  3. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time.
  4. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified.
  5. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community.
  6. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially.
  7. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on.
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[edit] Image:1936NurembergRally.jpg

Crux deleted it. I just asked why on the talk page. -Quasipalm 15:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks a lot!

Thanks very much for the award. I really appreciate it! Regards, Asterion 22:22, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello!

Now I got it. I feel embarassed, you must think I'm dumb for not noticing the Show preview button right next to the Save page button. I'll use it from now on. Thanks for your support, I really like it here, Wikipedia is great, and my goal may be a little ambitious, but I like to set my sights high. Everyone seems so friendly here, I'm definately going to stay. --M.B. 04:38, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue I - March 2006
Project news
From the Coordinators

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Military history WikiProject's newsletter! We hope that this new format will help members—especially those who may be unable to keep up with some of the rapid developments that tend to occur—find new groups and programs within the project that they may wish to participate in.

Please consider this inital issue to be a prototype; as always, any comments and suggestions are quite welcome, and will help us improve the newsletter in the coming months.

Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals
  • Proposed guidelines for categories of military people are currently being discussed. A number of issues have already been resolved, but the proposed scheme is still in draft form and further input would be very welcome.

delivered by Loopy e 05:53, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Furniture

I'd hope they'd give me some furniture for all the crap i'm going to have to go through in the next few months. What you're saying is true for many parties, for example, Tony Blair is currently the chair of the Labour Party I believe. However, my town doesn't have a mayor, so that wouldn't work. The best way to think of it is that i'm the same as Howard Dean, just in the town of Merrimack, New Hampshire. Karmafist Save Wikipedia 14:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi again

I have a little question for you. When I click on my "edit count", it shows that I have 126 edits, even though I've made much more than that. Why isn't it working properly? --M.B. 20:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the information, I appreciate the help. :-) --M.B. 05:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeans Revolution

I'm watching. John Reid 12:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok bros, if u consider ABC news, the International Herald Tribune and AP so unbiased I ll pass from "vandalising" your wonderful scripts. Wikipedia should mention the truth and only the truth. The "jeans revolution" was a joke and you unbiasedly (to create a neologism) know it.

Peace,

Spyros

[edit] CD template

Thanks for you complement on the CD template. I will check them all again. I did make an effort to arrange the locations. I think the Kohl article just happened to be a poor one.    GUÐSÞEGN   – UTEX – 12:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeans Revolution

here's your source, my friend, I hope it seems less biased to you than AP and IHTR and you dont axe it again as an act of vandalism Cheers! Spyros

[edit] Commons

Hello!

I've created a login on the Commons site, and I'll start uploading the photos very soon (there are a lot of photos, it will take me a while to find catagories for each of them). I didn't even know Wikipedia Commons existed, and it sounds like a great idea, since all of the different language Wikipedias can use the photos. All the best,

--M.B. 23:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User WikiMB

Hello. I wanted to let you know that I have placed a note under your comment on Wikipedia:Requests_for_CheckUser. I hope they'll be able to shed some light on the whole matter. Thanks. EurowikiJ 13:54, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Why... What did I do wrong... --M.B. ۩ 03:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


Regretably the administrator at Wikipedia:Requests_for_CheckUser decided not to carry out the check. I sent a new note to the contributors that had received the previous one informing them of this decision. There is a copy of it left on User talk:WikiMB. In elk geval dank je wel voor jouw bijdrage. EurowikiJ 09:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


The block has just been issued. What can I say? Dank je wel allemaal voor al je moeite, inzet, steun, hulp enz.
I was ready to give up.
Hartelijk dank en nog een goede nacht. EurowikiJ 22:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Confirmed: WikiMB a sock of Bormalagurski

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I don't feel bad about Bormalagurski turning out to be a sockpuppet, because all I said was in good faith. If he used that faith it will only backfire. I fully support the investigation, and maybe we can finally put this behind us. Btw, could you please support my request for investigation on User:Medule on the same page? He seems to have multiple sockpuppets and has been disrupting a lot of Croatia related articles with incessant revert wars, and in my mind poses a much greater annoyance then Bormalagurski... Anyways, thanks and see you out there ;) --Dr.Gonzo 21:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stressed

"stress for nothing (yet no chicks for free)) "

That was the best edit summary I've ever seen. :D I've been singing the song all day in my head. But I'm sorry to hear that you're stressed out! It sounds like you did the right thing, though, so don't worry . -- Natalya 17:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date:
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  1. The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details.
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Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Country subdivisions

hope you understand my english, that one user repeatedly calls poor.

...IMO splitting the cats into a group of "Administatrive divisions of some countries" and "Political divisions of some other countries" is not useful.

could you maybe change your vote on Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_4#Category:Subdivisions_by_country_to_Category:Political_divisions_by_country

and let's discuss this on the project page

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Subnational_entities/Naming#Umbrella_terms

first? It is really is mass rename, since it not only involves the cats and subcates but also lots of articles. As Lorenz pointed out the most important seems to be that we find clear definitions of what the terms mean. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 07:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I don't know the protocol, and I didn't mean to appear rude or being a timewaster by deleting them. I assumed it was my talk page so I can take out/leave what I want there?
You mean well, but I didn't see very much point in replying to the points you make, particularly as replying by me would just look like sour grapes. As you rightly say, I have to make my own mind up about staying/going. For various reasons, I have decided on the latter. Colin

[edit] Minor Barnstar

This Minor Barnstar is awarded to The Minister of War for fixing the table alignment at the Barnstar Brigade after I unsuccessfully tried to do this numerous time. Thanks! -- Natalya 18:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
This Minor Barnstar is awarded to The Minister of War for fixing the table alignment at the Barnstar Brigade after I unsuccessfully tried to do this numerous time. Thanks! -- Natalya 18:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome! You certainly deserve it. :) Gosh - good luck with your thesis! I just took a couple exams today, so it's nice that they're over. Still a few more, but some out of the way is always good. -- Natalya 19:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] in the news - picture highlight

i copied this to proposals as it fell into MainPage archives. --Quiddity 21:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, not much happened there! I copied it to Village pump (technical) to see if some smart techie takes a liking and implements it. --Quiddity 18:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar awards

Thank you for my barnstar awards. I'm touched. My birthday was April 13th so this was a special "bonus" present. Which article brought me to your attention? ClarkBHM 06:10, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:BSB

Hey there. That section you added is perfect, just what we need. I am very happy with it, as it gives some useful info on how to find those unknown editors. :) Regards Banez 12:03, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Usbob

Cheers for your support for Usbob. Also I love your little saying Youbob, Mebob, Usbob. That could possibly be a new motto. Interested in joining the supporters club? No fee, no advantages. Interested?

[edit] Hoi maat!

ja ik geef toe dat de redacteur in kwestie een beetje lastig hoofdpijn is maar ik zal je liever een mailtje sturen. EurowikiJ 17:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio revert?

Hey Alabamaboy,

I stumbled on this strange revert [3] by Ihcoyc (talk · contribs), where your flag of a copyvio was removed. Kind of bad form too, the revert was marked as a minor edit. I also noticed some other minor reverts in the contribs, but didnt check them out. Thought you might want to follow up on it.

Cheers, The Minister of War (Peace) 16:42, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for checking into this but its all cool. Ihcoyc (talk · contribs) was helping me out on a weird copyright problem (which turned out to involve a Europeau Union agency plagiarizing that Wikipedia article, instead of the article copying the agency). Ihcoyc (talk · contribs) was able to revert the article becore I could do it myself. Best, --Alabamaboy 17:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RDH's contributions.

I'll make a seperate page /RDH so you'll have some workspace and it won't fill up your talk page. Peace. Matt 18:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

ok, I've put all his uploads there, removed any that were redlinks, some seem to have been deleted but the page is still there, I don't know why. A few of his images I have no real issue with and I've marked them "np" on the list. You can just remove them from the list if you'd like. Some of his images (including clear copyvios) have been moved to the commons, so I guess they'll have to be deleted there. Some he's given a website source (who are almost certainly not the copyright holders), in some he's said "with permission" then tagged it as free. Given his history of dishonesty, I wouldn't take his word for it that permission was gotten, and it's not clear if it's a wp only permission. On one there's a pretty detailed source, and it's free if it's true, but again I simply don't believe him. Matt 18:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, are you aware that according to Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags#Public_domain_art the {pd-art} tag is used only when the artist has been dead for more than 100 years? And not when an artist has been dead for 14? Matt 01:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
And I'm not too sure about USMA. Their main page has a copyright notice and their policy page only permits non-commercial use. Matt 02:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Errr last I checked, Wikipedia was NON-COMMERCIAL. Also, we have discussed this matter over on WP Mil History Project (Which is not the same BTW without our Minister of War:). And it was determined that we had the "Point's" permission, if not their actual blessing. Incidently, Matty, I'm being reasonable now, and accepting of of my mistakes as well as yours...why do you insist on wasting our time by continuing to be a Phallus towards me. So please, either be reasonable, file an Rfc or leave me the hell alone.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 02:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Moved discussion to User talk:The Minister of War/RDH! The Minister of War (Peace) 10:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for all the fish scotch...BURP

Thanks so much bro. I really appreciate your good words and well crafted defense (And also the Scotch, though I prefer Irish whiskey...forgive me Leithp, for I hath blasphemed;). But I must call em as I sees em and in my eyes they sure look like Vogons. Not evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. Think about it! I really am starting to get disheartened (shows huh?). I used to love to logon here...twas one of my days' high points..almost always enjoyed seeing the friendly baige-blue "You have new messages!" notice. Now I cringe and wonder "WTF am I being accused of this time!?" :<. What makes it worse, in a weird way, is that my life is going pretty damned well, overall, otherwise at the moment. Logging in here, if anything, is interfering with my enjoyment of this fact. Wiki has become the mouse turd (tm) in my Cappuccino. Tell you how bad it is-Jimbo Wales himself graced my town with a visit the other day, giving an evening speech at the UF Alumni hall. A few months ago, I would have drove over old ladies and babies to attend. But now, I just said "Intercourse it", chatted with some friends and played Rome: Total War instead. Barely gave the matter a 2nd thought. No regrets either. I read in the local paper the next day where he spoke of the "Culture of trust" here, which is so clearly breaking down if not already irreversably broken. Is he really that out of touch with what is going on "down in the trenches"? I can understand a certain amount of denial, especially since it is happening so suddenly, so fast. But silly me, I was always taught that when the ship is suddenly headed for ground, you quickly steer away from it. Thus is the sorry state, of late, of my Wikifaith. But thanks again, for reminding me I still have a few good reasons, besides morbid curiosity, to login. Peace and Sapere Aude amigo,--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 02:24, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

PS. Of course, I will gladly give you any help I can in your kind and thoughtful efforts at retagging some of my images. Part of the problem is, I had the notes on where I found many of them on my old computer, which crashed back in January taking all that info with it. Some of them had been deleted, so when I reupped them, I no longer could recall where I found them. Ahh the joys of senility, WHAT.

[edit] Kosovo

Please giveme a UN docment in wich is writting that Kosovo is a part of S. and M. . Dont intepret the documen just : Kosovo is a part of the S. and M.--Hipi Zhdripi 02:46, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Spring celebration / Easter (as your preferences and beliefs dictate)

Here's hoping that if the bunny leaves you any beans they're this kind! ++Lar: t/c 15:29, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Here's hoping that if the bunny leaves you any beans they're this kind! ++Lar: t/c 15:29, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Subdivision category debate

The original debate for renameing the country subdivision categories was closed and a new debate on the subject has now been listed. The results of the old debate are shown, but will not be counted when the current debate is closed. You are being notified because you were involved in the previous debate. If you still have an interest in the outcome, please come and participate in the new debate. - TexasAndroid 20:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for responding, although you changed your vote from conditional support last time to oppose. As your opposition appears to come from the five (5) "Political divisions", please note that I've identified a source (the only such source) that combines everything under "Administrative divisions". Given that actual source, I will concede the point in exchange for your vote. As past experience shows regarding Conradi, I don't expect this will help.
--William Allen Simpson 12:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I have posted the alternative.
--William Allen Simpson 14:27, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tasty fawn

Ok, I admit, I laughed Raul654 06:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandals

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I was trying to stop the false sockpuppeter. And because I'm not an admin, that's hard to do! I had to alert User:Sceptre to block him, and try to keep him from destroying everyone elses userpage. But luckily, he's blocked for a week now!

--Primate #101 12:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I changed my signature!

[edit] you know not kosovo you fuck

Kosovo en great land. All kosovo? Albanians - noi serbs. en you find kosovo non-albanin? shquiptar is good, serb is bad; you stupid moronic fuckl must know all serbs must die. if you serb then stay away en kosovo or i call nato to kill yur paronts. Dou yu got? serbs kill so they must die thats in their nutarue --Hipi Zhdripi

[edit] Anon. Vandal

The sockpuppet vandal uses AOL, so his IP addresses keep changing. He isn't really blocked! If I were only an admin . . . Anyway, I'm just telling you that he's still around :-(

--Primate #101 13:06, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!!!

For protecting my user page from vandalism. This is none other than User:Hipi Zhdripi. Please note the similair warnings that he placed on User_talk:Asterion, User_talk:PANONIAN, on the talk page of Kosovo, even hear and elsewhere. Please note the level of rudeness found on Talk:Kosovo. I think that an RfC needs to be done, as soon as possible. All the best and thank you for protecting me from vandalism!!! --HolyRomanEmperor 19:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


Thanks! I took notice and I am keeping track of all the incidents with Hipi, Ilir and Co. for future reference. I will report any 3RR and so on also. Well, I am on holiday next week but will log in from time to time. Cheers mate! --Asterion 21:12, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category discussion

"You make me feel warm and fuzzy all over" -- Gotta admit, you made me laugh! :-) Cheers, The Minister of War (Peace) 22:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Glad I could help. (^_^) I just thought William was getting a little too uptight about the whole thing. I actually think "subdivision" is fine. I don't think he knows what he's talking about when it comes to that, as "subdivision" can be (and is) used for many things outside of a housing project. --日本穣 Nihonjoe 22:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archive 6

Hi, I think you accidentally archived a talkpage of Kosovo by placing it in the main article namespace at Article 6. I have moved it to Talk:Kosovo/Archive 7 (Archive 6 already exists), so could you take a look at it and see if I got it right? Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Aaaaah DOH! The link towards Archive6 was already on top the talk page, I didnt create it but rather just followed it. Should have checked; apparently it didnt say /Archive6 like I expected it to say. Thanks for correcting it. The Minister of War (Peace) 09:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Reply to Apologies

I saw it now. A simple mistake but I figured it out that you were aiming to Dardanv. No problem. :) Regards, Litany

[edit] Thank you!

Hey thank you very much for the barnstar, is it greatly appreciated. :) And I'm glad to see that you, Natalya and Kukini have been very busy with the program (I need to hand out a few more myself), keep up the good work! Thanks again -- Banez 09:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Hey HRE

Thank you for that barnstar, now I've got three-of-a-kind and one Special Barnstar. :)))

You might try to make me stay there, but once a battlezone has been opened, I always move to a quiter place. The hotzone alone is enough to damage my reputation on Wikipedia. I've never found the necessity to log other peoples' incidents, because in the end I always make peace with them. (my so-called enemies :) There's User:Jakisa_Tomic that assaulted me by cursing me for propaganda, and in the end he begged me to forgive him for his actions. Or User:Ilir_pz, with shome I can really talk normally, despite these foolish arguements over Kosovo... So that's why I want to keep it that way. Do you understand what I mean?

All the best, my friend! --HolyRomanEmperor 16:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Log of incidents

See through this: 172.158.54.43 is most definately a sockpupper of Hipi. See my User page's history and his contributions for more info. Next, Hipi threw an insult here on your talk page calling you... egm... a stupid f**k, and also me, User:PANONIAN, User:Asterion, User:Litany, User:Academic Challanger and several others stating that the Serbs should die and saying that he will call the NATO to bomb our (and your) parents. --HolyRomanEmperor 17:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Just now he called us all stupid at Talk:Kosovo, where he also long ago called us stupid f**ks and said that the Serbs have to die, but an admin deleted his vandalism.

Also, he is much too pushing on that page calling the Serbian Orthodox Church on Kosovo not being Serbian and belonging to Kosova, and not to Serbia; and a bunch of other things that I can't really find; (around 100 times of calling around everyone vandals and Serbian propagators, including you)

I think that this has been really harsh by now. You could also take a look at this edit of his where he conducted Vandalism and deleted from the article anything related to Albanians. The last one's really weird, and I have no idea what's going on. That persicely is what frightened me about him so much.

How's this? --HolyRomanEmperor 17:26, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and User:Kanuni is 100% chance Hipi's sockpuppet, while User:Dardanv could be (60% of chance) his sockpuppet... There's a lot more, but I really don't want to be digging in... --HolyRomanEmperor 17:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Dardanv is in the UK, not sure he is Hipi's. I still think he could be I pz. I am waiting for they to make the obvious mistake. In any case, this is quite academic as new throwaway users appear day after day: Ben uk, Mark ma, Gianni ita,... --Asterion 15:23, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
UPDATE: DardanV is definitely neither Hipi Zhdripi nor Ilir Pz. He is editing from the UK. I did my research and tracked some of the unsigned edits/sockpuppets to the London School of Economics. If the vandalism resurges in future, I shall be reporting him to their IT department for disciplinary action. --Asterion talk to me 00:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, mister. Reporting someone to the IT department for diciplinary action is going to make that IT dept have a laugh. He is not doing any hacking here, he is just editing what he thinks it is right. This is just another way of yours to intimidate people who don't support your views? this is pure Milosevician type of action "If you dont agree with me, the secret police will take actions over you". Good luck with it! Ilir pz 23:02, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, the reputation thingy's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/HolyRomanEmperor3 this] what I meant. I didn't even get the chance from all the Wiki-work to accept my nomination, and yet Hipi Zhdripi has appeared bearing heavy accusations. Now, I have no choice but to refuse the nomination, don't I. :S --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dardanv 11:41, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

It is simply pathetic. Of course, they will go on pretending to be "neutral". Well, HolyRomanEmperor no need to say you would have had my vote. It is so sad these people have nothing to do but character-assassinating good wikipedians. For Heaven's sake, someone simply needs to have a look at your contribution history to realise you have created and contributed to more articles than any of these individuals put together. --Asterion 15:20, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I have done my bit trying to expose Hipi Zhdripi there. I am a little concerned about Ilir's "neutral" vote, as he is the one who started telling people about your RfA before you accepted it [4]. Good luck HolyRomanEmperor, I already casted my vote. --Asterion 11:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong Guess

Wrong guess. People are getting closer. Ω Anonymous anonymous Ψ: ''Have A Nice Day'' 18:48, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

for signing my userpage. :) I appreciate it. Have a nice weekend!--ViolinGirl♪ 20:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Note of Thanks

Finally, I have another reasonable person in this conversation; thankyou dearly Minister of War. I do actualy agree that this article is inappropriate. But are you saying that the references are invalid? That, is where you are wrong. The articles that I have significantly contributed to (and contain referances) are based upon other real works of mine. Take Admiralty House, Sydney and Theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia, for instance. Both are completely based upon works of √αʑʑρεɾ. On wiki you are meant to reference where your material came from. That is where it cam from. Come up with a good response and you will be eligible for a Jazzter. CHEERS, √αʑʑρεɾ 11:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abandoning my RfA?

Do you think that I should abandon the RfA? It's giving me a headache... --HolyRomanEmperor 15:21, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I never thought of it that way. I only looked at my contribution to Wikipedia, and then I noted how easier it would be to help the WikiProject if I become an admin. The next moment, I was nominated for adminship, so I said "Well, what the heck!" and accepted it. Basicly, I don't have an "obssessed dream" to become an administrator, but I would very much like to contribute Wikipedia in that manner.
But, what really scares me, is that my neutrality has cost me a lot of my Balkan friends. I mean, here I work with them and support them, but on another dispute, I support the opposing side, because it's the most neutral; which is then interpreted as a betrayal. For instance, most of those who opposed me are my buddies in the clean-up of the mess made by a pro-Serb (potential internet troll) editor known as User:Medule. Check out the articles Dalmatia, Tourism in Croatia, History of Croatia and his contributions and you'll see what I mean. All the best, my friend!. --HolyRomanEmperor 15:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but I am abandoning the nomination and leaving Wiki for a while. I think that I have just been stressed-out for the first time in my life. I will not see myself operating with such temperament. Goodbye, and maybe I will read from you once again, my friend! --HolyRomanEmperor 17:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Show my neutrality? Can that not be seen through my contributions? Isn't that the basis of all votes for Adminship? -sigh- --HolyRomanEmperor 17:27, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Eliciting pity. Very clever, HRE. But you overdid it on the Linuxbeak's talk page. Minister of War, take a look at his "retirement notice" and my comment there. HRE is a great manipulator, I'll give him that. --Zmaj 09:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guess My name challenge

A large cookie for the people who guessed correctly. (I told you it was big) Anonymous_anonymous Have a Nice Day 18:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
A large cookie for the people who guessed correctly. (I told you it was big) Anonymous_anonymous Have a Nice Day 18:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

The Surname Rutherford is German. Anonymous_anonymous Have a Nice Day 08:53, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure but my mother has German ancestors. Anonymous_anonymous Have a Nice Day 09:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, It's possible that one of my ancestors changed their surname to Rutherford. Anonymous_anonymous Have a Nice Day 11:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] rfa

Thanks for the support on my RFA. Unfortunately, it did not achieve consensus. I look forward to your support in a couple months when I apply again. Holler at me if you need anything. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 01:17, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II

The April 2006 issue of the project newsletter is now out. You may read this issue or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following the link. Thanks. Kirill Lokshin 19:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I think I'll join yah ;) --HolyRomanEmperor 10:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wikibreak

Good luck. The League of Crazy Men 11:53, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smile! And good luck with the thesis

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[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

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[edit] Smile

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[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006

The May 2006 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Kirill Lokshin 05:22, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

Hello,

Just wanted to let you know that I've finally gotten around to making a Reqested Move for the Caucasus page. See Talk:Caucasus (geographic region). Cheers. —Khoikhoi 04:33, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006

The June 2006 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Kirill Lokshin 05:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Passing away to a better place

Greetings. I am HRE's cousin. I have a sad news to announce (as per his brother's wish) - my dear brother-by-aunt is no more in the world of the living... It pains me enough to write this - so I'm just going to point you to HRE's talk page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:HolyRomanEmperor#As_per_Your_.28Our.29_brother.27s_request. --Sad News 21:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Georgia Move

As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country)#Requested_Move_-_July_2006. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 03:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday!

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, The Minister of War!

Michael 02:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Just a happy Birthday message to you, The Minister of War, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Have a good one :) -Ladybirdintheuk 08:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Happy birthday: I'm the Juggernaut! --emc! ╬ (t a l k) 22:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Just a happy Birthday message to you, The Minister of War, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!!! Have a great day!

Enjoy! Mr. Turcottetalk 00:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Happy birthday, The Minister of War!
Happy birthday, The Minister of War!

Hope you come back soon!!--Chili14(Talk to me!|What I Do?) 03:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I missed the party yesterday. I wish you all the best. A very happy birthday to you. Hope to see you around soon. --Bhadani 17:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
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  1. In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed!
  2. The In development section of the proposals page has been created.
  3. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created.
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  5. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
  6. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
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[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
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The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
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  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
  3. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
  4. The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
  5. TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
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[edit] Barnstar

The Barnstar of Diligence
For your notable service to Wikipedia. Your Wikiholiday was well deserved. We can't wait until you're back! Sharkface217 23:54, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
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The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
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The last AC meeting (full log)
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
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[edit] Cheers

I never got to ask you, why did you pick "The Minister of War" username? --PaxEquilibrium 18:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Well? --PaxEquilibrium 01:11, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:EUHeli.jpg

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[edit] Project European Union

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[edit] Happy birthday Minister of War!

The Wikipedia Birthday Committee wishes you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your special day.

Have a great time, from a Dutch Canadian! Cheers and best wishes. --RobNS 00:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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