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- СПУТНИК^{ССС Р} 15:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Omar al-Mukhtar

I have no idea! The uploader has left no information, and so I would have no idea if it is copyrighted or not. I couldn't find the picture on the internet; the closest i coulkd find was here, where it has a similar picture, but I can't read Arabic and so I have no idea what it's talking about. I suggest you ask an admin to help with your picture problem, as I am not completely sure of the full rules and proceedings. СПУТНИК^{ССС Р} 02:26, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Omar Mokhtar

Okay, I've uploaded it to Commons. (You could have done it yourself, though; it doesn't require administrator priveleges.) I corrected the spelling in the title, though, so look for it now at Image:Omar Mokhtar arrested by Italian Fascists.jpg. Angr/talk 21:56, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

trirema/triera

You have changed the link to the Polish article. As I pointed out, there is a problem because English sources do not make a differences, while other languages do. Perhaps it is a good idea to make an English triere page and direct it to trireme, but link the Polish triera there and the Polish trirema here. Wandalstouring 21:15, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I started to make a difference within this article between the three different types of triremes. But this is an English language wiki and they do only use one word, even in their scientific articles. So it is likely some native English speakers complain. Wandalstouring 16:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Stanislaw Marusaz merged

FYI. Stanisław Marusarz has been merged with Stanislav Marusarz. I just completed the merger earlier today. The latter link redirects to the former link. Chris 19:08, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome.Chris 19:28, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

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