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Asking for help

Hi tezka. Came here to ask your Wikidesign help with this [1]. Especially regarding the fact that you've been changing that very Politics template recently. Thanks in advance. Oh, and great job with all those airports! Now everyone can see we ARE a great aviation country. Cheers,AlexPU 11:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we have to overdo with templates, especially the overwhelming templates in small articles. Cats are important though. Templates may or may not hurt but they are not the prime of Wikipedia anyway. The article about the local government can certainly do without the tl about the national level politics. --Irpen 06:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree. Look at the message I left at Alex's talk page. — Alex ^(T|C|E) 06:23, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I see it now. I mostly avoid looking there for a couple of reasons. So, that's why I missed your response. --Irpen 06:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

You see, Alex, my talkpage contains some bare politically-uncorrect TRUTH about his Wikiactions. The truth, found almost nowhere else since he works hard to cover it. In my opinion, Irpen is suffering from understanding the fact that other Wikipedians may read that truth.AlexPU 16:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I'm just letting you know. — Alex ^(T|C|E) 06:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Ukrainian Wikipedia

Hey, do you feel like helping me out on a few things I'm doing over on the Ukrainian Wikipedia? — Alex ^(T|C|E) 06:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, honestly, I find the international one much more interesting and challenging. Therefore, I only wrote for ua-wiki and ru-wiki one article each. I also have a small extra difficulty due to a lack of a Ukrainian (or Russian for that matter) symbols on any of keyboards that I use but I guess I could try to help you there in the time when I don't have a very pressing need to do something here. Let me know what you want. --Irpen 06:56, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

user page

Heh, if some random person edits my user page solely to increase the vandalism count, does it count as vandalism, but it doesn't need to be reverted because it's correct? Gah, a paradox! :-) -/- Warren 03:08, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:Reverted edit

Hey... What did my edit mess up? [2] — Alex ^(T|C|E) 06:39, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately your edit got in the way of me reverting 221.155.127.188's vandalism. I've run AWB over it again. Harryboyles 06:44, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I cleaned up the remaining vandalism. Didn't realize it was there. :-) — Alex ^(T|C|E) 06:48, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

All done. Thanks for helping with the reverting and continue the good work you are doing. Harryboyles 06:50, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

AWB Edits

Hi, Just to let you know, you shouldnt be doing AWB edits such as this one.

Edits such as that, are classed as 'insignificant' edits, as they do minor changes, which dont help the articles at all. Doing those at the same time as say, typo fixing, and fixing them if a typo is found, is fine.

Try setting AWB to automatically skip pages with no changes, and consider turning on Regextypofix, and using the skip function if no edits are made

Doing many edits like this, can result in you losing your AWB priveledges, which, really, wouldnt be a good thing!

Any Questions? Feel free to ask me on my talk page =)

Reedy Boy 09:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: AlexPU's block

Hi, just so you're informed, if a blocked user uses his talk page for further attacks during the block duration, it can be locked until the block expires, which is a fairly standard practice. -- Grafikm ^(AutoGRAF) 13:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Revision wars

There is a large revision war going on when uploading images. I have now placed this admonition to discourage users from uploading and reverting it.

This image has been repeatedly reverted by several users (see below). Anyone uploading this image may possibly trigger a revision war. Such users who do this will be blocked without further warning.

—Meteoroid » 23:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Image discussion

Hey Alex, I got the WMP 11 XP screenshot fully protected and I started up a discussion on the talk page so we can find a resolution to this problem. As someone who's been involved with the issue, your thoughts would help. See: Image talk:Windows Media Player 11 XP.png#Protected. Thanks. -/- Warren 17:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Vector graphics

File:Greater Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg

What exactly do you need done? --  Denelson83  04:46, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll get to work on that as soon as I can. I will vectorize all of the details my keen eyes can make out. --  Denelson83  05:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I won't need those construction sheets. --  Denelson83  06:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Letting you know that I have just started tracing this image. --  Denelson83  01:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

SURPRISE!!! --  Denelson83  05:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay; that'll work. And it doesn't matter whether you use "lesser" or "small." Take your pick. --  Denelson83  01:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Your user page

Alex, I cleaned up a mess of your user page. So, I not vandalizing to your user page. Thank you! Jigs41793 ^Talk/_contribs 03:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

So... why you revert my edits? I'm just clean up your mess on your talk user page. Jigs41793 ^Talk/_contribs 03:24, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I promise. I will permit for you to edit your user page so I have rid of cleaning up and fixing your user page. Jigs41793 ^Talk/_contribs 03:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

So how to edit the user pages for permission? Jigs41793 ^Talk/_contribs 03:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. So can I edit your user page now? Jigs41793 ^Talk/_contribs 03:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

But I will clean up your mess of your user page. I will fix your user page for a while. Jigs41793 ^Talk/_contribs 04:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Alex, please remember WP:DFTT. Just revert him and if persist, post to WP:ANI. --Irpen 04:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, he didn't have bad intentions though, so I'm trying to be nice. — Alex^(T|C|E) 05:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

My Adminship n Userpage edits

Hi. Thanks a lot. And I suppose I will keep the edits. :) Cya around. --soum (0_o) 09:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure, no problems at all. Btw, seeing your name on my watchlist after a long time. --soum (0_o) 09:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Editing User Pages

Hey come on, what did I tell you about editing other people's user pages? — Alex^(T|C|E) 09:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Alex, I'm just adding an {{administrator}} template to Soum's user page because he is now an administrator. I editing his user page without permission and thanks to me by Soum. Jigs41793 ^Talk/_contribs 09:35, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Country Flag2 Template

Hey, I was looking at the code only. I think your additions are reasonable, I guess they should be added. But since there has not been much discussion regarding or consensus regarding it, I am not incorporating the changes. Rather, I am adding my vote to it. I am keeping it on my watchlist to see what comes out of it. --soum (0_o) 09:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it seems a pretty widespread template. Thats why I refrained from modifying it without discussion. I will definitely keep an eye on it. Cheers, --soum (0_o) 09:58, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject

Hi, Alex. Just want to tell you that someone has already made a proposal for Wikipedia:WikiProject Ukraine here... —dima/talk/ 22:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Largest in Europe

See the map, speaks for itself...--Kuban Cossack 10:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

File:Location-Europe-UNsubregions.png

That kuban guy is going to be a problem if he doesn't understand basic English syntax and structure. Thank you for being bold and creating the project! Would you please put the Ukraine portal back into the {{WikiProject Ukraine}}? Thanks, Chris 05:39, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, brother! Chris 05:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Never been good at rating, that seems too subjective to me. I figure there are others who can decide how important an article is, it feels wrong for me to do that to the writing of others. Chris 05:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Христосъ Воскресе!

File:Eastereggs.jpg

Ура! :) --Irpen

Importance guidelines proposal

Hey, check out Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ukraine/Assessment, where I have proposed the guidelines for rating articles on the importance scale. —dima/talk/ 21:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

USSR coat of arms

Sorry, I didn't quite understand you. Are you going to nominate for deletion the USSR coat of arms vector picture? And if yes, why? Alaexis 05:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Undelete

Ok, I've undeleted Image:Windows Vista logo.svg for now. There is some debate over wheter or not SVG images are acceptable for fair use (since it's easy to achieve good print quality with vector graphics), but I guess it won't hurt to let you take a swing at improving it untill some kind of consensus is reached. --Sherool (talk) 14:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Given that this is a copyrighted logo, I don't think converting it to SVG is a particularly bright idea. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

3RR

I'm considering filing an RFC. Just so you are aware, another anonymous editor doesn't agree with them, neither do I and I wrote most of that article and got it to FA status. But hey, if you're OK with inacccurate information in Wikipedia, that's fine by me also. I can let it slide, I just might stop bothering to worry about this project anymore. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and what's good for the goose is good for the gander, incidently. I don't suppose you've warned the other parties? Warrens edit description was getting pretty close to a personal attack also, IMO. If you want to go and block me, go ahead. Just shows everything that's wrong with this project. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Country

Hi Alex,

(50% to compensate for this template looking weird in some articles)

Thanks for your efforts to sort out what prompted the above!  Unfortunately, however, it's had the result of misaligning the flag/symbol display in many if not most country articles. As a workaround, the flag_width parameter is now in place for use in those articles where the flag/symbol spacing isn't working; I'm intrigued to know which article/s these are. Thanks again for your work, David Kernow (talk) 17:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

...the template looks weird in this article.

...I liked the old way of using the wikitable for the template better (see the Ukrainian version of the template that I translated). Everything looks fine on that template.

Well, as you probably already know, HTML table syntax is used to avoid pipe-symbol ("|") problems...

Hmm... The bug must be IE-only. Take a look at the template through IE7 if you can.

Yes, looks like it's another IE shortcoming. I made another effort to workaround it, but, as you'll see from the edit summaries, it looks like something as unwieldy as testing for an "IE_width_fix" parameter might be the only kind of solution. I'm not knowledgeable about browser compatibility issues, however, so maybe you or someone you know could suggest something clever and/or more straightforward...?  Pesky IE. Thanks for your patience, David (talk) 02:39, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, I think I got it fixed now. :-)

...and I've just finished trying to center the captions below the images as well. The end – I hope!  Chuckles, thanks and best wishes, David (talk) 12:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

E577

E577

done. Malarz pl 12:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Wikimood

"Explosive" is the most severe negative word I could think of. --  Denelson83  08:51, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Sort of like this? Image:Wikistress3D 0 v3.jpg. — Alex^(T|C|E) 09:19, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank-you. I completly forgot about the termometers. -- Jason Palpatine 16:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC) This User wishes (but too often fails) understanding of Wikipedia's systematized logistical projection of its balanced policy contingency. (speak your mind | contributions)

Re Template:Country flag2

Hey David, can you fix this really fast please? It messed up a lot of articles. Thanks in advance! ...

Thanks a million! :-)

Thanks for alerting me!  Yours, David (talk) 02:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem. A bit ironic that I was messing with the article trying to figure out what's wrong. By the way, what do you think of the border I proposed around flags? Do you think the change you made (white-space:nowrap) will allow users like Carl Lindberg (see template talk page) to see the template on one line? Please let me know. — Alex^(U|C|E) 02:38, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll take a look a little later; right now, I'm just trying to catch up with other messages, emails, etc. {{Border}} seems a little temperamental here (Firefox on PC) but mixing it with white-space:nowrap might make some difference... David (talk) 02:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

That vandal

Sorry, for the late response. I have to present my research paper today, and so that I can wake up early, I went to sleep early last night (it was night here). I notice the vandal is already indef blocked by now. Good riddance! Now, lets just hope he is not on dyn ip.

Btw, nice words to alert me to the fact that I have found myself some love :D --soum (0_o) 01:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I giving you a barnstar for reverting vandalism on my user page, Alex. Jigs41793 Contact me 02:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Userpage vandalism is one of my pet peeves. :-) — Alex^(U|C|E) 03:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Allow me

... to top it off with the editor's Barnstar as fighting vandalism you did not loose the perspective of our primary goal here. Therefore, I, Irpen, hereby award you this Ukrainian Barnstar of National Merit for your contributions to Ukraine-related articles, enthusiasn and positive attitude. Keep up the good work! —-Irpen 03:13, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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Windows Vista Networking

Hi, I was working on the Networking section of the Technical features new to Windows Vista article but felt it was becoming too long. As such, I expanded the section as a full fledged article in my sandbox. Please take a look and comment on whether I should go ahead with splitting the content to some other article like Vista networking technologies, putting only the summary in the technical features article.

P.S.: Please reply on my talk page. --soum (0_o) 07:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:PD-UA-exempt

Hi there, I noticed you edited the Template:PD-UA-exempt awhile back. You are welcome to contribute on a related Rfc page here, Wikipedia:Requests for comment/FC Vorskla Poltava image. Much appreciated, --Palffy 21:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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Image question

Could you please take a look at this image? Can it be improved by photoshopping or whatever since it seems hazy. Maybe you would find it more convenient to proceed from the image's original source (listed) out of which the image is cropped. I know jpegcrop.exe for a good cropping tool and I use it but I know next to nothing about any other image processing issues. My grade in the school's drawing class was mostly a solid D. --Irpen 05:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Nav templates

Need a review :). Its not complete yet. The order of templates is to be decided. The spacing between them reduced, if not removed, and other kinks ironed. But it at least shows the intention. --soum (0_o) 12:57, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

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WP:3RR Warning

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The question is what should I do? — Alex^(U|C|E) 03:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Very simple: pursue the dispute resolution process we have in place. Start by asking a third opinion or by placing a request for comment. Editwarring only stress you out, and makes you lose your editing privileges. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:52, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, I wasn't online. When in a dispute first thing to do is to make sure no one keeps reverting to their own version. Talk it out first. So, whenever people are pushing their own version, get the article protected. Using WP:RFPP is probably a better option than requesting an admin because the admin might not be online at that time. But if you are sure that s/he is online, personal request will have a quicker response. Keep in mind that protection does not mean endorsement of that version, so if a wrong version is protected (which is always the case, depending on PoV :D) dont mean it cant be changed. If there has been a prior consensus, point that out in the request. The admin will decide if that version has merits to be the protected version. When the article is protected, discuss, preferably on the article talk page. If it does not seem to lead anywhere, call an RfC, invite others to comment and follow the dispute resolution procedure, as Jossi has said.

Regarding the dispute, I am ill suited to make a comment, because I am hardly aware of the subject. But the point made by Kuban kazak (talk · contribs) about breaking consistency seems valid. You should probably invite other editors who contributed to the article to make a comment. Regards, and all the best. --soum ^talk 07:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

It is fairly similar to the Kiev/Kyiv dispute. As for talking it out, trying to talk it out with him doesn't really work. He goes into personal/national attacks during discussions. — Alex^(U|C|E) 07:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed that. I am warning the user and reminding him of the consensus clause that we have here. But I think it is time to start and RfC, summarize the previous discussion, and invite others to comment. --soum ^talk 07:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I noticed the user has been blocked multiple times for 3RR violation and personal attacks. I will be keeping an eye on him. Btw, great work with that logo. --soum ^talk 07:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Vectorization

If you want, I can do it for you. :-) — Alex^(U|C|E) 07:30, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh sure. Thanks a lot, bro! :) --soum ^talk 07:33, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Would it be possible to change all lines and text (text, more importantly) to black? --soum ^talk

Looks great. :) You deserve this.--soum ^talk 09:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		For the wonderful vectorized representations. 0_o soum talk 09:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

ULP

Hmm... Somehow I'm leaning towards starting Wikipedia:Ukrainian language policy, this is the only language that seems to have those disputes on Wikipedia. You think I should do that? — Alex^(U|C|E) 10:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I am not sure calling it a policy this early is not a good idea. But yeah having something to guide in the case of disputes is definitely worth it. IMO, it should be a proposed guideline. I would also suggest you write a first draft in userspace, get a peer review and some support before moving it to the wikipedia namespace. --soum ^talk 10:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I wasn't going to post it to Wikipedia namespace right away. I might have some people from the WikiProject help me out. — Alex^(U|C|E) 10:52, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan. :D You should definitely go for it. Even if nothing comes out, the discussion will be of great help in further disputes. Language disputes are pretty frustrating. You wont believe there has been a huge debate whether Jana Gana Mana (the Indian National Anthem, originally written in Classical Bengali, adopted as the national anthem of a country whose national language is Hindi) should be written in Hindi or Bengali. It cant get any more lame than this!!! :P --soum ^talk 10:58, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Heh. What are your suggestions for a name, though? :-) — Alex^(U|C|E) 11:01, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, tough question. You can start with any name, it can be refined as content gets added. How about "Ukranian naming guideline"? --soum ^talk 11:10, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll sleep on it. But I plan to cover more than just naming, maybe something along the lines of "Wikipedia:Ukrainian language guidelines". — Alex^(U|C|E) 11:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

A generic name is probably better. :) --soum ^talk 11:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll think of something and let you know tomorrow. I'll have you look over it, too, so that it makes sense to somebody unfamiliar with the topic. — Alex^(U|C|E) 11:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Anyways, I will be signing off now. Cya later. :) --soum ^talk 11:24, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I've put in a my two cents on the Talk:Podilsko-Voskresenska Line, hope you don't mind. Please feel free to add something. I am not very familiar with the metropoliten subject but said something about the languages policy. --Hillock65 19:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Microsoft Silverlight

There is an RfC at Talk:Microsoft Silverlight#Request for Comment: XAML and SVG issue with Silverlight regarding the validity of a criticism, reffed from an ArsTechnica article. Could you please offer your opinions? --soum ^talk 16:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Mediation Case

Hi, Akhristov. I've decided to take on your medcab case. If you have any concerns about this, please tell me, otherwise I look forward to resolving the case with you. - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 05:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

No worries. Just as a prelim question, are User:Novelbank and User:Hillock65 also "participants" in this case? If yes, I'm going to add them to the involved parties. - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 05:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, that's great. I've looked over the statements so far, and unless other information comes up, I think I can see a pattern emerging. Looks good. - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 05:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

As a last resort, I'll have the basics. I'd prefer it if it was a page that I could run through Google's translator. - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 06:19, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

It always looked like it was going to be tricky. But, I think if we can reach consensus on this compromise, or a slightly edited one, we should be done. And if not, I've asked on #wikipedia-medcab that someone come in and look it over. If they can't fix it, you may have to go to WP:RFM, which would be bad for everyone involved. Here's hoping... - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 23:38, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Please reconsider resigning from this case. If you do, I really doubt you're going to give up editing metro related articles all together, right? In which case, you'll continue to encounter this, and another MEDCAB (or higher) case will be likely. I think we're nearing a compromise, please give it one or two more days. - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 07:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

SVG

Hey, which format do I export in from Inkscape? Stealing your trade secrets (:D), I downloaded Inkscape yesterday and drew something, which is rendering fine in Inkscape, and also exporting fine as a raster image. But when I am uploading the SVG (plain SVG), its getting all screwed up. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Here is the source (Inkscape SVG) file. --soum ^talk 07:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, one thing MediaWiki really hates is flowed text. Try not to use it that much, use regular text boxes. Also, remember to set the page size to the same as your drawing's size. I'm fixing it right now for you. By the way, it is best to save as Plain SVG. — Alex^(U|C|E) 08:06, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it tomorrow, it's late here. You can see my attempt to fix it here. — Alex^(U|C|E) 08:50, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. :) I think I can fix the rest myself. Good night. --soum ^talk 08:53, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Finally its done. Thanks a ton. . --soum ^talk 09:34, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Mediation case

Hello, Akhristov. Just posting to let you know that I won't be involving myself in your mediation case, as I want to remain impartial and don't really have anything to contribute beyond the third opinion. But I hope that it brings a positive outcome for both you and Kuban Cossack. Kind regards, Adrian M. H. 22:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I do not understand your last revert. Тот факт, что Слобожанщина перешла под контроль Росси в 1500 году у вас вызывает удивление? Это надо доказывать или что надо доказывать? --Russianname 04:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

• • Извините, что по-русски, но это уже не в какие ворота не лезет, когда просто откатывают ссылки и снова стаят таг "факт". Блин, да вообще, чем мы тут занимаемся? Это, что провокации такие? Объясните мне, что тут происходит у вас. --Russianname 04:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

• • Ну и какая разница, что на русском? Вы же понимаете по-русски и можете проверить и кто угодно может проверить, любой пользователь с Украины. С другой стороны, по-английски пишут далеко не обо всем. --Russianname 04:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Елки-палки, Алекс, ну что за ерунда про большинство людей - и вы понимаете и Хиллок понимает. И что это за бред, что уже оспариваются вобще все факты? Это, что троллинг, скажите? Это издевательство уже какое-то? --Russianname 04:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:POINT

Sorry to bother you, but since you edited the article Russians in Ukraine, I was wondering if you have an opinion on the serious violation of the WP:POINT there[3]. I'd like to hear your opinion about it before I file it on the ANB. Thanks in advance. --Hillock65 18:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Kuban Kazak

No administrators have commented yet... Not sure what to do about it. — Alex^(U|C|E) 14:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Same for the WP:RFP request... — Alex^(U|C|E) 14:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I dont think AN/I is the best place to discuss this. It does not refer to any individual incident (or incidents), but rather an users behavior in general. Admins generally discuss specific incidents at AN/I. WP:RFC#Request comment on users is probably the best place. People specializing in handling such disputes partol that. And consensus is reached faster there. If no consensus can be reached there, ArbCom can be approached. Their decisions are binding. You may also bring up the issue on WP:AN. All the best.

As for RFP, I dont see any pending requests. Do you want it protected? I see only one attempt recently. I dont think it warrants protection, not yet. I am watchlisting the article. --soum ^talk 14:55, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey man, its perfectly fine with me. If you need any help, you are always welcome. Even if I cant do anything else, I can at least try to point you to the right place where you can find help. :) --soum ^talk 05:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Is the medcabal nearing any solution? If so, then I think you should wait for a few days. If not, there is no need to wait. --soum ^talk 06:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

In tha case, you might wait a day or two before the RfC. --soum ^talk 06:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

How kind of you

[4] So returning grammatical mistakes is good quality, as is putting it later on WP:AN/I. Let I remind you that you left the Medcab instead of continuing to search for consensus in that article, yet you don't mind reverting again and again. That is low и подло... --Kuban Cossack 16:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Request for Mediation

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Windows Server 2008 logo.jpg)

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Need your help, again

Where is the black rectangle at the bottom of this image coming from? --soum ^talk 09:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the font tip :) And I found out what was wrong with the image. There was no flowed text (actually there was nothing there), but I converted the text to path at that position then translated it elsewhere. Seems like MediaWiki does not like that either.

And I am waiting for some other comments before putting my own at the RfC. --soum ^talk 09:54, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. :) --soum ^talk 10:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Its BetaCommandBot that seems to have grown a special dislike of me. :D --soum ^talk 10:13, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

The same notability criterion as applied to other articles, applies to this also. If there are a handful of mainstream media reports (at least two or three) then this can have an article, without any problems. --soum ^talk 10:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

RfC

I was wondering if you had a chance to read this latest masterpiece. Please note Personal Attacks as well as insults in English and a foreign language. I suggest this should be included in RfC as evidence of persistent Incivility and Bad Faith. Alas, I am too busy to attend to this right now. Good luck. --Hillock65 22:01, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I think the RfC that you have started is not filled out properly. Please have a look at completed RfC. I think you need to present Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute just below where I did and Novelban at #3. Provide diffs of trying to reason with KK. Also you need to put your name under Users certifying the basis for this dispute, just below my name. If there is something else, please let me know. --Hillock65 22:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Its okay except that Desired outcome is not needed anymore. And when presenting evidence of trying to resolve the issue, its better to add a summary of the discussion in a line or two. --soum ^talk 07:53, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

You caught me when I was going through all the discussions and user logs :) Anyways, in the Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Kuban kazak#Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute section, just after each link place a short one liner summary of what was discussed on the link and result, if any. --soum ^talk 08:01, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Its fine now. Btw, by any chance would you happen to be near a Windows Vista system now? If so, can you upload a screenshot of the Search Explorer (the search interface that opens when the search button, not the search bar, in the start menu is clicked)? I have Vista only on my desktop and I am currently out of town (so out of luck :) ). Thanks in advance. --soum ^talk 08:10, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I forgot to mention, the advanced search flyout should be open. Sorry. You take your time, theres no hurry. I will take care of rationales et al. I am really sorry about the botheration. The motherboard in the laptop I generally use (which does run Vista) crashed a week back. Since then I am on my ex-laptop (:P). Its a pain to work on a machine with 512 megs RAM, even though it runs XP MCE. --soum ^talk 08:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. And I got the hint, I will shut up right now. :P --soum ^talk 08:38, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

(outdent?)I was just kidding :) I am currently writing a response to the RfC, when I a done, I will check it out. --soum ^talk 08:47, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Wait for a few more comments. If consensus on what to do is clear (talk will ensue on the summaries), a non involved admin will enforce the decision. If no consensus is made, it can be moved up to ArbCom. --soum ^talk 09:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Congrats. :D --soum ^talk 09:29, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

The new evidence sounds fun. Good night. Cya l8r. --soum ^talk 12:22, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Trolling

Please refrain from trolling on my talk page. My policy towards abuse is strict. You may try it again in order to be reported to the community. --Ghirla^-трёп- 11:28, 24 June 2007 (UTC)