User talk:Wiglaf/archive 7

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Archives:archive 1 (Feb 03 2004 - Aug 30 2004), archive 2 (Aug 30 2004 - April 18 2005), archive 3 (April 18 2005 - May 30 2005), archive 4 (May 30 2005 - July 6 2005), archive 5 (July 6 2005 - August 13 2005), archive 6 (August 13 2005 - September 11 2005), archive 7 (September 12 2005 - October 28 2005), archive 8 (October 29 2005 - September 28 2006)

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[edit] Serkland

It's still just a dictionary definition despite having the tag removed. While I can see the possibility of using this as the start of an article on medieval Norse-Arab interactions, that hypothetical article doesn't exist. Caerwine 06:43, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Serkland is not a word used in the English language and does not belong in a dictionary. It is a name given by medieval Scandinavians to a region in the world, just like Vinland and Gardariki. Why don't you want to move Vinland to wictionary as well?--Wiglaf 07:02, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Vinland isn't a stub, but a full fledged article. Garðaríki is a stub, but it is also more than just a dictionary definition, giving details beyond just "Group A called thing B by name C". If Serkland were like either of those articles, it would belong here, but I am not a fan of dictionary definition stubs which is all it is. Wiktionary is set up to handle languages other than English. To quote from the Wiktionary main page (emphasis added):
"This is the English Wiktionary: it aims to describe all words of all languages, with definitions and descriptions in English only. For example, see frei (a German word). In order to find a German definition of that word, you would visit the equivalent page in the German Wiktionary."
So my reasoning still stands, until such time as the article can be made more than a dictionary definition, I feel Wiktionary is the proper place for it. Caerwine 07:37, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Whichever way you try to turn it, you have a stub that should be expanded and not removed.--Wiglaf 07:39, 12 September 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Teutobod

Thank you for your contributions to this article :) --R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 13:41, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

No problem :).--Wiglaf 14:05, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Stone of Mora.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Stone of Mora.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag, so its copyright status is therefore unclear. Please add a tag to let us know its copyright status. (If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know on the image description page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Otherwise, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. Thanks so much. --Secretlondon 21:29, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Possible copyvio

Are you sure Image:Young ingjald.JPG and others from that Heimskringla edition are PD? I'm fairly certain they are not. Fornadan (t) 15:35, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Checked in my lexicon: Gerhard Munthe (Image:Ingjald.gif) died in 1929 and Erik Werenskiold (Image:Young ingjald.JPG & Image:Yrsa.jpg) in 1938. Original publication date is 1899. Fornadan (t) 17:10, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for digging up this old discussion again, but it seems like Norwegian copyright expires after 70 years so [:Image:Ingjald.gif]] is PD. This means that all "saga style" drawings from Heimskringla is fair prey except those signed with EW Fornadan (t) 21:49, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Odalism

It might be a bit outside your area of expertise, but if you have the time and energy, could you possibly take a look at Odalism? I was thinking you might at least have heard of it, since it mentions Ásatrú. It seems very uncritical to me, although I'm totally unfamilliar to the subject matter. I came across it when checking the new article Svensk Hednisk Front. / Alarm 18:21, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Have a nice weekend!

Smooch!
Smooch!

Now that the odd business with the Elf article and JMR is long gone, I simple wanted to pass by and drop you a kiss. Have a great weekend! Shauri Yes babe? 02:43, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi Wiglaf! I simply wanted to thank you for your support and kind words to my work on Texas Ranger Division, as well as your intervention to appease AnonMoos in that minor misunderstanding. Not to mention your valuable contributions to the article itself; with your help, and Tony1 and Katefan0's assistence in wording and copyediting, it'll hopefully be up for FAC soon. I'll let you know when that happens ;).
I sincerely admire your knowledege of the English language. Unlike me... when I'm writing, I have the ideas to put together pages and pages, but when as I re-read them, it always feel as I've messed up :(
Someday we'll have to meet and talk about Norse mytholgy. That's such an amazing subject, that I know so little of... would you care to be my teacher? Shauri Yes babe? 00:18, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Old Norse map

Hi Wiglaf. An anonymous user at the Commons requested a change to the license template at Commons:Image:Old norse, ca 900.PNG. I'm pretty sure that was you, but if it wasn't, please let me know!

By the way, do you remember where the blank map of Thuresson's that you started with is?

Also by the way, it would be wonderful if you'd start uploading your pictures directly to the Commons, instead of here. If you have any questions about that, please ask me! Cheers, dbenbenn | talk 20:22, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] PIE

Regarding your request for information on PIE. What was up there previously is 30 years out of date. There is no evidence of riding horses prior to c 2000 BC. There is written evidence of IE c 1650 BC. A series of papers on the transmission of PIE up the gulf were written between 1986 and 2000 examining the statement of Sargon of Akkad that the ships of Meluhha, Makkan and Dilmun docked at the quays of Agade. These looked at trade across the gulf between Abquaiq and Tarut in the eastern region and Tepe Yayah in Iran during the Jemdet Nasr. They examined Brahui and Harrappan inscriptions found in Oman. They looked at trade in carpets, grain, obsidian, cylinder seals, metals and woods. There is a nice body of information on that gulf trade available on line. Rktect 13:02, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your generous offer

Hi dear! I've delayed my reply to to your generous offer of nominating me at RfA on purpose, since it caught me entirely by surprise and I wanted to give a serious thought to the idea. Well, I've decided that I'm not afraid of the responsibility involved, and if you still believe I'm worthy of your lovely gesture, I've decided to accept your beautiful offer. And if anyone is to do it, I'd love that you are the one taking that step, whatever the community consensus may be. I must thank you for putting your trust in my, and I hope we continue to develop this friendship for a loooong time !

Have a great Sunday! - Shauri Yes babe? 04:12, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Moves of Valkyries and Skuld

Hi, there's a discussion of moves of Valkyries and Skuld at "talk:proposed decision" and I've characterized the move attempts as disruption. I'd appreciate it if you could take a moment and comment on these events. Thanks, Davenbelle 07:29, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nynorsk

This only occurred in the interwikis for Nynorsk in articles below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_Barbarossa&diff=24400154&oldid=24236576 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Free_Software_Foundation&diff=24401828&oldid=24248471 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fritz_Lang&diff=prev&oldid=24402935 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_Barbarossa&diff=prev&oldid=24400154 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fridtjof_Nansen&diff=prev&oldid=24401396

None did not have reason to remove, will go to correct this. LeonardoGregianin 21:42, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Baldrs draumar

Hi!

Could you move Dreams of Balder back to Baldrs draumar? See that talk page.

Haukurth 08:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

  • sigh* He moved it again. - Haukurth 21:19, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Now he wants to move Höðr to "Hodur". Perhaps you have an opinion on that - Talk:Höðr. - Haukurth 09:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

It would be nice to move Havamal to Hávamál. Can you do it or do you think it's a "controversial move" that needs some formal procedure? - Haukur Þorgeirsson 20:59, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] hello there

You may (or may not) be interested in Talk:Macedonia#POV_dispute.3F. +MATIA ☎ 13:42, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rock carvings in Central Norway and other photo questions

Hi! I saw you have written some of this article. I've added a photo here. I've got 2-3 more photos from this particular rock carving field. You are welcome to look at my website to see if they can be used. Helga76 21:10, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response! Here is the link to the website: > NorthNorway > Nymoen 05/08-2000 > Page 3
I am not sure which rock carving field those are from, but the swans are quite famous. I can upload the others, even though I am not sure what they all are. See my user site for the uploaded ones! Helga76 21:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
Done! Let me know if there are more things that would be of interest to you... As you can see, we have a great variety of photos... Helga76 21:37, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi there again! I am constantly looking through our photos to see after good pictures, and then look for articles. I'm going to continue doing so! My problem is that I often do not know the English names of especially exotic animals/fish and plants. Like i.e. my picture "Myrull" I've just saved with the latin name that I found in the Norwegian article. Do you have a good idea where I can look this up? Helga76 10:36, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
I've brutal deleted the last thing I wrote here, after I fixed my own mistakes and proved me blond - again :-) Helga76 19:12, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Wiglaf-- I added a question near the top of my RfA. I'm not sure if it is closed already. I'm not positive who will close it, but I think the date may have been listed incorrectly. If I am the one that is making the mistake, I thank you for your (almost) support. Cheers my friend. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark)|My RfA 21:33, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

I know it would not have made much difference in the entirety of it, but after all the crap dumped on me, it means a lot to me to be trusted and appreciated. I know the personal attacks were wrong, but they are in my past now. I will try hard to prove to everyone that I will make a valued admin, for next go around. See ya. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark)|My RfA 21:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
"You can never please everyone." You are correct. My RfA date has been fixed, so if you still feel like supporting me, you may. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark)|My RfA 21:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Heyyy!

My baby is online! Feel free to edit my Page all you want, hun! Shauri Yes babe? 21:68, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your compliments regarding Shauri's RFA chart I made. :-) --HappyCamper 00:48, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Ales stones.jpg

Hi Wiglaf. Consider tagging this image before it is gone... // Fred-Chess 10:35, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Leaf:

I'm getting a friend to archive my talk page soon. I want to put all this behind me & never look back. I now know who to stay clear of & what certain people think of me. I DON'T want another message or post about this topic on my talk page after it has been archived, or I'll archive that as well. I'm starting a new page & don't want it ruined. From now on I'm gonna be cool & collected. And I'm defintely not going to deal with stuck-ups again. Give regards to your girlfriend. Wearily... Spawn Man 12:28, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mental space

Hi, do you suppose you could expand mental space to make it clear how it's a linguistic theory. At the moment the article makes no mention of linguistics at all. Thanks! --Angr/tɔk tə mi 11:11, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking of IPs

I found this diff on User:Shauri. This is troubling to me. This statement by you does not appear to be in agreement with Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Vandalism or Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Bans. Twice now you have indefinitely blocked anon IPs. 202.156.6.59's permanent block was undone by User:Khaosworks a little less than two hours after you made the block. 82.226.64.218's permanent block remains in effect. Failing a justification for overridding policy, I invite you to unblock 82.226.64.218. I'd also like to request you remove the text in the diff mentioned above. Thank you, --Durin 16:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

  • I just want to see policy abided by, or if not a strong rationale behind why. Banning is a very serious step, and should not be taken lightly. Blocks should be used as a first step, ban as last...not first. Shauri's user page has been vandalized just five times. That's not much, and certainly not justification for rash actions against anonymous IPs. Further, she's an admin now. She can protect her own userpage if she likes. --Durin 16:49, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
I too found this troublesome. Wiglaf shouldn't be, as I feel, so overprotective of the user Shauri. If she wishes to ask you to block someone, she will ask you. Blocking people indefintely, especially first time offenders, is both violating & stupid. I am backing durin totally on this issue & would also like to request the text removed & ask that you give first a warning, then possibly a 24 hour ban. Then work yourself upwards. Thank you durin for bringing the issue up, as I didn't want to be blocked. Spawn Man 00:37, 9 October 2005 (UTC)P.S. The only reason this message is on there, is because, (not meaning to sound rude), Shauri & Wiglaf have a relationship or "thing" going. (See post below where Shauri gives Wiglaf her heart)....(posted by Spawn Man)
Answered by Shauri at User_talk:Spawn_Man#Dear Spawn Man.--Wiglaf 09:05, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Scandinavia

Hi, Wiglaf... I need you to check out Talk:Scandinavia before getting into dab-ing the actual article. I am seeing what appear to be unsupportable edits to the article, which have been reverted by myself and another over the past few days, but I am not an admin or very experienced with Wikipedia policies. I would appreciate your two kronar of thoughts contributed to the Talk page there. Maybe three kronar if you feel verbose today.  ;) P.MacUidhir 19:34, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal

I put up a suggestion over at User talk:Haukurth#Anglicizations proposal. --Salleman 22:16, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dear Wiglaf

For being the most special Wikipedian in the world, I award you with my heart. Shauri
For being the most special Wikipedian in the world, I award you with my heart. Shauri

[edit] Your contribution.

Hi, it happens that you were implicated in some form or another to many articles I have read and viewed, and you've done an impressive job :). Fadix 02:37, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

An Award
I award you the Barnstar of Tireless Contributor, for your large body of work and for the quality of your contribution.

[edit] spelling of character names in Beowulf

In response to my comment at the Old Norse spelling imbroglio, you mentioned that you were interested in getting feedback about the spelling in Beowulf (at least I think that's what you meant--sorry if I've misunderstood). Here's my two cents: when my students look at a Wikipedia article, I prefer them to find something consistent with what I'm teaching. In this case, that would clearly be the historical spelling. Including those spellings has the added advantage of making people more familiar with eð and þorn; if there were more of them around, your current renaming predicament (with which I'm very sympathetic) might have been avoided. Chick Bowen 05:30, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Love in the air?

Do we have our first wikicouple? --Sebastian Kessel Talk 17:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Award:

No hard Feelings?... Spawn Man 02:45, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
No hard Feelings?... Spawn Man 02:45, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

For Wiglaf over the heated argument we had...Spawn Man 02:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brain Teasers:

Hi, I'm just posting a friendly notice stating that I have got Brain Teasers on my user page that you're welcome to have a go at. Will post new questions one day after they have been answered. Thanks... Spawn Man 05:09, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Þ and Ð removers on the march

Here's the latest move in the name conflict: Þórbergur Þórðarson > Thórbergur Thórdarson, made by an editor who had never edit the article and who did not discuss the move beforehand. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 08:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Some votes on WP:RM

Hi!

I don't know if you'll be interested, but there are some votes going on at the moment on WP:RM involving post-ASCII characters.

I'm sending the same note to Salleman.

Regards,

Haukur Þorgeirsson 23:22, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thought you should know

User:CDThieme posted this paragraph, criticizing your actions. [1] - Haukur Þorgeirsson 09:33, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Great response Haukur!--Wiglaf 13:52, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Give me a clue

You posted a comment on my talk page. Which talk page to which I have posted is your comment about? Philip Baird Shearer

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you! I'm on IRC now, and msgd you, but no reply... Are you still there? Shauri 17:17, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

No sign of msgs, I merely saw you logging off. Anyway, thanks again, and check your mail later plz, k? Hugs!! Shauri 17:24, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm not getting anything, so I guess I'll d/l the program you told me about and try again later. Hugs! Shauri 17:33, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How do I do it?

How do I go about removing foul language on an article, if the creator, keeps reverting my edits? Can you block him? I've explained on the talk page of the article the laws surrounding it, but he wont listen. See Here & Here. I just want the foul language &/or the explicit external links removed. The article should be neutral, meaning it contains no foul language or pornographic links. Any help would be appreciated. Spawn Man 22:22, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright/source

Please add source (I guess you created them yourself?) and copyright tags to Image:Celts, 3rd century.PNG, Image:Celts, 4th century.PNG, and Image:Celts, 5th century.PNG (and any other images you have uploaded). Thanks. Thue | talk 11:38, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Inappropriate comment

"Since he feels that edit counts are so important that he wrote what Shauri has indicated, I really think we should give him the opportunity of building up an edit count that makes him feel worthy. He deserves that opportunity.--Wiglaf 21:14, 18 October 2005 (UTC)"

Do you really think that's a legitimate comment? Or that that somehow isnt attempting to "rub it in"? I also went back and viewed Shauri's RFA - the one you sponsored. Now I understand the "too much emphasis on editcounts". This is annoyance carried over from users citing Shauri's low count. Somewhat annoying in itself, since none of you would just tell me, but at least now I know. freestylefrappe 00:24, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for the support. Things aren't really looking good for me, but thanks anyway. Private Butcher 18:33, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Dear Haukurth, I think the time has come to ask you whether you would like to be nominated for admin. Write me back and tell me what you think.--Wiglaf 09:20, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you, I'm flattered! It would be useful to have a rollback button and I'd also like to be able to move pages myself instead of asking you :) Could you give me a couple of days to prepare answers to the admin questions? - Haukur Þorgeirsson 01:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Ready when you are :) - Haukur Þorgeirsson 20:06, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chernyakhov-Chernyakhiv

Dear Wiglaf, could you please explain why you disagree with renaming "Chernyakhov culture" into "Chernyakhiv (Chernyakhov) culture"? I thought the latter is less biased since it uses both the current Ukrainian and older Soviet (Russian) style names of the geographical origin. After all, the village is in Ukraine and the local residents always called it the Ukrainian name. Thanks--Andrew Alexander 10:18, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Norse in Russia

Do you know of any reliable English sources on Norsemen and Norse colonies in Gardarike in the pre-Rurik period? --Briangotts (talk) 19:03, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Drives

Just as others I am interested in expanding information on Wiki.For example many articles on Wiki about German divisions or Waffen SS(btw the article on it on German Wiki is different compeletly and more neutral then English one) are very onesided and tend for example to ignore war crimes comitted by those units.If you believe any edits of mine are POV be my guest to point it out.I will be happy to give scholary sources, links if needed. --Molobo 11:46, 25 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Duties

"As an admin, it is my duty to be vigilant for NPOV, civility and no personal attacks, and to act, if I deem that one of them has been breeched." I always respect that and use scholary resources as well as civil language. As I am a new user, what do I have to do with aggresive anon that vandalises my own posts ? : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=141.89.66.2 --Molobo 12:28, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Haukurth nomination

Per RFA policy, I have removed his nomination from WP:RFA because the nomination has not been accepted and the questions have not yet been answered. All the best, --Durin 20:32, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Right! I'm working on those answers now :) - Haukur Þorgeirsson 20:36, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Otto von Bismarck

I wonder, could you please have a look at the page and decide which version is more appropriate? Thank you very, very much in advance. NightBeAsT 21:37, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html [The immediate background for this long speech was the brutal expulsions from Prussian territory of Poles and Polish Jews carried out in 1885. Many of these people had been resident in Prussia for years but had not become citizens, no easy matter in Germany. Polish deputies in the Reichstag formally questioned the government on these policies. Bismarck responded by denying the competence of the Reichstag in Prussian state matters. Shortly thereafter a majority of the lower house of the Prussian parliament moved a declaration for the protection of German interests in the eastern provinces. With this friendlier stimulus, Bismarck laid out the principles of the government's Polish policies. A typical Bismarck speech, it was delivered extempore (as were all speeches in the Reichstag and German state parliaments), filled with innuendo and threats and short on specific details. The intention here is to stifle criticism of an increasingly rigorous anti-Polish government policy, justifying it as an entirely reasonable response to Polish provocation. All the good will comes from the German side; all the bad faith belongs to the Poles. Source: Eugen Kalkschmidt (ed.), Bismarcks Reden (Berlin, n.d.), pp. 173-86. Translated by Richard S. Levy.]

And another source : http://raven.cc.ku.edu/~eceurope/hist557/lect6.htm Intensive germanisation began after the establishment of the German Empire (Jan. 1871), with Bismarck's "Kulturkampf" (Cultural War) against the Catholic Church in the Empire, because the Catholic Center Party opposed many of his measures. At the same time, he believed that the Polish upper class (nobles) and the Catholic Church in Prussian Poland would always be anti-German, so he set out to limit the power of the church and germanise the schools. German lay teachers replaced Polish priests in the schools, and German became the language of instruction except for religion. The church was persecuted for refusing to comply with the government regulation that all priests have a high school certificate (roughly equivalent to a B.A. or B.S. today). This requirement was opposed by the church all over the Empire as an infringement on its independence from the state. However, it had special meaning in Poland, where catholicism was part of national identity. Polish priests went into hiding, so many Poles could only hear mass said by Polish priests in secrecy. Therefore, this regulation aroused great anger, strengthening Polish national consciousness vis-a-vis the Germans. --Molobo 21:41, 25 October 2005 (UTC) So far NB you didn't say why do you believe Bismarck didn't try to destroy Polish identity.Agains all scholary works and history on the subject, as I believe.NB-Wiki isn't original research.And frankly you would have hard time trying to argue that Bismarck didn't persecute Polish minority... --Molobo 21:41, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Scandza

For your map of Scandza you didn't put copyright on that image, so I simply went to German wikipedia and it said that it was a GFDL so that's I wrote copyright as a GDFL. I just wanted to tell you incase that what I did wasn't the case because its always up to the uploader of the image to determine copyright. --Patman2648 18:33, 25 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Do we really want this?!

My dear friend and fellow Wikipedian,

A proposal has been made here which could effect the way all featured articles, and perhaps even eventually all articles, are handled in the future. While it has the well-meaning intention of addressing some real problems, if it is adapted, I fear it will actually create more problems and possibly destroy the wonderfully open and collaborative nature of the Wikipedia we all so love.

I therefore, strongly urge you to join us who OPPOSE this potentially dangerous proposal. Thank you for your time, thoughts and words.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 08:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Nix

I guess the article Stromkarl should be made into a redirect to Nix, but I think you ought to look at it to determine whether there is anything useful there to merge. Uppland 08:08, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hey :)

Just wanna say I haven't forgotten you, and sorry for not staying in touch. Things will change, eventually, and we'll do stuff and have a few beers again ok? Hugs for the family and stuff, // OlofE 17:29, 9 November 2005 (UTC) ... and stuff.

[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 13:29, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] On what basis you doubt polish history books

May I know why polish historians seem to you of poor quality ? Also I don't have a scanner. --Molobo 16:27, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Abuse of blocking rights

Blocking a user without giving him an explanation on his page and using a meaningless description like 'to have time to review Wikipedia policies' looks to me like abuse of admin power. Please kindly explain to me that I am wrong. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 03:34, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Could you point me to those edits 'lacking civility'? The last time I checked the Wikipedia:Blocking policy, I saw no rule allowing blocking for that (as much as it might have been in order). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 05:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Civility#Management_of_incivility_during_the_mediation_process does not mention ban as a way to solve the problem. If Molobo is being uncivil, there are other ways to deal with him, described at Wikipedia:Resolving disputes, which you (or affected users) may want to pursue. Sorry to be a sticker to the rules, but when we break the blocking policy, even with good intentions, where do we stop? Blocking is the last resort, not the first. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 05:23, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I meant block, sorry for confusing you with 'ban'. I reviewed the (single) edit you pointed me to and I don't find it offensive. It may not be the most constructive, but certainly it is no reason for a block. Please refrain from using blocking in such cases - our blocking policy does not support blocking for discussing (!), try talking instead. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 05:32, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Be it as it may, it is not a valid reason for a block. Otherwise we could just as well block each other over this disagreement. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 06:55, 31 October 2005 (UTC)