User talk:NIR-Warrior

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, NIR-Warrior! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! 15:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
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Zagreb
It's good, keep up the good work! Just don't add too many pictures, as they don't look good on large computer screen. Also, you might want to consider joining Zagreb task force :-) Admiral Norton (talk) 20:59, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Just add your signature per the instructions on WikiProject Croatia/Zagreb/Participants. Admiral Norton (talk) 21:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Anything else
Maybe you could try fixing spelling & grammar, it gets really awful in some parts of the article. Admiral Norton (talk) 22:46, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Zagreb name origin
Feel free to write a new section on the origin of the name, as long as you properly cite your sources. -- Xompanthy (talk) 23:19, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Note
Hi NIR, could I draw your attention to this article, as your edit and in particular your edit summary in this article appears to have upset the previous editor (IP User212.84.104.101) as he has stated in this message. I just thought I would bring it to your attention. 01:10, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

NIR-Warrior, I've left a response to your message on my talk page --     01:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

FA
Belgrade is a featured article therefore any major changes must be talked and agreed on the talk page. So it's not a new version but stable consensus version that you tried to revamp. I appreciate your effort but the FA simply doesn't need a revamp. I'd suggest you concentrate on updating other articles that are of lower quality and need new imagery like Zagreb, Novi Sad or Sarajevo.--Avala (talk) 15:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Cyprus#Cuisine
Dear NIR-Warrior: I understand your wish to add your own pictures to the article, but first and foremost we need to make sure that the picture is visually meaningful and of high quality. The latest picture you inserted "krytharaky Kipriotiko (Dish consisting of μυζήθρα cheese)" is visually not clear: what does it actually show? The previous picture of anari cheese was of poor photographic quality (truncated partial view of the cheese); if you want to show anari, there is a much better photo on Commons. Another point refers to the titles: they should be in English, not Greek script, and they also should be meaningful to the reader: the logic demands that Krytharaky kipriotiko be first described somewhere on Wikipedia, and only then used in a photo. And finally, a basic principle of not changing the consensus without discussion on the talk page: the halloumi photo is part of the consensus, because it has been there for a long time; it is simply not done to change the consensus without proper explanation and justification. See WP:CONS on this important issue. This is what I actually meant when I asked you to please not change for the sake of changing. --Zlerman (talk) 18:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Point taken. The picture of anari you have put on my talk page is actually the Commons picture I was referring to in my original message to you. It is perfectly acceptable (with "anari" spelled in English in the title...). However, my preference is to try and find a more satisfactory picture of halloumi: after all, this is the "signature cheese" of Cyprus for the international audience and, in addition, it is explicitly mentioned in the cuisine section. Any suggestions? Best, --Zlerman (talk) 00:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Zagreb
I don't really know, I haven't written a featured article yet. You can find the requirements at WP:WIAFA. However, I believe the main problem of this article is currently sourcing. You could help out by citing sources for sentences marked with [citation needed]. Admiral Norton (talk) 19:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ^That's exactly the most important step. Some sections like "Recreation and sports" don't have a single reference and they should have a dozen. If you want to make that article a FA you need to put as many references as you can. After that you can read other tweaks you need at WP:FACR those being the article neutrality and good images for an example. It also needs to be stable without any revamps and reverts. After you do all that you can proudly nominate the article at WP:FAC. If you are unsure if you have reached all the needed FA criteria you can always seek peer review at WP:REVIEW where experienced users will point out to you at any problems that could still exist.--Avala (talk) 11:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I gave that section as an example of an unreferenced section but you need to do it throughout the whole article. After that you can submit that article for a peer review and you will get a specific list of additional issues that you need to solve after which you can nominate it for the FA status.--Avala (talk) 12:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I wish you all the best in your attempt to make that article, a featured article!--Avala (talk) 12:36, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Well it seems you filed it for FA status yourself. Good luck but don't get disappointed because maybe you should have first asked for peer review. Anyway if anyone opposed the FA status see what they say and try to fix it as they can always change their vote.--Avala (talk) 19:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Cyprus: placement of photos
Please note that there is no direct relation between where the image code is placed in the edit window and how the photos are actually viewed in the final layout. The fact that the code of the cheese image was in literature did not make the photo appear in the literature section: the only effect of this placement of the code was to close the ugly gap between "Literature" and "Cuisine" in the final layout as viewed by the reader. The same applies to my placement of the image codes in "Numismatics" and "Transportation": as the article stands after your revert, the first line of text in the "Transportation" section overlaps the two pictures on the left and on the right. This is not acceptable. Please compare the situation now with the situation before your two reverts and I am sure you will notice the difference. Please do not be hasty to revert the work of others: "assume good faith" is one of the basic principles of Wikipedia. Other editors share your aim to improve the article, even if they do it in a different way. --Zlerman (talk) 15:06, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Northern Ireland!
Hey NIR-Warrior, and welcome to WikiProject Northern Ireland! Thanks so much for signing up - it's great to have new people coming in. Please feel free to ping me if you have any questions or would like to collaborate on any new projects. Thanks again!  Flying Toaster  01:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Warning: Disruptive edits
Can you please explain what you thought you were doing here ? This was a misleading edit summary (you weren't removing any spam); instead you inserted what looks like sneaky vandalism of population figures (the sources you cite do not support the figures you claim). Please explain. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:09, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you mean, "I wont edit again in the place I found you"? I would like an explanation for your edits; if you can't give one I will consider blocking you as a disruptive account (or indeed a suspected sock account of some banned user). And no, you do not have a right to demand I shouln't post here. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The "someone else was using my computer" excuse is a rather cheap one. You are fully responsible for securing your account against use by others. Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Just use a good password and never let the computer open unattended while you're logged into your Wikipedia account. Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:27, 12 March 2009 (UTC)