This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archives: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 |
Hey, Steve. I was just curious: What do you do in Rwanda? There aren't too many Wikipedians with first-hand experience in Africa, so I'm always interested to learn more about them! Be sure to check out Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board, which is were a lot of us can be found. — BrianSmithson 17:45, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve,
I was just dropping by to drop you a good word after seeing all your work on Transport in Rwanda. I had not realized that you had switched your account (to a capital R), and so was quite confused when your contributions history ended abruptly after I knew you had worked on Share taxi. It's certainly not mandatory but, if you wish, a Bureaucrat can move the old edit attributions to your new account with a request at Wikipedia:Changing username. In any case and going back to my original purpose in dropping by, thanks for all your work, especially in our neglected Rwanda articles. Cheers, Banyan Tree 17:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Please explain why it makes sense to you that Subway should be a dis-ambiguation page and not a re-direct with Subway (disambiguation) the dis-ambiguation page. And, why did you cut-and-paste?? Georgia guy 00:55, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Well done on reverting the UK template. I'm looking for a bit of backup against this Hayter chap who is changing these templates from under our feet, after a "consensus" was reached of four - yes, count them, four - votes! Gsd2000 19:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm just curious. How do you access the internet in Rwanda, it being a war torn (not much anymore though) place and all? --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 06:16, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Well yes, if that were a pint of Tennants 80, Greenmantle, or even of Smithwick's, I'd send it back (or in extreme instances, maybe over the barkeep). OTOH, as it's German, that's a Feature, not a Bug. (Though truth to tell I do like my froffy German beers a little darker). Alai 16:40, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
And on a more serious note, thanks for your support/defence on talk:watershed. I was sufficiently annoyed by the "insular" 'funny comment' that I decided to 'count to ten', and I'm glad I did. Alai 19:27, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
From Talk:Rapid_transit#Subway Redirect / Dab:
"Pointing to a redirect" is in no way "incorrect". Also, you haven't seemed to update any of th links to subway that (correctly) intended this page. Do not fail to update those links! Ewlyahoocom 01:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know, that was a mistake on my part. Usually when you move a page it moves the talk page as well, but I guess since a page had to be deleted (the old redirect) it didn't move both. I think I've fixed it now. Mak emi 16:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know about the vote at Watershed. CarolGray 17:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Steve,
My name is Omer and i need to contact you about few things,
Do you have any instant messenger such as MSN\Yahoo\ICQ\AIM so we can talk?
If you dont have - just give me your email.
Thanks!
:Did you try the e-mail this user link to the left?
Mak
(talk) 23:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC) Nevermind, logged out users don't have it.
Mak
(talk)
23:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have a friend in secondary school that is doing a presentation about Rwanda, perhaps I could refer them to you for information? :D -- Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 04:31, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Amakuru/Archive 1. You moved North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to NATO. I know that NATO is better known by the initials, but users who search for it can just be taken through the redirect, because if NATO is at NATO, then "United States" should be at "USA", and "United Nations" should be at "UN." Thanks! / / Brendenhull ( talk • contribs) | 11:33, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Damn you. I was just about to add Gustav Adolf von Götzen to the DYK suggestions list, when I saw that you'd done so yourself. Now you can't be pleasantly surprised by it.
Ah well. Nicely done. DS 13:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
-- Cactus.man ✍ 19:11, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Gday mate, I applaud you for helping us understand Rwanda more thanks mate, you would also have valuable information on all topics. I want to ask you if you could help with this article as I know little about Rwanda. Thankyou Enlil Ninlil 05:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
! Enlil Ninlil 21:39, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, SteveRwanda! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. F e tofs Hello! 12:57, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
-- Cactus.man ✍ 08:12, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions! + + Lar: t/ c 02:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions! + + Lar: t/ c 04:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for letting me know. I can't see the point of having two disambig. pages for the same subject. That is why I made the changes in the first place. After discussion with other editors, I made one of the disambig. pages a redirect. -- WikiCats 05:43, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Very nice job. I love what you've done with St. Hilda's. Thanks for writing to let me know.
- Dan 04:06, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I got tired of constantly having to look at the main page to see the news and FA and then switch over to my user page to have all my links. Now I have both—a nice looking userpage that has all the information and links I need. I can go for weeks without looking at the main page now. =) -- Spangineer es (háblame) 13:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Good idea; I just added a comment. -- Spangineer es (háblame) 15:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
The cricket info template has a line near the top that can swap it between balls and overs being displayed. If balls = true use a balls bowled figure otehrwise use overs.
Please feel free to evaluate the Libya article which has become a 'Featured Article Candidate' and write you support or opposition on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Hopefully Libya will become only the second African country to be featured on Wikipedia. Thanks -- User:Jaw101ie 12:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve! Thanks for the info. I would have moved the page myself, but according to Wikipedia, my account is too new. In a couple of days, I will, of course, take care of such uncontroverial moves myself. Thanks again! Jay Gatsby( talk) 21:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, here's the thing. Karaoke (entertainment) redirects to Karaoke. So there's no point to link to Karaoke (entertainment) at all - it wastes server processing time, and such redirects should be avoided whenever possible. If you see any other pages doing them, please take the time to fix them to point to the destination page directly (because that's not the proper form). Cheers. (|-- UlTiMuS ( U • T • C | M • E ) 14:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Um... no. I wrote quite a lot of the following which has been copied wholesale by them on to their site:
"Hydra currently runs on a 64 node Xeon cluster, with a total of 64 gigabytes of RAM. It evaluates about 200,000,000 chess positions per second, roughly the same as the much older Deep Blue, but with several times more overall computing power. Whilst FPGAs generally have a lower performance level than ASIC chips, Moore's law allows modern-day FPGAs to run about as fast as the older ASICs used for Deep Blue. The engine is on average able to evaluate up to a depth of about 18 ply (9 moves by each player), deeper than Deep Blue, which only evaluated to about 12 ply on average. Hydra's search uses alpha-beta pruning as well as null-move heuristics [1]. The extra search depth over Deep Blue is due to its use of more modern type B forward pruning techniques that are slightly less perfect, but generally play better due to the greater search depth these techniques permit."
Check the history log, it was developed over a period of time. www.hydrachess.com have lifted it wholesale from the wikipedia.. WolfKeeper 17:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve!
I did the edit some time ago about Swahili as an official language of Rwanda. I see you changed it. Check our www.gov.rw, the official web-site of the rwandan government for confirmation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.135.206 ( talk • contribs) 17:51, 21 August 2006
So Kinyarwanda, French and English are the official languages. I think I'm right because I've lived here for several years! Cheers — SteveRwanda 18:00, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent edit to the infobox heading - It's something that had crossed my mind, but hadn't got round to doing - I've now fixed the architect and historic building infoboxes in a similar fashion. Regards -- Mcginnly | Natter 08:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Muraho (I hope I've got 'hello' right). Seeing as you've been living in Rwanda for several years, I figured that you might know some amount of Kinyarwanda. Do you know where I can find resources on the language, especially a good dictionary? The best dictionary I've found is a Swedish-Kinyarwanda dictionaary, and I know far more Kinyarwanda than Swedish. I need a lot of information on grammar, too, especially with adjectives which I don't understand at all. Also, I have a few other specific questions. I seem to have come across both 'muraho' and 'makuru' for 'hello'. I think 'makuru' means 'news', so it may be similar to Kiswahili's 'habari (za safari, za asubuhi, etc.)'. Is 'makuru more informal? Thanks for any help you can give me. -- Ionius Mundus 22:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey, Steve. I've got a printout of the Maraba Coffee article that I've marked up. I know a lot of people on FAC are demanding a copy edit, so I thought I'd do one. I'll probably get to implementing the changes sometime tomorrow (Saturday), Japan time. Good work on this piece, by the way. — BrianSmithson 22:24, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree that the name change for 1181 Lilit is obvious, but Gene Nygaard apparently did not think so. He reverted your name change. (This is why I decided just to go along with the formal requested move rather than renaming the page myself.) You may want to go vote on the name change on the talk page for 1181 Lilit. George J. Bendo 09:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
whatever mate. aLii 13:43, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Arr, sorry lad, if I was rude, I don't mean to be: I want consistancy in the dwarf planets as well. I just don't want to make it inconsistant with the category the dwarf planets are a subcategory of, minor planets, without making sure that it's discussed a bit. There's only two dwarf planets, but there's four asteroids with former planetary status, far more asteroids, and numerous trans neptunian bodies. Ceres is a dwarf planet, a minor planet, an asteroid, and a former planet.. Eris is a dwarf planet, a minor planet, arguably an asteroid, and a trans-neptunian object.
I want to be sure everything's thought through before we finalise it. That's all. Adam Cuerden talk 15:16, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
By the way, as I said, I think you're probably right about the poll. Just figured it'd quickly show if I was strongly disagreed with, at the least, a good sign to shut up about your opinion, no matter how strongly held. Adam Cuerden talk 15:41, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
...I got rather awful, didn't I? Ah, well. At least I stepped back. Adam Cuerden talk 21:11, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, I guess a polarising filter is out of the question. I would suggest having the package lit from the back (e.g. if you have a spotlight or desklamp, point it at a white wall (or cardboard pane) with the package in front -- difficult to explain in text). The problem you are having is generally called "blown highlights" -- caused by direct light, if you search google perhaps you will find some more tips. If you still have trouble, I will think some more. (NB. I am not a photographer and am possibly speaking out my arse! -- But this stuff is worth trying) :) - Francis Tyers · 16:37, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
...and thanks for getting Maraba Coffee featured. It's a great piece of work! — mark ✎ 19:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for commenting on the 0.999... FAC! It's just been featured. I hope I took care of the concerns you brought up, but please do drop by the talk page if you think of anything else! Melchoir 23:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello there! I just stumbled upon your user page and I must say, it is very good. Good job!-- Thomas.macmillan 19:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve, i have to appologize that I did not respond to your message on the Maraba Coffee article (I would like to drink some but it looks like there is none in germany. Bring me some next time you visit Hamburg :-)). Besides family and job, I am currently involved in starting a social/educational project for African and Afro-German kids in Hamburg. This leaves me nearly no time to do all the things I am planning to do on wikipedia. The only thing I had time to do was to go to a library last week and get some books about African music, especially about amadinda music, to finish the article on baganda music I have started and which is still a torso. I hope I'll have the time to do at least a few small things there, but it could well be another two or three weeks before I can really do something here again. What kind of agricultural methods are used by the Maraba farmers. In Cameroon, I have seen small scale farms where coffee is being mixed with other crops and trees, and the tast is great. I found the idea to combine coffee with beer really surprising. Would like to try that drink. I know the mild chocolate-like flavored arabica varieties from the Bamenda highland area in Cameroon and I would really like to know how such tasts combine with beer. Regards Nannus 22:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere, click here to reply. AstroBoy 01:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Deadline for entries is December 15th
I hope that you're somewhere near a computer today as the Main Page bears a striking resemblance to your userpage. :D - Banyan Tree 00:29, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, me again. You are the only person on the entire Wikipedia who states that they have any Kinyarwanda language skills. I've recently added a cover image of Kangura to the article, but the given translation is just ridiculously long given the size of the phrase being translated. I attempted a synthesis of the two sentence translation given in the description at Image:Kangura 12-1993 cover.gif but would appreciate it if you could take a look and see if my guess is completely off the mark. Thanks, Banyan Tree 21:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Belovedfreak 20:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. :-) This is actually a pretty old debate. If you read the lead and the beginning of the first section of Prime Minister of Spain, you can check that the name of the office is President of the Government of Spain. Why some English speaking sources call it PM is beyond me, but I assure you I've heard both ways of referring to it in several sources, and I simply believe that in doubt it is more exact to call it by the name of the office. As SSM in Spain is a Spanish-related article, using the Spanish-related title seemed adequate. Another user seemed to agree with my logic in that regard. Nonetheless, thanks for taking the time to comment the issue on my talk. :-) Cheers Raystorm 12:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi SteveRwanda,
I'm Alexander Bock, a user from the German Wikipedia. I have one question. Is it possible, that you upload (?) the picture Image:Liemba.jpg in the Commons? We would then be able to use it, too. Our article about the Liemba does not have a picture yet.
Thank you very much Alex —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.137.235.218 ( talk) 13:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
Please stop messing up the currency articles without entering into any kind of discussion. Your moves of Turkish lira and East African shilling, followed by your overwrites of the redirect pages have made a mess of things by preventing a straightforward reversion, should your changes prove unacceptable. If you want to make these kinds of changes, you need to discuss things first.
Dove1950
15:00, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Santos (name), and it appears to be very similar to another wikipedia page: Santos. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case.
This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot 14:05, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Greetings, SR. Thanks for your note. I'd've been glad to fix these, but was unaware of the need to do so manually. Will you kindly point me towards whatever how-to page might provide me the info I need for next time, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -- Scheinwerfermann ( talk) 17:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Steve. Can you please take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janvier Kanyamashure, a deletion nomination of Janvier Kanyamashure, the Rwandan ambassador to Burundi? He only gets two two Google hits, so I strongly suspect we have a misspelling. Are you able to offer any help? Thanks in advance, Picaroon (t) 23:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I noticed that you created the article Vikpedia about a year and a half ago, which redirects to the Wikipedia article. Are there any particular reasons for this? Note: see talk page discussion here. Thanks, Joelster ( talk) 04:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated Queen Britney ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. RichardΩ612 Ɣ | ɸ 18:03, April 24, 2008 (UTC)
Hi Steve, It must have been a very long time since I wandered by your page as I just saw that you've had a daughter. Congratulations and many blessings! - Banyan Tree 12:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Liemba.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:
{{
di-replaceable fair use disputed}}
, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.
If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Rettetast ( talk) 18:13, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
-- Spencer T♦ C 18:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Steve! Happy holidays to you and your family as well. Your girl must be humongous at this point. Cheers, Banyan Tree 01:00, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
I actually gave the wrong guideline link in my change to your edit (because my Firefox was bogging down), which actually should have been WP:MOSBIO#Maiden names, which says "But in all cases, a woman should be called by the name she is most widely known under. Elizabeth Taylor, even though she has been married eight times, would not be referred to under those other surnames." There are literally hundreds upon thousands of married females who work under a specific name and I can't recall a single article wherein we start the lead off with a name under which they are not known. Think Julia Roberts, Mary Steenbergen, Rita Wilson, Reese Witherspoon before her divorce, and none of them give their (possibly) legal married name first. I think the Elizabeth Taylor reference covers it fairly well. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 19:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Iturufu is a Rwandan card game with interesting rules, e.g., it does not use all 52 cards, and JQK are not counted in the common order of value. I can't find any English information about it other than through word of mouth. Let's get this on Wikipedia :) -- Bcjordan ( talk) 22:40, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Oa0408.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the " my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. FileBot ( talk) 04:57, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Union Coffee Roasters, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{
hangon}}
to the top of
the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on
the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact
one of these admins to request that they
userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you.
Cnilep (
talk)
14:35, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for seeking out those figures I was unable to find. The official town population is very close to the one given here [1] six years ago which I was going to cite, but yours is much better. Cheers ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 12:31, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Association des Veuves du Genocide. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and " What Wikipedia is not").
Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Association des Veuves du Genocide. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.
Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. -- Erwin85Bot ( talk) 01:10, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Hazza Potter ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. — The Man in Question (in question) 18:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello SteveRwanda, I saw your picture of Gisenyi because I do research on an colonial officer named max Knecht which was sttioned there 1906-08. May I ask you if you know, if there are nowadays any signs left of the german colonial period or did you make more fotos there?
Than I saw your article about the vessel "Graf Götzen" and I want to let you know, that there is another book on this story: Alex Capus: Eine Frage der Zeit. Roman. Knaus Verlag, München 2007, 302 Seiten
With best regards, Heiko Wegmann, info@freiburg-postkolonial.de 87.176.201.77 ( talk) 16:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello Steve, I came across the article Kagera River today and have been trying to expand it a little. Some of the sources I have been looking at say that the river is formed by the confluence of the Ruvuvu River and the Nyabarongo River. Another source described the Ruvuvu meeting the Kagera, which also seems to be he way you have described it in this image: File:KageraRuvubu.jpg. I'm a little confused! Since you took the photo, and seem to be knowledgeable about Rwandan things, I was wondering if you could help me because at the moment my description in the article: "is formed by the confluence of the Ruvuvu and the Nyabarongo" seems to contradict the description on your photo. Hope you can help! Regards, -- Beloved Freak 14:38, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 18:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits to 2010 Philadelphia Phillies season. As a courtesy to other editors, please update the "Record vs. opponents" table when updating the game log, so that the article stays in sync with itself. If you're willing and able, you could also contribute to the monthly summary section. I appreciate your contributions! Thanks! KV5 ( Talk • Phils) 11:52, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archives: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 |
Hey, Steve. I was just curious: What do you do in Rwanda? There aren't too many Wikipedians with first-hand experience in Africa, so I'm always interested to learn more about them! Be sure to check out Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board, which is were a lot of us can be found. — BrianSmithson 17:45, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve,
I was just dropping by to drop you a good word after seeing all your work on Transport in Rwanda. I had not realized that you had switched your account (to a capital R), and so was quite confused when your contributions history ended abruptly after I knew you had worked on Share taxi. It's certainly not mandatory but, if you wish, a Bureaucrat can move the old edit attributions to your new account with a request at Wikipedia:Changing username. In any case and going back to my original purpose in dropping by, thanks for all your work, especially in our neglected Rwanda articles. Cheers, Banyan Tree 17:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Please explain why it makes sense to you that Subway should be a dis-ambiguation page and not a re-direct with Subway (disambiguation) the dis-ambiguation page. And, why did you cut-and-paste?? Georgia guy 00:55, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Well done on reverting the UK template. I'm looking for a bit of backup against this Hayter chap who is changing these templates from under our feet, after a "consensus" was reached of four - yes, count them, four - votes! Gsd2000 19:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm just curious. How do you access the internet in Rwanda, it being a war torn (not much anymore though) place and all? --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 06:16, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Well yes, if that were a pint of Tennants 80, Greenmantle, or even of Smithwick's, I'd send it back (or in extreme instances, maybe over the barkeep). OTOH, as it's German, that's a Feature, not a Bug. (Though truth to tell I do like my froffy German beers a little darker). Alai 16:40, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
And on a more serious note, thanks for your support/defence on talk:watershed. I was sufficiently annoyed by the "insular" 'funny comment' that I decided to 'count to ten', and I'm glad I did. Alai 19:27, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
From Talk:Rapid_transit#Subway Redirect / Dab:
"Pointing to a redirect" is in no way "incorrect". Also, you haven't seemed to update any of th links to subway that (correctly) intended this page. Do not fail to update those links! Ewlyahoocom 01:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know, that was a mistake on my part. Usually when you move a page it moves the talk page as well, but I guess since a page had to be deleted (the old redirect) it didn't move both. I think I've fixed it now. Mak emi 16:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know about the vote at Watershed. CarolGray 17:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Steve,
My name is Omer and i need to contact you about few things,
Do you have any instant messenger such as MSN\Yahoo\ICQ\AIM so we can talk?
If you dont have - just give me your email.
Thanks!
:Did you try the e-mail this user link to the left?
Mak
(talk) 23:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC) Nevermind, logged out users don't have it.
Mak
(talk)
23:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have a friend in secondary school that is doing a presentation about Rwanda, perhaps I could refer them to you for information? :D -- Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 04:31, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Amakuru/Archive 1. You moved North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to NATO. I know that NATO is better known by the initials, but users who search for it can just be taken through the redirect, because if NATO is at NATO, then "United States" should be at "USA", and "United Nations" should be at "UN." Thanks! / / Brendenhull ( talk • contribs) | 11:33, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Damn you. I was just about to add Gustav Adolf von Götzen to the DYK suggestions list, when I saw that you'd done so yourself. Now you can't be pleasantly surprised by it.
Ah well. Nicely done. DS 13:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
-- Cactus.man ✍ 19:11, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Gday mate, I applaud you for helping us understand Rwanda more thanks mate, you would also have valuable information on all topics. I want to ask you if you could help with this article as I know little about Rwanda. Thankyou Enlil Ninlil 05:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
! Enlil Ninlil 21:39, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, SteveRwanda! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. F e tofs Hello! 12:57, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
-- Cactus.man ✍ 08:12, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions! + + Lar: t/ c 02:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions! + + Lar: t/ c 04:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for letting me know. I can't see the point of having two disambig. pages for the same subject. That is why I made the changes in the first place. After discussion with other editors, I made one of the disambig. pages a redirect. -- WikiCats 05:43, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Very nice job. I love what you've done with St. Hilda's. Thanks for writing to let me know.
- Dan 04:06, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I got tired of constantly having to look at the main page to see the news and FA and then switch over to my user page to have all my links. Now I have both—a nice looking userpage that has all the information and links I need. I can go for weeks without looking at the main page now. =) -- Spangineer es (háblame) 13:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Good idea; I just added a comment. -- Spangineer es (háblame) 15:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
The cricket info template has a line near the top that can swap it between balls and overs being displayed. If balls = true use a balls bowled figure otehrwise use overs.
Please feel free to evaluate the Libya article which has become a 'Featured Article Candidate' and write you support or opposition on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Hopefully Libya will become only the second African country to be featured on Wikipedia. Thanks -- User:Jaw101ie 12:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve! Thanks for the info. I would have moved the page myself, but according to Wikipedia, my account is too new. In a couple of days, I will, of course, take care of such uncontroverial moves myself. Thanks again! Jay Gatsby( talk) 21:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, here's the thing. Karaoke (entertainment) redirects to Karaoke. So there's no point to link to Karaoke (entertainment) at all - it wastes server processing time, and such redirects should be avoided whenever possible. If you see any other pages doing them, please take the time to fix them to point to the destination page directly (because that's not the proper form). Cheers. (|-- UlTiMuS ( U • T • C | M • E ) 14:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Um... no. I wrote quite a lot of the following which has been copied wholesale by them on to their site:
"Hydra currently runs on a 64 node Xeon cluster, with a total of 64 gigabytes of RAM. It evaluates about 200,000,000 chess positions per second, roughly the same as the much older Deep Blue, but with several times more overall computing power. Whilst FPGAs generally have a lower performance level than ASIC chips, Moore's law allows modern-day FPGAs to run about as fast as the older ASICs used for Deep Blue. The engine is on average able to evaluate up to a depth of about 18 ply (9 moves by each player), deeper than Deep Blue, which only evaluated to about 12 ply on average. Hydra's search uses alpha-beta pruning as well as null-move heuristics [1]. The extra search depth over Deep Blue is due to its use of more modern type B forward pruning techniques that are slightly less perfect, but generally play better due to the greater search depth these techniques permit."
Check the history log, it was developed over a period of time. www.hydrachess.com have lifted it wholesale from the wikipedia.. WolfKeeper 17:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve!
I did the edit some time ago about Swahili as an official language of Rwanda. I see you changed it. Check our www.gov.rw, the official web-site of the rwandan government for confirmation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.135.206 ( talk • contribs) 17:51, 21 August 2006
So Kinyarwanda, French and English are the official languages. I think I'm right because I've lived here for several years! Cheers — SteveRwanda 18:00, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent edit to the infobox heading - It's something that had crossed my mind, but hadn't got round to doing - I've now fixed the architect and historic building infoboxes in a similar fashion. Regards -- Mcginnly | Natter 08:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Muraho (I hope I've got 'hello' right). Seeing as you've been living in Rwanda for several years, I figured that you might know some amount of Kinyarwanda. Do you know where I can find resources on the language, especially a good dictionary? The best dictionary I've found is a Swedish-Kinyarwanda dictionaary, and I know far more Kinyarwanda than Swedish. I need a lot of information on grammar, too, especially with adjectives which I don't understand at all. Also, I have a few other specific questions. I seem to have come across both 'muraho' and 'makuru' for 'hello'. I think 'makuru' means 'news', so it may be similar to Kiswahili's 'habari (za safari, za asubuhi, etc.)'. Is 'makuru more informal? Thanks for any help you can give me. -- Ionius Mundus 22:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey, Steve. I've got a printout of the Maraba Coffee article that I've marked up. I know a lot of people on FAC are demanding a copy edit, so I thought I'd do one. I'll probably get to implementing the changes sometime tomorrow (Saturday), Japan time. Good work on this piece, by the way. — BrianSmithson 22:24, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree that the name change for 1181 Lilit is obvious, but Gene Nygaard apparently did not think so. He reverted your name change. (This is why I decided just to go along with the formal requested move rather than renaming the page myself.) You may want to go vote on the name change on the talk page for 1181 Lilit. George J. Bendo 09:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
whatever mate. aLii 13:43, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Arr, sorry lad, if I was rude, I don't mean to be: I want consistancy in the dwarf planets as well. I just don't want to make it inconsistant with the category the dwarf planets are a subcategory of, minor planets, without making sure that it's discussed a bit. There's only two dwarf planets, but there's four asteroids with former planetary status, far more asteroids, and numerous trans neptunian bodies. Ceres is a dwarf planet, a minor planet, an asteroid, and a former planet.. Eris is a dwarf planet, a minor planet, arguably an asteroid, and a trans-neptunian object.
I want to be sure everything's thought through before we finalise it. That's all. Adam Cuerden talk 15:16, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
By the way, as I said, I think you're probably right about the poll. Just figured it'd quickly show if I was strongly disagreed with, at the least, a good sign to shut up about your opinion, no matter how strongly held. Adam Cuerden talk 15:41, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
...I got rather awful, didn't I? Ah, well. At least I stepped back. Adam Cuerden talk 21:11, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, I guess a polarising filter is out of the question. I would suggest having the package lit from the back (e.g. if you have a spotlight or desklamp, point it at a white wall (or cardboard pane) with the package in front -- difficult to explain in text). The problem you are having is generally called "blown highlights" -- caused by direct light, if you search google perhaps you will find some more tips. If you still have trouble, I will think some more. (NB. I am not a photographer and am possibly speaking out my arse! -- But this stuff is worth trying) :) - Francis Tyers · 16:37, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
...and thanks for getting Maraba Coffee featured. It's a great piece of work! — mark ✎ 19:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for commenting on the 0.999... FAC! It's just been featured. I hope I took care of the concerns you brought up, but please do drop by the talk page if you think of anything else! Melchoir 23:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello there! I just stumbled upon your user page and I must say, it is very good. Good job!-- Thomas.macmillan 19:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Steve, i have to appologize that I did not respond to your message on the Maraba Coffee article (I would like to drink some but it looks like there is none in germany. Bring me some next time you visit Hamburg :-)). Besides family and job, I am currently involved in starting a social/educational project for African and Afro-German kids in Hamburg. This leaves me nearly no time to do all the things I am planning to do on wikipedia. The only thing I had time to do was to go to a library last week and get some books about African music, especially about amadinda music, to finish the article on baganda music I have started and which is still a torso. I hope I'll have the time to do at least a few small things there, but it could well be another two or three weeks before I can really do something here again. What kind of agricultural methods are used by the Maraba farmers. In Cameroon, I have seen small scale farms where coffee is being mixed with other crops and trees, and the tast is great. I found the idea to combine coffee with beer really surprising. Would like to try that drink. I know the mild chocolate-like flavored arabica varieties from the Bamenda highland area in Cameroon and I would really like to know how such tasts combine with beer. Regards Nannus 22:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere, click here to reply. AstroBoy 01:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Deadline for entries is December 15th
I hope that you're somewhere near a computer today as the Main Page bears a striking resemblance to your userpage. :D - Banyan Tree 00:29, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, me again. You are the only person on the entire Wikipedia who states that they have any Kinyarwanda language skills. I've recently added a cover image of Kangura to the article, but the given translation is just ridiculously long given the size of the phrase being translated. I attempted a synthesis of the two sentence translation given in the description at Image:Kangura 12-1993 cover.gif but would appreciate it if you could take a look and see if my guess is completely off the mark. Thanks, Banyan Tree 21:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Belovedfreak 20:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. :-) This is actually a pretty old debate. If you read the lead and the beginning of the first section of Prime Minister of Spain, you can check that the name of the office is President of the Government of Spain. Why some English speaking sources call it PM is beyond me, but I assure you I've heard both ways of referring to it in several sources, and I simply believe that in doubt it is more exact to call it by the name of the office. As SSM in Spain is a Spanish-related article, using the Spanish-related title seemed adequate. Another user seemed to agree with my logic in that regard. Nonetheless, thanks for taking the time to comment the issue on my talk. :-) Cheers Raystorm 12:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi SteveRwanda,
I'm Alexander Bock, a user from the German Wikipedia. I have one question. Is it possible, that you upload (?) the picture Image:Liemba.jpg in the Commons? We would then be able to use it, too. Our article about the Liemba does not have a picture yet.
Thank you very much Alex —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.137.235.218 ( talk) 13:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
Please stop messing up the currency articles without entering into any kind of discussion. Your moves of Turkish lira and East African shilling, followed by your overwrites of the redirect pages have made a mess of things by preventing a straightforward reversion, should your changes prove unacceptable. If you want to make these kinds of changes, you need to discuss things first.
Dove1950
15:00, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Santos (name), and it appears to be very similar to another wikipedia page: Santos. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case.
This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot 14:05, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Greetings, SR. Thanks for your note. I'd've been glad to fix these, but was unaware of the need to do so manually. Will you kindly point me towards whatever how-to page might provide me the info I need for next time, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -- Scheinwerfermann ( talk) 17:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Steve. Can you please take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janvier Kanyamashure, a deletion nomination of Janvier Kanyamashure, the Rwandan ambassador to Burundi? He only gets two two Google hits, so I strongly suspect we have a misspelling. Are you able to offer any help? Thanks in advance, Picaroon (t) 23:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I noticed that you created the article Vikpedia about a year and a half ago, which redirects to the Wikipedia article. Are there any particular reasons for this? Note: see talk page discussion here. Thanks, Joelster ( talk) 04:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated Queen Britney ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. RichardΩ612 Ɣ | ɸ 18:03, April 24, 2008 (UTC)
Hi Steve, It must have been a very long time since I wandered by your page as I just saw that you've had a daughter. Congratulations and many blessings! - Banyan Tree 12:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Liemba.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:
{{
di-replaceable fair use disputed}}
, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.
If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Rettetast ( talk) 18:13, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
-- Spencer T♦ C 18:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Steve! Happy holidays to you and your family as well. Your girl must be humongous at this point. Cheers, Banyan Tree 01:00, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
I actually gave the wrong guideline link in my change to your edit (because my Firefox was bogging down), which actually should have been WP:MOSBIO#Maiden names, which says "But in all cases, a woman should be called by the name she is most widely known under. Elizabeth Taylor, even though she has been married eight times, would not be referred to under those other surnames." There are literally hundreds upon thousands of married females who work under a specific name and I can't recall a single article wherein we start the lead off with a name under which they are not known. Think Julia Roberts, Mary Steenbergen, Rita Wilson, Reese Witherspoon before her divorce, and none of them give their (possibly) legal married name first. I think the Elizabeth Taylor reference covers it fairly well. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 19:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Iturufu is a Rwandan card game with interesting rules, e.g., it does not use all 52 cards, and JQK are not counted in the common order of value. I can't find any English information about it other than through word of mouth. Let's get this on Wikipedia :) -- Bcjordan ( talk) 22:40, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Oa0408.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the " my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. FileBot ( talk) 04:57, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Union Coffee Roasters, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{
hangon}}
to the top of
the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on
the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact
one of these admins to request that they
userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you.
Cnilep (
talk)
14:35, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for seeking out those figures I was unable to find. The official town population is very close to the one given here [1] six years ago which I was going to cite, but yours is much better. Cheers ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 12:31, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Association des Veuves du Genocide. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and " What Wikipedia is not").
Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Association des Veuves du Genocide. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.
Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. -- Erwin85Bot ( talk) 01:10, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated Hazza Potter ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. — The Man in Question (in question) 18:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello SteveRwanda, I saw your picture of Gisenyi because I do research on an colonial officer named max Knecht which was sttioned there 1906-08. May I ask you if you know, if there are nowadays any signs left of the german colonial period or did you make more fotos there?
Than I saw your article about the vessel "Graf Götzen" and I want to let you know, that there is another book on this story: Alex Capus: Eine Frage der Zeit. Roman. Knaus Verlag, München 2007, 302 Seiten
With best regards, Heiko Wegmann, info@freiburg-postkolonial.de 87.176.201.77 ( talk) 16:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello Steve, I came across the article Kagera River today and have been trying to expand it a little. Some of the sources I have been looking at say that the river is formed by the confluence of the Ruvuvu River and the Nyabarongo River. Another source described the Ruvuvu meeting the Kagera, which also seems to be he way you have described it in this image: File:KageraRuvubu.jpg. I'm a little confused! Since you took the photo, and seem to be knowledgeable about Rwandan things, I was wondering if you could help me because at the moment my description in the article: "is formed by the confluence of the Ruvuvu and the Nyabarongo" seems to contradict the description on your photo. Hope you can help! Regards, -- Beloved Freak 14:38, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 18:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits to 2010 Philadelphia Phillies season. As a courtesy to other editors, please update the "Record vs. opponents" table when updating the game log, so that the article stays in sync with itself. If you're willing and able, you could also contribute to the monthly summary section. I appreciate your contributions! Thanks! KV5 ( Talk • Phils) 11:52, 15 April 2010 (UTC)