Here are some links I thought useful:
Feel free to contact me personally with any questions you might have. The Wikipedia:Village pump is also a good place to go for quick answers to general questions. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, like this: ~~~~.
Sam [ Spade] 14:26, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
cred ca sunt in general bune modificarile tale privind economia romaneasca, dar sa stii ca romania a atras in 2004 5.1 miliarde € investitii straine (vezi linkul: http://www.bloombiz.ro/articol_53478.html -"Ocupam locul doi in zona la investitii straine
07 Oct 2005, 02:50 Romania a atras, in 2004, investitii straine directe (ISD) de 5,1 miliarde dolari, ocupand locul al doilea, dupa Federatia Rusa, in regiunea Europei de Sud-Est si a statelor membre ale Comunitatii Statelor Independente (CSI), dar devansand noi membri ai Uniunii Europene, precum Ungaria si Cehia." ) Salut si numai bine!
I don't understand your Eastern European music changes. Aside from making music of Eastern Europe factually inaccurate, why would you make this change? It is perfectly logical to talk about a Eastern European musical tradition while separating out the southeast is strange and not very useful for the reader. Tuf-Kat 15:55, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the new graphic! It neatly illustrates the table it goes with.
I wanted to ask you whether you based the map on the numbers that were in the table just before you added it, since an IP had just twiddled the figures. [1] If you did use the bad average, you might want to check that the map is still accurate. If you didn't use those numbers, then I'll just say thanks again for the lovely graphic! — Saxifrage | ☎ 15:08, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
Have been away — but I think others have expressed similar opinions as mine rather well, and probably better than I would have: Concepts that in fact are fuzzy in English shouldn't be redefined by Wikipedia to appear less so than they really are.
Ruhrjung 00:05, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
Of the references you give, the first two are just mirrors of Wikipedia, and the third is from Romania, which still doesn't establish that this form of his name is used outside Romania.
Personally, I'm now equally comfortable with either form of his name, but until I learned Romanian I'd never seen it written as "Brâncuşi". Nor did I have any idea how it was correctly pronounced: I'd always heard it pronounced as an Italian would pronounce "Brancusi". And I'm from New York, not exactly a hick town. I'm willing to guess that outside of Romanian-speakers, that is almost universally how he is known. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:24, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Ronline — what's with these templates that you've been creating? {{ M2 link}}, {{ M3 link}}, {{ M4 link}} and {{ M2 colour}}. Is something going to happen with them? What's the point in making a template that's just the Hex value of a colour? — Asbestos | Talk 12:32, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Buna seara Ronline - put it down to tiredness. I sorted about 4000 geostubs over the course of a month; there was bound to be the odd error. So far, two people have spotted mistakes. Still too many mistakes and no excuse, but 2 in 4000 isn't too bad! Maybe I should check to see whether there are any articles about Sofia in the Romanian-geo-stubs! :) My apologies! Grutness| hello? 12:10, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Great to see you've created Tigrul Celtic at wikipedia-ro! CGorman 15:12, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Bună Ronline! În primul rând mulţumesc pentru aprecierile legate de articolele despre iluzii optice. Informaţiile despre populaţia judeţului Timiş în general şi ale Timişorii în special sunt în conformitate cu datele furnizate de Institutul Naţional de Statistică - Direcţia Judeţeană de Statistică Timiş. Ele sunt menţionate şi în Pagini Aurii ediţia 2004-2005. Populaţia este mai mică, într-adevăr, decât cea din 2002, care la rândul ei e mai mică decât cea din 2004. Acest fapt se încadrează în tendinţa generală pe ţară de scădere uşoară a populaţiei (probabil datorită sporului natural negativ şi/sau emigrării). Bănuiesc că e bine să lăsăm în articolul despre Timişoara atât datele mai noi cât şi cele mai vechi pentru a se vedea tendinţa descendentă în populaţie şi densitate. Sper să mai colaborăm şi în continuare!
E OK că am scris în româneşte? Tavilis 14:17, 21 August 2005 (UTC)--
Hi Ronline, I have done at last some work we spoke about in Võro Wikipedia (templates etc). See Maailma maaq Eesti
Best regards Võrok
You really do not need to tell me something about Romanians and Vlachs in Serbia, since I know about this issue much more than you. Your knowledge about nationality question in Serbia is obviously very poor and only sources you read about this are probably some Romanian nationalistic books. Here are some facts about Serbia:
So, you actually accusing Serbia, because it recognizes one people who want to be recognized as such. This is ridiculous. If somebody do not declare himself as Romanian in census, he is not Romanian, end of story.
There are 2 things which can say who is a nation and who is not:
Vlachs in Serbia do not have Romanian, but Vlach national consciousness and they do not declare themselves as Romanians, but as Vlachs. No matter how Vlachs of Serbia and Moldovans are culturally and linguistically similar to Romanians, they simply ARE NOT Romanians. They are not Romanians because of same reason why Austrians are not Germans or why Montenegrins are not Serbs or why Americans are not English, etc. I know that that Romanian nationalist propaganda claim that Moldovans and Vlachs of Serbia are Romanians, but that is only nationalistic POV, which have no connection with reality. The small nations like Vlachs of Serbia and Moldovans have right to exist no matter what Romanians think about this. User:PANONIAN
Just to answer some of your ridiculous statements from the article:
"Linguistically, the Serbian census provides an option for both Romanian and Vlach languages as mother tongues"
"for artificially-separating Romanians and Vlachs in the census, including through the proclamation of a distinct Vlach ethnicity and language"
Do you know how these two statements sound stupid and ridiculous? First of all, Serbian census DO NOT "provide options" and "separating peoples". Here are 3 simply questions from the Serbian census:
You can answer here what ever you want, even that your nationality is Eskimo or Indian. First inform yourself about some things and then talk. Serbian statisticts only recognize what people declared in census by their free choice. Why Serbian statistics should possibly to count somebody who declared himself as Vlach together with somebody who declared himself as Romanian? User:PANONIAN
Another article connected with this information is Anti-Romanian discrimination, a disputed article. Olessi 18:55, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline,
I'm putting together an RfC against anonymous user 86.105.71.34, who I think has engaged in several types of misconducts on Wikipedia, especially on Transylvania, Romania, Republic of Moldova, Romanian language. I'm writing to you because you attempted to solve one or more of those issues on the user's talk page. If you endorse this RfC, or have anything to add to the statement of dispute, please sign and share your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/86.105.71.34. Thanks, IulianU 00:04, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline, multumesc de mesajul tau, sa stii ca am luat in considerare ce mi-ai spus si voi tine cont in viitor. Despre telecomunicatii in Romania, am citit undeva ca la ora actuala sunt peste 12 milioane iar pana la sfarsitul anului peste 13 (este de luat in considerare noul brand Connex-Vodafone si avantul acestei companii). Te salut si numai bine Ronline!
Salut Ronline, am propus noi paragrafe pe pagina de discutii a Romaniei, in orice caz paragrafe care nu vor da nastere la discutii. Eu ma abtin de la orice comentarii si editari dupa ce am ramas destul de socat despre ce scrie Joe. Sper sa-si retraga acuzatiile nefondate. Oricum de aceea am propus niste subiecte care sper ca nu vor da nastere la interpretari. Sper sa cuplezi la idee si sa ma sprijini in masura in care ai timp. Te salut Ronline!
Salut Ronline, iti multumesc pentru mesajul tau, de aceea am si incercat sa raspund. Nu prea stiu de ce e toata chestia asta, sper ca Joe sa-si retraga acuzatiile nefondate. De exemplu a interpretat gresit ce am scris acolo la "made by myself Jmabel". Am vrut sa scriu ca e facuta de mine Jmabel! E ca si cum te adresezi lui Jmabel. Stiam ca va citi si mai mult ca sigur poate ca va da revert. M-am adresat lui in Discussion tocmai pt a nu da revert. Ei bine nu a dat revert, s-a abtinut dar s-a suparat. In nici un caz nu a iesit bine, ci exact pe dos, pentru ca el a interpretat anapoda. Daca e asa de intelegator nu vom avea probleme chiar sa colaboram daca vrea in viitor. Te salut Ronline!
Hi, we talked about "municipiul" in the
Hungarian Wikipedia. The term for municipiul can be "megyei jogú város" or especially in
Transylvania "municípium", which is a loan-word.
But in Hungarian we do not use it in the name of the towns, it is too formal so we think that it would be better to mention it in comments. -
nagytibi
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21:39, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
It is OK just to list the Hungarian name of the city without "municípium". Just simple the name of the town nothing else. - nagytibi ! ? 19:58, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
When you get a chance, could you take a look at Lupu's recent edits to Lăutari and his remarks on the talk page? This is a topic where, while not clueless, I am certainly not expert. I am suspicious of what seems to amount to a claim of "the Gypsies have no musical culture of their own", and his strident, argumentative tone on the talk page certainly does not increase my confidence that he actually knows his stuff. -- Jmabel | Talk 07:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Salut! In case you are unaware, Halibutt is going through the administrator vote process. I believe that any input you could provide would be valued. La revedere! (the extent of my Romanian knowledge as per its article) :-P Olessi 19:33, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you Ronline. I agree with your last proposal to Moldovan language. Actually I've allready made the change. But the way you argument, the way you describe and the way you defend the truth is remarkable. It is so good to have an Administrator like you.
He put the wrong tag on it on top of everything else he did. It was not for vandalism, it was for an edit war. 2 different things. -- Woohookitty (cat scratches) 10:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Oh Yes! Support now!
I would like to propose you as administrator in English Wikipedia. How can we do this if you agree?
-His idea is good I support you if you want to. Just let me know. Bonaparte talk & contribs
Salut, I have some photos of some tramways in Bucharest, which I made a year ago. They are with the tramway 32, an average looking one (not the fancy 42, but not the orther craps). I also have a photo of an dual way tramway, but I think everyone knows very well the state in which those trams are and I don't think its an apropriate looking one. I'll try to upload one of them as soon as possible, mabye I could send you the tree photos to decide which to use. -- Mihai 12:16, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Vad ca esti si tu libertarian, asa ca si mine! Cand e vorba de impozit, sunt moderat, dar altfel, sunt libertarian! Unde traiesti? In Germania? -- Anittas 05:02, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Oops, am scris moderator in loc de moderat. In fine. Am crezut ca stai in Germania pentru ca am vazut ca vorbesti limba germana. De fapt, multi romani din Transilvania vorbesc germana. -- Anittas 08:10, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Ronline and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Ronline. You have been nominated to be Administrator for English Wikipedia. Bonaparte talk & contribs
Hi Joe! I've drawn up a list of stuff to do to Bucharest at Talk:Bucharest. Feel free to add anything there that you'd like to see in the article or that should be fixed up. Once again, thanks for everything you've done! Ronline 09:12, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
The reason behind me opposing is that an admin should be approachable by any user. Stuff which goes on here is logged, and thus there there are times which necessitates private communication. Also if you ever do block a user, s/he has the right to contact you via email. Hope this brief reply suffices. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:26, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
1. De ce nu ai fost in Iasi? Iasul e considerat ca Vatra Romanesca; e Mecka romanilor. Toti ar trebui sa-l viziteze si sa-l admire! Nu te costa mult. Doar tre' sa iei trenul si atata! Ce scuza ai pentru nu a fi vizitat Iasul?
2. Tu esti impotriva unui unire intre Ro si Mo? Cum naiba? Atatia romani au varsat sange pentru Basarabia, iar acuma, voi oameni moderni, va plangeti ca Mo e saraca si ca ar costa prea mult. Nu! Asta e propaganda Bucurestiului. Nu conteaza cat ar costa!
PS: Majoritatea Bucurestenilor sunt niste escroci. Degeaba iti pierzi timpul cu articolul despre Bucuresti. Iar capitala Romaniei ar trebui sa fie Iasi. -- Anittas 12:03, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
Am trecut prin Oradea odata; nu a fost cine stie ce. Am fost in Arad de doua ori si am vazut orfani care vai de capul lor. Asa ca si in Bucuresti. Arad nu e oras prea mare, dar avea orfani care se drogau cu pungele alea...
Asa ceva nu gasesti in Moldova. Da, Bucurestiul este mare buric acuma, dupa ce a furat din toata tara ca sa se dezvolteze. Acuma nu le doare nici in --- de Moldova. Plus ca bucurestenii sunt oameni aroganti. Majoritatea din ei. Orasele din Transilvania sunt construite de Austrieni si ungari; si de romani. Iasul e cu totul romanesc. Braila a fost construita de turci, rusi si romani. Iasul numai si numai de romani! Bucurestiul a furat. Asta e. Stefan cel Mare a gresit cand a cucerit Bucurestiul si ia dat foc. Trebuia sa-i dea foc, iar dupa aceaia sa dea cu plugul prin sare, cum au facut romanii cu Carthage. :D -- Anittas 12:24, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
Este adevarat ca nordul Moldovei este cea mai saraca regiune din tara, dar totusi se mentine regiunea. Parcurile sunt ingrijite in judete iar copii de strada nu exista. Sunt cersatori si in unele locuri (Dorohoi, Saveni) strazile sunt ca vai de capul lor, iar unele grupuri de tigani o duc greu, dar nu avem copii de strada. In loc, avem caini de strada. Moldovenii sunt cei mai sufletisti. Ar sa se ridice si Moldova, fara ajutor de la Bucuresti. O firma din Austria investeste 600 milioane de Euro in judetul Suceava, iar Iasul se duce tot inaine. -- Anittas 07:30, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
La tradatori nu am fost. In '90, majoritatea care au plecat in strainatate au fost Munteni si romani din Transilvania. Din 2000 incoace, au inceput si moldovenii sa plece. Si de ce nu? Daca mareata noastra de capitala nu ofera conditii de trai, omul pleaca. Da, stiu ca Bucuresti da bani, si de asta ei tot ne scot ochii: ca ne da, ca ne da. Nu conteaza. Mai mult au luat. As spune eu mai multe, dar deocamdata, ajunge.
Cateva linkuri:
Ronline, question #6 is indeed serious business. If you are involved in a dispute at that article, and then you protect it, for whatever reason, people will think that you protected the version you like most. I think in that case you better ask a third party to protect it. I know that this is not what you meant, but nevertheless. So I guess you need to fix that as Alai said. :) Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 04:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the speedy reply. Talk about fast service. :) I'm not completely reassured, though. The question posed by Node was, "As an admin, I'm assuming that you wouldn't use admin privileges in disputes you were actively involved in." Not, "should admin powers be used" (no-one says you can't ask (another) admin to look at a dispute you're involved in), but would you use admin powers in a dispute you were actively involved with. At the risk of coaching, model answer is "no, I absolutely would not!". Good luck arriving there or thereabouts. Alai 04:31, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I recorded and added the pronunciation you needed for the article on Bucharest. The article seems to be rapidly progressing toward getting the featured status. Good luck! -- AdiJapan 10:19, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Cool, mersi. Poti sa o adaugi; sau daca nu, am sa o adaug eu cand am timp, saptamana ce vine. Daca vizitezi Palatul, cred ca o sa-ti trebuiasca cel putin 12 ore ca sa vezi totul. Are cea mai mare colectie de arta din Romania si de multe ori este comparat cu Louvre - dar stil romanesc. In gradina botanica ti-ar lua cam cel putin 4 ore ca sa vezi totul (cea mai mare din tara - inainte a fost in Dobrogea de sud, dar Bulgarii ne-au halito aia); iar culburi si distractii sunt destule pentru ca sunt multi studenti. Ne mai auzim. Toate bune. -- Anittas 10:45, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I don't know if it's the first, but I read that the one in Iasi is the biggest one; I also think it's the first one. You guys were under Hungarian rule when we planted our flowers in Iasi. ;) I know that Queen Marie built a huge botanic garden in Balchik, but now it's in Bulgaria. The Bulgarians, however, are cool about it. They've give us the credit for building it, etc. -- Anittas 12:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the photo, Ron. You can also add it to the Romanian article, in the gallery section. See talk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Romania#Photos -- Anittas 12:11, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
About your edit to the Aromanian language, have you read the talk page first? You may have missed this: Talk:Aromanian language#Daco-Romanian or Romanian?. Romanian dictionaries say that Aromanian is in fact a dialect of Romanian. I cannot say that I agree or disagree with this, but our articles must take into consideration both (all) viewpoints. Frankly, I don't have a solution. -- AdiJapan 10:59, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I left a message on the Sergiu Nicolaescu talk page. Since you are a Romanian admin you might be interested. If not, sorry. - AdamSmithee 10:34, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Salut, Vezi ca acum cateva zile cineva ( User:Mihaichirila) si-a bagat nasul prin articolul legat de Bucuresti si a schimbat 2 poze. Am pus inapoi pozele originale, dar cred ca merita sa te uiti un pic si peste pozele folosite de respectivul adica: Image:Buc2.jpg (Asta mi se pare OK) si Image:Buc1.jpg. E o mica problema, nu au Copyright momentan. -- Orioane 10:03, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Ronline, actually I've only been to Bucharest once, but it was to live and work there for half a year. And I certainly plan to get back there. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:18, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for correcting "historical" into "historic" multiple times! I'm really used to writing "historical" even though, like "economical", it isn't really correct in all contexts. I've just become so used to it that I don't realise it when I'm writing... I should pay more attention, though :) It's strange, though, that even most dictionaries seem to regard the two as synonyms. Ronline: National Day of Romania 1 December 16 years of freedom and loving it! 09:17, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey there. I'm pleased to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except patent nonsense like "aojt9085yu8;3ou"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, ban anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on Votes for deletion (provided there's a consensus) for more than one week, protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.
Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun! =Nichalp «Talk»=Please also add your name to WP:LA =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:03, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Esti tare Ronline. -- Bonaparte talk & contribs 23:16, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Alexander_007 ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Alexander_007 . I've nominated User:Alexander_007 as admin. Let's vote for him! -- Bonaparte talk & contribs 14:02, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Welcome to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board! This page is a portal for all Romanian-related topics and a place for Romanian editors to gather and socialize and debate. Discussions are encouraged, in both English and Romanian. Post any inquiry under their relevant cathegory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedian%27s_notice_board
-- Anittas 17:42, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Mersi mult, dar ca sa zic asa, m-ai luat pe nepregatite. :D. Tre s ama gandesc si sa ma ocup un pic de una alta ca sa am o candidatura serioasa, daca simt ca nu pot face fata, sper ca nu te vei supara daca voi refuza (in principiu as dori sa devin sysop, dar tre sa ma conving ca merit :D). In alta ordine de idei, vezi ca am adaugat niste chestii pe pagina de talk de la Bucuresti, si astept parerea ta. -- Orioane 10:26, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi! Firstly, congrats on becoming an admin. Secondly - just out of curiosity, might it be that your current sig is inspired by mine (or the one I had before this one)? ;) Not that I disapprove of it, I'm just curious. Cheers! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 19:27, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Ronline, bună. Mergând la pagina cu limba româna(versiunea Engleză) mi-am dat seama că avea o hartă destul de suspectă şi incorectă cu graiurile româneşti. Am refăcut harta. Poţi s-o vezi aici http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Romania_Graiuri-mod2.jpg.
Spune-mi şi mie parerea ta. Constantzeanu 00:01, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline,
As vrea sa schimbam cateva mail-uri in privat. Unde iti pot scrie?
Numai bine, User:Dpotop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Moldovan_language#Vote_for_limiting_user.27s_Node_ue_ability_to_edit_the_article_about_Moldovan_language -- Bonaparte talk 19:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline! Mulţumesc mult pentru nominalizare, a trecut fără nici un vot negativ sau abţineri (spre bucuria mea) şi în total am adunat 28 de voturi. Sunt acum şi eu administrator, cu ajutorul tău nepreţuit. Până una alta, deoarece voi pleca acasă şi nu prea voi fi disponibil în următoarele săptămâni, îţi urez "Crăciun Fericit" şi "La Mulţi Ani!" şi ne vedem la anul, sper cu un articol despre Bucureşti cu o steluţă lângă ;). Mihai - talk 21:10, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I saw you're (like me) listed in this category which is up for deletion. Hoped you'd like to vote in favor of keeping it... Thanks! Larix 02:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. Just to let you know that there is now an article on Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, her Romanian Academic Society and The Evangelists. Ronline ✉ 07:07, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello. I notice your using the Flag of Romania in your signature, which I drew. While I am glad of that, I just wish to ask you if the colors of the flag are accurate. If not, please tell me which colors are prescribed, by law. Thank you. Zach]] 07:52, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
You argued very passionatly and convincingly against stable article versions in Wikipedia_talk:Stable_versions, but it seems you weren't really heard. I'd just like to say that I think you're fighting for an important cause, and strongly second what you said there. I hope this case gets major attention and a big public vote before we decide, and isn't passed and implemented without most users having heard about it before it is too late. Amaurea 22:57, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Salut,
Mersi de apreciere pentru articol. Problema este ca inca mai trebuie sa lucrez la el, la ultimele sectiuni in principal, si sa sistematizez notele si referintele. Acum sunt in vacanta, si ma voi reapuca de treaba la inceputul lui Ianuarie.
-- Mihai - talk 09:39, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labelled " Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:
The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.
When you leave the edit summary blank, some of your edits could be mistaken for vandalism and may be reverted, so please always briefly summarize your edits, especially when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you.
JoaoRicardo talk 00:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Anittas is now saying in so many words that "Romanian hegemonism is justified" in dealing with the article on the Republic of Moldova. Ronline, if none of the Romanians will face him down on this, he can basically claim to be speaking for the lot of you, and nothing I can say will make any difference. I think that what he is saying is appalling, but it is clear that he could not care less what I think. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:56, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
That's right. Romania should influence R. of Moldova and even encourage them to reunite with us. What's your problem? It's our right. -- Anittas 02:28, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar :) I too think there should be more of these categories, not less. With that idea in mind, I created the category:humanist wikipedians a few days ago. I read the stable articles proposal and agree that it's not a good idea. I commented on the proposal's talk page, and will follow the rest of the discussion. Thanks for telling me about it! Larix 14:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
FYI, you should not edit Khotyn while it is protected. If it is no longer protected, then please remove the message, otherwise it would be appropirate to revert yourself. -- Chris 73 | Talk 08:38, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Ronline! Sorry to disturb you again about this. But the debate wether those categories are factionalizing or not seems to go on and on, on several places. I'm hoping to find everyone who has a positive view about those categories and userboxes. But I'm reluctant to start talking to many users all at once, because of the charges I was faced with the last time. Would you be interested in helping me? Because I think it's easier when there are several people "canvassing". I've made a template users can put on their user page if they support our view; hope you like it... {{ User freedom}} Hope to hear from you; afterwards, I'll contact the others who showed some enthousiasm when helping me. Regards, Larix 16:32, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Sorry you didn't get FA :( I didn't realise it was up otherwise I would have voted support. Let me know next time you put it up. - FrancisTyers 22:57, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Ombudsmen have proven their worth in real life, and I think they sound like a good idea here too. I am a bit unsure about having only 1 of them, though. It might suffice now, but Wikipedia will become too big for that eventually if the current growth continues. But then, the rules could be changed if that happenes. The structure of the article looks nice and clean, and I can't think of anything to be added. Amaurea 09:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
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I looked at the reverts Mikka did on Anti-Romanian discrimination, they seem to me to be honest reverts of persistent POV vandalism by an anonymous editor. Was it your call? If so could I urge you to look again, please? - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/ [C] AfD? 21:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Very wise words at Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Apel. I think I'm staying out of that discussion, given that it seems to be an "inside" conversation among Romanians. But I certainly agree that positive contributions rather than crude propaganda are how Romania and Romanians are liable to gain respect. -- Jmabel | Talk 23:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Salut Ronline,
How is your new year so far?
What I would like to discuss is the Romanian noticeboard. As mentioned by both Izehar and Mikkalai on User talk:Mikkalai, it has become a den of hatred, where trolls can let their hate flow freely from their fingertips.
The content there is very much nationalistic, encouraging people to participate in revert wars, and the like. If you will check other nations' noticeboards (UK, Canada, Hong Kong, France are some good examples), you will notice that they have nothing like that there. Their noticeboards are almost exclusively "Hey guys, I started this project..." or "Hey guys, I found this stub...", and never "Hey guys, come help me revert the vandalism of the Russian vandals..."
The reason I brought it up here is because I think that you should be able to control it, somehow. Given that much of the posts to the noticeboard are actually against policy, they should be either condemned or removed. Hopefully, in the future, it will become a constructive area for Romanians to discuss issues rather than unleash hatred.
...because currently, it paints a very unimpressive picture of Romanians, which I know is not accurate. -- Node 01:44, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Neither Mikka, nor you, understand Romanian. You are bluffing. I don't see where we violate the policy. We speak our mind, that's all. Don't like it? Tough deal. -- Anittas 03:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Salut Ronline :) Do you know about this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Romania/New_article_announcements
Bonaparte talk 07:41, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
pagini problema http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Demographics_of_Ukraine&diff=33476808&oldid=33476572 -- Bonaparte talk 08:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, there is a vote going on about wether it should be allowed to list yourself in a POV category. It's basically the same question as when they wanted to delete 'wikipedians by politics' but now they want to make it policy. this is the link: Wikipedia:Proposed_policy_on_userboxes#Comments_and_Voting Please vote! Larix 20:37, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I already had a chance to remark that I consider your shameless promotion of Romanian nationalism disgusting. The coverage of Romanian topics in this project is scarce, especially compared to the Russian and Polish segments. Instead of improving the standard of that coverage and keeping your pet nationalist trolls at bay, you chose to scare from editing User:Mikkalai, who made more than 50,000 edits to this project but has a misfortune of not sharing your nationalist mythology. That block has been your greatest "contribution" to this project so far. If you envy the reputation of Herostratus, please change your name appropriately. Your low edit count allows you to do it at any time. -- Ghirla | talk 23:41, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Ronline, I would like to add to what I wrote at Mikka's talk, he later deleted it, and to what Ghirla wrote to you. I am prompted to speak at your talk by your response at Ghirla's.
Alex's ref about removing the POV tags was related not to your blocking of Mikka but to different reverts for which Ghirla was blocked himself. You can speak up, if you still think that removal of POV tag is vandalism as you have said, because restoring the tag was what Ghirla was blocked for.
As for your blocking Mikka, note that he was reverting the obvious anon trolls, which may or may not be Bonaparte's and Anittas' socks, which I don't care much. These trolls were reverting without explanations my edits to the disgusting Antiromanianism article, which I was trying to NPOV somewhat. Trolls (or troll) was simply reverting my every attempt to edit it with the sole purpose to provoke one of their "enemies" into a 3RR which the anon account immediately reported, which speaks, IMO, that this anon was some experienced wikipedia user. That the alternating Australian, Chinese and Taiwanese IPs where used, probably means that the user were using the open proxies. The subtle summaries used to undo my extensive and sensible edits such as "rv test" also speak about the anon's familiarity with wikipedia. When the troll reported Mikka, you were there to block him. Mikka did not overstep but underused his admin privileges. He should have just blocked the anon IPs and this would have been over.
The anons (or anon) where active at the 3RR board at the same time speaking about myself, Ghirla and Mikka. You can check the board history for that day. You may never apologize for your actions but this story can be easily checked and if you now feel like saying something to Mikka, better late than never. -- Irpen 08:32, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Irpen. Thanks for contacting me. Firstly, I think you're making a bit of conspiracy of the whole case here. I don't know what you're trying to get at - either that I was the person who did the reverting and then logged in to block Mikka, or I was tipped off by one of the trolls as part of a conspiracy to block Mikka, I really don't know. But I assure you that nothing of the kind took place. The way I got to WP:ANI was by looking at Bonaparte and Anittas' contributions - which I often do, to check for any problems - and I got to WP:ANI/3RR's entry on Ghirlandajo and Anittas. And there, at the bottom of the page, was the entry on Mikka. And indeed, there was a 3RR breach.
As to the legality of blocking him under 3RR - Mikka had no right to block the "trolls". It was an edit war, and both Mikka and the "trolls" were equal players. That you personally think the article version that the "trolls" were reverting to is "disgusting" (the disgusting Antiromanianism article) is your personal opinion. I appreciate that you tried to NPOV it. However, Mikka should not have reverted that many times, since he knew about the 3RR. As to Ghirlandajo's block, if Ghirla was simply reverting the deletion of a disputed tag, he should not have been blocked. Finally, I'd like to tell all of you that this case has been blown out of proportion. Everyone is suspecting things, getting offended, etc. It shouldn't be that way, really. 3RR bans are for 24 hours, they're not a big deal and as I've always said, they're not a judgement call. I don't see why I should apologise to him. I'm someone who believes very much in checks and balances and despises abuses of power, as you can see at my talk page and my Wikipedia:Ombudsman proposal. So, I thought about the case before I blocked him. I don't see why I should apologise for fairly enforcing a Wikipedia policy. Thanks, Ronline ✉ 08:56, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
The fact that I was dealing with Mikka - who so far has acted neutrally - did make me review the case before blocking. However, just because the users were IPs didn't mean that they didn't have the right to edit pages and participate in revert wars, and according to the hard facts, none of the IPs broke the 3RR. I wasn't in a position to determine that [whether the IPs broke 3RR], at least. Mikka, however, had been launching quite harsh attacks on these "trolls" in the past few days, and I believe that a lot of his blocking activity has been quite unjustified. That is why, when I blocked Mikka, I told him very nicely that this was not a judgement call and that if he felt he was being hard done by, he could contact me through e-mail. He didn't do that; instead, he went and starting posting things like "fuck you all" on his talk page. While I regret the fact that he's leaving, I don't feel guilty in any way, since I applied what the 3RR is designed for - preventing edit wars.
As to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board, it isn't as digusting as you potray it. Anittas and Bonaparte only wrote messages that explained the situation, their only mistake being that they did use very undiplomatic language. However, it would've been like saying at the Russian noticeboard "look, Romanian contributors are adding POV info to the Red Army article" or something like that. I agree that the language used there was inflammatory, however, it wasn't something that they deserved to be blocked for or anything like that, particularly because Anittas wrote that in response to the dispute at Khotyn, in which Ghirlandajo acted quite rudely and undiplomatically. In response to their new year message on that board ( 1, I did tell them that it was necessary not to involve themselves in these types of disputes. And my message at the noticeboard's talk page supported any translation, in fact, I said I would do the translating.
Finally, I will, as I have always done, watch over the edits of other Romanian contributors. There are many times where I signalled POV tendencies - see Talk:Székelys of Bukovina. I will talk to David Levy about Ghirlandajo's block. Thanks, Ronline ✉ 10:24, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Bonaparte, if this ever happens, that you become not even the best, but an editor who can simply pass through an Adminship nomination scrutiny, I pledge to send a bottle of Cognac or Ţuică (your choice) to the postal address that I will request from you to send me by email at that time (do not send it to me now, please). In view of your past history here as well as considering the fact that adult people rarely change dramatically, I think I am totally safe from incurring any expenses due to this pledge. But if I am wrong, I would be happy to pay this modest amount for the sake of the common good. -- Irpen 20:08, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
On a side note, in User_talk:Halibutt#New_Black_Book I wrote more in the subject of starting to clean up the world from our own backyard. This goes around the same topic I wrote to you earlier. -- Irpen 03:16, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Ronline, if you have time please look at this article. Bonaparte talk 21:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. User:Xenaphon has been blocked for a comment he gave on Tony Sidaway's page. As an outsider in this, I feel this is not reasonable at all, and would like an admin to give it a look. Please would you? Larix 11:20, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey man, thanks a lot for voting in my RfA, I got it! :) If you need anything, just give me a shout. Multumesc! -
Hi Ronline. What got you interested in this block? I'm surprised you didn't ask about the block of Xenophon of Ephesus as well. Jayjg (talk) 14:59, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
It was a userid created specifically for revert warring on a specific page (as was the other); as such, they were clearly sockpuppets created to violate policy. Jayjg (talk) 03:55, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Sunteti toti mana in mana ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Oleg_Alexandrov/Node_ue
-- Anittas 14:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.
If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell ( talk) ( bounties) 02:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I would like to express my thanks to all the good people who spent their valuable time time and effort working on my (failed) RfA voting. Especially for those who actually voted to support me :). I am specially gratefull for your vote as had valid reasons to be upset with my talk and might have some peer pressure. Lets move on and make together our Wikipedia an even greater place. If I can help in anything - references in the field of my expertise, mediation, you name it - I would be happy to help abakharev 09:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes Ronline,
I would support an RfAr.
I think you should also include the fact that on the very talkpage of his own RfC, he made personal attacks. That seems very indicative of his type of personality and of the fact that he doesn't intend to clean up his act anytime soon. -- Node 07:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I think you should give Anittas one last chance, as this latest outburst of his came as a response to a proviking comment made by Node on the Moldovan Wikipedia election page, and because he since then has got a 24 hour block that should allow him to cool down. And also, from what I read on his talk page, you seemed to achieve some sort of dialogue with him about changing the content on his user page, indicating that he can actually be willing to listen to sound advice. Anclation 10:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Got your message. Looking back at the vote, I've had second thoughts and think that you're probably right in that the category was too broad, so I changed my vote accordingly. -- Bletch 13:26, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline,
in the apparent absence of our chairman, allow me to welcome you to the Mediation Committee. Please make sure you have read and understood Wikipedia:Mediation, and you'll figure out the rest as you go along. If you could add your email address or link to {{ Medcom}}, I'd be grateful, and you can also join the not-very-active mailing list.
Congratulations on your vote! — Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 15:46, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Hai ma Ronline, chiar asa? Bonaparte a vorbit frumos cand ti-a scris cateva email-uri, si asta e un motiv suficient sa fie deblocat? Postul tau evident nu va fi luat in serios. Si sper ca inca nu ai uitat ca el vota cu mai multe conturi pentru administraor, care din punctul meu de vedere inseamna ca Bonaparte nu are nici o onoare. Si sa stii ca cineva care a cazut asa departe nu este usor de reeducat. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 02:18, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Te incurajez sa vezi Dogville. Filmul e 3 ore lung si ia multa energie sa-l vezi, dar ti-ar face bine. Sa fii extra atent la caracterul Tom ;))) Iar nu citi "the plot summary"! -- Candide, or Optimism 00:35, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
I cheated of course, I did not watch the movie. But it makes me laugh that Anittas thinks himself as a victim here. Anittas, it is me who is that victim! All that persecution I endured from you because of my name! Gosh! I could not sleep for nights in a row! :) Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 17:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
FWIW, I saw the movie when it came out. Rather Brechtian. Worth seeing, but definitely misanthropic. - Jmabel | Talk 21:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
I, Shell, Welcome you to join UDUIW. If you are interested, include yourself in our category and/or add our userbox. Thank you, Shell. (Sh ell 03:29, 22 January 2006 (UTC))
I've usually been keeping an eye on the Manele article, but I don't know whether this edit is just a random insult or has some basis in fact. I figured that, being resident in Romania, you would know. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:58, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
EU regognised as candidate the STATE "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".Not as "Republic of Macedonia".
Since you are in the mediation committee, please explain user:Just a tag that his language at talk:Moldovan language is inadmissible. mikka (t) 22:15, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation&action=purge#phpBB_entry_dispute
Ronline, eu tot vroiam să te întreb, tu încă locuieşti in România, sau în America. Am văzut că la limbi ai marcat limba engleză ca limbă materna ca şi cea română. Numai bine. Constantzeanu 15:11, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I did write name "Republika Srpska" on the maps where only Republika Srpska is shown. But, on the maps where Republika Srpska and Serbia are shown together I wrote "Serb Republic" (Since Serbia is on the map too, I do not think that there could be a confusion). Both names "Republika Srpska" and "Serb Republic" are used in English for this entity, while Serbia is always "Republic of Serbia", never "Serb Republic". There is also distinction in Serbian: Republika Srbija (Republic of Serbia) and Republika Srpska (Serb Republic). PANONIAN (talk) 22:57, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
It is suitable because it is a form of the practice in question, and if suitability not fact is whats in question I think this has been blown way out of proportion.-- Jacrosse 16:20, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Dear Ronline, I have to reiterate my admonition to moderate the activity of Romanian pet trolls. I don't want my talk page littered with unwarranted accusations of racism from editors whom I never even met before, especially as I don't care to comment on Romania-related topics frequently if at all. I'm not going to let a new Anittas or Bonaparte pest Wikipedia with his trollish tricks and, if the offense is repeated, I'll have to request for comment as to stalking, personal attacks, and threats aimed at intimidating myself. Please moderate this potentially problematic user yourself. -- Ghirla | talk 10:52, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Buna ziua to you. I wrote a small passage on the Kashovans talk page. Just wanted to say that I love Romania and its people (the good ones of course!), even though I am Serb (from Serbia Montenegro). My sister-in-law is a Krashovan lady and like Romanian girls, they are all beautiful! :) Jordovan 30jan06
All right, I will change names in maps from "Serb Republic" to "Republika Srpska". As for my future Balkans map, it is only one prognosis, it could happen, and it could not. Most of the people who live in Republika Srpska want independence, but at the present moment, Republika Srpska is administered by the international community. It is not likely that it will become independent in the near future, but it is likely to happen after 30, 50 or 100 years (I did not wrote exact time period to which my future map refering). PANONIAN (talk) 01:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Check the latest exploits by an editor who you voicefully defend. -- Ghirla | talk 18:35, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and the second user you blocked is an open proxy. From where I am, I cannot run a fullproof check for technical reasons. But 200.79.192.26 IP was listed in the open proxy list recently, as per google cash of one of the proxy lists. In all likelyhood this IP has been open again if it was open in the past. While, I am strongly inclined to think that it is Bonny, the open proxy should be premablocked anyway. -- Irpen 06:06, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I am unsure of how developed Southeastern Europe is, so I have voted maybe, netiher yes nor no.-- Jusjih 07:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Since you speak [Gaelic] Ronline, you may find interesting this recently publiched article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2022469,00.html. If you can not log in 'The Times' website see the article in my discussion page. Apostolos Margaritis 09:56, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Pannonian said what? I am celtmist? I havn't seen this yet. Tell me where he is said to have written this! Not that it bothers me, I have gone behind one or two of Celtmist's edits and reitterated them and this may have caused him to think it, but you're right, I am from serbia-Montenegro and it seems Celtmist is English. Even so Ronline, I may be wrong some of the time! Anyhow, keep up your good work! Jordovan 7.2.06
You indicated an interest in mediating the Toga party dispute; I've put it in your capable hands. Essjay Talk • Contact 02:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline,
I remember asking you about how to get an image into your signature... well it turns out that you really shouldn't be doing that! Check out WP:SIG.
Just giving you a heads-up. See you around, DJR ( Talk) 22:59, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline,
I would like to ask for you hosting a mediation, to resolve a on going dispute on the article about the Dutch language.
The involved users:
Sincerely,
Sander
User:Sandertje 22:11, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Would like a responds as soon as possible.
User:Sandertje 22:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Could you get to the mediation any time soon?I believe we're stuck and could use some proper guidance.
Sander 14:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I just found your page. I like what you have to say. I'd say I agree alot of the time, and even where I don't, it's still pretty stimulating to read your stuff. Va multsumesc, domnul.
Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 43% for major edits and 54% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 65 minor edits in the article namespace.)
This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear impolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 10:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
I would like to inform about the Arbitration request concerning the long discussion on Talk:Dutch language.
[The link to the Arbitration request will follow soon, as I have to inform you before posting]
Sander 11:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline! Gangleri would like to help with the Romanian Wiktionary: http://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wik%C5%A3ionar:Candida%C5%A3i/Gangleri Thank you! P.S. It seems that you haven't realized yet that you'll have to confirm the email address, both on en.wiki and on ro.wiki in order to re-allow email sending & receiving via Wikipedia. -- Vlad 11:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
-- fz22 07:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Good news. I'm sure that you will enjoy this article
..and this too
'Aderarea la Uniunea Europeană va avea şi ea aspectele ei deprimante, restrictive sau chiar plictisitoare. Dar România şi Bulgaria au ajuns totuşi pe ultima linie dreaptă, mai pe picioare, mai în cârje. La următorul summit european din iunie, ele vor primi probabil confirmarea aderării la 1 ianuarie 2007. Şansele sunt de 90 la sută, îmi spunea un diplomat european, dar mai e timp de surprize.' Apostolos Margaritis 11:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Salut ! Te-am contactat pentru o ca am o problema cu articolul Romanians. Deci, inainte cred ca mai stii ca la Canada am hotarat sa lasam numarul oficial de persoane, adica 131,000, si sa punem estimarea de 400,000. Ei, a venit un user cu nickul de Jayig care a modificat pagina si a pus cifre cu mixed si single origin, dar nici un articol pe Wikipedia asta nu are cifrele scrise de felul acesta. Cand am incercat sa pun inapoi cifrele cum au fost, am fost blocat de un administrator pt "vandalism", desi nu am facut decat sa pun cifrele corecte la loc. Trebuie sa le punem cum au fost. Tu ce zici de asta? Salutari, NorbertArthur 1 Aprilie 2006
Regarding this: I wouldn't call Pantelimon a "city": it's quite small (population: 1,922) and most of it is made from small rural houses; unlike other regions outside Bucharest, it has rather few large suburban house built by the Bucharesters because it's in an unfashionable area. It gained the "oraş" status because it has some industry. bogdan 09:13, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
In the English-speaking world, "city" can be either a legal designation or, in colloquial speech, can suggest a near-metropolis(exactly as with oraş in Romania, I believe) . For example, here in Washington, Aberdeen, Bainbridge Island, Camas, and even Carnation are legally cities. The first three have populations of 15,000 to 25,000. Carnation doesn't even have 2,000 people (though it probably has at least that many dairy cows). Of these, the only one that might be called a "city" in casual conversation is Aberdeen, just because it is in an area where there is nothing bigger within 50 kilometers. But more often we'd call it a town.
"Municipality" in English indicates that the entity has a local government, but (unlike "city") does not imply a near-metropolis. - Jmabel | Talk 08:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I sent you an email. If you reply, reply via email. thx -- Candide, or Optimism 19:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
A watered-down version of the proposed policy against censorship is now open for voting. Will you knidly review the policy and make your opinions known? Thank you very much. Loom91 11:51, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Given ongoing discussions and recent edit warring, you might be interested in a poll currently underway to decide the rendition of the lead for the Republic of Macedonia article. Please weigh in! E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 01:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Ronline, I see you've decided to join the ranks of nationalist trolls ;-) I have made a proposal on how to solve the naming dispute over at Talk:Macedonians (ethnic group) - the problem is that the Macedonian Slav users aren't really participating. The gist of what I am proposing is to use the self-identifying terms (for everyone) except in articles primarily dealing with an entity recognising a different name. For example, at Macedonians (ethnic group), they can refer to the Macedonian Slav minority in Greece using their own terminology (Macedonian minority in Aegean Macedonia and the ethnic Greek majority), whereas at Macedonia (Greece) it will be referred to using the Greek terminology (Macedonian Slav minority in Greek Macedonia and the Greek Macedonian majority). As Greeks prefer to use exonyms: FYROM for Republic of Macedonia and Macedonian Slavs, and the Macedonian Slavs do the same: Aegean Macedonia for Greek Macedonia and they also like to suppress the legitimate term Greek Macedonians in order to imply that Greeks in Macedonia lack indigenous status (POV pushing), I thought of something along the lines of the Gdansk/Danzig dispute: namely, in German articles use the German name and in Polish articles use the Polish name; I think something like that could be done here. -- LionKing 16:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm in a potentially awkward position with an Administrator. I have read the Wiki pages on dispute resolution but I'm still not sure how to proceed.
The Admin ContiE has a personal grudge against me for reasons I do not fully understand. He has been this way since I began frequenting wikipedia.
I have done work improving the furvert article. He has basically gone on a crusade against any edit I make. He controls every furry category article and several others ruthlessly. He is an iron fist and bans anyone he edit wars with. I had uploaded pictures and he deleted them with no talking. He seems to believe I am every person he has had an edit war against. He is always using personal attacks, calling me troll without reason. I uploaded them again and he voted them for deleted, but to his surprise the person who runs the images, thank you Nv8200p, found they were acceptable once I tagged them properly. Just recently he removed both the images without himself discussing it in the talk page (unless he was the same person who discussed only one) with the edit here [3] Then ContiE assumed bad faith, added his constant insult of troll in the talk page. It appears on a completed different wiki, a comedy one in all things, somebody else stole my username and I believe this was Conti himself and uploaded them. ContiE showed it as his reason. While vandalism like his, I would revert and mention it, he would ban me permanently if I undid his edit. That is why I am asking admins for help. He holds a couple of accounts on wikipedia and I think they are administrators so I have to be careful who I tell about this. Arights 06:50, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I’m the user that was formerly known as Bitola. I decided to make some changes (changes are always welcomed from time to time) and I created a new user account. I was pretty much involved in the Macedonian articles heated area for several months and these days I will take some rest from all that bickering. In the same time, I would like to thank you for your engagement in the discussion (I think people from outside can see things more neutrally then we that live here). MatriX 17:20, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
This user Ghirlandajo called me a russophob (deosn`t that contaveine Wikipedia policy -> insults ???) and removed my adds without reason on this article: Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878. Thanks! Greier 13:14, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
in the talk page of Early Modern Romania, the user user:Dahn, while accusing me of "single-sided" and "nationalistic" view, he expressed his opinion about the article in a very single-sided and subjective way, like the one he accused me of. If he considers the article to be gullible, that`s his concern. Just don`t give names and indirectly point a specific user as the one responsable. A remark like "lyrical" approach, I consider it an insult. I already explain to him that most of the content was in that condition prior to my creation of the article (e.g. the "Matei Basarab", "magyarisation", "Austro-Hungary" mentions, etc). But as that is not enough, and instead of correcting what he finds wrong, he contineues drawling about the Bessarabia part, where I present opinions which have long been considered valid by historians. His arguments? None. While even General Kisellef admits the existance of abused and imposed serfdom on the Romanians of Bessarabia, Dhan starts a monolog about Gheorghe Gheoghiu Dej and other things with zero relevance to the topic. Even Leon Casso, the minister of Education in tsarist Russia, and a witness who described the abuses, doesn`t compare with the genius called Dhan. If he doesn`t like the article, he is free to modify it. Instead, he start convulsing on the talk page, attacking me, and other readers could think that I`m responsable for everything wrong in the article. I don`t understant what his problem is! I think you should warn him. Thanks. Greier 12:08, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Are the russian editors above the rules? Why shouldn't that apply to all users? They reverted my edits and Bogdan's.
I posted his breaking rules on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RR#User:Irpen
-- Andrei George 18:56, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Since you published this info on your page, I presume you accept questions about it. So, do you still support Basescu? :) Dpotop 09:03, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
You're admin and also a member of Mediation Committee, that's what I've read on your page. Still, I asked you something above. When you have time please look at this user:Irpen. Not all his edits can be trusted. I've seen he'e engaged in reverts wars on romanian pages. -- Andrei George 09:50, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your edits on Curierul Naţional. All those articles should be expanded, now, they contain only a phrase or two. -- Andrei George 14:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
-- Andrei George 15:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I want to ask you Ronline to move the articles:
Ziua --> Ziua (Romanian newspaper)
Curierul Naţional --> Curierul Naţional (Romanian newspaper)
also this: Ziarul financiar --> Ziarul financiar(Romanian newspaper)
1000 thanks, -- Andrei George 15:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
-- Andrei George 12:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I think people (Romanians from Serbia who recognize that they speak romanian) have the right to their language. At Vlachs of Serbia your edits and mine were reverted although romanians from Serbia have the right to say what kind of language they speak. -- Andrei George 16:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Ronline,
I started the request for Mediation procedure for the following users: Irpen ( talk · contribs), Khoikhoi ( talk · contribs), PANONIAN ( talk · contribs). They are very annoying when they revert all the romanian related pages either when it's about Moldovans( Romanians)/ Vlachs, Romanians or others as well. They are acting like imposing a POV and they don't respect the human rights of romanian population, e.g. romanians from Serbia are not allowed to have their own Church! They are not allowed to say that they are romanians... -- Andrei George 15:14, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I contact you for the last time, don't worry. I'm getting out of Wikipedia and I want as you block my account, my userbox as well as my talk page as soon as possible. Thanks! Arthur 28 April 2006
See: Talk:European_Union#GDP_ordering. Do not revert this again without discussion. -- Bjarki 18:26, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
See commons:User talk:Ronline#Buna Ronline. Bulă 13:05, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I see you've given the Transhumanism article (one of my babies) its featured article star. I'm not terriby familiar with the nuts and bolts of the process, so I was just wondering if there's anything more that has to be done, such as archiving the nomination page for the article. Best wishes, Metamagician3000 14:23, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Please take actions against the vandals Telex and Theatenae, who are working in a pack to remove all what they don`t agree with (see history. If they continue, please take action or protect the page. Thanks. greier 18:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Onţanu şi-a dat demisia din PSD din martie 2006. Acum este independent. Am făcut corecţia la ro.wp dar rămîne formatul, care la primar pune implicit şi anul 2004. L-aş putea corecta eu. - Laurapr 13:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed that you've been wondering about the ethnic composition of Greece (mainly on Vlach related articles), and you've not been the only one. So, I've made a little aid (background reading) for uninformed people on the situation in Greece, as they often go away with stereotypes. See User:Telex/Ethnic identity in Greece. -- Telex 14:50, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Here are some links I thought useful:
Feel free to contact me personally with any questions you might have. The Wikipedia:Village pump is also a good place to go for quick answers to general questions. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, like this: ~~~~.
Sam [ Spade] 14:26, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
cred ca sunt in general bune modificarile tale privind economia romaneasca, dar sa stii ca romania a atras in 2004 5.1 miliarde € investitii straine (vezi linkul: http://www.bloombiz.ro/articol_53478.html -"Ocupam locul doi in zona la investitii straine
07 Oct 2005, 02:50 Romania a atras, in 2004, investitii straine directe (ISD) de 5,1 miliarde dolari, ocupand locul al doilea, dupa Federatia Rusa, in regiunea Europei de Sud-Est si a statelor membre ale Comunitatii Statelor Independente (CSI), dar devansand noi membri ai Uniunii Europene, precum Ungaria si Cehia." ) Salut si numai bine!
I don't understand your Eastern European music changes. Aside from making music of Eastern Europe factually inaccurate, why would you make this change? It is perfectly logical to talk about a Eastern European musical tradition while separating out the southeast is strange and not very useful for the reader. Tuf-Kat 15:55, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the new graphic! It neatly illustrates the table it goes with.
I wanted to ask you whether you based the map on the numbers that were in the table just before you added it, since an IP had just twiddled the figures. [1] If you did use the bad average, you might want to check that the map is still accurate. If you didn't use those numbers, then I'll just say thanks again for the lovely graphic! — Saxifrage | ☎ 15:08, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
Have been away — but I think others have expressed similar opinions as mine rather well, and probably better than I would have: Concepts that in fact are fuzzy in English shouldn't be redefined by Wikipedia to appear less so than they really are.
Ruhrjung 00:05, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
Of the references you give, the first two are just mirrors of Wikipedia, and the third is from Romania, which still doesn't establish that this form of his name is used outside Romania.
Personally, I'm now equally comfortable with either form of his name, but until I learned Romanian I'd never seen it written as "Brâncuşi". Nor did I have any idea how it was correctly pronounced: I'd always heard it pronounced as an Italian would pronounce "Brancusi". And I'm from New York, not exactly a hick town. I'm willing to guess that outside of Romanian-speakers, that is almost universally how he is known. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:24, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Ronline — what's with these templates that you've been creating? {{ M2 link}}, {{ M3 link}}, {{ M4 link}} and {{ M2 colour}}. Is something going to happen with them? What's the point in making a template that's just the Hex value of a colour? — Asbestos | Talk 12:32, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Buna seara Ronline - put it down to tiredness. I sorted about 4000 geostubs over the course of a month; there was bound to be the odd error. So far, two people have spotted mistakes. Still too many mistakes and no excuse, but 2 in 4000 isn't too bad! Maybe I should check to see whether there are any articles about Sofia in the Romanian-geo-stubs! :) My apologies! Grutness| hello? 12:10, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Great to see you've created Tigrul Celtic at wikipedia-ro! CGorman 15:12, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Bună Ronline! În primul rând mulţumesc pentru aprecierile legate de articolele despre iluzii optice. Informaţiile despre populaţia judeţului Timiş în general şi ale Timişorii în special sunt în conformitate cu datele furnizate de Institutul Naţional de Statistică - Direcţia Judeţeană de Statistică Timiş. Ele sunt menţionate şi în Pagini Aurii ediţia 2004-2005. Populaţia este mai mică, într-adevăr, decât cea din 2002, care la rândul ei e mai mică decât cea din 2004. Acest fapt se încadrează în tendinţa generală pe ţară de scădere uşoară a populaţiei (probabil datorită sporului natural negativ şi/sau emigrării). Bănuiesc că e bine să lăsăm în articolul despre Timişoara atât datele mai noi cât şi cele mai vechi pentru a se vedea tendinţa descendentă în populaţie şi densitate. Sper să mai colaborăm şi în continuare!
E OK că am scris în româneşte? Tavilis 14:17, 21 August 2005 (UTC)--
Hi Ronline, I have done at last some work we spoke about in Võro Wikipedia (templates etc). See Maailma maaq Eesti
Best regards Võrok
You really do not need to tell me something about Romanians and Vlachs in Serbia, since I know about this issue much more than you. Your knowledge about nationality question in Serbia is obviously very poor and only sources you read about this are probably some Romanian nationalistic books. Here are some facts about Serbia:
So, you actually accusing Serbia, because it recognizes one people who want to be recognized as such. This is ridiculous. If somebody do not declare himself as Romanian in census, he is not Romanian, end of story.
There are 2 things which can say who is a nation and who is not:
Vlachs in Serbia do not have Romanian, but Vlach national consciousness and they do not declare themselves as Romanians, but as Vlachs. No matter how Vlachs of Serbia and Moldovans are culturally and linguistically similar to Romanians, they simply ARE NOT Romanians. They are not Romanians because of same reason why Austrians are not Germans or why Montenegrins are not Serbs or why Americans are not English, etc. I know that that Romanian nationalist propaganda claim that Moldovans and Vlachs of Serbia are Romanians, but that is only nationalistic POV, which have no connection with reality. The small nations like Vlachs of Serbia and Moldovans have right to exist no matter what Romanians think about this. User:PANONIAN
Just to answer some of your ridiculous statements from the article:
"Linguistically, the Serbian census provides an option for both Romanian and Vlach languages as mother tongues"
"for artificially-separating Romanians and Vlachs in the census, including through the proclamation of a distinct Vlach ethnicity and language"
Do you know how these two statements sound stupid and ridiculous? First of all, Serbian census DO NOT "provide options" and "separating peoples". Here are 3 simply questions from the Serbian census:
You can answer here what ever you want, even that your nationality is Eskimo or Indian. First inform yourself about some things and then talk. Serbian statisticts only recognize what people declared in census by their free choice. Why Serbian statistics should possibly to count somebody who declared himself as Vlach together with somebody who declared himself as Romanian? User:PANONIAN
Another article connected with this information is Anti-Romanian discrimination, a disputed article. Olessi 18:55, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline,
I'm putting together an RfC against anonymous user 86.105.71.34, who I think has engaged in several types of misconducts on Wikipedia, especially on Transylvania, Romania, Republic of Moldova, Romanian language. I'm writing to you because you attempted to solve one or more of those issues on the user's talk page. If you endorse this RfC, or have anything to add to the statement of dispute, please sign and share your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/86.105.71.34. Thanks, IulianU 00:04, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline, multumesc de mesajul tau, sa stii ca am luat in considerare ce mi-ai spus si voi tine cont in viitor. Despre telecomunicatii in Romania, am citit undeva ca la ora actuala sunt peste 12 milioane iar pana la sfarsitul anului peste 13 (este de luat in considerare noul brand Connex-Vodafone si avantul acestei companii). Te salut si numai bine Ronline!
Salut Ronline, am propus noi paragrafe pe pagina de discutii a Romaniei, in orice caz paragrafe care nu vor da nastere la discutii. Eu ma abtin de la orice comentarii si editari dupa ce am ramas destul de socat despre ce scrie Joe. Sper sa-si retraga acuzatiile nefondate. Oricum de aceea am propus niste subiecte care sper ca nu vor da nastere la interpretari. Sper sa cuplezi la idee si sa ma sprijini in masura in care ai timp. Te salut Ronline!
Salut Ronline, iti multumesc pentru mesajul tau, de aceea am si incercat sa raspund. Nu prea stiu de ce e toata chestia asta, sper ca Joe sa-si retraga acuzatiile nefondate. De exemplu a interpretat gresit ce am scris acolo la "made by myself Jmabel". Am vrut sa scriu ca e facuta de mine Jmabel! E ca si cum te adresezi lui Jmabel. Stiam ca va citi si mai mult ca sigur poate ca va da revert. M-am adresat lui in Discussion tocmai pt a nu da revert. Ei bine nu a dat revert, s-a abtinut dar s-a suparat. In nici un caz nu a iesit bine, ci exact pe dos, pentru ca el a interpretat anapoda. Daca e asa de intelegator nu vom avea probleme chiar sa colaboram daca vrea in viitor. Te salut Ronline!
Hi, we talked about "municipiul" in the
Hungarian Wikipedia. The term for municipiul can be "megyei jogú város" or especially in
Transylvania "municípium", which is a loan-word.
But in Hungarian we do not use it in the name of the towns, it is too formal so we think that it would be better to mention it in comments. -
nagytibi
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21:39, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
It is OK just to list the Hungarian name of the city without "municípium". Just simple the name of the town nothing else. - nagytibi ! ? 19:58, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
When you get a chance, could you take a look at Lupu's recent edits to Lăutari and his remarks on the talk page? This is a topic where, while not clueless, I am certainly not expert. I am suspicious of what seems to amount to a claim of "the Gypsies have no musical culture of their own", and his strident, argumentative tone on the talk page certainly does not increase my confidence that he actually knows his stuff. -- Jmabel | Talk 07:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Salut! In case you are unaware, Halibutt is going through the administrator vote process. I believe that any input you could provide would be valued. La revedere! (the extent of my Romanian knowledge as per its article) :-P Olessi 19:33, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you Ronline. I agree with your last proposal to Moldovan language. Actually I've allready made the change. But the way you argument, the way you describe and the way you defend the truth is remarkable. It is so good to have an Administrator like you.
He put the wrong tag on it on top of everything else he did. It was not for vandalism, it was for an edit war. 2 different things. -- Woohookitty (cat scratches) 10:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Oh Yes! Support now!
I would like to propose you as administrator in English Wikipedia. How can we do this if you agree?
-His idea is good I support you if you want to. Just let me know. Bonaparte talk & contribs
Salut, I have some photos of some tramways in Bucharest, which I made a year ago. They are with the tramway 32, an average looking one (not the fancy 42, but not the orther craps). I also have a photo of an dual way tramway, but I think everyone knows very well the state in which those trams are and I don't think its an apropriate looking one. I'll try to upload one of them as soon as possible, mabye I could send you the tree photos to decide which to use. -- Mihai 12:16, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Vad ca esti si tu libertarian, asa ca si mine! Cand e vorba de impozit, sunt moderat, dar altfel, sunt libertarian! Unde traiesti? In Germania? -- Anittas 05:02, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Oops, am scris moderator in loc de moderat. In fine. Am crezut ca stai in Germania pentru ca am vazut ca vorbesti limba germana. De fapt, multi romani din Transilvania vorbesc germana. -- Anittas 08:10, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Ronline and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Ronline. You have been nominated to be Administrator for English Wikipedia. Bonaparte talk & contribs
Hi Joe! I've drawn up a list of stuff to do to Bucharest at Talk:Bucharest. Feel free to add anything there that you'd like to see in the article or that should be fixed up. Once again, thanks for everything you've done! Ronline 09:12, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
The reason behind me opposing is that an admin should be approachable by any user. Stuff which goes on here is logged, and thus there there are times which necessitates private communication. Also if you ever do block a user, s/he has the right to contact you via email. Hope this brief reply suffices. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:26, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
1. De ce nu ai fost in Iasi? Iasul e considerat ca Vatra Romanesca; e Mecka romanilor. Toti ar trebui sa-l viziteze si sa-l admire! Nu te costa mult. Doar tre' sa iei trenul si atata! Ce scuza ai pentru nu a fi vizitat Iasul?
2. Tu esti impotriva unui unire intre Ro si Mo? Cum naiba? Atatia romani au varsat sange pentru Basarabia, iar acuma, voi oameni moderni, va plangeti ca Mo e saraca si ca ar costa prea mult. Nu! Asta e propaganda Bucurestiului. Nu conteaza cat ar costa!
PS: Majoritatea Bucurestenilor sunt niste escroci. Degeaba iti pierzi timpul cu articolul despre Bucuresti. Iar capitala Romaniei ar trebui sa fie Iasi. -- Anittas 12:03, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
Am trecut prin Oradea odata; nu a fost cine stie ce. Am fost in Arad de doua ori si am vazut orfani care vai de capul lor. Asa ca si in Bucuresti. Arad nu e oras prea mare, dar avea orfani care se drogau cu pungele alea...
Asa ceva nu gasesti in Moldova. Da, Bucurestiul este mare buric acuma, dupa ce a furat din toata tara ca sa se dezvolteze. Acuma nu le doare nici in --- de Moldova. Plus ca bucurestenii sunt oameni aroganti. Majoritatea din ei. Orasele din Transilvania sunt construite de Austrieni si ungari; si de romani. Iasul e cu totul romanesc. Braila a fost construita de turci, rusi si romani. Iasul numai si numai de romani! Bucurestiul a furat. Asta e. Stefan cel Mare a gresit cand a cucerit Bucurestiul si ia dat foc. Trebuia sa-i dea foc, iar dupa aceaia sa dea cu plugul prin sare, cum au facut romanii cu Carthage. :D -- Anittas 12:24, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
Este adevarat ca nordul Moldovei este cea mai saraca regiune din tara, dar totusi se mentine regiunea. Parcurile sunt ingrijite in judete iar copii de strada nu exista. Sunt cersatori si in unele locuri (Dorohoi, Saveni) strazile sunt ca vai de capul lor, iar unele grupuri de tigani o duc greu, dar nu avem copii de strada. In loc, avem caini de strada. Moldovenii sunt cei mai sufletisti. Ar sa se ridice si Moldova, fara ajutor de la Bucuresti. O firma din Austria investeste 600 milioane de Euro in judetul Suceava, iar Iasul se duce tot inaine. -- Anittas 07:30, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
La tradatori nu am fost. In '90, majoritatea care au plecat in strainatate au fost Munteni si romani din Transilvania. Din 2000 incoace, au inceput si moldovenii sa plece. Si de ce nu? Daca mareata noastra de capitala nu ofera conditii de trai, omul pleaca. Da, stiu ca Bucuresti da bani, si de asta ei tot ne scot ochii: ca ne da, ca ne da. Nu conteaza. Mai mult au luat. As spune eu mai multe, dar deocamdata, ajunge.
Cateva linkuri:
Ronline, question #6 is indeed serious business. If you are involved in a dispute at that article, and then you protect it, for whatever reason, people will think that you protected the version you like most. I think in that case you better ask a third party to protect it. I know that this is not what you meant, but nevertheless. So I guess you need to fix that as Alai said. :) Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 04:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the speedy reply. Talk about fast service. :) I'm not completely reassured, though. The question posed by Node was, "As an admin, I'm assuming that you wouldn't use admin privileges in disputes you were actively involved in." Not, "should admin powers be used" (no-one says you can't ask (another) admin to look at a dispute you're involved in), but would you use admin powers in a dispute you were actively involved with. At the risk of coaching, model answer is "no, I absolutely would not!". Good luck arriving there or thereabouts. Alai 04:31, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I recorded and added the pronunciation you needed for the article on Bucharest. The article seems to be rapidly progressing toward getting the featured status. Good luck! -- AdiJapan 10:19, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Cool, mersi. Poti sa o adaugi; sau daca nu, am sa o adaug eu cand am timp, saptamana ce vine. Daca vizitezi Palatul, cred ca o sa-ti trebuiasca cel putin 12 ore ca sa vezi totul. Are cea mai mare colectie de arta din Romania si de multe ori este comparat cu Louvre - dar stil romanesc. In gradina botanica ti-ar lua cam cel putin 4 ore ca sa vezi totul (cea mai mare din tara - inainte a fost in Dobrogea de sud, dar Bulgarii ne-au halito aia); iar culburi si distractii sunt destule pentru ca sunt multi studenti. Ne mai auzim. Toate bune. -- Anittas 10:45, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I don't know if it's the first, but I read that the one in Iasi is the biggest one; I also think it's the first one. You guys were under Hungarian rule when we planted our flowers in Iasi. ;) I know that Queen Marie built a huge botanic garden in Balchik, but now it's in Bulgaria. The Bulgarians, however, are cool about it. They've give us the credit for building it, etc. -- Anittas 12:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the photo, Ron. You can also add it to the Romanian article, in the gallery section. See talk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Romania#Photos -- Anittas 12:11, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
About your edit to the Aromanian language, have you read the talk page first? You may have missed this: Talk:Aromanian language#Daco-Romanian or Romanian?. Romanian dictionaries say that Aromanian is in fact a dialect of Romanian. I cannot say that I agree or disagree with this, but our articles must take into consideration both (all) viewpoints. Frankly, I don't have a solution. -- AdiJapan 10:59, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I left a message on the Sergiu Nicolaescu talk page. Since you are a Romanian admin you might be interested. If not, sorry. - AdamSmithee 10:34, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Salut, Vezi ca acum cateva zile cineva ( User:Mihaichirila) si-a bagat nasul prin articolul legat de Bucuresti si a schimbat 2 poze. Am pus inapoi pozele originale, dar cred ca merita sa te uiti un pic si peste pozele folosite de respectivul adica: Image:Buc2.jpg (Asta mi se pare OK) si Image:Buc1.jpg. E o mica problema, nu au Copyright momentan. -- Orioane 10:03, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Ronline, actually I've only been to Bucharest once, but it was to live and work there for half a year. And I certainly plan to get back there. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:18, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for correcting "historical" into "historic" multiple times! I'm really used to writing "historical" even though, like "economical", it isn't really correct in all contexts. I've just become so used to it that I don't realise it when I'm writing... I should pay more attention, though :) It's strange, though, that even most dictionaries seem to regard the two as synonyms. Ronline: National Day of Romania 1 December 16 years of freedom and loving it! 09:17, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey there. I'm pleased to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except patent nonsense like "aojt9085yu8;3ou"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, ban anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on Votes for deletion (provided there's a consensus) for more than one week, protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.
Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun! =Nichalp «Talk»=Please also add your name to WP:LA =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:03, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Esti tare Ronline. -- Bonaparte talk & contribs 23:16, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Alexander_007 ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Alexander_007 . I've nominated User:Alexander_007 as admin. Let's vote for him! -- Bonaparte talk & contribs 14:02, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Welcome to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board! This page is a portal for all Romanian-related topics and a place for Romanian editors to gather and socialize and debate. Discussions are encouraged, in both English and Romanian. Post any inquiry under their relevant cathegory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedian%27s_notice_board
-- Anittas 17:42, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Mersi mult, dar ca sa zic asa, m-ai luat pe nepregatite. :D. Tre s ama gandesc si sa ma ocup un pic de una alta ca sa am o candidatura serioasa, daca simt ca nu pot face fata, sper ca nu te vei supara daca voi refuza (in principiu as dori sa devin sysop, dar tre sa ma conving ca merit :D). In alta ordine de idei, vezi ca am adaugat niste chestii pe pagina de talk de la Bucuresti, si astept parerea ta. -- Orioane 10:26, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi! Firstly, congrats on becoming an admin. Secondly - just out of curiosity, might it be that your current sig is inspired by mine (or the one I had before this one)? ;) Not that I disapprove of it, I'm just curious. Cheers! ナイトスタリオン ✉ 19:27, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Ronline, bună. Mergând la pagina cu limba româna(versiunea Engleză) mi-am dat seama că avea o hartă destul de suspectă şi incorectă cu graiurile româneşti. Am refăcut harta. Poţi s-o vezi aici http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Romania_Graiuri-mod2.jpg.
Spune-mi şi mie parerea ta. Constantzeanu 00:01, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline,
As vrea sa schimbam cateva mail-uri in privat. Unde iti pot scrie?
Numai bine, User:Dpotop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Moldovan_language#Vote_for_limiting_user.27s_Node_ue_ability_to_edit_the_article_about_Moldovan_language -- Bonaparte talk 19:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
Salut Ronline! Mulţumesc mult pentru nominalizare, a trecut fără nici un vot negativ sau abţineri (spre bucuria mea) şi în total am adunat 28 de voturi. Sunt acum şi eu administrator, cu ajutorul tău nepreţuit. Până una alta, deoarece voi pleca acasă şi nu prea voi fi disponibil în următoarele săptămâni, îţi urez "Crăciun Fericit" şi "La Mulţi Ani!" şi ne vedem la anul, sper cu un articol despre Bucureşti cu o steluţă lângă ;). Mihai - talk 21:10, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I saw you're (like me) listed in this category which is up for deletion. Hoped you'd like to vote in favor of keeping it... Thanks! Larix 02:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. Just to let you know that there is now an article on Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, her Romanian Academic Society and The Evangelists. Ronline ✉ 07:07, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Hello. I notice your using the Flag of Romania in your signature, which I drew. While I am glad of that, I just wish to ask you if the colors of the flag are accurate. If not, please tell me which colors are prescribed, by law. Thank you. Zach]] 07:52, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
You argued very passionatly and convincingly against stable article versions in Wikipedia_talk:Stable_versions, but it seems you weren't really heard. I'd just like to say that I think you're fighting for an important cause, and strongly second what you said there. I hope this case gets major attention and a big public vote before we decide, and isn't passed and implemented without most users having heard about it before it is too late. Amaurea 22:57, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Salut,
Mersi de apreciere pentru articol. Problema este ca inca mai trebuie sa lucrez la el, la ultimele sectiuni in principal, si sa sistematizez notele si referintele. Acum sunt in vacanta, si ma voi reapuca de treaba la inceputul lui Ianuarie.
-- Mihai - talk 09:39, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labelled " Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:
The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.
When you leave the edit summary blank, some of your edits could be mistaken for vandalism and may be reverted, so please always briefly summarize your edits, especially when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you.
JoaoRicardo talk 00:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Anittas is now saying in so many words that "Romanian hegemonism is justified" in dealing with the article on the Republic of Moldova. Ronline, if none of the Romanians will face him down on this, he can basically claim to be speaking for the lot of you, and nothing I can say will make any difference. I think that what he is saying is appalling, but it is clear that he could not care less what I think. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:56, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
That's right. Romania should influence R. of Moldova and even encourage them to reunite with us. What's your problem? It's our right. -- Anittas 02:28, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar :) I too think there should be more of these categories, not less. With that idea in mind, I created the category:humanist wikipedians a few days ago. I read the stable articles proposal and agree that it's not a good idea. I commented on the proposal's talk page, and will follow the rest of the discussion. Thanks for telling me about it! Larix 14:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
FYI, you should not edit Khotyn while it is protected. If it is no longer protected, then please remove the message, otherwise it would be appropirate to revert yourself. -- Chris 73 | Talk 08:38, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi Ronline! Sorry to disturb you again about this. But the debate wether those categories are factionalizing or not seems to go on and on, on several places. I'm hoping to find everyone who has a positive view about those categories and userboxes. But I'm reluctant to start talking to many users all at once, because of the charges I was faced with the last time. Would you be interested in helping me? Because I think it's easier when there are several people "canvassing". I've made a template users can put on their user page if they support our view; hope you like it... {{ User freedom}} Hope to hear from you; afterwards, I'll contact the others who showed some enthousiasm when helping me. Regards, Larix 16:32, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Sorry you didn't get FA :( I didn't realise it was up otherwise I would have voted support. Let me know next time you put it up. - FrancisTyers 22:57, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Ombudsmen have proven their worth in real life, and I think they sound like a good idea here too. I am a bit unsure about having only 1 of them, though. It might suffice now, but Wikipedia will become too big for that eventually if the current growth continues. But then, the rules could be changed if that happenes. The structure of the article looks nice and clean, and I can't think of anything to be added. Amaurea 09:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
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I looked at the reverts Mikka did on Anti-Romanian discrimination, they seem to me to be honest reverts of persistent POV vandalism by an anonymous editor. Was it your call? If so could I urge you to look again, please? - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/ [C] AfD? 21:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Very wise words at Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Apel. I think I'm staying out of that discussion, given that it seems to be an "inside" conversation among Romanians. But I certainly agree that positive contributions rather than crude propaganda are how Romania and Romanians are liable to gain respect. -- Jmabel | Talk 23:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Salut Ronline,
How is your new year so far?
What I would like to discuss is the Romanian noticeboard. As mentioned by both Izehar and Mikkalai on User talk:Mikkalai, it has become a den of hatred, where trolls can let their hate flow freely from their fingertips.
The content there is very much nationalistic, encouraging people to participate in revert wars, and the like. If you will check other nations' noticeboards (UK, Canada, Hong Kong, France are some good examples), you will notice that they have nothing like that there. Their noticeboards are almost exclusively "Hey guys, I started this project..." or "Hey guys, I found this stub...", and never "Hey guys, come help me revert the vandalism of the Russian vandals..."
The reason I brought it up here is because I think that you should be able to control it, somehow. Given that much of the posts to the noticeboard are actually against policy, they should be either condemned or removed. Hopefully, in the future, it will become a constructive area for Romanians to discuss issues rather than unleash hatred.
...because currently, it paints a very unimpressive picture of Romanians, which I know is not accurate. -- Node 01:44, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Neither Mikka, nor you, understand Romanian. You are bluffing. I don't see where we violate the policy. We speak our mind, that's all. Don't like it? Tough deal. -- Anittas 03:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Salut Ronline :) Do you know about this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Romania/New_article_announcements
Bonaparte talk 07:41, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
pagini problema http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Demographics_of_Ukraine&diff=33476808&oldid=33476572 -- Bonaparte talk 08:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, there is a vote going on about wether it should be allowed to list yourself in a POV category. It's basically the same question as when they wanted to delete 'wikipedians by politics' but now they want to make it policy. this is the link: Wikipedia:Proposed_policy_on_userboxes#Comments_and_Voting Please vote! Larix 20:37, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I already had a chance to remark that I consider your shameless promotion of Romanian nationalism disgusting. The coverage of Romanian topics in this project is scarce, especially compared to the Russian and Polish segments. Instead of improving the standard of that coverage and keeping your pet nationalist trolls at bay, you chose to scare from editing User:Mikkalai, who made more than 50,000 edits to this project but has a misfortune of not sharing your nationalist mythology. That block has been your greatest "contribution" to this project so far. If you envy the reputation of Herostratus, please change your name appropriately. Your low edit count allows you to do it at any time. -- Ghirla | talk 23:41, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Ronline, I would like to add to what I wrote at Mikka's talk, he later deleted it, and to what Ghirla wrote to you. I am prompted to speak at your talk by your response at Ghirla's.
Alex's ref about removing the POV tags was related not to your blocking of Mikka but to different reverts for which Ghirla was blocked himself. You can speak up, if you still think that removal of POV tag is vandalism as you have said, because restoring the tag was what Ghirla was blocked for.
As for your blocking Mikka, note that he was reverting the obvious anon trolls, which may or may not be Bonaparte's and Anittas' socks, which I don't care much. These trolls were reverting without explanations my edits to the disgusting Antiromanianism article, which I was trying to NPOV somewhat. Trolls (or troll) was simply reverting my every attempt to edit it with the sole purpose to provoke one of their "enemies" into a 3RR which the anon account immediately reported, which speaks, IMO, that this anon was some experienced wikipedia user. That the alternating Australian, Chinese and Taiwanese IPs where used, probably means that the user were using the open proxies. The subtle summaries used to undo my extensive and sensible edits such as "rv test" also speak about the anon's familiarity with wikipedia. When the troll reported Mikka, you were there to block him. Mikka did not overstep but underused his admin privileges. He should have just blocked the anon IPs and this would have been over.
The anons (or anon) where active at the 3RR board at the same time speaking about myself, Ghirla and Mikka. You can check the board history for that day. You may never apologize for your actions but this story can be easily checked and if you now feel like saying something to Mikka, better late than never. -- Irpen 08:32, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Irpen. Thanks for contacting me. Firstly, I think you're making a bit of conspiracy of the whole case here. I don't know what you're trying to get at - either that I was the person who did the reverting and then logged in to block Mikka, or I was tipped off by one of the trolls as part of a conspiracy to block Mikka, I really don't know. But I assure you that nothing of the kind took place. The way I got to WP:ANI was by looking at Bonaparte and Anittas' contributions - which I often do, to check for any problems - and I got to WP:ANI/3RR's entry on Ghirlandajo and Anittas. And there, at the bottom of the page, was the entry on Mikka. And indeed, there was a 3RR breach.
As to the legality of blocking him under 3RR - Mikka had no right to block the "trolls". It was an edit war, and both Mikka and the "trolls" were equal players. That you personally think the article version that the "trolls" were reverting to is "disgusting" (the disgusting Antiromanianism article) is your personal opinion. I appreciate that you tried to NPOV it. However, Mikka should not have reverted that many times, since he knew about the 3RR. As to Ghirlandajo's block, if Ghirla was simply reverting the deletion of a disputed tag, he should not have been blocked. Finally, I'd like to tell all of you that this case has been blown out of proportion. Everyone is suspecting things, getting offended, etc. It shouldn't be that way, really. 3RR bans are for 24 hours, they're not a big deal and as I've always said, they're not a judgement call. I don't see why I should apologise to him. I'm someone who believes very much in checks and balances and despises abuses of power, as you can see at my talk page and my Wikipedia:Ombudsman proposal. So, I thought about the case before I blocked him. I don't see why I should apologise for fairly enforcing a Wikipedia policy. Thanks, Ronline ✉ 08:56, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
The fact that I was dealing with Mikka - who so far has acted neutrally - did make me review the case before blocking. However, just because the users were IPs didn't mean that they didn't have the right to edit pages and participate in revert wars, and according to the hard facts, none of the IPs broke the 3RR. I wasn't in a position to determine that [whether the IPs broke 3RR], at least. Mikka, however, had been launching quite harsh attacks on these "trolls" in the past few days, and I believe that a lot of his blocking activity has been quite unjustified. That is why, when I blocked Mikka, I told him very nicely that this was not a judgement call and that if he felt he was being hard done by, he could contact me through e-mail. He didn't do that; instead, he went and starting posting things like "fuck you all" on his talk page. While I regret the fact that he's leaving, I don't feel guilty in any way, since I applied what the 3RR is designed for - preventing edit wars.
As to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board, it isn't as digusting as you potray it. Anittas and Bonaparte only wrote messages that explained the situation, their only mistake being that they did use very undiplomatic language. However, it would've been like saying at the Russian noticeboard "look, Romanian contributors are adding POV info to the Red Army article" or something like that. I agree that the language used there was inflammatory, however, it wasn't something that they deserved to be blocked for or anything like that, particularly because Anittas wrote that in response to the dispute at Khotyn, in which Ghirlandajo acted quite rudely and undiplomatically. In response to their new year message on that board ( 1, I did tell them that it was necessary not to involve themselves in these types of disputes. And my message at the noticeboard's talk page supported any translation, in fact, I said I would do the translating.
Finally, I will, as I have always done, watch over the edits of other Romanian contributors. There are many times where I signalled POV tendencies - see Talk:Székelys of Bukovina. I will talk to David Levy about Ghirlandajo's block. Thanks, Ronline ✉ 10:24, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Bonaparte, if this ever happens, that you become not even the best, but an editor who can simply pass through an Adminship nomination scrutiny, I pledge to send a bottle of Cognac or Ţuică (your choice) to the postal address that I will request from you to send me by email at that time (do not send it to me now, please). In view of your past history here as well as considering the fact that adult people rarely change dramatically, I think I am totally safe from incurring any expenses due to this pledge. But if I am wrong, I would be happy to pay this modest amount for the sake of the common good. -- Irpen 20:08, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
On a side note, in User_talk:Halibutt#New_Black_Book I wrote more in the subject of starting to clean up the world from our own backyard. This goes around the same topic I wrote to you earlier. -- Irpen 03:16, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Ronline, if you have time please look at this article. Bonaparte talk 21:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. User:Xenaphon has been blocked for a comment he gave on Tony Sidaway's page. As an outsider in this, I feel this is not reasonable at all, and would like an admin to give it a look. Please would you? Larix 11:20, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey man, thanks a lot for voting in my RfA, I got it! :) If you need anything, just give me a shout. Multumesc! -
Hi Ronline. What got you interested in this block? I'm surprised you didn't ask about the block of Xenophon of Ephesus as well. Jayjg (talk) 14:59, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
It was a userid created specifically for revert warring on a specific page (as was the other); as such, they were clearly sockpuppets created to violate policy. Jayjg (talk) 03:55, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Sunteti toti mana in mana ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Oleg_Alexandrov/Node_ue
-- Anittas 14:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.
If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell ( talk) ( bounties) 02:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I would like to express my thanks to all the good people who spent their valuable time time and effort working on my (failed) RfA voting. Especially for those who actually voted to support me :). I am specially gratefull for your vote as had valid reasons to be upset with my talk and might have some peer pressure. Lets move on and make together our Wikipedia an even greater place. If I can help in anything - references in the field of my expertise, mediation, you name it - I would be happy to help abakharev 09:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes Ronline,
I would support an RfAr.
I think you should also include the fact that on the very talkpage of his own RfC, he made personal attacks. That seems very indicative of his type of personality and of the fact that he doesn't intend to clean up his act anytime soon. -- Node 07:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I think you should give Anittas one last chance, as this latest outburst of his came as a response to a proviking comment made by Node on the Moldovan Wikipedia election page, and because he since then has got a 24 hour block that should allow him to cool down. And also, from what I read on his talk page, you seemed to achieve some sort of dialogue with him about changing the content on his user page, indicating that he can actually be willing to listen to sound advice. Anclation 10:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Got your message. Looking back at the vote, I've had second thoughts and think that you're probably right in that the category was too broad, so I changed my vote accordingly. -- Bletch 13:26, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline,
in the apparent absence of our chairman, allow me to welcome you to the Mediation Committee. Please make sure you have read and understood Wikipedia:Mediation, and you'll figure out the rest as you go along. If you could add your email address or link to {{ Medcom}}, I'd be grateful, and you can also join the not-very-active mailing list.
Congratulations on your vote! — Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 15:46, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Hai ma Ronline, chiar asa? Bonaparte a vorbit frumos cand ti-a scris cateva email-uri, si asta e un motiv suficient sa fie deblocat? Postul tau evident nu va fi luat in serios. Si sper ca inca nu ai uitat ca el vota cu mai multe conturi pentru administraor, care din punctul meu de vedere inseamna ca Bonaparte nu are nici o onoare. Si sa stii ca cineva care a cazut asa departe nu este usor de reeducat. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 02:18, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Te incurajez sa vezi Dogville. Filmul e 3 ore lung si ia multa energie sa-l vezi, dar ti-ar face bine. Sa fii extra atent la caracterul Tom ;))) Iar nu citi "the plot summary"! -- Candide, or Optimism 00:35, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
I cheated of course, I did not watch the movie. But it makes me laugh that Anittas thinks himself as a victim here. Anittas, it is me who is that victim! All that persecution I endured from you because of my name! Gosh! I could not sleep for nights in a row! :) Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 17:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
FWIW, I saw the movie when it came out. Rather Brechtian. Worth seeing, but definitely misanthropic. - Jmabel | Talk 21:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
I, Shell, Welcome you to join UDUIW. If you are interested, include yourself in our category and/or add our userbox. Thank you, Shell. (Sh ell 03:29, 22 January 2006 (UTC))
I've usually been keeping an eye on the Manele article, but I don't know whether this edit is just a random insult or has some basis in fact. I figured that, being resident in Romania, you would know. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:58, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
EU regognised as candidate the STATE "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".Not as "Republic of Macedonia".
Since you are in the mediation committee, please explain user:Just a tag that his language at talk:Moldovan language is inadmissible. mikka (t) 22:15, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation&action=purge#phpBB_entry_dispute
Ronline, eu tot vroiam să te întreb, tu încă locuieşti in România, sau în America. Am văzut că la limbi ai marcat limba engleză ca limbă materna ca şi cea română. Numai bine. Constantzeanu 15:11, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I did write name "Republika Srpska" on the maps where only Republika Srpska is shown. But, on the maps where Republika Srpska and Serbia are shown together I wrote "Serb Republic" (Since Serbia is on the map too, I do not think that there could be a confusion). Both names "Republika Srpska" and "Serb Republic" are used in English for this entity, while Serbia is always "Republic of Serbia", never "Serb Republic". There is also distinction in Serbian: Republika Srbija (Republic of Serbia) and Republika Srpska (Serb Republic). PANONIAN (talk) 22:57, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
It is suitable because it is a form of the practice in question, and if suitability not fact is whats in question I think this has been blown way out of proportion.-- Jacrosse 16:20, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Dear Ronline, I have to reiterate my admonition to moderate the activity of Romanian pet trolls. I don't want my talk page littered with unwarranted accusations of racism from editors whom I never even met before, especially as I don't care to comment on Romania-related topics frequently if at all. I'm not going to let a new Anittas or Bonaparte pest Wikipedia with his trollish tricks and, if the offense is repeated, I'll have to request for comment as to stalking, personal attacks, and threats aimed at intimidating myself. Please moderate this potentially problematic user yourself. -- Ghirla | talk 10:52, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Buna ziua to you. I wrote a small passage on the Kashovans talk page. Just wanted to say that I love Romania and its people (the good ones of course!), even though I am Serb (from Serbia Montenegro). My sister-in-law is a Krashovan lady and like Romanian girls, they are all beautiful! :) Jordovan 30jan06
All right, I will change names in maps from "Serb Republic" to "Republika Srpska". As for my future Balkans map, it is only one prognosis, it could happen, and it could not. Most of the people who live in Republika Srpska want independence, but at the present moment, Republika Srpska is administered by the international community. It is not likely that it will become independent in the near future, but it is likely to happen after 30, 50 or 100 years (I did not wrote exact time period to which my future map refering). PANONIAN (talk) 01:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Check the latest exploits by an editor who you voicefully defend. -- Ghirla | talk 18:35, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and the second user you blocked is an open proxy. From where I am, I cannot run a fullproof check for technical reasons. But 200.79.192.26 IP was listed in the open proxy list recently, as per google cash of one of the proxy lists. In all likelyhood this IP has been open again if it was open in the past. While, I am strongly inclined to think that it is Bonny, the open proxy should be premablocked anyway. -- Irpen 06:06, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I am unsure of how developed Southeastern Europe is, so I have voted maybe, netiher yes nor no.-- Jusjih 07:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Since you speak [Gaelic] Ronline, you may find interesting this recently publiched article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2022469,00.html. If you can not log in 'The Times' website see the article in my discussion page. Apostolos Margaritis 09:56, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Pannonian said what? I am celtmist? I havn't seen this yet. Tell me where he is said to have written this! Not that it bothers me, I have gone behind one or two of Celtmist's edits and reitterated them and this may have caused him to think it, but you're right, I am from serbia-Montenegro and it seems Celtmist is English. Even so Ronline, I may be wrong some of the time! Anyhow, keep up your good work! Jordovan 7.2.06
You indicated an interest in mediating the Toga party dispute; I've put it in your capable hands. Essjay Talk • Contact 02:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline,
I remember asking you about how to get an image into your signature... well it turns out that you really shouldn't be doing that! Check out WP:SIG.
Just giving you a heads-up. See you around, DJR ( Talk) 22:59, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline,
I would like to ask for you hosting a mediation, to resolve a on going dispute on the article about the Dutch language.
The involved users:
Sincerely,
Sander
User:Sandertje 22:11, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Would like a responds as soon as possible.
User:Sandertje 22:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Could you get to the mediation any time soon?I believe we're stuck and could use some proper guidance.
Sander 14:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I just found your page. I like what you have to say. I'd say I agree alot of the time, and even where I don't, it's still pretty stimulating to read your stuff. Va multsumesc, domnul.
Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 43% for major edits and 54% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 65 minor edits in the article namespace.)
This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear impolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 10:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
I would like to inform about the Arbitration request concerning the long discussion on Talk:Dutch language.
[The link to the Arbitration request will follow soon, as I have to inform you before posting]
Sander 11:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ronline! Gangleri would like to help with the Romanian Wiktionary: http://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wik%C5%A3ionar:Candida%C5%A3i/Gangleri Thank you! P.S. It seems that you haven't realized yet that you'll have to confirm the email address, both on en.wiki and on ro.wiki in order to re-allow email sending & receiving via Wikipedia. -- Vlad 11:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
-- fz22 07:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Good news. I'm sure that you will enjoy this article
..and this too
'Aderarea la Uniunea Europeană va avea şi ea aspectele ei deprimante, restrictive sau chiar plictisitoare. Dar România şi Bulgaria au ajuns totuşi pe ultima linie dreaptă, mai pe picioare, mai în cârje. La următorul summit european din iunie, ele vor primi probabil confirmarea aderării la 1 ianuarie 2007. Şansele sunt de 90 la sută, îmi spunea un diplomat european, dar mai e timp de surprize.' Apostolos Margaritis 11:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Salut ! Te-am contactat pentru o ca am o problema cu articolul Romanians. Deci, inainte cred ca mai stii ca la Canada am hotarat sa lasam numarul oficial de persoane, adica 131,000, si sa punem estimarea de 400,000. Ei, a venit un user cu nickul de Jayig care a modificat pagina si a pus cifre cu mixed si single origin, dar nici un articol pe Wikipedia asta nu are cifrele scrise de felul acesta. Cand am incercat sa pun inapoi cifrele cum au fost, am fost blocat de un administrator pt "vandalism", desi nu am facut decat sa pun cifrele corecte la loc. Trebuie sa le punem cum au fost. Tu ce zici de asta? Salutari, NorbertArthur 1 Aprilie 2006
Regarding this: I wouldn't call Pantelimon a "city": it's quite small (population: 1,922) and most of it is made from small rural houses; unlike other regions outside Bucharest, it has rather few large suburban house built by the Bucharesters because it's in an unfashionable area. It gained the "oraş" status because it has some industry. bogdan 09:13, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
In the English-speaking world, "city" can be either a legal designation or, in colloquial speech, can suggest a near-metropolis(exactly as with oraş in Romania, I believe) . For example, here in Washington, Aberdeen, Bainbridge Island, Camas, and even Carnation are legally cities. The first three have populations of 15,000 to 25,000. Carnation doesn't even have 2,000 people (though it probably has at least that many dairy cows). Of these, the only one that might be called a "city" in casual conversation is Aberdeen, just because it is in an area where there is nothing bigger within 50 kilometers. But more often we'd call it a town.
"Municipality" in English indicates that the entity has a local government, but (unlike "city") does not imply a near-metropolis. - Jmabel | Talk 08:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I sent you an email. If you reply, reply via email. thx -- Candide, or Optimism 19:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
A watered-down version of the proposed policy against censorship is now open for voting. Will you knidly review the policy and make your opinions known? Thank you very much. Loom91 11:51, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Given ongoing discussions and recent edit warring, you might be interested in a poll currently underway to decide the rendition of the lead for the Republic of Macedonia article. Please weigh in! E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 01:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Ronline, I see you've decided to join the ranks of nationalist trolls ;-) I have made a proposal on how to solve the naming dispute over at Talk:Macedonians (ethnic group) - the problem is that the Macedonian Slav users aren't really participating. The gist of what I am proposing is to use the self-identifying terms (for everyone) except in articles primarily dealing with an entity recognising a different name. For example, at Macedonians (ethnic group), they can refer to the Macedonian Slav minority in Greece using their own terminology (Macedonian minority in Aegean Macedonia and the ethnic Greek majority), whereas at Macedonia (Greece) it will be referred to using the Greek terminology (Macedonian Slav minority in Greek Macedonia and the Greek Macedonian majority). As Greeks prefer to use exonyms: FYROM for Republic of Macedonia and Macedonian Slavs, and the Macedonian Slavs do the same: Aegean Macedonia for Greek Macedonia and they also like to suppress the legitimate term Greek Macedonians in order to imply that Greeks in Macedonia lack indigenous status (POV pushing), I thought of something along the lines of the Gdansk/Danzig dispute: namely, in German articles use the German name and in Polish articles use the Polish name; I think something like that could be done here. -- LionKing 16:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm in a potentially awkward position with an Administrator. I have read the Wiki pages on dispute resolution but I'm still not sure how to proceed.
The Admin ContiE has a personal grudge against me for reasons I do not fully understand. He has been this way since I began frequenting wikipedia.
I have done work improving the furvert article. He has basically gone on a crusade against any edit I make. He controls every furry category article and several others ruthlessly. He is an iron fist and bans anyone he edit wars with. I had uploaded pictures and he deleted them with no talking. He seems to believe I am every person he has had an edit war against. He is always using personal attacks, calling me troll without reason. I uploaded them again and he voted them for deleted, but to his surprise the person who runs the images, thank you Nv8200p, found they were acceptable once I tagged them properly. Just recently he removed both the images without himself discussing it in the talk page (unless he was the same person who discussed only one) with the edit here [3] Then ContiE assumed bad faith, added his constant insult of troll in the talk page. It appears on a completed different wiki, a comedy one in all things, somebody else stole my username and I believe this was Conti himself and uploaded them. ContiE showed it as his reason. While vandalism like his, I would revert and mention it, he would ban me permanently if I undid his edit. That is why I am asking admins for help. He holds a couple of accounts on wikipedia and I think they are administrators so I have to be careful who I tell about this. Arights 06:50, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I’m the user that was formerly known as Bitola. I decided to make some changes (changes are always welcomed from time to time) and I created a new user account. I was pretty much involved in the Macedonian articles heated area for several months and these days I will take some rest from all that bickering. In the same time, I would like to thank you for your engagement in the discussion (I think people from outside can see things more neutrally then we that live here). MatriX 17:20, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
This user Ghirlandajo called me a russophob (deosn`t that contaveine Wikipedia policy -> insults ???) and removed my adds without reason on this article: Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878. Thanks! Greier 13:14, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
in the talk page of Early Modern Romania, the user user:Dahn, while accusing me of "single-sided" and "nationalistic" view, he expressed his opinion about the article in a very single-sided and subjective way, like the one he accused me of. If he considers the article to be gullible, that`s his concern. Just don`t give names and indirectly point a specific user as the one responsable. A remark like "lyrical" approach, I consider it an insult. I already explain to him that most of the content was in that condition prior to my creation of the article (e.g. the "Matei Basarab", "magyarisation", "Austro-Hungary" mentions, etc). But as that is not enough, and instead of correcting what he finds wrong, he contineues drawling about the Bessarabia part, where I present opinions which have long been considered valid by historians. His arguments? None. While even General Kisellef admits the existance of abused and imposed serfdom on the Romanians of Bessarabia, Dhan starts a monolog about Gheorghe Gheoghiu Dej and other things with zero relevance to the topic. Even Leon Casso, the minister of Education in tsarist Russia, and a witness who described the abuses, doesn`t compare with the genius called Dhan. If he doesn`t like the article, he is free to modify it. Instead, he start convulsing on the talk page, attacking me, and other readers could think that I`m responsable for everything wrong in the article. I don`t understant what his problem is! I think you should warn him. Thanks. Greier 12:08, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Are the russian editors above the rules? Why shouldn't that apply to all users? They reverted my edits and Bogdan's.
I posted his breaking rules on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RR#User:Irpen
-- Andrei George 18:56, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Since you published this info on your page, I presume you accept questions about it. So, do you still support Basescu? :) Dpotop 09:03, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
You're admin and also a member of Mediation Committee, that's what I've read on your page. Still, I asked you something above. When you have time please look at this user:Irpen. Not all his edits can be trusted. I've seen he'e engaged in reverts wars on romanian pages. -- Andrei George 09:50, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your edits on Curierul Naţional. All those articles should be expanded, now, they contain only a phrase or two. -- Andrei George 14:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
-- Andrei George 15:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I want to ask you Ronline to move the articles:
Ziua --> Ziua (Romanian newspaper)
Curierul Naţional --> Curierul Naţional (Romanian newspaper)
also this: Ziarul financiar --> Ziarul financiar(Romanian newspaper)
1000 thanks, -- Andrei George 15:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
-- Andrei George 12:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I think people (Romanians from Serbia who recognize that they speak romanian) have the right to their language. At Vlachs of Serbia your edits and mine were reverted although romanians from Serbia have the right to say what kind of language they speak. -- Andrei George 16:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Ronline,
I started the request for Mediation procedure for the following users: Irpen ( talk · contribs), Khoikhoi ( talk · contribs), PANONIAN ( talk · contribs). They are very annoying when they revert all the romanian related pages either when it's about Moldovans( Romanians)/ Vlachs, Romanians or others as well. They are acting like imposing a POV and they don't respect the human rights of romanian population, e.g. romanians from Serbia are not allowed to have their own Church! They are not allowed to say that they are romanians... -- Andrei George 15:14, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I contact you for the last time, don't worry. I'm getting out of Wikipedia and I want as you block my account, my userbox as well as my talk page as soon as possible. Thanks! Arthur 28 April 2006
See: Talk:European_Union#GDP_ordering. Do not revert this again without discussion. -- Bjarki 18:26, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
See commons:User talk:Ronline#Buna Ronline. Bulă 13:05, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I see you've given the Transhumanism article (one of my babies) its featured article star. I'm not terriby familiar with the nuts and bolts of the process, so I was just wondering if there's anything more that has to be done, such as archiving the nomination page for the article. Best wishes, Metamagician3000 14:23, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Please take actions against the vandals Telex and Theatenae, who are working in a pack to remove all what they don`t agree with (see history. If they continue, please take action or protect the page. Thanks. greier 18:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Onţanu şi-a dat demisia din PSD din martie 2006. Acum este independent. Am făcut corecţia la ro.wp dar rămîne formatul, care la primar pune implicit şi anul 2004. L-aş putea corecta eu. - Laurapr 13:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed that you've been wondering about the ethnic composition of Greece (mainly on Vlach related articles), and you've not been the only one. So, I've made a little aid (background reading) for uninformed people on the situation in Greece, as they often go away with stereotypes. See User:Telex/Ethnic identity in Greece. -- Telex 14:50, 27 May 2006 (UTC)