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• Archive I – User talk:Nohat/archive 2005-02-22
• Archive II – User talk:Nohat/archive 2005-06-12

Black Book

Nohat, why did you delete that page? Was it listed on vfd? It was a project page and I'm sure it should be there. Whether your remarks on Talk:Kiev are biased or not is another issue, but I believe that you should've at least consulted the author of that project before you deleted it. Please be so kind as to explain why was the page deleted. Halibutt 23:18, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Also, I decided to start that archive to avoid listing all of the users involved on RfC or any other page. I simply wanted to keep the things civil and canalized, without having to resort to all the painful dispute resolution process, accusations and so on. Your reaction was certainly not what I expected. Halibutt 23:21, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

A "Black Book" which exists solely to vilify users who you disagree with consistutes personal attacks. The page was deleted per Misplaced Pages:Remove personal attacks. If you have a problem with a user's behavior, the proper course of action is to list that user on Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment. Compiling a list of users who have said things you disagree with, particularly if that list is not kept in user space, and demanding they apologize and rescind their comments in some kind of kangaroo court is totally unacceptable. The dispute resolution process exists for a reason, and creating an end-run around it is neither appropriate nor warranted. Nohat 23:25, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nohat, please, calm down. Nobody has nothing against you and nobody is demanding anything from you. We're all friends here. Witkacy noted that that you assumed those who oppose you are nationalists, which in where I live is rather a serious offence. Personally I'm pretty sure you meant nothing wrong, but still, your remarks could be treated as biased.

Anyway, do you really believe that starting an ArbCom or RfC every time someone assumes bad faith is a good idea? That's what I would call escalation of the conflict. And that's what we're trying to avoid. Of course, if you insist Witkacy could do that, but perhaps there is a way to make you cooperate? Halibutt 04:27, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

I don't think I have done anything wrong, and I don't believe this situation merits further comment by any of the parties involved. I'm not the one who created a "black book" for publically harassing anyone who says something that might be construed as insulting to Poles. That's escalation of conflict.

As for the issue at question, don't expect me to rescind any statements I made about nationalism, because that's exactly what was going on at the Kiev article. I called Witkacy on his disingenuousness and it smarted. I see no need to make concessions for his wounded pride. Hopefully next time everyone will follow the Misplaced Pages:Don't disrupt Misplaced Pages to illustrate a point guidelines, as I suggested previously.

As for RfC, I heartily encourage Witkacy or anyone else to start one against me. Then it will become apparent to everyone that this whole thing is a farce. Nohat 05:01, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hey no problem! We Fake Ivy alums have to stick together! --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 07:15, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Seriously, you could have always ask. I'm sure pretty everyone here would offer you a decent translation in not time just. As to the discussions in non-English... Seriously, I don't see the point in talking in English when the whole point is to communicate quickly and efficiently (and English is not the best language to do that). If you believe that the comments in our private namespace should concern you then you can always ask for their translation. However, there's no rule forcing us to talk in English exclusively, just like there's no rule forcing the admins to respond to the people they block or forcing all decisions to be discussed in WP and not via external means (mail, IRC & mailing list). Given all that, our talk pages are much more accessible then admins' mailboxes. You can always ask for translation. And all Wikipedians can contribute, they can join the discussion at any time and request the translation be provided. If you believe that such discussions in Polish are only breeding animosity and distrust, then there is a serious problem with your attitude and not with the discussions themselves. Why exactly do you assume bad will?

As to the whole BB business, I still believe that such a page is needed. Too many a time have I heard such views promoted here on WP and nothing happened. You can easliy assume bad faith or nationalism of a Pole and noone will ever react. If you said the same of a person, say, from Germany or Israel or UK, the reaction of the community would be imminent. Unfortunately, listing all such cases in RfC is not a good option either, but if the community wants that then it's fine with me. BTW, just take a look at my user page and the list of offenses listed there. Some of these were used by wikipedia admins, other by anon users. Perhaps I'll dig out the list of people who have ever offended me on WP basing solely on my nationality and list them all to RfC. Neither the WP would benefit from it nor would it make them reconsider their views (in fact it would only support the thesis that Poles overreact...), but if people insist that is the best option...

As to your presence on the BB, I believe that you shouldn't have been listed there and that Witkacy killed the project by using it to his own aims rather than to the good of the community. The range of your behaviour included personal remarks, assumptions of bad will, lack of cooperativeness and abuse of admin privileges, but certainly not anti-polonism. Halibutt 02:11, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

"Moral fortitude"

You're welcome. Sorry, that just made me laugh.  :) RickK 05:15, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Icelandic Wikipeda logo

Hi, if you could upload a new logo for the Icelandic Misplaced Pages where the subtext reads Frjálsa alfræðiritið rather than the current Frjálsa alfræðiorðabókin that would be great, also, the current logo is a bit too high up, there's a space between the top of the image and the start of the globe but there isn't for the current is. logo.

See meta:Wikipedia_logo_in_each_language#Needing_attention —Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 17:33, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)

English on Polish Collaboration

I've been lobbying for English for several days now and I've had some success. I appreciate your intent, and I ment no malice in my comment on the talk page. So far Piotrus and SylwiaS have started using English on the board, and I'm sure others will join soon.- JCarriker 19:03, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your efforts. There seems to have been some kind of misunderstanding that the Polish Wikipedians' notice board is somehow the private domain of Polish Wikipedians. I hope that we can get all the discussions not in English translated eventually. Nohat 19:40, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Please check your e-mail. -JCarriker 16:30, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

E-mail again! :-)-JCarriker 17:02, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

If you wanted to reach me by e-mail, please resend. I have switched preferences so I now have an e-mail address that actually works. Balcer 17:20, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I have pulled out of the Polish Collab effort I'm tired of the hostile attitude of certain users. As for the feelers I put out on the potential compromise we talked about me brokering, I'm not sure I particularly care to go through with it, but if you still want to I will. Good luck with your efforts there. I explained my reasons for leaving more indepthly on Pitorus' talk page, if you're interested. -JCarriker 16:22, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Azerbaijani literature

Hi Nohat, I noticed that you protected this page. I've been tasked with cleaning it up, so wanted to inquire about its status. Thanks. · Katefan0 01:32, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, it's no problem! Thanks so much. Now I just have to figure out how to clean it up... :/ · Katefan0 01:45, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Beautiful cats

I have a British shorthair.

Vowel references

I'm assuming this is the case, but can you confirm that the references you added to the Vowel article have been used to add or fact check material in the article? Direct citations of the most important points in the article to a good source is even better of course. If you did that, you'd be my hero. - Taxman

I'm planning on adding specific footnotes to particular pages over the next few days. Nohat 20:53, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

LEGO

Did you remove the protection (and the "vprotected" template) deliberately, or was it the result of a bug? I can't see any explanation, so I'm assuming that it was the latter. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 28 June 2005 16:08 (UTC)

See the unprotection log and the article's talk page. Nohat 28 June 2005 16:15 (UTC)

IPA chars

Hey Nohat, I see you've been changing entities to IPA characters now that they're supported. Is there any way we can get IPA characters added to the "insert box" located at the bottom of every edit page? --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 29 June 2005 05:56 (UTC)

Hey Nohat, I've given up reverting the anon's reversions to entities in light of this comment from Phil Boswell and the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (technical)#Use of unicode within articles. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 1 July 2005 07:12 (UTC)

If UTF-8 characters are good enough for every other Wikimedia Wiki, then they're good enough for en.wikipedia, as far as I'm concerned. :-) Nohat 1 July 2005 07:14 (UTC)

Well, I agree, but it's not worth getting into a lame edit war over. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 1 July 2005 07:24 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Logo

1) I was asked to contact this page regarding some information by the support people on this site. Could you kindly advise me,which programme was used to create and represent the letters on a jigsaw globe in the logo?

2)On another point, I was looking at a screensaver at www.3planesoft.com .The one with the 3D mechanical clock. Can anyone suggest which software was used ot design this?The reason is, I wasnt to create a similar graphic for a solar system,showing the revolutions of the planets and their orbits.I would then want to rotate the graphic to be able to view it from different angles.Does anyone have any suggestions how to do this, or advice pls.

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IPA template

Now that en.wikipedia.org is fully Unicode, the {{IPA}} template shouldn't be required. Well, at least Wiktionary (which was UTF-8 long before the English Misplaced Pages) survives without it, though I once accidentally added it, not knowing that it was UTF-8. --/ɛvɪs/ /tɑːk/ /kɑntɹɪbjuʃənz/ June 30, 2005 00:17 (UTC)

Entities ARE safer than Characters

Who made this silly decision and where? Entities are safer than characters due to the way that some browsers handle these characters. Misplaced Pages is for everyone, NOT a select few.

Some browsers are unable to understand the characters to such an extent that, instead of simply preserving them during an edit operation, they replace them with gibberish; this is why HTML entities, which are entirely written in ASCII, are preferable in may if not cases. From HTML entities

Well, if that is true, then I am fighting a losing battle and accept it, and I'll also give up reverting pages. When I do edit here though, I WILL use entities rather than charaters and it will be up to you lot to change them. I should also mention that even though your intentions are good, a lot of people still use out dated computers and OS's which will screw up the character display when they edit and save pages.

- Bob 1 July 2005 17:21 (UTC)

Protection

Hey Nohat. I and several other editors have been involved in a particularly frustrating disagreement with another user (Benjamin Gatti) over the article Price-Anderson Act. I really think it would benefit from a cooling off period, and several other editors agree. So far no admin has seen the requeston RFPP. I know you've been involved in protecting articles in the past, and wondered if you would take a look at the request and see if you think it's warranted. I'd appreciate it, even if you disagree. Thanks much · Katefan0 July 3, 2005 14:13 (UTC)

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