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Romanian diacritics

Ar fi bine dacă experții pe care îi amintiți ar rezolva dintr-o dată problema diacriticelor, din nefericire ei n-o fac (încă). Eu văd că totuși nu există d.p.d.v. englez obiecții la utilizarea diacriticelor române corecte, oare sunteți de părere că e mai bine cu virgule așa zise turcești (sedile)? Ce fac eu este puțin , dar este totuși ceva și este ortografic corect d.p.d. v. al scrierii românești, nealterând totodată sensul de înțelegere în engleză. Numai bineBAICAN XXX (talk) 12:09, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vedem problema diacriticilor, s-ar părea în mod similar, eu fiind se pare doar mai optimist în privința efectului corectărilor făcute de mine. La en.Wicționar a fost o situație mai delicată, eu scriam (până în martie) cu diacritice corecte, și pentru asta am fost jignit, apostrofat nejustificat o perioadă de timp de unul care voia să scrie doar cu sedilă și schimba orice cuvânt scris de mine și "asmuțea" pe englezi contra mea (acum scrie și el la ro.Wicționar doar cu diacritice corecte(!), făcându-se că a uitat alergia față de ele, și pe mine m-a blocat temporar !). Noi nu ar trebui aici să legăm problema corectării automate (soluția 100%) de existența unor denumiri "turcești" în articole românești, cred că asta poate privi 5% (aproxim.) din articole, restul ar fi deci prelucrabil (e problema softiștilor, ei pot multe în domeniul semnelor diacritice, astă vă garantez). Tocmai de aceea fac ceea ce fac, o sensibilizare a subiectului, dar într-o manieră corectă! Mai mult decât nimic!BAICAN XXX (talk) 14:59, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Probably the person to ask about this would be User:Kotniski; three months ago, he was experimenting with a bot. Unfortunately, that effort foundered because he didn't see a consensus for the change; perhaps we could find a way to persuade him that such a consensus in fact exists. - Biruitorul ^Talk 05:13, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I still oppose such a move. Win XP still holds 40% of the Internet traffic, while Android and Symbian hold together 65% of the mobile Internet traffic, as our article points out. None of these systems have the comma version enabled by default (and on named mobile systems, there's not even official support for them). Thus someone attempting to read the article about my hometown on an up-to-date Android device will see a blank rectangle where the t-comma should have been. As graphically the difference is almost unnoticeable on the usual 12pt font, I support the version that maximizes usability and outreach, that is s-cedilla and t-cedilla.Anonimu (talk) 17:11, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Normally, I would share Anonimu's concerns, and note that the Academy's decision back in the day was callous and superfluous. I'll also add that the "new" diacritics are so obscure and unnoticeable that one doesn't even find them in the map of characters wikipedia provides to its editors (the "Latin" menu to the lower left of the editing window) - and that is what I use in editing here, mainly because I despise the standard Romanian keyboard settings.

But we are already pushed into adopting the change, and the pendulum of consensus is changing. Instead of the guerilla war and the associated chaos, we might as well see about doing this properly and decently. What do Bogdan, AdiJapan, Kotniski have to say, is what we should be curious about at this junction. How do we move on, and into what? Dahn (talk) 06:20, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to Biruitorul for pointing me to this discussion... Yes, I would also like to get this sorted out, and I would have thought we would want to follow the decision taken by Romanian WP - if they don't see a significant technical problem with using the correct characters, neither should we. In fact I've been doing some more experimenting recently, and have compiled a list of categories and page titles which, as a first step, ought to be renamed (the more complex step of changing the article text itself could come later). If there really is consensus to do this, then we can start by submitting the list of categories to CfD for renaming (the other pages I can probably move myself with a script).--Kotniski (talk) 15:27, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, this will make most articles using Romanian words with t-diacritic and s-diacritic inconsistent in the use of cedilla and comma for a long time to come. The solution on ro.wiki was marking all non-Romanian words with HTML (not wiki!) markup, and then mass-convert all unmarked words. This approach is not applicable to an encyclopaedia where the number of articles using Romanian diacritics is comparable (if not lower) to the number of articles using Turkish diacritics. While changing articles titles based on categories may work to a certain degree (although category conflicts are possible and likely, as the territory of modern Romania had intense contact with the Turks since the 14th century), automatically "correcting" article text is far from easy. As the Nicolae Iorga article was mentioned in the discussion, I don't think a fully automated bot will get it right in the next 2 years. Just look at a high impact article such as ro:Ștefan cel Mare: the text uses s-comma for Romanian words but also for "Süleyman Pașa" (the umlaut on the u and the y indicate that a Turkish rendition was sought), while the image captions, with one exception, use s-cedilla , with the most striking example being the caption "Iaşi,Palatul Culturii, statuia lui Ștefan cel Mare" (s-cedilla in Iasi, s-comma in Stefan). And this is one year after the "correction" process was declared basically completed (per table at ro:Wikipedia:Corectarea diacriticelor). Considering these, and the technical problems with displaying these characters on a large part of Internet-enabled devices (including the majority of the growing mobile market), I reiterate my strong objection to such a move. At most I may acquiesce to a solution based on the use of English standards (redirects from both variants + if an article uses s/t-comma consistently, then new contributions to that article should also use s/t-comma, the same for s/t-cedilla; while I discourage the move of an article from cedilla to coma, I would not actively oppose it through reverts or move wars if the use is consistent). And as WP recommends that (English) common use should prevail, it is readily verifiable that the majority of English-language publication use the cedilla variants (when they use diacritics at all). Furthermore, a quick check shows that the websites of the major Romanian journals either use the diacritics inconsistently [1] [2], or use only the cedilla version exclusively [3],[4], as does the website of the Romanian Academy. The amount of words in Turkic languages in each of these websites is insignificant, yet they don't make any effort to use the "correct" diacritics. (BTW, as far as I've been told, the migration on ro.wiki had a lot to do with the prior decision of Enciclopedia Romaniei to use "correct" diacritics exculsively, so it was a rather political move - note that I don't participate in the ro.wiki project, so I might be wrong).Anonimu (talk) 01:13, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(Thank you for joining in, Kotniski, your input is vital.) I have noticed some of those rowiki inconsistencies myself, and let me add that it becomes virtually impossible to correct a text that uses both keys, once these are left in there by some mistake: who will, or indeed could, fish out the anomalies between the comma and the cedilla in every article where they may still appear? It is something to consider, and one more reason why the move, when/if carried out, should be total or very near to total. I would also like to consider proposing a revert of all "-to cedilla" changes here until consensus, any kind of consensus, is reached - more inconsistency is the last thing we need. Dahn (talk) 03:26, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If we're going to do a big change like this, it's unavoidable that there will be inconsistencies during the intermediate stages, that some of them will be missed, and that occasional errors will be made. But I don't think that should put us off doing it, if we're agreed that the gains outweigh the losses (the principal gain, of course, being that readers are no longer misinformed about how these words are written in their native language - and as an encyclopedia we don't want to be misinforming people). --Kotniski (talk) 10:14, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Workers Movement in Romania

Hello Dahn,

it was a need for me to create a Wikipedia account here, because i see you write a lot of very interesting articles about the workers movement and the socialist movement in Romania. I write by myself at the moment about Stefan Gheorghiu and the syndicalist workers movement between 1900-1916 in Romania. (I write in german language and the book will be also published in german). More and more questions and hints about persons and happenings come up, which i try to figure out. I think you could have additional knowledge and informations and would like to ask you, if you could help me by answering some questions and figuring things out. Is there maybe a possibilty to reach you by email?

And sorry for my english. It is better then my romanian, but also not that good. Best greetings to you and i hope to hear from you. --MVHB (talk) 12:08, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The Brotherly Leader and Guide

As he hides out in Sirte or Sabha or some other friendly enclave, I'm still holding out hope: the world will simply not be the same without him dispensing his wisdom. To quote The Green Book:

The antagonistic force of the trade unions in the capitalist world is capable of replacing capitalistic wage societies by a society of partnerships. The possibility of a socialist revolution starts by producers taking over their share of the production. Consequently, the aims of the producers' strikes will change from demanding increases in wages to controlling their share in production. Guided by THE GREEN BOOK , this will sooner or later take place. The final step is for the new socialist society to reach a stage in which profit and money disappear. Society will become fully productive; the material needs of society will be met. In this final stage, profit will disappear, as will the need for money.

A woman, whose created nature has assigned to her a natural role different from that of man, must be in an appropriate position to perform her natural role.

Mankind is still backward because humans do not communicate in one inherited common language. It is only a matter of time before mankind, achieves that goal, unless civilization should relapse.

I do hope someone carries forth the glorious Jamahiriya ideology.

Take your time with the email. Of course I did think of snapping a picture, but I didn't try forcing my luck. Fortunately, someone else got his picture for us in the interim.

This article looks interesting, and there are some nice nuggets, especially in the part beginning "Misiunea Comisiei apărea extrem de dificilă..." See you around . - Biruitorul ^Talk 20:44, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's funny how he sings the praises of Black people when he himself looks rather Sicilian. He may be African, but a reasonable observer would probably not label him "Black". To be sure, the Assad regime is hardly at the same level as the Jamahiriya, but at least it's still around for the moment, and we still have one Baath party taking a leading role in society (its bitter Iraqi rival now a distant memory). Unity, Liberty, Socialism! Long live the Alawite hegemony over the Syrian people! I rather like the secular, socialist Arab dictators (incidentally, both the Baath and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party were founded by Orthodox Christians, Michel Aflaq and Antun Saadeh), but in the ideological struggle between them and the Islamists that's been playing out since the 1920s or so, the latter seem to have gained the upper hand rather decisively. Be that as it may, the anthem of the Syrian Baath party, "Al-shabab al-orb" ("Arab Youth"), is beautiful, even if you don't know Arabic (I certainly don't).

I hadn't thought in depth about a cutoff date for Historia; the sale happened two years ago, so I guess "some time after that". Its current incarnation reminds me of Jurnalul Naţional's articles on history, and of course we cited those extensively. I see Cioroianu is there (this sounds like an interesting episode). And of course, where else will we get material for a Prostitution in Romania article?

About the Mihai episode: there was definitely some posturing going on - I don't know if Antonescu or Ponta gets the prize (probably Ponta, who made his criticism "Ca susţinător constant al sistemului republican"). At the same time, one did see actual historians like Cioroianu and Giurescu take the King's side, though not quite Tismăneanu. (Oh, and Bălăceanu-Stolnici, of whom my aristocratic friend said simply, due to his Communist-era activities, when I asked for his opinion on him: "Nu şi-a cinstit clasa". Well, I suppose he did have to earn a living...) My own understanding is that once Antonescu came to power and until he was arrested, the King really was very much of a symbolic monarch, living almost by force at Peleş, with ministers banned from communicating with him, stopped and turned back when he tried to enter Bucharest during the Legionnaires' Rebellion. But he did tour the front, and he must have had some role in the affairs of state, so it's worth exploring in full. If his devoted son-in-law would permit an interview on the subject, that might be a start in shedding some light.

I'll close with a rather sterile issue. Until recently, we had National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania and Category:Historic monuments of Romania. (We also have List of historical monuments in Romania, and that should be redirected, but that's another story.) Anyway, someone created Monument istoric and redirected the category to Category:Monumente istorice. I have to wonder if this is a good idea. Isn't Monument istoric a fork, and shouldn't we be using English? - Biruitorul ^Talk 00:42, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ahoy there! I know I've been awfully rude by continually pushing off my reply until it's become almost too late to do so, but meanwhile, I'll have the gall to ask you to stand by in order to potentially put out a couple of fires — this one and this one, to be precise. I really thought I'd finished off this "let's have articles on villages" hydra once I completed the "villages project" — and it's been done for a month now — but it looks like it just refuses to go away. Concurrently, Category:Communes and villages in Romania should be moved to Category:Communes in Romania, since the articles on villages are all gone, but let's just hope this episode turns out all right first. - Biruitorul ^Talk 06:12, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And another fire rages. Sigh. - Biruitorul ^Talk 23:37, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm truly sorry to hear about that, and I sincerely hope that, whatever shadow this is, it too shall pass. Our affairs here are of secondary importance, and the thing will probably blow over sooner or later. Nevertheless, I do look forward to seeing you weigh in when you have a chance, as I'm sure I'll laugh heartily at the devastating logic. So far, I've manned the breaches almost alone, and while they're still holding, my own contributions don't have quite the same mental firepower I'm sure you'll bring. - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:45, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Once Tripoli fell, I imagined he'd spend years riding around the desert on horseback, a green flag trailing from his hand, shouting "I'm in control!", perhaps composing an updated Green Book, a retinue carrying around his tent — alas, it wasn't meant to be, but at least he died a martyr on Libyan soil. Anyway, a lovely photo gallery over here, and more here.

The amount of potential AfDs is piling up, so may I ask for some notability checks when you have a chance?

Monographic sketch of Sălaj County, Alimpiu Barboloviciu

Ion Grigorescu, Henry Mavrodin, Sorin Ilfoveanu, Alma Redlinger (same author on all of them)

Cristian Badilita

Lucian Dan Teodorovici

Bogdan Lascar

Simeon Morrow, Igor Mescoi, Tatiana Marinescu

Drei Ros (by ... Dreiros), Lord Kemy

Picking up one thread of an earlier discussion, I would say that this category is useful for buildings that already have a claim to notability — the Athenaeum, the Art Museum/Palace, the Patriarchate, etc. What we should probably avoid is adopting the standard editors did for the US (and probably the United Kingdom) - deeming any historic monument worthy of an entry, regardless of its actual notability aside from the designation. Then we'd have articles like this or this or this. (I guess ro.wiki is going down that path, and the "Castra of" articles are a spillover of that - click on a couple and you'll see what I mean.) - Biruitorul ^Talk 21:26, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First off, you know I'm a patient man, so no worries on that front. Second, that sounds wonderful. I suppose my latest DYK doesn't count — he died during WWI, but that's about the extent of the connection. On the other hand, I can think of at least one article I can write that would fit perfectly, so if you set up a holding area, I'll have what to put there. - Biruitorul ^Talk 05:01, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here was my idea. It's fairly obvious, but on the other hand, he's probably unknown outside Romania and is intricately linked with the event, so this should work.

While we're on the subject of cruft, what about Celia and Ruxandra? - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:37, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It has been done. Meanwhile, for you or anyone else reading, I had a few other ideas floating around:

If not Rebreanu himself, how about Forest of the Hanged (novel)?

One of the several (and sometimes confusing) governing bodies of the transition phase - perhaps the Directing Council of Transylvania.

A newspaper. I was thinking of Telegraful român — some good coverage here, here, here and perhaps here. I know the paper's heyday was in the 1860s, but this (the "Transilvania – o periferie cu trei centre" article) gives some attention to its WWI-era reporting. - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:19, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Would Cathedral of the Unity of the People, Alba Iulia qualify for December 1st? I'll have to be off till nearly the end of the year, so this would be my second and last contribution for the event. (But great work on your part!)
Anyway, after this debacle, I'm not even that enthusiastic at the moment. I can send you the text in question if you like (simply for review; I'm not expecting you to get drawn into this) and you'll see that this is somewhat unfair. I did try as much as I could to word things so that I wasn't copying, and even more so after problems were pointed out. At the same time, I only had one main source because, after all, we're not dealing with a Picasso or a Matisse here; there's only so much material readily available. As long as I cite the source (which I did rigorously), use my own words (likewise) or quote what seems quotable (the same), I don't quite see what else I'm expected to do. - Biruitorul ^Talk 02:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail sent. While I'm still here, Misu Ilie: notable? Oh, and Romanian animation: heh. The ro.wiki version is at least diverting. And the List of Romanian film and theatre directors: that "film and theatre" part kind of sticks out, not that we necessarily should have expected something more coherent. Well, unless something big crops up, à bientôt! - Biruitorul ^Talk 04:45, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ghenadie Petrescu

On 7 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ghenadie Petrescu, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, when Ghenadie Petrescu (pictured) was ousted from his post of Metropolitan-Primate, Romania experienced protests and riots? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ghenadie Petrescu.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:31, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

New editor

Hi Dahn. There is a new editor who I think will be a valuable contributor once they learn the ropes, but at the moment does not seem to realise the policy issues involved in close paraphrasing of text from sources. I don't want to put them off from editing, but we seem to have come to a bit of an impasse on the question of copyright. If you visit User talk:RashersTierney#Roma in the Czech Republic and follow the links you should see what I mean. I will provide links to show the issues in question if you don't immediately see the 'borrowed' text. I'd like the problem to be resolved quickly and amicably as I think the ed. can be a valuable asset on Romani-related articles. Hope you don't mind the imposition. Best. RashersTierney (talk) 02:33, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rashers, thanks for the post, but I just happen to have way too much on my plate right now, and this requires a helluvalot of patience. If this is still an issue by the end of the week, I'll weigh in at that time. Please forgive me, I know it's an impotant issue, and normally I would not delegate. Dahn (talk) 07:49, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine Dahn. An added source of irritation for me, (which may have unintentionally crept into my reaction), is that I have a copy of Crowe's book somewhere, just can't put my hand on it following a personal library 'reorganisation'. Hope to retain the substance of the edits, but they will need quite a bit of a rewrite. Talk soon. RashersTierney (talk) 12:21, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gang of Four (pro-Contra) DYK

Hi!

Your edits seem problematic. The point of DYK is to have people read the article, so blue-linking Democratic Party (U.S.) was a distraction. The Democratic Party is linked at the article.

Your other edit removed the specific context of the Nicaraguan Civil War. The readers don't need to learn about General Sandinista, etc.

I won't revert you, but I mention these differences of opinion wishing that you can convince me that your edits make a better DYK hook.

Kiefer.Wolfowitz 20:46, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mihail Kogalniceanu

As vrea sa propun articolul la WP:GAC (m-am consultat si cu bibliomaniac15). M-ai ajuta cu imbunatatirea articolului astfel incat sa primeasca statutul? Ma ocup eu de legaturile rosii.Ionutzmovie (talk) 21:27, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nici o problema, sa-mi zici cand ai terminat. Articolul are potential si ar fi pacat sa nu il propunem.Ionutzmovie (talk) 22:06, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Revue de l'Orient din articol banuiesc ca este acelasi lucru ca Revue de l'Orient Latin.Ionutzmovie (talk) 22:59, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ar trebuie sa creez un articol despre National Theater Iaşi sau este destul sa trimitem la Iaşi National Theatre?Ionutzmovie (talk) 23:33, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Poti scrie cateva cuinte si despre familia lui Kogalniceanu? Intre timp am mai "albastrit articolul".Ionutzmovie (talk) 22:57, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Da.Ionutzmovie (talk) 20:05, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Darkness At Noon

I defended the edits to the Darkness At Noon article in the talk page... Carinae986 (talk) 21:26, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination of Democratic Union Party (Bukovina)

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Kurt and Sid

Thanks for fixing that Gary Oldman portrayed Sid Vicious and not Kurt. The source does say Sid Vicious. That would have been embarrassing if the article appeared on the main page with that error. SL93 (talk) 00:00, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ion Theodorescu-Sion

On 1 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ion Theodorescu-Sion, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, six years after shocking the public with his primitivist paintings in 1910, Ion Theodorescu-Sion (self portrait pictured) was employed to depict the Romanian Armed Forces in action? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ion Theodorescu-Sion.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 18:29, 30 November 2011 (UTC) 00:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nicolae Fleva

On 1 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nicolae Fleva, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Nicolae Fleva, who helped prepare Romania's independence in 1877, allegedly sold his loyalty to the Central Powers in 1915? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nicolae Fleva.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 18:29, 30 November 2011 (UTC) 00:03, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gherman Pântea

On 1 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gherman Pântea, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Gherman Pântea, who facilitated Bessarabia's union with Romania in 1918, protected Odessan Jews targeted by Romanian troops during the 1941 Massacre? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gherman Pântea.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 01:38, 1 December 2011 (UTC) 08:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Democratic Union Party (Bukovina)

On 1 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Democratic Union Party (Bukovina), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, when Bukovina was united with Romania, the Democratic Union Party was the only local group to campaign for the abolition of regional autonomy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Democratic Union Party (Bukovina).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 01:38, 1 December 2011 (UTC) 08:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rodion Markovits

On 1 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rodion Markovits, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rodion Markovits became "the best-known Transylvanian writer" with his account of World War I captivity and survival in the Russian Far East? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rodion Markovits.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 01:38, 1 December 2011 (UTC) 08:03, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sequence of DYKs

This is an amazing sequence of DYKs over a 24-hour period. The articles are all interesting, well researched and well written. You are making a wonderful contribution to the coverage of Romania on the English Wikipedia. Thanks for your efforts. - Ipigott (talk) 08:34, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thank you, and of course, that's a great run of work on your part as well. As for where I am: well, probably not too far from you. At 11 am, I was a stone's throw away from the President of Romania (and his shining bald head) as he laid a wreath beneath the Arch of Triumph. Now I'm near a computer for the first time in a week, checking in on things. Good luck going forward. - Biruitorul ^Talk 15:32, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Romanian Volunteer Corps in Russia

On 1 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Romanian Volunteer Corps in Russia, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a year after the Romanian Volunteer Corps was being forced out of Kiev, some of its troops were reluctantly holding the Trans-Siberian Railway for the Whites? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Romanian Volunteer Corps in Russia.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 15:14, 1 December 2011 (UTC) 16:02, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An award for you!

	The Romanian Barnstar of Literary Merit
	For you outstanding detailed quality articles on Romanian writers. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:25, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nichita Smochină

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	For common sense on Talk:Alexander John Cuza. ♦ In ictu oculi (talk) 13:18, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep up the good work Dahn. We may disagree very occasionally, but you well deserve the 'farkle'. Best. RashersTierney (talk) 02:58, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RM

Thanks for reply. Sarek of Vulcan is a good admin, you may address yourself to him for any help needed. Saturnian's position is one that is recurrent on RM, cannot get people to use Google Scholar :(.. Anyway, have a good day. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:08, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Saturnian appears to have gone wildly over WP:3RR, but please check that yourself, in correcting his edits haven't also been pushed over WP:3RR - it would be grossly unfair if you had but if it gets called by admins... In ictu oculi (talk) 00:21, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Goodo. I think you're doing amazingly frankly. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:33, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian new characters

I saw your post in WP:ANI. You should repost in Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical). Wikipedia has a bugtracker where you can make this sort of petitions, but I have no idea where it is. --Enric Naval (talk) 11:18, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I mean about adding the "new" Romanian diacritics to the character map, so you can start using them. Ask the people to add them, or to tell you where to ask. Give them a list of all the new diacritics so the people making the change can simply copy/paste them. --Enric Naval (talk) 11:35, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Sorry, but

Again, if you know of any inconsistencies in ro.wp articles you should report them there (or on my userpage here if you don't want to edit ro.wp) instead of making it look like this is a general situation. But before you do, please make sure you're not affected by the script that allows users of Windows XP to see the pages with cedilla-below characters. In order to do this, you could deactivate JavaScript in your browser or choose the "Diacritice nemodificate" gadget on ro.wp.--Strainu (talk) 09:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't try to change your quotes. You did not talk about inconsistencies, you said: "the change it [ro.wp] performed is non-systematic and created many articles which still used both spellings in the same body of text". That is false for several reasons:

The change was systematic. The robot went through every article of ro.wp and made the change unless instructed otherwise.
There are no pages wrongly using both spellings. There are some pages that wrongly converted some Turkish names to comma-below.
"many" is a relative measurement. But I doubt you will find more than 1‰ (that is 1 in 1,000, or about 170 as of today) of the articles have mistakes. This is an insignificant part of the whole content.

I do not care one bit about how disruptive or not you are, either here or on ro.wp. I've dealt with much worse in the past. I also do not care much about your opinion on the Academy. I am irritated because you use wording designed to greatly exaggerate the problems of the conversion, presumably in order to dissuade other users from supporting it. Pe românește, faci din țânțar armăsar.--Strainu (talk) 12:28, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever's going on here...

If you could explain what this incredibly petty conflict I've apparently jumped into is about, I'd appreciate it.

WP:ANI#Weird personal attack/revert war/sock puppetry(?) thing. --erachima talk 06:46, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The return

I guess it's now official. And let me begin by saying how dreadful those attacks must have been for you. I just noticed them recently, and I'm sorry I wasn't there to weigh in. I've also noticed this, which is mild by comparison, but really, someone should read WP:STICK at some point.
Having swung through Craiova, Ploiești (they did now put s- and t-comma in the editing box), Vălenii de Munte, Timișoara, Buziaș, Arad, Gherla, Curtea de Argeș and your beloved hometown, I bear with me rich photographic material. For now, let me note my bewilderment that you didn't grab this shot during your own foray into the Domain of Antonie Solomon (or is it still? It's hard keeping track, with so many arrested mayors these days), but here it is. And here is a whole set of pictures that I'd say we were missing. (Any word, by the way, on the Măgirescu source in the article?) And this - well, maybe it'll inspire a 1907 article in time for the 105th anniversary!
I have to go for now, but let me close by asking about The Ceausescu Moment. I've heard the term "Ceaușescu moment", and it might do to redirect to Nicolae Ceaușescu or Romanian Revolution of 1989, but a separate article? And a "fine" one at that, we're told... - Biruitorul ^Talk 06:20, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If the Demetrescu bust is by Ion Jalea (as may be the case), then the news is good either way. On Commons, we only need wait another 41 years or so. Here on en.wiki, we might use the Template:PD-US/Template:PD-US-1923-abroad, since the bust is from 1912. (That is, if this applies to works of art and not just to photographs.) About the prison: hmm. I'm guessing the general view of the memorial, the memorial wall and the mosaic cross fall afoul. The smaller cross might pass (insufficient originality). (The memorial view one might want to upload here under fair use, since it seems pretty important for the article.) The ones from the prison site itself should be fine, since the building and yard, although dating to ca. 1940, seem to lack any sort of originality.

I kind of bumped into the 1907 one while a friend was driving me around looking for the prison site (it's a bit hidden). Come to think of it, it too is probably copyrighted until the 2050s, but if Buzău can get away with it... As for the anniversary, the idea came to me as I pondered the strangeness of this campaign. Speaking of which, I'm surprised we still lack articles like Borsec (water), Tușnad (water), Perla Harghitei, etc. There must be some interesting history there.

As it turns out, not that many articles of possible notability came down the pike while I was away. Misu Ilie is still there, and then there's Mircea Florin Şandru. We also have a new user putting out stubs about historic buildings in Zalău and environs - nothing wrong with that, but with Category:Religion in Şimleu Silvaniei, Greek Catholic Church, Şimleu Silvaniei and perhaps Bic Monastery, he threatens to jump into overkill.

Who still supports the PD-L, anyway? I do know a few lost souls stubbornly clinging to the sinking ship, but the polls look grim indeed. Perhaps a PNȚCD-style meltdown is coming up. The UDMR is also pursuing a pretty weak strategy, flirting with that 5% threshold, possibly sinking beneath if Tőkes gets his new party off the ground, or simply if enough of its voters stay home in disgust at a party that stays in power for the crumbs thrown at it. As for the Dan Diaconescu 9-14%, I guess we now know where the Vadim voters are migrating.

Merry Christmas, and see you around. - Biruitorul ^Talk 15:40, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How is everything with you? I do hope you're more or less all right. - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:48, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And a Happy New(ish) Year to you as well! My time on the wrong side of AfD is going well, but this one looks doomed, alas. - Biruitorul ^Talk 03:32, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not that relevant for your article, but: heh. And Romanian politics remains just as farcical as it was back then. - Biruitorul ^Talk 21:21, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now here's something a little different: may I ask you to brush through them, since they may make the main page? I think Romania's industrial heritage is rather under-explored and this area could have some potential. There's the long-planned oil industry article, but on Galaţi we have a source ready for use, and the PDF I used for Govăjdia also talks about Hunedoara. Then there's Braşov, Slatina, Rovinari, the carpet factory at Cisnădie, the cement factories at Deva, at Bicaz, so many glorious memories... Well, at least Galaţi, Hunedoara and Braşov deserve articles.

On Reşiţa, I know it was quite the pride of the Communists (after all, nothing says "building socialism" like those furnaces) and used to good propagandistic effect: that aspect could use a bit more emphasis. - Biruitorul ^Talk 02:49, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the review; Galatz has already rolled off the assembly line, faster than I anticipated.
Grigore Preoteasa is back in the news - perhaps there's something new.
Articles on all Romanian elections since 1919 have now been started, and they all feature that irksome "politics of" template, although supposedly it's useful. - Biruitorul ^Talk 04:46, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see we're both bumping into the same user at the same time: I don't even know what to make of this, although it doesn't quite rise to the level of a certain infamous discussion. - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:25, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. Should we maybe move to Lumea Nouă (site)? Or link to Lumea Nouă (magazine) instead? By the way, some AfDs you may have missed: Fornade, Samachisa, Perpelea and, best of all, Cretan. - Biruitorul ^Talk 19:12, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that would be lovely: and now that over a year has gone by and the creator is topic-banned, one more push should rid us of him too. I also have a few more notability checks for you, in anticipation of a wave of AfDs: Mircea Florin Şandru and Misu Ilie left over from before; and the newer Dorin N Poenaru, Edward Clug, Bucharest Bar, A. G. Weinberger, Valeriu Munteanu (philologist), Seljuks in Dobruja and Vladimir Catana (by Vcatana86, of course).

I'm thinking also of the Sighetu Marmației explosions. We might not be able to eliminate 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting, but I'm more confident about the first. - Biruitorul ^Talk 22:18, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kogălniceanu family

On 23 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kogălniceanu family, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that members of the Moldavian Kogălniceanu family contributed to the abolition of serfdom (1749), the abolition of slavery (1855), and several land reforms? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kogălniceanu family.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011

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Mihail Kogălniceanu

Felicitări, articolul a primit statutul. Dacă nu te superi as mai propune cateva articole scrise de tine.Ionutzmovie (talk) 23:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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	For your efforts in promoting Mihail Kogălniceanu to GA. Your hard work needs to be rewarded! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:45, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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		Thanks Dahn for helping to promote Mihail Kogălniceanu to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 01:17, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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If This Is/is a Man

Hello Dahn. I noticed that on 21 April 2006 you made this edit, slightly altering the title of If This Is a Man, capitalising the "is". I wondered if you had a particular reason for doing that? Even if you didn't have a particular reason, your account would be a very interesting addition to the current debate about whether to move the article back. Exok (talk) 21:04, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alegeri generale în România, 1946 la ro:wiki

Salut, stiu ca discutia de aici a avut loc in 2007, dar vreau sa te intreb daca ai la dispozitie citatele in romana si in cazul acesta daca le poti scrie sau scana si le scriu eu, sau daca se gasesc undeva pe internet. Multumesc.Ionutzmovie (talk) 13:03, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Le-am trecut aici.Ionutzmovie (talk) 13:38, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Your point?

I see you're quietly following this in the background. I did not quite understand what you meant?Dapiks (talk) 18:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ok, wow I thought this is still going on. CodrinB just reposted his request on the 24th so I thought there was a second request in force now that's why I posted that. Dapiks (talk) 20:04, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Then maybe the thing to do, the one that admins would probably like best, is if you were to revert yourself over there. Note: I'm not commenting on the posts, but probably any post coming upon closure would be taken in as bad practice. Like Illythr says below: admins seem to be annoyed that this sterile topic still gets pinged. Dahn (talk) 20:10, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I deleted my own post - I really thought the second request was still under review.Dapiks (talk) 20:30, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, check dis out: CodrinB only notified those who were in some sort of conflict with Anonimu or had something negative to say about him in the first ArbComm request. It so happens, that many Wikipedia users find this kind of canvassing disgusting and, after taking note of it, may take steps to prevent it in the future. Then again, you've managed to annoy the ArbComm admins enough, so the next request may entail some sort of action against the filing party, for reasons mentioned in WP:PETARD, without any need for further input. --illythr (talk) 19:37, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, man, it's always good to be in a powwow with you. I tend to stray away from Moldova subjects (and any given topic then and now), so I'm losing the chance of bumping into you as often as I would like. On one hand, it's good that we still find each other on wikipedia, but I so wish it weren't always about untying the leftover Gordian knots of some in-universe nationalism or another. I tell you, the kids these days...

Thank you for the links, but you're right to say that this topic is more the subject of admin annoyance than anything. I'm not gonna pursue it unless Codrinb really wants me to (and makes me). If that ever happens, I would rather not comment on the subject outside of a potential centralized and entirely public discussion. I don't hold much hope that Codrinb will mend his ways, I would rather have him out of my hair for the time being; but Dapiks/Constantzeanu was improving, which is why I thought I'd let him know that he's on a slippery slope.

Anyways, how have you been? Dahn (talk)

Actually, the post was intended for Constantzeanu, probably a way of demonstrating the conspiracy/hive mind we (you and I, that is) seem to share. And yeah, for exactly that reason. It took me several minutes to realize that you've already answered that on the other talk page. Derp.

As for me, I've become rather inactive on enwiki, what with the nationalist wars dying down (in the articles I still watch, at least), and my presence in the afflicted articles being reactive from day one. Ruwiki, on the other hand, has an excellent way of randomizing my presence there by means of the "error reporting" page, where non-editors can complain about errors in articles, which doubles as a source of onwiki amusement (people regularly complain about the things we have articles about, such as software, politics, modern science and the world sucking in general, despite at least three huge warnings asking them not to do that). --illythr (talk) 20:21, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We can always restart the nationalist wars if you want? Just kidding :) Dapiks (talk) 20:30, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Ah, okay, it was the edit summary that got me confused. It may have been a glitch in the force field that our brains share.

If a nationalist war is what it takes for us to exchange thoughts, I'm so starting one. What will it be: moving Siege of Kamenets to Siege of Kamianets-Podilskyi? a lively essay on what Romanian bloggers have to say about the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn? an article about how Russians in Moldova (WHY is this a stub?) have developed unique ethnic characteristics and are now mostly like the Romanians?

Ruwiki sound a lot like Rowiki, except there they seem to really want to publish the rants on why things suck (ro:Dezmembrarea României după 1989 etc.)... Dahn (talk) 20:36, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ro:Dezmembrarea României după 1989 made it into an article?

For our new nationalist war I propose we take it up a notch and move even beyond Romanian-Moldovan-Russian issues. A see great potential for a truly brutal nationalist war on the topic of the Banaban independence movement from the Imperial oppressive government of Kiribati. I call the Kiribati side. Dapiks (talk) 20:52, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There we go again. It's all nice and civil, then somebody mentions the Banaban freedom struggle, and there goes the neighborhood. If there's anything I've learned about Illythr, it's that he's anti-Kiribati to the core. One of the most serious Banabophiles there are. You watch now. Dahn (talk) 21:01, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

@ Dapiks: Nah, turns out it gets kinda stale after the first year or so.

Ok Illythr, I just thought we might move our wars somewhere at least nice and warm but I can do the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn - it's closer to home anyway. So wait, you are the advisor of the fascist Estonian government? Keeping with our previous roles as opponents, however, I can't take that side then. I will be the KGB-paid agent, sympathiser of the 5th column and member of the occupation. Dahn, I will see you in the Russians in Estonia article where I will try to push the number as high as I can, citing census results from 1989. In any case, cheers to you both. See you around here hopefully!Dapiks (talk) 21:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, my main ideological modus operandi on enwiki and ruwiki is mirror opposite - i.e., here I'm the paid Stalinist KGB agent, there I'm the rabid Romanian/Polish/Baltic Russophobe. The only place I crossed the line on enwiki was the Katyn massacre article (had to step in due to the topic ban of many Polish editors there), so I suppose it'd be okay if you read up on Yuri Mukhin (Russia's leading expert on the US faking of the Moon landing, Stalin's (and Lysenko's) clear name being smeared by various dirty Jews, and Einstein being an illiterate moron (an American AND a Jew, how can't he be?)) and propose the demotion of that article because it promotes Nazi propaganda and doesn't say how those evil Poles totally deserved it, not that the glorious NKVD did it of course. --illythr (talk) 23:21, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

@ Dahn: Huh, at least in Ruwiki, this is mainly localized to the error reporting page and the Incubator: namespace, where most of that crap is reverted or rots away by itself. Ruwiki is actually a lot better than enwiki in this one aspect, because it's got two great "lightning rods": Non-Russian nationalists can't or won't write in Russian and prefer enwiki to spread the plague, whereas Russian nationalists were summarily banned by the bloody admin gebnya several years ago and founded a kind of Russian Conservapedia, which serves the dual purpose of attracting nationalists and being a great source of lulz, just like its Eagle-Land counterpart. Too bad the pseudoscience crazies didn't follow suit, as various fringe theories seem to be the ruwiki plague, currently.

Actually, the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn looks like a great place to pick a fight, as my edits in the Ruwiki version have already garnered me a lofty title of an advisor of the [fascist, duh] Estonian government. Another great topic would be the ongoing European occupation of the Americas: Not only did those filthy European barbarians never learn a native language or ten of the region, they actually called the whole place in honor of one of their own, and built McDonalds' all over the place. Gah!

Oh, Rowiki is often its own Metapedia (I think that one spells it out more clearly than Conservapedia). I think I once bumped into the Ruwiki for disgruntled "patriots" - it looked like a mix of shamanism and antisemitism to me. For comparison, the spinoff from Rowiki is mainly stupid, rather than aggressive - it doesn't as much advertise conspiracy theories, it rather does the whitewashing and the Whiggishness of historic primers. It's yucky, but Rowiki can get yuckier.

Russia seems to me like one of those postmodern countries where fascists accuse others of being fascist. Btw, does it seem to you like no one cares about Orwell anymore? (I know, I hate Vespucci as much as the next guy, but it so works when you add "Russian" in front of it. Try it.) Dahn (talk) 21:33, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hush, there's the election of Putin underway, don't distract people from expressing their love with your unpatriotic nonsense! BTW, it's called "Washington[sky] Obkom."

On a slightly more serious note, this "fascist" thing comes from the fact that the term "Nazism" was virtually absent in Soviet literature (what with it being national socialism) and "fascist" was used in its place, so "Nazi Germany" is "Fascist Germany" in Russian. Thus, no problem for extreme nationalists/etatists etc to call people they don't like "fascists", especially since the word gained the same "bogeyman" quality "nazi" has in English. Not to mention that ideologies tend to degenerate when struck by harsh reality (lines 3 and 4, specifically). --illythr (talk) 23:21, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

<checks gas bill>Erm,</checks gas bill> forget anything I said. Vote Putin!

I bet "fascist" was also convenient because you could/can stretch it to cover Horthy, Franco, Gen. Chiang and, oh, them. (The cartoon shows that the more things change, the more they stay the same - I'm amazed that either skins or antifas are still relevant anywhere on this planet...) Dahn (talk) 09:35, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Those edit summaries kinda/sorta compensated for the fact that I was using your talk page to talk to another user. :-) --illythr (talk) 21:10, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not saying I had sound reason to be confused, just that I was confused. :) Dahn (talk) 21:33, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The real question is, what does Banaba think about Her Britannic Majesty? Upon independence in 1979, Kiribati took the dreadful step of becoming a republic. Fiji has been a republic since that memorable series of coups in 1987, but the Queen is still supreme tribal chief, having been presented by tribal chieftains with the tooth of a sperm whale (a traditional sign of profound respect), Her effigy is still displayed on Fiji's currency, the St Edward's Crown still forms part of the badges of the military and the police, the Queen's Birthday remains a public holiday, the national motto remains "Fear God and honour the Queen", the flag still includes the Union Jack, and the country's coat of arms still features St George's Cross. As well, the excellent Commodore Frank Bainimarama, off-and-on dictator of Fiji for some years, displays portraits of the Queen and Prince Philip above his office desk. And She is popular with the Fijian people.
I see a nice opportunity for the Queen here. Recently, Jamaicans elected a treasonous government that has vowed to establish a republic this year. Of course, the thing to do would be for Her Governor-General to withhold Royal Assent on any republic Bill: he did, after all, swear that he "will well and truly serve Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her Heirs and Successors, in the office of Governor-General", so his oath demands that of him. Barring that, a Royal Navy gunboat or two in Kingston harbor should do the trick. But, thinking in terms of realpolitik, She might also do a deal with the perfidious Jamaicans: "i'll let you have your republic, if you convince Banaba to become a Commonwealth Realm upon independence". That would rid Her of Her ungrateful Jamaican subjects, and maintain the number of countries where She reigns at sixteen. - Biruitorul ^Talk 19:17, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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My dear friend

Hello dear friend, how's it going? What new books have you read lately? I'd like to recommend you Lord Jim, in case you're not familiar with it. Yes, the book, not the despicable individual that you're thinking about; although now that you mentioned him, I do see the recognizable traits between the fictional character and the demon. I take it you've been following the Oscars. Or have you, in the style of Woody Allen, 'ignored' them? I'm certain The Artist will fall to your taste. Until next time, your friend, Defetistul. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.52.15.110 (talk) 11:41, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We agree for once: nobody can hold a candle to Conrad, and The Artist is a grand experiment. Dahn (talk) 15:16, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ioan C. Filitti

On 29 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ioan C. Filitti, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, shortly after being sentenced to death for treason, Ioan C. Filitti became manager of the National Theatre Bucharest? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ioan C. Filitti.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Don't mention it. I think Filitti is GA material... – Lionel ^(talk) 23:08, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Urgent

I'm afraid I'm not an admin and can't edit anything in the actual queue, the only parts I can edit is the prep area. If you post this on the talk page at DYK though an admin will sort it. Alternatively you might want to try some of the DYK admins such as Casliber. Miyagawa (talk) 22:01, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Sure, once its finished on the front page then it will revert in a couple of days. I just squared it up so that it will appear larger on the front page. You could rename the DYK image and leave the original in the article Victuallers (talk) 23:21, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gilles (stock character) and your response to the DYK nomination

Thanks for your helpful responses to this article. (I wish I had seen them before the hook was so far advanced in the queue!) I see clearly now how my own judgments are shadowing the "Gilles and Pierrot" section, and so I have revised the last paragraph of that section (with which you find particular fault) to read as follows:

As Francis Haskell has pointed out (and the remarks above imply), not only did Gilles "wear the same costume" as Pierrot, but both generally "had the same character" throughout the 18th century: Pierrot, like Gilles, "was a farcical creature, not a tragic or sensitive one".[35] (Pierrot will become tearful and tragic only in the middle of the 19th century, in the hands of Paul Legrand.)[36] "It is", writes Haskell, "hard to resist the conclusion that the consumptive Watteau has invested the figure of Gilles with some degree of self-identification, and Mrs. Panofsky has also pointed out that on many other occasions when painting Pierrot figures Watteau not only gave them a predominance which was absolutely not justified by the nature of the parts they were called upon to act, but may even have hinted at something Christ-like in their role."[35] As Haskell seems to be implying, there may be at least as much Watteau as either Gilles or Pierrot in the portrait.

The hook was unfortunate. My original wording of it made it clear that "Gilles" was attached to the figure of the painting for "almost three centuries" of its history (only at the end of the 20th century has that name been called into question). When I was asked to shorten the wording, I fell back on the assumption that anybody who knows anything about the painting at all would know that "traditionally" it has been regarded to be a portrait of Gilles. I don't know what you mean by saying that the article "does cite authors who will say that it [the painting] is probably more of Gilles than Pierrot ...": the only author cited, Haskell, states clearly that both Gilles and Pierrot wore the same costume and had the same character, thereby implying that the argument that Watteau's figure is one or the other is moot.

That the portrait is "poignant" is widely repeated in the art-history literature, but I will footnote it to ensure it's not confused with an opinion of my own.

I have scoured the rest of the article carefully and can find no other unreferenced remarks. I hope these changes (which will be made if you approve) are sufficient to remove the scare-tags. If they are not, please elaborate and I will revise accordingly. Thanks for your help and attention. (I have also left this note on the DYK talk page.) Beebuk 08:53, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you from Gilles

Yes, I have removed the "quibbling" remark—you're right, it doesn't belong—and have also removed (or changed) your other highlighted passages. When I make the changes in the article, I'll remove the tags. And not to worry about your exasperated tone: I was once a teacher and fully understand what a day in the trenches can be like. Best--Beebuk 13:51, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Petre P. Carp

On 7 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Petre P. Carp, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, in summer 1917, a plan existed to make septuagenarian Petre P. Carp (cartoon pictured) the dictator of German-occupied Romania? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Petre P. Carp.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:01, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stress (only phonetic, hopefully)

I'm ashamed to admit that for some of those names I'm having trouble with the stress position. Finding sources on that seems close to impossible: Google Books doesn't give me access to any of the very few Romanian name dictionaries, YouTube rarely has videos of cultural relevance, and there is nobody around me that I can ask.

So, do you know how to stress them? I'm talking about choosing between these variants:

Batzária / Batzaría
Filítti / Filittí
Saniélevici / Sanielévici

I do pronounce them in a certain way, but I need confirmation. — AdiJapan 07:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheeky monkey. I gave you a barnstar previously, am I not a good a contributor?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:47, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe I was kidding LOL, but I saw your note to Gerda which implied you'd never been given a barnstar from anybody decent before!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BTW have you ever considered putting several of your article s about for GA. You've got lots of gems.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mmm I think it was Yellow Monkey who did the DYK list for me and he's no longer here.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:39, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You've got 114 DYKS its on Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs now. Please remember to update the tally whenenever you have a DYK published.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:08, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Anton Bacalbaşa

Despite our differences, I wanted to congratulate you for the Anton Bacalbaşa article. It is very well written and I enjoyed reading it. Maybe the lead is a little too long or could be broken down, but the rest is just great. An image like this would look better, but don't know who made the painting or how old it is. Sincerely --Codrin.B (talk) 17:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I replied on my page. --Codrin.B (talk) 19:16, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The legion of the condemned

I've put in 7 AfDs; see my recent edits and fire away at will. I decided against "Dorin N Poenaru" because there's at least a chance he passes WP:PROF, but one does wonder why his article is under that title if his name is "Dorin Mircea Stelian Poenaru". N for Nuclear, perhaps? I've left the Lady of Liège to your discretion. Ah, and heh. - Biruitorul ^Talk 01:46, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's {{subst:afdx|2nd}}, I do believe. Also, since you're far more of a music guy than I am (at least for music not of the variety of Catana, who now humbly agrees we should delete not only his article but also his facebook fan page (!)): your thoughts on Octave Octavian Teodorescu? - Biruitorul ^Talk 16:22, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're a good and loyal squire, Bier. don't let anyone tell you otherwise! :) Defetistul. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.52.15.110 (talk) 16:54, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What a good week: about to have done with Boros, at least, after almost 3 years; echoes of the astounding DYK record still reverberating; discovery of a great quote: "trebuie să demascăm fără cruţare pe duşmanii ştiinţei şi pe slugile fostului regim burghezo-moşieresc" (sounds like a fun guy); and a vote beginning "rubbish", which is a sure sign of a weak case. - Biruitorul ^Talk 04:57, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Whenever you're ready, I eagerly look forward to it. There still are some glaring Red links (get it?): Alexandru Bârlădeanu, Emil Bobu, Alexandru Drăghici, Alexandru Moghioroş, Paul Niculescu-Mizil (at least his descendant is now in), Leonte Răutu, Leontin Sălăjan.

Meanwhile, Armanca, Plugaru and Prvacki (that "Serbian-Romanian-Singaporean", perhaps the only one of her kind) have been drafted into the Legion, and hopefully it's lights out for Lights Out!

I'm thinking about Pucă and Hârtopeanu as well; where would you guess they fall on the notability scale? - Biruitorul ^Talk 17:59, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ahoy! Have you formally returned from your break? Before I start to throw anything at you, allow me to send my warm Paschal greetings in this luminous season. - Biruitorul ^Talk 16:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Enticing, to say the least. Let me start with something lighthearted, the funny things about "Sirnea":

a) The whimsical omission of the diacritic.

b) The inclusion of the "communes" template and of Category:Communes in Braşov County despite its not being, well, a commune.

c) "During the Second World War it was transferred back to Hungary, but returned to Romania in 1945." I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the Bran area never left Romania.

Now, the less funny part is that I gave the standard explanations, but the response was less than encouraging. What's plan B? Maybe the same arguments sound more convincing coming from you. Or perhaps a tedious merge proposal. Or we just resign ourselves to having it lie around indefinitely. - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:00, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would say I have a partial claim to Petrovicescu, but be that as it may, I too noticed the contrast. I suppose it's true for any of the great ministries: the pre-war statesmen with their doctorates from France and Germany (a generalization, to be sure) versus the apparatchiks whose main quality was the ability to follow orders, and who rarely went beyond primary school. (And those who did - Patrascanu, Miron Constantinescu, even our friend Rolea, ended up marginalized or worse.) Oh, and let's not forget this guy who, although not a mass murderer as far as we know, does bear a passing resemblance to one currently on trial. Speaking of which, this feels a lot like the spring of 2000, the calm before the storm, the PDL about to suffer a PNŢCD-style meltdown. As an ardent PNL supporter and antonescian (Crin, I hope), if nothing else for the unintentional (?) hilarity of his statements, I must say I am pleased.
Frateanu, Arsene and Popescu are now up for AfD - the latter with the added benefit that it would open up the title for use by the man who was Interior Minister from 1941 to 1944, who probably has a greater claim to it anyway. - Biruitorul ^Talk 15:48, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and note Mihai Frățilă, Ioan Dragomir, Vasile Aftenie and especially Ioan Bălan - this is what happens when one puts ro.wiki articles through automatic translation. "the White County Down", indeed. Not to be confused with County Down! - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:49, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Brilliant intellectual" he may be, but Ungureanu has found out what Iorga did: that scientific aptitude does not usually translate into political skill. No ministry has been as short since that of Nicolae Rădescu (one hopes the parallels with 6 March 1945 end there, although this man also takes office on 7 May), and the last that was definitely shorter was that of Ion Gigurtu. Neither's is a record one might want to be associated with. One might blame any number of factors, but ultimately, it was Ungureanu who accepted the poisoned chalice of power without a popular mandate, and he who fumbled and paid the price.
"He would make a great leader, until it turns out he wouldn't/can't" isn't, of course, a phenomenon limited to Romania. Britain has a slew of them. Then there's François Bayrou, darling of bien pensants, who will never, ever be President of France because he's boring. And the American media just loves to come up with fantasy candidates (Wesley Clark, Mark Warner, Howard Dean, George Allen, Fred Thompson) who'll never set foot in the White House, other than as guests, because once they actually started seeking votes, as opposed to the press dreaming about it, things went very, very wrong. Perhaps it's too early to consign Ungureanu into the same category, but if he hopes to enter Cotroceni in 2014, he'll need more than a telephone call to do it.
And, back on topic, if you need a break from Pogor, those 3 AfDs above are still churning. - Biruitorul ^Talk 21:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps delator should be linked? Anyway, I find the "copyedit" a mess, at least the new section structure. - Biruitorul ^Talk 20:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I'm talking about! At this point, I'd say the major Red links are now filled: sure, there's Remus Koffler and Iosif Rangheţ and Sorin Toma and more, but somehow they worry me less than not having articles on Roller and Drăghici and Răutu — which we didn't, as recently as two months ago.

Don't let the mentally ill make you lose your cool: relish instead the vision of the authorities of the Kingdom of Sweden, having found them legally insane, leading them away in a straightjacket, bound for Beckomberga Hospital (which is closed, but anyway), to be confined there at His Majesty's pleasure. And do take part in a lovely new round of discussions.

On a more serious note, I'm trying to clear out Category:Romanian politicians by putting everyone in a subcategory, on the theory that no one is "just" a politician — one is a member of some party, a holder of some office, or something more specific. If Category:American politicians and Category:British politicians can be kept empty, so should this one. Now to the specifics. I'll ignore the hopefully to-be-deleted Dimitriu, which leaves 8.

Ioan Străjescu: no idea.
Ion Roată, Alexandru Constantin Moruzi, Constantin Negruzzi: here we can discern more; they were politicians of some sort, but in Moldavia prior to the full merging of the principalities. Any thoughts as to how this should be handled? Perhaps a Category:Politicians of the Principality of Moldavia or even Category:Moldavian politicians? Moruzi was one of seven prime ministers at Iași between 1859 and 1862, perhaps a group worthy of its own subcategory.
Victor Rebengiuc, Nichita Smochină, Benno Straucher and, from back in the day, Alexandru Davila: these are by you, so I'm assuming you're best placed to handle them. Rebengiuc, for instance, seems better placed at Category:Romanian political candidates. - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:59, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good: the relevant categories have been created; Kogălniceanu, at least, goes into a couple of them. You did leave one behind: Nichita Smochină. Here's a thought for Ioan Străjescu, but also for Zamfir Arbore, Constantin Stere, Ion Pelivan and so on: how about something along the lines of Category:Ethnic Romanian politicians in Austria-Hungary? Perhaps Category:Ethnic Romanian politicians in the Russian Empire? Category:Politicians of the Bessarabia Governorate? Category:Bessarabian politicians in the Russian Empire? - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:39, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I like it: three categories have now been started, one at least (ethnic Romanian politicians) ripe to be populated. Definitely something we can use.

On Kogălniceanu I did indeed take the easy ro.wiki route, but I also dug out an interesting tidbit. Have a look here, p.106-09, especially 109. It looks like he resigned his Moldavian ministry after being enmeshed in a Church-related scandal. As for how the ministry began, well, I can't do much more now than p.6 of the official Focșani newsletter... And as to what he did while in office: ?

Since my list of possible AfDs is growing, let me throw a few at you for evaluation:

Calin Georgescu: do we send to AfD or drastically trim?

Asociația Cuțu Cuțu, Alerta Rapire Copil

Mihaela Secrieru, Radu Pavel Gheo

Tatiana Niculescu Bran and Eugen Munteanu seem like they may be notable, but the former is in especially bad shape.

I also note that Daniela Filipescu made it to AfD before I could send it there.

Dumitru Popescu-Dumnezeu, really? How very... Marxist! - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:41, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza

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DYK for Henric Sanielevici

On 18 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henric Sanielevici, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, according to controversial Romanian anthropologist Henric Sanielevici, the Chinese eye fold comes from chewing rice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henric Sanielevici.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

100 DYK Medal

		The 100 DYK Medal
		I hereby award you, Dahn, this 100 DYK Medal and congratulate you for the great accomplishment. Thanks for adding essential articles to Wikipedia on any subject related to Romanian literature and biography. You've shown yourself not only as a prolific writer, but also a gifted writer with the impressive contribution to Wikipedia. Thank you and keep up the good work!--♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:28, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A well-deserved accolade for Dahn de la Mancha! Wikipedia is his Dulcinea! :) Defetistul. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.52.15.110 (talk) 15:03, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm the Don, but wikipedia is not my Dulcinea. My Dulcinea is a lovely girl of flesh and bone, and she has the heart of an elephant inside a rather tiny physique. Seriously, it beats like thunders. Dahn (talk) 21:14, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Anton Bacalbaşa

On 19 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anton Bacalbaşa, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Anton Bacalbaşa, who wrote the first Romanian introduction to Das Kapital, was elected to the Deputies' Assembly on a Conservative Party ticket? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anton Bacalbaşa.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYKs

I created User:Dahn/DYK for you. Please make sure you update it and add new DYKs to it and keep the tally on the DYK list page. I wouldn't normally bother creating such lists for people but you have a bank of quality articles in there most of which which should all be GAs really. Its strange that for such an editor who only creates such detailed articles and purely focuses on quality isn't interested in at least GA articles. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That was a lovely message Dahn. Thankyou for that! It was nothing really, but I feel that you deserve for most of your articles to be listed amongst our good articles on here and would be happy to help you promote them or nominate them myself should you be willing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have about the same DYK tally as Todor Bozhinov actually! That's Romanian-Bulgarian competition for you eh! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Balkan Federation indeed! I had already added your two recent DYKs so you have 121 not 123!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strange to see that Swedish ip is such a fan of you. Plain weird in fact! I didn't realise me praising you would lead to that... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:37, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza

On 21 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Alexandru Al. Ioan, the natural son of Romanian ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza and the half-brother of Serb king Milan I, was introduced by his own family as a rescued orphan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:32, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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Article

Hello dear Dahn.I don't want to ruin my health here and for that I deleted myself the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CristinaStroe72 (talk • contribs) 18:46, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hedgehog

Hey bud, how's it going? I'd like to bring to your attention this book called The Elegance of the Hedgehog. I think you'd find it a worthy read. --Defetistul (talk) 22:20, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I almost forgot: yes, the author is a girl, but girls can write, too. You just have to be open-minded, it's all. Now check out this song. --Defetistul (talk) 22:23, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Order of Glory

As a fellow Stalinist, I think this is a most appropriate recognition for your work on Mihail Roller, our spiritual forefather. Of all his hallowed generation — the Lucas, the Georgescus, the Chişinevschis, the Dejs, the Paukers, even the Răutus — he best understood the full meaning of Stalinist dogma, the highest fulfillment of human wisdom; he worked hardest to introduce his countrymen to that wisdom; and he perhaps paid most dearly for it. When he saw his lustrous vision fading away, it was only to be expected he would die of a broken heart. But his memory lives on in our lives, shining brightly, and with this article, a mass of Anglophones previously hidden away in a Platonic cave is sure to be converted to the Rollerite cause, their eyes opened to its cogency and its scientific allure. May you revel in this glory, may the souls of the revisionists never find rest, and may a new generation grow to cherish the precious teachings of Istoria R.P.R.

Alongside this award, I should also like to bestow upon you a fitting title that needs no further comment: Capataz de Cargadores. - Biruitorul ^Talk 03:17, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Dahn, nice of you to sport the lentochka on your user page. It's a great way to honour the victors of fascism. Anonimu (talk) 08:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, if the victors of fascism were Tukhachevsky and Rakovsky. Dahn (talk) 14:05, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Defetistul

Hi Dahn, I just blocked Defetistul (talk · contribs), after he started an ANI thread involving you. Could you perhaps just quickly confirm which sockmaster this was a sock of? It seemed very clear there was some backstory here, which must be obvious to you, but I couldn't figure it out that quickly. Fut.Perf. ☼ 06:01, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

'Don't mention the war!'

Hi again Dahn. I wonder if you could review recent edits at Iași concerning the mistreatment of Jews. How do we acknowledge revisionist views without giving them undue prominence. My concern is specifically with this edit, and a definite editorial pattern by the same editor. (for convenience, here are links to bios of the 'historians' concerned - Iosif Constantin Drăgan, Alex Mihai Stoenescu and Gheorghe Buzatu RashersTierney Best. (talk) 13:09, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've opened an SPI regarding this poster at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dacodava. Just letting you know in case you have anything to add there. RashersTierney (talk) 21:43, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nicolae Xenopol

On 5 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nicolae Xenopol, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Nicolae Xenopol, who wrote a satirical novel about a Yankee visiting "disgusting" Romania, was later Romania's first ambassador to Japan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nicolae Xenopol.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Carabinieri (talk) 23:33, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Peter Feldmann promoted?

For a person who claims to use professional level English, I am surprised that you do not know the value of clear communication. When DYK set are assembled there is often not enough time to wade through large walls of text in an attempt to extract subtle shades of meaning (see Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read for further explanation). Instead, as explained in the Wikipedia:Editnotice for all DYK nominations, there is a system of symbols used to highlight whether a review is completed and if there are any outstanding issues needing to be resolved before promotion. If you examine the nomination in question you will find only two comments are so marked and that the most recent (made more than three days before promotion) showed no outstanding issues. If there where still problems it would have been nice of you to actually make this clear by actually following the instructions at the top of the edit page. --Allen3 ^talk 12:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Knock knock!

(ask who's there) --The Rred Room (talk) 13:07, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

-- Who's there?

--Dahn.

--Dahn who?

--Dahn know.

Heh heh. Whatcha think? Should I be a stand-up comedian? :) --Redroom2 (talk) 12:03, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gold, Jerry! Dahn (talk) 12:14, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Dahn

I am a new user and i dont know how to send private e-mail I would really like to talk to you regarding your article about Scarlat Callimachi Kindly contact me Many Thanks Nurit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nurit Callimachi (talk • contribs) 13:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion

On 17 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Romania, journalist Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion became a symbol of infamy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Emigrating does not imply naturalization

You assume that to be an "x emigrate to y" someone needs to be naturalized. We do not limit categories like Category:Peruvian writers to people who were citizens of Peru. If we did we would end up excluding some people from any by nationality category at all.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:51, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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your edits made Gheorghe Calciu a stub. Are you sane enough to continue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.230.24 (talk) 19:42, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Making stubs out of people? Tak-tak. Are you sane enough to continue and mash them into fine pulp? --illythr (talk) 22:34, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And then into the basic elements, in this case calciu (see what I did there?). Dahn (talk) 03:46, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New Terms of Use

Hey, I figured I'll let you know of the new Terms of Use. Here's something to consider when editing Wikipedia:

Responsibility — You take responsibility for your edits (since we only host your content).

Civility — You support a civil environment and do not harass other users.

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To imply that I would ever have violated those terms, even before they were official, is trolling. Go away, Anittas. Dahn (talk) 11:23, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 23:57, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Editura Ion Creangă

Salut. Nu vrei să dai o mână de ajutor şi la pagina ro:Editura Ion Creangă? Observ că tu ai creat articolul în engleză şi bănuiesc că tu l-ai scrie cel mai repede şi în română. (Terraflorin (talk) 06:40, 3 May 2012 (UTC)).[reply]

Eu te-am întrebat pe tine dacă poţi completa articolul din același motiv - lipsa timpului (acum sunt prins până peste urechi cu ro:proiect:Fizică - apropo te poți înscrie la acest proiect dacă vrei, cam bate vântu în general la ro.wiki). În legătură cu Editura Ion Creangă repet ce am scris mai sus (bănuiesc că tu l-ai scrie cel mai repede și în română) sau putem face altfel: completezi cât/cum/când poți și mă ocup eu de diacritice dacă asta ar fi problema cea mai mare! Al tău colaborator - Terraflorin (talk) 10:03, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

cred că este o neînţelegere la mijloc pentru că eu nu m-am supărat deloc (de ce aş fi supărat că doar nu munceşti pentru tine (:-)) Aşadar redactezi articolul când poţi şi dacă vrei, iar în caz că devin eu neatent şi nu lucrez la diacritice îmi laşi un mesaj la ro.wiki Terraflorin (talk) 10:36, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Românul

On 6 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Românul, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, during their fight against the Moldo-Wallachian Cuza regime, Românul editors agitated in international radical circles, assisted the rebellious Polish migrants, and feigned madness? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Românul.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:03, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gheorghe Calciu

Yes, I would report the user to ANI, asking for an indefinite block based on the username and edit summary. Please let me know if I can do anything to assist. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 22:47, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fuck you in your mouths!

What an interesting insult! Vandals often have incredible potency. With a little bit of luck I'll be teaching The Land of Green Plums next year, which is about as Romanian as one can get on an American campus. Happy days, Drmies (talk) 16:13, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I just read Alexandru Drăghici; thanks. Biruitorul already did a great job, and you brought it to where it should be a GA at least. Thanks for contributing quality stuff to the project. Whoever fucks you in your mouth, I will fuck them in their mouths! Drmies (talk) 19:24, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I didn't realize you guys were hardcore. May I suggest 120 Days of Sodom? --Redroom2 (talk) 12:26, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Anittas/Redroom 2, 3 etc., you're going all Breivik on us. Seriously, get a hobby, one that preferably doesn't involve the Marquis. They have hobbies in Sweden, don't they? Dahn (talk) 13:13, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You've been out of control (in a good way) on Drăghici: I now leave you something else to hijack. I'm not that inclined to do anything else there, so I leave to you the 5x expansion and the ensuing DYK glory. And perhaps Eminescu can take a backseat for a few more days. - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:58, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gorikovo

Hi. I found the answer to the Gorikovo mystery: Talk:Romanian_Communist_Party#Gorikovo.3F It's the Gorikovo Street in Moscow, where the Hotel Lux (the hotel for the exiled communists) was located. bogdan (talk) 18:23, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ioan Mire Melik

On 13 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ioan Mire Melik, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that mathematician Ioan Mire Melik was a member of the Romanian literary society Junimea, and recommended it invest in a salt mine to improve its finances? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ioan Mire Melik.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:04, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Vasile Pogor

On 14 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vasile Pogor, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Vasile Pogor, a Romanian Buddhist scholar and co-founder of the Conservative Party, appeared to be "missing something upstairs"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vasile Pogor.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Less time

I'm sorry to hear you've been through something similar.

In my case the damage is permanent. The threat is still active (and too few seem to care), which by a certain chain of implications means I will have much less time for Wikipedia, basically only the weekends. So if I seem to take a week or longer to react, you will know why. Just in case you want to know details, see this, although the story might disgust you as much as it disgusts me. — AdiJapan 15:41, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to mention that I looked over the section in Românul you pointed me to, and I didn't find anything suspicious in it, including the linguistic statements. But then again I know too little about Românul. From what I read in the article, I'm guessing that Caragiale, in his O noapte furtunoasă, might actually be referring to Românul when he mocks Vocea Patriotului Nationale and their spelling idiosyncrasies.

About the threat, I don't plan on doing anything else now, other than just survive. A supervision wouldn't help much, because it is not the community's behavior that needs to be corrected, but the attitude (which in turn would then automatically lead to an improved behavior). The community must realize that threats are destructive and shouldn't be tolerated, and hold that as an important value, but the reaction I got was almost to the contrary: I was criticized even more than the perpetrator. And the irony is that some people say ro.wp is under my control...

But I have signs (mostly through email) that reasonable people actually agree with me, just like you do. The problem is that those reasonable people avoid taking part in the debate, as if by agreeing with me they would have to suffer too.

Anyway, I guess time will heal everything. Thanks for offering to support me. — AdiJapan 14:52, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Bomzibar on Chiang Kai-shek; Nick-D on the Falklands War
Interview: Article writers discuss biographies
Op-ed: Nick-D examines using news articles as sources

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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 14:33, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Leonte Răutu

On 28 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Leonte Răutu, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Leonte Răutu (pictured) survived as the ideologist of Communist Romania under Stalinism, anti-revisionism and national communism, but was toppled when his own daughter emigrated to the West? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leonte Răutu.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Road trip USA

Hey bud, I think we got on the wrong foot and so I thought the best way for us to get to know each other is to take a trip to LA; and from there we can take on a road trip throughout Nevada via the renown Route 66. We could bring the Mongol-Tatar with us to scare off any intruding minorities, such as Mexican pistoleros. I figured this trip could happen as early as next summer. I have two pals in LA and they might be willing to accommodate us (at least partially); and they might also be willing to join us in our trek. One of them is Jewish, but I hope you're cool with that. I think it would be a blast. We could all sit by the fire and tell ghost stories ... and you could tell Communist stories. Whatcha think? Oh, yeah, you could bring Lady Elephant with you (I believe that's the appellation you gave her). --Madmans stone (talk) 13:52, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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+==Road trip USA==
+Hey bud, I think we got on the wrong foot and so I thought the best way for us to get to know each other is to take a trip to LA; and from there we can take on a road trip throughout Nevada via the renown Route 66. We could bring the Mongol-Tatar with us to scare off any intruding minorities, such as Mexican pistoleros. I figured this trip could happen as early as next summer. I have two pals in LA and they might be willing to accommodate us (at least partially); and they might also be willing to join us in our trek. One of them is Jewish, but I hope you're cool with that. I think it would be a blast. We could all sit by the fire and tell ghost stories ... and you could tell Communist stories. Whatcha think? Oh, yeah, you could bring Lady Elephant with you (I believe that's the appellation you gave her). --[[User:Madmans stone|Madmans stone]] ([[User talk:Madmans stone|talk]]) 13:52, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

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Archives

Romanian diacritics

Workers Movement in Romania

The Brotherly Leader and Guide

DYK for Ghenadie Petrescu

New editor

Gang of Four (pro-Contra) DYK

Mihail Kogalniceanu

Darkness At Noon

The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

DYK nomination of Democratic Union Party (Bukovina)

Kurt and Sid

DYK for Ion Theodorescu-Sion

DYK for Nicolae Fleva

DYK for Gherman Pântea

DYK for Democratic Union Party (Bukovina)

DYK for Rodion Markovits

Sequence of DYKs

DYK for Romanian Volunteer Corps in Russia

An award for you!

DYK for Nichita Smochină

An award for you!

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WP:RM

Romanian new characters

Re:Sorry, but

Whatever's going on here...

The return

DYK for Kogălniceanu family

The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011

Mihail Kogălniceanu

A barnstar for you!

A barnstar for you!

Military Historian of the Year

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

If This Is/is a Man

Alegeri generale în România, 1946 la ro:wiki

The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

Your point?

Disambiguation link notification

My dear friend

DYK for Ioan C. Filitti

Re:Urgent

DYK

Gilles (stock character) and your response to the DYK nomination

Thank you from Gilles

DYK for Petre P. Carp

Stress (only phonetic, hopefully)

Disambiguation link notification for March 10

Precious

Anton Bacalbaşa

The legion of the condemned

DYK nomination of Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza

DYK for Henric Sanielevici

100 DYK Medal

DYK for Anton Bacalbaşa

DYKs

DYK for Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza

The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012

Article

Hedgehog

Order of Glory

Defetistul

'Don't mention the war!'

DYK for Nicolae Xenopol

Re:Peter Feldmann promoted?

Knock knock!

Dear Dahn

DYK for Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion

Emigrating does not imply naturalization

Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons

Disambiguation link notification for April 24

New Terms of Use

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

Editura Ion Creangă

DYK for Românul

Gheorghe Calciu

Fuck you in your mouths!

A barnstar for you!