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coordinates missing
Hi. I'm writing to users who have used the "coordinates missing" template in the last year. Could you please use the standard template "coord missing" instead? While the "coordinates missing" template is a redirect to the "coord missing" template, and thus works fine in articles, using "coord missing" directly makes a number of automated bot workflows work better by eliminating the overhead of having to track down the uses of "coordinates missing" to eliminate the redirects. Thanks, -- The Anome (talk) 12:28, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I will make sure to do this in the future. I'm still learning to utilize Wikipedia's various complicated templates.--Vami IV (talk) 04:22, 14 December 2015 (UTC)Vami

Stubs
Hallo, Please don't add stub categories directly as you did to Schloss Waldenburg, but add a stub template (eg BadenWurttemberg-struct-stub. The template adds the displayed message as well as categorising the article. I've fixed this one. Thanks. Pam  D  17:19, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * And when you're adding a stub tag, either the stub or a specific one, remember it goes at the end, not the top of the article (see WP:ORDER). Thanks. Pam D  17:21, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh snap, my bad dude. I'm still learning Wikipedia, so thanks for the help!--Vami IV (talk) 00:08, 15 December 2015 (UTC)Vami IV

Un-redirected this page for future usage
What do you mean?Xx236 (talk) 07:08, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I removed the redirect to Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler from Bad Neuenahr and Walporzheim so I could make pages for those districts. --Vami IV (talk) 18:50, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Vami_IV

Sorting Criteria in Template:Castles in Baden-Württemberg
Have you seen my comment in: Template_talk:Castles_in_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg? Would you care to give your opinion there? --Wuselig (talk) 23:45, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for my medal! It's nice to know that my efforts are helpful to others. Good luck with Operation Stuttgart. We enjoyed our visit there several years ago.Jllm06 (talk) 20:48, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thank you for the barnstar. I never expected one for my minor edits, however numerous. It was quite a surprise (a good one). Best of luck in your editing and all your pursuits. Finetooth (talk) 03:05, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * /me Tips helmet Vami IV (talk) Deus Vult!

SMS Württemberg (1917)
Hi Vami IV. I appreciate your enthusiasm with the article, but it's a long-standing practice that unfinished ships don't warrant articles, since there isn't all that much that can be said about them (though there are exceptions like JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Tosa). This is an example of just about the best I could do on SMS Sachsen (1916) - sure, it looks like a halfway decent article, but it's about 90% boilerplate text, with only a couple of sentences about the ship itself. That material is better covered in the main class article, rather than needlessly duplicating text. If the ships had been expended in weapons tests or something like Tosa, then there would be justification for an article. But if the sum of the unique text is basically "the ship was laid down on X, launched on Y, and scrapped in Z", there really isn't a need for a separate article. Thanks, and let me know if there are any other projects I can help with. Parsecboy (talk) 12:19, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, dammit. Back to castles (for now) I guess. Vami IV 09:47 9/30/16 (CST)
 * If you're looking for German ships to do, you could always chip away at some of the WWII destroyers, most of which still need to be done. There are plenty of high quality sources out there for them too (see for instance an article that was already done). Parsecboy (talk) 15:50, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

A beer for you!

 * I shall drink hardily! --Vami IV (talk) 04:53, 12 October 2016 (UTC) Gott mit Uns!

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Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
Hello, Vami IV. Thank you for reviewing the GA-candidacy of this article. Let me be a bit more clear about the date 1871. In that year, the city of Strasbourg, which had been a French city since 1681, became a German city again. Until that date, the Palais had always belonged to French families or administrations - in 1870, it was a propriety of the Second French Empire. In 1871, it came under the administration of the German Empire and, for a time completely lost its status both as a palace and as a monument to French art and governance. So this date is indeed a significant turn in the history of the Palais. Regards, --Edelseider (talk) 07:45, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * But how does it effect the Palace itself? I would try to go further into detail if the organization hinges on this that much. --Vami IV (talk) 05:42, 27 October 2016 (UTC) Gott mit Uns!
 * I am sorry Vami IV but how could I be even clearer? I don't want to sound haughty but if you don't accept that the fact that the palace lost its status as a palace affected the palace in itself as a palace, you should not bother to review the article. You should choose another subject that is closer to your cultural and historical interests. Thank you anyway, --Edelseider (talk) 08:15, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Malleus Maleficarum
Thank you for commenting on the Malleus Maleficarum article. The best way to help improve the article is by reverting Asterix's nonsense back to a more balanced version which has both sides represented. I tried to restore some balance in my last edit today. The main difficulty is that Asterix sits online all day reverting any changes while stuffing the article with more dubious authors, which made it impossible for me alone to win the revert war that he wanted to fight. Multiple people could finally make headway against him (but keep in mind the 3RR rule, of course, and report him if he violates it himself). Ryn78 (talk) 05:20, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Friend editor, we should report this cretin. I already knew that this Asterix person was ignoring or outright refusing criticism of the page, but reverting constructive edits is most likely a violation of the rulebook(s). Know where we would go to complain of this person's deeds? --Vami IV (talk)! Gott mit Uns!
 * Thank you for the support. Possibly he could be reported to the Neutral Point of View Noticeboard at Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard since he's clearly violating the NPOV principle on a repeated basis (for over a week). If he violates the 3RR rule during any upcoming revert wars, he can be reported to Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring
 * Thank you again. Ryn78 (talk) 05:33, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I shall wait until tomorrow to act; hopefully, he shall see the error of his ways. It is to be hoped, anyways. I doubt these individuals and their honor. --Vami IV (talk) 05:36, 27 October 2016 (UTC) Gott mit Uns!

Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people.
 * "this cretin"...?

Also:

Ian.thomson (talk) 02:29, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Malleus Maleficarum
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Thanks for the Barnstar
I appreciate your recognition of my efforts for Italian dioceses. I've done nearly all of the dioceses of Piedmont as well, and most of the French dioceses. Onward for Wikipedia! --Vicedomino (talk) 04:57, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Mary Lee and Catherine Lee
Hi - About your page move to "Lee sisters". That title is more "streamlined", as you say, but the authors are not known that way, so it wouldn't be helpful for anyone searching with WP search or Google. Page titles are usually meant to reflect normal usage, and "Lee sisters" is definitely not that. I suggest "Mary and Catherine Lee": a shorter title than before, but a phrase their publishers often used, and more helpful for someone looking for info on the authors. Lelijg (talk) 09:37, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome aboard on the challenge, I've moved the Irish castle list into The 10,000 Challenge though which is being run separately from the European one for maintenance purposes, not political haha.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:18, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:10, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Assessing pages
Hi. Thanks for assessing Chitra Dansuputra. But when making such assessments, could you try to avoid changing template name calls from their full names into redirects? Someone using another automated tool might come by and change them back, causing unnecessary load. Also, what does the edit summary "Slaying Categories" mean? --Paul_012 (talk) 04:04, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * "Slaying Categories" is the name I devised for the effort I made to kill these two backlogs. -- Vami _IV✠  22:08, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. Could you consider using a more specific edit summary (or add a piped link), to avoid confusion? Also, please consider my above suggestion regarding template names. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:11, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

ANI Notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Asterixf2 (talk) 01:34, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

BTW. Your new signature is great! --Asterixf2 (talk) 01:34, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Your edit summaries and your attitude to other editors
Per your snotty, self-aggrandizing edit summaries, for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Korab&diff=prev&oldid=751343044 ("Please follow instructions when adding new articles for the love of God"), have a good read at Don't be a dick. We all put our pants on and set to the task of writing articles long before you ever got here. Just edit and leave the banal commentary to yourself. Not everyone gives as much of a shit about the talkpage categories as you do, and they don't need you snapping at them.

On that note, you have no business rating importance of articles for projects you do not belong to, and I have told you so when I have reverted you. You say that's your "project". Pick a new one. Shall I make it my project to go down the list of all your new edits and undo each time you've rated importance of articles for projects you do not belong to? I can be just as loud and obnoxious if you want me to. Try me.

Finally, be very careful when you call people things like "git", as you did on my talkpage. I have been familiar with the term since before you were born, it is insulting and demeaning. If you act like that in person, don't be surprised when someone doesn't find it cutesy and you end up with a split lip.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:53, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Slaying
Living parameter: Might be worth pressing on through the alphabet to Z, then starting again from A. I say this because I can clear out certain new additions fairly quickly, so it's not worth your time to deal with those. I know it's nice to see A-M clear though!

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:43, 4 December 2016 (UTC).

"Killing Categories"
Please stop changing template names on talk pages such as WikiProject Women to redirects such as WP Women. There is no reason or justification for these changes. Thanks. Pam D  00:29, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Stubs, etc.
Hi, thanks for your message. Yes, I would be interested. My main focus is cleaning up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Biography_articles_without_living_parameter; as I'm doing that I find that a lot of them are not assessed. I also am working on adding or correcting birth and death categories to articles as well... --FeanorStar7 12:31, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Battle ships list
Hi Vami, there are still a couple of things needed on this list to reach BL, specifically inthe B1 area: there are somenotes on the talk page (at the bottom) and there are some notes on the assessment page. auntieruth (talk) 14:55, 30 December 2016 (UTC)