User talk:Brandmeister/Archive 9

DYK for Pilate's Court
Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Kalākaua
== Municipio di Baku + request of translation for Our Lady of Coromoto in Russian thank you so much♥ --Lodewijk Vadacchino (talk) 14:59, 25 July 2010 (UTC)==

✅..with the my more you feel excuse for the delay. now I ask you... very kindly: Dear Friend, writes you to wish you on Happy Sundays..and an excellent beginning of week....I also write you to ask you if kindly you could translate in Russian the Article on the Virgin of Coromoto. Of Which am particularly Devoted, thanks to a received Grace the day August 26 th 2009. I was almost next to die...when...an angel from Venezuela sent through internet this last hope. Incredibly I recovered in little time... to thank the Saint Virgin I have decided to also bring her Message of Hope in Our Continent..Crib of the Christianity..So well that your heart is immense... and I hope that you will help me...when you will have time to translate the Article..in way that the Russian and Russophones Brothers welcome in their houses... the Message of Peace and Hope that arrives from the New World..in a waith of one Certain answer of yours I Thank as always in advance you... for Your Gentleness and your Great Heart....thanks, thanks so much... an embrace and that the Virgin is always with you...sorry my bad english♥--Lodewijk Vadacchino (talk) 14:59, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The article you requested has been recently translated: Богоматерь Коромото. I'm still open to any issues from you. Twilight chill  t   18:33, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Recent Reverts
Sorry for the reverts I did to your edit on Gravitational acceleration. I accidentally reverted the first one, and when I tried to correct my mistake, I reverted your second edit. Again, sorry!  EW  i kist Talk 18:11, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem, I fixed that :) Twilight chill  t   18:13, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Your featured picture nomination was promoted 9-20-10

 * A different version was promoted. I've replaced the file in this template. Makeemlighter (talk) 10:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Clarification needed on Alexz Johnson
Please find the time to specify which version you prefer ASAP, thanks, and be sure to take a look at the recent comments. -- I'ḏ ♥  One  15:29, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Hunger
Excuse me, but I'm going to revert your changes. The setup of Hunger and Hunger (motivational state) was a result of careful consideration. There may be justification for changing it, but it needs to be discussed first. Please explain, preferably at Talk:Hunger, why you feel this change is the right thing to do (and I'll answer with why it isn't, and we can discuss it). Regards, Looie496 (talk) 15:56, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Just to follow up on that, the basic problem is that we were finding that many people care very deeply about hunger in the sense of malnutrition, and no matter what steps are taken, they will come to the article called hunger and add material about that topic. Struggling against that is just too much of a pain, in my opinion -- the only way to make the situation manageable is to have hunger be about malnutrition, even if that is not the right decision in a legalistic sense.  At least that's my opinion; you can find the discussion that led to it at the bottom of Talk:Hunger.  I'm certainly open to further discussion, though.  Regards, Looie496 (talk) 16:06, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I've replied at talk there. Twilight chill  t   23:14, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Safura-March On cover.jpg
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hi, just writing this up at The Signpost. What type of drawing is it? Is there a name for the technique you see when you look close up in high res? Tony   (talk)  02:23, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * This issue was raised on the nomination page, I tend to think that this is an engraving. Twilight chill  t   02:37, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK Query
Hi Twilight Chill, can you take a look at T:TDYK? Thanks SmartSE (talk) 20:55, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Again. cmadler (talk) 19:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Peter Connolly
Hello, I translated few months ago in Italian the article about Peter Connolly, but there wasn't sources about his life. I saw that you created the article, so I would like to know where you found those information in order that I might add the sources in the italian article. Thank you!--Keltorrics (talk) 17:31, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Check this. There is little info on him actually. Twilight chill  t   17:56, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much!--Keltorrics (talk) 19:36, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Your DYK submission
Hello! Your submission of The Lament for Icarus at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! According to the DYK rules, there should generally be at least one inline citation in most paragraphs. M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  21:43, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding a citation, but there's been a lot of talk recently about stricter DYK standards, so would it be possible for you to supply another inline citation, for the paragraph which is currently without one? M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  11:04, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Catholic views on Mary
Did you cause this page to be blanked and redirected?Malke 2010 (talk) 23:25, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello, I've restored the page. I saw your comments on the AfD for one of the Marian articles, but blanking this article and redirecting to the content fork Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic) isn't in the best interests of this topic.  Thanks.  Malke 2010 (talk) 23:59, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for The Lament for Icarus
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Lorryia formosa
I've moved the page back to its original title- have you read WP:COMMON, the page you cited? If you disagree, I recommend you discuss the matter with, who is involved with the article and asked me to move it. J Milburn (talk) 18:33, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Reverting without discussion
Hello Twilight Chill. Regarding to you last edit in the article Azerbaijan: you actually reverted my edit without any motivation and actually don't leaving an edit summary at all. Furthermore, I hope that you noticed my post on the talk page, where you also did not leave any reaction. This is in contrary to WP policies, in fact it is edit warring. Please, respect WP rules and respect other users by engaging in discussion rather in edit warring in case you don't agree with one or another edit. --va c io 08:58, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Warning
Your edits on the Eldiguzids and Nezami can be considered vandalism as you have no right to distort primary sources. Given that you are under AA2, I strongly advise you to use the talkpage next time and ask for clarification. --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 14:14, 23 December 2010 (UTC) If you need reference on the line about Nezami see here: (If you have a problem, I can upload the page). And if you need reference on the line on Eldiguzids, see here: which is the source that states: "Eldiguz was originally a Qypchaq military slave". And note when they took power: "Ḵāṣṣ Beg Arslān b. Palangarī in 548/1153, who had been given a position in that area as well. His situation in Azerbaijan seems to have been regularized by a peace which he and Āq Sonqor II of Marāḡa concluded in 549/1154-55 with his enemy, Sultan Moḥammad b. Maḥmūd (Bondārī, Zobda, p. 243, Minorsky, “Marāgha,” EI1III, p. 263)." which is after 1141 (when the Seljuq empire had real control and not nominal control). --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 14:33, 23 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Please note, Eldiguz was born in  530/135-36.  Nezami was born in 1141, and at that time, Seljuq controlled the area (when Eldiguz, the founder of the Eldiguzids was 5-6 years old).  The Atabeg dynasties would still be considered part of the larger Seljuq empire anyhow, even if the period was much later, but it is not.--Khodabandeh14 (talk) 14:56, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

My mistake on the birth of Eldiguz, but he was given Arran in 1153 "and that on the vizier’s death he passed first to Maḥmūd, then to Sultan Masʿūd (527/1133 to 547/1152) who gave him Arrān as eqṭāʿ " which is after 1146, and even in 1153, it was still under full Seljuq control. That is why Britannica is correct in this case. Thanks.--Khodabandeh14 (talk) 15:17, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Actually, they took control of the Seljuq Sultanate in 1160 (see their own article in wikipedia and Iranica). However, in the Nezami article, it has been mentioned that they controlled Ganja most of the later half of the 12th century. So Britannica is correct in putting the birth in the Seljuq empire as the Eldiguzids were under Seljuq control at the time (1141/1146..). --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 17:07, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Azerbaijan
Hello, I added a lot of relevant info in Azerbaijan article, could you please look to see if any errors there. Cheers --NovaSkola (talk) 12:14, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Iain Hook
Thanks for your re-name and redirect. Let me know if you need any help.Pustelnik (talk) 13:46, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ural pictograms
Hello! Your submission of Ural pictograms at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Zoeperkoe (talk) 18:12, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Battle of Borodino
Do not just change results like that without getting a consensus of opinion. In point of fact you were flat wrong and it has been reverted.Tirronan (talk) 15:28, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Aleksandra Samusenko DYK
I gave the hook an AGF approval because I'm willing to accept the information from Fabian Garin's work in counting the prose size. However, I do strongly recommend creating at least a stub on Garin based on the Russian Wikipedia article. Other DYK editors may disagree with the approval and consensus could emerge not to promote it but I think a Garin article would go a long way in establishing the encyclopedic worth of the text in the Samusenko article. AgneCheese/Wine 07:02, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Aleksandra Samusenko
HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   12:05, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Warning
For several months now, I have observed and documented your habit of you subtly removing and suppressing information from articles, often without any discussion and most of the time through false and misleading edit summaries. I believed that after the first few reverts and admonitions you would desist from such harmful activity but your most recent edit on the Caucasian Albania article, which you glibly termed as mere "clean up" when it in fact consisted of wholesale revisions and suppression of information relating to Armenia, appears to confirm the exact opposite. If you continue with such harmful activity, which is completely against the spirit and the letter of ArbCom 2, I will be forced to report you.--Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 21:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Comment
Hi Twilight Chill. Could you also comment here: Naming conventions? Tuscumbia ( talk ) 20:24, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev
Hello! Your submission of Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Arsenikk (talk)  00:27, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Warning on edit-warring and disruptive editing
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users who edit disruptively or refuse to collaborate with others may be blocked if they continue. In particular the three-revert rule states that making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block. Work towards wording and content that gains consensus among editors. If unsuccessful, then do not edit war even if you believe you are right. If edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Vandorenfm (talk) 17:30, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Notice
please see this report. Vandorenfm (talk) 17:53, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Arbitration enforcement topic ban: Armenia and Azerbaijan
In application and enforcement of WP:AA2, you are topic-banned for one year from Armenia and Azerbaijan, as defined at WP:TBAN. The reason for this ban is explained in this AE thread.  Sandstein  22:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Could you also check and control the two articles Ermenikend and Gulf of Iskenderun?
Could you also check and control the two articles Ermenikend and Gulf of Iskenderun?

The reason is that User:Aramvan has started to resort to vandalism of the banned user ASALA by reverting the editions in both articles through copying the latter's chauvinistic and substandart editions.

Thank you.

User talk:Saguamundi

Passions
Hi, now that Passions points to the disambiguation page, please remember to WP:FIXDABLINKS. This tool makes the job a lot easier, and IMO, enjoyable. Cheers, -- Ja Ga  talk 16:06, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Your recent arbitration enforcement request
You have requested arbitration enforcement against an editor in an Armenia and Azerbaijan-related matter. But you are topic-banned from this area of conflict (User talk:Twilight Chill), and your AE report is not one of the exceptions recognized in BAN. I ask you to provide reasons, at WP:AE, why you should not yourself be sanctioned for violating your topic ban by making the enforcement request.  Sandstein  22:01, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

February 2011
To enforce an arbitration decision, you have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for violating your Armenia-Azerbaijan topic ban by making a topic-related arbitration enforcement request, as explained at. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing arbitration enforcement blocks and follow the instructions there to appeal your block.  Sandstein  09:36, 11 February 2011 (UTC)  Notice to administrators: In a March 2010 decision, the Committee held that "Administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except: (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or (b) following a clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors at a community discussion noticeboard (such as WP:AN or WP:ANI). If consensus in such discussions is hard to judge or unclear, the parties should submit a request for clarification on the proper page. Any administrator that overturns an enforcement action outside of these circumstances shall be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including desysopping, at the discretion of the Committee."

Sámi soga lávlla
You seem to have uploaded File:Saami national anthem.png. It lacks information about source and author, though, which means I hesitate using it and the file may be deleted at some point. Do you remember from where it is? --LPfi (talk) 16:20, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Most likely from Nationalanthems.us. Twilight chill  t   16:23, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

moves completed
I've moved to User:Brandmeister account to User:Brandmeister (old), and then User:Twilight Chill to User:Brandmeister. Your rights of rollover and autopatrol have also successfully moved to User:Brandmeister. Please make the appropriate references to this on User:Brandmeister (old) and on User:Brandmeister. Please let me know when you've updated User:Brandmeister (old) so I can protect it. Let me know if you have any questions. Kingturtle = (talk) 01:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * P.S. Don't forget to update your signature. It still lists your old talk page. Kingturtle = (talk) 02:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Foreign policy of the John F. Kennedy administration
Hello! Your submission of Foreign policy of the John F. Kennedy administration at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Cmprince (talk) 20:20, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Please see my comment at the article talk page regarding removal of the subheading
Thanks.Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:39, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Foreign policy of the John F. Kennedy administration
Thanks for helping with Did you know Victuallers (talk) 06:04, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Moving of Campyloneurum phyllitidis
Hi there, I saw that you moved the Campyloneurum phyllitidis page to Long strap fern, citing WP:COMMONNAME. Plants and animals have a specific set of naming standards, in this case WP:FLORA; except in cases where a plant is significant outside the field of botany (such as coffee or rice), the scientific name is called for as the page title, with redirects from the common names. - The Bushranger One ping only 18:09, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Max (pig) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Max (pig) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Max (pig) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:08, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello. Brandmeister sorry for involving your name. I did not mean to do this, just wanted to use your article for base and reference. 21:20, 2 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dighapet (talk • contribs)

FPC delist nomination
Hi there. I've suggested for delisting an image which you originally nominated for FP. Please see. Thanks. Makeemlighter (talk) 04:24, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Shakesepeare authorship question
Please do not make changes to the title of articles of such a controversial nature without discussing the matter on Talk. Do you really think there might be some confusion about whether this is William or some other writer called Shakespeare? Paul B (talk) 19:30, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think that adding the name is controversial: the presence of the first name serves the encyclopedic purposes. Also, there is William Shakespeare (disambiguation). Brand meister  t   19:35, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The existence of that page is irrelevant. Shakespeare redirects to William, of course, as it should. In all cases where there is more than one person with the name there are disambiguation pages, even if one person is overwhelmingly the best known. There are numerous books on Shakespeare which simply use the surname in the title, because there is not doubt at all which Shakespeare is meant. However, that's less important than the fact that you should discuss, not change willy-nilly just because you feel like it. This article has just gone through an arduous FAC candidacy. Paul B (talk) 19:39, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Edits
Hi, It had been a long time since I saw your edits - last seen on the Shroud page. I did not even know if you were still editing. If you look there now you will see Shroud film spam that was avoided after much discussion. But anyway, I do think your recent changes on the Jesus page were constructive. I have only been working on that page for a few weeks now. Now, two separate things:


 * I think it would be a good idea to make a Passion template with more details so it can have Herod, etc. If you want to do it, fine, else I can do it. The current template is long anyway.


 * I will try to fix the Last Supper page this week, and I wonder if you have time to look over it, given that it needs a lot of help. As I said on the talk page there it has all kinds of incorrect statements and is very choppy and inconsistent looking. I fixed the aristic parts now, but your suggestions on the biblical issues as that page gets fixed will be appreciated.

Cheers. History2007 (talk) 15:42, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, there is actually Template:Gospel Jesus, which includes all Passion events. I'll look through the Last Supper too. As for the Shroud, I'm thinking about something like Scientific analysis of the Shroud of Turin per WP:SPLIT since there are tons of dedicated sources. Brand meister  t   18:56, 18 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, there is Template:Gospel Jesus but Carl objected to too much detail, and I think it does not have enough detail about the passion. So I will attempt a Passion template that can include Herod, the Seven last words, Farewell discourse, etc.


 * Regarding a split for the Shroud, it is guaranteed to generate debate and consume time. There are so many, many articles that need help that I would dread to go back to the Shroud now. But your statement is valid. The Jesus article still needs much help, as does the Last Supper. So those should really be helped first. The Last Supper does not tell the user about the supper, just talks fragments. I will suggest something in a day, then we can discuss it. But it is in really bad shape now. Cheers. History2007 (talk) 19:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, will help with Jesus and Supper then. Brand meister  t   19:20, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Great. I have now finished my first round of edits, removing the unsourced and incorrect items and adding structure. What needs help now is


 * Institution of the Eucharist: Some more theology and detail is needed here. But this is not crucial.


 * The Lead: This is in really bad shape. It is choppy and instead of summarizing the article it jumps around from point to point saying "in X it says Y"... "in A it says B'... It needs to provide a summary of the sequence of events in the narrative, something lik ethe Setting section that said:


 * The overall narrative that is shared in all Gospel accounts that leads to the Last Supper is that after the Triumphal entry into Jerusalem early in the week, and encounters with various people and the Jewish elders, Jesus and his disciples share a meal towards the end of the week. After the meal Jesus is betrayed, arrested, tried and then crucified. Key events in the meal are the preparation of the disciples for the departure of Jesus, the predictions about the impending betrayal of Jesus, and the foretelling of the upcoming denial of Jesus by Apostle Peter.

It needs to telegram the event smoothly, and now it does not. If you could fix the lead that would be a great help. Then we can think about the Eucharist section, and the theology o fit, etc. Cheers. History2007 (talk) 00:30, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Roman Catholic prayer
Hi, I think you did a good move on that article. I had almost neglected it after the long Afd on it. I think with a few touch ups the flags need to come off that article. Then it can get refocused as well. What do you think? History2007 (talk) 11:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Obviously needs some work, will see what is possible to do further. Brand meister  t   12:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes. But it is a subject worth fixing and removing tags, because a major subject like that should not have that many tags. And some tags are over-used anyway. History2007 (talk) 13:19, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Myrtis
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Baku during WWII picture license
Hi can you please take a look at the license of. This picture is a copyrighted image with no fair use rationale for the article. Neftchi (talk) 11:13, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Possible error in Quotation - Tadeusz Sendzimir
When you have a moment can you have a look at the talk I posted to see if you have any ideas. Thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tadeusz_Sendzimir

Idyllic press (talk) 09:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Brand,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Russian Empire-Full coat of arms.3.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 26, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-06-26.  howcheng  {chat} 18:08, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it would be cool to know when any other of my uploaded FPs appears on the main page. -- Brand meister t   21:52, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I post the notifications when I write the blurbs, so if you have more in the queue, you'll get notified when they're scheduled.  howcheng  {chat} 22:51, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Brandmeister,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Ghirlandaio-Giovanna Tornabuoni.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 3, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-07-03.  howcheng  {chat} 17:48, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Kalakaua
Hello. I noticed you promoted one of Kalakaua's photograph for a feature photo and got a lot of users to help clean it up. Do you think File:Kalakaua.jpg deserves the same honor? It's a really good closeup image of the king in white; I much prefer it to the one you promoted. Thank you.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:48, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * You may try to nominate it, but the current version has higher resolution, looser crop and better contrast. Brand meister  t   21:48, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That's why I came to you. I have no knowledge on how to go about doing that. Also I don't think people would be too enthusiastic about nominating a second image of the same person. Also there is a higher resolution version at the Library of Congress just to let you know. Ultimately I just wanted to find someone to jack the image up and make it look as good if not better than the one you nominated. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:12, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Assistance communicating with Russian editor
Could you help me communicate with User:Demark7 (see his talk-page for where I tried)? His content appears to be cut'n'pasted from other websites and/or is original-research, but all I can really do is Google Translate. I saw you listed at Local Embassy, so perhaps you can more easily figure out whether he is actually trying to discuss something and propose an article for inclusion here, or needs to be sent to ru.wp, or needs to be warned more strongly about soapboxing and other misuse issues? DMacks (talk) 17:12, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * His 17:54, 15 August 2011 (UTC) talkpage reply reads: "The article AXIOMATICS OF NATURE details the contents of my book AXIOMATICS OF NATURE (16th ed. 2009). So I don't infringe the copyright. I write in Russian because unfortunately I don't speak English. This explains the shortness of my article for Wikipedia, which may contain translation errors".  Brand meister  t   10:04, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Antibacterial resistance
Antibiotics are derived from natural products. Thus they have existed long before commercial use. If you could please use review articles that would be appreciated. There are a few that are freely available via pubmed. Also evidence within the last 5 years is prefered. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:12, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Death of Alexander the Great
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   15:18, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011
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POTD notification
Hi Brand,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour on Horseback.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 11, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-10-11.  howcheng  {chat} 16:57, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey for new page patrollers
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Help
Hi. I need some help in transcription of the Russian inscription on the funeral stone (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biserica_lipoveneasca_din_Iasi59.jpg) and translation in English. Thanks in advance. Cezarika1 (talk) 12:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, I added the Russian caption to the file's description. Note that inscription uses the pre-reform alphabet. Brand meister  t   13:13, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Cezarika1 (talk) 14:09, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Mchaelion
Hi, long time no see. How are you doing? History2007 (talk) 02:01, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * So-so so far. Browsed the Turin Shroud and Jesus a bit. Something to help? Brand meister  t   02:08, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * No I was just saying hello, since I had not seen your edits. They used to be good edits, had not seen any. Just remembered you when I saw the Michealion edit you made. Cheers. History2007 (talk) 02:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Brandmeister,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Fimmvorduhals second fissure 2010 04 02.JPG is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 27, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-11-27.  howcheng  {chat} 18:36, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:The Future Is So Bright cover.jpg
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DYK nomination of Putin's rynda
Hello! Your submission of Putin's rynda at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 03:04, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Korean War
Official statements from Republic of Korea:
 * http://www.imhc.mil.kr/imhcroot/data/korea.jsp
 * 아직도 우리는 종전(終戰)이 아닌 휴전(休戰) 상태에 있다 (We are 'at the cease fire, not after the war)
 * http://www.imhc.mil.kr/imhcroot/upload/resource/3K29.pdf
 * 그날 비록 총성은 멎었다고는하나, 여전히 눈에 보이지 않는 전쟁은 바로 우리 눈앞에서 계속되고 있는 것이다. (Gunfire stopped at the day, but the invisible war is still continuing on front of our eyes)
 * http://www.imhc.mil.kr/imhcroot/upload/resource/3K27.pdf (contains cease fire agreement summary)
 * 적대행위를 일시적으로 정지하는 협정에 불과했다. 그 결과 전투는 일단 멈추었으나 전쟁은 끝나지 않은 상태가 되어 버렸다. (The agreement was to stop hostile action for temporary only. The combat stopped, but the war never stopped.
 * 유엔군과 북한은 종전협정을 맺은 것이 아니라 정전협정을 맺었기 때문에 국제법적으로는 전쟁이 끝난 것이 아니라 일시 중단된 상태였다. (The United Nations and North Korea made a cease fire agreement, not the end of war, thus the war is not over but stopped for a moment according to the international law.

In encyclopedia, majority will be ruled out if it is not legit or fails to provide official document and refences. Kadrun (talk) 06:41, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Russian translation
Hello. I was on Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Russian to English translators and wondered if you could translate Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa and/or Vladimir of Staritsa? Thanks.--Queen Elizabeth II&#39;s Little Spy (talk) 01:12, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Military Historian of the Year
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Is there a reason for this?
Hi there. I notice you have moved New Zealand Internet Blackout to New Zealand Internet blackout. Can you please explain why you did this as my understanding of Naming conventions (capitalization) is that for proper names, i.e. of persons, places or events (such as the NZIB) it is correct to have them in capitals. Just thought I'd ask before simply reverting. Cheers. Daveosaurus (talk) 02:22, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Google suggests this isn't a proper name to be consistently capitalized by sources. You may restore it anyway if references show otherwise. Brand meister  t   11:10, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It appears to be a proper name as per . Daveosaurus (talk) 22:10, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Community input required: lowering delist bar at FPC
You are receiving this because of your current or past association with the Featured Pictures project. Following on from several cases where closers did not observe the prescribed minimum votes required for a delisting, there is now a motion to entirely dismiss the requirement for a minimum. Please participate in the discussion as wide-ranging changes may arise. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:32, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Courtesy link: Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:01, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Northern Carmine Bee-eater (2nd nom)
Hi Brand, this is just to let you know that there is discussion over whether or not the nomination linked above should be promoted. If you support or oppose the alternative image, could you please clarify at the nomination or at the talk page. Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:58, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Roza Shanina
Hello! I disagree with your most recent edit to Roza Shanina when you moved some text regarding the diary. The diary is an important part of the story and was much more noticeable in the earlier version of the article. I think your edit has obscured it and I hope you will consider reverting your edit. Regards --Greenmaven (talk) 04:44, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Redtigerxyz Talk 10:17, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Vilyam Fisher article
Brandmeister,

The article in question, you have moved Vilyam Fisher has been on Wikipedia for around 7 years. Now why the is the decision for it to be made for a name change? Adamdaley (talk) 00:29, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Check out the titles in Category:Soviet people/Russian people and subcats. There is a significant consistency. Brand meister  t   00:33, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Why I'm asking is until now, someone has realised this. It even became a GAN article recently and has passed. No mention of the shortening of the article name in the GAN review. Why change the name now? Adamdaley (talk) 00:39, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe because he's not an ethnic Russian in fact. You may revert if you wish. Brand meister  t   00:42, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Revert the article name? Do you mean? Adamdaley (talk) 00:43, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. Brand meister  t   00:44, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It will probably get changed again if I do. It's even changed the GAN points Review Release to less than half the points due to this. Adamdaley (talk) 00:47, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've now realised the archives for this talkpage has no archives. So the archives have been lost. Adamdaley (talk) 01:26, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

POTD notification
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Нужна помощь!
Доброго времени суток! Если Вас не затруднит, очень нужна Ваша помощь в составлении «запроса на узурпацию»! На днях я переименовался и обнаружил, что «сокпаппет» участника с интересующим меня ником заблокирован в enWiki. Я бы хотел узурпировать ник Matty Dean (без блокировки, разумеется), но погряз в шаблонах и никак не могу понять, как правильно составить заявку! Заранее благодарю, участник русской Википедии, Matty Dean. (Глобальная учётная запись до переименования находится здесь) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.51.92.235 (talk) 19:27, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Приветствую. Если у ваш больше правок, чем у заблокированного сокпаппета, то вы можете претендовать на его ник, особенно если сокпаппет мало правил. Инструкции и заявки по узурпированию в рувики - тут, в англовики - тут. Brand meister  t   22:52, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * У меня собственно проблема возникла с тем, что подставлять в шаблоне в графу link=? Сслыку на что? После переименования у меня потерялась связь с Глобальной учётной записью. Мне на старую ссылку давать? Или как? Вот собственно в чём вопрос. --77.51.92.235 (talk) 23:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Вроде разобрался! Спасибо за помощь! ) --77.51.92.235 (talk) 23:25, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Khojaly - "Manipulated evidence"
The section "Manipulated evidence" has almost completely been deleted with inexplicable reasons. The User "Grandmaster" (by the way: This user page has been vandalized 23 times) is almost deleting everything which is not "pro-Azerbaijani" and against his view, probably because of his own Azerbaijani backgroud which I found unsustainable!

The reasons for deleting almost the entire section "manipulated evidence" was "neutral tone, rm unsourced chunks, speculation and partisan referencing, please discuss before further additions". Please explain me what exactly you mean with "unsourced chunks"? Every "chunk" in my text ends with sources! Altogether there are 10 different sources mentioned.

And just to get this clear… Azerbaijani news-sites or obviously dubious sources like "www.hocalisoykirimi.com" are accepted and ok but sources like... - an original video interview of the person one is citing - Armenian news-sites - Russian news-websites (third-party-source) - the report "Ethnic Cleansing in Progress" (third-party-source) - "The European Center for Artakh" (a registered association from Germany)

... which are all sources I have used for "manipulated evidence" are considered to be "speculation and partisan referencing"?! If an original video interview is used to depict something, this is called "speculation"?! How can something be speculation if the fact can be heard in a video?

As long as Azerbaijani sources are considered to be neutral and non-partisan I don't want my detailed sourced(!) texts to be deleted completey just because it does not fit to someones point of view.

--Aghetrichter (talk) 02:15, 26 February 2012 (UTC)


 * You should use the article's talk page, not user's personal page for discussion. As for your sources, as Brandmeister said, they are all partisan, including The European Center for Artakh, which is run by the Armenian diaspora. The official page of the website speaks for itself. Please use third party sources only. And hocalisoykirimi has not been used in the article. Grand  master  07:48, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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Common Lime Mating
Hello:

The nomination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates#Common_Lime_Mating requires additional opinion from you. So, please - Jkadavoor (talk) 06:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm late to the party, but support alt, which seems to be promoted. Brand meister talk   10:31, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tsoi Wall
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Muhammad RfC
You might want to have a look at the Muhammad RfC -- you added your comments after it was closed and so now people are deleting them. I've restored them twice but I can't keep doing so. My view is that it is improper for other editors to delete your comments; if the people closing the RfC want to ignore them for having been added too late, then fine -- but if they want to consider them on their merits then it's up to them. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 11:07, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Brandmeister. The person who deleted your comments means no offense, but closing dates for these things are bright lines and they have to be. When do we stop accepting new input? Whose late additions stay and whose don't? I'm sure you can understand that you missed the window and there is no malice in enforcing the rules. I've reverted Nomoskedasticity and I cannot understand why he hasn't appealed to you to revert yourself or to leave your comments out, since again the commenting period is closed. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 12:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It is (naturally) worth noting that Griswaldo expressed a view in the RfC that doesn't agree with your own.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 12:07, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Brandmeister. This links to my reverting your comments at the Muhammad images RfC. There is a conversation on my talk page about this situation. I apologise if I've behaved inappropriately Brandmeister. It seemed like the natural thing to do: I assumed you had overlooked the fact that the RfC was closed. If I had thought you had deliberately challanged that social norm, a formal closing date for submissions to an RfC, I most certainly would have taken the matter up on your talk page. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 12:27, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I have no objection to removal, just didn't notice that it is closed. I'll probably repost the edit on RfC's talk. Brand meister talk   12:31, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It's as likely to be read there as it is on the RfC page. I think this triumvirate will be quite diligent. You can be confident your views will be taken into account. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 12:39, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Need to see this.
diff As you might see, your last vote has been deleted from RfC since it was not within the provided time-lime of the said RfC. While, I discourage you from getting involved in edit-war, I urge you to write that delayed but valuable comment in the talk-page of the RfC (thus it may get some amount of exposure). And that could help improve wikipedia. Brendon is here  17:44, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Archaeology of Azerbaijan
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Further opinion
Hi:

The FPC, Delias eucharis need further opinion from you. Regards, Jee. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:11, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

POTD notification
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Orphaned non-free image File:Chica Bomb cover.jpg
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Template:Did you know nominations/Archaeology of Azerbaijan
Your DYK nomination needs a response from you in the next day or so. It would be a shame to see it fail from inaction because of the outstanding issues, which shouldn't be hard to fix. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:43, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Naming conventions (royalty and nobility)
Hi, with regard to the above and your recent move of John Jardine, please note the specific section Naming conventions (royalty and nobility) point 3, and 'A baronet should never be referred to with the title but without "Sir" preceding (e.g. do not use "William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton"' Benea (talk) 16:54, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

The Pearl and the Wave
Hi Brandmeister. You recently commented on the Featured Picture nomination, The Pearl and the Wave. This nomination is requiring additional input from users as to which version of the picture they prefer. Your input would be appreciated. Thank You. Dusty 777 17:39, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

ABBYY Compreno
Hello. I'm addressing you based on the listing in Translators_available. May I kindly request you to confirm that Russian references for this material do include multiple independent secondary sources (in particular, articles in wide-spread IT-news publications). Thank you in advance. -- Nazar (talk) 01:42, 29 May 2012 (UTC)