User talk:Kiril Simeonovski/Archive 1

September 2008
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.)  Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 20:25, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Котов велемајстор.jpg)
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Lithuania–Romania relations
Can you help find sources for Lithuania–Romania relations? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:53, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not mainly active on English Wikipedia, but I'm interested in politics and diplomacy, and I'll browse to find something. Regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Macedonian
Please, read the disambiguation page about the meaningS of the word Macedonian before editing. Thank you. Jingby (talk) 13:43, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Nabokov
Your comments would be welcome here. -- Hoary (talk) 00:43, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Sneaky change?
Check the talk page. The change was discussed (here) and had consensus. Please assume good faith. If you are unable to do so, please refrain from further posting on my talk page. Thanks. Yworo (talk) 19:14, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Clearly I cannot patrol all biographical articles. I apply the rules consistently to the articles which I do edit. More than that is inappropriate to ask of me. Simply take matters into your own hands where you find articles which do not comply with the guidelines. Yworo (talk) 20:36, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Not only did I see the talk page of the article, Vladimir Nabokov, I posted a comment on the talk page, a comment to which you did not respond or even, apparently, bother to read. Yworo (talk) 21:45, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Edit warring
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Yworo (talk) 20:47, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

John von Neumann
Reply on Talk:John von Neumann. Yworo (talk) 08:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Macedonian Wikipedia
Hi, David. We've already reached 40,000 articles, and it was mentioned on the talkpage of the tmplate. As I can see, nobody have seen it. Could you please, add a link in the tier in the right order? Best regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:06, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * The Macedonian Wikipedia is composed primarily of stubs and placeholders. We omit such Wikipedias.  —David Levy 14:18, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * How did you conclude it? Is it based on some criterias? I asked for establishing criterias (see here), but nobody responded.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:24, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * It appears that I explained the procedure (entailing checking 50 random articles) to you in the past. We haven't established a specific numerical cutoff because we're dealing with clear-cut cases that wouldn't approach it (no offense intended).  —David Levy 14:31, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Can you make a more specific explanation of your outcome, and contrast it with the standard criterias for checking random articles? It is common to see stubs, and placeholders, but I also check articles with long copy also.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:45, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not entirely clear on what you're asking me to explain. Yes, there are some good articles, but they comprise a small percentage.  —David Levy 15:37, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Could you at least tell me the criterias for random checking the articles? I suppose that you use some kind of guide to use it. You said a small percentage. You agreed to add a link with Wikipedia in Basque, having 6 of 50 random non-stub articles. Using the definition for stubs, we have app. 10 of 50 non-stub articles. If you make just once, I propose to you to make the test more times, and to analyze the outcomes. The biggest problem are the date placeholders, but we're working hard to fix it. Your first respond was alike you were noted the suggestion from the user's accusation against Macedonian Wikipedia.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:45, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 UEFA Europa League Final
- Dumelow (talk) 21:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Andrei Voznesensky
Thanks for nominating that one. I learned much about him when I updated the article. ;-) -- can  dle • wicke  00:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Re:Emmanuel Lasker
As you can see, very few people are listed simply as Soviet people and mostly because they don't' fit into any of the sub categories. Many present day Russian people who were Soviet citizens when that country existed are not listed as Soviet people, particularly if they do no fit into any of the Soviet people by occupation sub categories. And Lasker himself, despite attaining citizenship only stayed for a scant two years before leaving the country for good.

Instead of reverting Category:Soviet people, how about inserting Category:German immigrants to the Soviet Union instead ? I will do that anyway and if you have any further objections please respond in my talk page. If you still think that Category:Soviet people should be re-inserted than feel free to do it without responding to my talk page. Thanks. Tec15 (talk) 06:26, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

39th Chess Olympiad
Thanks for the expansion but I think the sentence "In the first round, the Yemen team refused to play against Israel. Each of the four Israeli players was thus awarded a technical victory." needs a citation. Could you do it? --BorgQueen (talk) 16:37, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The source says: "Yemen has sacked the country's chess team and members of the governing body after its players competed against Israel at a tournament in Belarus. The Yemeni Sports minister, Hamud Mohammed Ubad, took the unusual decision after players ignored instructions to pull out if drawn against Israel, which is widely criticised in the Middle East for its policies towards the Palestinians." It doesn't say anything about Israeli players being awarded a technical victory. Am I missing something? --BorgQueen (talk) 16:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Fine, thanks. One last thing - the source says the tournament was in Belarus, and our article says it was in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Which one would be correct? --BorgQueen (talk) 17:06, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, then the source cannot be used for the 39th Chess Olympiad, since it's not what it is talking about. Do you have a more relevant source? It does not have to be in English. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:16, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Good enough, please insert the ref while I am posting the article. :) --BorgQueen (talk) 17:27, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 39th Chess Olympiad
--BorgQueen (talk) 17:42, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:ITN (x 3!)
--TFOWR 13:10, 11 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh, and ! I meant to go back and check the article after that, but got side-tracked. You seem to have covered it well, however. TFOWR 15:19, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It wasn't cited and disputed by a user who removed it and my first insight was he really did not attain British citizenship. But, since you mention his CV and after the reference citing his British nationality was inserted, I did even change it in the lead sentence. Best regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:24, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

ITN for A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria
--Cheers, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   03:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:49, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

ITN for 2011 World Men's Handball Championship
Good work! Grey Hood  Talk  22:44, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:46, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Wayne Gretzky

 * There has been an endless edit war for months and months. I have simply removed the nationality from the lead altogether. I realy think per the MOS  there is no need to mention his  nationally in the lead at all - plus  sounds odd hes a retired Canadian? We cant keep edit Waring over this silly point.Moxy (talk) 00:13, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

ITN: Datta Khel airstrike
--Wikireader41 (talk) 00:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 00:27, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

ITN for 2011 Syrian protests
-- can  dle • wicke  01:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. It was my pleasure to update the article.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:12, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

ITN: Ante Gotovina
--Tito xd (?!? - cool stuff) 04:39, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

itn
You need to grow up. I've never seen someone hate Americans as much as you user:DC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.82.64.34 (talk) 16:35, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah. This comment seems to be wrongly addressed to me.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 01:04, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Interview at Wikimania 2011
Hi Kiril. My name is Matthew Roth and I'm a Storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation. We're exploring new ways to explain why Wikipedia is so special and we’ve started a Wikipedia Stories Project, where we’re chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community, especially editors and active contributors in the movement like you. I'll be traveling to Wikimania next month to collect stories for our 2011 Fundraiser. While there I'd love the chance to meet with you and hear your thoughts about Wikipedia. We’ll have a schedule of available times for you to sign up if you’re interested, but right now, we’d like to make the initial contact to gauge your interest. Please let me know by emailing me at mroth@wikimedia.org or responding on my talk page. Thank you, Matthew (wmf) (talk) 23:55, 15 July 2011 (UTC)