User talk:Domiy

Fair use rationale for Image:20 petric ddp 300.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:Modric.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:Kalinic.jpg
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Speedy deletion of Image:NikolaKalinicinterviewphoto.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Kanye19.jpg
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pozdrav iz domovine
ne znam bas kako funkcionora ovo dopisivanje priko wikipedie pa cu probat ovde, vidim da si sredia kod darija srne zemlju podrjetla, ja sam zadnjih par dana pokusava prminit iz sfr jugoslavija u hrvatska ali su je ljudi konstantno vracali nazad cak i pritili mi banom, vidim da si ti nasa dobar kompromis, svaka cast

Signing talk pages
Hi Domiy, could you please remember to sign your contributions to talk pages. Although there is a bot that often scans and does it, it is much tidier if you sign. Either use four tildes ( ~ ) or the signature button on the edit toolbar. Thanks-- Club Oranje Talk 01:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Photomodric.jpg)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:0E3658D9C4199F756F1C58.jpg)
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Providing misleading information about image sources
Hi, please don't provide misleading information about images you "took yourself". Your image Modrictraining12 is a blatant copyright violation from. I'll be watching your contributions from now on and if you continue to upload copyrighted images and provide misleading information about the source, you will eventually be banned, since Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. It it very possible to find free images of football players, just look at commons:User:Jacoplane/gallery to see some that I have uploaded. Cheers, JACO  PLANE  • 2008-06-30 23:13
 * I'll look into this issue. I've emailed The Sun, and if they confirm your story I'll undelete the image. Cheers, JACO  PLANE  &bull; 2008-06-30 23:38

Your recent edits
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Image source problem with Image:Croatia vienna.jpg
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Football team
Does this edit indicate that you wish to withdraw your nomination? Have I misunderstood your desire to nominate the article? If yes, please leave a note at User talk:SandyGeorgia saying that you'd like to withdraw or that I made a mistake and the nomination was premature. DrKiernan (talk) 08:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Croatia
Just a follow up to let you know that I've removed the "foreigners" section from the Croatia national football team. There was a wide consensus against such sections, both at WP:FOOTY and on the article's talk page. Take care. Ban Ray  10:06, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Thompson
Yes I agree that somebody need to rewrite article but in doing that he must know: "If there are many quotations, please move them to Wikiquote and place a Wikiquote template on the article to inform readers that there are relevant quotations regarding the subject." (Quotations rule) --Rjecina (talk) 00:35, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

About Thompson
From reading the discussion on this page, it seems like more information is needed. I'll try to help. Roibhne (talk) 12:32, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Croatia football team
Hi, I've noticed you were on a "slight rewording" spree again, and you added a new paragraph that basically boils down to trivia in the article. Please stop rewording sections of the article that have already been proofread by more experienced editors, and in the future please consult others using the article's talk page before including new information, so that you can get some feedbeck as to whether a certain piece of info is really worthy of inclusion or not. I understand that you're very enthusiastic about improving the article - which is great - but by adding every single thing you can think of, and massacring English syntax every now and then doesn't really help. No offense man, but just take it easy a bit, take a look at other team's articles and try to get a feeling for what usually gets included and what doesn't - as well as the language and expressions normally used in sports writing. Pozdrav! Timbouctou (talk) 09:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Croatia national football team
I will take a look at the page for copy editing as per your request. Shirulashem (talk) 00:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit on Croatia national football team
Nema problema :) It's a neat article, hope to see it make FA status. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:59, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

2005 Azores subtropical storm
When you have a moment, could you clarify your comments at Featured article candidates/2005 Azores subtropical storm? We are all a little confused by what you mean. Do you think that there should be a limit on how many FAs can be written on any given topic? You also make some references to notability, which is not really a part of the featured article criteria. As long as the article is comprehensive (and this one is) I believe that it is acceptable, but a discussion on that matter would be welcome.  Plasticup  T / C  18:11, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Inline translated refs
Yes, your example on my talk page is a perfectly reasonable way to go about it. You could also just provide the translations on the talk page, with a note that you're leaving them there in case anyone needs them. You might consider including the original text as well as the translation. After all, a few readers will understand Croatian.

As for using inline refs: It's really fairly simple. You just take the same text that you'd use for the regular citation, but instead of putting it at the end, under ==References==, you put it in the article, and put after it. (What's confusing is trying to use the citation templates for inline refs, but those are strictly optional.)

Under ==References==, with this approach, then you need to put a note to the Wiki software about listing all the refs. You can use reflist for small type, or for large type.

If it's a ref that you expect to use repeatedly, then you name it:  (instead of just needed after it.)

Finally, if that sort of inline ref isn't your preference, then you might prefer what some people call "Harvard style" references, or Author-date-page references. For that, you skip all the stuff, and just put plain text at the end of a statement like this:


 * The moon is big (Smith 2008:25).

That means that you found this information in a publication written by someone whose last name is Smith, published in 2008, on page 25. Then you put a regular alphabetized list of citations at the bottom of the page, and the reader just scans down to see who Smith is if the reader is interested. This "parenthetical style" is easy to type, and it puts less clutter in the middle of your article, so some people strongly prefer it.

Remember that any complete, organized and understandable system of references is supposed to be accepted at FAC, not just the one that seems most common on Wikipedia articles. Good luck, WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:41, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Eduardo
Hi. I guess you're new around here. First, there is no fixed standard for tables. The current template that is popular is in my view not particularly good or complete. Second, the table in question is not difficult to read or edit. Third, Thierry Henry, the only recent FA on a soccer player, uses a similar table. Fourth, these tables have been used for a very long time, for almost four years already. Chensiyuan (talk) 05:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

José Sarria FAC
Can you please provide more specific feedback regarding your objections to promoting the article? Thanks. Otto4711 (talk) 00:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Croatia national football team
I'll leave you an individual message rather than a reply at WT:FAC. However, regarding Croatia national football team and your bid to get it to WP:FAC, if you aren't successful this team, I would suggest at the very least getting a good peer review in and trying to get assistance from other editors by seeing the list of peer review volunteers but also listing it on the relevant project pages, particularly WP:FOOTY. It's far easier to get an article to FA status if you have gained general consensus and it's a more polished effort for it.

Also, another editor at WT:FAC suggested going to WP:GA. It's not a bad suggestion but depending on what kind of review you get there it may be a wasted effort, if you're intend to push on to another FA bid anyway. Peanut4 (talk) 09:09, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * My other suggestion would also be to bite your tongue a little. I've found that certain areas of here is governed by politics. Be nice and people are nice back to you. If someone suggests changes at FAC, either simply make them or come up with a reasoned argument as to why not and it should help. Anyway like I say, GA and PR, and also seek assistance at WP:FOOTY and you should be in a much better position next time. Peanut4 (talk) 08:18, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Invitation
I would invite you to revert your blanking of my comments here Fasach Nua (talk) 14:50, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Odwalla FAC - Hoovers
In response to your suggestion about noting that subscription sites need subscriptions:

I don't have a subscription to Hoovers, and the ref I used didn't need one and is viewable without one. Do I still need to put the note? Thanks. Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:26, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


 * No. if it is possible to view the information freely without a subscription, then no such note needs to be provided. Have a good one. Domiy (talk) 22:30, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Croatia
Hi, I know you have been doing a lot of work to get Croatia national football team up to FA status, I think you have been quite combative in the FAC discussions, but I appreciate it is difficult to get your work criticisied, if you blindly commit to WP:AGF, then you get a lot of constructive comments to work with. Images is the main area where I work, so here are a few things that you should be able to fix with relative ease:
 * The stadium image links to a differnt image than the one used, so is invalid, if the word stadium picture is used, the licence is also wrong, Template:Attribution should be used as the licence as I see no evidence of CC
 * The Slaven Bilić image has no link to source or licence, even at that I would be unsure of the valididity of something originating from a user based facebook group. You may want to look at flickr, it is a good source of free images.
 * The rationale for Image:Croatian first team.jpg does not indicate how it significantly increases the readers understanding, to me it looks like a load of men standing in a straight line, and I think it will be hard to justify as FU. If the author is unknown, it may fall under or if it was part of a news article  may be appropriate.
 * The Image:Cro-Ger 2-0.jpg should have an OTRS tag, I assume you can provide that yourself without much effort

The relation between the 1940s team and the present isn't explicit, teams represent associations, so you need to demonstrate continuity of association. I know it sounds odd, but if you read Ireland national football team (1882–1950), there are two unrelated Ireland teams, which causes a lot of confussion, so just because a team shares a name and territory doent mean they are related. Fasach Nua (talk) 12:11, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * As for your request to Fasach Nua's user talk page, it is currently unknown if this user is still active. I will reply to you thus if you and he don't mind. As for your question regarding images from Flickr: No, they are not. See WP:FLICKR for which pictures from Flickr you can upload here and which you can't. Regards  So Why  07:16, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Modric
Where can I find this: "Biographies need to show current state AND past state"? Hubschrauber729 (talk) 14:46, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Mate, do some asking/researching on the appropriate projects and talk pages and you will find such information. I don't keep track of all project pages I read but I know I've read it somewhere on WP before. Infobox place of birth should identify the name of the area/state/country in which the person was born, including what it was known by at the time they were born and what it is known by now. Your constant reverting of this edit is becoming very disruptive. What kind of a biography wouldn't display such accurate and significant information? Yes, Modric was born in a country which was known as Yugoslavia at the time. It must be stated that he was born in what was considered Yugoslavia, but it must also surely be stated that the part of Yugoslavia he was born in is now a Croatian independent country. Yugoslavia does not exist anymore, it never will again. Some people may not know about the political situation of Yugoslavia's breakup, so saying that Modric was born in Zadar and then in a country which some people may not know about will only cause confusion. Domiy (talk) 21:40, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Response - Odwalla FAC
I responded to your reference comment here with a question. Thanks for reviewing this FAC so thoroughly. :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:10, 15 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, well SandyGeorgia has moved this discussion to Talk:Odwalla, so I thought I'd provide you with a link. :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:41, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Message on the talk page of User:Giano II re Palazzo Pitti
It would be polite to sign your message. Risker (talk) 05:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Please refrain from multiple FAR nominations
From WP:FAR instructions, Nominators typically assist in the process of improvement; they may post only one nomination at a time, should not nominate articles that are featured on the main page (or have been featured there in the previous three days), and should avoid segmenting review pages. If you have further questions, please raise them on WT:FAR rather than on the individual FAR page. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 02:10, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Drawing your attention to some inaccuracies here. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 16:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Homer Simpson
Just so you know, I've responded to your concerns. -- Scorpion0422 15:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Croatian top league
Hey-

I was wondering if you knew definitively whether or not the Prva HNL was fully professional, and better yet, if you had a citation one way or the other so we can get it listed properly on the sub-page. Citations are terrible to find for professional status, but if you happened to have one, we could more easily fend off AfDs down the line. If you know for sure one way or the other, though, feel free to add it or let me know and I'll do so. Thanks! matt91486 (talk) 19:38, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Bilicflickrphoto.jpg
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Image permission problem with Image:Bilicforeigntraining.jpg
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 * Also Image:Sukerwikiat munich.jpg. --dave pape (talk) 19:45, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar!
The barnstar is much appreciated! And if you don't mind, I'm going to stick around the article after the peer review and try to help out with the prose. I'll also keep posting comments in the peer review (not tomorrow [Sunday, where I live], though, as I'll be gone the entire day.) Here's to (hopefully) becoming an FA! Ink Runner (talk) 03:20, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
For your vote at Roman Catholic Church. I am sorry to inform you that we failed FAC but will again be at peer review in a few weeks to sort things out. Hopefully we will make it through next time. We will be contacting all supporters and opposers of the article when we open the next peer review to hopefully get all issues addressed and hashed out before the next FAC try. Thanks again for your time and attention to this important article.  Nancy Heise    talk  01:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Croatia Football Team
I'm doing a copyedit of the article, so if anything's unclear to me, I'll post it on the talk page or at FAC. Cheers! Ink Runner (talk) 06:19, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Domiy, I read through the FAC for Croatia national football team and was a little troubled by some of your comments. You repeatedly mentioned that if reviewers had issues they should have participated in the peer review (ex: if you really wanted to contribute some points based on your own language preference then you should have participated in the peer review and made some additional adjustements to the page yourslelf ). Please note that peer review, like FAC, is a voluntary process to get reviews. FAC reviewers are not required to participate in peer reviews, and articles are not required to go through peer review to get to FAC. Peer review is useful because it can help identify some potential issues, but it is not meant to identify every single potential issue that would prevent an article from meeting the FA criteria. The fact that no one complained about a particular issue in peer review does not mean that the issue should therefore be ignored. As the FAC instructions point out, all nominated articles are assumed to have good points, but reviewers should focus on areas in which the article does not meet the FA criteria. Reviewers are encouraged to oppose articles that they believe do not meet the criteria; once their issues are resolved, the reviewer can then change to support. I hope that you will keep these points in mind as your FAC progresses - the process becomes much easier when the FAC reviewer and hte nominator have the same understanding of what the reviewer should be doing. Karanacs (talk) 15:45, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Maksimirworldstadiums.jpg
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Croatia national football team good article reassessment
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Thanks!
Cheers for the barnstar Domiy - much appreciated! :D All the best with the article. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:25, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

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