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Battle of Szigetvár
Hi Laurinavicius! Battle of Szigetvár is currently a good article nominee. I have nominated it today, but due to backlog it won't be addressed soon (I think). Additional help, comments and copyediting are welcome. Regards, Kebeta (talk) 15:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey Kebeta! Thanks for letting me know! I'll give it a look-over today and fix any problems that I see. Happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 18:41, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 14:55, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for signing up for the July Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two and a half years, all the way back to the beginning of 2008! We're really going to need all the help we can muster to get it down to a manageable number. We've ambitiously set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog this month. So once again, thanks for your support!-- Diannaa TALK 04:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

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Adoption
Hi! I was wondering if you would adopt me. I am a relatively new user and I think that it'd be good to make sure I'm doing things right! ~ Qwerp  Qwertus   · _Talk_ · _Contribs_ · The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award 23:41, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * If I may append my request to that of QwerpQwertus; I was wondering if you would adopt me. I am a relatively new user and I think that it'd be good to make sure I'm doing things right! And now I see where I first saw your name.  You welcomed me to Wikipedia.  Thank you.  I am enjoying the mood of open cooperation. --Ngstanton (talk) 19:11, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi guys! I'm ready and willing to adopt a new user, but there's just one problem. I can really only take on one of you two at the moment. I guess we'll decide which one of you I'll adopt by comparing our interests: I'll adopt the one of you with interests more closely related to mine, as having similar interests with the person you're adopting really makes the entire adoption process and experience of editing Wikipedia much more enjoyable. I'll help the other individual find an adopter, one whose interests are more "in tune" with theirs. Does this sound alright with you guys? Happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm good with that and I respect both your sense that you can only take on one neophyte now and that you will know which one and who would be good for the other.
 * My interests are in the areas of:
 * Community building, organizational systems and relationships. I am planning an article on "lifesharing". This page is my home and work North Plain Farm, part of Cadmus Lifesharing Association.
 * Working to help with our environmental crisis. Here's the website I created for that Transition Town Great Barrington.  I'm looking forward to helping to clean up the site and controversy around Open Space Technology.
 * I also have a project ongoing about flat or horizontal and vertical or hierarchical structures in organizations. This is largely based on my own observations after living in intentional communities for forty years so I will need a group to work on this to get it up to Wiki standards or I might need a different forum altogether.
 * Beyond those I am finding it very rewarding to be involved with a project as powerful, humanscale and creative as Wikipedia. --Ngstanton (talk) 00:01, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * {| id="EnWpMpBook2" style=";border-top: 1px solid #aaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; border-right: 1px solid #aaa; border-left: 1px solid #aaa; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 0% 20%; background-color: #ccffff; width: 70%;"

My interests include... But if Ngstanton wants the position, that's fine - I can easily ask someone else. Thanks! ~ Qwerp  Qwertus   · _Talk_ · _Contribs_ · The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award
 * style="width: 80%; align=center"|
 * 1) Creating and expanding school and technology articles. I revamped this article (I did about 90% of it) and am working on another
 * 2) Working at the Help desk and RfF.
 * 3) Patrolling new user contribs\welcoming them
 * 4) Revising articles with Advisor.js (forgot who I got it from)
 * 5) Doing about anything on Wikipedia - (also working on my user page - I'm just about finished with the new one)
 * }
 * I'm also totally open to choosing or being assigned to another Adopter. --Ngstanton (talk) 14:21, 4 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but I think I'll just not be adopted - I'm probably experienced enough - I have also had other accounts for short times in addition to my work on this one. Thanks for your trouble! ~ Qwerp  Qwertus   · _Talk_ · _Contribs_ · The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award
 * Hi, Laurinavicius, if you would prefer to concentrate on your history and your studies, I'm fine with finding another adopter. --NickStan 03:02, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to the both of you, but I was in a car accident nearly a month ago, was seriously injured, and spent the past several weeks in the hospital recovering, so I only got home yesterday and today's been my first chance to edit. Anyways, Nick, I see that you've already been adopted so congratulations! And Qwerp, if you are still interested in being adopted, I'd be very much willing to adopt you and show you the ropes. If not, then that's quite alright with me as well. So, what do you say? Happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 18:17, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hope you're OK! And no - that's all right, I think I'm experienced enough now (I've spent a lot of time here since I joined) in fact, I've adopted two users myself! Thanks for your time though! QwertyQwerpus (talk) 03:03, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

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Quick point
Hey, I saw that you worked on Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and passed it as a Good Article! I was wondering what your thoughts on the article Philippe I, Duke of Orléans which I have heavily edited!? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as I want him to have the same status :) (also would you look at Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans?) Sorry to seem a hassle! Monsieur le Duc --LouisPhilippeCharles (talk) 15:14, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Oi Lol --LouisPhilippeCharles (talk) 10:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey there! Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I've been away taking summer classes for the past several weeks, so I haven't been editing for a while. Anyways, the major issue with both articles is grammar, they could both use a good copyedit, which I'll get to work on straight-away. In addition, the vast majority of the information in Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier is from the Sackville-West book and needs to be diversified, if at all possible. We got some work to do in order to bring these articles up to GA! Happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 23:30, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hiiii! Glad to see you are back =] I'll sort out sources for Mademoiselle de Montpensier! Thank you so much for your help! Hope you are ok Monsieur le Duc LouisPhilippeCharles (talk) 12:48, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Whew! [wipes sweat off brow] I've finished copyediting Philippe. It looks quite a bit different than it did before (for example, I literally cut nearly 3,000 words out of the article, by combining sentences, cutting down on wordiness, etc.), but definitely for the better. I feel that it is certainly ready for a GA assessment! What do you think? Happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 18:11, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Lol! Looks good to me! I am notorious for writing reaaaaaaaaly long sentences but I don't know why lol. How exciting and thanks again Monsieur le Duc LouisPhilippeCharles (talk) 16:28, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

buried vandalism
Before tagging an article for having no lead, it's generally a good idea to check the history for missed vandalism, especially when the article is otherwise well-formed. Thanks, BanyanTree 13:42, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Good day! Thanks for the heads-up. My regards, Laurinavicius (talk) 14:28, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

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Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Hi Laurinavicius, I noticed that you just nominated Grand Duchy of Tuscany as a good article. Looking at the article, I noticed some significant factual errors in the discussion of the period of the Grand Duchy's history which I am most familiar with, which is its end - I tried to explain what was wrong and give some sources that explain what happened in more detail. john k (talk) 18:17, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi John, thank you very much for bringing this to my attention. As I'm not much of an expert on historical Italian states, I unfortunately did not notice these inaccuracies. Anyways, the incorrect information comes from two sources, Catholic Encyclopedia's entry on "Tuscany" and Encyclopædia Britannica's entry on "Leopold II (grand duke of Tuscany)". The combined five citations from these two sources were added in either September or October of last year by Jack1755, who heavily edited the article from May through October of last year. The section dealing with the end of the Grand Duchy, entitled "Tuscany restored and its final demise", prior to all of Jack's edits to the article reads:


 * "With the fall of the Napoleonic system in 1814, Ferdinand was restored to the Grand Duchy, ruling until his death in 1824. Italian Nationalism had exploded in the post-Napoleonic years, leading to secret societies hell-bent on a unified Italy. Many rebellions ensued, such as the Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states, and several more minor ones preceding. Ferdinand's son, Leopold II of Tuscany, ruled until April 1859, when he was driven out by a revolution following the defeat of the Austrians by the French and Sardinian forces in the Austro-Sardinian War. Napoleon III had supported Sardinia in this war partly because assassination attempts had been made on his life by Italian nationalists.


 * "In July, Leopold, in exile in Vienna, abdicated in favour of his son, Ferdinand IV, who never reigned. Tuscany was under Sardinian administration and Ferdinand was formally deposed by the de facto government on 16 August. In December 1859, the Grand Duchy officially ceased to exist, being joined to the Duchies of Modena and Parma to form the United Provinces of Central Italy, which was annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia a few months later, in March 1860, Italy was unified in 1870, when the remains of the Papal States were annexed in that September, deposing Pope Pius IX"


 * As a starting point for re-writing this section, is this information correct? Thanks again! Laurinavicius (talk) 21:38, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That's a bit better in some ways - it doesn't imply Leopold II returned in order to abdicate, for one thing. It still has a few problems, though - 1) it doesn't discuss Leopold's interactions with the revolution in 1848-9, which is of key importance, I think, in terms of destroying elites' loyalty to the dynasty; 2) as I said above, Leopold was driven out by a revolution which occurred before the Austrians had begun the war, much less been defeated in it (the chronology is explained reasonably well in the 1911 Britannica article on Leopold); 3) I'm not sure the relevance of assassination attempts against Napoleon III to this article, which ought to be about giving an overview of the history of the grand duchy, not the process of Italian unification as a whole; 4) I'm not sure exactly where Leopold was when he abdicated; he might have been in Vienna, but I'd have thought he was probably still in Venetia (the precise date of his abdication was July 21); 5) Tuscany was not under Sardinian administration after the end of the war on July 11, but under the control of a provisional government of Tuscans, led by the Tuscan nobleman Bettino Ricasoli; the Sardinians had some influence with this provisional government, but did not formally return until after the annexations were voted on in March 1860.  I'd like to just write out replacement text myself, but right now I don't really have time to look up all the citations that would be needed and do it right. The Catholic Encyclopedia, though, has some clearly incorrect statements, from which Jack1755 seems to have innocently made even more incorrect inferences; the 1911 Britannica article on Leopold II is probably the best general reference source on the subject.  The key dates are: April 27, 1859 - bloodless revolution in Florence expels Leopold II; April 29, 1859 - war begins between Austria and Sardinia; the new government in Florence now invites in the Sardinians; July 11, 1859 - preliminary peace of Villafranca ends the war, Habsburgs to be restored in Florence, Sardinian protectorate comes to a formal end; July 21, 1859 - Leopold II abdicated in favor of his son Ferdinand IV; August 16, 1859 - assembly elected under auspices of provisional government proclaims deposition of the Habsburgs; March 22, 1860 - Sardinia annexes Tuscany due to results of plebiscite conducted by the provisional government earlier that month.  The 1911 Britannica article, combined with the sources I mention on the talk page, ought to corroborate that and flesh it out. john k (talk) 22:30, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I see. Since you intend on re-writing the section yourself, do you have any idea when you'll be able to start work on it? Seeing as the article's up for GA, it really needs to be done in the next few weeks, before the article is reviewed, so time is of the essence. My regards, Laurinavicius (talk) 19:13, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I wasn't volunteering to re-write the section myself - I was noting that I would like to, but don't really have time to for the immediate future. I certainly don't have time to rewrite within the next few weeks. john k (talk) 20:18, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * My apologies, I misunderstood you. Anyways, what do you believe should be done? Should I re-write the section or would you prefer to do so when you get the time? My regards, Laurinavicius (talk) 21:04, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If you want to have a go, that's fine - I can review what you write, if that would help. I'm basically at the point where I'm trying to get my dissertation finished, so while I'm happy to procrastinate on wikipedia, I don't feel like I should use my actual writing energies on it, if that makes any sense.  john k (talk) 21:36, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It does. Anyways, I'll get to work on the section as soon as I've gotten some sources on hand, including the four books that you suggested on the article's talk page. My regards, Laurinavicius (talk) 22:28, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for your support at my RfA, which has been closed as successful. Thanks also for all the work you yourself do around here - especially helping out people like me ;-) Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 16:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome! Helping out others is exactly what I'm here for! Anyways, congratulations on becoming an admin! I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job! Cheers, Laurinavicius (talk) 22:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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User talk:88.210.148.230
Hi, you placed a welcome message on this user talk page - User talk:88.210.148.230. That is me, it is just sometimes I get logged out and don't notice. I should probably place a notice on that page to say I am a registered user, do you know any templates for that?

PS. I would consider archiving your user talk page, I have a strong computer and even it's finding it hard to navigate. Mr.Kennedy1 talk 21:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi there! As far as I know of, there aren't any templates for that purpose, so you should just leave a message on your IP's user page letting other editors know that that's your IP and that you may accidentally edit with it if you get logged out and didn't notice. Regarding archiving my talk page, I know that I really should and I honestly don't know why I haven't done so yet, but I've never really had a problem with it being hard to navigate or slow to load. But if other editors are having problems, then I will archive my page, which I'll do as soon as I get the chancew to. Anyways, happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 17:51, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

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A few things
Hi Laur. I've noticed a few of the users you welcome are a bit questionable. For example, what really struck me was the fact you welcomed a user (with a regular welcome) who was blatantly vandalizing a few days ago and was later blocked for being a vandalism only account. You also welcomed a user who has a questionable username. While it is essential to not bite and assume good faith, using reasoning is more important. This isn't a negative message, this is just peculiar. There is a vandal welcome and other messages regarding questionable usernames as well as a plethora of other welcomes if you install Friendly in your preferences. Please also substitute the templates. Cheers, Tom my! 01:55, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The article Grand Duchy of Tuscany you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Grand Duchy of Tuscany for things which need to be addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:12, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you still want to work on this article? It's been a week already...Nikkimaria (talk) 02:51, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
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An update from adopt a user
Hi there ! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.

On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.

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GOCE elections
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WP:FILM November 2010 Newsletter
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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
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NYC Meetup: Saturday, December 4
Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.

A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be 'Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying "WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.

This will be a museum touring and partying meetup, so no excuses about being a shy newbie this time. Bring a friend too!

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The Signpost: 6 December 2010
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The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010
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The Signpost: 13 December 2010
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The Signpost: 20 December 2010
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The Signpost: 27 December 2010
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