User talk:Marek69/Archive 3

Re Welcome

Hello Marek, thank you for your warm welcome and for the cookies! --Gabstef (talk) 22:25, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Dear Marek

Dear Marek

It is User : mkd07 here. Thanks for getting back to me, do you use this site sometimes, always, very rarely, or won't be using this site ever ?

Anyway if you are a permanent user then please say yes/no ? I have a question I want to write a few articles but I am still learning and don't understand why they delete articles is it because we don't provide enough information ? Anyway I am located in Australia. Nice talking to you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkd07 (talk • contribs) 00:52, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mkd07, Thank you for your message. I suppose I'm quite a regular user and contributor to Wikipedia and am on the site quite frequently.

Regarding your question on deletion, you may find the answer on one of the following pages: speedy deletion criteria and process or proposed deletion process

I notice from your talk page that your question is likely referring to article Alexandar Turunje, which was deleted under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, or in other words did not meet Wikipedia's notability standards. You can read more about notability here. As this article has now been deleted, (and because I am not an administrator), unfortunately I am unable access the exact reasoning for this decision.

I hope this has been of some help to you. Please do not hesitate to come back, if there's anything else I can help you with. -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:40, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

External Link

I have been posting an external link: www.excadets.com to Cadet College Pages (only Pakistani Cadet Colleges). Its a network of Cadets from Cadet Colleges in Pakistan. I see many social network external links on various Cadet Colleges pages here. My idea is not to make any money or be a spammer, rather to inform Ex-Cadets that there is a platform after graduation from Cadet College where all the cadets can exchange information, find mates and still stay connected. I do not see fit to get warnings from wiki. Please explain !!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nabil0786 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Nabil0786, the link you are posting refers to a social networking site, which is covered by these guidelines on Wikipedia. Please make yourself familiar with what type of link is allowed or otherwise, before reposting. Regards Marek.69 ^talk 22:29, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Cheers!

Thanks for removing the vandalism on my talk page. Xhaoz ^{Talk • Contribs} 00:13, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:14, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Rome

Hi -- sorry, but I think you've overdone the links, and the article has become hard to read. Have you read WP:OVERLINK? Any chance of you reverting and then maybe starting over more selectively? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 23:07, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I've reverted my edits. Marek.69 ^talk 01:20, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, that's very good of you and much appreciated. It's nice to find cooperative editors, recently I've been dealing with clueless ones who think anything goes. I've replaced a few - I didn't replace the Termini one as it was already there, and as you probably know, only one wikilink per word or phrase. Dougweller (talk) 05:07, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Welcome

Um... thanks for the cookies? - User talk:Shadowmask

You're Welcome. I hope you enjoy your time editing on Wikipedia. Marek.69 ^talk 04:26, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

ArgumentException in MetaDataSorter.MoveDablinks

Hi. This bug is already fixed. You can download rev4477. This fixes the problem. Happy editing! Magioladitis (talk) 08:42, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Magioladitis, Thank you for your help. I'll download the new version now. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 10:36, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Welcome

Thanks for the cookies! munch, munch, munch. Mgsobo (talk) 17:49, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mgsobo, I'm glad you enjoyed them ;-) Please let me know if there's anything I can help you with. Wishing you happy editing :-) Marek.69 ^talk 19:20, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

cocies for a newbe, unclear topics

So, hi Marek69! I got the "coocies" from you, thanks.

The page for Prague is really nice playground where to train myself how to enhance pages. I have already found out a few tricks, but I have met a few stucks...

a) [ [cs:topic] ] is not working for me when viewing the result,

but the [ [cz:topic] ] is show correctly.
...somebody alredy corrected my edits, see the history. (see my activity, mostly Prague)
I know that this way is incorect (lang RFC) cz location, cs lang. (but cs did not show the text!)

Strangly, although I had to use cz:... in links, but it did not work for

<!--Other languages-->
[ [cz:Praha] ], I had to use the correct "[ [cs:Praha] ]"

...I recognized that it was rejected, as the text 'cz: ...' apeared on the page...

b) What for is good/usable the "Other languages" 'section'?

and the references there?
...how are these notes processed? (...on the server, client)

c) I have also noticed the 'templates' (?)

"{ {Link FA|es} }"
...what are these goog for?

d) there are also another 'templates'/'key words' I do not understand still:

• { {portal} }
• Refimprove
• Reflist ...these items were generated automatically for me, counting the inline links.
• commons
• wiktionary
• wikitravel ...as a list item.

Google fails on these syntactical questions. :(

Now I can see I do not understand many thing yet... I made mane preview experiments, these I cannot guess intuitively. I need advices, plz!

Franta

PS: Please, send all reactions onto my page,
Create as many topic threads as needed: I need a lesson, or more.

Oashi (talk) 00:15, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Oashi (or should I call you Franta?).

Thank you for getting in touch. I'm sorry I haven't answered your questions yet, but I'm a little busy at the moment.

As soon as the rush is over and I have a bit more time to spare, I will do my best to get back to you.

(it shouldn't be too long)

Kind Regards :-) Marek.69 ^talk 10:20, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Bristol

Hi Marek,

With regard to your recent edit to the Twin Cities section: During the Good Article review process it was requested by the reviewer and agreed by myself (nominator) that this section should be prose rather than a list. As it is the aspiration of Wikiproject Bristol to take this article forward to become a featured article, where lists are definitely frowned upon, I would prefer to keep it that way. I am politely requesting that you revert your edit. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Jez, That's no problem. I've restored it to it's previous format. However, I've left the citation for Tbilisi, Georgia, as I think it helps.

Thanks for the message and Good Luck with the FA! :-) Marek.69 ^talk 10:11, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Fine, thanks for your co-operation Marek. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:42, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

AWB

HAs there been a policy change? I always thaught that there was no point to replace Image with File especially if no other changes are made Agathoclea (talk) 15:42, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Agathoclea, Thanks for your message. I'm not sure if there has been any policy change regarding that issue. Apparently, the Image: namespace was renamed File: a few months ago and is now deprecated. I've recently been running AWB to 'clean-up' articles. Basically minor edits like alphabetising inter-wiki links, removing excessive whitespace, fixing links to disambiguation pages and spell-checking, etc.

I thought as I was running AWB anyway, I might as well add a search/replace for Image: --> File: to the scan. Although I don't plan to do much more as it has become a little tiresome ;-) (I might just stick to spell-checking):-)

Best Regards Marek.69 ^talk 17:09, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Toma T. Socolescu article - issue with text list and image

Hello Marek,
I cannot find a solution to avoid that the list I have created is too close to an image. in fact the numbers are really mixed-up with the image. Can you help please?
Here is the piece of code I get stuck with: (You can see the result here and on the published page, the behaviour is exactly the same)

---

• In the Arhitectura review:

1. Many illustrated articles on Romanian architecture.
2. Portraits of missing architects.
3. Travel Notes in Italy, illustrated.
4. Plans and photographs of finished works, drawings and watercolors of old buildings in Romania.

Old house of Ploieşti as it was until the beginning of the XXth century.

• In the Simetria review: one article on the Romanian architects who studied at the Beaux Art de Paris.

=> The list below (the numbers) do not fit correctly 
=> in the page and get mixed-up with the image
=> TomaTSocolescu-Acuarela-CasaDinPloiesti.jpg 
=> Surprisingly, with the same code, 
=> I do not meet this issue in the French Wipkipedia

• In the România Viitoare journal:

1. Travel notes on Romania and Italy.
2. Studies on some old buildings and historical monuments of Ploieşti.
3. Literary articles on Anna de Noailles, the Countess of Noailles (Brâncoveanu), Rodin, O. Goga, etc..

• A personal publication personal "Prin Ardeal, travel notes of an architect", illustrated.
• In the Biblioteca Urbanistică journal, two volumes of translations with introductory studies and illustrations:

1. "Urban planning to all".
2. "Urban Health".

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regards,

--Cbrajon (talk) 18:45, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Cbrajon,

I had a look and tried a slightly different format:

The following code:

* In the ''România Viitoare'' journal:
: 1. Travel notes on Romania and Italy.
: 2. Studies on some old buildings and historical monuments of Ploieşti.
: 3. Literary articles on Anna de Noailles, ''the Countess of Noailles'' (Brâncoveanu), Rodin, O. Goga, etc..

* A personal publication personal "Prin Ardeal, travel notes of an architect", illustrated.
* In the ''Biblioteca Urbanistică'' journal, two volumes of translations with introductory studies and illustrations:
: 1. "Urban planning to all".
: 2. "Urban Health".

gives the following result:

Old house of Ploieşti as it was until the beginning of the XXth century.

• In the Simetria review: one article on the Romanian architects who studied at the Beaux Art de Paris.

• In the România Viitoare journal:

1. Travel notes on Romania and Italy.

2. Studies on some old buildings and historical monuments of Ploieşti.

3. Literary articles on Anna de Noailles, the Countess of Noailles (Brâncoveanu), Rodin, O. Goga, etc..

• A personal publication personal "Prin Ardeal, travel notes of an architect", illustrated.
• In the Biblioteca Urbanistică journal, two volumes of translations with introductory studies and illustrations:

1. "Urban planning to all".

2. "Urban Health".

Does this version look OK to you?

I hope this is of help.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 20:10, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

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Perfect! Thank you. --Cbrajon (talk) 20:53, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

No Problem :-) Marek.69 ^talk 21:05, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Santiago de Chile

Hi Marek69 I have a problem, because i'm editing the article of the City of Santiago de Chile specifically in the Sister Cities that didn't exist and when I add the flag of a country it also appears the name of the country which is not needed, because the order is the City then the country and not country/city/country as appears to me.

Well thanks I hope you can help me i'm a huge fan of Wikipedia and I've been reading for years now, it was about time that I contribute to this awesome page.

Greetings! Helvetica45 (talk) 22:15, 29 June 2009 (UTC)Helvetica45

Hi Helvetica45, The sister cities section looks fine to me, it looks like you've solved the problem.

I would remove the spaces before the ‘*’ like this

===Sister Cities===
The city of Santiago is twinned with:

*  {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]] (2000)
*  {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] (1992)
*  {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]
*  {{flagicon|China}} [[Hefei]], [[People's Republic of China]] (2007)
*  {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]] (1998)
*  {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Langreo]], [[Spain]](2007)
*  {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] (1991)
*  {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami]], [[USA]]
*  {{flagicon|USA}} [[Minneapolis]], [[USA]] (1961)
*  {{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]] (1997, "pacto de amistad")
*  {{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]] (2007)
*  {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Plasencia]], [[Spain]] (2007)
*  {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]
*  {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]] (1998)
*  {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Santiago de Querétaro]], [[Mexico]] (2008)
*  {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Tunisia]], [[Tunisia]] (1994, "pacto de amistad")

will give:

Sister Cities

The city of Santiago is twinned with:

• Ankara, Turkey (2000)
• Buenos Aires, Argentina (1992)
• Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Hefei, People's Republic of China (2007)
• Kiev, Ukraine (1998)
• Langreo, Spain(2007)
• Madrid, Spain (1991)
• Miami, USA
• Minneapolis, USA (1961)
• Paris, France (1997, "pacto de amistad")
• Beijing, People's Republic of China (2007)
• Plasencia, Spain (2007)
• Riga, Latvia
• São Paulo, Brazil (1998)
• Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico (2008)
• Tunisia, Tunisia (1994, "pacto de amistad")

unless, of course, you prefer it the way it is...

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 22:43, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks man!! That was exactly what I needed! Keep in touch! Helvetica45 (talk) 22:54, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Changing the title

Hi How do I change the title of an article I have written? It is called User:MelonDistrict and I want it just to be called MelonDistrict. Thanks

MelonDistrict (talk) 15:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi MelonDistrict, Normally you would open the MelonDistrict article, you will notice several tabs at the top, user, talk, history etc. One of these tabs is 'move', if you click on this tab and follow the instructions from there.

But as this is your User Page, I don't think you can do this in one step. First if you recreate this article in your user space, for example copying over to User:MelonDistrict/MelonDistrict, and when you are ready to move it, follow the above info.

However, before you do this, I would recommend you read this article to make sure you're article conforms to Wikipedia's policies and is not labelled as an advert. (It might need some re-writing to change the tone to more encyclopaedic language). Also some references would help the article conform to policy.

Kind Regards (and Good Luck!) Marek.69 ^talk 16:14, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Can you delete my Taisuke page?

Hello Marek69 I was wondering you could delete my Taisuke page for me? I messed up. Sorry. Just delete it as soon possible. I will not mind. Thank you. ^_^ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yakuza Libra (talk • contribs) 23:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Yakuza Libra, It's already gone... Marek.69 ^talk 23:59, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Hi Marek

Thanks for the welcome but as you might have noticed, i'm not exactly new here. Been around Wikipedia since 2006. Mostly the dutch version and occasionally also the english one. But the welcome is appreciated and a big welcome to you too. LeeGer (talk) 21:55, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi LeeGer, :-) I hope you enjoy your time here on English Wikipedia -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello and thanks for the cookies! ;)

Hi Marek! Just wanted to say, thanks for the cookies! They were great!!! How did you know I liked chocolate chip cookies? Talk to you in this virtual world! Catalina (ÑÑÑÑ, that is, cata-girl, 6 july 2009) hehe, there's no easy way to find a tilde on a Catalan keyboard, because it only appears attached ontop of the n, as in Ñ, a Spanish letter, and I don't know the code to produce a floating tilde off-hand. oh well... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cata-girl (talk • contribs) 11:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Cata-girl, I'm glad you enjoyed the cookies ;-)

I'm surprised that you don't have a tilde key on your keyboard, (mine is shift+#)- I suppose this will be different for your Catalan keyboard.

It is important, however, to sign your messages on discussion pages. You can always use copy-and-paste to achieve this. (~~~~)

I hope you enjoy your time editing on Wikipedia. Good Luck! -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:16, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

hmm, let me see, nope, that doesn't work on my keyboard, but I've now assigned it a code. Which isn't working either, it seems! oh well, copy and paste it is then. (Cata-girl (talk) 11:41, 7 July 2009 (UTC))

External Links on Amsterdam Page

Hello Marek69 I was away on holiday and I came back to find that Chardon has once more removed the valid link I added to the Amsterdam Page (www.underwateramsterdam.com). Once more he has cited it as spam.

I reinstated it but the whole URL isn't viewable as a link but instead a number i,e, it appears like this: [3] I imagine this is something he has done to make it like this because I followed exactly the same markup code as the URLs above.

It's immensely frustrating. What can I do about it now?

Thanks Wikiamsterdam (talk) 10:40, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi WikiAmsterdam, I've fixed the link you refer to.

If you put the url (on its own) in square brackets like so: [http://www.underwateramsterdam.com], will give a result like this: [1]

If you add a description to this,leaving a space after the url, like so: [http://www.underwateramsterdam.com Independent Amsterdam city and events guide], the result will be like this: Independent Amsterdam city and events guide

I hope this helps.

I can understand your frustration, unfortunately the only (sensible) thing you can do about Chardon's actions is to have a discussion and try to convince them that your site is indeed helpful and informative, and gives extra information which compliments the Wikipedia article on Amsterdam, rather than being a commercial site, trying to advertise or sell something. I wish you Good Luck with that.

It might also help if you familiarise yourself with Wikipedia policy on the matter on these pages: Wikipedia:External links & Wikipedia:Spam (to help with your argument).

I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday :-) Marek.69 ^talk 16:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks Marek. I had a nice holiday. Regarding Chardon and the link. He still keeps deleting it. When I politely asked him not to and pointed out it was spam, he just said 'Don't be silly'. I've now left a stronger message for him (on the Discussion page of the Amsterdam page) but you know what's going to happen? I will end up getting booted off Wiki as my messages getting increasingly less polite – not him. Where's the justice in that? It's also obvious he's never even visited the website in question !!! because he thinks I'm a man! --Wikiamsterdam (talk) 12:56, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Olsztyn

Hi! In the last months, only you and some IPs edited Olsztyn. This edit by an IP was overlooked by you, and got rectified by another Anon, luckily.-- Matthead  Discuß   04:02, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Matthead, thanks for pointing this out. Unfortunately, I was not editing the article directly (otherwise, I might have noticed it) The article was on my list of Polish cities being auto-checked by AWB primarily for typos, which unfortunately would not pick up this sort of vandalism.

My AWB edit] (on 18th June 2009) was the only edit since the vandal (on 11th June 2009). However, I did notice the vandalism tonight though, after the IP reverted it.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 04:18, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Edits reverted

{{help me}} Dear Marek, I recently made some edits to the article about the movie "Frida." Axelsohn (I think that was the name) reverted them. I suspect that Axelsohn was the author of the article. My edits corrected several factual errors and several grammatical errors, as well as smoothing out some awkward and ambiguous wording.

So what do I do now (assuming that I don't want to leave the article as it is now, after reversion).

Thanks. Pablito (talk) 14:48, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Pablito, I had a quick look, but as I have little knowledge of the subject, I wouldn't know what is correct or not, Sorry.

The user who reverted your edits was Alansohn with this edit. Its not quite clear why. The best thing to do would be to contact Alansohn on his talk page by clicking here and starting a discussion.

Please come back if I can be of further assistance. -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:49, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the best thing to do is, detail your suggested edits on the article talk page, and then ask the other user, and any other interested parties to make comments. Try to reach a consensus there. This is normal procedure - a user makes changes, another user changes them back, and hopefully at that point, the first user will not add them again, otherwise it becomes an edit war. Instead, discuss. The article talk is the best place, as others can contribute to the discussion. Give references and explain why the changes are valid. And then put a note on the other users talk page, asking them to please look in on the discussion.

If you are unable to reach a consensus and agree, then ask for more opinions - see WP:DISPUTE. Hope that this helps; For more help, you can either;

• Leave a message on my own talk page; OR
• Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
• Talk to us live, with this or this.

Best wishes,  Chzz  ►  16:28, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

"Typo" in Cairo

May I ask why you made this edit? There's no "typo" and it appears your edit is in direct contradiction to the Manual of Style, which states that units should generally be spelled out in the middle of text (as opposed to parenthetically), particularly in the first instance. If there was a correction to be made, it was for "sq. km" to be written out as "square kilometers". -- tariqabjotu 07:19, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Tariqabjotu,

I'm sorry, but I wasn't aware that this edit was in contradiction to the Manual of Style.

I made this edit using AutoWikiBrowser, while doing a scan for typos, so that maybe the reason that the edit summary description is not quite 100% accurate, Sorry, but I guess that's one of the pitfalls of using semi-automated bot-assisted editing. I suppose these things happen now and again.

As to why I made the edit, as this appears to be something built-in to AWB, (although I could have adjusted the settings incorrectly) I am guilty of assuming that the edit was 'correct' without double-checking the relevant policies and clicking 'save'. I suppose I should have checked. (I did previously review the ‘Non-breaking spaces’ section in Wikipedia Manual of Style and WP:MOS (dates and numbers), the check the validity of adding a hardspace , and this appeared to be in line with the policies)

As for "square kilometers" vs. "km²", I was unaware of this rule, so please excuse me (Actually, I think I've made this edit dozens of times, so apologies for this) I'll revert the edit(s) back myself if you so wish - just please let me know.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 16:03, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia, if I do have a question, I will be sure to ask you.
Deluca.michael1996 (talk) 21:23, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Michael, No Problem, Happy Editing! -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:49, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

je ne comprends pas l'anglais...

Je suis desole mais je ne comprends pas l'anglais. Si vous devrez me parler, vous devrier le fait en francais. Merci216.106.101.94 (talk) 01:41, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

userpages

Delt with. Please let me know if I missed anything.©Geni 17:10, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

That's Great. Thank you very much Geni :-)

Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 23:46, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Please be careful

Please be careful and don't copy and paste large swaths of text into Wikipedia, as you did here: [2]. Please review WP:PLAGIARISM and WP:CITE. Thanks, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 21:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Piotr, Thank you for finding this, dealing with it and letting me know.

However, I didn't ‘copy and paste (a) large swath of text into Wikipedia’, I actually copied it (within Wikipedia) from the Bukowsko article, where it had remained intact since the article was created on 12 January 2007 by user Sparspost.

I suppose I just assumed that it was OK, as it was already part of a Wikipedia article and had been for so long. I'm sorry that I didn't check this out more thoroughly.

I am aware of the Wikipedia WP:PLAGIARISM policy and did not set out in any way to break it.

I have now also removed the original text from the Bukowsko article.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:40, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see - sorry about that. That's why it is often a good idea when copying such text from one article to another to note it in the edit summary, that way I would be warning Sparspost instead :) Thanks for taking care of that, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 00:35, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

That's no problem. It was I who made the mistake of assuming that it was good, rather than double checking. I'll also try to provide more informative edit summaries in the future.

Thanks for the note and wishing you Happy Editing :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:51, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding. I struck down parts of my comment above, to make sure nobody would misunderstand my comment - I am well aware of how well meaning but mistaken warnings can cause further confusion :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 07:03, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

typos

Hi, further to our chat at the London meet up, I'm currently working my way through a search for "prime minster" and haven't even dared look at "Government Minster". Is this the sort of thing that AWB would help automate? ϢereSpielChequers 06:26, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi WereSpielChequers, I hope you are well.

I did actually notice your typo correction on "prime minster" yesterday, when you found that particular typo in the Matteo Renzi article, (which I recently created, together with said typo!) :-)

Regarding AWB to help automate typo checking, yes AWB is ideally suited for this sort of thing and running a scan to seach for "prime minster" and replace with "prime minister" would be relatively straightforward. In fact, you could probably do "Government Minster" and a handful of others at the same time.

Not sure of how much experience you have with AWB, but if you require any assistance in setting any of it up, I would be very happy to help, just let me know (as mentioned, it's pretty easy and straightforward)

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 16:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:Feedback

Thank you Marek69 for your kind words and encouragement, I have now joined as a user.

Thanks again

passtheparcel —Preceding unsigned comment added by Passtheparcel (talk • contribs) 11:11, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Passtheparcel, That's Great! Wishing you lots of Happy Editing!.

BTW To sign your username at the end of a post use four tildes (~~~~)

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 15:41, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi I tried logging on, I am not being recognised either, so I cant get my password sent to me.

Thanks

Passtheparcel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.30.193.43 (talk) 20:49, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi again Passtheparcel,

I'm sorry to hear that. I think that you'll have to re-register, which is probably easiest way. As you only have 2 edits to the Passtheparcel account you will not have lost any significant number of edits.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:04, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Please let me know how you get on. -- Marek.69 ^talk 14:45, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Use of AWB

Hi - I hope you don't mind me pointing this out, but I should remind you that AWB should not be used purely for insignificant or inconsequential edits (see WP:AWB#Rules of use). Converting Image: to File:, removing blank lines, etc. as you seem to be doing e.g. here and here is unnecessary as an edit by itself. Please think carefully before using AWB for these changes. Thanks. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 19:49, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Tivedshambo, I'm sorry but I was unaware of this particular policy. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:30, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry - I've been pulled up for it myself in the past. I find ticking the "only minor genfixes" box in the skip tab to be helpful. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 20:43, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'll do that. Thanks for your help and advice. -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:48, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Hairhorn told me to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Staykept87 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

United Arab Emirates

Hello Marek69! Can you please fix the refrences on the United Arab Emirates article, just as you did on the Dubai article. It would be great if you could. Thanks --MoHasanie  Talk  13:35, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi MoHasanie, No Problem. I've done it. 93 references were fixed.

Thank You so much. You deserve this barnstar!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Great work for fixing the refrences on the United Arab Emirates article. --MoHasanie  Talk  00:06, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the barnstar MoHasanie, that's very kind of you. Cheers :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:16, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

No problem. You deserve it. --MoHasanie  Talk  00:27, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Removal of External Link

Hi Marek,

I'd just like to query your removal of the external link to http://holidayfu.com/shanghai-destination-guide/. I appreciate that the link could easily be construed as spam, but it is to a well-written, detailed introduction to the city, with a lot of information that visitors to the Shanghai page have found useful. I have received 225 unique visitors from wikipedia since posting the link, who have spend an average of of 3 minutes and 7 seconds viewing the guide.

Please consider reposting it. I'm happy for any of the text on the guide to be copied into the wikipedia page, if the relevant eds find it useful.

Many Thanks, Iain

n00n (talk) 13:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Iain, Thank you for your message.

However, I didn't actually remove that link. It was removed on 14 July 2009 by an anon IP editor: 116.232.102.188 with this edit.

Please read Wikipedia:External links & Wikipedia:Spam for Wikipedia's policies on the subject

If you think it conforms to Wikipedia's policies, you're welcome to repost. However it may be removed by someone who does not agree...

Kind Regards (and best of luck) Marek.69 ^talk 13:49, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help and the quick reply. I've readded the link, after reviewing the external links policy, and justified its inclusion on the talk page. Hope that was the right way to go about this. If you do take a look, please feel free to edit the description, as I feel like its too long, but at least makes the contents of the linked to page clear.

Would like to give Shanghai's history section a run through, as I found quite a lot of information when doing my own research that is not included here. Is there anything I should read before doing so, beyond the fundamental stuff?

Thanks again, Iain

n00n (talk) 17:51, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Iain, the links included as part of the Welcome message are useful reading, but other than that, if you wish to improve the section on Shanghai's history, then my advice would be to do it :-) Marek.69 ^talk 15:36, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Specifics on Current Article

UPacifico

Marek, thankyou for the welcome, is this a general welcome or is it related to something I've been editing? Please respond on my talk page. HarveyPrototype (talk) 02:35, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

replied here:

Hi HarveyPrototype, in answer to your question, I noticed your edits on the Quito article, an the fact that your talk page was a 'red-link' (so probably relatively new to the project), so I thought I would welcome you :-) Marek.69 ^talk 14:04, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou for your response. I'm currently working on the following article Universidad Del Pacifico - Ecuador, and I've come across a few things which I haven't figured out how to overcome.
1. I wish to upload the logos for the institution.
2. I want to add a section about the different campuses, add pictures for each campus, as well as the coordinates for each campus. In short how do I add pictures, and can I have more than one coor per wiki article?

Please respond on my talk page

Regards HarveyPrototype (talk) 16:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

replied here:

Hi HarveyPrototype,

In order to upload a file, just go to Wikipedia:Upload (The link is also in the 'toolbox' section of the lefthand toolbar)

Please check the copyright of the image first, before you upload it. (See also Wikipedia:Copyrights)

With regards to the coordinates of each campus, I think you'll find the relevant information in this article Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates#Parameters, subsection 'name'

I hope this helps :-) Marek.69 ^talk 21:45, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Marek,

Once again thankyou for your insight. I was able to upload the different locations for the University. However I'm still having trouble with the logo's and campus images.

Whenever I try to upload an image I get the following message,

• "Unauthorized

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The action you have requested is limited to Autoconfirmed users, Administrators, Uploaders, Confirmed users.

Return to Main Page."

I can't even get to a page where I can fill out the logo template. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Logo_fur

Please advise on my talk page regards, HarveyPrototype (talk) 19:31, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Help!

Marek, I've gotten to the point where I think I'm just messing things up.

I tried uploading the one of the campus pictures in Wikimedia, and somehow I got it under ther wrong name in wikipedia

Undergraduate Campus

• 0°9′0″S 78°29′55″W

 File:Web Quito.JPG

That is the code and the picture for what should be Web_Guayaquil.JPG, and I have no idea what happened to the picture which I uploaded as Web_Quito.JPG in wikimedia.

Please help :(

HarveyPrototype (talk) 04:26, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

P.S. If I don't ask to be alerted on my talk, will I still know when you answer? If not please note my talk.

Thank you,

I'm sorry if I'm being a pain.

Hi HarveyPrototype, Sorry to hear you're having problems. I'll have a look and see what I can do :-) Marek.69 ^talk 14:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Marek,

Just wanted to drop by and let you know that it seems I managed to get the pictures for the article. Thank you once again HarveyPrototype (talk) 19:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Userbox

Hello Marek,

Quick Question, any reference to how I may create a userbox? I'm trying to create a userbox for BookCrossing but I'm not having any luck finding an explanation with regards to how to create that kind of template.

Regards HarveyPrototype (talk) 20:55, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi again HarveyPrototype,

You can find further information on creating userboxes on Wikipedia:Userboxes#Creating_a_new_userbox,

and some help and tips on the design on Wikipedia:Userboxes/Design and construct.

I hope you find the information you need there, otherwise don't hesitate to come back for some more help :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:25, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you HarveyPrototype (talk) 23:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi! I hope this is the right way to respond. I used to be in tech writing & developmental editing (Adobe & Intel), but almost a decade ago I developed a severe case of Adult Onset Still's Disease (an autoimmune disease that includes a daily fever that worsens with activity), so my capabilities vary.

I absolutely love Wikipedia editing because it shows how far I've come; for a while, I couldn't even read much due to weakness and pain reaching my eye muscles and hands. I kept my brain busy watching anime with subtitles to improve my Japanese.

I still get exhausted and sometimes pass out, so some days I can set aside enough energy to make an edit OR read through long help pages. I'm glad I can ask for help on those days.

Thanks for the cookies! Geekdiva (talk) 18:01, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

BTW, I don't mind the above info being public. Also, if there is a way I could have replied directly or privately to your message, please let me know. I looked for one, but didn't see one. Thanks again for the welcome! Geekdiva (talk) 18:06, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

I saw on your user page that you've studied Lithuanian! My mother's family is from there, and my sister learned Lithuanian in college and spent a summer there. Yay, remote connections! Heh. Geekdiva (talk) 18:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC) d I still get

Hi Geekdiva, thanks for the message.

I am sorry to hear of your condition. I sincerely hope that you experience considerable recovery/improvement with it.

I am glad that you are enjoying yourself editing on Wikipedia. If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know.

With regards to sending private messages, it is possible, see Wikipedia:E-mailing users. If you wish to email me using this feature, then click on this link: Special:EmailUser/Marek69

My knowledge of Lithuanian is very limited (as indicated by the level-1 in my userboxes), but I can understand some :-)

Wishing you all the Best. Marek.69 ^talk 21:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Measuring distances

Hi Marek. What is it you use to calculate distances between places? I've been using the ACME Mapper as it's got quite a nice distance measuring tool. However, I noticed you changed the Bordeaux-Paris distance from 500 km to 580 km (see here). I've checked again and I still get roughly 500km, so I'm wondering if the ACME Mapper is faulty.--94.196.172.195 (talk) 06:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Ignore - I've now checked with Google Earth which also gives 500 km so I've simply changed it.--194.106.220.83 (talk) 11:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC) (a.k.a. 94.196.172.195)

Hi, I used Google maps, so I'm not sure why there's 80km difference (?) -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Appreciate all your good work

		The Ukrainian Barnstar
		Your continued efforts with Ukrainian pages is very impressive, please continue all the good work! 69.138.243.26 (talk) 20:17, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much :-) Marek.69 ^talk 22:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookies

:)

--Drhmmh (talk) 23:34, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

You're Welcome :-) --Marek.69 ^talk 23:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

Marek,

Thanks, and I will take your offer.

There is a page that is linked incorrectly, so I would like to learn to:

1) Create a page/subject (with the correct content)

2) Be able to redirect all incorrect links from wrong page to correct page.

3) Link pages through the languages link: left pane languages list. Add a new language to this list, once the translated page has been created.

4) Add the languages link-box, with the first language, when one does not exist.

This is a good start, and thanks again!

Morogoso (talk) 00:53, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Morogoso, Thanks for you're message. I'll try and help you as much as I am able.

To help me understand better, could you point out which page you are referring to?

A few answers to start

1) Creating pages: Creating a new page is easy, just click on a 'red link' and Wikipedia will automatically take you to the relevant editing page to do so, however, before you start it is a good idea to read Wikipedia:Starting an article

2) If something is linking to the wrong page, you can correct it like this [[correct link|link name]] e.g. [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] giving this result Toledo

3) If you look at the code at the end of an article you will notice something like:

[[mr:टोलेडो, स्पेन]]
[[arz:توليدو, اسبانيا]]
[[nah:Toledo]]
[[nl:Toledo (Spanje)]]
[[ja:トレド]]
[[no:Toledo]]
[[oc:Toledo]]
[[nds:Toledo]]
[[pl:Toledo (Hiszpania)]]
[[pt:Toledo]]
[[ro:Toledo]]
[[ru:Толедо]]
[[simple:Toledo, Spain]]
[[sk:Toledo]]
[[sl:Toledo]]
[[sr:Толедо]]
[[fi:Toledo (Espanja)]]
[[sv:Toledo, Spanien]]
[[th:โตเลโด]]
[[tr:Toledo, İspanya]]
[[vec:Toledo]]
[[zh:托萊多 (西班牙)]]

These are the interwiki links or the links to the same article in different languages. Marek.69 ^talk 01:13, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

4) To link the new article back to the English article, the code will look like this:

[[en:Toledo, Spain]]

Marek,

Thanks for the welcome and the cookies.

How do I send/receive messages to you from my page?

Thanks again.

Morogoso (talk) 01:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I will leave replies on this page and leave you a message on your user page when I have done so. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 01:13, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome...

thanks for your warm welcome :) Icaf (talk) 01:56, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Icaf, I hope you enjoy you're editing on Wikipedia. Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:00, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

ok, if i have something to ask i will contact you. thanks again Icaf (talk) 02:04, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Munich

Hi, I just wanted to tell you that "Pasing" is a part of Munich and that it doesn't have to be "corrected" into "Passing". --Jaellee (talk) 06:07, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Jaellee, I did know that. I've seen it many times. I don't know why I didn't press ignore this time (?)

Thanks for spotting it and letting me know. I shall try to be more alert next time.

Cheers :-) Marek.69 ^talk 08:09, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Dead links

Hi Marek! Thank you for repairing some dead links on Israel-related articles. I am concerned however that not all of the links are actually dead, and it appears that you are using a tool to identify them, which I guess doesn't always work. So far I just checked one link and removed the tag because the link works just fine, but please try to manually check the links after the tool "finds" them. Thanks, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 18:50, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi again Ynhockey!, thanks for letting me know about this. I just checked the same link which you pointed out, Ashdod has an artsy side and it gave me ‘404 Page Not Found Error′. However if you remove the comma in the url [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221489071988&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull, Ashdod has an artsy side] to give [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221489071988&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Ashdod has an artsy side] or Ashdod has an artsy side, the link works(?). Is this the same for you?

I take your point that the tool may possibly be working incorrectly (or maybe I've made a mistakes operating it?), so I will go back an check all my edits.

I have backtracking anyway to some extent, because the tool repairs links (using WayBack Machine) as well as flagging 'dead' links and I've been trying to repair the links which it flags up, as I go along

Thanks for the feedback. It's good to have these things pointed out so you can take appropriate action.

Cheers :-) Marek.69 ^talk 21:06, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Marek! Yes, you are write about the comma. I copied and pasted the link without it and naturally it worked. Even so, I am glad that you are double-checking. Personally I don't really trust these 'automation' tools and do my Wikipedia work without them. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 21:16, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree, you can't trust 'automation' tools entirely. They sometimes throw out the odd bug, but as long as you look out for these and correct them, it should all work out.

I think theses tools have their place, and as long as they're used carefully, can prove useful in speeding up some of the more repetitive tasks of editing.

Anyway, I shall proceed with caution. Thanks again for your help. -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:09, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

European Union

i am sorry it must be my dislexia. i meant twenty and seven more. but i always confuse the two. so i thought it was different. i am very sorry.

samuel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.101.35.178 (talk) 22:21, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Samuel, I take it you are referring to this edit

Please be more careful in the future -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:28, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, now i have a question: i made an article called "PODEM" which stands for 'Partija na obedineti demokrati na Makedonija' or "Party of United Macedonian Democrats". Before that I noticed that the article name of the party VMRO-DPMNE is also not written out, probably because it would be too long and the party is most commonly known by the abbreviation. That is the same case with 'PODEM', but someone moved the article to the "long form". what can i do now? is it possible to move it back to the old name? Icaf (talk) 04:18, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Icaf, It is possible to move it back to the old name. You should state your intention to do this, along with your reasoning why (more commonly known by the abbreviation), on the article's talk page. If nobody objects than go ahead and move it back. For information on how to do this, please read Help:Moving a page.

I hope this information helps. -- Marek.69 ^talk 13:35, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Image question

Hello, Marek69!

Thank you for your welcome! And i have some question right now: do i need to have 10 editings in English Wikipedia in case i want to insert the image or totally in Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kishmakov (talk • contribs) 15:32, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Kishmakov, Yes, in order to upload an image on Wikipedia, you need to be an established user, i.e. an account which are more than 4 days old and have made at least 10 edits.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 15:44, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank´s! ! !!

thank you to you, my friend =D . althought i really have are some months with the wiki fever, but in the wikipedia in spanish (wikipedia en español) . not here, here in that wiki im new.. im venezuelan and my living-language is the spanish, but im too good in english, well, really i try and always am learning too, ..... and i love spain! =)) ViVa España! :P jajaj yeahh .... well, buddy, i can help with these articles related with the spanish language. if do you want ......

....So man,what about you? ... jajaj yummy cookies lol! --Venerock (talk) 20:33, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Venerock, thank you for your message. I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying yourself with Wikipedia. I am also.

I am currently living in England and mainly editing on the English Wiki. (I'm sometimes on the Spanish Wiki, as well}

Wishing you lots of happy editing. -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:32, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

You Offer of Help

Hi, Thank you for your offer of help. It is the most positive thing I have seen on Wikipedia so far! I am new to Wikipedia and there is a lot to learn about editing, but I guess I will master it in time. I stated a new page 'Engology' but the page appeared with the title *User: Engology*. It remained live for a few days and then became dormant. Where have I gone wrong? In addition, every edit I make, two individuals automatically delete it for no great logical reason. They seem to delete willy-nilly and seem very heavy-handed. Surely, this is not the spirit of Wikipedia?

I like your Walt Disney quotation. It sends a very positive message especially to children.

“ If you can dream it, you can do it. ” — Walt Disney (1901 – 1966)

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Engology (talk • contribs) 20:33, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Engology, thank you for the message.

If you want to move your article from User:Engology to Engology than click on the 'move' tag at the top of the User:Engology page. You can find instructions on how to proceed here.

However, before you do this, I would recommend you read Wikipedia:Notability to make sure you're article conforms to Wikipedia's policies.

Regarding, other users reverting your edits. I think the best thing to do is to enter into a discussion with said editors.

This is best done on the article talk page, and then ask the other user, and any other interested parties to make comments. Try to reach a consensus there. This is normal procedure - a user makes changes, another user changes them back, and hopefully at that point, the first user will not add them again, otherwise it becomes an edit war. Instead, discuss. The article talk is the best place, as others can contribute to the discussion. Give references and explain why the changes are valid. And then put a note on the other users talk page, asking them to please look in on the discussion.

If you cannot reach consensus, you can ask for more input to build one - see WP:DISPUTE.

For more help, you can either;

• Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
• Talk to us live, with this or this.

I hope this helps. Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 16:54, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Rome

Hi Marek,

In the "Obeliscos de Roma" article, there is a references section ("Referencias") with a mistake in the content text. When I try to edit this section, all I see is "listref". How do I get to the text that is displayed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.23.73 (talk) 01:51, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for the message. The {{reflist}} template lists all the citations in the article.

If there is a mistake which you would like to correct, make a note of the number of the number of the citation. Then trace this back to the section in the article it appears.

This is where the citation is, usually in between a <ref> and a </ref>.

You can read more about this in this article.

I hope this helps you. -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Did not get it. To "trace this back to the section in the article it appears" I clicked on the superscript number, and it took me to the References section in the same article (which is what I believe it is supposed to do), where te wrong text is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.23.73 (talk) 22:30, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

You need to edit in the section where you clicked (where the superscript number is) - that's where the reference will be.

Marek.69 ^talk 22:34, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Got it Marek. Thanks! 70.171.23.73 (talk) 22:39, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Rome

Sorry, on the message on "Obeliscos de Roma" I forgot to sign. Morogoso (talk) 16:39, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

No problem, just make sure you remember from now on ;-) Marek.69 ^talk 22:30, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Laguna Maracaibo

Marek.

How do I change the Search link. Example: When I search for "Lake of Maracaibo" I get it in the suggestions list, and when I click on it I get the article "Laguna Maracaibo" (different body of water). I want to fix this. 70.171.23.73 (talk) 22:05, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Lake of Maracaibo redirects to Laguna Maracaibo. If you wish to edit the Lake of Maracaibo, to create a new article, you can find it here.

When you edit it, you need to take out the existing line:

#REDIRECT [[Laguna Maracaibo]] 

and replace it with the new article. Don't forget to explain what you are doing in the edit summary.

Also, a few lines of explanation on the talk page would help other editors understand your reasoning.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:30, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Marek,

There is already an article "Lake Maracaibo". Do I just copy contents, or better can we have two different redirects, "Lake of Maracaibo" and "Lake Maracaibo" point to the same articles? I guess this last option is achieved by more than one #REDIRECT statements in the one article. I did not find a #REDIRECT in the "Lake of Maracaibo" article, yet it does appear in the Search-List, and is REDIRECTED correctly. If we can have 1 rather than 2 identical articles, how do we change the name of the existing article to "Lake of Maracaibo"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Morogoso (talk • contribs) 23:05, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, Lake Maracaibo and Laguna Maracaibo are two different places, with separate articles, yes?

Lake of Maracaibo is a redirect page to Laguna Maracaibo

Maracaibo Lake is also a redirect page to Laguna Maracaibo

Which ones need to be changed?

Marek.69 ^talk 23:16, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

"Lake of Maracaibo" should redirect to the "Lake of Maracaibo" article. "Lake Maracaibo" should redirect to the "Lake of Maracaibo" article. The current "Lake Maracaibo" article should be named "Lake of Maracaibo" Please show me how to do this. Morogoso (talk) 00:42, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

I'm already registered in the italian wikipedia as "EsperimentoPierrot", Goodbye and good work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.9.220.141 (talk) 17:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Some confusion

Some confusion

Speedy deletion nomination of Jadźwingowie

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Airplaneman ^talk 00:26, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry! Not sure how this message got sent to you. Looks like you were not it's creator. Sorry. Sincerely,Airplaneman ^talk 00:28, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Coat of arms of Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Airplaneman ^talk 00:31, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, not again! Sorry. I tagged it because it was a blank page with no content, just like the one before. I see you used AWB to clean it up. Maybe the tool inadvertently removed all of the info? Regards, Airplaneman ^talk 00:33, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm? I wonder why the article's edit history has me down as the only author (article creator)? Marek.69 ^talk 01:22, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Flag of Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Here's another blank article. The only editor I could find was you. I smell something fishy here. I have decided not to tag it now. Do you know what this is all about? Thanks. Airplaneman ^talk 00:38, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Airplaneman, I am as confused as you are at the moment. I did not create any of these articles, as far as I know. Marek.69 ^talk 00:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello. A disturbing factor to consider is that you were the only editor. I am not sure what is going on here. I don't use AWB (can't on a Mac). How does it work? Maybe it's malfunctioning? I don't know. Sorry for the trouble. Airplaneman ^talk 00:51, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I will ask for assistance from an administrator, as they have more insight in these matters. -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:56, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

{{Adminhelp}}

Could an admin please look into the following three (deleted) articles to see what has been going on.

Jadźwingowie, Coat of arms of Subcarpathian Voivodeship and Flag of Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Thanks -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:56, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

All of them appeared to be AWB errors. For example, here is one of them: (diff) 00:14, July 28, 2009 . . Marek69 (talk | contribs | block) (64 bytes) (clean up, added stub tag, added deadend tag, added wikify tag using AWB). Make sure you check the box to make it skip an entry if the article does not exist. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi J.delanoy, Thanks for your help. I'm still not quite sure how it happened. I will review all my settings on AWB. I didn't realise it could create articles, where they didn't exist before. Marek.69 ^talk 01:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to everyone for any inconvenience caused Marek.69 ^talk 01:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

It's not a problem at all. Deleting a page takes about 3 seconds if it's non-controversial like those. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 02:02, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Cheers for the quick solution :-) Marek.69 ^talk 02:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Response to Deletion

Hello,

The page I deleted was just a few templates that were incorrect and should have been removed. There was nothing else on those pages. Andyjoe7and8 (talk) 03:05, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Andyjoe7and8, there was only one template on the John Parascandola talk page which you blanked and that was the WPBiography template: {{WPBiography}}

As this article is a biography of a living person, John Parascandola, I do not understand why it is incorrect or why it should be removed. Please explain. Marek.69 ^talk 03:24, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello,

I added the biography template as you were right to add that. However, there was another template that seemed to want to fix the article. In any event, the biography template has been put back. Andyjoe7and8 (talk) 03:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Andyjoe7and8, it's all part of the same WPBiography template:

{{WPBiography
|living = yes
|class = start
|priority = low
|needs-persondata = yes
|s&a-work-group = yes
|listas = Parascandola, John
}}

which I have now restored. -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:07, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Andyjoe appears to have severe ownership issues with this article. I have reverted it back to a previous version that complies with WP:MOSBIO. – ukexpat (talk) 13:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Ukexpat, I'm not too familiar with article, or it's history, I just responded to the talk page being blanked, while using ‘huggle’

I can see from the edit history that there's been a bit of ‘to-and-fro’ing. I think the problem is in part with communication. The issues need effective discussion, with references and pointers to the relevant policies which apply to this article, such as WP:MOSBIO, to achieve any progress.

Regards Marek.69 ^talk 15:07, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I did exactly that: User talk:Andyjoe7and8#John Parascandola. – ukexpat (talk) 17:53, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the cookies and the helpful information.

Very much appreciated, all. I'll be looking it over in the next nights while I'm at work. Mil grácias por su ayuda. Anajana (talk) 17:48, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Anajana, You're very welcome. De nada :-)

Wishing you lots of happy editing. -- Marek.69 ^talk 17:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Al ta'atzben otti! lech tiezdayen Brother!

Ceszc and Shalom, As a spanish crypto Jew I have a right to defend the veraity of this very unreliable source page! Please stick to correcting anything YOU know about. THANKS.

CHEERS

-Red li me'agav Shak Li Batahat Tis'aref be'evadon Stom ta'peh mitromem mizdayen batahat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.18.54.239 (talk) 02:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi, your edits [3] and [4], in which you removed large sections of text without any discussion are contrary to Wikipedia's policies.

In future, before removing text, please discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page and try to specify a reason in the edit summary.

Kind Regards,

Marek.69 ^talk 03:12, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Find vandalism?

Hi I am here to help and one way to help is to revert these vandals the only problem is I can't find where vandalism is done is there any Wikipedia site that reports sites that have recently been vandalized? Is there any tool I can use so I can easily spot vandalism? Other then spotting vandalism is there any way I can help?Dr. Szląchski (talk) 04:08, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Dr. Szląchski, thank you for your message,

I notice from your talk page that Cubs197 has already responded to your question.

I agree, Special:recentchanges is a good place to start. You should also familiarise yourself with the information on Wikipedia:Vandalism in order to spot what is considered vandalism, or not.

When you have got the hang of it, it's worth considering using a tool to help automate the process

A list of such tools is available on Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools

I personally use a combination of Twinkle and Huggle, although I've used Mike's Wiki Tool which is also a very good program.

A word of caution, however, these tools can vastly speed up your rate of vandal-fighting, but be very careful as they can also increase you rate of ‘mistakes-per-minute’ as well!

Some tools you can use straight away, some require you to have 'Rollback' permission. This can be given at the discretion of an administrator, when you have made sufficient edits to Wikipedia and they feel you are ready.

For now, my advice would be to start slowly and cautiously until you get the hang of it, then when you feel confident, consider using one of the tools.

Best of Luck. Regards Marek.69 ^talk 15:57, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

My article

This article is of the famous Pakistani cooking channel. Please admins, I have the logo but I haven't the license of inserting pictures. More people edit this and the article will improve.--MTA International (talk) 11:54, 31 July 2009 (UTC)