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OK, I do not mind. ℚuackor 15:01, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jim Gillespie (disambiguation)

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That is fine, delete it. ℚuackor 11:56, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Ban on fo.wikipedia

Hi Quackor. User:Niceley banned me on fo.wikipedia for "inserting false information". However, I gave a source for my information on the talk page and he did not even address my argument before reverting. I am an experienced user and bureaucrat on is.wikipedia and I take this to be an abuse of his powers. I am requesting that you lift the ban. --Cessator (talk) 22:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

The relevant talk page is here. --Cessator (talk) 22:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Cessator, I agree that this was a prompt block. I am not to found of some of the methods Niceley uses, but he is an active user on the faroese wikipedia and there is a lack of those. I have unblocked you on the faroese Wikipedia and will leave a comment on the talk page. Best regards ℚuackor 00:39, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Quackor. However, I am still blocked. I don't understand why becuase according to this I was unblocked, but when I try to reply on the discussion page I get a message saying that my IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by another user, who was blocked by Niceley. ... Start of block: 17. jan 2010 kl. 00:25. Expiry of block: 18. jan 2010 kl. 00:25. Intended blockee: 128.112.70.134 Cessator (talk) 01:33, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Your IP is now unblocked. ℚuackor 09:39, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Cool. Still blocked though. Now it says: Start of block: 16. jan 2010 kl. 22:18. Expiry of block: 17. jan 2010 kl. 22:18. Intended blockee: 96.235.185.166. Cessator (talk) 15:24, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

question

Hi, My name is Ruby Pratka. I'm a reporter for a small Canadian newsmagazine called the Rostrum, and I'm doing an article on how the internet impacts small languages. I wanted to ask you a couple things (and it would be good to have your real name as well). If you'd rather, you can email me at rpratka@connect.carleton.ca.

How did you get the Faroese version up on Wikipedia? What are the steps to developing a new language version?

When did Faroese Wikipedia start?

Out of curiosity, what was the first article?

Where did the demand for a Faroese Wikipedia version come from?

Why have you been passionate about getting Faroese Wikipeda?

To the best of your knowledge, how many people speak Faroese?

Do you consider Faroese a threatened language?

How close are Faroese and Danish?

In the late 90s a French linguist said that within 60 years even a language so well established as his own would be gone-- "the internet will see to that." How true (or untrue) is this?

Do you think sites like Facebook and Wikipedia are helping or hurting smaller languages? Why?

Thanks,

Ruby Pratka aka mllemarguerite Mllemarguerite (talk) 04:57, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I have sent you an email. br. ℚuackor 12:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Island of the Faroe Islands

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Translation

I would like a translation of the phrase "There is no meaning." in Faroese. I am trying to translate the nihilism page into Faroese. Is "Tað er eingin merking." correct? Derunlrw (talk) 22:49, 11 July 2012 (UTC)Derunlrw

Your inactive bureaucrat and sysop flags at fo.wiktionary

Hello. Are you still interested in being a bureaucrat and a sysop at fo.wiktionary? You have been inactive there after 2010-09-07 and everywhere after 2011-10-16.--Jusjih (talk) 19:33, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I guess not. I lost interest after being the only maintenance contributor for a long time. ℚuackor 14:37, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Translation Request for Faroese

Hello Quackor. My name is Gnosis from Persian Wikipedia. I was hoping if you could help with creating article Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Faroese language. Many Thanks! --Gnosis (talk) 15:01, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic)

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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

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