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nice maps you provide
Hi Wiki-vr, i am a (mostly) german wikipedia reader/user. I am really interested from where you receive these nice maps, is there eventually a sort of map generator? Please leave me a note here or at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Murmeltier Greetings Murmeltier
 * –> Antwort bei Murmeltier –Wiki-vr 17:22, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi wiki-vr, danke für die Post. Leider habe ich keine Ahnung was 'Mac Bibliotheken' sind event. reallife oder virtuell??) Kommt man da ran, mir gefällt der Kartenstil nämlich sehr. In der Commons habe ich auch schon gesucht, dort ist im Moment aber nur ein "incomplete license" Verweis, siehe . Kannst du das noch ergänzen sonst werden die Dinger noch gelöscht...
 * Lizenz: Ich werde mich bemühen, sollte es noch keine gute Seele getan haben... wiki-vr 18:05, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I see the blank map, but how are you coloring the countries. BTW I like your work. Cheers! --Scaife 19:18, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The bitmap editors have a "bucket" function, replacing a color within a boundary with a selected one, e.g. with the "pipette" function. One of the programs which (almost:-) anyone can pay for is GraphicConverter. There are a couple of others for PCs as well (see bitmap editor). Hope this may help:-) wiki-vr 18:05, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Help with svg version
of Image:Switzerland coat of arms.png

Hi, I've noticed that folks (e.g. Li-sung) on cs.wiki began replacing png images with svg ones. Could you help me with creating an svg version of Image:Switzerland coat of arms.png ? Would be based on your Image:Confoederatio Helvetica-coat.svg but the cross is some 90% of the one in your image, so it appears as I am used to over here in Switzerland – compare e.g. Švýcarsko and )? Thanks, best regards, wiki-vr 21:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I've gone ahead and made Image:Confoederatio Helvetica-coat.svg look much more like Image:Switzerland coat of arms.png. It does look better, and if you live in Switzerland you would certainly know what is more accurate better than I would. :)  If you happen to know the average color used for the red, that would be very useful. &brvbar; Reisio 23:45, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

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"Swiss" red
PS - I have found out, by asking around, that there is not one Swiss red... wiki-vr 12:55, 28 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Ya, I was just curious if there was a particular hue of red you came across more often than any others. &brvbar; Reisio 13:02, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

A particular hue of red you came across more often than any others? Oh yes, that's simply the simple bright red one, all other are much less used. –wiki-vr 14:07, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

coat of arms, again
User:E Pluribus Anthony has altered me to the presence of a federal resolution which includes a drawing of what I understand is what the general shape of the Swiss coat of arms should look like. It's the shape of the old (original) image I made, so I've reverted back to that. I realize that it's probably not the most prevalent shape, but it's apparently official, so Wikipedia should use it.

Check it out in: French German Italian.

The images being used now, btw, are Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg and Image:Coat of Arms of Switzerland.svg as part of a compromise. &brvbar; Reisio 13:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Great & thanks! However, the shape as pictured is just to illustrate the words, it is not binding,-) wiki-vr 15:17, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

RE: Msg from COA
Great! The full text is here, is really big, but it's not necessary to traslate it all; I'm only looking for little additional information. If you can help me traslating about 10% of it, I'll be very glad! Thanks again, and you can ask me for help anytime you want! --COA 23:09, 21 January 2006 (UTC)


 * ''Již v roce 1986 vznikla ve struktuře Policejního ředitelství Buenos Aires Brigáda pro zvláštní operace - Sokol (BRIGADA ESPECIAL OPERATIVA HALCON /Policista 11/97/), která se měla podílet nejen na potlačování mezinárodního terorismu a jeho aktivit v Argentině, ale i na boji proti nebezpečným pachatelům. Vlastně je připravena kdykoliv a kdekoliv podat pomocnou ruku nebo pouze taktickou radu policistů při řešení nezvyklých taktických situacích. Struktura velitelství je následující - brigádě velí tzv. komisař, jenž je podřízen policejnímu velitelovi, přičemž komisař odpovídá mimo jiné i za výcvik a i nábor. Přičemž je základní výcvik rozdělen do třech fází po dvou měsících, v nichž je zahrnut i jakýsi výběrový kurs a zkouška vhodnosti kandidáta. Nakonec jsou takto vycvičení muži, experti v protiteroristickém boji, výsadkářství, potápění a bojovém umění, začleněni do jednoho z pěti bojových týmů po 15 mužích. Každý tým tvoří svým početním zastoupením samostatnou jednotku zahrnující mimo jiné odstřelovače nebo i vyjednávače, přičemž v případě potřeby může být celá brigáda nasazena jako velká intervenční skupina. Kromě své hlavní role plní jako jiné obdobné jednotky i úkoly ochrany VIP, hlavně státních návštěv. Členové této jednotky, jenž soustřeďuje nejlepší bojovníky v Argentině, udržuje úzské pracovní styky s jinými speciálními jednotky ve světě, převážně v USA, o nichž již byla v tomto volném seriálu řeč (LAPD SWAT, FBI HRT, DEA atd.) Další argentinskou policejní zvláštní jednotku je SECCION DE FUERZAS ESPECIALES (SFE) pocházejicíc zargentinského četnictva neboli GENDARMERIA NACIONAL. Stejně jak v případě Francie (GIGN a RAID), Itálie (GIS a NOCS) a mnoho dalších, kde vedle sebe existuje jak policie, tak i četnictvo, i zde je tato zvláštní jednotka určena pro akce na venkově a neobydlených částí, oproti jednotce HALCON, jenž je určena pro akce ve městech a jejich okolí. SFE je podřízena Ministerstvu obrany a byla založena v roce 1986, v roce kdy v příhraničních operacích byli náznaky o působení teroristů Hizballáhu v souvislosti s drogami jako výnosným zdrojem financí. Její úkoly se tak rozšířili na protiteroristické operace, akce v džungli, hloubkový průzkum, obojživelné akce ale i vrtulníkové výsadky. Kromě toho může v případě větších operacích spolupracovat, nebo podporovat, Brigádu pro zvláštní operace Sokol. Proto byli také její příslušníci vysláni na stáž k francouzské GIGN, jenž v poslední době proslula záchranou rukojmích z letadla A300 AIRBUS v Marseille v prosinci 1994, kromě toho udržuje SECCION DE FUERZAS ESPECIALES úzké kontakty se španělskými kolegy z GEO /Policista 11/96/. Aby se argentinský policista-četník dostal do této 44členné jednotky musí nejprve dosáhnout hodnosti seržanta a odsloužit 5 let služby, samozřejmě, že musí mít výbornou fyzickou kondici a projít baterií psychologických a fyzických testů. Sem spadá jak plavecký test, tak i běh a střelba a další. Následný výcvik probíhá po 6 měsících a je rozdělena do dvou (tříměsíční) etap, zde je vedle nám již známých odborných znalostí zařazen i výsadkářský výcvik. Po tomto půl roce, jehož konce se dočká pouze 20% uchazečů o službu, ale ani tady vše nekončí, následuje 8měsíční zkušební doba, během níž má každý nový adept přiděleno instruktora z řad starších příslušníků jednotky. Jednotka o síle 44 mužů je rozdělena do tvou operačních sekcí, z nichž každá se dále dělí na dvě skupiny (GRUPO DE INTERVENCION), které zase tvoří dva operační týmy. V pohotovosti je 24 hodin připravena k akci 22členná sekce, včetně dvou odstřelovačů a případně dalšího speciálního personálu, včetně pyrotechnického oddílu GEDEX. Tento systém umožňuje do 24 hodin zasáhnout jednotce z její základny v Ezezie kdekoliv v zemi. V souvislosti s nárustem projevů terorismu v Argentině (útoky na židovské představitele) je plánováno zvýšení početního stavu jednotky, který by měl dosáhnout čísla 100. Jejich výzbroj je velmi rozmanitá, vzhledem k specifickým úkolům, od pistole SIG Sauer P 226, samopalu HK MP5 a jeho mnoha z verzí, až po odstřelovací pušky SIG Sauer SSG 2000.''

Good idea. Thanks, anyway. --COA 01:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

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Wikics template
Hi Wiki-vr! I've just created a new template to indicate English Wikipedia users who also contribute to the Czech Wikipedia. Template:User wikics Feel free to add it to your userboxes if you like it. Happy Easter. Daniel Šebesta (talk • contribs) 08:22, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi! It was a very good idea to use that category. Thanks! Anyway, do you know how to have the users in the category listed by their user name instead of having them all under "U" ("User")? If you do, please change it in the template for me. If you don't, I'll ask an administrator. Daniel Šebesta (talk • contribs) 18:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Daniel! I'll try to find out, too. If you do so before (good idea: by asking an administrator, as you wrote) kindly let me know. wiki-vr 11:32, 24 June 2006 (UTC) P.S.: Found out, by looking up in the code of other templates – see changes in your template. :-) wiki-vr 11:52, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot! Daniel Šebesta (talk • contribs) 12:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, Brian! wiki-vr 11:29, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, I'll have a look at it, occasionaly. Ok? wiki-vr 07:40, 7 August 2007 (UTC) Meanwhile a link to an NZZ article what EU is about (definitely not a state (yet)), in German Ein «multioptionaler» europäischer Verfassungsvertrag, NZZ, 31. März 2007 wiki-vr 09:05, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

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