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15 December 2007

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March 2008

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International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

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March 2008

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating the three-revert rule . Please be more careful to discuss controversial changes or seek dispute resolution rather than engaging in an edit war. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|'}} below. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 19:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Please read WP:VANDAL to get a good idea of what vandalism is. Camptown was not vandalising. Another admin should be along shortly to deal with your unblock request. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 19:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

ROC

I believe that the category that ROC is currently under "Unrecognised or partially recognised states, seceded regions, and national independence movements" does the ROC justice. The ROC is a partially recognised state and it is listed in the category that other partially recognised states (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Northern Cyprus) are listed in. I would not be supportive of moving the ROC ahead of fully recognized nations which refuse to or have not yet recognize/recognized Kosovo. I would support a seperate category for just partially recognized nations (ROC, SADR, Northern Cyprus)... but in the Other Entities section. --Tocino 19:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, it all comes down to whether one believes that ROC is a partially recognized state or not. It is only recognized by 23 countries (the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republicis recognized by 43 meanwhile) so for me I beleive that the ROC does not belong with fully recognized, normal nations. Agree to disagree I guess. :) --Tocino 19:41, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

See my response to what you wrote on my talk page at the ROC section of the Kosovo talk page. --Ruolin59 02:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Am I correct in assuming...

I'm a little late to the debate page. Am I correct in assuming that we have a few Serbian/anti-Kosovo posters who are trying to whittle the recognition listing down to nothing by splitting infinitessimal hairs over wordings? Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:30, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Did you catch my suggestion of calling up the Malaysian Liaison Office in Pristina or the MFA? That could settle this, but then again, Avala will just say you made it up and that Malaysia doesn't really exist *smirk* Canadian Bobby (talk) 20:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

The best I can suggest on that front is to paste in the email in its entirety - including the e-mail address of the respondent for verification purposes. Maybe forward it to Avala? I was a major contributor to the Foreign Relations of Montenegro page when that country was gaining recognition and just citing emails in the sources was good enough for everybody on that page. I doubt this crowd would be so courteous. Canadian Bobby (talk) 20:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Woah!

You misunderstand. I'm not here to fight. I agree with you on the kosovo discussion. I'm sympathizing with your arguments.Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Kosovo Page

In reference to the other edits on this page, I'm not here to threaten you ;).

What's the deal with the recognition of Kosovo page? Am I to understand that the listing of every recognition is a zero-sum fight to the death? It all seems intensely childish and petty. Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

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ROC

I believe that the category that ROC is currently under "Unrecognised or partially recognised states, seceded regions, and national independence movements" does the ROC justice. The ROC is a partially recognised state and it is listed in the category that other partially recognised states (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Northern Cyprus) are listed in. I would not be supportive of moving the ROC ahead of fully recognized nations which refuse to or have not yet recognize/recognized Kosovo. I would support a seperate category for just partially recognized nations (ROC, SADR, Northern Cyprus)... but in the Other Entities section. --Tocino 19:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, it all comes down to whether one believes that ROC is a partially recognized state or not. It is only recognized by 23 countries (the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republicis recognized by 43 meanwhile) so for me I beleive that the ROC does not belong with fully recognized, normal nations. Agree to disagree I guess. :) --Tocino 19:41, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

See my response to what you wrote on my talk page at the ROC section of the Kosovo talk page. --Ruolin59 02:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Gah

Well, Avala wasted 12 hours in proving nothing, eh? Why is it that he/she's word seems to be law when there are like 4 or 5 of us in opposition with sources and everything? Canadian Bobby (talk) 13:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

just wait

I'm sure they'll come up with something. Maybe they'll creatively reinterpret the Spanish source for Peru's recognition?

If you're on AIM, MSN or Yahoo! Messenger and would like to chat about Kosovo or whatever, let me know. Cheers, Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I got a wiki account lol

Hey dude im just checking this out!

Djhayes383 (talk) 16:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)DaveDjhayes383 (talk) 16:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Chat

Hey Ian,

I've been waiting to see you on MSN to have a real chat with you, since our last one sort of fell apart because I kept getting pulled away (Sorry about that!). Hope to see you soon

Canadian Bobby (talk) 23:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

kk. I'll probably be around 11:30a-12p/5:30p-6p your time when I get on.

Cheers, Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:06, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm on now if you want to talk. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Where'd you go? Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. That's the thing about technology is that it never works Canadian Bobby (talk) 17:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Where are you, dude? Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

That's too bad. See if you can charm mum and dad into buying you a computer? ;-). I'm sure you'll be in church tommorow... Canadian Bobby (talk) 21:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You on today, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

You on, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm on if you wish to either chit or chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 13:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Why aren't you on MSN? Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:32, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I'm online. Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Can you help me, please?

Mr. Ijanderson977, it was written in the article Kosovo: "Kosova" redirects here. For other uses, see Kosova (disambiguation). but that was and still is not the case as when I type Kosova it does redirect me to "Kosova (disambiguation)". The aforementioned sentence was deleted in the article today by user Husönd. So I would appreciate your help to achieve a redirect from Kosova to Kosovo. The discussion is going on here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kosovo#There_should_be_a_redirect_from_Kosova_to_Kosovo Thank you, Sir. --Tubesship (talk) 16:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your successful help! :-) Tubesship (talk) 16:45, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

After your successful intervention redirecting Kosova to Kosovo I think maybe you would also like to participate in this poll about the same article. To make it short, there are to sides, one side wants to marginalize the Republic of Kosova in the article Kosova or even to push it out by splitting, and the other side, me, user Jawohl, user Kosova2k8s, Husond and others wants to be the article Kosova related to the Republic of Kosova. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kosovo#Protocol

Thank you in advance, dear Anderson! :-) --Tubesship (talk) 23:16, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Consenus breached, need support

Hello Mr. Anderson, contrary to a reached consensus there is a splitting going on instead a merging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kosovo#Split_completed And I would appreciate your assistance again. Thank you! --Tubesship (talk) 04:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Azriel (band)

I have nominated Azriel (band), an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Azriel (band). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Michig (talk) 14:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

The Kosova Issue

"An encyclopedia, or, traditionally, encyclopædia, is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge."

You are suggesting we use the English as the highest form I disagree because WP is an encyclopedia in British-English not English. If we use "Pristina" than for The United States of America we should just simply use America because that is in ENGLISH. Kosova2008 (talk) 20:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm an AMERICAN not a UNITED STATESian!! Does wikipedia have a chat so that I could talk to you? Also ljanderson977 I respect your contributions and hard work towards Kosova articles, don't think I dislike you or have any negative feelings. Kosova2008 (talk) 20:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

recognise/recognize

You might want to have a look at WP:MOS: the standard convention is not to insist on either US or British spellings, as long as they are internally consistent in the article. Vizjim (talk) 14:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, please do not make an edit only to change from one style to another. --Golbez (talk) 18:09, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

List of unrecognized countries. --Golbez (talk) 18:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't see most of those countries as necessarily falling into the remit of British English either. And I speak as a Brit living a stone's throw from the TRNC! This is about a time-honoured policy that keeps the peace between the two forms of English. Vizjim (talk) 13:40, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Accusing other editors of vandalism is taken seriously here. If you feel you have any evidence that I have vandalised the Azriel (band) article, or want an admin to investigate whether this is the case, please take this through the proper channels rather than making suggestions that this is the case in AfD discussions. The only topic for discussion in AfD debates is the appropriateness of the article in question for inclusion in our encyclopedia, not articles that other editors involved in the discussion have worked on or unfounded suggestions that other contributors to the debate have vandalized the article anonymously.--Michig (talk) 15:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Antony Beevor Ijanderson977 (talk) 15:15, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Grow up! Please see WP:POINT to see why your recent PROD's are unacceptable.--Michig (talk) 17:14, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Jesus Ijanderson977 (talk) 18:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Comment

Thank you ljanderson977 (on the viva democratic Republic of Kosova). It sucks so bad that you have to create a section to just say thank you. There should be other ways to do this or inform you of new changes in an article or discussion. Kosova2008 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 02:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Communism

I'll be the first person to tell you that the Communism article is seriously messed up, but I think that if you are willing to take some time to revise the article, you will find that it is possible to fix many of its mistakes. This would make much more sense than just deleting it. Please state what exactly you find so horrible about this article. We could use the feedback to fix it. P.S. it is very irresponsible to propose deletion for an article as important as Communism, without even discussing it or giving a reason. Jimmy da tuna 00:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

The article is really, really, really not going to be deleted. =\ You're free to work on it. As I mentioned on my talk page, if you'd rather start with a blank slate you could start a sandbox in your userspace. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Just want to be sure you see this edit summary. Please stop. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Comment

If you are an admin can you look international reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence. I am curious who made the description for Uruguay. The Uruguay description reads that their governemnt I'will not''' recognize whereas a translation [1] reads "has not. I checked with 4 different translation websites they all say "has not" instead of "will not". I think this is a POV attempt. --Kosova2008 (talk) 06:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

RE : Haha

Very good idea though , with the source and stuff ;) --Cradel 11:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I really don't know what you mean, but anyway happy april fool's day as well --Cradel 11:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Really ? Well I'm glad you support my country and want others to recognize it =), or was that just another joke :( (just kidding) --Cradel 11:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Really ? Interesting , I thank you and your family for helping my people :).As for the physical condition : cant be compared.Basically everything is better now.For example at the serbian rule the police (serbian of course) were everywhere in the streets and kept looking for a reason to beat up albanians , and you could get beaten up by them just by speaking albanian, and the albanian symbols, you were lucky if you could keep them in your house. Most of the teachers in the schools were serbian, albanian teachers were only allowed if they would teach in serbian language only (luckily this was changed later though), serbian kids got to learn in the classrooms while albanians only in the basements (luckily this was also changed after a short period). And the police often got drunk in the night and kept shooting around like wild baboons , and didn't even care if they hurt anyone , they could also come at your door and take anything they wanted , of course there were gentle police as well but they were very very rare (Please note that I am only referring to the Milosevic period ).Other things were bad as well but I'd hate to write them here now (hope you don't mind).

But anyway that is history now and Kosovo is finally independent =) --Cradel 14:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, dear Friend

Can you do me a favour and undo in the article Kosovo the version to my version? They avoid to tread Kosovo like other countries despite the fact, that there are much more disputed countries which are treated in a country-style way with country box and flag at the top, like for example Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic or Transnistria with no country recognizing them or like Northern Cyprus with only one country recognizing them. If you are convinced that this is an unjustified inequality in handling this case I would appreciate your undoing as I suggested. --Tubesship (talk) 12:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, problem solved, Husond brought the box up. :-) --Tubesship (talk) 12:13, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Azriel (band)

As wikipedia is based on reliable sources only. I would highly recommend reading Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Reliable sources for a better understanding of what kind of sources are acceptable. --neonwhite user page talk 16:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I was browsing your user page and I`ve noticed that "Macedonia" directs to the disambiguation page. I thought you might wanna know that, since obviously you mean the country (Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia. Cheers --157.228.x.x (talk) 19:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Guess it was not an error...

...and more an deliberate attempt to discredit a political party you disagree with.

Is your real name by any chance Robert Mugabe? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.111.162.127 (talk) 04:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I can vouch that he's not Robert Mugabe. He's too young, English and white for that. Ian, the only reason I got to read the article I talked to you about is because I read it at the college I work for on its LexisNexis account. I know it was on the [2] Baltic Times website, but a lot of that is by subscription only - thus why I could see it on LexisNexis. You shouldn't start discussions because you're bored AND without already having the link, mate. Canadian Bobby (talk) 12:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Ian, if you'd get your arse on MSN, you'd see that I sent you some links :-P Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll be teaching tommorow, so check your email and we can sort of talk that way as my time allows, k? I should be home around 3:45p mytime/9:45p yours. Btw, Marek is right - changing someone else's talk page entry isn't a nice thing to do. You should know better than that :-P Canadian Bobby (talk) 03:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Pristina

Absolutely. I will support you. The editors who want the Albanian spelling on WP:English are Albanian. Just doing a Google news search shows that Prishtina is rarely used in the English language. Pristina is a good compromise, because if we were staying true to form of decisions on WP then we would use Priština as that is what editors have decided to name the article of the city. However, I realize that Pristina is more widely used and we could never get a consensus to keep Priština on the article we edit on. I recommend that you start the request. --Tocino 17:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Mareklug is a very argumentative person. Watch... he will write a long paragraph as to why that's a typo in the constitution and why it has no relevance and why we should all obey his orders. :) --Tocino 19:04, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

• I support your efforts too, as I have indicated on the WP Kosovo talk page. If you are interested in correct use of terms considering Kosovo, there is an issue that is perhaps even more important than spelling of "Pristina". What I'm talking about here is the problematics of the adjective that means a citizen/resident of Kosovo. Currently there are many articles that say "Kosovar", however the official guidelines state that the term should not be used at all. Most often this is supposed to be "Kosovan" instead. See the guidelines for more detail, and let us know if you think it's worth a revision: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Kosovo-related articles)#Ethnic_naming. Rayhou (talk) 16:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Re.Hello

Hello Ijanderson977. I am sorry, but I must decline your request. First because according to the talk page, there is no consensus for that change. Furthermore, I participated in the discussion so as an involved party I cannot make such change. Otherwise it would be misuse of the admin tools. Best regards, Húsönd 21:58, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

unethical stealth edit

Hi there. I believe this is the first time I have the pleasure of writing on your talk page. However, I wish it was for a happier reason: This sort of edit in somebody else's signed and dated utterance, furthermore, one being voted on in the exact form it was cast, is unethical and probably deserves a block: [3]. Please don't do this again. Cordially, --Mareklug ^talk 00:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Or what? I changed it due to the spelling being in Albainian not English. Ijanderson977 (talk) 07:48, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Now I have extra reason to be annoyed with you -- end justifies the means, yes? Don't you see that falsifying other people's work flies in teh face of signing and dating your say? And don't you see that falsifying a poll in progress is just a nutty thing to do, rather antisocial? --Mareklug ^talk 10:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Mareklug always seems to see some falsifications which others fail to notice, mostly because he can't point at them. But he does mention them quite often.--Avala (talk) 00:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Pristina - Prishtina

I think we might need to postpone our discussions on the issue. It seems that the wish of user dab have been fulfilled. But I still think that he is not doing a good job over at the Kosovo article. Jawohl (talk) 18:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I really thank u for backing me up on my comments on the Communism article.Euge246 (talk) 06:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

EU representative

Hi there, here is the url to the website of ICO which Peter Feith heads. He is the EU special representative of the International Civilian Office. http://www.ico-kos.org/english/index.html . regards, Jawohl (talk) 09:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

And here you have the chart of the future EU presence in Kosovo, if you are interested of course. :) http://www.eupt-kosovo.eu/new/home/docs/EUINKOSOVO.pdf Jawohl (talk) 10:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

That's OK. I just wanted to point out, that he is the special representative of EU and not a senior EU official. Jawohl (talk) 08:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Pages broken, we need an article abour Peter Feith, he is notable. James Michael DuPont (talk) 07:20, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Balkan fever.JPG

An image that you uploaded, Image:Balkan fever.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Jeepday (talk) 13:43, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleted, Thanks for the note :) Jeepday (talk) 01:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Chatty Chatty Chat Chat

Ian, I'm on MSN now if you want to chat - I'm "invisible," which makes me cool, but I'm there. Muahahahaha. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Ian, the next time you want to add a country on the Kosovo recognition page, make sure it's real first. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Can't. I'm working today. I'll be on around 3:45-4pm my time / 9:45-10pm yours. You can stay up late, big boy. X Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm on MSN. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Chat! Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Chat?? Canadian Bobby (talk) 21:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Msn. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

MSN! Canadian Bobby (talk) 12:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 17:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC) Chat Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC) I'm on. Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Chat me up, mate. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

You on, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

You on, mate? Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm on now. Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I am indeed online, dude. Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:02, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Cart your arse online. Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Habla conmigo! Canadian Bobby (talk) 16:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Papua New Guinea project

This project, like a lot of others related to that part of the world, was basically created as a work group of the parent regional project, but given the "WikiProject" name because of its official independence. It's great to see someone else showing an interest in the subject, though. I'd love to see it get better myself, and will do what I can to help, once I get the various pages of the Project Directory and everything else I've got pending done, with any luck by the end of the month. But the userbox is being created. John Carter (talk) 18:19, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, about the end of the month. I've gotten quite a few print outs on many of the countries, and want to add the relevant material as possible. But first I wanted to make sure they were all listed in the directory, so people would know they existed. John Carter (talk) 18:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Barnstar of National Merit Papua New Guinea.svg

Here you go!:P - $\mathrm {S}$ $\mathrm {Solberg}$ $\mathrm {J}$ 20:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

my image

Ijanderson977 (talk) 23:59, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Vanuatu Trade Missions

Ok, I will assume good faith and explain. A trade mission (or commercial office) is a permanent office run by a government intended to promote a country's trade and investment opportunities in another country. It does not have normal diplomatic status in itself, and thus do not feature in Diplomatic Missions by Country articles.

Another kind of trade mission is when company representatives go to another country to promote themselves, such as what you have linked here to the "Vanuatu Trade Mission in Canberra" . However it is certainly not the kind of trade mission as I have described above. The "mission" only lasted for four days, only covered one industry, and took place anyway in Vanuatu, not Canberra.

Thousands of these kinds of trade missions take place every day around the world. Do you really think they qualify for notability? Kransky (talk) 02:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Lithuania

It's just a basic DRAFT resolution by the Seimas recognizing Kosovo independence and recommending the government to establish diplomatic relations. I don't think you need the full translation. The longer first part just discusses prior positive Lithuanian reaction to the Kosovo declaration. Note, it is dated April 23 (today) and has not yet been voted on. Renata (talk) 17:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I have left the requested summary translation on my talk page. Jakro64 (talk) 11:21, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Foreign Offices in Kosovo

Hi there,

I know that you are always updating the status of the foreign offices currently present in Kosovo. Here is a link to Prishtina Guide (pdf). On page 43 you will find all the offices listed (incl. their address and tel. numbers) Hope it helps you further in your efforts to improve the article(s). http://www.inyourpocket.com/data/download/Pristina_1.pdf

See you. Jawohl (talk) 12:16, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Jawohl (talk) 15:16, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

In case you missed it, the Saudi Ambassador in Prishtina is called Bill Clinton :) Check out the article on foreign relations. Jawohl (talk) 15:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC

It is linked to him. That is a nasty one. I wonder who did that?!. Could you correct it and also add Russia and the other missing offices in the article as mentioned in the PDF. Thanks. Jawohl (talk) 15:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Image

Hey Ij, I was just looking around and couldn't help notice that you uploaded an image under the title "Balkan Fever". Could I just ask what it was an image of? Cheers, :-) BalkanFever 14:06, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes, that one. I've been meaning to draw that up myself for a while, but haven't had the time. And LOL, hopefully those guys at Le Monde Diplomatique can start using the term, then you can re-create it :D. BalkanFever 14:13, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Trade missions of Vanuatu

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OK. Thanks for telling me that wonderful information. Its not like i created or cared about the article ;) Ijanderson977 (talk) 15:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Re. Hello again

Hello there. Sorry, but I'm back in Portugal for a couple of weeks and I haven't been using much the internet. Therefore, I couldn't reply to your request on time, and won't probably be able to reply to any requests on time while I'm here... Best regards, Húsönd 16:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

SAA

SAA has an article which says Kosovo is a UN administrated province of Serbia. Now the Serbian Prime Minister claims that the EU countries which have recognized the Kosovo independence have broken this article of the SAA (and therefore he asks how will their parliaments ratify such an agreement) and that there is no sense in signing it until the EU clarifies with whom is it signing the SAA with (Serbia or partial Serbia). Obviously the EU can't answer to that because of its own internal division on this matter. The whole thing about leaving the recognition to individual states has created a lot of problems for the future accession. If the UK says - we are signing it with Serbia without Kosovo, Spain will say - no we are signing it with Serbia with Kosovo. I don't think that the EU has a solution at this point. Today some states tried to change the text of the SAA but that cannot be done at this point anymore as the document is aleady signed by both parties, this is just the final signature for it to start entering into force. Serbian President believes SAA should be signed because it would be another multilateral document which reaffirms Serbia's position on Kosovo. To sum it up - it's a chaos where everyone has his own interpretation and interest. --Avala (talk) 17:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem.--Avala (talk) 17:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Unofficial use of the euro

Hi there. What I meant to say is that you changed only the number of countries and not the list. I just did it, so thanks for the info. The number of countries joining the eurozone keeps growing! Miguel.mateo (talk) 16:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I added some references to David Benatar

I added some references to David Benatar -Eastmain (talk) 20:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

tht nazi calling anon

hey yea the guy is funny lol um i am not an admin (maybe i should nominate me self to become one) but you can report to an admin and give a link to his edit summaries where he has called you a nazi then they would hopefully sort him out. have a happy editing on wikipedia. Pathfinder2006 (talk) 22:45, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Somehow I don't find this all that surprising, Ian. ha. Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:24, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

oO

Mmm? -- lucasbfr ^talk 23:00, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you please take the time to explain this message? Because I don't get how this edit can be labeled vandalism. -- lucasbfr ^talk 23:04, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

You're using uw-vandalism1, hence my gasp. Beware when you template people, you might not say what you intend to say. I removed this line since it is empty. It doesn't make any sense to have it, IMHO. -- lucasbfr ^talk 23:10, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Serbia

We can't wait that you come in Serbia! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.101.185.222 (talk) 17:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I also can't wait that you come in chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:20, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Chat me, Amadeus Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 22:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:51, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Re. Hello, would you do me a favour please?

Hello Ijanderson977 and thank you for contacting me. Sorry I couldn't reply earlier, I came back to Slovenia today. Well, that was quite an angry newbie, but he seems to have stopped for now. Please bring him/her to my attention again if he/she returns, especially if with a new wave of attacks against you. Best regards, Húsönd 19:41, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Whoops, apparently I hadn't noticed your semi-protection request yesterday. I see that your request hasn't been handled by somebody else meanwhile, so I'll have a look at the article shortly. I'm back to Slovenia, Portugal was nice as always. Strangely, the weather is better here in Slovenia. Regards, Húsönd 18:37, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I've decided to decline your protection request for the moment. Not much disruption at this time on Serbian parliamentary election, 2008: not enough vandalism to justify semi-protection and not enough edit war to justify full protection. But please do request again if things get ugly. Regards, Húsönd 22:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

re: Ukraine edit protect (dates, etc)

If you look at my edit, or at the editprotect request in its present form, you'll see I made all these additions already, and the editprotect is ready to go. I'll add a checkmark next to my say, to make it clearer, that what I'm talking about has been done. --Mareklug ^talk 15:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Serbian parliamentary election, 2008

I left a message on the user talk page saying that any problems he/she has needs to discuss on the discussion page of the article and i think it will be best for wikipedia if you two do so as well. If he/she continue to edit the page without discussions report it to admins about the user. happy editing. Pathfinder2006 (talk) 16:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Macedonia boxes

Hey Ian, I saw your comment on iNkubusse's talk page. Husond has this nice userbox if you're interested: User:Husond/Userboxes/Macedonia. By the way I love yours :D. Cheers, BalkanFever 03:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Kosovo's public watchlist

Hi Ijanderson :-) After seeing your comment, I thought that you may be interested in the public watchlist of the Kosovo WikiProject. - Best regards, Ev (talk) 19:44, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Glad to be of help :-) Ev (talk) 19:25, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Re. International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

Sure, but could you please check those requested edits? I see that they're not up-to-date following today's recognition by the Czech Republic. Húsönd 19:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. By the way, I inserted "May 21" instead of "May 20". Regards, Húsönd 20:09, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Eurovision

All things aside given this information about who is interested in organization (one day after Bilan's victory) I can't see Kosovo participating (even though I think that the proposal of Serbian Governmentm that Kosovo Government rejects would allow them to) - "Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has commissioned Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov to monitor preparations for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Russia"[4].--Avala (talk) 19:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

EBU is probably more prone to pressure by Putin then by Kosovo TV station plea. And you are talking about Scotland as it is in this year contest but maybe they want more coverage so they want to enter on their own, maybe they think they can do better than the UK last spots or maybe it's the best way to deal with Kosovo participation as Serbia and Russia will not protest if Scotland enters too. We'll see. --Avala (talk) 19:16, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Indeed and as the UK might pull out, Russia will probably take it's place in Big 4. Also consensus is needed to enter EBU, that is why Macedonia is performing under it's UN name (either that or no performance).--Avala (talk) 19:15, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I have just found this

Eligible participants include all Active Members of the European Broadcasting Union. Active Members are those whose states fall within the European Broadcasting Area, or otherwise those who are members of the Council of Europe. The European Broadcasting Area is defined by the International Telecommunication Union. - [5]

And Kosovo has no prospect of joining CoE (Scotland is member as part of the UK) or the UN body ITU. So it's only their wish to join but they would first need to join the CoE or UN which I don't see happening for the 2009 Eurovision.--Avala (talk) 09:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:Eurovision 2009.PNG

Hi. Where is United Kingdom and The Netherlands on the Map? US - Jimmy Slade (talk) 20:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

wrong flag

Your template: Template:Macedonia Fair Name, has the wrong flag (it stood only between 1992-1995) of the country. Also, do you think there is irredentism against Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Kosovar and Serbian territory, at official level in Skopje? Thanks. Politis (talk) 18:59, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Kosovo

I would strongly urge you (although I obviously can't make you, and wouldn't try to if I could) to consider striking or redacting this comment. Obviously tensions are high and people are getting emotional, and I completely understand that. Please be aware that all Wikipedians approach these situations from unique angles, and what seems clear-cut to you may not seem so to others. I am confident that if everyone communicates positively and in good faith that we can make constructive progress.

Thanks, and best regards - Revolving Bugbear 20:52, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it.

While I agree with you on principle about IDONTLIKEIT, I really don't think that's what's going on here. Remember that news outlets are businesses first and public servants second -- while they are obligated by professional standards to adhere to sourceable facts, they have broad leeway in what they report and how the report it (sound familiar?). This is a single, unquoted statement. Although that doesn't make it, on its face, dubious, I think some caution is warranted. And I think that, if you consider it, the reluctance expressed by Tocino is well within the bounds of WP:RS and WP:V. If this source is accurate -- which it, in all likelihood, probably is -- then more sources will probably emerge, at which point there should be no opposition to the quote.

Boldness is in fact extolled as a virtue on Wikipedia, but with protected articles we have to be extra careful -- the rule with protected articles is generally better safe than sorry, no action rather than disputed action.

Here's hoping for continued peaceful cooperation - Revolving Bugbear 21:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I understand your concern, I really do. And I will keep an eye on the situation, I promise. In the future, if something comes up which you feel is seriously skewed, you might consider filing an RfC. However, in this case I think his objection really was reasonable, given the nature of the source. Like I said, I imagine there's probably more rigorous sourcing out there somewhere, or there will be soon.

Cheers - Revolving Bugbear 23:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I will use it on my page,thanks.--Makedonij (talk) 21:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

asking

It was more of a question to you about your views on official irredentism (or the lack of it) in the Republic of Macedonia. Comments welcome. Also, if you know about the flag, why dont you use the country's flag? Politis (talk) 15:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for your full comment. Much appreciated. The Vergina flag, as far as I understand, was pushed on the country by an Australian lobby group. It was nowhere to be found in Skopje or around the country the day it celebrated its independence in 1991. It has now become an irredentist symbol (the Greek Vergina flag simply refers to the Greek province of Macedonia). *As for Skopje propaganda, it exists throughout its institutions and gets on the nerves of many Slav and Albanian Macedonians.
• It is the only country in Europe which publishes irredentist maps at official and private level, waves them at demonstrations, calls for the anexation of neighbouring territories.
• You will NEVER hear a government official mention 'Macedonia' with reference to the Greek province, it is always as Aegean Macedonia or northern Greece. If only they could say 'in the Greek province of Macedonia'. Just google Macedonia and you immediately get an irredentist map. This is not the case with Albania, Serbia, Turkey or any other country one might have expected it.
• I reserve my comments on Greek officials - they are not complimentary. Politis (talk) 13:31, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Bad Script

This movie is yet another manifestation of a trend in Hollywood movies that has been going on for the past 10 years or so: dumb it down! While the last Indiana Jones movie, The Last Crusade, was by no means a doctoral dissertation, it took thought to keep up with everything. In this movie, no thinking required: they constantly repeat everything to the point where you could begin to view the movie at almost any point before the last 10 minutes and not have missed anything. In previous movies, Indiana would pour over intricate riddles, inscriptions and petroglyphs and still never understand them entirely - whereas in this movie there's really only one, constantly repeated by the poorly utilized John Hurt, and they figure it out because it's all based on landmarks. Oooooh.

As a side note, I thought it was rather silly to keep emphasizing that Marcus and his father are dead. The photos on the desk should've sufficed, but they just had to keep bringing it up in case anybody came in late. See the point in the previous paragraph.

Another aspect that stood out to me was the portrayal of the Soviets. Spielberg is nearly expert at portraying Nazis, having made or been involved in so many damn movies about them, but he clearly has no idea what a Soviet spy or soldier is. The Nazis were suave, subtle, very clever and sophisticated agents of evil, while the Soviets are ham-handed, funny-accented klutzes who couldn't steal a piece of paper (literally). They're supposed to be the bad guys, dude! Not comic relief. The villains in the movie are not believable as villains. They show up to everything late and their champions are some corpulent British dude whose motives are never fully explained and whom Indiana Jones keeps allowing to hang around for some illogical reason, although he does punch him a few times, and a weirdo New Age lady who swordfights.

The most damning and damaging to the integrity of the movie was the non-MacGuffin MacGuffin. A MacGuffin, for those unfamiliar, is an object that motivates the actions of the players in the movie, but is itself rarely seen or sometimes not at all. The allure of this object keeps the movie interesting. For example, in Last Crusade, the Holy Grail motivates the entire movie, but you don't see it until the very end. In this movie, you see the crystal skull at every turn - the characters even play a high speed game of keep-away with it. They use it to scare ants and natives. The thing becomes their rather creepy buddy. The motivation only becomes to return the thing, thus robbing the viewer of the anticipation of seeing the skull, what it can do, where's it from, etc etc. They even reveal the skull's origin about halfway through the movie! There's no mystery or suspense!

Finally, the movie seems to have been cobbled together from prior movies that Lucas and Spielberg had made. The crystal skulls look exactly like the aliens from the end of A.I. The car blaring Elvis music at the beginning was clearly taken right out of American Graffiti. They recycled the warehouse from Raiders, the crashing raft scene from Temple of Doom, replacing the yellow raft with a motorized duck, etc.

The space/dimensionship was just silly. The Holy Grail was more believable than that POS plot element. They took a leap off the deep end with that and ruined the movie's credibility entirely. The rather blatant and clumsy reference to handing off the Indy mantle to Shia LeBeouf was also uncalled for.

The movie was mildly entertaining, if wildly flawed and self-destructing.

1) You told me you'd delete this once you'd read it. 2) Chat Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, what can I say

Just came across your 3RR complaint against me. The fourth revert was done without me realizing I had already made 3 previous reversions. Interesting to see you were quick to report me and ignored 3RR violations made by the anonymous user. I've been repeatedly asking the user to discuss and yet all my concerns regarding the content and reliability of sources remain unaddressed. I'll have to take up the matter with Arbcom if things continue. I've already reported the anonymous user for incivility. Also, I urge you also to keep this discussion as civil as possible. Making irresponsible comments like "American spy" is only going to weaken your case once the matter is up with Arbcom. I still don't understand what makes you think I'm anti-Russian? I'm just standing up for facts here and removal of nationalistic statements in Wikipedia. --AI009 (talk) 06:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

talk

chat. now. Canadian Bobby (talk) 00:00, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 15:06, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

North American Union

As per the discussion on the talk page, I reverted your addition of {{Infobox Geopolitical organization}} on the North American Union article. --Kralizec! (talk) 14:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Talk page comments

IP warned. The AGF idea behind allowing any user to remove warnings is an indication that they have read and understood the comment. They've not reverted it yet so hopefully that's a good sign. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

anonymous

User:69.29.70.177 is deleting my comments on a talk page.

• 15:26
• 15:49

I asked him why he deleted my comment and he just deleted that too. 15:48

This is his page. Will you please sort him out and tell him not to delete my comment and edits in the future? Thankyou.Ijanderson977 (talk) 15:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

PeterSymonds has warned him, and he seems to have stopped. Let me know if you get trouble from him again.

Cheers - Revolving Bugbear 19:17, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

"anonymous" oh please I leave the Kosova2008 if you didn't know who has been deleting them. The reason why I deleted it was because your constructive criticism should have been left on my talk page and not on the forum. I thought you'd understand that if I deleted it, plus it confirms to you that I got your message, but I guess you didn't understand common sense. No matter, considering that you made such a big deal about this I will leave your comment alone, as is. I apologize if you have been hurt by this incident in any way or shape, thank you and please continue shaping the Kosova articles. Again, Kosova2008 69.29.70.177 (talk) 21:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know what I wrote after the "I thought you'd understand" but it's an incomplete thought. 69.29.70.177 (talk) 21:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Re.Anonymous user causing trouble

Hello Ijanderson and thank you for contacting me. Seems like another admin has already warned that user against removing legitimate talk page comments. Please report any further removals. Regards, Húsönd 19:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template:TRNC is a Joke

Template:TRNC is a Joke, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:TRNC is a Joke and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Template:TRNC is a Joke during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Grutness...wha? 02:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Comment

KosovoCompromise.com

Why should we use this website as a source? This website is funded by Republic of Serbia and is a Serbian state-run propaganda tool aimed at "more than autonomy, less than independence" stance. I am okay with Belgrade sources such as Tanjug, B92, and others but ones funded directly by the Serbian government...that's a stretch. What do you think? --Kosova2008 (talk) 04:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree..my ONLY objection with sources is that they be multiple..I refuse to edit a stance based on what only ONE source says that the other 15,000 aren't reporting. If that website has some quote and it can be backed up with another one which doesn't necessarily have to be pro-Kosovar than I am okay with it.--Kosova2008 (talk) 19:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

Thank you for uploading images/media to Wikipedia! There is, however, another Wikimedia Foundation project called Wikimedia Commons, a central media repository for all free media. In the future, please consider creating an account and uploading your media there instead. That way, all of the other language Wikipedias can use them too, as well as our many sister projects. This will also allow our visitors to search for, view and use our media in one central location. If you wish to move previous uploads to Commons, see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons (you may view images you have previously uploaded by going to your user contributions on the left and choosing the 'image' namespace from the drop down box). Please note that non-free content, such as images claimed as fair use, cannot be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Help us spread the word about Commons by informing other users, and please continue uploading!--OsamaK 01:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Int Reaction Kos 2008

I thought you'd jump the gun to make an editrequest to include the part where it was the first time since both sides sat together...considering that another Serbian rep just bolted yesterday [6] --Kosova2008 (talk) 20:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

How is it POV when you are presenting a fact? It's a FACT that it was the FIRST TIME that both sides sat together without the little kids from belgrade running out in tears, it's a fact. BTW do you know who has been editing this article without discussions? That's awfully anti-democratic. Kosova2008 (talk) 21:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: commons

Ian, I replied on my talk page, btw. --Mareklug ^talk 15:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

The Mickey Mouse Club

I am having trouble with an editor removing information of mine that is sourced and cited very well. They are telling me that an "uninterested" editor needs to publish the information, which makes no sense to me as an "uninterested" editor would have no reason to do so. Zachary Jaydon was a cast member on The Mickey Mouse Club, and I have cited numerous Official, Reliable, Non-Secondary Disney Publications that provide this information clearly. The editor keeps removing the information without taking the time to check the sources, which can be done if a small amount of effort is put into it. I believe that this goes against Wiki policy as well as a major lack of the assumption of good faith. Removing unsourced information is one thing, but when an editor takes the time to make an article more informative and accurate, it's very discouraging. Please help!

Skyler Morgan (talk) 20:32, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

A bit more investigation may have revealed a different image than you got from TragedyStriker, aka "Skyler Morgan". He is pretty much a single purpose account, dedicated to including information on Zachary Jaydon inside of Wikipedia. None of the works discussing the Mickey Mouse Club include Zachary Jaydon. In fact, the only sources that anyone can find on Zachary are things like IMDB, where the fact checking is pretty loose. Months after trying to get Zachary included, TragedyStriker pops up with a fairly obscure reference: Disney Channel house magazines from 15 years ago. The consensus among all other editors on the article is that the information should stay out until some disinterested editor manages to see a copy of one of these things. I've made a good faith effort, e-mailing editors that have edited the article in the past, posting a request on the RS noticeboard, discussing it on the talk page with other users.
Far from being a problem with me, TragedyStriker's edits have been reverted by me, User:Saratoga Sam, and User:C.Fred. He just hit the fourth revert in 24 hours, so he has now been reported on the 3RR noticeboard. Kww (talk) 20:55, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

It happens. A lot of people think I'm an admin, so I get similar requests on my talk page. I've learned that look before you leap is a very useful old adage in such situations. Kww (talk) 22:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

thank you for the barnstar. These are rare... :)

I think I got everything in your recent uploads (more than what's in the gallery). If I missed anything, or you need new descriptions, holler. Double check that Jewish cementary -- is it really "near Krakow"? I changed it to "in Krakow", and you might wish to revert that change. Best, --Mareklug ^talk 22:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I messed up your neat page! ZOMGLOL!!!

Talk to me, Ian. Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Hahaha

America is screwed if either Russia or China attacks? You my friend are funny. I'm not even going to reply to your post. Hahahah thanks for making me laugh. Ari (talk) 04:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

man power doesn't count, we are in the age of the buttons and opposable thumbs. One nuke in the China sea or Indian Sea and boom half the Chinese die from a Tsunami. Ari (talk) 14:43, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

America could tomorrow invade China and not one American in mainland would know about it. America would attack from 600+ bases. You my friend are SEVERELY underestimating the United States of America. I don't wish to talk about this anymore considering the fact that you will not change your stance. Ari (talk) 19:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

China might nuke all major US cities in return. Then use its army which is three times bigger than America's and kick shit out of all the invaders. I dont underestimate the USA at all, i understand that it does not hold the monopoly of been the sole superpower in the world. And if two superpower do war, then everyones fucked! Ijanderson977 (talk) 20:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Also the USA and China would never invade each other. They would rather team up and dominate the world together. Ijanderson977 (talk) 20:18, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Just being a wikistalker here, but study up on military actions in the current day. USA would dominate China. Could we invade and hold the whole country? No. But we have such superior weaponry we could bomb the shit out of them. Just saying! :) Beam 22:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh and if it didn't go Nuclear, China wouldn't have a chance. USA would have air superiority in 24 hours, as well as the only operating Navy left between them. Could we take over with men on the ground? Probably not. Beam 22:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Ian, please do not be ignorant and naive. If all the Chinese got a knife they could take over the world --- but how is China gonna get 1.3 billion people to America or Europe? Like I said, this is the AGE of the OPPOSABLE thumb, the age of bases. America has over 60 bases that are within nuke range...but America isn't in rocket area of China. Kosova2008 (talk) —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Si gnatures|comment]] was added at 02:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I meant 600. I know because America has bases near China (Japan, Mongolia, etc) wherease China doesn't have any around America. Kosova2008 (talk)

LOL

I've said it at least two times before, that I am an American with Irish and British ancestry and that's it. Some of these Kosovo Albanian editors just assume I am Serb because I have defended the Serb side on that article. These guys probably think that all Americans are pro-Kosovo, but the truth is that probably less than 5% of Americans know of the circumstances in Serbia and Kosovo and I happen to be one of the 5%. I bet that 5% is spilt 50/50 over which side they sympathize with. --Tocino 18:43, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

What do you mean

I have been logging in Kosova2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.114.196.137 (talk) 19:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I ABSOLUTELY loathe signing in on wikipedia. Kosova2008 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 02:04, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Zachary Jaydon

Can you help me with the AfD of my article on Zachary Jaydon? I am not sure what to do, but I've sourced it the best I can, included album and magazine scans.

There seems to be confusion as to the relation between Jaydon D. Paull & Zachary Jaydon. They are one in the same. A large percentage of performers/artists don't go by their legal name. Any notability no matter which of the two names they are credited under are still assertions of nobility under either or both. Many people are eliminating anything that can be user uploaded or changed. I agree with the principle of this in general, however, videos, magazine scans and the such are irrefutable proof of events or facts no matter where they came from. If there is a video of Mr. Jaydon playing with a National Rock Band, you can't say that because it was put up by a "user" that the fact doesn't remain.

While every sentence of this Wiki Article isn't strongly sourced, it doesn't mean he doesn't meat notability requirements for an article. I have scanned and uploaded quite a few of my sources at: http://zacharyjaydonwiki.blogspot.com/

Also, the following was taken directly from WP:N#MUSIC:

Criteria for composers and lyricists

For composers, songwriters, librettists or lyricists:

  1. Has credit for writing or co-writing either lyrics or music for a notable composition.

Jaydon has written material on several Multi-Platinum records, including *NSYNC, Craig David, Ryan Cabrera and others. These WERE songs that were included on these albums. They weren't scrapped, or obscure B-Sides. These were songs included on official releases by MAJOR artists. He obviously has notable talent if these artists are choosing to work with him. This is obviously an arguable issue, but given the success of the albums his work has been featured on, it seems at the VERY least, notable. These credits are easily verifiable here:

([7], [8], [9])

The 3 above sources are all from www.ASCAP.com which is one of the most trusted sources used on Wiki for Songwriter Credit Verification.

([10]) also shows from a VERY large, Fortune 500 companies website with information on Close To Home and confirming Mr. Jaydon's Songwriting Credits. This website would be considered reliable on any front, and also independent of the subject himself.

PLEASE HELP!

Skyler Morgan (talk) 22:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Apparently I have made a none constructive edit to my own user page lol

Wiped away --- I'm using a fairly new revert script. Looks like I accidently posted to your page. Sorry!! Just ignore that previous messsage!! Just say "NO" to WP:FUR 17:24, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

You need to look up a term

The term is "Mutually Assured Destruction", or MAD in relation to nuclear weaponry and the United States. Than you will realize you're being a bit foolish and by a bit I mean wicked foolish. Beam 22:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Userboxes

Sure, go ahead, by the way, nice layout -- CD 20:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

What about including a menu with links, see the example here -- CD 11:54, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

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Chatster!

Talk to me! Canadian Bobby (talk) 14:37, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I've been in Springfield all week, mate. I told you I was going. Canadian Bobby (talk) 20:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Come chat, mate. Canadian Bobby (talk) 19:13, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Chat? Canadian Bobby (talk) 17:29, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Chat with me, The snake! :=D Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Cart your arse onto msn! Canadian Bobby (talk) 18:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Cart your arse on! Canadian Bobby (talk) 17:40, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Chat. Canadian Bobby (talk) 23:36, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Sock puppets

I have a feeling that they are all the same user. They seem to be Kosovo Albanian. Here is another potential sock puppet = [11] . Personally I think all of these sock puppets may be from Kosova2008. Also some anon is stalking me on my talk page. He will delete my comments or post bullshit, here is the edit history =[12] . --Tocino 17:25, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

That page looks confusing. The problem is that I don't have any hard evidence that they are all the same person. I can only point to the incident where Users: Alchemia and Digitalpaper posted basically the exact smae thing within 12 minutes of each other. Yes, I know that the anon who uses a different IP address every time to spam my talk page is the same person, but I don't know if he's also another user on the International reaction article. One thing we know is that the anon, the two users mentioned above, and Kosova2008 all don't have a very good grasp of the English language and they also seem to be Kosovo Albanian. What do you think? --Tocino 22:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Tocino and you

Why are you helping this friend of criminal Nikolic? You shouldn't try to make fun of me. 84.134.109.174 (talk) 19:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

edit request

"What has India got to do with Cuba? Avala seems to be disagreeing in bad faith and therefore in violation of WP:IDONTLIKEIT and WP:ABF."

Ok then prove that you are not favoring the blocking of content yourself, last time it was blocked by Mareklug but you can prevent it this time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:International_reaction_to_the_2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence#China_and_India_-_edit_request

This is my request regarding the statement read by the host minister of ministerial conference of Russia, China and India which said

“In our statement, we recorded our fundamental position that the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo contradicts Resolution 1244. Russia, India and China encourage Belgrade and Pristina to resume talks within the framework of international law and hope they reach an agreement on all problems of that Serbian territory,”

Thanks in advance. --Avala (talk) 22:08, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again. This is very important peace of news because of the last part of the joint statement "an agreement on all problems of that Serbian territory", because earlier when countries asked for further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, Mareklug said for him it means talks between two countries not the country and it's territory. Maybe these ministers read Wikipedia so they decided to be clearer heh jk.--Avala (talk) 22:28, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

That big three has some influence but they can't compete in the market of decision buying.--Avala (talk) 23:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC) Food for diplomacy Regime support for diplomacy Expect Madagascar, Armenia to follow

Yeah I suppose it is in the end the UK paying for the US cause. Although Russians don't bribe with money I think. It's more like "we'll cut you off from the world" for Kyrgyzstan and such or "do you want those nuclear triggers or not?" for Iran and similar troublemakers who need Russians for their thing.--Avala (talk) 00:01, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

And yeah they didn't give them 480 mln just for one deal. It's the full price of unconditional support on anything. Also Serbia can interestingly influence a couple of countries in Africa whom Serbia (Yugoslavia) helped in post colonial period. If the memory serves me well those are Ghana, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau, Angola also Ethiopia and Arab states in the north and the few that have turned into a mess like Sudan. --Avala (talk) 00:04, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Poppy Image

Your Poppy photo, it's nice to make a statement with a good photo but unless you place it in appropriate Gallery articles or Categories at Commons (not Wikipedia), no one will be able to see it or use it. Just an FYI. WayneRay (talk) 22:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)WayneRay

Cool, I just saw that. I will put it in an appropriate category on Commons. WayneRay (talk) 22:37, 17 June 2008 (UTC)WayneRay

HI, putting images in Categories on Commons is easy. First you go to the search feature on the left side of the page and type in something that is close to what you think might be there already and many article galleries and Categories will appear. Then you put the double bar symbol in front and the ]] symbol behind the words Category:name so theoretically if there is a category for your image you would use Category:Poppy or Poppies or War etc Just look around other images and you will see what categoires they are linked to WayneRay (talk) 13:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)WayneRay

Europe map

Hey, I love that you decided to change the map but dont you think it would be better if you would work on it somewhere else,other than the europe page? and when you will get done then place it there. I think it would be better that way.--Geographyfanatic (talk) 20:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I know. It is ok. I just thought it would be easier for you. Im fine with that, Regards--Geographyfanatic (talk) 20:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		You did an amazing job.That clickable labeled map required a great amount of effort indeed.Thanks. Geographyfanatic (talk) 22:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes. I know. I think I saw azov sea somewhere in the Atlantic. :-)--Geographyfanatic (talk) 22:30, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

• Oh, thanks I will definitely inform you if I will need one.: -) yes I am indeed interested in maps and I recently made several of them - mostly maps of Europe- and I can say they can be tiresome. I made several mistakes that I and other users corrected. I wanted to improve that labeled European map long time, and you can see that I even requested help on my talk page but when I saw the "formula" for it,(like the one on Asia), I knew it would kill me. :(. But anyway, now its done thanks to you. Oh.... and I almost forgot, The Celtic sea on your map, I think its a bit lower in reality than the location shown,[13],place where you put it is the Irish sea I believe.[14],, also I think Georgia needs to be redirected to Georgia (country) so take a look and good luck ;-) --Geographyfanatic (talk) 23:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

map on Europe

It's great that you want to fix the linking map on Europe. Unfortunately, it's not so great how you do it. If I may suggest you do this in your sandbox first. Tomeasy_talk 21:02, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for your efforts. Tomeasy_talk 21:04, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I can see you have finished working on this map. In itself, the map is now much better than before, on the expense of making it larger. However, it does not jive with the article. Namely, it covers the list of contents if your screen is less than 1200px wide or you do not use full screen. Perhaps you can fix this problem. Tomeasy_talk 17:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey LJ, your map causes problems on Europe. I just reverted an edit who has reinstalled the old version. Obviously people are bothered about your solution. I told you above what I think might be a reason for objection. I am sure you would like to see your efforts invested in the map resulting in its stable integration within the article. After all, you've received an award for it and I think it would be a shame if this effort was wasted. I will start a a talk page section for the map now and would be more than happy, if you have ideas on how to integrate your version perfectly. Tomeasy_talk 10:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

OIC

So you were right about Serbia turning Indonesia. They stood up for Serbia at OIC. Interesting. Maybe they are just Tito-nostalgic over there lol. Anyway what do you think about that new Consitution of Kosovo which defines marriage in gender neutral style, how will Arabs react (they have death penalty for homosexuals let alone marriage)? --Avala (talk) 19:08, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Turkey decided to recognize on the first day. It rose some eyebrows in Turkey as PKK attacked them during that time heavily in the east. But other than that, yeah more or less no country with separatists decided to recognize. Many of them are waiting to see what will the Intl Court say this autumn.--Avala (talk) 19:17, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I think they are trying to prove how being Islamic and European don't exclude each other but my opinion is that they could have chosen a better example. Maybe they could have invested more in Bosnia instead of proving their point on a disputed territory. They could also be trying to help Northern Cyprus.--Avala (talk) 19:30, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I could have missed a comma. I meant that Turkey is proving their point about Islam and Europe on a disputed territory of Kosovo with loads of problems instead of doing it on Bosnia which is not disputed and has already signed SAA with the EU (obviously Bosnia is not a fully Muslim state but even better).--Avala (talk) 19:41, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Economical relations are good with mutual investment, also lot of tourists go from Serbia to Turkey. Politically they were more or less OK up until that AKP party took over. Now political relations are down to zero even though prior to Kosovo declaration Serbian president traveled to Ankara to try to make some better relations but nah it didn't happen. I am watching the Euro, and the question is will the Dutch continue to be so merciless lol? Croatia will probably win over Turkey as they won over England in qualifications and Germany now. Serbia got kicked out because it may have played well against Portugal but loosing from Kazakhstan is simply not allowable. Well we can now only cry over pathetic football squads that used to be something before lol.--Avala (talk) 19:57, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Re. Hello

Hello Ijanderson977. Sock puppets may be discovered through a request for checkuser. Evidence must be presented to assert why you think two (or more) users are the same person. Usually evidence comes from a similar pattern of editing. If sockpuppetry is proven, all socks (and possibly the sockpuppeteer) will be blocked. Regards, Húsönd 21:38, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Ijanderson you must provide exact diffs where you detect similarities between the two users. Otherwise at RCU they're going to decline with the message "RCU is not for fishing". The fact that both edit Kosovo is not enough. You must show e.g. that they support each other, have similar way of writing, etc.. Regards, Húsönd 22:06, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I cannot check their IPs, I'm not a WP:Checkuser. I can only blocks sockpuppets when they're obvious. Regards, Húsönd 22:13, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. :-) Be alert. If you spot any strong evidence of sockpuppetry please report. Regards, Húsönd 22:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Football

Hey Ij, do you like football? I have a nice userbox here if you want it :) BalkanFever 11:39, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah well, that's the way it goes :( Now to see two great Dutchmen at work. BalkanFever 22:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanx

i couldnt find your map of the world, but i found out that your coming to Egypt later this year... it would be my pleasure to show you around... being from Egypt and all, also, i have a pretty good experiance in showing tourists around,(i had plenty of time experiancing my touring skills with Foreign friends and stuff..) anyways, dont be shy to get intouch with me, id love to help... Cheers --Arab League User (talk) 17:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

well, Egypt is more Arab then African really, as in race, culture, Nature, Enviroment, Music, etc..., we are hardly African, we are more European then African (continental wise.)

i hope you enjoy it, if you wish to get intouch this is my E-mail (geo_ahmedt@hotmail.com)

you'll find me on Facebook...

--Arab League User (talk) 20:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

well, Cairo has been affected by all of its eras, starting with the Arabs, and Islamic district, the reinassance and the French Imperialism, and Downtown has mostly been affected by Imperial Europe, mostly Italian and French architechture, youll find cairo's downtown as similar as to any Europoean City, like Paris, but more dusty, the most of cairo tho is modern, with high buildings, and cluttered skyscarpers.

ps: i typed in my e-Mail wrong, im really sorry... its geo_ahmedts@hotmail.com

i didnt type in the "S" after ahmedt_...

again sorry for any inconviniece

--Arab League User (talk) 07:11, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Re. Troublesome anonymous users, again haha

Hello again Ijanderson977. That anonymous user was vandalizing. The appropriate action is to warn the user against such behavior. If the user continues after a final warning, he shall be reported to WP:AIV and an admin will issue a block if the user is still active. Not the case. Regards, Húsönd 20:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, I was watching the Turkey-Croatia match. I'm going to investigate that now. Regards, Húsönd 21:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I was sorry for the Croatians. Anyway I've finished my investigation. I could not find any connection between the IPs admittedly used by Kosova2008 (all of which originate in the United States) and the IPs who have been harassing you and Tocino (all of which originate in Germany). Most likely it's not Kosova2008 who's been attacking you. There's little we can do to tackle abusive users using multiple IPs to disrupt, but I may semi-protect your talk page if you wish. That would prevent them from editing it, as well as any other anonymous or recently registered users. You could also report abusive editing from these users whose IP range between 84.128.0.0 and 84.135.255.255 to me or other admin so that they may be promptly blocked, but it's probably useless as they stop after a few edits anyway. Regards, Húsönd 22:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I know. He edits from the states of Missouri and Louisiana. Húsönd 22:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

Why have you deleted my comments?84.134.95.225 (talk) 20:20, 22 June 2008 (UTC) Please stop. I want to talk to you.84.134.95.225 (talk) 20:40, 22 June 2008 (UTC)