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My talk page.
You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? Huh? Ok.


== WikiProject Military history coordinator election ==
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== WikiProject Military history coordinator election ==
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Greetings from ]! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual ] election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the ] by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, ]&nbsp;<sup>]]&nbsp;]]</sup> 05:22, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
If I provide the translation of the biography (when Y. gets ratified), would you volunteer to put it together into the article? ] 05:22, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
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== ] ==
:Id be happy to! Bear in mind, though, i am not Ukranian, so i would definitely need you to check whether i did a good job. I really only know about this guy what i have read in English, and because he is new, there is still very little on him. --] 07:52, 16 September 2005 (UTC)


{{Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/MassMessage}} ] (]) 13:10, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
:In regards to ] you uploaded, you've labeled it public domain, but then said "when citing information available on their site in printed or electronic form, reference to www.razom.org.ua must be provided." This is not consistent with public domain. Where did you get this info on the copyright status? Thanks.--] 23:14, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
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::The image is from . I didnt know which 'status' it would have (they seem rather confusing to me), but it is supplied by his political party and also used elsewhere. A plausible alternative would be to classify it PD-UA-exempt, but i dont really know the specifics on that either. Thus, as a cry for help, i decided to just post it and hope that somebody as yourself would pop op automatically to help! :-) And lo, behold! Any thoughts? --] 13:06, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
:::Hmm... on a careful reading it doesn't seem to qualify as PD-UA-exempt, so I've changed it to ].--] 16:13, 6 October 2005 (UTC)


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Greetings,
:Doh! Dave C. beat me to it! I was gonna welcome you. But still, I second what he said and add my own. Good to have you aboard!--] 06:37, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:: Haha! Two welcomes mean more than one! Thanks, hope to be of help!--] 08:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)


"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Misplaced Pages. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at ].


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== Bosniaks ==

Please don't stick your nose in the bosniak article, you obviously don't have any knowledge on the subject and therefore you should keep yourself away.

:Haha! And a good day to you! Luckily Wiki is free editing, so even if i didnt know my stuff (which i do) i could still edit it. But thank you for your concern.--] 07:01, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

== Warbox ==

<s>The move strikes me as somewhat of a bad idea, since (almost) nobody knows that ] even exists, whereas ] actually has some active members. If anything, I think it would be easier to merge WARS into BATTLES (creating, in effect, WikiProject Wars and Battles) which would standardize the entire range of articles (battles, campaigns, wars, etc.).</s>
:Having considered it further, I think having a separate project may be the best idea after all. I've created a project notice ({{tl|WikiProjectWars}}), and will be adding it to some articles as soon as I get the chance. Hopefully, this will get us some more activity.
If you check the bottom of the ] page, you'll find that battleboxes originally had a color scheme as well. It was abandoned primarily because (1) the casual reader would have no idea what the colors meant, and (2) pink battleboxes just looked silly. I'm not convinced that the color scheme you found will solve either of these problems. ] 12:44, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

== New European Union collaboration ==

Hi The Minister of War, this is just a note telling you that I have created the ] (the first collaboration is ]). I'm looking forward to your contributions! ] (] | ] | ]) 12:10, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

== WikiProject Wars ==

Well, the tagging seems to have failed in bringing in any new members. I'm willing to give it a few more days; if nothing happens, I think we may need to consider merging back into WikiProject Battles and continuing the warbox development there, as there are, at least, some people who comment on that page.

Any thoughts? ] 16:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

:Actually, i'm not so sure we should. You're right, at least they can comment. But we can ask to comment on that page, regardless of whether we move there or not. If we want to implement this warbox-scheme (i think its a great idea), we'll have to do this as a WP anyway.
:And i'll wager that once we start putting on the first few warboxes, we'll get a lot more replies, comments, criticisms and members! --] 08:59, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
:What articls did you tag? What system did you use? I keep running into articles you've already done ;-) Simultaneously, i'm attempting to tag the categories as well. --] 11:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

::I mainly tagged articles under ] and its sub-categories &mdash; I probably missed anything too many levels deep, however. The sub-categories definitely need some work.

::I suppose you're right about members and comments and everything else :) I'll try to do some work on the warbox templates in the next few days; if no major issues come up, we could be ready to start adding them by the end of this week. ] 12:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

::Also &mdash; do we really need {{tl|war-stub}}? Most articles on wars aren't stubs, and the ones that are generally use {{tl|mil-stub}}. In any case, the new stub type would need an associated category (per ]); it's also a good idea to add it as a proposal on that page before using it. Great picture, though :) ] 15:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

:::Phew, man, it seems you cant do anything here which doesnt get noticed by some committee or another! I wanted to talk with you today on the stub (little time yesterday), but i guess it overtook us. I posted my reasons on the WARS talk page, we'll discuss it there.
:::And about the pic: i didnt like it much as an icon, but it looks great on your tag! :-)

::::Yeah, the icon is very nice (much better than I could have drawn, anyways).
::::I've commented fruther on the ] talk page; I've also posted a note to the ] talk page inviting people to comment &mdash; hopefully we can get a few more opinions on it rather than just endlessly talking back and forth ;-) ] 10:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

==Eurobarometer==
I'm happy to see someone else contributing text to some of those sections. :) Thank you! Cheers, ] 21:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

== HypnoEdits ==

Hi,

As they say, it takes two to tango. I haven't seen a sincere interest on both sides to put the quality of the article first. If they actually agree to work the To Do list, there might be some hope. ] &mdash; ] <sup>]</sup> 13:49, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

:I agree. The revert war only ended in a truce, but no peace. I am surprised to see little enthousiasm for any mediation effort (and even less actual cooperation), despite having asked for it officially. Funny how people can seem very committed to reverting a certain article, but apparently less so when it comes to inserting comments constructively.
:Still, I was hoping your obviously more neutral input would help tip the scale towards a more objective view. If you feel inclined to jump in the fray, youre more than welcome to! ] 16:12, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

::I'm really not much of a fray jumper when it comes to Misplaced Pages. I see NPOV as more of a mythology than a reality in too many cases. At best, a balance of POVs can be achieved, but only if good will trumps vested interests. I tried to mediate once but only one party (Sam Spade) agreed. I'm not aware of any change to that situation, so I don't see what truly would be gained by my participation. If I saw some constructive movement on the To Do list my outlook might be different. ] &mdash; ] <sup>]</sup> 16:43, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

:I'll be honest: I feel very insulted by this. I feel that you've come to the situation with the preconceived notion "It takes two to tango; they must be equally reponsible for a failure to reach consensus" and interpreted everything according to that preconception. On what grounds are you judging that my interest in putting the quality of the article first is not "sincere"? Exactly why does all my willingness to discuss changes and improvements to the article on the talk page count for exactly as much as Sam's refusal to work in the same process? The only thing that I have been asked by a reasonable editor which I have not done is engage in a "mediation" with Sam and the reason I have refused that is that it does me precisely the same wrong that is being done to me here: my efforts to ''preserve'' the quality of the article by keeping Sam from stripping out POVs he doesn't agree with and adding pseudoscience about "brainwashing and mind control" are being placed on a par with Sam's POV-pushing. The problem is being looked at as "two editors are having an interpersonal dispute" rather than "one editor is trying to violate key Misplaced Pages policies and that effort is being resisted by other editors who care about those policies." Tell me again why "mediation" would be worth engaging in, if this is the kind of a slap in the face it amounts to. -- ] 20:09, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

== Battles and Wars ==

Hey! Due to surprisingly strong support for the WikiProject Military history idea, I've tried my hand at a summarized proposal ]. I hope I noted all of the main points in the discussion, but feel free to add anything I've missed. In the absence of significant calls for my head, we could merge the projects in a few days; in any case, comments on the final proposal would be appreciated :-) ] 13:00, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

:Looks great! I'm pleasantly surprised about the amount (and enthousiasm) of the reactions. Perhaps this will work out nicely after all, though - about your head - mind you, in the US the day is still young! ;-) ] 18:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Minister, thanks for your support on my RFA. I very much appreciate it. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask. See you around! ]&mdash;] 18:31, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

== Baie dankie ==

Thank you for nearly supporting me in my recent request for adminship but just missing out due to the votes closing. I will strive to an open, approachable and transparent administrator. --] 19:08, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Thank you very much for your support. :) --] <sup>]</sup> 19:02, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

==]'s RfA==
Thanks a lot for your support on my RfA, I really appreciate it. ] ] 14:02, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

==]'s RfA==
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Thank you for supporting me in my ]. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the ] in Misplaced Pages history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! ]<font color="#008000">]</font><sup>(])</sup> 18:11, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

== Thank you for your vote on my RFA ==

Now that the voting has officially closed, I would like to thank you very much for supporting ] for adminstrator and as of 18:36, 28 October 2005 (UTC) I am an administrator. I will make sure to use the additional power judiciously and I welcome any comments you may have. --] 19:43, 28 October 2005 (UTC)



== My RFA ==

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Thank you for your support! If you should ever have any concerns about my actions as an administrator, please be sure to tell me! ] 13:26, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

== Dvyost RfA thanks ==

Thanks for your kind words and support vote on my RfA! Rest assured that I'll do my best to wield the mop with ] and ]. Cheers, --] 14:30, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

== Spawn Man ==

You wrote that "Spawn Man is hardly a troll though." I request that you review edit, in light of ]. ] - ] 14:00, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

:Ouch. I agree, its not a flattering move for Spawn Man; didnt say i would condone everything he ever said. But mind you, he was called he troll before he said that, and in said discussion he wasnt all that bad. I've seen his work on ], and he's always a valuable, hard working and cheerful contributor. ] 18:41, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

==RFA for Johntex==
Hello, I want to thank you for your support of my RfA. I enjoy reading your contributions to Misplaced Pages. Hopefully we can work together at some point in the future. Best, ]\<sup>]</sup> 00:17, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

== Hypnosis ==

The article is really turning around, and I want to thank you for the work you put into it, even if we didn't always agree. As a gesture of good faith to your attempted mediation process, I wanted to ask you to comment @ ].

I read your User page, and you seem like a very interesting guy. I don't live all that far from you, being in the Eifel region of Germany (near ]). What is your thesis regarding? If you find the time, I have been thinking of improving ] and ]. The protectedness of europe, and the likelyhood of eventual conflict/WW is a great concern to me. Cheers, ] 22:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. I had kind of had it, but this helped.
My thesis is about explaining ''why'' European Defence is picking up, and more specifically why ''now''? Why not in 1989? Or even after Bosnia? Why now? Not sure about the answers yet, but i'll find out soon hopefully! I'm putting wiki work on hold, I really have to get to work on it...
About those articles: I will probably also do a bit of work on them. I'm busy writing my thesis anyway, so i'll put some stuff on Wiki while i'm on it - there is almost nothing on Wiki on that topic! It'd be nice to do some stuff together.
Well, see you around! ]]]<sup>]</sup> <font face="Garamond"><nowiki>18:55, 2 November 2005 (UTC)</nowiki></font>

:Indeed. I think the answer to "why now" is because america is kinda going down the toilet as earth's next best thing to superman, and someone else needs to step up to the plate and balance out the world stage. We in the west don't want that to be China, so... E.U. has alot of work to do in becoming a viable military Superpower. Its only a waiting game until someone gets greedy and tries to bully their way into stealing europe's power and opulance. Besides, nearly everybody would be more comfortable if america wasn't #1, or at least wasn't the ''only'' one. ] 19:34, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Have a look @ Category:EU security, I've been adding any applicable articles there. if nothing else, it may help you w your paper! ] 00:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

== Hi ==

Hi, Thank you for your interest in the WS topic. A vote has began about the infobox. Are you interested? ] 20:52, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

== My RfA ==

] Thanks for your support! --] - '']'' - ] 08:04, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

== RfA thanks ==
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<center ><font color="darkgreen">Thank-you for expressing your confidence in me at my recent ]. The final result was 40/0/0, and my "superpowers" have now been activated. I look forward to helping out with the development of the encyclopedia. <font color="blue">{{user|Physchim62}}</font></div></div>

== Thanks from Pamri ==

Hi, Thanks a ton for voting at ]. I am now a wikipedia ]. I hope I can keep your trust. Thanks again.
--] <sup>• ] • </sup> 04:45, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks for supporting my RfA ==

I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my ]. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --] 16:31, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

== ]]]] RFA ==

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Thanks for your support on my ].

The final outcome was (96/2/0), so I am now an ]. If you ever have any queries about my actions, please do not hesitate to ]. Again, thanks!</div> ]]]] 18:54, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

I just wanted to thank you for your support (by changing your vote) of my RfA which finally passed! I greatly appreciate it! ] <sup><small><font color="DarkBlue">]</font></small></sup> 04:11, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Very much for your kind support of my ]. I'll do my best to live up to your and my other supporters' expectations. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please ]. Thank you! '''— ]''' '''::''' Leave a '''] —''' 14:37, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

== Mediation? ==
Hi Minister! Days ago you dropped by the talk page of ] offering yourself as a mediator. The idea wasn't bad, as by the look of things, a flame war was about to start...Well, it did, until it ran its course (gladly). Well, I've been doing some more work on the article, it's somewhat bigger now, and I think the notes and references are coming out ok (your opinion would be great though). The thing is, this is a fairly recent war between Peru and Ecuador (I am Ecuadorian BTW), and it's a proven fact that human emotions cool down much slower than the barrel of a gun. Anyhow, a Peruvian user, ], dropped by the other day to leave a POV warning, but without mentioning specific sections or sentences. I've been trying to reach him, but he doesn't seem to be terribly enthusiastic about coming in and pointing out some ideas on how to improve the article and delete that warning. Could you take a look at the article, and the talk page, to see if you'd like to mediate or rescue the article, in case HappyApple doesn't show up anymore? Thanks ] 22:06, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

==Please fix your signature==
Please refer to ] and fix your signature as necessary. Thank you. ] 23:24, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
:Euhm... I dont see anything wrong with my signature to be quite honest... -- ]&#91;&#91;WP:EA&#124;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color=green face="Garamond" size="2"&gt;e&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;]]&#91;&#91;User:The Minister of War&#124;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Garamond" color=navy size="2"&gt;r of War&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;]]&#91;&#91;User talk:The Minister of War&#124;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;font face="Garamond" color=navy &gt;(Peace)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;]] 06:57, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
::Aha. Now how did this happen?
:::Does stripping it help? ] 07:15, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

::Your signature, from some post a couple of days a go, reads: ]]]] , around "The Minist" you open u, open font and then close u without closing the font, so add </font> directly after "The Minist". It seems like you have maybe changed it already so that's great ] ] 09:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
:::I guess I should have realised that on the page this will just render your sig as html tidy has been added again, but you can see the problem if you edit the code. ] ] 09:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
::::But everything is still behaving wierdly, I just got my <nowiki>] ] 09:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
:::::Yep, your (talk) is still weird (though i fixed it). I think I'll be sticking with boring sigs for a while :-) Thanks for pointing out the missing font tag, indeed i overlooked it! ] 09:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

== Godmode light ==

Hi! I am afraid I do not know IE well enough to fix godmode light so that it works with it (note that some of the required code is already present). But I will try to have a look at it if I ever have the opportunity to use a Windows box. ] 12:06, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

== My RFA ==

] Thanks for your support. I've now been made an administrator. I'll do my best not to let you down :) --] <span style="font-size:75%">]</span> 02:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks ==
Thanks for supporting me for adminship. The ] passed today. I look forward to working with you to make Misplaced Pages a better place. --] 05:37, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

== GraemeL's RFA ==

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Hi The Minister of War,
I am now an administrator and would like to thank you for your support and kind words on my ]. I was very surprised at the number of votes and amount of and kind comments that I gathered. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I mess up in the use of my new powers. --] ] 15:40, 21 November 2005 (UTC)</div>

== Thank you! ==
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Hi The Minister of War,
Thank you very much for your support on ]. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, ]! Regards, ]<font color="green">]</font>] 15:46, 21 November 2005 (UTC) </div>

== Ianblair23's RfA ==
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G'day Minister,
I would like to thank you for supporting me on my ]. It closed with the final tally of 57/0/0. I can only hope I can live up to the expectations that this wonderful community of ours demands from each of its administrators. If you ever need anything, please just let me know. Cheers! -- ] ] 03:53, 22 November 2005 (UTC) </div>

== MONGO RfA ==

I really appreciate the time you spent examining my contributions and for the well thought out and articulate commentary you gave when you voted to support me. I was really impressed with your professionalism in your statement. I have been promoted and I have you partly to thank for that. As I discussed, my comment regarding foreigners was not taken seriously and the object of my "joke"], a person I have edited with in the past, knew it for what it was and voted support, although I think they didn't count his vote as it came in late. Regardless, I'll be careful to not let my words erroneously cast confusion to the reader again and I'll ensure you know that your vote was the correct one. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you.--] 08:31, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

:I'm glad you made it! Like i said in my comments, it seems like your an excellent contributor, apart from those specific comments. Sadly, most people dont take, or even ''have'' the time to look so thoroughly through contributions, so sometimes appearances are all people base their opinions on. Cant really blame 'em; must say that after your RfA i decided to quit voting on them - it just takes too much damn time! :-) ] 09:07, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

== Cheers ==

Thnaks for your support on my RfA and your kind comment. I hope I carry on looking good! ] ] 09:50, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

== Cheers ==

I hope I'm doing this right - I'm new to wiki editing. Anyway, I think we have boatloads in common, and I look forward to chatting with you. Best, Arthur360911.

== re: Reverting talk pages ==

The last time it happened, dozens of pages resulted from it. Most of the material in the talk page have nothing to do with the article, which is really sad. I was also responsible of this mess, which I accept the partial blame. It is predicted that had the materials been left there, Thoth would have answered and then the other person, and then Thoth etc., and it would be impossible to delete anything then(because deletion would be the only way to stop that), because to delete you will have to decide where to cut, and either of them will find it unfair that you started deleting from his answer. Since it was early in the discussion, deleting both answers was the best thing in my opinion. If you disagree, feel free to revert back, but you'll have to moderate both of them if it degenerate. :) ] ] 00:03, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


==Esperanza elections==
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== News from Esperanza ==

Hello, fellow ]! This is just a friendly reminder that ] for Administrator General and two advisory council positions have just begun. ] will last until Friday, ], so make sure you exercise your right to vote! Also, I'm pleased to announce the creation of the Esperanza mailing list. I urge all members to join; see ] for more information. All you need to do is ] and I will activate your account. This will be a great way to relax, stay in touch, and hear important announcements. Thanks! ] <small>(])</small>

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== Brandram Merge ==

Thanks for merging the two articles I flagged (] and ]). I wasn't quite sure how to do it. -- ] 01:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

== Diplomacy ==

Thanks for the improved text regarding the computer games' lack of voice chat. More accurate and more encyclopedic than the previous version. ] 02:48, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

:No problemo. Must say, I even quite enjoyed both of the computer games. Then again, i'm the kind of person who played them with six computer opponents with world domination as my goal rather than merely victory. :-) ]]] ] 15:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

== Meatball, and why Voting is Good sometimes ==

Meatball is a wiki about community processes (now mostly defunct, though), and has created a lot of Words of Wisdom that we use on a daily basis. So while I see few people actually participated in VIG, I'm sure many have read it.

Anyway. These issues have already been discussed (to death, several items) on a variety of pages. The problem with that is that such discussions generally bog down into two opposing factions, both with reasonable arguments, and it is impossible to measure if either side is representative of consensus, or simply a vocal minority. So we should most certainly take this poll seriously. Once we know that (if) a strong majority supports a certain position, we can take it to a proposal page to hammer out the details. If we started out with a proposal instead, there would 1) be substantially less interest, and 2) any opponent could simply state it to be non-consensual.

I disagree with your assertion that "half of the people who count, don't vote, and half of the people who vote, don't count". With the exception of a sockpuppet (whom I take to be an existing user exercising his right to be anonymous), all voters are established and reasonably knowledgeable Wikipedians. And the poll had over five hundred responses in the first day. ]]] 13:15, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
*Yeah, it's tricky, but ] is generally worth keeping an eye on. It's true that voting encourages pileons, it's tempting to scan both sides for people you know and trust and I'm sure it subconsciously influences judgment for many. ]]] 16:28, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

== My RfB ==

Hey, Minister (or should I say, your Excellency??). I just wanted to thank you for your support in my RfB. And thank you especially for your compliment on my argumentation. I'm flattered. Thank you so much. ] 22:03, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

== ]: Coordinator elections ==

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--] <sup>]</sup> 04:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment on my work via the military history project coordinators. Most of the editors know that my formal education is in military history, and for the last 7 months I have been working away at it. I appreciated your coming to my defense. Thanks! I have accepted that I won't be on that project. I will just continue to freelance. ] 12:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== An Esperanzial note ==
As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of ] as Admin General and ], ], ] and ] as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at ''']'''. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at ''']'''.

In other news, ] has set up a discussion about '''a new ] policy''', which it can be found ]. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, ''']''' and a welcome template: &#123;{]}} (courtesy of ]). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the '''userpage award program''' proposal has become official is operational: see ] to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see ''']''' for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --]<font color="green">]</font>] <sup>]</sup> 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
<br /><small>Message delivered by ] using ]. If you wish to recieve no further messages of this ilk, please sign your name ].</small>

== WS ==

Hi, I see that Arre agree that the two terms (WS and SADR) are not interchangeable. What do you think by then about the title of the page? Best regards. ] 20:56, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

:hey, stop misrepresenting my point of view. i'm sure that his excellency can read for himself what i think. ] 23:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

My dear Arre you said exactly: ''"We all agree that they are not interchangeable terms"''. :)

Hi, I just posted a ], what do you think? Cheers. ] 22:57, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

==AH==
With all due respect, I didn't think the "grammar" changes had anything to do with grammar :) ] 17:33, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

:Wow. You seriously nitpicking about that, when its so clear what i meant? Fascinating. Or perhaps this is meant as a clear apology and i myself am missing it? ]]] ] 10:08, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== My RFA ==

Hi Mr Minister of War, thanks for participating in my ] discussion. Unfortunately, my fellow Wikipedians have decided at this time that I am not suitable to take on this additional responsibility, as the RfA failed with a result of 66/27/5 (71.0% support). But '''thank you''' for voting for me! Regards, ]<small>&nbsp;]&nbsp;]</small> 10:35, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== Template:Helpbox ==

Hi. Per your comments at ], I've userfied the above template to ] since there seems no reason to userfy it to an author's space who showed no interest in it despite being asked about it. If you'd prefer it deleted, drop me a note. The redirect is already gone. -]<small><sup>]</sup></small> 03:05, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

:Hmmmm yes thanks. I think it was a real swell idea to make it, but i'm not sure i want to pick up the ] if even ] himself doesnt seem willing to help out with his own project. I wish he just would. I dont know what happened, but it seems awfully pointless to let it get to you, as there are so many other editors who just contribute without getting stuck in Wikipoliticking. Ah well. Thanks anyway. ]]] ] 07:08, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

==What You Said On Radiant's Talk Page==
Well, I do have a ], although it's more about what me, Radiant and many others believed in(a need for reform), rather than getting Radiant back. I just hope he does come back and that Jimbo realizes what a fool he's been for his actions and trusting the people he has(the Clerks, mainly). <font color="#4682B4">]</font><font color="#00FF00">]</font><font color="#E32636">]</font> 13:53, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

== My Birthday ==

Thank you very much! —]]] 14:25, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

== Another Esperanzial note... ==
Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see ''']''' and ''']'''). As a result, '''] has been ammended''' twice (see for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the ] for more details). Also of note is the '''Valentines ball''' that will take place in on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, '''the spamlist has been dissolved''' - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming ''']'''. These will take place from '''12:00 UTC on ]th to 11:59 UTC on ]th'''. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are '''already listed on ]'''. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, ''if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again''. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,<br />
--]<font color="green">]</font>] <sup>]</sup> 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
<small>(message delivered by ] using ] on ] behalf)</small>

== Re, WS ==

Hi, Thank you very much for your intervention in this issue. There is just a little problem; I have some comments about the introduction and the arguments:
* Moroccans accept and '''use''' the term Western Sahara.
* If you want to include the comparison with the Flag of Tibet and Flag of Palestine, there should be also the comparison with the flag of ROC (Taiwan). Maybe we should also include that all conflicts aren't similar.
* We should also include ''"See Also: WP:NPOV"''
* Morocco '''does''' acknowledge the very term "Western Sahara", it's a fact.
* There is one or 2 of my arguments that you didn't mention: There are exceptions to the naming convention (flag of Taiwan), and "neutrality of WP has priority".
Thank you and best regards. ] 16:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

::Thank you for setting up a poll. ] 17:22, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

== the poll ==

Hi, the wording of the arguments is controversial, for example:

* Calling this flag ] implies that the flag is the rightful flag of the whole territory, which '''is''' POV. ''(you use affirmations in the opponent arguments and you use the conditionnal in my arguments?)''
* Morocco uses the Moroccan flag in ''']''', and several other different flags of different Provinces within the area.
* The term ] could not be applied to any other flag. There is no Moroccan version of a flag of Western Sahara, save the ] itself, and the ] ('''this page''' doesnt yet exist).

Plus, you didn't mention many of the arguments that I used in this talk page. The arguments section is supposed to summarize in a very neutral way '''all''' the arguments used by the opponents since many voters won't have the time to read all the page. For example
# the "flag of ROC" precedent.
# there are exceptions to the naming convention.
# neutrality has priority over the naming convention.
# this title is POV because it reflects the polisario's POV and is refused by Morocco.
If you don't agree with some of my arguments, it's not a reason to not mention them, by the same way many of the opponent arguments are untrue.

And thank you for setting up this poll, cheers. ] 18:35, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

:Hey Daryou, glad you like the poll.
:*You have a point. However, I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from your implications of my partiality on the question. Please ] - I'm not trying to push the vote in any direction; in fact, I'm just trying to help on a page with which I have no feelings either way.
:*I use the term ] to reflect the part currently under Moroccan control. I must say I dont see any problem here.
:*I'll change this; I was not implying the flags dont exist, but I assume this would be clear to most readers.

:I have tweaked one of the arguments to include some of your points. Points 2, 3 and 4 are minor points within the second argument, and not really arguments unto themselves.

:More generally, I have two more comments. First, I do not appreciate the way you imply that I leave out arguments because I do not agree. This is simply not the case. Again, please ], and dont assume you know what my opinion on the matter is. Second, please dont comment on every vote in the poll. There has been ample discussion already, and inline comments (especially when improperly bulleted) only confuse the poll. Please dont add more.
:Cheers, ]]] ] 23:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I have absolutely no doubt about your good faith. I know you very well since we've met in the WS infobox survey, remember? I really appreciate your integrity. Thank you very much and best regards :). ] 23:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

:Ah yes, the infobox vote; the good old days! ;-) Glad to hear that! I was worried for a sec that the poll about how POV the article name is, would turn into a discussion on how POV the poll phrasing is! Thanks for clearing the air. Cheers, ]]] ] 23:39, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

By the way, we used to add comments in the poll, it seems that it is the WP way. I appreciate that the background section be clear, but there is no need to move the comments about the votes into the bottom of the page. Cheers. ] 23:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

:I didnt move them . You're right in that it's the Wiki-way to ''ask'' people to clarify their votes, and sometimes a discussion follows. In this case, you're just adding your comments. On other pages as well, such reactions are usually frowned upon; if everybody would add in comments for any vote they disagreed with, it would be a chaos rather soon! I wont remove these, but please dont add more. Ciao, ]]] ] 09:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

== Vandal ==

I have blocked a couple of addresses so far, but unfortunatly they keep changing IP address on a fairly quick basis. So I semiprotected ] which seems to be their favorite vandalism page. Please let me know if you notice them coming back under a new IP address. --]-<small>]</small> 00:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

:Will do. Again thanks! (for the third time! :-) ). ]]] ] 00:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

== European Union ==

Is there another template to use which indicates to readers that there is a dispute over one minor fact ? Agreed that the dispute template gives an impression of major factual inaccuracy, but in the absence of another more appropriate template I am not inclined to remove it - not through any obstanacy on my part, but because then the article is left as it is which I believe to be wrong. So it will stay wrong unless I make my proposed edit again - and so there is a silly edit war. I am not a massively technically aware person, but I would be happy to contribute to the design of a new template that indicates a specific and minor dispute rather than the current "blanket dispute" template. I hope I am being reasonable, but absent any other guidance, I am going to leave the article as it is. Thanks for your help--jrleighton 13:09, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

==VWN en WCN==
Beste The Minister of War,

Al enige tijd is er een Nederlandstalig chapter in oprichting, te vinden op http://nl.wikimedia.org . Dit wordt de Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland (VWN). Je kunt je interesse om lid te worden van deze vereniging aangeven.

Deze vereniging gaat eind augustus/begin september een (WCN) houden, volgend op Wikimania in Boston, gedeeltelijk erop inspelend middels een aantal discussiegroepen. Om iets dergelijks te organiseren is imput erg gewenst. Dus als je wilt meehelpen, of als je interesse hebt om bij een dergelijk evenement aanwezig te zijn, geef dat dan aan op . Ik hoop daar snel je imput tegemoet te zien!
Met vriendelijke groet, ]''']''' 21:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

==Phroziac==
Yeah, her oppose is really civil, just like her, but I still feel wierd using that pronoun with the transgendered, it's nothing personal. <font color="#4682B4">]</font><font color="#00FF00">]</font><font color="#E32636">]</font> 19:37, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

==Personal info==
It's ok in a diff. It's already been posted on the wiki, and is easily findable. Thank you for your concern. --] <sub>.</sub> <small>o</small> º<sup> O (])</sup> 16:58, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

==Phroziac's Oppose==
I hope you don't think i'm a horrible jerk now, I thought all of that was common knowledge, and I wanted to try and explain why I thought Phroziac voted that way(Phroziac is currently in a bad state and needs some friends, which the Cabal provides), but I said it in a way that wasn't objective like I wanted, but subjective and insulting, which apparently proves to a point what the cabal has been largely saying -- that I am an inferior person to an extent.

Please change it to make it not insulting if it hasn't been changed already, that was not my intention, and I have no confidence in my abilities to do so at the current moment. If I have lost your respect, I am disappointed, but I understand. <font color="#4682B4">]</font><font color="#00FF00">]</font><font color="#E32636">]</font> 19:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I often forget about the face part, since I used to be very poor at recognizing that part anyway. The internet does seem to make it easier to be a bastard...

As for the adminship, ultimately, there are only three reasons I can think of at the present time.

#This place for lack of a better term is like a kid to me, I love it, and I want to help others better experience it in anyway I can, and ultimately, adminship gives some of the tools necessary to get the full experience of this place(I still feel like I have phantom limbs)
#Whenever I try to explain the political workings of Misplaced Pages to real life people, especially those in the political sphere(i'm fairly involved as you can probably tell), their average response is somewhere around the perception that Misplaced Pages is either run by a mental asylum or a clan of rabid monkeys. Sooner or later, reality and our little wiki-world is going to collide, and if that happens with this place being run the way it is, this place will have next to no credibility left afterwards.
#With all the idiotic groupthink cabal admins around, don't you think there needs to be somebody around to make sure they don't go out of control?

It'd be nice if I could just ignore it, but hard times call for people who don't want to be in charge of anything(like myself) to eschew that and strive for leadership. Hopefully i'll be able to learn how to do that here, because look at who's "running" the country right now, the real world desperately needs leaders, and I don't see many signing up to try and clean up all those messes. <font color="#4682B4">]</font><font color="#00FF00">]</font><font color="#E32636">]</font> 12:27, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

==="Leaving"===
Maybe just a break. All I know is that now is not a good time for me on here, last night I literally got sick just looking at Misplaced Pages. I'd like to come back, but I don't know. I'm a politician by my nature, so maybe that means there's no place for me here. However, the fact that i've been unable to make wikipolitics into a less toxic thing for all involved is a disappointment to me, and I have to take a step back if only from that. <font color="#4682B4">]</font><font color="#00FF00">]</font><font color="#E32636">]</font> 13:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

==Gatekeepers==
Regrettably, the RFC didn't bring in many people. The article is about the same or worse, with none of the suggestions incorporated. Is there another way to attact some level heads and knowledgable people to the article...? ] 00:08, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:I put an AfD on it. Schizombie 20:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== help me! ==

I have given nearly two half days of work on this issu. I really do not want to read protocols for community to take it forward, based on your remark. I'm just learning this tool and its social structure. I'm involved as Karabekirs significant work was reverted by one of the administrators. I believe his work was a significant addition. The reasons are already given at the talk page. I'm sure you can find them, just check my additions. I believe one of administrators took the issues on a personal level (from his words, he is sided on the issue covered at the article, which is fine with me) and tried to get rid of every addition of Karabekirs on the article (which is not fine with me) of ]. I wish to see first two items happen very strongly.--] 16:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

* "Karabekirs (a.k.a Coolcat's or ...) additions on the main article should be reverted back. Revision of 07:12, 9 March 2006"

* "Karabekirs (a.k.a Coolcat's or ...) additions of timelines should be reverted back (undelete them). Let him contiue with the organization of the timelines."

* "Karabekirs (a.k.a Coolcat's or ...) controversial additions on Turkish side of the argument that brought whole issue (I support keeping them) should be left as it is. Let Fadix deal with them, not the whole community by voting."

-> please take these forward, and add that MY VOTE is positive.--] 16:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

Hey there,

I can understand you're looking for help - you've stumbled on one of the most controversial articles on the wiki! :-) You should know that the article on the ] is a very VERY disputed topic, and throughout its history has seen a lot of very political an non-] editing. You are probably right in saying that some administrators react a bith harshly (though I havent checked or anything), but this is probably because of previous attacks on that particular page. On these kinds of pages we should all try to be as ] as we can.

You are right that most of the arguments are listed on the page, but it takes a LOT of time to read through it. For this reason, most wikipedians prefer to be given links which show the edits you mean. This means digging into the history of the article, and then comparing the dit you mean with the one immediately preceding. For example, in this case you probably mean , am I right? These types of links, called 'diffs', make examining a dispute much easier for others. Learning how to use them can save you much time explaining the arguments, and save others time by not needing to read the whole talk page (and it makes the talk page a whole lot easier to read!). Also, as a note in etiquette, you should refrain from using too much CAPITAL LETTERS and too much '''bold font'''. It is harder to read, and feels like "shouting" to most people.

I hope you dont mind I'm telling you all these things, but you mentioned you were new, so I thought I'd explain it a bit :-)

About the content: I dont agree with the whole edit (for example, crucial parts of the Ottoman archives are still closed), but I understand your point. I will post something on the talk page, and we'll see what happens. If you still feel uncomfortable with the outcome, the usual recourse is to post a ], though response is usually not high.

If you have any other questions feel free to ask more!

Cheers, ]]] ] 16:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

:The whole thing is very very disappointing. I belive there is a responsibility which falls on administartors on the handling of reversion. The additions we are talking are not vandalism. I spend, on the basis of good will, planty of time to point out that there is something wrong (on administartation) on deleting a significant effort by assigning claims that are questionable. Also all my efford is going to be trashed because I did not used diff. It is very easy to add labels on a very controversial issues, such as this as you pointed. Efforts of this person are all gone, because one of your administartors shouted "liar liar". "liar liar" is controversial. I disagree with him. Assume that he is right on the section that he should "liar liar", how could that extent to whole effort. I can see you have your labels too. So, I'm saying; "How you treat the label is also important". You treated that label getting rid of everything that person contributed. People are not stupid. They can recognize what is right what is wrong. I believe reverted text was much better organized so that these labels can be traced easily. That is what made your administrator crazy and get rid of whole effort. If that thing does not reverted back; it will be a policy decision of the wikipedia, given the fact that your administrator called his friends (do i need to check if they are administrators too?) to vote on reversion in the first place. It will have more meaning than a simple activity of one of your administrators. Your administrator organized this page toward his "worldview" and protecting it as it is, using arguments of NPOV, CITATION, etc. The whole thing is very very disappointing.--] 17:03, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
:The additions which were added in days (I'm sure you use diff better than I can) were reverted so quickly compared to what I'm trying to bring forward... Do not take it personally, but it is frusturating.--] 17:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== Template:Helpbox ==

I notice you salvaged this delicate little tool from the yahoos; thank you. But of course it's pretty much useless in userspace. Do you want to do anything with it, with or without my help? &mdash; ]]]] 10:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

==Belarus==
There is no need to take offense to . Reversions are to be expected in the process of peer editing on Misplaced Pages. Reversions can be undone, and no single editor has the final say on any article. Now, regarding the reversion, I found the following sentence to be a particularly problematic example of speculation: ''Currently the country is in the grip of a crisis following the ].'' "Crisis" is a strong word. Currently there are only around 700 demonstrators in Minsk. The protest has been dwindling since Sunday. ''Since then, each evening has seen a progressively smaller gathering -- 5,000 on Monday, 3,000 to 4,000 on Tuesday. The hardcore group spending the whole night outside however rose from 300 to 1,000 on Tuesday.'' This protest comes nowhere close to the scale of previous protests in the former Communist world that did trigger crises threatening to oust the ruling regime. We do not see evidence that the crowd in Minsk is going to be storming government compounds anytime soon, as was the case when Shevardnadze and Akayev were forced out of power. We see no evidence of a split in the leadership, as we did in 1989 during the Tiananmen crisis. The country does not appear on the verge of civil war, as was the case in Russia in October 1993, when the parliament declared that it would no longer recognize Yeltsin's presidency. The crisis in Russia then came to a climax when Yeltsin brought tanks into the streets of Moscow and blasted his opponents in parliament out of the Russian White House. While it's possible that an unforeseen event stemming from the protest might trigger such a crisis in the coming days in Belarus, that's only a matter of speculation. While this might be an interesting question for us to consider, we must keep our speculation out of Misplaced Pages articles. ] | ] 13:04, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

==Good Night and Good Luck==
Hello, my friend.
Sorry you had to leave the project and the taskforce. But I fully understand. I was lucky my own Master's defence occured during the summer when I had little else to do otherwise. What I do take exception to, though, is when you charachterize yourself as somehow, "unknowledgable". We are all amatures, and unless the likes of Keegan or Chalmers joins our little group, we are likely to always remain so. Please know that you are more than welcome back anytime you find the time and inclination. By the by, what is your Thesis on? My MA is also in Poli-Sci. With an emphasis on European Politics, International Relations and Conflict Resolution. Cheers Bro,--] 02:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

==] patrol==
Sounds like a grand idea to me. I was feeling kind of exasperated tonight because that edit came back so ''randomly''. Well, that and finishing final exams, but it was still kind of "Where the heck did this come from?" when I saw it in the edit history. It'd be really nice to have someone to back me up, so I'm not accused of starting an edit war. Again, thanks for the offer. I'll gladly take you up on it. --] 07:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I noticed that an anon ip actually removed that stuff before the one you referenced. What do you think we should do? Is this moving into "recurrent vandalism" territory? --] 21:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ah hell, what do I do now about this? He added it back on the 30th, but the talk page reveals he ''does'' want to make an honest effort about it. I already pledged to not rv anymore, so what next? --] 04:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

== Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1 ==

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==]==
deleted it. I just asked why on the talk page. -] 15:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks a lot! ==

Thanks very much for the award. I really appreciate it! Regards, ] 22:22, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

== Hello! ==

Now I got it. I feel embarassed, you must think I'm dumb for not noticing the ''Show preview'' button '''right next to''' the ''Save page'' button. I'll use it from now on. Thanks for your support, I really like it here, Misplaced Pages is great, and my goal may be a little ambitious, but I like to set my sights high. Everyone seems so friendly here, I'm definately going to stay. --] 04:38, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

== Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I ==


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==Furniture==
I'd hope they'd give me some furniture for all the crap i'm going to have to go through in the next few months. What you're saying is true for many parties, for example, ] is currently the chair of the Labour Party I believe. However, my town doesn't have a mayor, so that wouldn't work. The best way to think of it is that i'm the same as ], just in the town of ]. <font color="#4682B4">]</font><font color="#00FF00">]</font><font color="#E32636">]</font><sup> ''']'''</sup> 14:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

== Hi again ==

I have a little question for you. When I click on my "edit count", it shows that I have 126 edits, even though I've made much more than that. Why isn't it working properly? --] 20:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
:Thank you very much for the information, I appreciate the help. :-) --] 05:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

I'm watching. ] 12:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok bros, if u consider ABC news, the International Herald Tribune and AP so unbiased I ll pass from "vandalising" your wonderful scripts.
Misplaced Pages should mention the truth and only the truth. The "jeans revolution" was a joke and you unbiasedly (to create a neologism) know it.

Peace,

Spyros

== CD template ==

Thanks for you complement on the CD template. I will check them all again. I did make an effort to arrange the locations. I think the Kohl article just happened to be a poor one. &nbsp;<font style="background: lightblue" color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''GUÐSÞEGN'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<small>]]]]</small>&nbsp;&ndash; 12:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

==Jeans Revolution==

here's your source, my friend, I hope it seems less biased to you than AP and IHTR and you dont axe it again as an act of vandalism
Cheers!
Spyros

== Commons ==

Hello!

I've created a login on the Commons site, and I'll start uploading the photos very soon (there are a lot of photos, it will take me a while to find catagories for each of them). I didn't even know Misplaced Pages Commons existed, and it sounds like a great idea, since all of the different language Wikipedias can use the photos. All the best,

--] 23:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

== User WikiMB ==

Hello. I wanted to let you know that I have placed a note under your comment on ]. I hope they'll be able to shed some light on the whole matter. Thanks. ] 13:54, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

:Why... What did I do wrong... --] ] 03:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


Regretably the administrator at ] decided not to carry out the check. I sent a new note to the contributors that had received the previous one informing them of this decision. There is a copy of it left on ]. In elk geval dank je wel voor jouw bijdrage. ] 09:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


:The block has just been issued. What can I say? Dank je wel allemaal voor al je moeite, inzet, steun, hulp enz.
:I was ready to give up.
:Hartelijk dank en nog een goede nacht. ] 22:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Confirmed: WikiMB a sock of Bormalagurski ==

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I don't feel bad about Bormalagurski turning out to be a sockpuppet, because all I said was in good faith. If he used that faith it will only backfire. I fully support the investigation, and maybe we can finally put this behind us. Btw, could you please support my request for investigation on User:Medule on the same page? He seems to have multiple sockpuppets and has been disrupting a lot of Croatia related articles with incessant revert wars, and in my mind poses a much greater annoyance then Bormalagurski... Anyways, thanks and see you out there ;) --] 21:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Stressed ==

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That was the best edit summary I've ever seen. :D I've been singing the song all day in my head. But I'm sorry to hear that you're stressed out! It sounds like you did the right thing, though, so don't worry . -- ]<font color="green">]</font> 17:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

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== Country subdivisions ==

hope you understand my english, that one user repeatedly calls poor.

...IMO splitting the cats into a group of "Administatrive divisions of some countries" and "Political divisions of some other countries" is not useful.

could you maybe change your vote on ]

and let's discuss this on the project page

]

first? It is really is mass rename, since it not only involves the cats and subcates but also lots of articles. As Lorenz pointed out the most important seems to be that we find clear definitions of what the terms mean. ] ] 07:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I don't know the protocol, and I didn't mean to appear rude or being a timewaster by deleting them. I assumed it was my talk page so I can take out/leave what I want there?<br>
You mean well, but I didn't see very much point in replying to the points you make, particularly as replying by me would just look like sour grapes. As you rightly say, I have to make my own mind up about staying/going. For various reasons, I have decided on the latter. Colin

== Minor Barnstar ==

] after I unsuccessfully tried to do this numerous time. Thanks! -- ]<font color="green">]</font> 18:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)]]

You're welcome! You certainly deserve it. :) Gosh - good luck with your thesis! I just took a couple exams today, so it's nice that they're over. Still a few more, but some out of the way is always good. -- ]<font color="green">]</font> 19:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

== in the news - picture highlight ==

i copied this to ] as it fell into MainPage archives. --] 21:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

:Well, not much happened there! I copied it to ] to see if some smart techie takes a liking and implements it. --] 18:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

== Barnstar awards ==

Thank you for my barnstar awards. I'm touched. My birthday was April 13th so this was a special "bonus" present. Which article brought me to your attention? ] 06:10, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

== RE:BSB ==

Hey there. That section you added is perfect, just what we need. I am very happy with it, as it gives some useful info on how to find those unknown editors. :) Regards ''''']'']'']''''' 12:03, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

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==Usbob==
Cheers for your support for Usbob. Also I love your little saying Youbob, Mebob, Usbob. That could possibly be a new motto. Interested in joining the supporters club? No fee, no advantages. Interested?

== Hoi maat! ==

ja ik geef toe dat de redacteur in kwestie een beetje lastig hoofdpijn is maar ik zal je liever een mailtje sturen. ] 17:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

== Copyvio revert? ==

Hey Alabamaboy,

I stumbled on this strange revert by {{user|Ihcoyc}}, where your flag of a copyvio was removed. Kind of bad form too, the revert was marked as a minor edit. I also noticed some other minor reverts in the contribs, but didnt check them out. Thought you might want to follow up on it.

Cheers, ]]] ] 16:42, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for checking into this but its all cool. {{user|Ihcoyc}} was helping me out on a weird copyright problem (which turned out to involve a Europeau Union agency plagiarizing that Misplaced Pages article, instead of the article copying the agency). {{user|Ihcoyc}} was able to revert the article becore I could do it myself. Best, --] 17:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

== RDH's contributions. ==

I'll make a seperate page ] so you'll have some workspace and it won't fill up your talk page. Peace. ] 18:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
:ok, I've put all his uploads there, removed any that were redlinks, some seem to have been deleted but the page is still there, I don't know why. A few of his images I have no real issue with and I've marked them "np" on the list. You can just remove them from the list if you'd like. Some of his images (including clear copyvios) have been moved to the commons, so I guess they'll have to be deleted there. Some he's given a website source (who are almost certainly not the copyright holders), in some he's said "with permission" then tagged it as free. Given his history of dishonesty, I wouldn't take his word for it that permission was gotten, and it's not clear if it's a wp only permission. On one there's a pretty detailed source, and it's free if it's true, but again I simply don't believe him. ] 18:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
::Hi, are you aware that according to ] the {pd-art} tag is used only when the artist has been dead for more than 100 years? And not when an artist has been dead for 14? ] 01:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
::And I'm not too sure about USMA. Their main page has a copyright notice and their policy page only permits non-commercial use. ] 02:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

:::Errr last I checked, Misplaced Pages was NON-COMMERCIAL. Also, we have discussed this matter over on ] (Which is not the same BTW without our Minister of War:). And it was determined that we had the "Point's" permission, if not their actual blessing. Incidently, Matty, I'm being reasonable now, and accepting of of my mistakes as well as yours...why do you insist on wasting our time by continuing to be a towards me. So please, either be reasonable, file an Rfc or leave me the hell alone.--] 02:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

::::Moved discussion to ]! ]]] ] 10:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

==Thanks for all the <s>fish<s> scotch...BURP==
Thanks so much bro. I really appreciate your good words and well crafted defense (And also the Scotch, though I prefer Irish whiskey...forgive me Leithp, for I hath blasphemed;). But I must call em as I sees em and in my eyes they sure look like Vogons. Not evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. Think about it! I really am starting to get disheartened (shows huh?). I used to love to logon here...twas one of my days' high points..almost always enjoyed seeing the friendly baige-blue "You have new messages!" notice. Now I cringe and wonder "WTF am I being accused of this time!?" :<. What makes it worse, in a weird way, is that my life is going pretty damned well, overall, otherwise at the moment. Logging in here, if anything, is interfering with my enjoyment of this fact. Wiki has become the mouse turd (tm) in my ]. Tell you how bad it is-Jimbo Wales himself graced my town with a visit the other day, giving an evening speech at the UF Alumni hall. A few months ago, I would have drove over old ladies and babies to attend. But now, I just said "Intercourse it", chatted with some friends and played ] instead. Barely gave the matter a 2nd thought. No regrets either. I read in the local paper the next day where he spoke of the "Culture of trust" here, which is so clearly breaking down if not already irreversably broken. Is he really that out of touch with what is going on "down in the trenches"? I can understand a certain amount of denial, especially since it is happening so suddenly, so fast. But silly me, I was always taught that when the ship is suddenly headed for ground, you quickly steer away from it. Thus is the sorry state, of late, of my Wikifaith.
But thanks again, for reminding me I still have a few good reasons, besides morbid curiosity, to login. Peace and Sapere Aude amigo,--] 02:24, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

PS. Of course, I will gladly give you any help I can in your kind and thoughtful efforts at retagging some of my images. Part of the problem is, I had the notes on where I found many of them on my old computer, which crashed back in January taking all that info with it. Some of them had been deleted, so when I reupped them, I no longer could recall where I found them. Ahh the joys of senility, WHAT.

== Kosovo ==

Please giveme a UN docment in wich is writting that Kosovo is a part of S. and M. . Dont intepret the documen just : Kosovo is a part of the S. and M.--] 02:46, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== Happy Spring celebration / Easter (as your preferences and beliefs dictate) ==

]</font>+]: ]/] 15:29, 16 April 2006 (UTC) ]]

==Subdivision category debate==
The original debate for renameing the country subdivision categories was closed and a new debate on the subject has now been ]. The results of the old debate are shown, but will not be counted when the current debate is closed. You are being notified because you were involved in the previous debate. If you still have an interest in the outcome, please come and participate in the new debate. - ] 20:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

:Thank you for responding, although you changed your vote from conditional support last time to oppose. As your opposition appears to come from the five (5) "Political divisions", please note that I've identified a source (the only such source) that combines everything under "Administrative divisions". Given that actual source, I will concede the point in exchange for your vote. As past experience shows regarding Conradi, I don't expect this will help.
::--] 12:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:I have posted the alternative.
::--] 14:27, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

==Tasty fawn==
] 06:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

== Vandals ==

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I was trying to stop the false sockpuppeter. And because I'm not an admin, that's hard to do! I had to alert ] to block him, and try to keep him from destroying everyone elses userpage. But luckily, he's blocked for a week now!

--<font color="00FF00">]</font><font color="00AAFF">]</font>
<font color="6699CC"><sup>]</sup></font> 12:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I changed my signature!

== you know not kosovo you fuck ==

Kosovo en great land. All kosovo? Albanians - noi serbs. en you find kosovo non-albanin? shquiptar is good, serb is bad; you stupid moronic fuckl must know all serbs must die. if you serb then stay away en kosovo or i call nato to kill yur paronts. Dou yu got? serbs kill so they must die thats in their nutarue --Hipi Zhdripi

== Anon. Vandal ==

The sockpuppet vandal uses AOL, so his IP addresses keep changing. He isn't really blocked! If I were only an admin . . . Anyway, I'm just telling you that he's still around :-(

--<font color="00FF00">]</font><font color="00AAFF">]</font>
<font color="6699CC"><sup>]</sup></font> 13:06, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you!!! ==

For protecting from vandalism. This is none other than ]. Please note the similair warnings that he placed on ], ], on the talk page of Kosovo, even hear and elsewhere. Please note the level of rudeness found on ]. I think that an RfC needs to be done, as soon as possible. All the best and thank you for protecting me from vandalism!!! --] 19:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


Thanks! I took notice and I am keeping track of all the incidents with Hipi, Ilir and Co. for future reference. I will report any 3RR and so on also. Well, I am on holiday next week but will log in from time to time. Cheers mate! --] 21:12, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

== Category discussion ==

"You make me feel warm and fuzzy all over"
-- Gotta admit, you made me laugh! :-)
Cheers, ]]] ] 22:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

:Glad I could help. (^_^) I just thought William was getting a little too uptight about the whole thing. I actually think "subdivision" is fine. I don't think he knows what he's talking about when it comes to that, as "subdivision" can be (and is) used for many things outside of a housing project. --] 22:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

Hi, I think you accidentally archived a talkpage of ] by placing it in the main article namespace at ]. I have moved it to ] (Archive 6 already exists), so could you take a look at it and see if I got it right? ] ] 09:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

:Aaaaah DOH! The link towards ] was already on top the talk page, I didnt create it but rather just followed it. Should have checked; apparently it didnt say ] like I expected it to say. Thanks for correcting it. ]]] ] 09:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


== Reply to Apologies ==
I saw it now. A simple mistake but I figured it out that you were aiming to Dardanv. No problem. :) Regards, ]

==Thank you!==
Hey thank you very much for the barnstar, is it greatly appreciated. :) And I'm glad to see that you, Natalya and Kukini have been very busy with the program (I need to hand out a few more myself), keep up the good work! Thanks again -- ''''']'']'']''''' 09:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

== Re: Hey HRE ==

Thank you for that barnstar, now I've got ''three-of-a-kind'' and one Special Barnstar. :)))

You might try to make me stay there, but once a battlezone has been opened, I always move to a quiter place. The hotzone alone is enough to damage my reputation on Misplaced Pages. I've never found the necessity to ''log'' other peoples' incidents, because in the end I always make peace with them. (my so-called ''enemies :) There's User:Jakisa_Tomic that assaulted me by cursing me for propaganda, and in the end he begged me to forgive him for his actions. Or ], with shome I can really talk normally, despite these foolish arguements over Kosovo... So that's why I want to keep it that way. Do you understand what I mean?

:All the best, my friend! --] 16:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

== Log of incidents ==

See through this: 172.158.54.43 is most definately a sockpupper of Hipi. See my and for more info. Next, Hipi threw an insult here on your talk page calling you... egm... ''a stupid f**k'', and also me, ], ], ], ] and several others stating that the ] should die and saying that he will call the NATO to bomb our (and your) parents. --] 17:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Just now he called us all stupid at ], where he also long ago called us ''stupid f**ks'' and said that the Serbs have to die, but an admin deleted his vandalism.

Also, he is much too pushing on that page calling the Serbian Orthodox Church on Kosovo not being Serbian and belonging to Kosova, and not to Serbia; and a bunch of other things that I can't really find; (around 100 times of calling around everyone vandals and Serbian propagators, including you)

I think that this has been really harsh by now. You could also take a look at where he conducted Vandalism and deleted from the article anything related to Albanians. The last one's really weird, and I have no idea what's going on. ''That persicely'' is what frightened me about him so much.

:How's this? --] 17:26, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

::Oh, and ] is ''100%'' chance Hipi's sockpuppet, while User:Dardanv could be (60% of chance) his sockpuppet... There's a lot more, but I really don't want to be digging in... --] 17:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

:::Dardanv is in the UK, not sure he is Hipi's. I still think he could be I pz. I am waiting for they to make the obvious mistake. In any case, this is quite academic as new throwaway users appear day after day: Ben uk, Mark ma, Gianni ita,... --] 15:23, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

::::UPDATE: DardanV is definitely neither Hipi Zhdripi nor Ilir Pz. He is editing from the UK. I did my research and tracked some of the unsigned edits/sockpuppets to the London School of Economics. If the vandalism resurges in future, I shall be reporting him to their IT department for disciplinary action. --] <sup>]</sup>] 00:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

::Misplaced Pages is a 💕, mister. Reporting someone to the IT department for diciplinary action is going to make that IT dept have a laugh. He is not doing any hacking here, he is just editing what he thinks it is right. This is just another way of yours to intimidate people who don't support your views? this is pure Milosevician type of action "If you dont agree with me, the secret police will take actions over you". Good luck with it! ] 23:02, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
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Well, the reputation thingy's http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/HolyRomanEmperor3 this] what I meant. I ''didn't even get the chance'' from all the Wiki-work to accept my nomination, and yet Hipi Zhdripi has appeared bearing heavy accusations. Now, I have no choice but to refuse the nomination, don't I. :S --http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Dardanv 11:41, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

It is simply pathetic. Of course, they will go on pretending to be "neutral". Well, ] no need to say you would have had my vote. It is so sad these people have nothing to do but character-assassinating good wikipedians. For Heaven's sake, someone simply needs to have a look at your contribution history to realise you have created and contributed to more articles than any of these individuals put together. --] 15:20, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I have done my bit trying to expose Hipi Zhdripi there. I am a little concerned about Ilir's "neutral" vote, as he is the one who started telling people about your RfA before you accepted it . Good luck ], I already casted my vote. --] 11:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

==Wrong Guess==
Wrong guess. People are getting closer. ] 18:48, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

==Thanks==
for signing my userpage. :) I appreciate it. Have a nice weekend!--]''''']''''']<sup>]</sup> 20:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

==Note of Thanks==
Finally, I have another reasonable personin this conversation; thankyou dearly ]. I do actualy agree that this article is inappropriate. But are you saying that the ''references'' are invalid? That, is where you are wrong. The articles that I have significantly contributed to (and contain referances) are based upon other '''real''' works of mine. Take ] and ], for instance. Both are '''''completely''''' based upon works of ]/Jasper Sadubin. On wiki you are ''meant'' to reference where your material came from. That '''''is''''' where it cam from. Come up with a good response and you will be eligible for a ]. CHEERS, ] 11:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

== Old Skool Esperanzial note ==

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that ] are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on ]. Please vote ]. Thanks. --]<font color="green">]</font>] <sup>]</sup> 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

== Abandoning my RfA? ==

Do you think that I should abandon the RfA? It's giving me a headache... --] 15:21, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:I never thought of it that way. I only looked at my contribution to Misplaced Pages, and then I noted how easier it would be to help the WikiProject if I become an admin. The next moment, I was nominated for adminship, so I said "Well, what the heck!" and accepted it. Basicly, I don't have an "obssessed dream" to become an administrator, but I would very much like to contribute Misplaced Pages in that manner.

:But, what ''really'' scares me, is that my neutrality has cost me a lot of my Balkan friends. I mean, here I work with them and support them, but on another dispute, I support the opposing side, because it's the most neutral; which is then interpreted as a betrayal. For instance, most of those who opposed me are my buddies in the clean-up of the mess made by a pro-Serb (potential internet troll) editor known as ]. Check out the articles Dalmatia, ], ] and his contributions and you'll see what I mean. All the best, my friend!. --] 15:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:: Sorry, but I am abandoning the nomination and leaving Wiki for a while. I think that I have just been stressed-out for the first time in my life. I will not see myself operating with such temperament. Goodbye, and maybe I will read from you once again, my friend! --] 17:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:: Show my neutrality? Can that not be seen through ? Isn't that the basis of all votes for Adminship? -sigh- --] 17:27, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:::Eliciting pity. Very clever, HRE. But you overdid it on the ]. Minister of War, take a look at his "retirement notice" and my comment there. HRE is a great manipulator, I'll give him that. --] 09:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

==Guess My name challenge==
]</font><font face="Croobie" color="blue">]</font><font face="Croobie" color="green"> Have a Nice Day</font> 18:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)]]

The Surname '''Rutherford''' is German. <font face="Croobie" color="red">]</font><font face="Croobie" color="blue">]</font><font face="Croobie" color="green"> Have a Nice Day</font> 08:53, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

:I'm not sure but my mother has German ancestors. <font face="Croobie" color="red">]</font><font face="Croobie" color="blue">]</font><font face="Croobie" color="green"> Have a Nice Day</font> 09:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

::Yeah, It's possible that one of my ancestors changed their surname to Rutherford. <font face="Croobie" color="red">]</font><font face="Croobie" color="blue">]</font><font face="Croobie" color="green"> Have a Nice Day</font> 11:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

== rfa ==

Thanks for the support on my RFA. Unfortunately, it did not achieve consensus. I look forward to your support in a couple months when I apply again. Holler at me if you need anything. ] ] ] ] ] 01:17, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

== Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II ==

The ] of the project newsletter is now out. You may read this issue or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following the link. Thanks. ]]]] 19:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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I think I'll join yah ;) --] 10:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

==wikibreak==
Good luck. ]<font color="green">]</font> 11:53, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

== Smile! And good luck with the thesis ==



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== Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3 ==


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| style="color:#000"|As always, ] handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to ], ] and ] for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
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== Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006 ==

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== FYI ==

Hello,

Just wanted to let you know that I've finally gotten around to making a Reqested Move for the ] page. See ]. Cheers. &mdash;<span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype">]</span> 04:33, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

== A short Esperanzial update ==

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on ] as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. . Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace ] and ] and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on ] and last until ]. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before ]. For more details, see ].

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, &mdash;]<font color="green">]</font>] <sup>]</sup> 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

== Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006 ==

The ''']''' of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. ] 05:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

== Passing away to a better place ==

Greetings. I am HRE's cousin. I have a sad news to announce (as per his brother's wish) - my dear brother-by-aunt is no more in the world of the living... It pains me enough to write this - so I'm just going to point you to HRE's talk page http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:HolyRomanEmperor#As_per_Your_.28Our.29_brother.27s_request. --] 21:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

== Proposed Georgia Move ==
As a past participant in the ], I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at ]. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --] 03:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== Happy Birthday! ==

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Have a good one :) -] 08:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
:Happy birthday: I'm the Juggernaut! --]]] ] <sup>(<font color="black">]</font>)</sup> 22:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

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Enjoy! ]<sup>]</sup> 00:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

]Hope you come back soon!!--<font color="0000FF">]</font>]<sup>(<font color="blue">]</font>|<font color="blue">]</font>)</sup> 03:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I missed the party yesterday. I wish you all the best. A very happy birthday to you. Hope to see you around soon. --] 17:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

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== August Esperanza Newsletter ==

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== September Esperanza Newsletter ==

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== The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue IX - November 2006 ==
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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User group for Military Historians

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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Misplaced Pages. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Misplaced Pages Military Historians.

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