User talk:Marek69/Archive 19

Uploading and adding a picture to an article
Hi Marek69,

Thanks for welcoming me! I got an request to upload a picture to an article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Kravchenko Could you please help me do it, and also could you answer on my page, this is my first talk message, so I am afraid I could miss your answer. Thanks a lot!

Regards, Mickobgd (talk) 09:45, 4 August 2013 (UTC)mickobgd


 * Hi Mickobgd, I've replied on your talk page as requested. Marek  . 69  talk

ROC flag and AWB
TPE, for Chinese Taipei, is not correct in nearly all, if not all, non-sporting contexts. Please adjust your AWB settings accordingly. GotR Talk 02:17, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Guardian of the Rings, thanks for the 'heads-up'. I've now changed to ROC. Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk

Frankfurt/Main Twin towns and sister cities
Hi, I looked up your links and found nothing that proves Frankfurt as twin/sister city of Guadalajara. Just see yourself: Cheers --Kgfleischmann (talk) 16:34, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * no Frankfurt
 * defunct link
 * Hi Kgfleischmann, thank you for letting me know. A mistake, obviously. :-(
 * I've removed it now.
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 18:37, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hi Marek! Liked your message on my talk page. Yes, I am a new user on Wikipedia and have a good interest in editing pages. Would you be able to guide me how should I start it.. Like what kind of pages I should prefer editing and so on.. Thanks..Cocomint (talk) 16:03, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Cocomint, thank you for your message.
 * I would, of course, be more than happy to help you as you start out. Please feel free to post to me anything you are unsure about. I can't guarantee that I'll answer immediately, but I'll try my best. :-)
 * An alternate place when you can find some very helpful people is the Wikipedia Teahouse. A very useful place for beginners.
 * Also the following links may be helpful to you:
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * FAQ/Editing
 * Cheatsheet
 * If you have problems editing a long article
 * If the article is protected from editing
 * About page history


 * I wish you lots of luck :-)
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 16:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey Thanks ya once again! :)Cocomint (talk) 16:23, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Help For My New Page
Hi marek, iam create a new page the name is greater visakhapatnam muncipal corporation but i dont know how to upload a iamge of logo in my page please help me to upload a logo iamge in my new page it will helpfull for ny city people! — Preceding unsigned comment added byJeevan naidu (talk • contribs) 20:03, 7 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Jeevan, thank you for your message (and barnstar)
 * I've replied on your talk page
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 20:06, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

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Sorry Marek
Marek,

I think I accidentally deleted some of your edits on the Waterloo and City page last night; we were both editing it at the same time. Please accept my apologies. I see you have reinstated your text now.

regards

Nigel (Afterbrunel)

PS love the pictures of Poland, by the way.

Afterbrunel (talk) 06:01, 11 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Nigel,
 * No Problem, it happens all the time so don't worry
 * I was only running a spell check, and my change was bewteen → between, plus a few general fixes.
 * The important thing is that you noticed and rectified the mistake.
 * Thanks for the message. :-)
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 09:45, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Cookies
Marek,

Thank you for the cookies. It is funny as you are Polish and live in the UK, and I lived in Poland, fell in love and now live in Canada but look at Polish Wikipedia sites to help their English become a little clearer. I was making changes to Polish sites to try to help with the English a few times and recently figured out that I should create an account and do it that way.

Thank you again,

Patrick

Pdunnigan (talk) 03:18, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Improve tag on San Sebastián
Hi Marek, how are you? I found you have been "strolling" on San Sebastián lately:) I was surprised to see the tag of "Improve the article by translating from the Basque wikipedia", just at the moment another discussion is ongoing. I took a look at the Basque article (I am Basque myself) expecting to find a more elaborate article, but it's not better than the English, actually its text and cohesion is overall worse, while specific points may be better. So I'm still clueless. Most of the information contained in the Basque is included in the English. I took a look at the tag's syntax and it's nuanced in that it refers only to the Geology section. Maybe that should be reflected, don´t you think so? One such tag at the beginning of the article affects the whole article. I'll look here for your reply. Iñaki LL (talk) 22:43, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Iñaki LL, thank you for the message,


 * I put the tag on the San Sebastián because I noticed that the Basque version is a featured article, so I assumed it to be of superior quality.


 * As I do not read or write Basque as you do, I shall have to take your word as to the quality of the article.


 * On this basis I have now removed the tag.


 * Thank you for taking the time to inform me of the relative quality of these articles.


 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 23:47, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you
.... for your appreciation Marek! I can assure you that it was no trouble at all........ Amandajm (talk) 07:04, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

about translation
do i have the right of translating english wiki articles in greek?--Margaritaprounia (talk) 09:03, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

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trying to understand the removal of links to Diameter reference page
Hi, I am new so please excuse the question if it is obvious. Just wondering why you removed the links to the Diameter Dictionary and Diameter Result Codes on the Diameter protocol page. Thanks, --97.79.205.162 (talk) 16:30, 15 August 2013 (UTC)Dennis


 * Hi, I'm not sure I know what your question is. Which article are you referring to?
 * Marek . 69  talk 17:50, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

The article is Diameter (protocol), it appears you removed the links to the Diameter Dictionary and to the list of Diameter Result Codes. --97.79.205.162 (talk) 19:36, 15 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Diameter (protocol) is an article that Marek has never edited. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:46, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the explanation David.
 * If you looks at the article's history you can see who has edited the article.
 * I think I have an explanation for the misunderstanding: user:Isj-wikipedia was reverted by IP97.79.205.162 for deletion of links.
 * Isj-wikipedia's talkpage had a message on it from me, welcoming them.
 * The correct place to leave the message to user:Isj-wikipedia is on their talkpage: user talk:Isj-wikipedia.
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 21:12, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Georgia (country) to Georgia move suggestion
Please comment here. Thanks. georgian JORJADZE 00:07, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

A front
I am always annoyed by the insertion of the French accent in the word "facade". I cannot imagine why that word is targetted as a foreign word when it has been used in the English language, both architecturally and figuratively, for about 300 years. And now, having discovered that the Shorter Oxford Dictionary supports you in this matter, I am feeling really affronted.

Amandajm (talk) 02:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the strawberries! I feel somewhat soothed! :-) Amandajm (talk) 02:56, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you enjoyed them Amanda, they were cedilla-less, especially for you.
 * Kindest Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 03:13, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * That's very kind of you, Marek!  Actually, I prefer my grapes pressed, fermented and with corks.  I'm having a sort of Ploughman's Lunch, minus the pickles, (which GibsonLP seems to have taken home to his digs), and remembering the day  that we went to Sissinghurst Castle Garden.  Oh well, back to Australia! I'm tidying up St James' King Street, and laying out the pics. I know Whiteghost would like to put it up for review, and I feel I have been slack in not contributing enough!Amandajm (talk) 04:04, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

replacing flagu with flagicon
[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cusco&diff=prev&oldid=569927684 this is a bad idea]. the flagicon template does not display text indicating the country. if this is part of the "general fixes" of AWB, you need to report this as a serious bug, and rollback your edits. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 14:44, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Frietjes. OK, thanks for letting me know. I thought flagu and flagicon were interchangeable (obviously not). I will go through my edits to see if it has happened elsewhere and correct it.
 * Thanks again. Marek  . 69  talk 20:31, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

MadmanBot warning: remove or lieve?
Hallo Marek69, I made an article about Ivan Rutkovych. First portion was a chunk of text taken "lively" from Ukrainian Encyclopedia. I immediately got the warning message from MadmanBot about copyright violation. Than I added references, rewrited the text, eliminating all phrases that could sound similarly, added couple of my own pictures, etc etc. My question is: can I remove the warning or it is the right of patrollers only? Thank you for your help.Mykola Swarnyk (talk) 18:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Albanian - Main wikipedia article
Marek please, can you fix the albanian section ?! Someone is puting the percentage of Ethnic groups as only 82 % albanian, which is totally not true ! Please !!! The census of 2012 did show 84 %, because the remaining 12 % did not declare ethnicity and religion , because a few nationalistic parties did make an appeal to not declare ethnicity and religion .... ! The percentage of albanian speakers in the same census is 98 % .... ! Wikipedia should not be a playground for serbians that have no better life than propagandizing against a nation. — Precedingunsigned comment added by 176.70.113.217 (talk) 00:48, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I will take a look. -- Marek  . 69  talk 16:46, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

1989 forthcoming project
Hi, I'm user Kippelboy, a Catalan Wikimedian based in Barcelona. I'm very related with the GLAMwiki projects. Since some weeks ago, I'm also collaborating with Europeana. I contact you because I'm preparing a 1989 Revolutions-related online challenge (see it here). While I was checking the history pages of the topic list, I've seen that you are one of the most active members of most of these articles, and I decided to contact you. First of all, let me congrat you for such a great work! I'm also a very active wikipedian in my home wiki (>50K edits on cawiki) so I know what does it mean ;). Second, I would like to ask your opinion on the online challenge that I'm preparing, as you are an expert user on these topics. What do you think about it? How can I improve it? Best regards from Barcelona.--Kippelboy (talk) 09:23, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Kippelboy, thank you for your kind words. :-)
 * I'm not sure that I'd describe myself as an 'expert' on anything, but I'll take a look atonline challenge and get back to you with any comments, etc.
 * At a quick glance it looks very good. European Revolutions of 1989 is a great subject, worth further expansion in my opinion.
 * I shall do my very best to get involved when I have a little more time. :-)
 * Kind Regards & Best of Luck -- Marek  . 69 talk 15:51, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Great! Thanks for your comments. Looking forward to it and thanks again for the already done good job--Kippelboy (talk) 06:53, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi! Just wanted to inform you that the project page has moved to meta (after some recommendations of our international wikifriends. The contest is about to start. You can follow the link here. (I also attach you our promotional template, hope you don't mind :P) Best luck!--Kippelboy (talk) 15:34, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Twin towns and sister cities

 * Thank you Baffle gab1978, its appreciated. :-)
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 15:40, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Cannes
Thank you for cleaning up Wikipedia (I know I have done some bad typos in the past :-), but I thinkthis edit was mistaken. I think I have fixed it, so just double check it for me. Cheers --Commander Keane (talk) 05:29, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Commander Keane, thanks for fixing it.
 * You're right, it was a mistake.
 * The typo correction from La Suquet --> La Subsequent is a false positive in AWB which has been annoying me for a couple of weeks.
 * Every time I do a spell-check on European cities, it flags up and I have to manually remove every instance if AWB is making other changes
 * I should have reported it as a bug. Last night I missed it (tired eyes)
 * One good thing came out of it though, the article linked to is Le Suquet not  La Suquet
 * Thanks again :-)
 * Best Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 15:52, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

editing
Hi Marek,

I was editing mistakenly to receive the 10 edits necessary to upload an image. I didn't know what sandbox was. i'm trying to add an image or two to Sparta, NJ. How would i go about doing that? — Precedingunsigned comment added by Dmarino907 (talk •contribs) 18:22, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Déjà vu
Could you explain this edit please. Slight Smile  23:09, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Slightsmile, thank you for your message.
 * I'm currently doing cleanup and modifying undefined undefined templates, so its not quite what I intended to do.
 * I have reverted the edit now. :-)
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 23:15, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I saw, thanks. It's not the first time I see AWB do weird things. Best regards. Slight  Smile  23:29, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
 * re : problem fixed. I'm not so sure about that. I've never used tools, so if this sounds like a dumb question - do you look at the edits AWB makes before you click Save? Slight  Smile  23:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Slightsmile, thank you for your message.
 * If by 're: problem fixed ' you are referring to my edit summaries such as this one, then yes, that particular problem was fixed.
 * This was in reply to a message from BracketBot informing me of a problem with brackets on a page which I had recently edited.
 * BracketBot is a very useful tool, which (as stated on BracketBot's userpage) "checks all edits to see if all open brackets ({[&lt; have matching close brackets &gt;]}), and informs the editor that their edit may have broken some markup if there is a mismatch."
 * A bracket problem is an error which can happen whatever type of edit you are making, whether with AWB or manually
 * When I write  'problem fixed, thanks BracketBot'  in an edit summary, I am referring to the fact that the particular problem which BracketBot brought up, I have gone and fixed manually and no longer need the message.
 * In answer to your question, '"do you look at the edits AWB makes before you click Save?"', yes I do.
 * Unfortunately AWB does not have not have a show preview button, so if a mistake is made in the code it is difficult to tell, and easy to miss before saving.
 * Recently I have been using AWB to add/modify/repair  undefined undefined  templates.
 * As this template is quite complex, having many parameters, it can be quite tricky in some circumstances, and often requires manual 'tweaking'
 * I have made a lot of edits using AWB, so it is only to be expected that the occasional mistake is made.
 * All I can say in my defence is 'to err is human'; occasionally, like everyone else, I do make a mistake and thanks to BracketBot notifying me of it in these situations, I usually manage to correct it very quickly.
 * I hope this answers your question. :-)
 * Kind Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 00:50, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * That's reasonable, thanks. I'll be away for a day or so and I'm about wrapping it up now but I thought I'dpoint out something before I close. The convert is fine but, well it might seem trivial but it bugs my - er it bugs me. Can you make your software not remove the spaces after the "*". To me a space after a star just seems cleaner. Also AWB edits have a way of adding up - not so trivial. What MOS is there that would make AWB would do that? Slight  Smile  01:31, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Slightsmile, I think I should be able to do something about the space between star and bracket formatting. I shall take a look. :-)
 * Your second point - I'm not sure I understand what you mean, could you please rephrase the question?
 * Best Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 01:58, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm back. By the second question do you mean What MOS is there ..? I believe AWB does Manual of Style edits as well as whatever settings the user sets. If I'm not explaining well or way out to lunch maybe it's time I try AWB so I can discuss it better. Or not. But you're fixing the issue so never mind the second question.
 * As I mentioned about a way of adding up if I spotted two of your edits doing these weird spacing edits, there must be thousands others. I know they tell users not to concern themselves about Wikipedia's technical issues but still, how often do we see Wikipedia having lag problems because of heavy traffic. I have seen rules about wasting edits on minor fixes such as mdashes when using tools because they do add up and flood users' watchlists as well as draining the resources.
 * About to err is human. Hey we all screw up but when it comes to tools I think the key is to go slow until you know the settings are working okay. Am I right? Slight  Smile  19:12, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Slightsmile, thank you for your message.
 * I fixed the spacing issue you pointed out (between the star and bracket) - It was a typo in a AWB script, so hopefully it will no longer be an issue.
 * My primary use for AWB is spell-checking. Occasionally I do a run for something else such as the present one in which I am adding or fixing undefined undefined templates in articles.
 * The AWB 'MOS fixes' you refer to, I do have switched on, but only in addition to other changes.
 * I have never (to my knowledge) run AWB simply to remove spaces or to change mdashes etc.
 * During a typical AWB run, occasionally a page will come up with very few fixes on it, in which case I skip it.
 * On the odd occasion I might miss this fact, or just hit 'save' instead of 'skip' by accident. The two examples you pointed out fit into this category.
 * I believe these instances are rare, and are usually an indication I'm tired and should stop editing.
 * I also believe these mistakes are in the minority and do not number in the thousands as you state.
 * I thank you for pointing out these errors, and for your advice to go slow.
 * However, I do not believe I have been reckless or careless in my editing, or going at an excessive speed.
 * I always take care in my editing and am a strong believer in the project of building an online encyclopaedia.
 * Best Regards -- Marek  . 69  talk 17:23, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I understand a bit more now than I did before. Thanks for taking the time to explain things to me, I appreciate it. All the best to you. Slight  Smile  23:22, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
 * No Problem - you're welcome. All the best to you too, Slightsmile :-) -- Marek  . 69  talk 00:54, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

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Brunei
Hi there, I'm just wondering if "Recognized" is suitable to describe English on the Info-box in regards to the reference used on footnote(b) which has got to do with section (2) of Article 82 on the Consitutionhttp://www.agc.gov.bn/agc1/images/LOB/cons_doc/dokumen-dokumen_perlembagaan_2008.pdf Alevero987 (talk) 15:37, 3 October 2013 (UTC)