User talk:The Tom/Archive 5

Montenegro referendum map

Hey - thanks for your comments. I honestly had no idea regarding which colours to use, therefore just picked the two most recognisable ones in a fairly arbitary way. I'll post an updated version of the map soonish. -Neo 22:49, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Image:Form of government.png

Hello, nice map! Could you share the source of info? i.e. how did you get that this country is parliamentarism and that one is monarchy? Thanks! Renata 15:21, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Kosovo

I noticed you edited this article while still being under full-protection to change the wording Serbia and Montenegro to Serbia. Please note that though I morally support this, I think it is not the right thing to do, given the fact that the article was protected because ongoing edit-warring by Albanian users who oppose to it. If you had referred to the talk page, you would have realised about this.

Just want to that add that I second this opinion by Asterion. It looks like we are finally making some progress in solving the dispute, and this edit, although fully understandable, is therefore unwanted because it will only encourage some users to take a harder stand in the discussions. If I might a allow a temporary compromise to prohibit this, it would be the following wording: "...the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro, which now dissolved in Serbia and Montenegro)". It is not pretty, but will make it easier to reach a compromise in the dispute, which I am trying to negotiate.Cpt. Morgan 20:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

On a completely different subject, please make sure than replacing {{SerbiaMontenegro-stub}} to {{Yugoslavia-stub}} is the best thing to do. This is because {{Yugoslavia-stub}} does refer only to Pre-1992 Yugoslavia (Socialist Yugoslavia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia). I noticed you used it here where it is not the right option as this entity was formed after the SFRY had dissolved. Therefore, I suggest in future you use {{Serbia-stub}} or both {{Serbia-stub}} and {{Montenegro-stub}} to replace the deprecrated stub.

Thanks for reading! :o) E Asterion ^{u talking to me?} 06:44, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate your note on the Kovoso talk page. I hope you will not mind to express your opinion at a later stage too. I personally agree with what you said but this is very hard to accept by some wikipedians, unfortunately. Best wishes, E Asterion ^{u talking to me?} 23:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear Tom, thank you for your comments on the Kosovo talk page. I hope you can bring some additional views or possibilites into this heated debate. I would really appreciate it if you could try to help us out here a bit. I've been trying to negotiate a compromise for some time now, but it has been rather difficult (and thats an understatement), so we could use some 'fresh', neutral editors in the discussion. Cpt. Morgan 10:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear Tom, Asterion and I have proposed a version for the Kosovo text. See the Kosovo talk page. Are you in charge of coordinating the alternative version (together with Ilir)? Regards, Osli73 15:58, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Kosovo talk page

Hi The Tom, I just replied to your comments in the talk page. Indeed you chose a wrong time to "correct" the article, which had started a heated debate, but I guess you understand now. Regards, ilir_pz 23:50, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Image:Angela Merkel.jpg

Please do not protect the image in the version it is right now. As I have pointed out on it's talk page, the copyright for the current image - peach suit and "busy background" - is not licensed correctly (you should have read that on the discussion page!). Please unlock and revert yourself or let me know once it is unlocked so I can do so. -- Boereck 18:44, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

New Wikiproject!

Hi!

I wanted to invite you to join the new WikiProject Politicial parties and politicians in Canada. The goal is simple. To create a project, to create and maintain high quality articles on Wikipedia related to Canadian politicians, and Canadian political parties. Come on over and check us out at WP:PPAP. Ardenn 04:02, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

ITN straw hat

Cheers for the reminder. Maybe we can get some momentum behind this. The last couple of times I've brought it up the responce has been "there is no problem". --Monotonehell 04:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

European politics

Hi!

I'm looking very much forward to see what changes you have in mind for the table. :) Also, I've just created European Parliament election, 2009 -- be sure to add whatever information you have to it! —Nightstallion (?) 20:09, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

One final issue, though: Are you certain it's a good idea to have the Movement for European Reform in the table, when it has not even been formed yet and its membership is speculative? I'd advocate keeping the European Democrats for now. The other changes should be implemented ASAP, though. :) —Nightstallion (?) 00:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Say, what happened to your plans for re-formatting the table? —Nightstallion (?) 22:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I hope I'm not getting on your nerves here, but I'd truly be interested in hearing your current plans... —Nightstallion (?) 08:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

208.3.69.196

I just reported that 208.3.69.196 for 3RR violation, he/she started immediatly again after the 1 hour block you applied was expired. [1]. Perhaps you can take appropriate action? Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 21:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Adding Image:2006-16-d-print.jpg to ITN/Main page

Thank you for adding Image:2006-16-d-print.jpg to WP:ITN. However, please remember next time to protect any image that will appear on the main page. As per WP:PPOL#Uses protection should be used for "high visibility pages such as the Main Page from vandalism."

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Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 21:56, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Service awards

Hi The Tom! In recognition of your long and extensive editing career, you are entitled to these WP:SERVICE awards. Herostratus 19:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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John Thompson

Please revert John Thompson (politician) to John Sparrow David Thompson.Souris2005 00:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh Yeah, then change the name of the article John A. Macdonald to John Macdonald and George W. Bush to George Bush... stupid

Souris2005 15:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

European Council standings

I thought you were the one who usually updated these? As you didn't for Topolanek (I just now noticed), I've done it now, hope I haven't introduced any mistakes into the tables... Could you cross-check, just to be sure? Thanks! Hope to see you be more active in European politics articles again, soon (though I also greatly appreciate your work on astronomical articles :)). —Nightstallion (?) 08:00, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I'd prefer to leave it to you to update the template and the two articles this time around for Fredrik Reinfeldt, to prevent me from making mistakes yet again. ;) —Nightstallion (?) 19:13, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Pres of Executive Council (NB)

I reverted your edit to Shawn Graham, as it is not necessarily coterminal. Frank McKenna rarely served as president of the executive council when he was premier. - Jord 20:24, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Same boss eh? Do tell! - Jord 20:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I am ever so confused - Jord 20:50, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Please edit color of thailand in map

form of government of thailand has been changed to military dictatorship, so the color of thailand in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Form_of_Government.png should be changed to olive, thanks --221.128.99.102 05:20, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

The table

should be updated for the Dutch elections... —Nightstallion (?) 00:07, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, did it myself. —Nightstallion (?) 17:32, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

List of Canadian Leaders of the Opposition

Hey, I'm trying to get List of Canadian Leaders of the Opposition to be a featured list. I noticed that you've done some work on that page, so I was wondering if you wanted to help out or give it a vote so it can meet the required 4 supports. --Arctic Gnome 21:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Peasants

Hi, Tom,

"Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union" seems to be the best English translation of "Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga". "Valstietis liaudininkas" (singular nominative) means, roughly, "a peasant and supporter of common people". "Liaudis" is "people" in the socialist meaning, as in "People's Republic of China". Juozas Rimas 22:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Yay!

Glad to see you so active again. :) —Nightstallion (?) 12:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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Mistake

Don't know where you got the idea that Romania is a presidential republic; it's *not*. The tables should list the National Liberal Party instead of the Democrats, the next election is in 2008, and the prime minister is Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. Cheers! —Nightstallion (?) 11:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I've already corrected it, but it wouldn't be bad if you could double-check to make sure I didn't miss anything. Thanks! Happy holidays! —Nightstallion (?) 12:59, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

New ultra-right EU party

Hi!

Say, can you make heads or tails of this? A report in the Austrian Presse states that "the five MEPs of the Greater Romania Party will go together with 15 MEPs from France [Front National?], Belgium [Vlaams Belang?], Italy [Social Alternative? Tricolour Flame? Lega Nord?], the United Kingdom [no clue] and Bulgaria [Attack?]; one Austrian will also join them [Freedom Party]."

There's a few problems I have with this: I thought that the Greater Romania Party only had four MEPs, I don't know which party from the UK will join this group, and I don't know which parties from Italy will join... Can you help? —Nightstallion (?) 08:38, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I've got a master list now, I think: Freedom Party from Austria (1), National Front from France (7), National Union Attack from Bulgaria (1), Vlaams Belang from Belgium (3), Ashley Mote from the UK (1), Social Alternative and Tricolour Flame (likely at least, I don't think the Ulivo or the PSI will join them) from Italy (1+1), which leaves another five seats which must be the Greater Romania Party from Romania. It seems the list at non-Inscrits is wrong and the Greater Romania Party really does have five MEPs, could that be possible?[2] Anyway, the name of the new fraction will be Identity/Sovereignty/Transparence or something like that, and it will likely come into being on 15 January.[3] Cheers! —Nightstallion (?) 14:53, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've checked it now. Greater Romania Party has five MEPs, the count seems complete. The only problem is: I haven't been able to find an English-language source on IST up to now -- have you seen one? —Nightstallion (?) 18:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

If you do find out anything, the draft is here. —Nightstallion (?) 18:56, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful catch. I've been following this for a while, but in the English-language press thus far it's only merited sideways murmurs, such as in this article a few weeks ago. A quick news scan now shows nothing in the English media yet, but that Der Standard article seems pretty conclusive that the deal has been done. The one deviation that comes to mind is that a news story a while back speculated Jana Bobošíková would be in the far-right group. Mote's going to be crucified in the English press... ironic, really, as pretty much the only thing they hate more than the EU are Le Pen et al. Anyway, I say we move it into the encyclopedia proper.

Aye, indeed. I'll do it. —Nightstallion (?) 02:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

On a slightly different note, care to have a look at this little toy I've been playing with? The Tom 23:45, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I've seen it, quite nice. :) —Nightstallion (?) 02:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

It's fixed, 2007-01-15 it is. Bah, I could do without them. —Nightstallion (?) 15:34, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm actually for it... I prefer political filth to be conveniently packaged and labelled. The Tom 20:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

grins You've got a point there, yeah. —Nightstallion (?) 21:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

FYI

Your help is needed. —Nightstallion (?) 11:19, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

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Comment on Image:Form of government.png

I'm just wondering why Lebanon is colored as a presidential republic; it is in fact a parliamentary republic. If you referred to the article on Lebanon, the information there was indeed inaccurate and has been fixed. You can google it and make sure. Cheers. —LestatdeLioncourt 16:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

CCGS Labrador

Thanks for your help on this article with the flags! I've adopted all the Wind-class icebreaker pages and am currently researching all of their relevant info and histories so the whole world can find out about the contribution these ladies made to naval history. Maxarre 23:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks dude

Hey man I appreciate that you got rid of Nancy Pelosi. Her smile was becoming zombielike after a while. So thanks Sf49rox 10:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

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Discussion at Template:Infobox_country

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