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Chilean presidential election, 2009
Hey, I saw you moved Chilean presidential election, 2009 to Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010. The elections will be held in 2009, and a possible second round in 2010, but to name the article Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010 is to presume that there will be second round and by doing so you are predicting the results in the article title. I want to ask you to move back the page. Dentren |  Ta lk  18:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I think it's fairly obvious from opinion polls that we can expect the election to go to a second round, and I think it would be a better use of time to write up an article on the parliamentary election... But if it really matters to you that much, I can move it back. ::shrugs:: — Nightstallion 18:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * We can wait with the move until the elections results are shown in december, until then there is not 2010 guaranted election. Was you not going to move back the article? Dentren  |  Ta lk  10:37, 7 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I was waiting to hear a "yes" to the implicit question – but fine, moving it back now. — Nightstallion 11:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Third party opinion
Since you are the most prolific editor of election articles I know of, I would like to have your opinion regarding a dispute that User:Jerzeykydd and I have had regarding United States presidential election in California, 2008. Thanks. – Zntrip 03:38, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26
Number 23, June 7

The Hurricane Herald

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Storm of the month



Cyclone Aila was the second tropical cyclone to form within the Northern Indian Ocean during 2009. The disturbance that was to become Cyclone Aila formed on 21 May 2009 about 950 km to the south of Kolkata, in India. Over the next couple of days the disturbance slowly developed before a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center early on 23 May 2009 and being designated as a depression by RSMC New Delhi. , 330 people have been killed by Aila and at least 8,208 more are missing, while about 1 million are homeless. Health officials in Bangladesh confirmed a deadly outbreak on diarrhea on 29 May, with more than 7,000 people being infected and four dying. In Bangladesh, an estimated 20 million people were at risk of post-disaster diseases due to Aila. Damage totaled $40.7 million (USD).

Other tropical cyclone activity


 * North Atlantic

Tropical Depression One was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. The depression formed on May 28, out of a disorganized area of low pressure off the coast of North Carolina. However after attaining its peak strength the depression began to weaken due to increasing wind shear and cooling sea surface temperatures with the final advisory being issued on May 29.


 * 2009 Pacific typhoon season - In the two month period, there were four tropical cyclones, all within a short time period and small area. Tropical Depression Crising moved through the Philippines but didn't develop. Typhoon Kujira formed over the Philippines, causing 29 deaths and almost $30 million in damage, before becoming the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. While Kujira was active, a tropical depression formed and dissipated over the open ocean, while Typhoon Chan-hom developed and organized in the South China Sea, eventually crossing Luzon and causing 60 deaths and heavy damage.


 * North Indian - Aside from Aila, Cyclone Bijli formed in April, making landfall on Bangladesh and killing 7 people.


 * South Indian– Cyclone Jade was the final Cyclone to form. Jade formed on April 5th from a tropical disturbance it quickly intensifed and bcame a category one tropical cyclone on the SSHS before making its first of three landfalls on Madagascar. Jade then dissipated on April 11 after causing fifteen deaths.


 * Australian Region - Cyclone Kirrly formed on April 25 in the Arafura Sea to the north of Australia within 5 degrees of the equator which is an unusual area of formation. It quickly reached its peak before making landfall on eastern Indonesia.


 * South Pacific - As the last newsletter was published Tropical Cyclone Lin was just devloping as Tropical depression 14F. Lin eventually went on to affect Fiji and Tonga causing at least $1000 worth of damage. Tropical Disturbance 15F also formed this month within the Solomon Islands. It moved eventually moved into the Australian Region but was not monitored by TCWC Brisbane as anything higher than an area of low pressure.

Member of the month



The member of the month is Jason Rees, who joined Wikipedia in 2007, and has written nine tropical cyclone GA's. Jason primarily focuses on Southern Hemisphere storms, as well as the Western Pacific. He has plans for featured topics for several seasons, but for now, he is a regular member of the project who adds his input in discussions on the talk page. We thank Jason for his work, and we look forward to more articles!

New members


 * User:Kyle1278


 * User:Bbabybear02


 * User:Darren23

New and improved articles


 * There were no new pieces of Featured content


 * New Good articles include: 1973 Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Kiko (1989), Tropical Storm Carlos (2003)


 * New storm articles include: Hurricane Dalilia (1989), Typhoon Wipha (2007)


 * New non-storm articles include: 1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak, Meteorological history of Hurricane Luis, Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana, Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season

Main Page content


 * Hurricane Ismael was Today's Featured Article on April 25


 * Facts from the 1924 Cuba hurricane, Hurricane Lily (1971), Hurricane Tara (1961), and Hurricane Cora (1978) appeared in the Did You Know? section of the Main Page during April and May.


 * Typhoon Chan-hom (2009) and Cyclone Aila appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.

Storm article statistics

Project News

There is debate as usual with regards to notability, as well as the status of the project in general, but nothing new is going on.

During the last week, some editors have organized a page &mdash; WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Viewed stats &mdash; that has a listing of monthly page views within the project. It is under construction, although it is complete for all Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones, as well as all Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1979 to the present. Interestingly, the top 6 viewed EPAC articles are all featured, and all of the top 16 in the basin are GA's. Unfortunately, the Atlantic, at least from 1979 to the present, is much worse, despite being viewed much, much more. The top eight-viewed Atlantic articles all are viewed more than 10,000 times per month, for a total of 363889 views per month, but only two of them are featured, and none of the others are GA. As always, any help in the retired storms would be greatly appreciated.

Somewhat tying into the bettering of project articles, the basin article challenge is still ongoing. Hurricanehink is currently in the lead with a GA in 2 basins. Cyclonebiskit is in 2nd, with one GA in the EPAC. The challenge is still open to anyone, and it is not so much a race, rather a challenge just to get a fairly important GA in each basin.

Errata
'stallion, hi!


 * There seems to be some inexplicable typos in |my earlier post...when I typed "Anyway, Libertas, for all its faults, is here to stay: I can't see it vanishing after the elections - it'll will probably get some MEPs", I of course meant to type "Anyway, Libertas, due to all its faults will vanish after the elections and will probably get no MEPs".


 * Similarly, when I wrote "Ganley will probably get personally elected", I meant to say "Ganley will not get personally elected and when he asks for a recount he'll end up with less votes".


 * Also, when I wrote "The French Libertas MEPs will get elected, he may get a smattering in the Baltics & Czechia, though he'll get none in UK, Spain & Portugal: the Brit Eurosceptics will eat him alive and the Iberians have really shot themselves in the foot. Poland may go big(ish) for Ganley", it should have read "Only one French Libertas MEP will get elected, he'll get nothing in the Baltics, Czechia, UK, Spain & Portugal, Poland will ignore him like a bad smell, and he'll end up with the same number of MEPs as the Pirate Party".


 * Obviously, I'll have to learn to type more carefully...:-)


 * On a more serious point, how the hell do I finish off an article about a party that vanishes overnight? There were formal pledges of allegiance from the affiliates so I can cite them becoming affiliates, but they won't put something on their websites saying "Er, actually, we didn't really mean it. Ganley who? Never heard of him ", so I can't cite them stopping being affiliates. So the article may literally end "On 8 June 2009 Ganley announced that he was retiring from politics(cite): the fate of the party was not specified."


 * Still, the good news is that we now have a solid structure for pan-European party articles and I can roll it out to the others. So from a wikiPOV, it wasn't a total waste of time.


 * Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Another good point: You can now concentrate on polishing up the election results pages for the 27 countries – and even more importantly, address the ongoing (FF from UEN to ALDE, Tories and ODS leaving EPP–ED) and upcoming group reshuffle... (BTW, you've read that DIKO in Cyprus wants to switch from ALDE to SOC?) — Nightstallion 05:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

News about possible join of Estonia to eurozone
Estonia possibly will join eurozone in mid-2010 or at the begining of 2011. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CrazyRepublican (talk • contribs) 23:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Interesting, thanks! — Nightstallion 07:49, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

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I'm the translator of the article about the conmemorative 2€ coins in the Spanish wikipedia. I've made some edits, check them, but I think they are fine. Also, please be kind enough to let me know when you add additional information. As I don't come here so often I don't realise about the changes when some weeks have passed. Thank you! OboeCrack (talk) 03:01, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Page move
Small request--could you please move André Berre over the redirect to the title André Dieudonné Berre, which is the commonly used name? Everyking (talk) 23:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Sure – done. — Nightstallion 05:45, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

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Template:Referendum
I just wanted you to know that I've made some changes to Template:Referendum. Also, take a look at the documentation. – Zntrip 20:56, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Aaargh! Aaargh!
Dude! Next time something like Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats happens, please, please give me a heads up. I know I should have caught it, but I've been busy (Quick, think of a plausible excuse...my dog ate my homework...My jeep was attacked by wildebeest...My brain exploded.) Damn, I really should have caught that one....Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I thought you'd likely know that before me... — Nightstallion 06:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Am busy: some freelance work came in with a short deadline and my laptop only works when I put it in the refrigerator. Oddly enough, this is true. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 12:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Oops. Then you probably should think about getting a new cooler or even a new laptop... — Nightstallion 16:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Just Thought You'd Like to Know
This is probably one of the best European news pieces I've read over the past week. Hopefully, enough ODS senators will go against the grain to allow its passage. Therequiembellishere (talk) 03:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'd read it already. — Nightstallion 07:01, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Do you think it will pass? I've looked at the numbers and if the entire Senate votes (assuming all ČSSD, KDU–ČSL, SNK and US–DeU vote for the bill and all KSČM vote against it) only two ODS senators need support it. Therequiembellishere (talk) 17:57, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * With the Greens and the Party for the Open Society, I don't think they would need *ANY* ODS votes, but I'm still not too optimistic yet. — Nightstallion 08:30, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I suppose it's all dependent on if everyone shows up and they all vote by party lines. Therequiembellishere (talk) 14:21, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed. If the ODS can keep party discipline, they have a chance to stop the process, but I'm not sure whether there aren't pro-Klaus and anti-Klaus factions in the ODS (especially after he practically threw himself in the arms of the anti-European idiots in the EP elections). — Nightstallion 14:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Klaus tried to organize an unified Eurosceptic party (see Libertas Czechia for more details) but it failed. Two pro-Klaus ODS MPs helped precipitate the fall of the ODS government, then left to join Libertas. They both failed. There are pro-Klaus fraktions in the ODS: Topolanek isn't one of them. I don't know which of the pro- and anti- are more powerful. Rgds, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 13:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


 * And isn't it an open secret that Topolánek dislikes him? Therequiembellishere (talk) 14:41, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I think so, yes. — Nightstallion 15:18, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * They can't stand each other: Klaus tried to depose Topolánek as party chairman. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:27, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Incidentally, despite their new group membership, don't forget it was ODS that pushed Lisbon thru in Czechia in both houses. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, but do they support Lisbon to the point of stripping their president of powers to a technocrat PM is the problem. Therequiembellishere (talk) 05:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


 * (why does everybody hang out on this page?) If by "they" you mean the present caretaker government in the lower house, probably not. If by "they" you mean the Senators in the upper house...probably not. If by "they" you mean the next government in the lower house post the upcoming elections...I have no idea. If ODS wins and Topolanek wants to exert his authority, then the ODS senators in the upper house may go along with it. Otherwise, probably not. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 13:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Macedonia RfC
Hi Nightstallion, since you've taken part in related discussions in the past, this is a notification that the Centralized discussion page set up to decide on a comprehensive naming convention about Macedonia-related naming practices is now inviting comments on a number of competing proposals from the community. Please register your opinions on the RfC subpages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 if you wish. Cheers,  Balkan Fever  10:06, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Macedonia article naming
I noticed your comments earlier on Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles. With regard to your endorsement of the main article naming, I wondered if you were aware of the requirement in WP:NPOV that things should be termed by "the common English language name as found in verifiable reliable sources"? "Republic of Macedonia" is neither the common English language name nor is it (by a very long way) the predominant term in reliable sources, the vast majority of which use simply "Macedonia" (per ). It would be helpful if you could consider this point, and if you continue to favour the option you supported, if you could explain why you believe NPOV should be set aside in this instance.I've posted some comments at Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles which you might find helpful. -- ChrisO (talk) 16:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC) -- ChrisO (talk) 15:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Bear in mind that most of the editors who signed Centralized_discussion/Macedonia/main_articles have been contacted by ChrisO. S HEFFIELD S TEEL TALK 18:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Please do not misrepresent me. Fritzpoll, one of the referees in the discussion, has stated that he is happy with my actions. -- ChrisO (talk) 20:34, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Honduran referendum
Do we have a page about this? Isn't happening in a couple of days (if at all)? – Zntrip 03:42, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * No, I was a bit dumbfounded by this, too. We should have one about it, though – it's supposed to take place tomorrow, even though it may now be illegal. ::scratches head:: Strange situation, either way. — Nightstallion 08:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've whipped something up at Honduran constitutional referendum, 2009. — Nightstallion 08:43, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Cool, I'll take a look. – Zntrip 19:53, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Well so much for the referendum. :P – Zntrip 18:11, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, nice try. — Nightstallion 21:05, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I wish to draw your attention to this
I don't know if is seemly to involve you (wearing your admin hat) of what may just be a content dispute. However, since you are a recent editor of the PASDE article, I have to. So...

I have opened a discussion here to which I wish to draw your attention. This is a friendly notice under the auspices of WP:CANVASS. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I was being stupid and I need your help
Could you please move List of special and elections to the California State Assembly to List of special elections to the California State Assembly? I was thinking of adding the word "recall" but decided against it. – Zntrip 20:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Honduras
No one has responded on WP:RFP would you be able to stop by there and see if you think Honduras, 2009 Honduran political crisis and Roberto Micheletti need semi-protection? Therequiembellishere (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

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Deletions
Following the proposed deletions in it.Wiki, two articles about Italian regionalist political parties have been proposed for deletion in en.Wiki too.

The fist is Lombardia Autonoma, a splinter party of Lega Nord in Lombardy, and as there is also an article's entry on the Articles for deletion page (Articles for deletion/Lombardia Autonoma) I was able to state my opinion. The second is Venetian National Party, a Venatian nationalist party. How can I hangon to that proposed deletion as there is no article's entry? I'm not sure of having understood what the tag at the top of the article says... Could you help me? --Checco (talk) 15:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up
Sandbox version of new group here. Will move into namespace tomorrow when group announced and it's given a name. IND/DEM and UEN will need to be changed also from current to former. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:52, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

They worked out which words to use, although I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd've gone for something like Europe of Free Peoples, Liberty, Freedom, Democracy and Independence. Anyway, Europe of Freedom and Democracy now in mainspace. Next: will update IND/DEM and UEN. Rgds, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I think I've worked out their naming convention: it's either aircraft carriers or the space shuttles from Armageddon. Anyway, IND/DEM and UEN now updated. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Nice work. :) — Nightstallion 08:04, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * What about Alliance for Europe of the Nations and EUDemocrats? Will the europarties merge? Either way, their articles need updating. — Nightstallion 08:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't get out of bed for anything smaller than a continent...:-). Seriously however, I'm currently trying to avoid an edit war on IND/DEM: I am constantly amazed by the number of people who delete stuff because it refers to a past configuration. If we just had up-to-date info, we'd only have articles on places/countries/people that exist now, and I'd hate to have to explain that to the Michael Jackson editors. Will move attention to Alliance for Europe of the Nations and EUDemocrats when time permits (shouldn't Political groups of the European Parliament be a priority?). Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Er...
' stallion, hi! I thoughtlessly outed somebody's real-life identity, which is *bad*. I've removed the text: can you redact the original edit that did the outing? It's here. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 14:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Meh, I don't really think that's a problem – he's using the same name as his blog, that's not really keeping it secret. If you still want to remove the edit from the history, you'll have to find someone else who can do that – mere admins can't... — Nightstallion 15:11, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, I thought it was major league badness. Yes I know it's obvious from his id, but we're supposed to not know officially, if you see what I mean. Oh well, no harm, no foul. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 20:12, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Heads up 2: Return of the heads up
'stallion, hi! Thanks for the FPO heads up: will track. My attention is currently taken up with a user who believes s/he knows about map design: I had to talk him/her thru it step-by-step. Ouch... Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 23:57, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

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Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist?
As requested, I have updated Alliance for Europe of the Nations.

So here's the thing. UEN collapses, its MEPs scatter to ECR & EFD, everybody on Wikipedia changes the party affiliations from AEN to MER, everybody's happy. Except me. The reason for my state of general mizz is this "What proof have we got that Alliance for Europe of the Nations is defunct?" I know its website is kinda dead and that's usually a bad sign, but it got funded for this financial year back in February-ish. And there's nothing formally tying AEN to UEN: the existence of the former is not dependent on the existence of the latter. Its member parties have decamped from UEN to ECR & EFD, but (to the best of my knowledge) they haven't disavowed AEN, either formally or informally. And I can't see them giving up Euromoney unless they're forced: Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe stayed funded for about a year as a party-in-name-only and theoretically AEN is still a going concern. So here's the question:

"Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist?"

Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I've just checked the representation: it may just have enough elected members (doesn't have to be the EP, remember: any regional or national legislature will do) to pass the 25% of member states (i.e. 7) threshold, as follows:


 * Estonia: People's Union of Estonia


 * France: Rally for France


 * Latvia: For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK


 * Lithuania: Order and Justice


 * Luxembourg: Alternative Democratic Reform Party


 * Poland: Law and Justice


 * Slovakia: Slovak National Party

Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:05, 5 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Interesting, thanks. — Nightstallion 08:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Er, that's not exactly what I meant. It wasn't a case of "hey-heres-an-interesting-thing-that-I-found", it's a case of "Does-anybody-know-whether-this-frakking-party-still-exists". Sigh...you're the resident Austrian expert, Checco does Italy, God knows we're overrun with UK & Ireland experts, but try to find out whether a Europarty still exists, and everybody goes "Uh?!". I'll try JLogan and SSolbergj, see if they know anything. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 22:18, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, sorry. Well, AFAIK: ER has 6 parliamentary seats in Estonia and local council seats, too. RpF has a seat in the Senate. LNNK has one MEP and 8 parliamentary seats. TiT has 2 MEPs and 15 parliamentary seats. LVLS (also Lithuania, which you didn't list) has 3 parliamentary seats. ADR has two parliamentary seats. PiS has 166 parliamentary seats and 15 MEPs. SNS has 20 parliamentary seats and 1 MEP. So if you ask me – yes, according to the facts I've found, it still exists, sadly enough. — Nightstallion 07:19, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Yep, checked them on parline: I think you're right. We won't know whether it's alive, dying or dead until next year's January/February EP Bureau meeting to decide funding. Anyway, Alliance for Europe of the Nations updated as requested. Next stop, EUDemocrats. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:18, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

On the subject of europarties with uncertain futures, another organisation to keep an eye on is the European Democratic Party. Its website is moribund and its previous largest national delegation, the Italians, are going to sit with the PES's group in the next parliament, so I assume that the EDP's future is uncertain.--Autospark (talk) 01:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Deprez of the MCC (Belgium) seems to have been reelected as an MEP. The European Party in Cyprus still has three seats in the national parliament; Path of Change lost its senator in Czechia after the 2008 elections, however. The Basque Nationalist Party has strong representation in the Basque Country and some seats in the Cortes and the EP; Democratic Movement is not doing great, but still solidly between third and fifth in France. The Lithuanian Labour Party has seats, and Irish MEP Marian Harkin was reelected. BUT – that's only six parties... — Nightstallion 08:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * JLo suggested asking them. So I asked them. I emailed info@edp.org, marian@marianharkin.com, m.gatel@udf.org (webmaster of EDP website), cristiana.muscardini@aensite.org, info@aensite.org asking them if EDP or AEN still existed. Will let u know if/when they reply. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 21:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

President of the Council of the European Union
At List of presidents of European Union institutions, I'm trying to figure out who the minister in charge of Sweden's term is. I've put Carl Bildt as what seems to be the most logical but there is a possibility that it's their EU minister, Cecilia Malmström. Know anything? Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure it's Bildt, but I haven't got a source. — Nightstallion 08:00, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * It appears to be Malmström. Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:56, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Good find – sorry for being wrong. ;) — Nightstallion 06:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Psh. You've been wrong once out of all the times I've asked for your help. I think the odds are in your favour. Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:33, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I hope so. ;) — Nightstallion 06:35, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

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Claudio Morganti
Apparently, Claudio Morganti now in Europe of Freedom and Democracy - see here. Membership may be retrospective. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:28, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

UK Conservatives in ECR: the carnage continues...
Yeah, I know: the comedy just keeps flowing. On a more serious note, this isn't a big deal: MEPs flit in and out of groups all the time (which is why, eventually, we'll have to stop listing group member parties and start listing group MEPs: given the size of EPP and PES/PASDE/PASD/S&D/whatever that'll be non trivial, and I'm not looking forward to it). In theory it could damage the UK Conservatives domestically but it won't: the UK electorate know little about EP, care less, and are pleased with their lack of knowledge: their MEPs could sunbathe naked in plenary and it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.

I want to get this into mainspace in the next seven days, then plot Rule 29/30 over the years, then update Political groups of the European Parliament accordingly. Sorry for the delay, but am busy IRL. As ever, if anything important crops up, give me a nudge. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * No need to apologise, it's not as if this was something you had to be doing. ;) Great work, BTW! — Nightstallion 08:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

When did Myanmar become Burma?
Was there a discussion about changing the name on Wikipedia? Since Template:Country data Burma has been changed, a lot of lists a screwed up now (List of legislatures by country for example). – Zntrip 19:31, 21 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If I may, Zntrip, there was. A very large one that I was unaware of during its bulk, too. Find it here. Therequiembellishere (talk) 20:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:President of the Council of the European Union (again)
Wow, I've never seen such a gap between messages on your talk page. Cutting to the case, I was never quite pleased with the information I gleaned from their website, so I phoned the presidency. The man on the other line said, "I believe it's Malmström, but I'll look for more information." He responded a bit ago with an email. Would it be possible for me to forward it to you? Therequiembellishere (talk) 04:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Sure, thanks. It's 'myusername @@@ web ... de'. — Nightstallion 06:18, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I can't read your carrier. I've sent it to you using the "Email this user" link that I've just found out about. Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:41, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I was just trying to be circumspect to avoid being fished by automated e-mail crawlers, but that works too. — Nightstallion 06:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I understand. I just didn't get if it was "@gmail.com" or "@yahoo.com". Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:54, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, @web.de. ;) — Nightstallion 07:00, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah, alright. The ellipsis was just a barrier. Sorry! Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:05, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem, thanks for the e-mail! — Nightstallion 07:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * What did you think of it? Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:09, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, it seems to confirm that Malmström is officially in charge, but that Bildt doesn't want to be sidelined, of course. — Nightstallion 07:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Alright, thank you. I was just afraid the link I used before could have just had Malmström as the pretty woman for the video, while Bildt did the work! Fortunately, I was right about her in the first place and wrong about my doubts. Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:13, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

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July 2009 ended. How much time remains before proclamation of the Republic of Solomon Islands?
Hello, Nightstallion! According to last news New (may be Republican) Constitution Draft of Solomon Islands is complete. How do you think: what time need Solomonians to adopt finally this Constitution? Or they wait, when Old Lady (E-II) will die (As well as all another dominions)? CrazyRepublican (talk) 21:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'd say they'll do it next year no matter whether E2 lives or not. — Nightstallion 08:28, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * OK!!! ;-) But it would be better on current year.CrazyRepublican (talk) 09:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree, but I expect that getting the provinces' opinions and actually passing the new constitution will require some time. — Nightstallion 11:12, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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This article refers to Epeli Nailatikau as Acting President. When exactly did this start? Therequiembellishere (talk) 02:45, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Right now, he's acting because the incumbent is on leave/vacation/whatever, but he will only formally become president when the incumbent actually resigns in late August, AFAIK. — Nightstallion 08:21, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Assuming he's the commodore's nominee (God, I just remembered they have a mentor/prodigy relationship so he probably will be president). On a completely unrelated note (sorry), I've been looking into the candidates for the EU Commission and European Council presidencies who were former Presidents or Prime Ministers and it struck me that I haven't seen Prodi's name anywhere. Has he really not been considered by anyone? (The list is here) Therequiembellishere (talk) 08:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I think I read his name somewhere once, but he ruled himself out AFAIK. — Nightstallion 09:06, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Template:Stabilisation and Association Process
You have not provided any link proving the ratification of SAA by national parliaments in this template since 18 January 2009. Gaston28 (talk) 14:18, 8 August 2009 (UTC)


 * http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2007070&lang=EN&doclang=EN


 * http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2007137&lang=EN&doclang=EN


 * http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2008023&lang=EN&doclang=EN


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Hello, Nightstallion! Britain introduced direct rule on Turks & Caicos Islands. Is it will help to achieve independence to islanders? Because, British powers broke up current corrupt government, what don’t hurry to receive independence. What do you think about?CrazyRepublican (talk) 07:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


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Mancini List
Hi Nighstallion! Is it possible to rescue Mancini List. The party was definitely notable as a regional party active in Calabria and having had a member of Parliament since 2001. If you don't want to rescue the article, can you at least send me an e-mail with the content of the deleted article so that I can restart it with more sources? Thanks. --Checco (talk) 18:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:List of special elections to the United States Senate#Two questions
Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at. Thank you. —Markles 10:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC) (Using )

Omar Bongo's Acting President
I remember quite a while back the there was some reference to Bongo appointing Vice President Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge to be acting president whilst the former was undergoing treatment in Spain. Rulers gives specific dates for the his term. Should I plug the information into the appropriate pages? Therequiembellishere (talk) 03:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Mh. I think so, I think we did it in similar cases in other countries, too, didn't we? — Nightstallion 06:23, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Voronin's resignation
I'm confused on two point here. Was Voronin's resignation effective immediately? Is Ghimpu legally able to become Acting President? I know the Communists have started legal proceedings against his election but does that stop him from taking office? Ah, it confuses me so. Therequiembellishere (talk) 21:40, 6 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I think Voronin only announced that he would resign, but he hasn't resigned yet; I suppose the Communists will want to wait with his resignation until they've at least tried to get Ghimpu's election annulled. — Nightstallion 06:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Patriotic Socialist Union Article
Hi,

I see you're the author of the Patriotic Socialist Union article - I think it would be better merged into the Batasuna article: as it got banned immediately I don't think there'll be sufficient information to expand it beyond a stub. Any thoughts? Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 13:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Mh, fair enough. — Nightstallion 15:15, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

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...by political systems
Hi, some thoughts regarding the List of European Union member states by political system article. I was thinking, the local names take up a lot of space which clutters it. Simplicity some times means more information gets across rather than swamping the user with secondary data. Perhaps we could put the different names in drop downs? But rather as merely a cleaning up exercise, I was thinking of using the freed space to put in data on how the parliaments and presidents/PMs are all elected? Saying the head of states of France and Italy are both called President rather indicates some unwarranted similarity (aside from distinguishing them from monarchies) whereas stating their method of election says a tad more. In fact an approximation of powers would be useful but that does carry problems of providing a short, accurate and uncontroversial summary of them which may prove impossible. Thoughts?

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Also, perhaps it might be best to separate out the summary of government types, it is not easy to compare where as if it were in seperate columns listed as "federal, unitary, federal, federal, devolved" then "parliamentary, parliamentary, presidential, parliamentary - const. monarchy" it might be easy to look through them and use the sort.- <span style="font-size:x-small; font-family:Zapfino, sans-serif;">J.Logan`t : 19:22, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Mh, that latter thing may be a good idea. I'm not so sure about taking away the native names; including the type of election is a good idea, but can get very complicated very quickly (German president, just as an example). — Nightstallion 09:21, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Belgian political parties
I noticed tonight that many articles about Belgian political parties have titles in Flemish or French instead of in English. Can you explain me why? Do you agree with that? I personally don't think that Belgian parties should be an exception from the general rule and I would like to ask you to move all the articles to English titles, provided that you agree with me... --Checco (talk) 21:44, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I suppose because they are mostly referred to by their non-English names in international media. — Nightstallion 16:15, 13 October 2009 (UTC)


 * But they are not. It's simply an unreasonable exception... Aren't you interested with that? --Checco (talk) 22:29, 13 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I haven't gone through all of them, but at least the cdH is really mostly referred to as cdH in English, not as HDC. — Nightstallion 09:52, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

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You removed my edit about Russian being the language "for inter-ethnik communication" in Tajikistan because of the recent bill stating that Russian shall not be used officially in that country. Meanwhile, I read your source and it clearly states states that Russian is still the "for inter-ethnik communication". So it doesn't change anything to my edit. Then, I put it back. Cheers.Mitch1981 (talk) 18:58, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


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I don't know if you are aware or not, but it looks like there is also going to be a referendum in Uruguay on Sunday, alongside the presidential and parliamentary elections. The referendum will ask if a law protecting former junta leaders from prosecution should be repealed (even though the Supreme Court just repealed the law today). See this article. – Zntrip 18:45, 20 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I just now noticed. Separate article or together with the general election one? — Nightstallion 18:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Since the article that exists now is for the general election, I guess the referendum could just be mentioned on that page. – Zntrip 22:10, 20 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Mentioned it and will look for results. — Nightstallion 07:33, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

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 * As "national liberalism" is a term primarily used in German-speaking contries, you may find know about more sources about it. In the meantime, the article has been proposed for deletion (see Articles for deletion/National liberalism). I hope that it won't be deleted, but if it happens, never mind! --Checco (talk) 10:21, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

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Monarchies in Europe
I see you have added Commonwealth realms on the list in the lead of the article 'Monarchies in Europe'. However it still should not be there for the following reasons: Firstly the UK is one of the Commonwealth realms, so it's not the UK and the Commonwealth realms, it's simply the Commonwealth realms (or UK and the other Commonwealth realms). However that all does not matter, that is a list of monarchies in Europe, not the world, we have other Monarchies in <Continent articles>, such as Monarchies in the Americas and Monarchies in Oceania which mentions the other monarchies under Queen Elizabeth II. The other Commonwealth realms aren't in Europe, so should not be mentioned there. I shall await your reply before taking any further action. --~ Knowzilla (Talk) 11:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I personally think they're still worth mentioning, as their monarch is in effect European. — Nightstallion 11:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * That is somewhat arguable, but that's not the point anyhow. The thing is not the Monarch, it is the Monarchy. The other Commonwealth realms are not Monarchies in Europe, which is what the article is all about. Those other monarchies are dealt with in the other articles I mentioned above. --~ Knowzilla (Talk) 13:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Mh. Fair enough. — Nightstallion 14:50, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

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Referendum on New Constitution of Saint Vincent
Hello, NightStallion! What can you say me about new Constitution of Saint Vincent? (How about Republic???)CrazyRepublican (talk) 09:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Doesn't seem to include a change to abolish the monarchy: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161555837 — Nightstallion 09:27, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I downloaded Constitution Bill draft from St Vincent government page and found:


 * “the Constitution” means the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution, 2009, set out in the schedule to this Act, which provides, among other things, for a Republican form of government…”.


 * ““the President” means the person holding or acting in the office of President established by section 49 of the Constitution as the Head of State of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines".


 * Be ready to say me: "Congratulation!" ;-)CrazyRepublican (talk) 10:11, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Great! :) Strange that the article seems to say something different... I just hope the two-thirds majority goes through, doesn't seem to be too easy... — Nightstallion 10:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe in Vincentians in spite of all insurances of British colonizers. We must to take a revenge for Australia-1999 and Tuvalu-2008! Please add the changes to your page [notes] chapter “Monarchism”. I like real deal instead the oceans of words [It’s about Barbados and Jamaica]. CrazyRepublican (talk) 10:52, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I'll just wait for the result before I update it. — Nightstallion 11:13, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I know, that wish to become a Republic not always ended by proclamation of the Republic, but I think, that it needs to add updates about scheduling Referendum in chapters “Monarchism” and “Constitutional reform/Referendum planned”. If you think so… CrazyRepublican (talk) 11:49, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Since it's in less than two weeks, I'll update it later. — Nightstallion 11:56, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Its knock-out blow third time long. I refuse to understand. Its needn't to waist place for write about it in your tables now. Will wait Solomonian Miracle.:(:(:( CrazyRepublican (talk) 03:05, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, who knows, the opposition is republican too, so maybe they'll draft a better constitution now. Don't be sad, it's a matter of time for many states, most notably Australia, where the monarchy is living on borrowed time – and Elizabeth's death should cause a few other countries to go faster. — Nightstallion 18:23, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I dreamt about independent St Vincent, when I studied at school, and I ended up this event in 9th class. Then I dreamt about becoming a Republics of all British Dominions (and not only Dominions). But life’s too short. I know that her mother lived to be a hundred and one, and I’m not sure, that I can to outlive Old Lady, if she will be such successful as her mother. Yes, I think that all “Black” dominions will become a Republics during short period after her death (may be during the one year). But I’m not sure about New Zealand, Australia and Canada, because there are very strong cult of the person of queen in these “White” Dominions. Now “Republican” government is at power in Australia, but they not hurry to create Republic now. They can to waist good opportunities as Paul John Keating government, what undertook Republican Referendum, but left the right to hold Referendum to monarchist John Winston Howard, who held and won Referendum with fantastic skill, because the right to create the formulation of Referendum already belonged to monarchists.


 * I know, that all British Dominions of Caribbean, what achieved independence in 1979 and later have the right to alter Constitution without Referendum. That means that countries Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Belize can to transform current Constitutions into Republican by amendments without Referendum (According to Europa Yearbook [by the way, very interesting book]).


 * I know that Belizean government tried to draft new Republican Constitution even in 1999 but then they refused from this idea. CrazyRepublican (talk) 01:00, 27 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Monarchy is very unpopular in Australia, and a direct-election presidential republic proposal would easily win a referendum; and I doubt that Elizabeth will live to be 100. — Nightstallion 09:48, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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Date formats
Thank you for voicing your concerns regarding the date formats in Opt-outs in the European Union. I'll see if I can find someone to reformat the dates (using AWB) to the user-friendly day-month-year format as you suggested. However, in case you weren't aware, the majority of Wikipedia users see dates formatted in the same manner as they are coded, so " " displays as " " whether the date is linked or not. I expect this behavior is hidden from your view since I presume you have a date preference set for your account. -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 03:53, 18 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I am aware of that, but for references I usually use the ISO format for ease of editting and use; as it has been decided to unlink dates (something I'm not really happy with), I'd prefer to have them replaced by the more easily readable format now, though. Thanks for your help! — Nightstallion 08:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

A little notice
Should High Representive Catherine Ashton's "Baroness Ashton of Upholland" title be included in the article title? I thought it might interest you. -> Talk:Catherine Ashton Thanks. - SSJ ☎ 14:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Monarchies in Europe/GA1
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Belgian political parties 2
I'm seldom on Wikipedia these days and I forgot to tell you that there is an ongoing debate over the naming of the articles about Belgian parties Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Political parties. As I told you some weeks ago, in June User:Fram moved almost all the articles about Belgian parties to their Flemish and French names, inconsistently with the general en.Wiki rule under which normally all political parties have English-titled articles. I know that you are not particularily interested in the issue, but as I told you about that before and as you are generally interested in consistency, you may like to tell your opinion. Please do it, even if you disagree with me. --Checco (talk) 13:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Transnistrian legislative election, 2010
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 * Every year I create articles for all elections which are planned to happen in the next year, and always there's at least one PROD. ::sighs:: What exactly is the problem? Elections are notable and all of them have or should have their own articles. — Nightstallion 21:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Maybe people think elections are more truly notable once they've happened? (Not a crystal ball?) No real problem -I'm not going to chase it to its death. Lissajous (talk) 21:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, that's not actually what crystal ball says – WP:CRYSTAL is to avoid having articles about events which may or may not happen and other flukes; having articles for future elections has been done on Wikipedia for as long as I've been active, though. Thanks for your quick reply! — Nightstallion 21:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Ack. Bye. Lissajous (talk) 21:37, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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Kadima
Sorry for the late reply, but was on holiday in Germany for New Year. I think there are a couple of reasons for inviting Kadima into the coalition - firstly that if peace talks start, it's likely that The Jewish Home and even Yisrael Beiteinu may leave the coalition, so getting Kadima in would give it a large amount of stability - a Likud-Kadima-Labor government is effectively a national unity government and would be able to get through most bills. Secondly, even if Kadima won't join, it may split the party, with the Mofaz-led faction breaking away to join Likud anyway. Splitting up Kadima would do Likud well, as it would leave it as by far the largest party - Labor is dying badly and Kadima would be kind of left aimless - a bit like Shinui or the original Centre Party. I suspect if there is a breakaway to join Likud, the other Kadima faction may merge with Labor, with maybe a couple of small breakaways from Kadima/Labor to join Meretz or create a new social-democratic faction. Anyway, we shall see - I'm sure 2010 will be the usual interesting year in Israeli politics! пﮟოьεԻ  5  7  10:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

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Constitutive Treaty
Hey, about your notes page, the wiki article indicates that Brazil, Chile and Uruguay have ratified. Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:59, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Great, thanks! — Nightstallion 09:56, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

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FH map
Hi, just a small question. You updated the freedom house map but it doesn't appear to actually match their latest map. Is there a particular reason? Does the report not match the map? Didn't want to change it without checking. - <span style="font-size:x-small; font-family:Zapfino, sans-serif;">J.Logan`t : 21:54, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


 * That's the 2009 map, depicting events in 2008; the current one is the 2010 map. — Nightstallion 22:42, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
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Referendum on Bonaire
Hello, NightStallion! What do you know about results of referendum on Bonaire? CrazyRepublican (talk) 11:58, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Nothing yet. — Nightstallion 16:26, 17 January 2010 (UTC)