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This might interest you
Seeing that you're a new Romanian Wikipedian, I thought this could be a handy link for you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedian%27s_notice_board

It's a portal for the Romanian community here, where one can discuss new Romania-related articles, communicate with other Romanian users and work together on different projects. One can also engage in discussions about whatever you please on the talk page. Anclation 18:08, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

EU
Hey, I saw your "This usewr trusts the European Union about as far as he can throw it" and I totally agree with you. The problem is, somebody's trying to delete it...If it won't get deletd, can you let me use it ? Many thanks... -Voievod 18:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Hungarian minority in Romania
Hello Radufan, I have been working hard recently to upgrade the Hungarian minority in Romania, to make it more NPOV. I guess just like everyone I would like to get rid of that POV tag as soon as possible, as the tag suggests that the article is not worth reading. Since you were the person that got disputed over the neutrality I would like you to point out the disputes you have, so we can talk about them. Could you please do that on the Hungarian minority in Romania talk page?

I must say that the article in its quest to be more NPOV got a bit of a pro-Romanian sense. I have put my findings out of the literature I read in the article so it got a more neutral stance. But I think it's not enough. The article reads like the Hungarians didn't have it so bad in Romania after all. Fact is that in every study I read about this (for instance the case-study by Benett Kovrig (see the article) and The Hungarian minority's situation in Ceausescu's Romania (1994) by Andrew Ludanyi) there is more emphasis on the really bad situation they enjoyed under the agressive nationalist policies of Ceausescu. To be short, in my opinion the article runs danger to become a Romanian POV article. Kind Regards, Maartenvdbent 16:18, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Romanians
Salut. Te-am contactat pt avem serioase probleme la articolul wikipedian despre Romanians. Dupa cum vezi, user-ii Jayig si administratorul SlimVirgin au pus cele mai joase cifre posibile. Cand am incercat sa intervin, punand numerele adevarate, am fost blocat pt "vanadalism", asa trebuie ca toti wikipedistii Romani sa facem ceva. Daca te intereseaza si vrei sa te alaturi, da-mi un email sau scrie pe pagina talk Romanians. Numai bine, NorbertArthur 2 Aprilie 2006

Proposed Georgia Move
As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country). Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 03:40, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Vino la pagina de discutii Transnistria
În 17 septembrie va fi referendum în Transnistria legat de independenţa regiunii. Cu această ocazie probabil multă lume va căuta pe Wikipedia informaţii despre Transnistria. Am încercat să adaug în articol nişte informaţii legate de acest referendum, anume:

- faptul că mai multe organizaţii antiseparatiste au lansat un apel la boicotare, considerînd referendumul "farsă"

- faptul că din 46 de ţări membre ale Consiliului Europei, 45 sînt împotriva recunoaşterii referendumului, numai RUsia are altă părere

- faptul că datele Comisiei Electorale Centrale din Tiraspol au fost schimbate în mod ciudat, anume numărul total de alegători s-a micşorat cu 7% faţă de 2005, ceea ce ridică suspiciuni asupra unei încercări de creştere artificială a prezenţei la vot prin raportarea unui număr mai mic de alegători înregistraţi.

Totdeauna am dat lincurile care dovedesc cele scrise de mine, n-am născocit nimic din burtă.

Userul Willian Mauco, care pare fan Tiraspol, mereu mi-a şters adăugirile. (vezi istoria paginii)

Puteţi vedea la pagina de discuţii Transnistria ce argumente a adus. Anume: ăia care cer boicotarea referendumului din Transnistria sînt foşti KGB-işti, că aşa zice o organizaţie rusească de analiză (a dat un linc pentru asta). Întîi a spus că respectivii nici nu sînt din Transnistria, ci doar din Basarabia, dar i-am dovedit că unii dintre semnatarii apelului la boicot sînt transnistreni. Am fost împăciuitor, i-am zis că n-are decît să adauge părerea organizaţiei ruseşti că antiseparatiştii sînt foşti KGBişti, că n-are decît să-i considere pe cei care vor boicotarea referendumului drept băieţi răi, dar faptul în sine, că s-a cerut boicotarea referendumului, trebuie menţionat. Degeaba, mereu mi s-au şters adăugirile - pentru celelalte 2 fapte nici n-a adus argumente.

A mai fost o adăugire care a şters-o, despre arestarea a 4 persoane din Transnistria care sînt împotriva separatismului (între timp li s-a dat drumul). În cazul ăsta am renunţat eu să mai insist pentru includerea informaţiei în articol (deşi informaţia e incontestabilă), tocmai fiindcă n-am vrut să mă cert prea mult.

În perioada asta cînd agenţiile de ştiri vor menţiona referendumul de la Tiraspol, se va citi articolul Transnistria în Wikipedia poate mai mult decît într-un an întreg. De aia acum e nevoie să existe în articol informaţii despre contestarea corectitudinii referendumului. Nu cer să se menţioneze ca adevăr absolut faptul că referendumul e incorect, ci doar că există unii (OSCE, 45 din 46 ţări ale Consiliului Europei, unele organizaţii din zonă şi din Basarabia) care consideră asta. Vă cer de aceea sprijinul ca să interveniţi pe pagina de discuţii Transnistria pentru a susţine rămînerea informaţiei în pagină şi să repuneţi informaţia atunci cînd Mauco o şterge (eu nu pot să verific chiar 24 de ore din 24). Evitaţi atacurile suburbane, păstraţi ton civilizat. mulţumesc.

Who is William Mauco Here is an article about a Wikipedia celebrity, William Mauco, and his relations with the International Council for Democratic Institutions and State Sovereignty (ICDISS), an organisation "which seems to be a front organisation for a Kremlin-backed rogue statelet called Transdniestria" (quote from the article) http://0.bypass-filter.com/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL2Vkd2FyZGx1Y2FzLmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbS8yMDA2LzA4L2dvdGNoYS0yLmh0bWw%3D

Edward Lucas wrote about Mauco: "The other lead is William Mauco. He has an extensive record of posting intelligent and fairly neutral entries on Wikipedia, not only about TD but about other unrecognised statelets. Crucially, these predate ICDISS's birthday of January 2006. And he also claims to have been at their conference in Mexico City in April of this year. I have written to him asking to get in touch, and had a friendly email in reply. I am planning to follow up this research in an article in European Voice at the end of August, so watch this space!"--MariusM 08:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Votaţi împotriva cenzurii
Împreună cu EvilAlex (un tip din Tighina - Transnistria) am creat un articolul Heaven of Transnistria despre propaganda regimului de la Tiraspol. I s-a cerut ştergerea. Vă rog ajutaţi-ne să păstrăm articolul, votînd contra ştergerii. Destul a fost şters din articolul principal Transnistria, Wikipedia e plină de propagandă a Tiraspolului, să avem măcar un articol care explică această propagandă--MariusM 20:12, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Ro.Wiki recruitment
Hello Radufan, I noticed your appeal on the Romanian Noticeboard’s talk page and I must say it’s very positive that someone is trying to inform the community about the situation on ro.wiki, and how they can help. May I however suggest that you move the appeal from the talk page to the front page (my impression is that few people check out the talk page these). I doubt it could justifiably be considered off-topic, seeing that ro.wiki is part of the larger Wikiepedia project and certainly relevant to the users on this particular noticeboard.

By the way, I know that the Romanian Wikipedia is collaborating with various sites and groups, but has any effort been made to promote our Wiki on the larger Romanian web forums? I don’t mean promotion in terms of spamming random topic on popular forums, but rather as in getting in touch with forum administrators, explaining the project and finding out whether they’d be willing to themselves promote the Romanian Wikipedia in any way. I believe this could prove very useful, as several Romanian forums have a huge number of active users, users that are (most probably in contrast to the majority of inept anonymous users that we have to deal with) by and large internet-savy and know how to function and interact in a wider online community. Of course, many would not initially be familar with the way a Wikipedia works, but by employing the various help pages we have at our disposal, informing such users shouldn’t prove too difficult. Please respond on my talk page with your take on my idea, thanks. - Anclation 17:16, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

AfD nomination of David Talbott
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Stelian Popescu
According to ER's license, I can copy the work provided it's attributed. So if I were to write "This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on Enciclopedia României", that would be in keeping with the license, would it not? - Biruitorul Talk 17:04, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * First, you didn't answer my question. Second, just name those articles and I'll address the issue. - Biruitorul Talk 20:10, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Absolutely zero of the Gigurtu article is taken from ER - Iulian Toader isn't the only person to have access to those books. I'll fix Universul.
 * While I'm not a lawyer, the license seems quite clear: ER articles can be copied if they're attributed. In fact, your license is rather similar to Wikipedia's (which has countless mirrors). Why have a Creative Commons license at all if you're going to complain about people using your stuff? Might as well go the "© 2009 Enciclopedia României, All Rights Reserved" route. - Biruitorul Talk 20:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, I get the message: no ER material on Wikipedia. Fine. As far as I can recall, Universul and Popescu are the only instances of that. Popescu is already "fixed", and Universul will follow shortly (unless you want to speed things up yourself). - Biruitorul Talk 20:53, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Dacia
Bună! I've been working to set up the WikiProject Dacia to organize better the articles about Dacia and improve their quality. We need help expanding and reviewing many articles, and we also need more images. Maybe you find it interesting and wish to join. Thanks and best regards! --Codrin.B (talk) 22:09, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Romania
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Nomination of David Talbott for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article David Talbott is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Your account will be renamed
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Nomination of David Talbott for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article David Talbott is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/David Talbott & until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. jps (talk) 23:05, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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