User talk:Dahn/Archive 60

The return?
Can we say you are at last back from your Commons peregrination? Not much to report from my side, expect to point out a couple of articles that might be of interest: Creangă and Ghenadie. Oh, and this was an exciting episode. At least it did, in fact, backfire, although it ended "without prejudice to reopen if more evidence can be presented at a later date", and the final paragraph of the PCR article remains somewhat degraded. - Biruitorul Talk 15:04, 11 September 2012 (UTC)


 * The thing about commons is that I could do a lot there printre picături - unfortunately for everyone, I was doing the sort of things in RL that just didn't allow me to concentrate more (but lo! what treasures have I uncovered). I did the occasional "sneak preview log-on" thing over, but it seemed like I kept getting orange bars from Wynona, Annitas and the bots, plus some tangential problems that would really sort themselves out. It's not keeping up with my friends that I regret most.
 * And then, whoa, I was inactively active, which apparently saved the country. I will never cease to congratulate myself for that, except to say that the anti-USLists would better come up with a better strategy than staying home, say, by December. And they better clean up their own act. The Prigoană defection is a good omen, IMHO.
 * But enough of that. Seeing I'm not so sure where I'll be by the end of the week, I'd best make good use of the editing and chatting time I still have. No RL stuff, just in-universe fun.
 * I'm sure you've seen me pulling the Stakhanovite all-nighters on the two important Drăghici redlinks, and I think I know which one you liked best. Somehow, they're both in sync with my love for paradoxes and nuances, like building blocks that meet up just right. Tudor-Păstorel-Drăghici, and you get Romania in a nutshell.
 * But yes, as you remind me, there are other subjects, and would you believe it, I had actually read both those articles in print, in two of only three Adevărul issues I bought this year. Serendipity? divine mission? or am I being dreamed of in your dream? Since it's about me, it's probably somethting greater and more symbolic than all three combined. [Room for Anittas to insert his reply on the subject here; then delete at my convenience.] Dahn (talk) 08:39, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review: probably the only time I've gotten three for one article. I'll have a look at some of your pending nominations soon. As a testament to how much work some areas still require, this was in fact our first ever article on a building in Romania's sixth-largest city, one that is perhaps not chock-full of tourist attractions but still has a clutch of old churches and a bunch of other interesting buildings. Much the same could probably be said for a couple dozen other cities. We've barely scratched this surface. Another thing that's been swirling around my mind are the dioceses: Râmnic, Severin, Strehaia, Huşi: there's a lot of history there too. Or the various princely courts, the centuries-old high schools (hello, competent Hungarian editors on en.wiki, if you still exist!, although those of us whose grasp of Hungarian is so tenuous could still write about the Călata Autonomous Republic, maybe in time for December 1st), but I'm probably getting ahead of myself.
 * Having to guide someone to deletion a second time is tiring, but at least the sockpuppets liven things up. - Biruitorul Talk 18:22, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Here is what I meant about the sort of diocesan histories we're missing. It could use some polishing, but I'll probably send it to DYK this week. - Biruitorul Talk 05:50, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * If I may use this space for a bit of a complaint: how to respond to this? Granted, it's not an insurmountable hardship, but still, nearly two weeks of waiting (and still no word on Râmnic!) results in what seems like a series of quibbles. First I'm supposed to either cut out material (it seems relatively pertinent to me, and I don't think I'll do that, at least until Ioan Popasu gets written) or "make things very clear for the average reader", whatever that means. Then the hook is supposedly too long and not detailed enough, and then I'm supposed to "cite" something the text makes abundantly clear (at least to me). Bail me out, Capataz! - Biruitorul Talk 21:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, no need to apologize: I'm sure dozens of people saw the nominations and passed up a chance to review them, for whatever reason. Anyway, your reviews were quite welcome: they gave me a morale push to finish my latest piece (looks like I'm on the ș/ț dark side for the moment). When I do nominate it, I hope things move faster &mdash; I think we might even use the tower as a DYK illustration for that batch, having as it does the distinction of being famous in Romania, not so famous outside, but still eye-catching (at least to me). - Biruitorul Talk 04:59, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * PS: picture me rolling my eyes. - Biruitorul Talk 05:04, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Mărgărita Miller Verghy
Hello Dahn. Thanks for your comments at Talk:Mărgărita Miller Verghy. I would like to invite you back to comment on a follow-up proposal. Cheers. Kaldari (talk) 22:27, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I made a stub at ro.wp yesterday. Feel free to edit/move/change/correct as appropriate, you did a great job on the en.wp article and the ro.wp one is small tribute. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:25, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sandu Tudor
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you
Thanks for your DYK review of Synagogues of Gibraltar. Anne (talk) 23:52, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for writing a very valuable article. Dahn (talk) 23:57, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Viorel Chivriga
I strongly appreciate your willingness to write good articles. But, since when an article is discussed not based on arguments? Can you please explain that to me. In case you can prove that the article is not reliable, it doesn't meet any wikipedia standards, I will ask for deletion myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breaking Good (talk • contribs) 12:16, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:POLITICIAN, WP:BIO. These are the wikipedia standards. And it's not reliability we're discussing over there, but notability. Is Chivriga notable by wikipedia standards. No, he is not. Moving on, if you please. Dahn (talk) 12:20, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Delete it then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.201.44.243 (talk) 16:27, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Nicolae Iorga
Salut, țin să te felicit pentru articolul Nicolae Iorga pe care într-un viitor mai apropiat sau îndepărtat îl voi propune la AB (poate se vor plânge unii că ar fi prea lung și trebuie împărțit în sub-articole). Oricum, m-am apucat să-l traduc în română (sper că nu te superi :) și pe pagina de discuții au apărut deja întrebări. Vreau să-mi spui, dacă îți mai amintești, titlul cărții lui Iova. Mulțumesc anticipat.Ionutzmovie (talk) 15:48, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK credit for Păstorel Teodoreanu
Yngvadottir (talk) 21:17, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Engleza
"Eu stiu engleza, o simt in mine, o mai repet putin, cam o luna, si gata." -- Gigi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cei Trei (talk • contribs) 12:51, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Să trăiască nea Gigi! Dahn (talk) 10:01, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Elena Bacaloglu
The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Henric Streitman
The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

iMago Romaniae
Not sure if you know about this great source of images. Best --Codrin.B (talk) 20:40, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent! Thanks. Dahn (talk) 06:52, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012
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Iorga
Aruncă o privire la commons:Nicolae Iorga, am populat categoria cu imagini pe care poți să le introduci și în articol.Ionutzmovie (talk) 20:50, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012
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Freedom of speech = New WikiProject
Hi there, I'm notifying you as I noticed your impressive work on the GA Quality article, Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești. I've recently gone ahead and created WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do: Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:04, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech
 * 1) List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: WikiProject_Freedom_of_speech.
 * 2) Add userbox User Freedom of speech to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject.
 * 3) Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 4) Join in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 5) Notify others you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject.


 * Hmm, this can probably be enhanced to Freedom of speech = New WikiProject + notification of the whole encyclopedia... --illythr (talk) 22:40, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

A touch of potpourri
This might be of interest. (Get the potpourri/Popery pun?) Anyway, there's a new figure (p.12) for the number of Romanists in Romania (869,246), so Roman Catholicism in Romania should be modified at some point.

Did you see this? One thing that struck me: Ştefania Mărăcineanu, Ana Ipătescu, Alexandrina Cantacuzino, Aurora Gruescu, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu and Cecilia Cuţescu-Storck are all redlinks. I'd opt for an "Elena" theme: Ceauşescu in the middle, flanked by Băsescu and Udrea. Or, barring that, Ecaterina Teodoroiu: a pretty straightforward character, and plus there have been no Oltenians since were withdrawn.

Speaking of women, I need a bit of moral support. Did I have a point here, or was I totally off? Let's hope this goes a little better. - Biruitorul Talk 03:29, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Ah, yes, in due time - unless you want to jump in first. I was also pondering adding to that: I chanced upon a recent issue of Magazin Istoric, with a Totok article about the Bucharest Archbishopric locum who was a Securitate informant...
 * Yes, and it's a waste of taxpayers' money. If equality is what's needed, they should just renounce all portraits - the very principle of a republican nation represented by its "best and brightest" on its bills (in the crudest form of interaction between people) is farcical; and it's only as a republic that we started doing it. They should just have abstract designs or faceless groups, or bridges, if I were to have a say. Plus, this feminist travesty is, as I understand it, a reflection of the fact that Romanian women are underrepresented in Romanian culture; and they are. That might just be a historical fact, so what does their artificial overrepresentation achieve? I mean, those links are still red because, well, the women in question are relatively obscure, even by Romanian standards. Our provincial culture was held up by provincial men - if we have to have portraits that represent that culture, then we might as well stick to the fact.
 * Yes, you did, and yes, let's hope so. If it might take me a while to throw in my 2 cents, it's because I'm fed up with some of the keep voters' arguments. Dahn (talk) 18:22, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Merī Kurisumasu, and I certainly hope that, having survived the end of the world, we'll see a renewed burst of activity from you come 2013. - Biruitorul Talk 22:21, 24 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Hallo, it looks as though you're back. I want to start off on a lighthearted note: Ceauşescu in Peru. It's quite funny; I just hope "those" people don't see it. They'd surely miss the irony about "intensification of dialogue" and consider the "accord for promoting investments" on a par with the Potsdam Treaty.
 * In case you missed it, there's a handy new feature that allows you to see all recent changes to pages linked from a particular page. For example. You can see up to 500 changes over a month. It also works for categories.
 * As I predicted, János Scheffler degenerated into the sort of pettiness I loathe. He's now "Hungarian-born"; we can't mention the state of which he was a citizen for most of his adult life, because that would "confuse readers" who "never click links" into seeing him as an ethnic Romanian; and we can't mention Austria-Hungary either, because "there was no such thing as Austro-Hungarian citizenship". We also invent the idea that he took Romanian citizenship after Trianon, when in all likelihood he did so after the Romanian Army took Satu Mare in April 1919. But hey, at least we now use the word Szatmár five times.
 * Now here's a situation. A fellow maintains his own biography and that of his deceased wife; they look awful. I come in and pare things down, but now those versions are probably about to go because that fellow and another fellow start shouting COPYVIO!!! Really, though, does this look like a copyvio to you? Does this? I don't really care about this situation anymore, but it's discouraging.
 * Finally, Latin peoples? - Biruitorul Talk 17:24, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

As I (patiently) await any comments you may have, permit me to express my extreme ire at a certain situation. Some months ago, Category:Freemasons was revived, which is good news. The bad news is that a certain user has done all in his power to whittle away at the category. First he tried getting it deleted; didn't work. Then he put up that rather pompous warning. And finally, he's been consistently removing the category based on his esoteric POV. With regard to Category:Romanian Freemasons, we had about 40 and are down to a handful. Some were removed because they're unsourced in the article, e.g. him. I can sort of buy that, even though they're all sourced at List of Freemasons and it feels rather odd to stick in "[X] was a Freemason" in isolation simply to justify the category. But what I find intolerable is something like this - for someone like Cuza (and all the other '48ers), their Freemasonry is most assuredly a notable characteristic, in spite of this user's POV. In fact, quite a bit more notable than his Orthodoxy, but I see he leaves that category untouched. Speaking of which, if the Freemasonry category is to function somewhat like the religion categories (and it should), the removals appear even more absurd. Category:Romanian Orthodox Christians includes figures like Theodor Stolojan, Petre Roman, Adrian Năstase, Relu Fenechiu or Victor Ponta even though their Orthodoxy is in no way a notable characteristic of theirs. I mean, when I think of Fenechiu, his religion is not the first or the second or probably the tenth thing that comes to mind, but it still seems logical to have him in the category. But somehow we can't have Bălcescu when, in fact, his Freemasonry was quite important? I don't like what's happening. Ah, and I have an RM going on. - Biruitorul Talk 18:40, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to touch the Freemasons with a pole, not yet at least. The way I see it, what they're doing is exactly as moronic as the alt text experiment. Whatever "solution" they think they're enforcing over there, and whatever sort of Americana spillover these "rules" are, I'm willing to bet consensus will change over and over again until the two sides figure out for themselves that nobody outside the US cares about what "exposure" might do to the historical Freemasons. (Incidentally, what I don't get is how on earth they even picture that the Grand Masters" subcat in category is a good substitute for "Freemasonry in Romania" - are all Grand Masters from Romania?) Dahn (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * And I'm sorry, ten times sorry, for all the stuff I left hanging. But was it worth the wait? Dahn (talk) 19:10, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, absolutely. But I'm learning new things every day: apparently, you can say stuff in an AfD and have it count as evidence of notability! And this from an administrator... - Biruitorul Talk 05:24, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * This crap all over again. I suspect the notability standards in some areas are intentionally lowered just because many editors would also like to see themselves/their families meet the criterion. Take a deep breath, live to fight another day, that article will simply survive as a virtual shrine until the larger problem is addressed. Or forever... Dahn (talk) 13:09, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, we shall see. But now that I have your ear, Mihai grunfeld is also up, as is Stefan Ramniceanu (may or may not be notable, but we shouldn't be using his autobiography, even if he gave us permission). I note that Codrin Țapu also has a page. Cezar Lăzărescu is by his daughter, but he does seem to have a claim to fame. All right, so let me ask about a few more. There's Nicole Valéry Grossu: looks like a bit of a memorial to me. Then Arise Gheorghe, Arise Ioan!, which cropped up around the time of the Mihail Neamțu flap. What about Laura Poantă? Cristina Trăilă? (Keep in mind she was not elected to Parliament.) And finally, what about Dobrujans? Is this like Oltenians or Muntenians? - Biruitorul Talk 15:02, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

The Expert Barnstar

 * Kewl, thanks! Dahn (talk) 18:22, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Moment
Hi. Do you have any data/info to add to Moment (Bucharest)? I can't find anything. --Soman (talk) 18:56, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback. --Soman (talk) 18:33, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Lingura de aur
"Mie îmi place luxul. Am nobleţe în sânge. Asta nu înseamnă că nu mănânc şi cu mâna, dacă nu am furculiţă, nu dorm şi pe o cârpă, dacă este nevoie. (..) Mie îmi place să mănânc cu lingura de aur. Am cumpărat linguri şi furculiţe de aur. Am dat 30.000. Mama şi familia nu vor. Dar eu ce am observat? Ia o lingură de aur şi bag-o într-un ceai. Să vezi cum moleculele transmit căldura mai bine şi simţi căldura, temperatura după cum pui mâna pe lingură." --Cei Trei (talk) 18:22, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Great. Now, do Căcărău. Dahn (talk) 19:11, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I had to google that. I don't have to do the Cacarau. You're working for Him, remember? It's that time of year again, when he's begging for money in order to afford traveling and paying off his whores. --Cei Trei (talk) 14:40, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You mean God? Wasn't He dead? Get with the program, dude, do Căcărău. Dahn (talk) 18:23, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * If you mean to say that the co-founder of this site is god ... eh. But yeah, I can see where what I wrote above can apply to organized religion. There are some similarities between the two. --Cei Trei (talk) 12:45, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Mircea Florian
Hi, I see you changed "Hungary" to "Germany". I have the booklet in front of me, and on the cover it says: "conflux, Pont Publisher, Budapesta 1998"; on the inside of the front cover it says: "Drepturile acestei ediții aparțin editurii Pont, Budapesta; H 1300 Budapesta, Kiskorona u. 2, tel/fax +361.368. 80 58 ... Editor: Szávai Ilona" etc. Best regards,--Mycomp (talk) 09:17, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Panait Cerna
It's been quite a while since you've edited this article, but since you're its lead author, I wanted to make sure you're aware that it's undergoing a GA review. Cheers, Homunculus (duihua) 08:59, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Richard Dawkins
I'm too tired to instigate, so I'll just throw you these two titles: The Selfish Gene and The Extended Phenotype. In the first book, Dawkins introduces the idea of the meme (which is superior to Popper's World 3 nonsense by actually being scientific). I remember you using that word in a message to Bir, and I got this feeling that you haven't read the book, just by the way you used it. I could be wrong, though. Anyhow, it's a great book and it certainly makes you look at the world from a whole different perspective. There were many times that Dawkins left me breathless; and I had to throw away the book for days so to avoid a nervous breakdown (others are said to have contemplated committing suicide). It's such a tragedy that our country can't produce scientist like Dawkins. Instead we got ... meh. Oh, I almost trolled there! Almost! See, I'm getting better. Maybe one day I'll be an outstanding citizen like you and Bir. :) Later! --Cei Trei (talk) 14:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * bai ... ba ... uai! eu cu cini (sic) vorbesc, uai'? --Cei Trei (talk) 12:49, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Lolz, I think that user used google translate to have that line translated. And it translated "bai" as bathrooms. hahaha!

"Regulamentele nu sunt la fel. Nu ştii că leul... peştele mare îl înghite pe cel mic? Tigru-i tigru, leu-i leu, elefantul e elefant. Steaua este elefant." Gigi. --Cei Trei (talk) 21:43, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012
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Plasă (plural plăși)
Domnule Dahn, am nevoie de erudiția dumneavoastră dovedită. Puteți găsi surse bibliografice care să confirme pluralul plăși pentru singularul plasă, ca unitate administrativă subdivizionară de ordin doi a României Mari? Există tot felul de utilizatori de tip Toma Necredinciosu' pe ro.wiki. care contestă pluralul, care (conform opiniei mele) este o problemă simplă de bun simț românesc. Wars (talk) 21:39, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Dahn! I'll be traveling to Lanzarote in a few days so I can just as well wish you a Happy New Year! since I won't be checking on Wikipedia so often. Yeah, I'll be climbing some mountains, go on a cycle tour, jogging, sunbathing, maybe go for a swim. You know, relaxing and having fun! You should try it some time. It's not all about visiting death camps and the home of dead poets that no one cares to know about! Oh, I should tell you about this book that I'm reading! It's called Moneyball and it's about a bunch of guys who uses statistical analyses in baseball while applying a psychology factor to their formula. It's great! Their ways have impacted the world of sports and it's now creeping into some business models. Here's a citation from Chapter 5:

"When you think of intellectuals influencing the course of human affairs you think of physics, or political theory, or economics. You think of John Maynard Keynes's condescending line about men of action--how they believe themselves guided by their own ideas rven when they are unwittingly in the thrall of some dead economist. You don't think of baseball, because of don't think of baseball as having an intellectual underpinning. But it does; it had just never been seriously observed and closely questioned, in a writing style sufficiently compelling to catch the attention of the people who actually played baseball."

...and this: <<"When the numbers acquire the significance of language," he later wrote, " they acquire the power to do all of the things which language can do: to become fiction and drama and poetry.">> (The Field of Ignorance)

Okay, so the point that I'm trying to make here is that a bunch of mathematicians and scientists, instead of going to work for Wall Street, where the real dough was to be found, instead followed their passion and did what they loved the most; and in the process, left a legacy. That's what it's all about, Dahn! Not to do pompous things and look down at what you see as trivial (sports, for instance). Well, this was my Christmas wish for you (lolz). Take care, Dahn! :) --Cei Trei (talk) 07:45, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013
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Talkback
Vaca tion  9  19:28, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Philippics
I'm reading Cicero's Philippics against Marcus Antonius. That was some major trolling from Cicero's part (if we use Wikipedia's definition for trolling). It's amazing 'cause while you read it, you realize how alike people were in their reasoning, when they went to criticize and provoke others, even if it happened some 2055 years ago. You know, the thought process and all. It follows similar lines. I recognized myself in many of his comments, you would too, I'm sure. Yeah, maybe you're right, I should first finish the book and acquire a better understanding about the art of provocation before bugging you, 'cause you're like this lizard that keeps adapting to my bite and it's such a pain! Right, so what's new with you? All good in the hood? Heard the bad news? The mass of the Higgins particle is fucked by a few percents, so our universe is gonna die out in like some tens of billion of years from now ... unless we go from type 0 to type 5, or something. Umm, yeah, what else should I tell you. Meh, I'm reading this book, The Actor and the Target. It's alright. After that I'm gonna check on Last Ape Standing. Maybe you should, too. Yeah, what else ... let me think. Oh, I emailed Jmabel and he's well. Yeah, I'm telling you this because I know you care. You come from that part of the world where people have big hearts. Like our guy who's gonna donate a million Euro to Mount Athos. Smell you l8r. --Cei Trei (talk) 15:35, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Forgot to tell you that I sent in a sample of my saliva to 23andme.com to have my DNA mapped and they found out that I'm between 0.7 to 1.4% Ashkenazi Jew (I can never get the name right so I just call them, or me I should say, Ack!). I informed Jmabel of this, hoping we'd connect and stuff (him being a Jew, also), and suggested he'd map his DNA, too, but he said he don't care about any of this stuff (between you and I, I don't think he likes Jews very much). Anyhow, is this why you ignore me, 'cause I'm Jewish? But Dahn, us Jews are people, too! Yeah, there's more to say about this, but I think I'll save it for another time. I hope you won't view me any different now. I'm still the same guy, Dahn! Just try to look beyond the labels that others put on people! --Cei Trei (talk) 16:10, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That's gotta be the explanation of why I don't dislike you as much! What can I say but mazel tov. Dahn (talk) 16:30, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Shatner said it first! --Cei Trei (talk) 19:40, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

You and Beer should have a look at this article. If it doesn't piss you off, there's no more hope for you. Dry lectures ... that sounds familiar. --Cei Trei (talk) 19:09, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

bro, go to scribd and download for free The Extended Phenotype. cmon, i aint trolling now. pls just do it. u can also join Richard Dawkins foundation. why u gotta be like that, turning ur back to this stuff. u know it aint right. this is the kind of stuff u should be paying attention to, not the shit ur writing about. ok, sry, im sure that what u write about has its merit (insert laughter here), but this is the real deal, u know? cmon, it wont hurt, go to scribd, download and read the first chapter. u got nothing to lose. and i know u havent read it, cause if u had, u wouldve seen things differently, u know. i wouldve seen it in u. --Cei Trei (talk) 12:47, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

this is a good song to listen to while reading my posts. Drive by REM. ok, peace out! --Cei Trei (talk) 12:52, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013
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ok, dar hai sa facem o lista:

bourceanu (c) - galati

chiriches - bacau

pintilii - iasi

rapa - galati

deci vezi.... --Cei Trei (talk) 22:20, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Crusade of Romanianism
The DYK project (nominate) 01:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Precious again
  Romanian topics

Thank you for the broad and profound coverage of Romanian themes and people, sharpening our perspective - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:29, 11 March 2012 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 57th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style. I miss the photographer, again, and put "Letting go of the past" on top of my talk, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

untitled
I gotta admit, Dahn, you surprised me. Is this the way you act, walking in the library and setting the books you don't fancy on fire? Dahn the Censor ... that's your new title. You remind me of Octavian who burned his uncle's poems because he was jealous of his genius. Then he named the month of August after his title, stripped February of a day so that August would match his uncle's month of July. WELL, OKAY, DAHN! It's all fine and dandy, if you feel like burning my poetry, go ahead and do it! You made your point, no need to change the name of March, even though I'm sure it would gain consensus on Wikipedia. January, February ... Danus! All would vote in favor of that, the only one voting against it would be you, of course. Yeah, you're a real Cincinnatus, you! Retreat to your little farm, just you and the lady with the elephant heart, or something. Oh, what? You got elephants on your farm? Well, sure, after all the name of Caesar is believed to mean elephant killer, and you're a killer, alright! Dahn the Elephant Killer, or just Dahn Caesar. Oh, I proclaim you king, Dahn! But Dahn humbly replies, "I am Caesar." Ok bud, you're Caesar. --Cei Trei (talk) 23:06, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Why can't you be better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cei Trei (talk • contribs) 09:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

A Good Post

 * Physicists Debate the Many Varieties of Nothingness


 * Obama Seeking to Boost Study of Human Brain (This will be the most important scientific project since the mapping of the DNA)

Two movies that you would enjoy watching: The Words; The Intouchables (this movie is reminiscent of our relationship ... I'm the black guy in that movie). --Cei Trei (talk) 19:11, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

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Health
Dahn, are you ok? You haven't been around for some 3 weeks and I'm getting worried. I can imagine that at your advanced age, your engine is not what it used to be, but I hope spring will show mercy on your old bones. In the words of Robin Williams, "spring is nature's way of saying, 'let's party!'" :))) --Cei Trei (talk) 16:40, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Dahn (talk) 17:30, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear that. Fun stuff! Have a fine Easter, and, er, see you at the club. - Biruitorul Talk 05:06, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

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Râpa Roșie
Can you kindly look at this article? I found a reference in the Rumanian language translation of which into English is poor. I have made use of only in sentence in the lead with this reference Academician Alexandru Borza about Rapa Rosie from Transylvania. May I request you to look into this article and also add more from the Roamanian sources.-- Nvvchar . 00:47, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Can you assist with this article Dahn? Hope you are well.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:38, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

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Wow
Okay, I never expected you to be in your thirties. If something in your behavior suggested that, then I really am a dumbass for thinking you as an old man. Over the years I created this image of you and in my mind you look like Mr Burns, drive like Mr Bean and talk like Stephen Hawkins. My bad! It's funny, really, because just now you felt very real and full of vitality. Before, you had no character to me, you were sort of empty, full of dark matter, and I had to 'recreate' you. This got me thinking about this really interesting book called The Mating Ming: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution by Geoffrey Miller. Miller explains how the brain is like an entertainment system that some potential sexual partners find it interesting, how its different qualities find compatibility with some and reject others, etc. What I'm trying to say here is that I think you're my Platonic love. --Cei Trei (talk) 10:23, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Tough love. But yeah, you'd be right about my driving skills. Dahn (talk) 15:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry-ass attempts at outing, btw. Dahn (talk) 07:12, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * That name I will never forget. I remember that name from a certain forum, after a certain user handed his forum account to me after losing a bet ... and he forgot to change his addy. To paraphrase 'you', 'face parte din farmecul vietii'. A game well played, but perhaps a bit bitter for my taste. --Cei Trei (talk) 19:00, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for creating that map for me. It was a nice gesture, which I took for granted. Hope you are well. --Cei Trei (talk) 09:56, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

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RE: Felix Aderca
Hi, Dahn:

Nu vreau să aibă o relație proastă. Să lucrăm împreună pentru a face un articol mai bună enciclopedie. Eu sunt deschis la compromisuri.

Al tău, Robert. Quis separabit? 19:21, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

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Moving romanian social democracy article?
Hi. Hope you are doing well. I posted a comment at Talk:Romanian Social Democratic Party (defunct). How would you feel about having that as a general overview article on the socialist movement in the country, and with links to individual parties? It's difficult to argue that the 1910 PSD is the same as the 1927 PSD, and likewise PS, PSU, PSDI etc needs articles of their own. --Soman (talk) 04:54, 18 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Hm. It would require some pruning and a lot of changes in related articles/categories. If you are willing to take care of that task as well (and I am willing to help you carry it through), I have no real objection.
 * But please, could you sandbox it before applying the changes? I feel that would cut some corners and show exactly what parts you mean to change and what parts will be left as is. Dahn (talk) 07:23, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, good. I'll work on it at User:Soman/temp in the coming days. --Soman (talk) 12:54, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Shestov
hello, mister dahn, thanks for the wonderfull article about shestov. I have a question. I'm writing a novel about two friends. About how they become friends, how the friendship ends after a big incident and afterwards how the friendship starts again. And in the end, the friend dies. (sorry for my very poor english, the words are right but i don't control it enough to really tell what the story is about) But the thing is, i would like to use some fragments of shestov in the book. And also, i like the article you wrote about him, and i would like to use also a fragment of it. Is this possible ? greetings johan petit from Belgium this is my email adres jowanpetit@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.198.85.95 (talk) 19:25, 26 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi. I did not write the article on Shestov. Do you mean Fondane, perhaps? Dahn (talk) 07:26, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anton_Bacalba%C8%99a&oldid=595122961&diff=prev
Hi Dahn, I noticed your revert. I do not quite understand your comment ("i note the old war on redlinks is back. also, for some reason, now we don't like pictures that are any bigger than postage stamps?")
 * 1) I am not aware of any old war on redlinks.
 * 2) The Rules of thumb and Size --> indicate: ...As a general rule, images should not be set to a larger fixed size than the 220px default (users can adjust this in their preferences). If an exception to the general rule is warranted, forcing an image size to be either larger or smaller than the 220px default is done by placing a parameter in the image coding..
 * Hence my edit, just wanted to inform you. Lotje (talk) 11:26, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. Concerning the first objection: you turned several redlinks into redirects toward corresponding articles on Romanian wikipedia. This, I propose, is a bad move - the readers of English wikipedia are not going to learn anything from articles written in languages they do not understand. Moreover, the redirects removed the redlinks, thereby discouraging the creation of new articles from them, and making it exceptionally hard for someone to work back on reintroducing those articles as links into this article, as they are created (it would require manually resetting the links to their original form, whereas once filled, a redlink is filled throughout wikipedia).
 * The other objection: precisely, in this case it was warranted, and it had a paramter in the image coding that you removed. For instance, at 220 it is impossible to pick out Bacalbaşa from the the Sotir picture, and expects the reader to click the picture just to see it at all. Dahn (talk) 10:55, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

The return?
It's sure looking that way, so let me welcome you back! I don't want to overwhelm you with stuff, so let me keep the list down to a minimum.


 * Marcel Janco: lead once again mutilated.
 * Iosif Jumanca: I know he's the kind of guy you like (and I myself find much to admire in him); I'm confident you can touch this up.
 * Not really something that requires attention, but as far as pedantry goes: heh.
 * My latest DYK has run into some headwinds. Is there a way you could either:
 * Return a different verdict, or
 * Edit the problem out of existence? Any assistance would be appreciated. And I hope you do stay around on a more durable basis this time. - Biruitorul Talk 04:01, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It is good to be back, but I can't promise constancy, alas. I'll just address the last one, because it's quite urgent: I think you could easily revamp it to read like looser paraphrasing, that should solve it in a minute. Dahn (talk) 10:43, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * You were never gone. --Cei Trei (talk) 22:14, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Well… the site of the Deva library happened to go down today, so I can't look at the original source just now, but am I getting anywhere? - Biruitorul Talk 20:56, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * My sincere thanks for alleviating my worries. And I know you're busy with other things, but I can just sense that the pithy comment you'll have to make about Claudiu Teohari (and perhaps Angela Hondru) will be a memorable put-down. - Biruitorul Talk 17:53, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

I just caught the Bassarabescu expansion: nice! I knew there was more to be said about the man, and it's great you were able to say it. You think "I. A. Bassarabescu" would be more fitting as a title? I don't have a problem with a move.

And something that popped up: this. I opined behind the "Copy of speedy nomination", although I may do so again, on principle. - Biruitorul Talk 20:54, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Biru. I'm sorry I'm still elusive these days, but I thought of coming back with a bang, before anything else.
 * From my side, I could not have gathered momentum to write the Bassarabescu article where it not for your fine sketch -- I still enjoy expanding on your writing more than anybody else's (mainly, because I know there is very little to change). So you have my thanks for that one as well, and, yes, I'm glad you enjoyed it. The name: it's either way; while "I. A." is slightly more common, and carries the advantage of not making us pick between "Ion" and "Ioan", both are just as good -- in these situations, I tend to favor the random norm of "we used this before that". I will honor your choice.
 * I have glanced over the debate you mention and, obviously, you're right -- as you remember me, I still cannot fathom why they had to change the name, not why they "have to" have the categories consistent with that name, even at the expense of other anachronisms. I am still laissez-faire in my approach on that one, but people seem to only want to get their feet in their mouth at all cost. I will comment there once I ponder the options.
 * My main annoyance for now is the son-to-father redirect, which reminds me of the terrible shape the father article is in. If you should want to stub or housekeep either of these over the next few days, as you did with Bassarabescu, you would be doing a lot for my planned workload. (The prospect of reading through the same sources twice in such a short time is a turnoff at the moment.) Incidentally... what happened here? Dahn (talk) 14:29, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * They haven't yet deleted Dobrujans?! Dahn (talk) 14:30, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Cantacuzino: great job on the wife; the husband now ready to go. You didn't find this useful?
 * No idea about Stamatiade: I may have to appeal to the village pump wizards.
 * Not only did they not delete it, we now have Category:Transylvanian Romanians - not sure quite how that relates to Category:Romanian Austro-Hungarians and Category:Romanians in Hungary.
 * Finally, while I have your ear: notable? Notable? - Biruitorul Talk 15:36, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


 * To answer your first question: it's largely a rip-off of Cheșchebec, and I just mined deeper.
 * You mean you actually wrote it and half of it got lost? That's horrible. I'm willing to jump in there as well, with an expansion etc., but I have to take a break now.
 * Yeah, and I note it's from a great contributor, no less... I'll put this in the "to-do" pile.
 * Nistor is notable, apparently, and they made a film about her weird career; but the article is painful. Laura Poantă... meh, borderline... but the article, I believe, merits a stubbing and a through AfD debate. Dahn (talk) 16:21, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Understood, and Stamatiad is now in working order. Constantin Beldie also seems like an interesting figure. I know you take an occasional interest in this theme, so a note: Latin peoples is up for deletion, while Latin Europe has become a disambiguation page. - Biruitorul Talk 14:23, 13 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Not to jump on you as soon as you pop back in, but, in declining order of importance:
 * Sextil Pușcariu: I cannot think of a more qualified reviewer, if you so wish.
 * This.
 * Mircea Popescu: I don't know what's more irksome, the army of fake accounts or the real one voting to keep based on "39 inline citations".
 * Best, Biruitorul Talk 16:52, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

On this First of April, the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the new orthographic norms that replaced the fluctuations that plagued the old system with a scientific model based on the phonetic principle, although which, unsurprisingly given the persistence of anti-revolutionary elements, had still not been fully embraced five years later (q.v. Hristea, Valentina, "Abateri de la normele ortografice în unele publicații literare", Limba Romînă, VII (1959), nr. 1, p. 81-93), let me warmly commend you for the work you have done in advancing knowledge of Romanian philology, across all regions of the Republic, from Pitești Region, even to the Magyar Autonomous Region (although remaining mindful of the Leninist imperative to respect the self-determination of national minorities within the socialist system, including linguistic rights with enthusiastic support from all organs of Party and State), above all to the glorious Stalin Region! - Biruitorul Talk 19:18, 1 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Stalin Region has always been on my heart and mind, which is why I jumped at the opportunity to unmask a bourgeois ideologue posing as a philologist, thereby warning the working men and women of Stalin (Stalinists? Stalinians? Stalinlings?) as to the poison in their midst. Dahn (talk) 19:28, 1 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I do have a small anecdote on that theme: a relative of mine was named Brașoveanu, and during the '50s, he called himself Stalinescu.
 * With that, your presence on a few fronts would be greatly appreciated. If you have a little time, do drop in and I'll point out what's cropped up. - Biruitorul Talk 21:55, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I hope to. Soon. Dahn (talk) 08:29, 20 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Now that it seems you're back at full blast, let me raise a couple of issues. Thanks for the fortified churches involvement. A few uncited statements did creep in there during the review, but I suppose I can deal with those later.
 * We should find out soon enough what happens here. At least the discussion was entertaining - I didn't mean every word I wrote, being gradually animated by a certain imp of the perverse that took hold as I waited for someone to close, but as I say, a good exchange.
 * I don't quite see the point of this.
 * Recent edits at Adevărul and Adevărul Holding?
 * Finally, I do think it's time to take another look here. An IP (from the Washington DC area, perhaps the subject himself) recently removed that section, only to be reverted a couple of hours later by this guy, who hadn't edited in five months. There is clearly something fishy going on. - Biruitorul Talk 14:13, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
 * One more thing: Bartolomeu Constantin Săvoiu. You will laugh. Will it be the the illustrious genealogy, the Tariq Aziz photo (as though the man didn't subsequently almost face the hangman), the chronicle of his service as right-hand man of Chirac? Or will you last until the masonic apron image? I don't know, but I'm almost certain you will be entertained at some point. - Biruitorul Talk 03:50, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if you're back on any sort of basis, but if you are: this is languishing (we should perhaps already change "newly-elected" to "recently-elected"), this is a bit newer and then there's this. Any help with either of the first two would be much appreciated, and as for the third, that may be of passing interest too. - Biruitorul Talk 18:05, 8 June 2014 (UTC)


 * In this period of fruitful interactions - let me reiterate my thanks for Diaconu and especially for the Popa work, although don't forget the mess at Adevărul! - let me bring up a couple of things.
 * First, there's a positive bazaar of AfDs now ongoing - Grigore Lăpușanu, Vasile Chirtoca, Laura Poantă, Cristina Trăilă and, of course, Bartolomeu Constantin Săvoiu. Take your pick, pick generously.
 * Second, with my eye always on the next round of AfDs, allow me to ask about a few. Aura Twarowska, Andrew Rayel, Daniel Djamo (by Budismul).
 * Victor Sahleanu, by ValentinSahleanu. I tend to think he's marginally notable - emphasis on "marginally" - but I like this: "In conversations with [his sons], he discarded the idea of leaving Romania in order to settle abroad, reaffirming that he belonged to the Romanian culture". Now, from what published source would Valentin Sahleanu know that?
 * Emil Simon, by Monicaesimon. This one I'm a little more skeptical about, simply because, although he's only been dead a couple of months, there were essentially no obituaries. Looks like another Zoe Țapu on our hands.
 * Anyway, what say you to all this? - Biruitorul Talk 19:50, 14 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Wow. Imna have to do some mulling here. Dahn (talk) 21:20, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCV, February 2014
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Category:Jewish Romanian communists
Hi, I don't understand why you reverted my edits like this one. Jewish people have the right to be liberal, conservative, socialists and communists too, just like any other ethnic group on this planet. I don't understand why Category:Jewish communists can't be created also. On Category:Communists by nationality there are all kind of nationalities, except Jewish. Can you explain please why you reverted? Thanks. —  Ark25  (talk) 13:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah... Well, for once, that is a highly controversial way of categorizing, as per Jewish Bolshevism -- this is part of the reason why the category tree does not exist, and was deleted every time it was created. Secondly, your categorizing segregates the article from the much more relevant Category:Romanian communists, where those entries clearly belong. Thirdly, to boot, it is simply not an option to start segregating all articles in all the Romanian politicians series by ethnicity -- quite clearly so when they are already included in relevant ethnicity categories, as well as in politicians categories that address their citizenship. Certainly not for something that is controversial to say the least.
 * But, with your "they have the right" canard, why do I suspect you're just the recent avatar of a very nasty troll? Dahn (talk) 13:25, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


 * And no, Jewish is not a "nationality" (click the link, read the article), and the category tree never includes it under nationality. That is why they are only there through their actual nationality, which is the Romanian one. Dahn (talk) 13:27, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * And it was only an edit conflict with Dahn's deletions that prevented me from making the same edits. Such categories have been repeatedly created in an apparent attempt to disparage subjects, and should not be accepted in Wikipedia. RolandR (talk) 13:36, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


 * 1. I don't really believe it's a controversial (or inflammatory) issue. Jewish nation has people to be proud of and some people not to be proud of, just like any other nation. Also, Jewish communists were not bad by default. Some of them were enthusiastic communists and even supported Stalin in their naivety but later they changed their mind and spoke against communism and against communists. I think the subject of Jewish kapos is much more "controversial" than Jewish communists - for those who incline to consider it controversial, of course, not for people like me. Jewish communists existed after 1945 - Category:Israeli communists but they also existed before WW2. Comparing this with Jewish Bolshevism makes no sense, since Jewish Bolshevism is a just an (idiotic) speculative theory, while Jewish communists are an undeniable reality.
 * 2. Those articles belong to Category:Romanian communists but they also belong to Category:Jewish communists so they belong to the intersection of these two categories, which is Category:Jewish Romanian communists.
 * 3. The word "segregating" has some racist connotations. I was not segregating, just splitting. Recently I created ro:Categorie:Parlamentari români de etnie maghiară (Members of Romanian Parliament of Hungarian ethnicity) and that makes a lot of sense to me. Also I think it was a good idea to create the category ro:Categorie:Evrei români membri ai Academiei Române (Jewish Romanians members of the Romanian Academy) for example, so the readers can find about people who both Romanians and Jews are proud of.
 * I do not master the English language. M-W.com says "canard" = fabricated report. I don't understand. Jewish people can and could choose to be communists just like French people for example. So, yes, they have the right to do so - nothing fabricated here. Avatar of a nasty troll? I know there are wikipedians with extreme right views and all kind of other views, but I'm just not one of them. I edit Wikipedia since Oct 21, 2007 and just today I become the user with the biggest number of edits on Romanian Wikipedia - . So I am no-one's "reincarnation".
 * Jewish describes ethnicity, not a nationality, but I don't think it's really necessary to create a separate category, Category:Communists by ethnicity just for Jewish people, (and maybe Tamil, Kurdish and a few others) since Category:Communists by nationality already exists.
 * I am very far from being antisemitic. In fact, I admire Jewish people and their politicians who take care about their own people like no other ethnic or political groups. And, as a Romanian, I know that's the first lesson I have to learn from the Jewish people - to be united with my people and to take care of them ("friends know why"). And I don't really believe such a category can help those with antisemitic agenda - they already have their own lists for sure. It makes complete sense to have this category, even if the fascists will try to use it. We can't ban knives or clubs because antisemitic people can use them - that would be nonsense. I don't think Jewish Bolshevism or Category:Israeli criminals should be deleted because the fascists can try to use it to disparage at subjects. To me, this looks like an unjustified fear that it's counter-productive for Wikipedia, but well, I won't insist much more on it. —  Ark25  (talk) 16:08, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Enough. Take it to the admins, if you really wish to pursue this, and change the consensus somewhere where it's visible, not on my page. Dahn (talk) 16:13, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * if the guy is being polite, why do u have to be a bitch? --Cei Trei (talk) 22:15, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Anittas, your butthurt is boring. Dahn (talk) 10:20, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Articles
Glad to see you're still here and beating off the trolls! Looked through some of your past articles earlier and you know most of them are easily GA quality and could be promoted very easily. The main problem is the amount of red links, which I personally have no problems with but they'd need to be either stubbed or delinked; I know you're not happy creating stubs, I don't create many these days either! Nicolae Xenopol looks a clear candidate for starters, reducing the red links might be the first step.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:17, 4 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Great to see you around, friend! I promise I'll look into this next week, for now I'm just drifting around aimlessly. Dahn (talk) 18:15, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014
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A barnstar for you!

 * Dude, you ain't no Swedish Academy. Close, but not yet there. Dahn (talk) 08:27, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

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My mistakes
Hello Dahn, I admit I had made mistakes while creating the article The Wrath of the Gods (1914 film). I wanted to know if you could suggest me how to make the article better.--Skr15081997 (talk) 11:30, 22 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi Dahn, I have fixed the spaghettilinks on the above article.Skr15081997 (talk) 15:04, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Cimbalistu
Dahn, this is your post from 16:57, 15 December 2013‎ Dahn (talk | contribs)‎. . (140,211 bytes) (+1,331)‎. . (Undid revision 586208696 by Dahn (talk) actually, that is relatively okay) (undo | thank) Please explain to me what has changed between now and then. So then you left it, but now you wish to erase it, because Tismaneanu's son erased it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cimbalistu (talk • contribs)
 * Consensus. That is what has changed. I had opted to revert myself and leave that in, noting that it was relatively okay (despite its atrocious format and POV), in the hope that it would be cleaned up and trimmed of drama. In doing so, I tried to avert further venom of the kind I have received for the last 7 years on the article's talk page.
 * In addition: Sir, you leave little to the imagination as to who you are what your intentions are regarding this article. It is high time I begged you to consult the conflict of interest policy. Dahn (talk) 21:49, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK for George Diamandy
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:34, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

București Mall
Hi, any chance you can find some sources and content and remove tag? Mulțumiri.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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Philippide
That's fine &mdash; the thing is slightly chaotic and I'm sure a fresh look will uncover some areas for improvement. You're also just in time!

On another note, any idea what this is? Anuarul Universității din Iași? It certainly looks serious enough - Gafton is, well, Philippide's successor as department chairman - and surely there will be a few things to pick up from those six articles. If you want to take that on, I won't object ;-) - Biruitorul Talk 23:30, 21 June 2014 (UTC)


 * No, no, I'm still sore from Rainer. I'm also focused on... something else (hope I'll finish it in this window of time I have these days).
 * It looks legit, but I wouldn't use the link to it, mainly because it's likely to go stale in no time.
 * Btw, when do we DYK Rainer? (This time, we'll share credit.) Dahn (talk) 23:35, 21 June 2014 (UTC)


 * That's like saying Holinshed should take credit for a batch of Shakespeare plays. I'm glad to have started off the skeleton of the article, but would find it a bit out of place to share credit. So, do go ahead and nominate it; it's (almost all) your brainchild.
 * One the something else is out of the way, I've got an idea going ahead. I was looking over the names of the Romanian Academy's various institutes, and found that six of them are still redlinks: Nicolae Simionescu, Gheorghe Zane, Costin Murgescu, Alexandru Rosetti, George Oprescu and Mihai Ralea. While the first three may not be that exciting, the latter three probably are. And since you've mentioned Ralea's name in a variety of articles, that might be a suitable project for the near future.
 * I read Craii de la Curtea-Veche these past few days. I'm still wondering: are you Pantazi or Pașadia? And who is our Pirgu? - Biruitorul Talk 16:16, 22 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Heehee. If it's between you and I, I would tend to assume that I'd be the Pașadia; you seem to be more together, all in all. We keep getting Pirgus, but they keep getting banned.
 * Zane was a pretty interesting fella, and so was Murgescu. But yes, Ralea would have to take the cake, and I have been pondering it for a while -- between my pondering and now, the resources have popped up all over the place. But yes, all in due time. Dahn (talk) 17:03, 22 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm glad to see you've taken up Ivașcu. I've been meaning to work this in for a while, but now I'll leave it to you, if it's helpful.
 * My interest in the man was sparked by a (rather tenuous) personal connection: as I've mentioned, Laurențiu Fulga was married to my grandmother's sister, and Fulga's daughter has been a very close friend of Ivașcu's daughter since the '60s. A couple of anecdotes. The man was quite a connoisseur of the arts, and had a particular penchant for glass icons. He wouldn't settle for buying them in Bucharest, but instead drove around to isolated village workshops in Transylvania, hunting for the most authentic pieces - or dispatched agents to do so when he was otherwise engaged. A strict disciplinarian, he taught his daughter correct posture by having her walk around the house all day with a plate on her head. Perhaps rebelling against such an upbringing, she turned out a bit of a wild child. One summer at the Black sea, she slightly corrupted Miss Beligan (who is now very far removed from Romania) with alcohol and boys. An apoplectic Radu and his wife promptly sent their girl back to Bucharest and ordered her to stay away from the Ivașcu household. I don't think any of this is really scandalous, but if you want to be on the same side, feel free to blank this paragraph after reading.
 * Note those red links steadily turning blue, even if they're little more than stubs. The pressure for Ralea is becoming insurmountable!
 * Category:Euroscepticism in Romania: hm. Category:Romanian nationalists: hmmm. Eminescu and Vadim, indeed. Speaking of Vadim, I do at some point want to turn Romanian Hearth Union into something more than a screed. Oddly, I haven't been able to turn up sources indicating that it's petered out, actually that it did so around 1992-1993. The article implies it's as active today as in 1990, which is obviously misleading.
 * Finally: do you think we should mention Philippide and the Jews? On the one hand, there's this: he did bring up Tiktin and (as you recorded in the article on him) Șăineanu in relation to their citizenship problems. On the other hand, especially when you compare him to, say, his faculty colleague Xenopol, he seems hardly to have been preoccupied by Jews. So, either way is fine with me. - Biruitorul Talk 16:18, 26 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Cool story (nah, I won't blank it -- you're not even remotely close to some stuff they already published about Ivașcu).
 * No, I have to take a sabbatical. I promise I'll be back with something on Ralea, as well as fresh eyes on those categories, but for now I'm just tying up some loose ends and will then fade away to deal with RL business. Alas. Dahn (talk) 11:08, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, there's that thing about Philippide. Of course, by all means, we could have a sentence or two. I'll add to that when I can, either just before or just after the aforementioned sabbatical. Dahn (talk) 11:09, 27 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Fear not, I am still in the land of the living, just in an Internet-free situation for a few more weeks (the present moment excepted - greetings from the capital of Moldavia, where, should I emerge from an alcoholic coma into which my gracious hosts plunged me last night, I will try to at least find Philippide's house). Great work on Ralea and everything else. One small request: at the article on Victor-Viorel Ponta, could you please, in the infobox, add in his religion, with a citation? There now being no doubt whatsoever... - Biruitorul Talk 07:38, 2 August 2014 (UTC)


 * As you may have observed, I have now more or less returned, and I do hope the absurd Ralea "issue", which must have weighed you down at least a little, can now move forward.
 * Speaking of DYKs, I note Maria Forescu is now on the main page. I also note most of it is based on someone's personal website. What do you make of the categories? While her native city was, of course, briefly part of Romania, that came long after she'd left the area, and although she did adopt a Romanian name, I'm not sure to what extent she was, say, a "Romanian civilian killed in World War II".
 * I'd like to start some AfDs; your thoughts on the notability or lack thereof for the following: Arina Avram, Cătălin Bălescu, Ionuț Budișteanu, Giulia Nahmany, DJ Layla, Dmitriy Grigoriyev?
 * Finally, I note the creation of Kadriye Nurmambet, Septar Mehmet Yakub and Emin Bektóre; all could use some cleanup. - Biruitorul Talk 18:12, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Welcome back! I was going to call you back myself to hear you weigh in on the Ralea issue, but I felt like I was going to be pestering you (still unsure whether you had full internet access) and, with all the inept accusations thrown around, it looked like it would only encourage the "indicates an agenda" guy to insinuate that you and I have a racket going. But yes, absolutely, thank you for that.
 * It's interesting that I had to spend all that time explaining how "not instantly verifiable" is not the same as "unverifiable" while Forescu slipped on Main Page with that kind of sourcing. Also, the article is poorly edited. And, to tell you the truth, I think there's just not enough sourcing to tell what she was: she must have, at some point in her life, carried a passport of some sort. Was she naturalized? Was she indeed Romanian by some fluke (like, being issued a passport by the Greater Romanian authorities some time after 1923)? Other such discoveries prompted me to secretly pray for your swift return online.
 * I have no idea who those people are, so I might need to put on my thinking cap and mull for a short while -- meaning, of course, that my guess is as good as yours. Well, actually, I know who Ms. Nahmani is, but that's only thanks to the hours I've spent, like a million years ago, watching afternoon television with the elderly. Dahn (talk) 19:35, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Lord, did you see this gem on rowiki? At a glance: "Vechi cuzist, al cărui rol de spion nazist era notoriu pentru publicul românesc...", "escroc binecunoscut", "agent al Gestapoului" - A.L. Zissu, "spion german în Franța". - așa l-au caracterizat pe Radu Lecca, în mod nedrept și superficial diverși indivizi, bazându-se pe modul în care activitatea acestuia le-a afectat interesele individuale sau de grup. Culmea avea să fie atinsă la procesul "Marii Trădări Naționale", în actul de acuzare, Radu Lecca fiind descris drept : "reprezentantul tipic al agentului hitlerist, care-și trădează țara prin orice mijloace pentru scopuri și avantaje personale servind conștient și fără nici un pic de conștiință scopurile cele mai criminale urmărite de hitlerismul hrăpăreț și distrugător". (This is from the same editor who seems to have used the Romanian article on anal sex to instruct users about its perils. He also seems not to have any clue about copyright legislation.) Those administrators on that project are still severely incompetent. Or vile, which is the same thing. Dahn (talk) 00:39, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Seriously, look over that guy's edit history. It's making my head spin. Dahn (talk) 00:55, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Paging Andrei Stroe: please clean up the mess in aisle three. Not sure what else to say, except to hope they'll get sick of him (he's been flooding the Cafenea with rants, so maybe that'll do it).
 * Take your time with those AfD candidates; I've nevertheless started with the Russian.
 * We now have the other Oprescu with us, which led me here: hmmm. - Biruitorul Talk 12:08, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think I can improve upon it in the time it takes for it to be featured on Main Page. I appreciate the editor's good intentions, but I really wish people would not expect featured status for articles on subjects they can't at least read about in a local language. In this case, the glaring problem is the article is entirely referenced with tertiary sources, which would normally have disqualified it from DYK (but who bothers to check that sort of criterion?). Eh, to be addressed at some point in the future. Dahn (talk) 20:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I noticed him when he was editing ro:Asasinatele din 29/30 noiembrie 1938, which gave me an eerie feeling, but I didn't have the time and skill to sieve through that mixture of facts and personal interpretations. However, your revert caught the attention of some more competent wikipedians, who found some places where he's clearly jumped the shark and challenged him. Now he seems to be digging his own articles' grave. We're moving much slower than here in our little village, but things are moving.- Andrei (talk) 19:27, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Bless you. Dahn (talk) 19:28, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Francisc Rainer
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DYK for Francisc Rainer
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Romanians
i think u 'd be in favor of removing the photos from the article on romanians since it's a distraction (POV). u're welcome to leave your input. maybe it will count as consensus. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Romanians&oldid=615656090 --Cei Trei (talk) 00:51, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I am. Dahn (talk) 03:20, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Mihai Ralea
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Ștefan Baciu
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Following the annexation of Crimea, Russian parliamentary speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky sent a letter to the governments of Poland, Romania and Hungary, proposing a joint division of the country.

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Ion Agârbiceanu
Hi! Thanks for your substantial edits to the article Ion Agârbiceanu. I am thinking to nominate it as a good article. What is your opinion? Please reply on the talk page of the article or on my talk page. Gug01 (talk) 22:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC) Gug 01

Hi again! Since January 5, the article has been expanded greatly. Do you think the article is ready for GA? Please reply on my talk page, where I can reply quickly. Gug01 (talk) 20:22, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks, it was my pleasure. Dahn (talk) 06:59, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Ion Agârbiceanu
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DYK for Traian Brăileanu
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Precious anniversary
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 * Not my article. I started the redirect, which I think you should consider restoring instead of deleting the link itself. Dahn (talk) 20:47, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

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Mircea Sântimbreanu
Hi, can you or a page stalker expand this?♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:07, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

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Curiosity
Hello, out of curiosity, as you mentioned them more than once, which are the other national charts available in Romania? I am not a Romanian and I don't know any other chart. I would like to take a look at them. Thanks in advance, Cavarrone 16:55, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Ion Agarbiceanu
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You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the notes for the suspect, then respond to the evidence at Sockpuppet investigations/Biruitorul. Thank you. Aero  Slicer  17:08, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * But incidentally: didn't we go through this process at least once in the past? Me and Biruitorul must have merged physically since then. Dahn (talk) 15:37, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!
Also, do you happen to have any data sources for the results of pre-1919 elections in Romania? I'd be very keen to get my hands on some. Cheers, Number   5  7  14:08, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. To answer your first question: I've researched it (including the paper sources). But the article itself took months to write, bit by bit, I just decided to save it today; this is why the expansion appears more imposing than it is. (As an aside: Romanian wikipedia is largely a failed project, and I am not involved with it.)
 * The second question: I've struggled with that myself. There are to my knowledge only fragmentary and incidental accounts of the results, which one may find by scouring through the period newspapers here or here, or in various books that deal, for instance, withe the career of elected officials (such as Z. Ornea's biography of Constantin Stere). More topical sources might exist, but I have not found them anywhere. It took scouring through two separate sources to tell me that the PND only managed to have 2 parliamentarians before 1918. Dahn (talk) 14:27, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, so you do it all offline? It's a shame regarding the lack of sources – I will have to do some digging in the British Library. Number   5  7  14:52, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I usually edit in a widow and preview, but only save when I get reasonable progress. Dahn (talk) 14:58, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I like the idea that 60KB is "reasonable progress"! Number   5  7  15:05, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Talkback
Thanks for reviewing! Bharatiya29 (talk) 17:28, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You are most welcome. And sorry for misunderstanding that Pacheco tidbit. Either way: good article, good hook, a pleasure to review. Dahn (talk) 17:34, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

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Category:Welsh language speakers
Hi

I see you were involved in a 2006 debate to delete this category (among others); you were part of the overwhelming majority against this category clutter. The category was duly deleted but almost immediately reinstated and another debate is ongoing, but this time Welsh language activists are conducting a determined and vocal - if irrelevant - campaign to keep it. You may like to help the other side again! --The Sage of Stamford (talk) 11:50, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Slonim
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DYK for Ion Buzdugan
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The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015
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Dadaglobe submissionGaw54 (talk) 18:59, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Dahn, Given your contributions to related articles, I thought you might find this article draft also of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Dadaglobe I welcome any suggestions or edits you might have to improve the page. This is only my second Wiki article and I'm still learning the ropes.

The Bugle: Issue CXVIII, January 2016
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contact for an advise
Could you, please, give me an email address where I could contact you for an advise I would like to ask? Thank you. (I am only writing in English to better integrate in this page, I am a Romanian too.) Arhitectul (talk) 15:15, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016
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Apostrof
Would you like to explain how your addition has improved this article? --OJ (talk) 08:29, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Would you?! Dahn (talk) 08:59, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016
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DYK for Ieremia Cecan
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Category:Members of the Romanian Academy elected post-mortem has been nominated for discussion
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DYK for Ioan Bianu
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016
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Categories
To your first point: I'm trying to become a bit better about that of late, largely by putting things in chronological order, at least. Though it's not always intuitive.

To the second: I do, actually, create those narrower categories sometimes. (See, for instance.) There are several reasons I don't do it more often. The chief one is that I tend to not like creating smaller categories. So something like, say, would be plausible (though the parent category is just at the threshhold where I'm not sure about it) might be viable. But is small enough that I wouldn't consider it. Also, I tend to flit about from subject to subject when I edit, and I like having things in a basic category like that, because I'm not sure if/when I'll get around to breaking it down. I am changing a bit in that regard, and part of that is discovering new capabilities with AWB that I hadn't considered before. So it's a work in progress.

To your point about overcategorization: I haven't found it to be much of a problem often, honestly, and most of the time I do encounter it, it can be pretty easily remedied with some judicious pruning. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:57, 30 August 2016 (UTC)


 * And there, too, is part of the problem - it would never have occurred to me that there were 277 articles in the category . (Largely because I didn't realize our coverage of Romanian writers was that strong.)  So I never would even look there to consider creating a narrower cat.


 * I realize "overcategorization" isn't quite the apposite term, but I couldn't think of anything else. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:46, 30 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Well...yes. I've told you.  I am doing that.  I am considering.  I tend to proceed cautiously, but I am thinking about it as I go along. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:36, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016
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DYK for Ioan Kalinderu
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DYK for Bonifaciu Florescu
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Yiddish perspective on "Copilaria unui Netrebnic"
Dear Editor Dahn,

I am today at page 222 in "Copilaria unui Netrebnic". I am fascinated by the description of Jewish holidays, food, speech in Dorohoi. It is familiar and foreign. I am from Siret a shtetl 30 kilometers vest of Dorohoi. The vocabulary describing my childhood Jews is Yiddish or German. Calugaru's characters speak Romanian. Thus "dreptul de la Stefanesti" turns out to be "Der Tzadik fin Stefanesti" in a minor Aha moment. I am puzzled. Did the Jews in Dorohoi in 1907 speak Yiddish or Romanian? Did Calugaru translate the dialogs into Romanian for the benefit of his educated Romanian readership? The first names of the people are clearly Yiddish: the boy Mochi (Motye diminutive of Mordekhay), the oldest brother Ițe (Itzye diminutive from Itzhok), the Mother Țipra (Tzipoyre in Yiddish, Tzipora in Hebrew), the father Țalic (Zelig in Yiddish, of German not Hebrew origin) but the boy's name Buiumaș I can't match (is it from  Yiddish Burikh?  Barukh? Hebrew). The surnames are Romanian and I believe them to have been thus in 1907 Dorohoi. In Siret (Sereth, Bukowina) our family names were German. Whenever we met a Jew with surname such as Pantofaru, Croitoru, etc. we knew he was from the "Regat" (Romanian Kingdom before 1918).

I am translating into Romanian The novel "Brennende Doerfer" by Leo Katz. It describes Sereth in the same year 1907 as Calugaru's Dorohoi. It got its title Burning Villages from the same 1907 Moldavian peasant revolts that dominate Copilaria "Copilaria......"'s first chapter: "1907". The contrast in the lives of the Jews in these two close by shtetlykh, during the same year is striking.

Question: Does it make sense to add a section with the Jewish ethnographic perspective to the "Ion Calugaru"  English Wikipedia article? Do you know of any similar attempts? Is it the wrong place. It may be of interest to American Jews. Also more Israelis read English than understand Romanian. Probably it would not interest the Romanian reader at ro.wikipedia.org 73.200.110.93 (talk) 18:32, 21 September 2016 (UTC) 73.200.110.93 (talk) 18:32, 21 September 2016 (UTC) Stefan Fuma


 * Hi. Please see our policy on original research. Dahn (talk) 03:18, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Juste a heads up!
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ADahn&type=revision&diff=741732163&oldid=671295206 HTH --Vlad|-> 09:19, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Anastasie Fătu
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The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016
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WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge
Hi, can I interest you in contributing towards this? If you and a few others get some people together I can create a 1000 Challenge for Romania if you want it like The 1000 Challenge (Turkey).♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:05, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
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Hi Dahn I was hoping to get some people flying the flag for Romania in WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge. Care to join and contribute?♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Are you going to contribute to this or what? I've just added a bit to Surdila-Găiseanca.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:43, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

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Coat of arms of Transylvania
I added a question about the so-called "Szekely" elements on the talk page of the Transylvanian Coat of Arms page, maybe you could take a look? Thanks. DalbozDuncanthrax (talk) 00:55, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * They aren't "so-called" ... they are CALLED - by every valid historian and linguist.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.1.232 (talk) 17:15, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Nikita Salogor
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DYK for Nikita Salogor
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DYK for Khotin Uprising
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Slavery in Romania
Hi. If you have some time please take a look at the talk page. Compelling evidence exists that the slave auction poster featured in Ian Hancock's book is a forgery (see Dan Ungureanu's article). The credibility of what is otherwise a good article is damaged by this. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 17:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi. I have no objection the poster being removed, but I will note in passing that Ungureanu's article is more of a self-published essay, and should therefore not be used for decision-making steps. Dahn (talk) 00:20, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

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First women in the Romanian parliament
Hello Dahn. As you wrote the very comprehensive 1946 Romanian general election article, I wonder whether you might be able to help with a (hopefully quick) query. I am trying to identify the first women MPs in Romania (for a list I am compiling of all the first women MPs in different countries). According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (which has not always been correct on the subject for other countries), 22 women were elected to Parliament in this election. However, I cannot find a list of names anywhere. Is there any chance you could point me in the right direction. Cheers, Number   5  7  15:51, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi. Unfortunately, I am not aware of any such comprehensive list, though I know two or three names: Constanța Crăciun, Ella Negruzzi, and Mara Lazăr. I will keep an eye out, tho. Dahn (talk) 01:04, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you! Number   5  7  17:17, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Check page 4 here (the article starting "18 no parlamenti"="18 women MPs"). I was able double check the names in another source, though there is one missing here: Szűcs Margit from the MNSz. 19 seems to be the correct total, however it is possible it may have increased after the opening of the Parliament through seat shuffling.Anonimu (talk) 21:39, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Superb – thank you very much. The missing one seems to be from the Social Democratic Party – it states there were seven but then only lists six. Any idea who the missing one may be? I notice Ella Negruzzi is not in that list. Number   5  7  11:43, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * They skipped Maria Tonciulescu for the SDP. No idea about Ella Negruzzi. She didn't get a seat in the first instance, maybe another MP on her party list left her his seat (though I doubt it, the PNT only briefly participated in the Parliament sessions). Maybe Dahn has more info.Anonimu (talk) 12:40, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks – do you have a source that includes Tonciulescu in the list? Cheers, Number   5  7  15:23, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * She's listed with a SDP seat for Ilfov at here. For Szucs see table at the end of document 48 in this book. Both are also listed along the others in a (not extremely reliable) list of deputies I've got, but I'm not sure I also have the title page to get you a proper ref.Anonimu (talk) 17:12, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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Not vandalism
Hi Dahn, this was not vandalism; you can compare with what included on History of Malta. The most modern Maltese historiography (Wettinger, etc) recognise there there was no Byzantine continuity on the islands. Cheers, --Dans (talk) 11:09, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi. As you can see, this notion is explicitly contradicted by the body of text, which quotes sources suggesting that the island was not just (scantly) populated, but that there were some Greek survivors; it's also quite implausible that the archipelago was entirely depopulated. I will not allow the lead to contradict the article based on what other articles may or may not say, but rather I would recommend those other articles and sources to be checked for what they actually say, and other sources be brought in there to state that there may be more to the story. Dahn (talk) 09:18, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Luttrell, who I have used there, and who was published in 1994 (i.e. not in the premodern era, but less than 30 years ago), agrees that there was no Byzantine continuity, and indeed most historians agree with this. However, they frame this in cultural terms, not "racial" ones: as the article says, no part of the population was culturally Greek, because the process was one of complete Islamization. In that sense, there is in fact no contradiction. Dahn (talk) 09:22, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Russian Empire emigrant to Romania


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Aristide Blank
I can hardly understand your revert. The article states that Culoglu was Aristide's father in law. Can you find any explanation how this can be possible if he was not married to Culoglu's daughter? Afil (talk) 23:09, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

There is a limit to what is acceptable. I am very rarely contributing to Wikipedia, just because of your excessive policing. Incidentally, I knew the Blank family, before they left Romania. But, of course, any personal information is not acceptable, according to you. The civilized reaction on this issue would have been, if you were so rigid minded, to indicate "citation needed" not to delete the information. But I have had enough. You don't want my contributions to wikiepdia. I don't mind. You are perfectly aware that I publish in books the important information I want to convey to the public. Afil (talk) 23:32, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I dont like citation needed tags, and I dont view it as a good approach to tag a researched article for a factoid that the person adding it manifestly hasn't researched, and goes on a "trust me" basis. The thing I took issue with was that (please focus) the source I had added on the Culoglu marriage did not specify her name -- as that stood, she couldve been named Smaranda or Athena or Leana or whatever. But heres the thing: I have looked for a source with her name spelled out, it turns out that such a source exists, and have added the info in the body of text myself -- using that source, a reliable one, and not some nonsense site.
 * "You are perfectly aware that I publish in books the important information I want to convey to the public." -- no, I was not, and it doesnt make any difference whatsoever that you do. Dahn (talk) 07:54, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

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Russian Empire spheres of influence
I see, from Commons, that you have some involvement in deciding that the map of the Russian Empire should include "spheres of influence". Can you please explain those spheres (or that influence) in the article, Russian Empire? Thanks. —GoldRingChip 20:19, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there. My involvement with the topic was marginal, and involved a small detail on a map that has since been corrected. Im not sure Im the best person to ask about this, but, since the map included a rendition of the spheres of influence, I weighed in about the definition being applied to Wallachia and Moldavia as Russian protectorates (under Regulamentul Organic). Im not sure how the term would apply to other areas, though. Dahn (talk) 21:15, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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Protochronism
Hi Dahn. I've tackled an issue on Talk:Protochronism and was hoping to have your input. Best, Plinul cel tanar (talk) 16:20, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the feedback on Protochronism. I've been busy working on the history section of the Romanian Orthodox Church - should you find the time I would also like to know you thoughts on that. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 14:40, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

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citations for Grigore Sturdza
Good afternoon Dahn

You reverted my edit in Grigore Sturdza to replace an EB1911 citation with a Wikisouce link. You query whether there are mandatory formats for citing EB1911. The brief answer is that there aren't, but Wiki has put much time and effort into making EB1911 (and other old encyclopaedias) more easily accessible via Wikilinks - see WikiProject Encyclopaedia Britannica. In particular editors are encouraged to use Cite EB1911, as explained here: Cite EB1911.

I will in future quote these links when I make similar replacements to the one for Grigore Sturdza. Might I encourage you now to adopt the Wikisource link provided in my edit; amended as you see fit. Thankyou.ArbieP (talk) 15:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * In short, no. It is common courtesy that, since I massively expanded the article, you should respect the choice of formats, and not leave one reference formatted to your preference. Dahn (talk) 22:27, 8 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Dahn. You refer to courtesy and respect and also to consistency of formatting. The amount of time and effort you have put in to editing this article (and others) is commendable and indeed worthy of much respect and thanks. On the issue of consistency of formatting for citations, Wiki prefers all users to use Wikilinks for EB1911 citations, rather than for users to seek consistency of formatting within an article instead. It's not mandatory but it is established as Wiki's preference, see WikiProject Encyclopaedia Britannica. ArbieP (talk) 09:10, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Gheorghe Chițu
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Grigore Sturdza and the unification of Bulgaria and Romania
Hi Dahn, I noticed there's a source mentioning Sturdza supported a Bulgarian-Romanian union in his article and I was wondering if there was some other extra info about the union that I could add to its article. I spent quite a lot of time searching for sources to make sure I didn't miss anything but I didn't see that one. Super  Ψ   Dro  13:43, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there. There isnt much more to tell about Sturdzas alleged involvement with this project -- just the passing mention in a newspaper. There may be more on the project itself in other print sources Ive used at various junctions, and I can keep an eye out for that. If you want me to parse the info about Sturdza into the exquisite article youve created, let me know, and Ill fit it in. Dahn (talk) 05:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I will be grateful if you keep an eye into other sources that may mention it, but I think it is not necessary to include that of Sturdza's article just to mention that he also supported the project, I wanted to see if there was some extra info of relevance. Thank you for the reply, let me know if you find anything. Super   Ψ   Dro  09:31, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Dahn (talk) 10:50, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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Question
Hi Dahn, I was hoping you might advise me on a small matter. Following my recent edits on topics somewhat connected to the Romanian far-right an account was created with the apparent purpose of disrupting my edits by sending "subtle" messages. Should I report it? Plinul cel tanar (talk) 07:41, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. Yes, I think this should be reported. Dahn (talk) 08:07, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Caloian
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DYK for Teodor Boldur-Lățescu
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DYK for Ioan Caragea
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DYK for Gheorghe Eminescu
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Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. My expert for Romanian topics! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, Gerda! Dahn (talk) 06:32, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Gheorghe Pintilie
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DYK for I. C. Vissarion
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Anarchism
Hi Dahn,

I saw your work on articles related to anarchism and wanted to say hello, as I work in the topic area too. If you haven't already, you might want to our noticeboard for Wikipedia's coverage of anarchism, which is a great place to ask questions, collaborate, discuss style/structure precedent, and stay informed about content related to anarchism. Take a look for yourself!

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DYK for Dimitrie Stelaru
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DYK for Gogu Rădulescu
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DYK for Dumitru Petrescu
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Possible DYK for Ilie Cătărău
Hello! I just want to know. Do you plan on nominating Ilie Cătărău to DYK? Since it's been made into a GA you have the ability to do so. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:04, 25 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi. I guess it would be nice (I thought it had already on DYK as a new article, but apparently I was wrong). If you are asking this because you wish to submit a nomination ahead of me, please do. If not, I might get around to doing it tomorrow. Dahn (talk) 22:07, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

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Article on Ioan Caragea
Hi Dahn! I admire the scientific depth of your articles. You are doing a really great job! Your article on Ioan Caragea is amazing! I wrote a few articles on other members of the Caragea family myself but I am pretty unexperienced regarding markdown and my historic sources are very limited. Please feel free to revise and/or add content to my articles. You are more than welcomed to do so! All the best and many thanks! F3625 (talk) 14:57, 12 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, and many many thanks! Yours are very fine articles, and I just might give one or two of them an expansion if I get the chance. Dahn (talk) 05:51, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

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Banat Republic
Hi! I stumbled upon Banat Republic article - it seems quite detailed. Have you considered developing/nominating it as a WP:GAN? Cheers. Tomobe03 (talk) 13:22, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi. I'm not as involved with the GAN process as to propose articles myself, but I would have no objection to it being nominated, and would lend a hand with addressing issues as time permits. Dahn (talk) 13:49, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hi
Just wanted to thank you, as you write such extensive articles on neglected topics. Let me think which barnstar will be the most appropriate one... BorgQueen (talk) 01:19, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey, and thank you right back! Neglected topics are the best. Dahn (talk) 04:47, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Image source
As for File:Licurici 1948-05-01.png, did you scan it yourself, or did you find it somewhere on the net...? It's going to get featured on MP so we have to be very sure of the source. BorgQueen (talk) 11:17, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * See here for one source of the image. (I used this one and enhanced it a bit, but other sources of that image exist as well. In any case, each and every reproduction is in the PD, along with the source.) Dahn (talk) 11:45, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Omg. You "enhanced" it a bit too much lol. You know what, I'll restore this image myself and upload to Commons so we can use it instead. Cool? BorgQueen (talk) 11:52, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * You can actually upload it on top of mine, I wouldnt mind. Dahn (talk) 11:53, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

File:Vladimir Cavarnali in 1935.png
The picture quality is really horrible. I guess that's the only available image of him? BorgQueen (talk) 08:37, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. We're also dependent on the scan quality through the Cluj Library version (I didn't bother adding the link in the image source, as that issue of Cruciada may in theory be picked up elsewhere, and links tend to rot unless archived). There might be another image of him in Aurel Sasu's (in fact Mircea Zaciu's) biographical dictionary of literature, but I'm missing the volume for the letter C. I actually congratulate myself for finding an image of him, it seems he was right nearly forgotten -- and probably tried his best to make himself forgotten, given his changing political allegiances and the risk that he would end up in a communist jail had someone found him pictured in Cruciada. Dahn (talk) 08:44, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * And yes, we do know that he is he same Vladimir Cavarnali of Bolgrad who is pictured there, because for instance this source independently mentions his contributions in Cruciada. Dahn (talk) 08:49, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you happen to have Sasu's volume with the C entries? Dahn (talk) 08:45, 20 April 2023 (UTC)


 * He was kind enough to send me a pdf of the Sasu volume and no, no image. Dahn (talk) 09:06, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * OK... BorgQueen (talk) 09:08, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Vladimir Cavarnali
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DYK for N. Porsenna
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Bellu Cemetery
I've noticed that many of the Romanian writers and intellectuals you write about are buried in Bellu Cemetery. Which is not surprising, since it's the largest cemetery in Bucharest according to our article. I was wondering if you would improve the cemetery article at some point? BorgQueen (talk) 22:18, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * At some point, perhaps. The place is not that interesting on its own -- more of a hodgepodge, fit-them-all-in burial ground for a fit-them-all-in city. I do have one or two monographs that deal with it, but, like or article, they're mostly lists of people buried there. It doesn't really have a unitary history of its own, which makes writing about it a bit tedious. Dahn (talk) 09:17, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023
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DYK for Anton Novakov
-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Constantin Bivol
Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Dumitru Topciu
Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your great work on the above and the other recent DYK's - is there any significance to them coming out in early May or just coincidence? ITBF (talk) 04:40, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed them. Not any significance, alas; just that I had some time to work on them in March--April, figured out they'd make nice hooks, and the DYK crew decided to feature them rather close to each other. Dahn (talk) 04:50, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for D. I. Suchianu
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 206, June 2023
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DYK for Dmitrii Milev
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Cornel Țăranu
Thank you for improving Cornel Țăranu! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:55, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome, and thank you for writing it! Dahn (talk) 14:56, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - Now we have the next Romanian composer, and someone even nominated him for Recent deaths. I won't have time until tomorrow: Valentin Gheorghiu. First goal should be to get rid of the tags. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:06, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red
Hi there, Dahn, and thanks for creating such an interesting biography of Roxani Soutzos. You might have written about one or two other Romanian women over the years but the vast majority of your biographies have been of men. Maybe you will now be inspired to cover more women? There must be many other historical Romanian women who deserve to be on the English Wikipedia. I can assure you your experience would be greatly appreciated if you decide to become a member of Wikipedia Women in Red where we are trying to chip away at the gender gap. If you are interested, you can sign up under "New registrations" on WikiProject Women in Red/New members. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 13:23, 29 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi and thank you for the invite. I will have to decline, for several reasons: one is that the project looks more like a list of chores than something I would have fun with; another is that I do not agree to the project's ideological scope, which, I noted in several instances, lowers the bar of notability under an assumption that I find rather clumsy, and unfalsifiable ("women X and Y don't get that much coverage, so let's pretend like they deserve our coverage"). To your other point: the history of places such as Romania is overwhelmingly masculine for intrinsic reasons -- I do not condone them, I just note them. One is that all Romanians entered literate culture quite late, and only through their leaders -- this means that few Romanians were even historically visible, at all, and even fewer of them were women (generally in their ancillary roles, such as being the wife of a prince). The exceptions to this are few and far between -- Elena Năsturel is one example. When women did start contributing as intellectuals, in the modern era, it was often a self-referential or circular contribution, such as a feminist polemic (consider Sofia Nădejde, a very trite subject by my standards: it is simply not fun to write about, it produces the same stereotyped phrases, it makes me research the minutiae of a person's career in a boring setting). What this boils down to is that the handful of articles I've written are probably in the ballpark of just how many articles there would be, proportional to men's. I presume things can change from here on, but we should not expect that we can change the past, the what was. That said, with no commitment to any such project, I do have some articles on significant women planned -- not sure when I'll get to writing them. Dahn (talk) 23:49, 30 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much, Dahn, for your reasoned response. As for looking like a list of chores, many of us find the project fun and rewarding. You may well be right that some members try to justify the inclusion of women who are not really notable but by and large I believe the project reflects general standards of acceptability and assessment. You are obviously very well acquainted with women's roles in the history of Romania and Romanian-speaking regions but thanks to recent scholarship details of the lives and achievements of "unknown" women are slowly beginning to emerge. As a result we now have detailed articles on individuals such as Adele Zay and Anca Giurchescu, although both of these may have emerged as a result of their activities outside of Romania. I'm really pleased to see you have plans to write about a few more Romanian women yourself and look forward to reading them when they appear. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 06:14, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, very cool
Wikipedia is so fortunate to have a super duper smart person like yourself policing images (aside from that fact that you think Peter is Paul). TriplePowered (talk) 18:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Dahn (talk) 18:29, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 207, July 2023
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DYK for Rallou Karatza
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DYK for Cornel Țăranu
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Thank you for all you put in! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:22, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

What do think of nominating "him" for GA? Could you perhaps expand the lead for Enescu? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:05, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry,, for nearly skipping over your lovely message; it came at a time when I couldn't respond and then, like the jackass that I am, I forgot to respond. Than you for extending the credits to me, and for putting together much of the article. I'm not going to get into Enescu, as it would be too absorbing and I personally find him rather uninteresting (he was the object of such a cult in my lifetime that I don't think I would be discovering much about him, and that takes much pleasure out of writing it). But I might, at some point, provide some additional detail from some additional sources. Dahn (talk) 19:22, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't have the follow-through for GA nominations, but if you do, sure, why not? Dahn (talk) 19:26, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll think about it, - not now ;) - For Enescu, it's just about expanding the lead from the information that he was a composer, - which - I think is really too little. (I hate these tags.) I went to his museum in Bucharest, and there was a young woman playing violin in a small hall - rehearsing perhaps - and played Bach. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:10, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, as much as I despise the tags myself, the issue with Enescu is hat the article itself does not cover the scope of his activity, which the lead is supposed to summarize -- to expand the lead (properly, and without risking of those idiotic tags), one would have to expand the text as well, so that the info appears in both. A rather sizable bunch of any expanded bio should cover his being wined and dined by the communists, something which is still the topic of controversy. Dahn (talk) 20:27, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

August music
I think I understand that better now, thank you! - My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one I reviewed for DYK, see here. I like all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". I just returned from a weekend with two weddings, so also like the spirit ;) - Pics to come, I promise one cake, the other was too large! Good music, and better even in the concert ending the second day, - Goldberg Variations theme for an encore, after Dohnányi Serenade! - Would you have anything to add/correct to Mariana Sîrbu? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

The Romanian violinist is now on the Main page, with a pic added to the article even, but we have no idea about when she was born. She kept it a good secret ;) - Anything in Romanian? She left in the 1970s, so perhaps was forgotten intentionally. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:05, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay,, I was caught up in the Phanariote century. I'll have a look. Dahn (talk) 09:07, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * , the only reference regarding her childhood and adolescence is from an article in Clopotul of Botoșani, where she was giving a recital in July 1969. It says that she had graduated high school and was still "very young". Dahn (talk) 09:17, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for looking. I guess "studied" is not what it would mean in German: after graduation from high school ;) - In 1967, she was first violinist in a quartet, and the cellist was her (future?) husband. I guess we just leave it open then, especially if that is what she wanted. I recently received a furious email from a soprano whose year of birth (found in a Record company's entry, so open to all) I had written into her article ;) - Place of death is another mystery. - Any record of what she/they played back then? A review would add even more life. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I think what the source means is that she was still in high school when she first performed, and doesn't go into whatever else she studied before 1969. (I was not aware of these vanity issues that classical musicians have, though your story takes me back to when I was puzzled as a kid that whale-sized tenors would dye their hair and redden their cheeks to "pass" for teenagers in various roles. I guess it's one of those businesses where age really matters.)
 * There are plenty of records on her but it's just... I'm not very interested in the topic. I might add a couple of sources, but not quite yet. Dahn (talk) 09:38, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Vanity ;) - well, she has attention now, so how about adding one source for her early days. Several would be undue weight almost. I'd love to break up those horrible laundry lists of famous places, and countries which tell us nothing, and from the latest source I found (Leipzig, - was a dead link in English but today I looked at German, and they had it archived!) I could add a list of famous people, but all these don't make music. Did you listen to her playing Mozart with husband and daughter? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:27, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, okay, I'll try to add a few to balance the text in that way. If I may offer some advice: if you work with online sources (as in: exclusively online ones), consider archiving them as you go, and linking directly to the archive. (I haven't listened to her at all, alas. I think this is the first time I've even heard of her.) Dahn (talk) 11:31, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * What you added is terrific, just the sort of thing it needed! - Archiving: probably a good idea, only: the links to the archive take much longer for me, and so far I wanted to spare readers that waiting time. - Same for me: never heard of her until I saw her name in the Recent deaths, where I look for Germans, musicians, women. The Mozart yt is at the end of the article ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Why no link to a composer when the piece has an article? Less blue, - a convention of classical music and opera. People who really don't know who Mendelssohn was can be sure to find a link in his violin concerto. Compare any quality article, - Jessye Norman comes to mind first, also Valentin Gheorghiu, and the violinist's recording section. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I am happy about the people who looked at her article yesterday, now that it is much better. Please consider: in the lead for a violinist, we need no education about a composer's given names (unless umbiguous), and we really don't need a link for people as famous as Mendelssohn when it's ot about him but the piece. The composer's name could be dropped entirely if it was a unique name. I have been called pedantic for saying Verdi's Aida instead of just Aida. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:48, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Robbing selected Peter to pay selected Paul
We both appear to be editing the page To rob Peter to pay Paul. I edited it to ask for a citation, and you edited it and added the comment 'Oh for Christ'.

But I still don't see any quote by Kipling that says there should be a catechism of Conservative Central Office. Do you have any quotation for this 'catechism'? FieldOfWheat (talk) 18:01, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I have answered on the talk page there, regardless of how ridiculous your query is. Dahn (talk) 18:49, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * What an arrogant idiot you are. FieldOfWheat (talk) 19:42, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Radu Golescu
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Category:Romanian political prisoners has been nominated for renaming
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The Bugle: Issue 208, August 2023
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Diamandi Djuvara
Hi Dahn, thank you for creating an article on Djuvara. I saw you added to the article two opposite categories, "Pro-Greek Aromanians" and "Pro-Romanian Aromanians". In Aromanian history and historiography identity debates about whether the Aromanians are Greeks or Romanians are and have been common, with it having involved many Aromanian figures. As a result I created those categories, the first being for Aromanians identifying as Greek or as a Greek subgroup and the second for the same but with the Romanians instead. It confused me to see both categories being included in the article because they're opposite views. Was this a misunderstanding or is there a reason? Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 23:31, 7 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi. I believe the categories should also cover political stances less intense than "all Aromanians are Greeks/Romanians" -- there is no inherent reason why someone who rooted for the Eteria, and then deserted it for Vladimirescu, would not be included in either/both categories. This also establishes the prehistory of the very irreconcilable stances which emerged later in history. The reason for one article to feature in both is of course chronology: he was x, then he was y. (Consider: "communist, then fascist", as with Jacques Doriot; "fascist, then communist", as with Costin Murgescu). Dahn (talk) 00:06, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * A "pro-Greek/Romanian Aromanian" is a kind of already defined term in academia, associated with ethnic identification. You can see fragments of academic articles here, many use these terms in the context of ethnicity and identity . Thede Kahl explained it well: "Most common streams of national orientation among Aromanians were and are pro-Greek and pro-Romanian. The Greek-Romanian conflict on the so called "Aromanian question" split the Aromanians into different factions, i.e. those who consider themselves as being Romanian, those who consider themselves as being Greek and those who consider themselves as being Aromanian. It is pretty much already a convention in the academic niche related to the Aromanians to use these terms for ethnic identification.
 * Besides, I think lowering the threshold to political affiliation/orientation would be a mistake, since we would end up with quite broad categories. Most Aromanians live/have lived in Greece and Romania has been and practically still is a (the) hotbed providing relevant Aromanian figures, so we could classify most Aromanians in Wikipedia in one of the two categories because we will easily be able to prove that they must have had some kind of animosity to one of the two countries given their actions in their lifetime. Based in ethnic identification, as it was so far, the threshold is higher; every other article on those categories either as a quote of the person saying "I think all Aromanians are Greeks/Romanians" or an author saying "X thought Aromanians are Greeks/Romanians". It might look a little intense from the outside but it's a common debate within Aromanian thinking.
 * I'm not sure anyway that ethnicity and political affiliation to a given country is an acceptable combination for categories in Wikipedia. Theoretically we could apply the same model to a people as cosmopolitan as the Jews: imagine the number of categories we would have, Category:Pro-American Jews, Category:Pro-Russian Jews, pro Category:Pro-Czech Jews...
 * Is there any alternate category that we could use for the purpose of political affiliation? Even if not existing yet. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 08:29, 8 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Most of what I put in for categorizing is a proposal with proposal qualities,, so you don't need to be very persuasive on these points -- if you feel strongly about it, remove both categories, I will not oppose it. However, please let me sketch out some minor points that may or may not adjust your perspective to the same one I had when I made the judgment call. You see, in this particular case, while we don't know, and may never know, if the (half-literate) Serdar ever framed his Aromanianness as more Greek than Romanian, or more Romanian than Greek, his activity includes clear affiliations with both Greek nationalism (the Eteria) and Romanian nationalism (Vladimirescu's movement -- see in particular the part where he left the Eterists stranded at Drăgășani, outraged by one particular event). While these are more diffuse than actually joining a society with the explicit slogan "Aromanians are X", they may in fact validate his inclusion in both categories. This isn't lowering the threshold by much (just moving it back some 30 years before the age you had in mind when designing the categories), and it applies to only a handful of cases in that early period -- with Constantin Caracaș as another, more clear, example of a pro-Romanian Aromanian in the 1820s. This is because Romanian nationalism only emerged at earliest in the 1770s, became a mass phenomenon only in the 1820s, and because very few Aromanians were even aware of this back then. I'm not introducing a slippery slope whereby we divide all Aromanians into căprării, I just propose adding the more diffuse margins of the category in with the solid core. Dahn (talk) 08:46, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Ask yourself: would he fit in hypothetical (by God, let's keep them hypothetical) categories such as Category:Aromanian soldiers in Tudor Vladimirescu's army and/or Category:Aromanian members of the Filiki Eteria? Either of these categories would fold into "pro-Romanian" and "pro-Greek Aromanians", of which they would have to be subcats. So then, he belongs in the larger cats as well. My view, at least. Dahn (talk) 08:50, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Also: I am already very much aware of the controversy per Kahl and what you intended with the categories. Please note how I frame my take on the issue, and why it does not contradict you on this point. Crucially: Djuvara had to pick between two nationalisms, not just between identities, and he picked both, in succession. Dahn (talk) 08:52, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining your logic. I now see we have similar interpretations of the category's purpose. Your interpretation would be that for example "Pro-Romanian Aromanians" would include any kind of Aromanian figures that engaged with the idea of Romanian nationalism, including the more intense subset that directly declared themselves as Romanians. The same would be the case with the pro-Greek category, thus justifying inclusion of Filiki Eteria members and troops of Vladimirescu. My interpretation would include only this latter more closed subset of people strictly identifying either as Greeks or as Romanians (which by the way theorically could include any figure centuries before the rise of nationalism, even if no such case has a Wikipedia page yet).
 * I'd still like to argue in favor of my own interpretation. The two terms are commonly used for figures such as teachers assigned by Romania in the Balkans or priests and fighters aided by Greece, all of whom were intended to influence the Aromanian population so that they felt more favorable towards one of the two countries. They are inherently used from an ethnic and identitarian point of view from what I see. Given that an Aromanian who collaborated with nationalist forces of other nations does not fit within this practice, even if it resembles it, I prefer that these categories be removed from the article. I also admit having strong feelings regarding this case (probably WP:OWNERSHIP manifesting itself). Even so, I wanted to make it clear that I have understood, or at least I hope so, your logic behind your decision to include them. Thanks for taking your time to explain. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 16:16, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * No, thank you for your immense patience and courtesy. As noted, it was a judgment call, and a proposal; if you feel strongly about reducing the scope of the category, I would not object if you removed them from the article. Dahn (talk) 20:36, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Roxani Soutzos
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Diamandi Djuvara
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DYK for Ludovic Antal
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Thank you for a great article, with a great line on the Main page (which has became a rare thing)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Today's story is about a great pianist with an unusual career, taking off when he was 50. It's the wedding anniversary of Clara and Robert Schumann, but I was too late with our gift. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion
Hi, you might want to look at this edit. It looks like vandalism and has spread to Wikidata as well. I still haven't found the information that he was born in Faraoani.--Kun Kipcsak (talk) 06:57, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 209, September 2023
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DYK for Dan Simonescu
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DYK for Mihai Iștvanovici
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DYK for Mioarele
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DYK for Out of All the Masts
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DYK for Profira Sadoveanu
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DYK for Mitzura Arghezi
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The Bugle: Issue 210, October 2023
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ITN recognition for Carmen Petra Basacopol
Thank you for your help that made it possible! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:01, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You are most welcome, ! More stuff could have been added, but I didn't have the required time. Dahn (talk) 09:08, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Same for me, exactly ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:18, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Ion Biberi
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 * Great to see that you're still producing content like this and showing up how much is still missing! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:35, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Category:Wallachian innkeepers has been nominated for merging
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The Bugle: Issue 211, November 2023
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Wallachian innkeepers
I think since the parent is Category:,People from the Prulincipality of Wallachia, the Innkeeper Category would best use that form. I think we might want to even rename it Category:Keepers of inns in the Prinicipality of Wallachia. I think inn keeping is a profession that the actual location of the inn being kept is defining. This does not work with modern hotel chain operators, but with inns up until the late 19th century your operator might not start out local, but thry become part of the fabric of the locale where they worked.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:39, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I do not object to that approach. Dahn (talk) 04:55, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Immigrants to the Kingdom of Saxony
Thankyou for your contributions to the category on Immigrants to the Kingdom of Saxony. I created thos Category. My main activity on Wikupedia is going backward through year of birth categories starting with 1927. I started there I think sometime in the spring of 1927, but it may have been early summer. This approach allows me to warily detect where the birth year Category is wrong, which happens in about 5% of case, maybe a little less. About 2.5% of cases the birth year is duspuremmted by sources, not known precisely, or even in the opening of the article given as multiple possible years, but dome editor has imposed a specific year. The other cases the category disagrees with the article text. However I try to improve the articles in other ways, including placing them in historically correct categories. This is not an effective way to build specific categories. I try to build them when I have a chance, but finding entries to fill out categories can be hard. I really appreciate your help with this category. I am only back to 1846, so not yet finding that many people who emigrated before the formation of the German Empire.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * John, you're doing praiseworthy work, and I will readily assist you with it -- though not on a systematic basis. It is indeed questionable whether all German states could go through this categorization revamp, especially considering the case outlined against categorizing for the North German Confederation, and I also have questions about what such categories mean for the post-1871 period (when some of the German states still existed, on paper); but this effort of yours strikes me as possibly the first systematic work in actually providing our readers with a historical understanding of the political map as it was back then, not as Whig history would like it to be. The Kingdom of Saxony and Bavaria, Wallachia and Tuscany, Artois and Mecklenburg were actual states, and the legal reality of people who lived in them deserves recognition beyond simplification as "Germany" and "Belgium" and "Romania" and "Italy" (I say this without questioning the merits of each individual nationalism, which I actually like; I would just not like to be projected into the past). I also had to step in to contain this emerging philosophy: "the category is a bit empty, I cannot be bothered to check if it can actually be filled with what we already have out there, so let's delete it, because editors who worked on them are pretty much our slaves". Kudos, John. Dahn (talk) 16:15, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue 212, December 2023
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DYK for Dimitrie Ralet
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The Bugle: Issue 213, January 2024
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DYK for A Stormy Night
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DYK for N. D. Popescu-Popnedea
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DYK for Ioniță Tunsu
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The Bugle: Issue 214, February 2024
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DYK for Matei Donici
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Category:Jewish Romanian writers banned by the Antonescu regime has been nominated for splitting
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Good article reassessment for Michael the Brave
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The Bugle: Issue 215, March 2024
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Category:Writers from the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic has been nominated for splitting
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File sizes
Hello Dahn, noticing your revert please take a look at Thumbnail sizes ...general, do not define the size of an image unless there is a good reason to do so and the Displayed image size. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 10:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * And there is a good reason to do so. Dahn (talk) 10:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If you say so. :-) Lotje (talk) 10:09, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * They look awful stamp-sized, Lotje. Also, just having them around being barely visible, per this stupid new "guideline", is in contradiction with the superseding notion that images should not be used merely as illustrations, but that they should have some informative value. Dahn (talk) 10:13, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Pavel Chioru
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DYK for Mihail Moxa
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The Bugle: Issue 216, April 2024
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April 2024
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DYK for Pavel Chioru
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The Bugle: Issue 217, May 2024
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Page I suggest you to expand: Alexander Schmidt
Hello ! I've seen that you expanded a lot of poor articles related to Romania and Moldova and you transformed them into great articles. Congratulations, you're doing a great job ! I would like to suggest you a new one: Alexander Schmidt. He was the last mayor of Bessarabia under the Imperial Russian administration. He fought against Bessarabia's unification with Romania. Unfortunately, I couldn't find to much about him: if after the unification he lived in Bessarabia, USSR or Western Europe. If he later reconciliated with the Romanian authorities or not, where he died etc. Thank you in advance ! And congratulations for all of your efforts. RAMSES$44932 (talk) 20:42, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind (and surely undeserved) words. Schmit's been floating around my bucketlist, but I tend to edit in varying areas, switching between regions and eras, as it would otherwise get a bit stale. At some point, I may tackle Schmidt, particularly if I'm satisfied that there are sources to fill in some of the gaps you mention. Dahn (talk) 00:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks for the reply ! A few years ago, I added information about Schmidt on Romanian and Russian-language Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it is only too little, because I only found information about Schmidt's activity during Bessarabia's unification of Romania. I'm not even sure that he died in 1954 or 1937 (I found sources stating both). And I am very interested in his life, from begining to the end, as I regard him an important figure in Bessarabian history. I hope that you will update Schmidt's page very soon. I am sure that there are plenty of sources - I just don't know how to look into them like you do.
 * Thank you for all of your effort making Wikipedia a better place :)
 * Wish you the best. Much respect. RAMSES$44932 (talk) 09:06, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Regarding the sources and where to find them: I get access to most period newspapers through this site (the archive is neatly searchable); I don't generally link to it when using the sources themselves, because the source is paywalled, the links would need to be anonymized and may rot, and in any case because someone paying a (modest) subscription would be able to locate and verify the source in some three moves, even without the link. I recommend subscribing, at least as a trial, as it is in any case much fun to go through. I also own some of the sources (generally books, but also some newspapers and magazines) in hard copy. And also a large database of pdfs trhat I downloaded from here and there, or in some cases scanned. Dahn (talk) 09:24, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, I think Svetlana Suveică wrote specifically about Schmidt, in the articles I quoted in Vladimir Tsyganko (and which were once online -- might still be). Dahn (talk) 09:26, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There is a source that says that Schmidt was a popular socialist (I can't open it since I don't have subscription): https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Transilvania_2008/?query=schmidt+basarabia&pg=220&layout=s
 * You can find many articles about him there, I think you can make a complex page about him RAMSES$44932 (talk) 11:36, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * According to this (rather idiotic, but also informative) article, Schmidt was still a property owner in (and likely resident of) Chișinău in 1926, just as his son was agitating in Paris against the union's recognition. Dahn (talk) 09:35, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks for the information ! I have a very busy schedule until the end of July. If you don't expand Schmidt's page until then, I will try to do it. But I hope that you will :)
 * Best regards RAMSES$44932 (talk) 10:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * i know that Carol Schmidt continued to live in Chișinău after the unification. Although he was initially against the unification, he later reconcilled with the Romanian authorities, receiving pension from the Romanian state and having a street named after him in Chișinău.
 * But I am curious about his son, Alexander, though, that's why I'm suggesting expanding his page. RAMSES$44932 (talk) 10:07, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * https://bibliotecacernauti.com/images/carte_pdf/Carti_si_reviste_SB/Svetlana-Suveic---Basarabia-n-primul-deceniu-interbelic-1918-1928-Modernizare-prin-reforme.pdf here is an article by suveică mentioning Schmidt, it might help you :) I found articles about him on Arcanum, but I can't open them at the moment, since I don't have a subscription. I will subscribe it at the end of July tho :) RAMSES$44932 (talk) 10:11, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I also found that he lived emigrated to the USSR and was detained in a GULAG, but I don't know if he was killed there as well: https://www.eco-tiras.org/docs/berg/bessarabskie_istorii_2011.pdf RAMSES$44932 (talk) 11:51, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * https://tashkentpamyat.ru/shmidt-aleksandr-karlovich-uchenijj-jekonomist-.html do you think that this might be our Alexander Schmidt? We know that Schmidt emigrated to the USSR, like this guy, his father's name was Karl and both were born on 1879. However, I find it weird that there is no mention of mayorship on this article. I will continue looking. There is also a photo of Aleksandr Schmidt in this link, do you think that he looks like his father? RAMSES$44932 (talk) 15:52, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * update: probably he is. Found another article where it says that he was a professor and economist: https://talenthouse.md/istorii-lyubvi-iz-proshlogo.html RAMSES$44932 (talk) 15:59, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * a few more sources about schmidt's activity (confirming the fact that he emigrated to the ussr): https://chisinauorasulmeu.com/2020/06/25/carol-schmidt-primar-al-chisinaului-in-1877-1903/, https://www.moldova.org/8-istorii-de-ramas-bun-cum-au-plecat-din-functii-unii-primari-de-chisinau/ , https://www.evedomosti.md/news/borba-protiv-rumyn-splotila-v-bessarabii-beluyu-gvardiyu-i-k
 * I will put here more sources when I find things about him. RAMSES$44932 (talk) 13:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)