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== 1911 Britannica articles about Polish villages ==
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Many thanks for bringing that to my attention. It was, indeed pure nonsense, exsisting only for chilish purposes. , and I encourage you to vote it for speedy deletion. This garbage must be eliminated as quickly as possible. -]<sup>]</sup> 09:38, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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::On a side note, may I inquire how you "located" my talkspace to post that comment..? I'm deeply sorry, but I don't recall ever coming across you before. It is nice to meet you however. :)-]<sup>]</sup> 15:06, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I came across your comments on ]'s talk page last year, when I was having fun watching the Copperchair disaster. Not knowing anything at all about Mega Man, my brain managed to remember your username in association with that. Oh, and it is a pleasure to meet you as well. ] ] 15:41, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
::::]'s ] has finally been completed, and he is banned from ''Star Wars'' and ''War on terror'' articles. I am simply amused by the fact it took such a long duraration of time for this decision to come about. -]<sup>]</sup> 15:47, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


==AfD==
Thanks - didn't know of the AfD category convention. The rest of the cleanup and spelling correction looks in order. --] 21:28, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
:It's not a big deal in this case, because the page will (I hope) be deleted anyway. Sorry if I sounded overly harsh, but if people do this thing a lot (and with computer help) we'll end up with many pages that shouldn't be deleted but are in the deletion category because people who close AfD's won't remove the category. ] ] 21:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


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I didn't know about the move option - thanks for the info - will use next time. Before it is fixed though, I should point out that what I intended really is not a move but a '''fork'''. This is because the original edit to the "David Gill" page on or around the 3 February 2006 by "Consulrjo" overwrote the biography of a historical "David Gill" (I assume accidently) with that of another contemporary individual named "David Gill". ] 02:47, 3 February 2006 (UTC)


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:And I would agree that the instructions about moving the pages etc. are needlessly complex (since there aren't that many things non-admins can do). The problem again is that there are several instructions floating around. ] and ] aren't even linked to from the main help contents. They only link to ] and yet another page called ]. I guess this is what happens when everyone can also edit the help pages :(. Hopefully someone will eventually look at them, but the whole thing's too big of a mess for me right now. - ] 20:17, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

==Why do you==
Removed sourced quotes from Georg Forster article ?
They were to be put and I hoped the article could be neutral. Yet again the mention of his racist views was put to minimum, I hoped that after seeing several scholary sources the article could become more neutral by your edits. I am very dissapointed that you try to present an one sided view of this person and his influences on German prejudices.I hope this will be corrected and sourced information won't be deleted.
--] 00:51, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

==Translation pages==
Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I will drop by and help as much as I can. By the way, good work with the maths articles. I need to read more!.] 08:02, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

==]==

Brookie here - you might be interested to see the above ] ] 11:42, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Deletion of untranslated articles at ] ==

Ya, I saw the discussion on the talk page, but didn't really have much to add to your last comment in there. Right now prod is pretty much a backdoor way of deleting things and I figured putting things on afd is better, since it gives people time to come up with objections on the talk page of PNT.

In the future prod would be a great place to put the untranslated pages though, since they always end up being uncontested deletions. If it comes to that, it'd also be good to put a clear notification that the process has been changed on the PNT page a few days before the first articles get prodded (in case someone from there wants to find an article listed for deletion). - ] 00:33, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
:I read it since ] is on my watchlist, I just haven't seen anything there that I'd disagree with so haven't really had any reason to comment there. And about prod: I don't really think it's a great process in most cases, but it would be perfect for the pages from PNT, since the only way anyone would contest them is if they were actually translated. But I do agree that it's better to wait for a while so that more people can get comfortable with prod first. - ] 01:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

==German wikipedian's notice board==
Since it is much needed, I created the ]. - '''] ('']'')''' ] 02:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
:That's great news - tnx for telling me about it. There will always be some revert-related posts and requests, but as vast majority of users of any nationality are sensible Wikipedians, I don't think your board is at risk from trolls and revert warriors - assuming that it will be frequented by majority of German wikipedians, and not dominated by some outcast group. One thing that we have discovered fairly recently and enjoy is ] - you may want to create German new article annoucement subpage. It's a lot of fun :) --] <sup><font color="green">]</font></sup> 03:53, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks for letting me know about it. One way to find people in Germany, of course, is ]. Another way is ], though of course there will be Austrians and Swiss there too. ]/<small>'']''</small> 05:35, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Michael sogny ==

Kusma, I appreciate your clarification on translating relating to the Michael sogny article. I did read that portion, however since it stated not to utilize machine translation for "creation" of an article for sizable portions, and the article was already created and was very minimal in content compared to standard Wiki pages...guess I wasn't aware that the scope entailed the translation I had performed. However, I'll duly note this procedure, and thank you for bringing it to my attention. ] 06:44, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

==Thanks (SW WikiProject)==
Thanks for the comment. Do you suggest that I remove any template images until a later date? Or may I keep them on for now? ] 23:45, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

That article definately needs to be merged with ]. I wish people would learn that we don't need a separate article for every single frikkin character! :) ] 22:00, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

== RE:Lacroma. ==

I have updated the information on] and hope that it is up to standard now. Anyway, thank you for pointing out the outdated information to me. In the future, I will do my best to correct the information. Please feel free to comment on my contributions if there are other outdated or incorrect information. I will rectify the problem as soon as possible. ] 06:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

:Thank You for your encouragement! ] 06:42, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

== got a little problem here ==

thanks for the tips, man. but anyway i noticed this guy "Jiang" who might be an admin on here postin very biased edit plus spreading hate toward people with certain political belief and ethinic backgrounds plus he has very disturbing pictures on his talk page so anyway i was wondering if you can block him or maybe just report it <small>&mdash;''The preceding ] comment was added by'' ] (]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;]) 07:03, 12 February 2006 (UTC{{{3|}}})</small><!--Inserted with Template:Unsigned2-->

== um..yeah ==

seems like i don't have to help jiang with restoring the picture haha. he luv the picture so much he restored himself. but did u read jiang's editin history? he is such a radical person (no disrespect) especially in taiwan-china issues, it's kinda hard to believe ppl like him become admin <sighs> but anyway i still find the picture disturbin..one last thing, do you know how admin are chosen? <small>&mdash;''The preceding ] comment was added by'' ] (]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;]) 07:34, 12 February 2006 (UTC{{{3|}}})</small><!--Inserted with Template:Unsigned2-->

== Forsters ==

I spotted the article on Therese yesterday when I was ] the article on Forster to Polish. In fact, I miss some information about the children in the Polish translation, because it is crucial to know the gender of the children to phrase the translation smoothly. I'll dig a bit on her biographies. It seems she might have been crucial for German ]. ] ] 15:20, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm not willing to attribute feminism to her before there is a good evidence that she was significant figure for that movement. ] ] 19:00, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Maybe you have an access to . It contains an article on Therese Huber. I've got access to this article: ''Romanpoetik und Weiblichkeitsdiskurs : zur Bedeutung der Kategorie gender im Romanverständnis von Therese Huber und Johanna Schopenhauer'' by Angelika Schlimmer, but I have to make a small excursion to get that. ] ] 17:29, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

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==Silbermann==

Thanks for pointing this out, Kusma. I have a couple reference sources on Silbermann as piano builder, and will give this a try next time I edit (which I only do on Sundays...). ] 07:53, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

== Annie_Emily_Lawrence ==

Hi Kusma
The original author of the article hasn't responded to your delete proposal. I think it should stay because of her role in Tasmanian history and the usefullness the information could be for local historians. ] 16:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

Hi Kusma, thanks for your encouraging support in my RFA, which succeeded. If I can ever improve or help in any way, please let me know! :) <span class="user-sig user-Quarl"><i>—] <sup>(])</sup> <small>] 11:37Z</small></i></span>

== Lucien the Librarian ==

Hi Kusma. Thanks for the warm welcome. If I can help with a particular article, feel free to ask. ] 18:18, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

== RFA Thanks! ==

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==Georg Forster and Cook==
Hello Kusma. I got your note on my talk page responding to my mention of Georg Forster's scientific work. I'm sorry to have taken so long to respond. My expertise on Forster is narrow (relating to his work on Cook's expedition), but I will make a few small edits. I have not had time to compose exactly the changes, but will do so soon. Cheers.--] 14:16, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
==] churches==
Hello Kusma, though visiting en:WP once in a while I did not realize that there were stubbs on Marienkirche and Lübeck Cathedral "in the air". The link set from Lübeck to Marienkirche was the message. The reason was, that the stubbs were not categorized at all. I think the proper category is most important, if you want to expand a stubb, I think this a message for the message board. I fixed that and did the wikilinks on the stubbs, so that who ever is to do the translation, will find the artists and organists available in en:WP. We are still working on de:Lübecker Marienkirche, but it takes some time to write the "underarticles" on artists, priests and patrons for the links. We hope to be "exzellent" in fall 2006.--] 13:57, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

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Hi {{PAGENAME}}. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on ]. It ended with a final tally of '''(73/2/2)''' and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to ]. Once again, thanks for your support. ]''']]''' 20:20, 18 February 2006 (UTC)</div>

== DYK ==

Cool bit of trivia you put up there today. ] --] 02:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
:Glad you like it :-) ] ] 03:03, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

== German portal and noticeboard ==
Thanks for drawing my attention to this - allow me to congratulate you on your almost singlehanded efforts to get it up and running. I was in fact already familiar with it, but I have deliberately not been listing my new articles there for the present, and I wonder if without any offence intended I could ask you to respect that (as a purely temporary measure)? I do have a particular reason for asking this, which I would be quite happy to explain in an e-mail. The portal and noticeboard are extremely useful things and I look forward in the near future to becoming more involved with them. All best wishes, ] 18:02, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

Hi Kusma, I was wondering whether I could ask you to support my request for larger font size on the Swiss town info boxes by plating a post in favor on the above page. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for your help. --] 18:36, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:Looks like we're going to get the same font we have in the Infobox Town DE before you even had the chance to chime in. :) I only left ten messages with people and 7 responded within an hour or two. I'm flabbergasted. Good to know though. --] 23:09, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::I saw there were enough people on your side already and I didn't have anything intelligent to say, so I decided not to say "me too". ] ] 23:14, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I agree. It wasn't necessary. Better to save it for when it is. :) Thanks. --] 00:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==German Expulsions==
I would like to invite you to look at this new version of the article I wrote, and to help me with any info you can, including on what could be, or should be, merged with it:
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I hope to receive your input soon.
--] 09:46, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== ÖFA ==
I took the speedy tag off this as it didn't seem like ''that'' crazy a typo, more like switching horse mid-stream for the polyglot... Austrian Football Association -> ÖFA. But it would have been the first thing I deleted from outside the standard twenty-six of the western monolingual, so I was a bit disappointed.<br/>]]<span class="plainlinks"></span> 12:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Well, the author created it by mistake and asked for it to be deleted. I put a new speedy tag explaining this on the article. ] ] 13:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== Anniversaries ==

I like the idea. I'll post my full response on the Portal Talk page. Nice job. --] 19:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:you mean we'd make a page for each day or we'd make a section of the page for the month and your code would call it up? Simple and ingeneous! I like it. It's looking good. And I just checked the Portal page for the last time before heading to dreamland and put my comments there. My favorites are 3 and 4 so if you like 3 best, let's go with that. --] 06:02, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== Prep Sanssouci for FAC ==

I promised Trebor to help him turn the red links in the Sanssouci article into blue links and work with him to get the article admitted as a FAC. I just put a note on his page asking him to list the red links on the ] under Requested Articles, but then I was thinking perhaps we'd want to draw special attention to a project like that. I'm not sure how to best do that though. Add a FA/Article improvement drive section? What do you think? --] 22:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I think we should have something like that. For a start, we could try that informally by just adding an entry on the ToDo list of the noticeboard that says "Article Improvement" -- ] and have a comment on the noticeboard below that directs people to discuss that at ]. Once we have many people coming that want their article to be the topic of the Improvement Drive, we can think about making a more formal process. For now, I think linking from the main ] page and discussing the ] article and what needs to be done a bit on the GSWN talk page to create some interest should be enough. I think you should just go ahead and do that. If we need more formal structures for this, we should create a WikiProject Germany, but for now I will concentrate on the Portal page and not start another project. ] ] 23:05, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::Hi Kusma, I've asked ] to list the needed articles on the ] so that we can share the work. If at any time you feel like a break from all the Anniversary pages you're doing and look at someting else it would be terrific if you'd decide to help us with one, two or a few of them. What do you say? ] --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 04:28, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You're the best! --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 04:42, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

==Carcegna==
Thanks for the advice. I found the stub by chance browsing about, and I thought taking out the tag once it was translated was enough. Now I see how it works. Regards! :)--]|] 14:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== Caucasus Germans article ==

Hey there. Question: I posted the Caucasus Germans article on the new articles announcements (Mark Lewis translated). I was going to leave a message for him to let him know, but then I wasn't sure anymore whether it really should be there. I think it should considering these Germans emigrated in times past from Germany. What do you think? --] 00:55, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

== Anniversaries ==

Hey, the way I figure it, the anniversaries are your baby unless you ask for help. I've got more than enough to do. Only added that article to the list because I saw it when I added my latest on the requested translations page for proof-reading. :-) --] 01:13, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

==Thomas J. Herlihy==
Thomas J. Herlihy is not copyrighted material. I am his campaign treasurer. I will therefore revert.] 03:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==
<small>With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message...</small>
Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. ] is always open. (])<sup>(])</sup> 02:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

==Thanks for your voting!==
] Hi, thanks for your voting on ]. It has finished with the result 88/14/9, and I am promoted. I am really overwhelmed with the amount of support I have got. With some of you we have edited many articles as a team, with some I had bitter arguments in the past, some of you I consider to be living legends of Misplaced Pages and some nicks I in my ignorance never heard before. I love you all and I am really grateful to you.

If you feel I can help you or Misplaced Pages as a human, as an editor or with my newly acquired cleaning tools, then just ask and I will be happy to assist. If you will feel that I do not live up to your expectation and renegade on my promises, please contact me. Maybe it was not a malice but just ignorance or a short temper. Thank you very much, once more! ] 07:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

== Stubs under new article announcements on the ] ==

Just wanted to get your thoughts on this. I was asked today and now I just saw someone else list stubs under the new articles. I told both the following:
:I don't think we want to list stubs as new articles. But it would be great if you could really translate the German articles. That would simply be wonderful. Stubs usually don't give much information and creating them just so we can say the page exists in the en-wiki doesn't help much. It would be better to leave the links red. Don't forget that stubs also take away the chance for our articles to be picked for DYKs on the main page when they are finally completed because they no longer qualify as "new" articles. But we'd love to have your contributions of full translations advertised on the Portal and perhaps picked for DYKs both on the Portal and the Main Page. That would be great.
Both users seemed to think this is reasonable. My thinking is that if we list an article there it should be complete, otherwise we have some people only creating stubs just so they see their name there. Do you agree? --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 01:40, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
:I think over time the list will probably be a certain length and one week seems to be a reasonable length of time considering people do not necessarily check in every day. We won't be having 3-4 new articles from every contributor every week in perpetuum - it's just not possible. So I imagine when springtime arrives and people spend more time outside it'll shrink a little. But even if it gets a little long at times I think it is a nice little pat on the shoulder and great incentive for people to contribute, giving them a feeling of accomplishment and acknoledgment. If it serves that purpose, I think we're better of continuing as we do now (unless things really, really take of). I agree on the stubs with you: a finally completed stub should be listed, no matter how long it was sitting there as a stub. In essence that IS a new article. --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 06:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==
Great idea, I'll have a look at it and see what I can do. Thank you. Maybe I will bring up the topic about German political duties. ] 05:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
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:WOW!!! First thing I saw when I checked in! Congratulations! --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 13:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

::::yea, I'll keep my eyes open too (I know you are...). We just need to make sure that we really only suggest from brand-new articles since we also list stub expansions as new articles on our list (which is something I really want to encourage since there are so many). Regarding surprise? I think good work is being rewarded with this post on the main page DYK and rightfully so. :) --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 17:42, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

== ] ==

hi Kusma, sorry for my late reply, I've been having major problems with my internet (had to go to a café to check it, etc.. it was all a big mess) but it's been fixed now. I agree with your viewpoint about this case, why delete such an article...? don't see the point. feel free to ask me or send me an email if you have any other questions. with kind regards ] 14:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

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Thank you for voting on ], it passed with a final tally of 68/0/0 so I'm now an administrator. If there's anything I can do to help, you feel I've done something wrong, or there's just something you want to tell, don't hesitate to use ]. Thanks. (I didn't become an admin until this morning though, so making me an admin before the end of february didn't happen, foiled again). - ] 10:22, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
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Ya, they were song lyrics, I speedily deleted them, since it's pretty much impossible that the lyrics to songs that were on an album published by ] weren't copyrighted. The Muanpiällinen helevetti article doesn't really need translation either, since it only contains the names of the songs (and as such, I'm about to merge it with the Verjnuarmu article, since there's not much other content).
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== Cool! It worked! ==
* A ] is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the ]. ]


Just checked the Portal to update the news and perhaps the DYK and saw the new month's article and picture is up. Not that I really doubted it would work... Very nice work! --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 03:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

...for reversing that initial (yes! It's a first! I must be gaining prominence!) vandalism on my page. I really appreciate it. :) --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 03:28, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

== ISO ==

I was redirecting to a disambiguation which includes the IOS, and I'd never heard of the International Organization for Standardization until today, and I wasn't even looking it up when I looked up ISO.--] 23:54, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
==Arnošt Lustig==
Thank you. I was going to the link to do it but found that you did. Will know the next time.--] ] ] 03:55, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:It was no bother in the least. Thank you for doing it.--] ] ] 03:59, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

== Great idea ==

The personal sandbox is a great idea. I think I'll add a sandbox to my page as well, and start using it to proofread and correct articles.--] 08:22, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
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== ] ==

You said on ] you could rewrite this article in English. Do you still want to do that or should the article be listed on AfD? The article has been sitting there for two weeks now, but a day or two more won't hurt if you need them - just comment at ] when you decide whether you want to do something about it. Thank you, and happy editing! ] ] 00:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
:Hey, I went ahead and rewrote it as a short stub (not too much info available on the village).&#160;— ]] 04:55, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
::Great, thanks! A stub is a big improvement already. ] ] 04:57, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
==]==
Thanks for fixing that. Sorry you had to do it. Firefox or my fonts are insufficient or I just don't know how. Thanks again.--] ] ] 05:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== PNT Templates ==

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== Thanks ==

Yea, our software release is almost out the door. That more than anything kept me away (although, admittedly, editing wasn't as much fun when I did have time to check in during the last 10 days). But if I stare at the screen all day long until late at night, I just don't have the nerves/brains for this, you know? My percentages? I tripp up over them all the time myself too but I figured, over time, it'll likely get there, so I'm not too worried. I couldn't use 100 (I already had more than that on my list alone) and I didn't feel like taking out a calculator for updating. So this was personal little compromise. :)

On a different note, I felt bad for you for using the noticeboard to settle this little battle but I felt it was important to insist on a real discussion if for no other reason to get it resolved, once and for all. Now that's done, and actually, I'm quite happy. I feel we've accomplished something. And now I'm cleaning up my own mess and then I'll get on with things. I'm proud of you though. You held up the fort quite nicely there. :) --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 02:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:I agree, and just link the substantive discussion to the page you created with the standard language. That way it'll be there (and we'll be able to find it ]) when we need it. --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 02:22, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

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I noticed that you prodded ]. Turns out it had been prodded earlier by another editor, so I sent it to AfD as contested. Thought you might want to weigh in. ]. ] 04:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== Moritz Cantor ==

Hello,
:I see that your work is in Mathematics. I bow to that. If you feel more confident with the April 9th death date for Cantor, please change it.

Regards, ] 15:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Thank you for the heads-up on a couple of my sources. I will be more cautious.

Be healthy. ] 16:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== My RfA ==
Hey {{PAGENAME}}, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my ]! It passed with a final vote of '''73/1/1''', which means that I have been granted ]! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please ]! &mdash; ] 04:26, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== Malplaced dab: Daniel debarcle ==

I didn't end up fixing your Malplaced dab request, and have removed it from the list. The reason is in the history of ].--] 08:05, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== Freiberg Cathedral ==

Nice job there. Question: do you know where in Boston they copied that Golden Gate? --] (<small>]</small>) ] ] 04:44, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:Unfortunately not -- I just copied that from ], where it was added by an anon with the summary "Mündliche Information", and I couldn't google it. I'll remove it for now as unsourced and unverified. ] ] 21:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

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== Tawkerbot2 and the reversion of your edit(s) ==

Hello, Kusma. You may have noticed ] reverted one or more of your edits and perhaps left a message on your talk page. Misplaced Pages recently experienced a database malfunction, causing Tawkerbot2 to misidentify legitimate edits; hence the reversion of your edit(s) and the message. The bot has been temporarily disabled until the problems are rectified. Thanks. &mdash;] <small><sup><font color="#6BA800">]</font></sup></small> 19:00, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
:After Tawkerbot2 misidentified one of my edits as a blanking, I misidentified (due to the same database problem) his edit on my talk page as a blanking, and so reverted it (that's why this vandalism warning isn't visible here). ] ] 09:29, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

== Michael Dierks - German Portal ==

Thank you very much for making the link to the German Portal. I really appreciate it...and yes, I am thinking about translating more articles. Thank you again.] 23:29, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== Template:afd2 starter ==

Thanks for letting me know about the problem. The system doesn't replace simply using "pg=pagename". It's just supposed to be an easier was for new users to finish listings. I've fixed the problem by substing the <nowiki>{{subpagename}}</nowiki> using some sketchy template syntax. ] - ] 13:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

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==]==
Yeah, I noticed these plans concerning the featured articles, which is why I rv'ed my edit. I just thought that the article about the ]s had been there quite a while, so I wanted to replace it.--] 21:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

==Thanks for the translation clarification==
I've made the request and hopefully someone will get a chance to do this. (FWIW, it appears that page needs cleanup and removal of completed translations). --<span style="background: #CCEECC;">]</span>&middot;<span style="background: #CCCCEE;">]</span> 22:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

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Hi Kusma, and thank you for taking time to vote on ]. I understand that my last 6000+ edits were not sufficient to convince everyone that edits like some of my early ones would never be repeated again. Of course, I'll continue working the way I've been since November, and hopefully would develop trust of more wikipedians in future Regards, and I appreciate very much your kind support. ] (]) 03:37, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
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== Hi ==

Why, you pay close attention. My goodness. I only just got it up. I needed a break from packing and 3 times losing hours of translation on Kaiserslautern (my sons sent me stuff that opens up in Windows Media Player and when I tried to close it, I closed IE instead. You can imaging how I p-o'd I was with myself the third time it happened! :-/ ). I just hope I still get it done before I have to go off-line for the move. Hope all is well. --] (<small>]</small>) ] 06:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
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== Date templates ==

Are there more? Could you create a category for them? My full wishlist was , where people pointed me to the rather comprehensive ]. What I would like to see most is somthing like {{tl|day+1month}} or {{tl|day+1day}} so constructions like <nowiki>Today is day {{CURRENTDAY}} of {{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki> can be paralleled by <nowiki>Tomorrow is day {{day+1day}} of {{day+1month}}</nowiki>. I just need the templates to make sure tomorrow's and next month's ] won't have any formatting erros, but I'm sure there's many other uses. Anyway, thanks again. ] ] 04:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I have created {{]}}, {{]}}, and {{]}} with {{]}}, {{]}}, {{]}}, {{]}}, {{]}}, and {{]}} as supporting components. Using <nowiki>{{datewarn}}</nowiki> returns '{{datewarn}}' for the sort of 'one month ahead view' you were talking about. On your wishlist you mentioned an idea to use these to create a view of the Main Page for the next day, which has actually been done at ]. The day +/- 1 are also being used to allow forward/backward browsing at ] and subsequent dates. Finally, constructions like <nowiki>{{day+1|{{day+1|{{day+1|{{day+1|{{day+1}}}}}}}}}}</nowiki> work (i.e. '{{day+1|{{day+1|{{day+1|{{day+1|{{day+1}}}}}}}}}}'), but compound the already considerable kludginess of the method. --] 13:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

==]==
No translated passage from the article was provided on the article's talk page, and as I'm unfamiliar with ], I don't know whether to trust his judgment on whether the subject is notable or not. As such, I don't think I can back a deletion until I see some input from other users reinforcing that opinion, or a sample of the article to let me exercise my own judgment on the matter. If it were a copyvio or something like that, of course, it'd be another matter entirely. -] 21:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::I agree that ] is delete-worthy, but I can't really put the two in the same basket (unless the content of ] is the English-language equivalent of ]). I just think that a deletion where the majority of editors basically taking the content of the article on faith is too controversial for <nowiki>{{prod}}</nowiki>.-] 22:02, 27 March 2006 (UTC)


==Johann Gottlieb Goldberg==

Thanks! Until you mentioned it, I didn't know about the Portal Germany; appreciate it! ] ] 06:48, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Bishop Minor ==

thanks for your message and your help. happy to oblige! ] 15:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Vandalism by 194.83.25.10 ==

Hi Kusma. I notice that recently you warned a user IP that if they vandalised another page on wikipedia, that the user would be blocked from editing without further warning. I have just reverted more vandalism by this IP on the ] article. I don't know how to refer for blocking in vandalism cases, could you please pass this on to relevant parties or block the user/ip yourself if you have the power to. Thank you. ] 15:54, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Sitt Article ==

I wrote the material myself. I did not realize that if it appeared on my website, I could not contribute it. Or can I? Is there some way to give Wiki pedia a heads up to let them know I am contributing material I have already written and put on my website? Or does Misplaced Pages not want any material that appears elsewhere on the web?
Yours sincerely,
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== Sitt Article Revisited == == File:Einsmann.jpg ==


Hi Kusma. Given the likely date ] was taken, there's a good chance it's already within the public domain per ] even though the source website is claiming it's copyrighted. It seems fine licensed as non-free, but you might want to ask about it at ] to see whether it's OK to relicense and OK for Commons to host. -- ] (]) 06:40, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Hello Kusma,
:@], if it was "published" in 1931 or 1932 it is indeed anonymous it is PD in Germany, but per ] I am not sure it is PD in the United States (it may have not been PD in Germany in 1996). There are various definitely published anonymous photographs of the person in 1931/32 newspapers, but again, these seem to be PD in Germany but not in the US. —] (]) 08:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
I have taken your advice (and that of another Administrator Alabamaboy who deleted other contributions I made) and have sent Misplaced Pages a release under the GNU use license to allow the use of the material which appeared on my website. I gave them a list of all of my contributions and hope that they (including the Sitt article) can be restored because I am not sure I have the time to do it all over again. Anyway, thank you for your help. Yours sincerely, Santo Neuenwelt.
::Please understand I wasn't stating the uploading the file as non-free was wrong; just mentioning the possibility of the image being within the public domain. If the photo was published in 1931/1932, it could enter into the public domain as early as January 1, 1927, even with URAA renewal, under US copyrght law, right? If that's the case, you could add {{tlx|Non-free in US}} or {{tlx|Not-PD-US-URAA}} to the file's page to make that known. I believe dojgn so adds the file to a category of similar files, and other work of that category to review files after the date they're expected to become PD in the US. -- ] (]) 01:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
:::I believe now that some of the newspaper photographs will be PD on 2027-01-01, but I don't have enough information (yet) about the one I uploaded to be sure, especially I don't know whether it was indeed anonymous. I'd be happy to prove the file free but I don't think we're there yet. Thank you for making me think about it! —] (]) 06:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)


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Hi! I created the article in good faith intending to write it in the evening. The first draft might have passed the criteria for G10, I shall not argue on that, however bonafide my intentions. Regardless, I just wanted to, as a courtesy, inform you that I will be recreating it soon, as the subject is notable and warrants a good faith article. <span style="border:solid 2px black; padding:1px 0px 0px 3px; font: 120% Trebuchet MS;"><b>]</b><span style="background-color: #039a9b;">]</span></span> 14:45, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
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:@], for anything related to accusing people of crimes or other wrongdoing, you need to be extremely careful with ] compliance. —] (]) 22:03, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
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File:Einsmann.jpg

Hi Kusma. Given the likely date File:Einsmann.jpg was taken, there's a good chance it's already within the public domain per c:COM:Germany even though the source website is claiming it's copyrighted. It seems fine licensed as non-free, but you might want to ask about it at c:COM:VPC to see whether it's OK to relicense and OK for Commons to host. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:40, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly, if it was "published" in 1931 or 1932 it is indeed anonymous it is PD in Germany, but per c:Commons:Hirtle chart I am not sure it is PD in the United States (it may have not been PD in Germany in 1996). There are various definitely published anonymous photographs of the person in 1931/32 newspapers, but again, these seem to be PD in Germany but not in the US. —Kusma (talk) 08:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Please understand I wasn't stating the uploading the file as non-free was wrong; just mentioning the possibility of the image being within the public domain. If the photo was published in 1931/1932, it could enter into the public domain as early as January 1, 1927, even with URAA renewal, under US copyrght law, right? If that's the case, you could add {{Non-free in US}} or {{Not-PD-US-URAA}} to the file's page to make that known. I believe dojgn so adds the file to a category of similar files, and other work of that category to review files after the date they're expected to become PD in the US. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
I believe now that some of the newspaper photographs will be PD on 2027-01-01, but I don't have enough information (yet) about the one I uploaded to be sure, especially I don't know whether it was indeed anonymous. I'd be happy to prove the file free but I don't think we're there yet. Thank you for making me think about it! —Kusma (talk) 06:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

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Hi! I created the article in good faith intending to write it in the evening. The first draft might have passed the criteria for G10, I shall not argue on that, however bonafide my intentions. Regardless, I just wanted to, as a courtesy, inform you that I will be recreating it soon, as the subject is notable and warrants a good faith article. LΞVIXIUS💬 14:45, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Levixius, for anything related to accusing people of crimes or other wrongdoing, you need to be extremely careful with WP:BLP compliance. —Kusma (talk) 22:03, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
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