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In response to your comment on Talk:List of national libraries, you're right that a tag in the article space would be helpful. I forgot to mention templates, which are used as a notices in the article space for editors and readers alike. I think you're probably specifically wanting a cleanup tag. As for a to-do-list for that discussion page, I think probably {{ Todo}} is what you have in mind? Hope this helps. - kotra ( talk) 00:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Following a discussion on this page and on Talk:List of national libraries, I want to provide the code of an infobox for national libraries. Given the relative small number of potential occurrences (i.e. roughly one library per country) and the use of the existing {{ Infobox Library}} on several pages describing a national library, I find it more sensible to extend the existing infobox than create a new one. I want to test that in my (already created) sandbox but, despite having spent days reading dozens of help pages, FAQs etc., I'm still unsure about a few things, especially since I don't want to damage anything!
Thank you very much in advance for helping. Clpda ( talk) 09:28, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Hope this helps. Frank | talk 11:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
This is to let you know that I've responded to your comment on my talk page. I noticed you just mentioned outside librarians again on Template talk:Infobox Library, so I just wanted to make sure you had seen my response. - kotra ( talk) 01:40, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
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Concerning this edit, stub templates go at the bottom of articles, not the top (see Wikipedia:Stub#Categorizing_stubs). Just a minor style convention. - kotra ( talk) 21:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Please see my comment in Talk:List of national libraries#Sections for currently unused letters W and Y regarding Palestine. Are you certain such a library exists? You will also see there that "Palestine" as a state does not currently exist, the only entity (barely) existing in the Palestinian Authority.
On another matter, I removed the Oxford and Cambridge libraries as they are academic, not national, libraries. The Legal deposit issue is technically seperate issue from being a national library. 2 examples: You won't call Trinity College Library, Dublin a NL of the UK even if it is a legal deposit (it's not in the UK!) ; the US government has over 1250 Federal depository libraries and they cannot be considered all NL's. See Legal deposit for several more "oddities" of this sort. DGtal ( talk) 13:53, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I wonder what kinds of "notability" that company operations would have in relative to the size of the city? I know regional headquarters should be listed, but I guess smaller sales offices should only be listed if the town is relatively small? WhisperToMe ( talk) 21:16, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I drop you this message to ask you how things can move on to update the list. May I ask for a third party opinion. Well, I really have no idea of what can be done to move on. Thanks.-- Moroccansahraoui ( talk) 12:08, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Un petit message, presque en privé puisque la plupart des intervenants sur la longue discussion de l'entrée du Sahara occidental dans la 'List of countries' de la version anglaise ne connaissent pas le français, J. en premier lieu... Tout d'abord, j'aimerais saluer le chemin que vous (je sais que les Wikipédiens francophones tendent à se tutoyer mais je n'arrive pas vraiment, je suis un peu de la vieille école) avez fait depuis vos premières propositions de simplement supprimer l'entrée du SO/WS de la liste. Tout en ayant un indéniable point de vue pro-marocain, vous avez patiemment argumenté au lieu de tenter des modifications directes (qui auraient été rapidement annulées) et avez cherché à trouver une solution rassemblant un consensus. Vos dernières propositions montrent bien cette évolution et sont positives. Si je souscris sans problèmes aux points 1 à 3, j'ai quelque réserves pour le point 4, qui suggère que le Maroc administre l'entier du territoire alors que cela ne semble pas être le cas. Vous "gagneriez des points" en suggérant vous-même un changement de ce point 4 qui donnerait une petite place au F.P. ou à la R.A.S.D., qui finalement semble quand même contrôler une partie du territoire. Meilleures salutations Clpda ( d) 27 septembre 2008 à 01:26 (CEST)
Ah..., je ne peux pas vous envoyer de courriel car vous n'avez pas activé cette option dans votre profil. A part ça, désolé d'avoir attendu tant de temps pour reprendre contact. Il y a tellement de textes à relire pour se remettre au courant (pour un regard extérieur comme le mien) que ce n'est pas la chose qu'on entreprend normalement... à cette heure. La solution est de traiter les questions par étapes. Je ne parlerai cette fois que du drapeau (point 1). Si le drapeau actuel est effectivement celui de la RASD, alors oui, il n'a pas sa place dans la liste. Laisser un "trou", comme vous le proposez, est une option, mais n'y aurait-il pas un drapeau, probablement datant de l'occupation espagnole, qui représenterait l'entier du territoire (donc aujourd'hui: parties marocaine et RASD)? Ce serait mieux que rien et corresponderait au dernier état "stable", avant que le retrait espagnol n'amène quelques troubles... Je reviendrai plus tard sur les autres points, meilleures salutations, Clpda ( talk) 23:42, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Clpda (long time no see). I notice you've been communicating in French with a user here. I know French is easier for you, but could you use English? It's considered a good practice to use English when communicating with other users on the English Wikipedia, so that the community can know what you're discussing. I hope you don't mind. - kotra ( talk) 00:37, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it was good decision. We have more articles with unaccurate names. With regards. Leszek Jańczuk ( talk) 22:26, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
The national library in Denmark is Royal Danish Library (more precisely The Royal Library). In former times some of the university libraries were allowed to have "national" in their name, but they have never been national libraries. The National Library of Education is now a faculty library of The University of Aarhus and the National Library of Agriculture is now a faculty library of the University of Copenhagen. None of these two libraries have now "national" in their names.[ [3]] Billelar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billelar ( talk • contribs) 19:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen you've put 2 original names in italics in the list of national libraries (Kosovo and Northern Cyprus). I have nothing against this typographical and stylistic change BUT:
I suggest you remove the double apostrophes. Best Clpda (talk) 23:02, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your prompt reply and action! First, I'd say that I don't contest at all the change from Kosovo to Kosova. The future will tell us which form dominates and WP will just adapt!
About italics and your updated version (big work indeed!), I wouldn't revert such a change without a little discussion. Italics generally suggest a quote, a translation or any other kind of external source. In this respect, the translated names of the libraries would rather be better candidates to italicization than the original names. Out of simplicity, I would come back to non-italicized texts at all levels (OK: exceptions). Best Clpda (talk) 22:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
(Discussion transfered to Talk:List_of_national_libraries#Australian_State_libraries). Clpda ( talk) 00:01, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
User:Clpda/Sandbox/List of national libraries, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Clpda/Sandbox/List of national libraries and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Clpda/Sandbox/List of national libraries during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 21:44, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
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I'm
Haza-w, and I noticed that you haven't been welcomed yet, so I thought I'd drop you a note. We do have a lot of users, and are currently working on 6,845,442 articles, so things can be a little intimidating... but don't worry! We love to help out, and we'll try our best to make your stay here as comfortable as possible.
Here are a few links I found useful when I first arrived here:-
You should sign your name on talk pages, discussions and votes by typing ~~~~
; our software automatically converts it to your username and the date. Also, if you don't want to jump right into editing articles right now, why not check out the
sandbox? Feel free to make test edits there.
I know it's a lot of information, but there are two more things I recommend you take note of while editing Wikipedia - cite references wherever possible, and avoid allowing personal biases interfere with your editing.
I hope you enjoy editing and being a
Wikipedian - I definitely do. Although we all make mistakes, please keep in mind
what Wikipedia is not. If you have any questions or problems, leave me a message on
my talk page, and I'll try my best to help. Otherwise, please come to the
New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}}
on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
We hope you stick around, and make sure you enjoy yourself! Cheers, haz ( talk) 12:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
This message is to notify you that I have responded to your comment on Talk:List of national libraries#The Standing Committee of IFLA.E2.80.99s National Libraries Section chooses Wikipedia as its directory of national libraries. - kotra ( talk) 00:29, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
In response to your comment on Talk:List of national libraries, you're right that a tag in the article space would be helpful. I forgot to mention templates, which are used as a notices in the article space for editors and readers alike. I think you're probably specifically wanting a cleanup tag. As for a to-do-list for that discussion page, I think probably {{ Todo}} is what you have in mind? Hope this helps. - kotra ( talk) 00:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Following a discussion on this page and on Talk:List of national libraries, I want to provide the code of an infobox for national libraries. Given the relative small number of potential occurrences (i.e. roughly one library per country) and the use of the existing {{ Infobox Library}} on several pages describing a national library, I find it more sensible to extend the existing infobox than create a new one. I want to test that in my (already created) sandbox but, despite having spent days reading dozens of help pages, FAQs etc., I'm still unsure about a few things, especially since I don't want to damage anything!
Thank you very much in advance for helping. Clpda ( talk) 09:28, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Hope this helps. Frank | talk 11:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
This is to let you know that I've responded to your comment on my talk page. I noticed you just mentioned outside librarians again on Template talk:Infobox Library, so I just wanted to make sure you had seen my response. - kotra ( talk) 01:40, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on National Library of Albania requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
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Concerning this edit, stub templates go at the bottom of articles, not the top (see Wikipedia:Stub#Categorizing_stubs). Just a minor style convention. - kotra ( talk) 21:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Please see my comment in Talk:List of national libraries#Sections for currently unused letters W and Y regarding Palestine. Are you certain such a library exists? You will also see there that "Palestine" as a state does not currently exist, the only entity (barely) existing in the Palestinian Authority.
On another matter, I removed the Oxford and Cambridge libraries as they are academic, not national, libraries. The Legal deposit issue is technically seperate issue from being a national library. 2 examples: You won't call Trinity College Library, Dublin a NL of the UK even if it is a legal deposit (it's not in the UK!) ; the US government has over 1250 Federal depository libraries and they cannot be considered all NL's. See Legal deposit for several more "oddities" of this sort. DGtal ( talk) 13:53, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I wonder what kinds of "notability" that company operations would have in relative to the size of the city? I know regional headquarters should be listed, but I guess smaller sales offices should only be listed if the town is relatively small? WhisperToMe ( talk) 21:16, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I drop you this message to ask you how things can move on to update the list. May I ask for a third party opinion. Well, I really have no idea of what can be done to move on. Thanks.-- Moroccansahraoui ( talk) 12:08, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Un petit message, presque en privé puisque la plupart des intervenants sur la longue discussion de l'entrée du Sahara occidental dans la 'List of countries' de la version anglaise ne connaissent pas le français, J. en premier lieu... Tout d'abord, j'aimerais saluer le chemin que vous (je sais que les Wikipédiens francophones tendent à se tutoyer mais je n'arrive pas vraiment, je suis un peu de la vieille école) avez fait depuis vos premières propositions de simplement supprimer l'entrée du SO/WS de la liste. Tout en ayant un indéniable point de vue pro-marocain, vous avez patiemment argumenté au lieu de tenter des modifications directes (qui auraient été rapidement annulées) et avez cherché à trouver une solution rassemblant un consensus. Vos dernières propositions montrent bien cette évolution et sont positives. Si je souscris sans problèmes aux points 1 à 3, j'ai quelque réserves pour le point 4, qui suggère que le Maroc administre l'entier du territoire alors que cela ne semble pas être le cas. Vous "gagneriez des points" en suggérant vous-même un changement de ce point 4 qui donnerait une petite place au F.P. ou à la R.A.S.D., qui finalement semble quand même contrôler une partie du territoire. Meilleures salutations Clpda ( d) 27 septembre 2008 à 01:26 (CEST)
Ah..., je ne peux pas vous envoyer de courriel car vous n'avez pas activé cette option dans votre profil. A part ça, désolé d'avoir attendu tant de temps pour reprendre contact. Il y a tellement de textes à relire pour se remettre au courant (pour un regard extérieur comme le mien) que ce n'est pas la chose qu'on entreprend normalement... à cette heure. La solution est de traiter les questions par étapes. Je ne parlerai cette fois que du drapeau (point 1). Si le drapeau actuel est effectivement celui de la RASD, alors oui, il n'a pas sa place dans la liste. Laisser un "trou", comme vous le proposez, est une option, mais n'y aurait-il pas un drapeau, probablement datant de l'occupation espagnole, qui représenterait l'entier du territoire (donc aujourd'hui: parties marocaine et RASD)? Ce serait mieux que rien et corresponderait au dernier état "stable", avant que le retrait espagnol n'amène quelques troubles... Je reviendrai plus tard sur les autres points, meilleures salutations, Clpda ( talk) 23:42, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Clpda (long time no see). I notice you've been communicating in French with a user here. I know French is easier for you, but could you use English? It's considered a good practice to use English when communicating with other users on the English Wikipedia, so that the community can know what you're discussing. I hope you don't mind. - kotra ( talk) 00:37, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it was good decision. We have more articles with unaccurate names. With regards. Leszek Jańczuk ( talk) 22:26, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
The national library in Denmark is Royal Danish Library (more precisely The Royal Library). In former times some of the university libraries were allowed to have "national" in their name, but they have never been national libraries. The National Library of Education is now a faculty library of The University of Aarhus and the National Library of Agriculture is now a faculty library of the University of Copenhagen. None of these two libraries have now "national" in their names.[ [3]] Billelar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billelar ( talk • contribs) 19:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen you've put 2 original names in italics in the list of national libraries (Kosovo and Northern Cyprus). I have nothing against this typographical and stylistic change BUT:
I suggest you remove the double apostrophes. Best Clpda (talk) 23:02, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your prompt reply and action! First, I'd say that I don't contest at all the change from Kosovo to Kosova. The future will tell us which form dominates and WP will just adapt!
About italics and your updated version (big work indeed!), I wouldn't revert such a change without a little discussion. Italics generally suggest a quote, a translation or any other kind of external source. In this respect, the translated names of the libraries would rather be better candidates to italicization than the original names. Out of simplicity, I would come back to non-italicized texts at all levels (OK: exceptions). Best Clpda (talk) 22:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
(Discussion transfered to Talk:List_of_national_libraries#Australian_State_libraries). Clpda ( talk) 00:01, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
User:Clpda/Sandbox/List of national libraries, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Clpda/Sandbox/List of national libraries and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Clpda/Sandbox/List of national libraries during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 21:44, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
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