User:Gertjan R./Talk archive: 1

Please don't blank / modify pages with a vfd tag on them!

They are being discussed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion and will be removed if found unsuitable. Thanks. --Ianb 11:00, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Your test

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --Lst27 19:08, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Computer network security

Hi, did you really want to list computer network security for deletion? A vandal blanked it, but I restored the content, which is clearly worth keeping. Wmahan. 20:20, 2004 Sep 13 (UTC)

Flanders is a bikemarket

Is Flanders also a bikemarket? Please explain a little bit more. What did you mean? I reverted your edit, I apology if I shouldn't have. --Edcolins 21:34, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

Are these shops so famous as to be mentioned in Wikipedia? I haven't found their web site. But maybe I haven't searched well enough.. And is it a carmaker as well? --Edcolins 17:34, Sep 16, 2004 (UTC)

Ok, I see now. I dunno if it deserves an article on Wikipedia, but why not, if it is a notable bike maker in Flanders? Thanks. --Edcolins 17:51, Sep 16, 2004 (UTC)

City name disambiguation pages

Hi there Belgian man, I see you've done a lot of work on Sydney (disambiguation) and London (disambiguation). I just wanted to draw your attention to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (city names). In particular the standard for US city/town names is

<Town/City>, <State>

or if there is more than one in the state:

<Town/City>, <County> County, <State>

Please refrain from using the

<Town/City> (<County>)

format, as having different formats may confuse people.

In other countries, the format varies, but generally for Canada and Australia a similar format to the US is used - the naming conventions page above will explain all the details. For other countries,

<Town/City>, <Country>

is the standard.

For some examples, see my changes to Sydney (disambiguation). Other good examples include Richmond (disambiguation), Springfield, Victoria (disambiguation) and Kingston. -- Chuq 00:41, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Operation Rolling Thunder

Hi, Belgian man. I noticed you put the VfD tag on Operation Rolling Thunder. Although the page contained nonsense when you viewed it, looking at the page history would tell you it was vandalized. [[User:Nricardo|--Nelson Ricardo >>Talk<<]] 09:10, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

Auto show

"Auto show" was the correct place for that content. Thanks for the additional information, though. Also, there was already an article for Paris Motor Show so I merged it into your Mondial de l'Automobile page, which I thought was a better name. --SFoskett 01:48, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)

Nauru

Hi belgian man, do you have any special knowledge about Nauru? If yes, please let me know in my discussion page. I'm perhaps the most Nauru-interested person in whole Europe, as I know almost everything about it. Thanks -- CdaMVvWgS 19:35, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Did you know that someone added a template-for-deletion tag to you Nauru-stub template (although they haven't followed procedure and also added to Wikipedia:Templates for deletion)? Just for my own curiosity, do you expect many stubs to use this template? gK ¿? 09:39, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Maybe not but it can be used like other templates. In smaller numbers of course. I made also the templates for Tuvalu, Kiribati, Palau and Moldova. Belgian man 20:31, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The various topic stubs were started when Category:Stub grew to be a overwhelmingly large category. Now the number of different topic stubs is exploding, and the question is how will they be used and how useful will all of them be? Do we want or need stubs for all 180+ nations in the UN, for example? If you are interested, there is Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting which is discussing these sorts of issues.

BTW: The Nauru-stub is now listed at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion, although not by the person who originally put the tag on, but by a User who has been adding the stub to Nauru-related articles (I assume he listed it to clear up the issue--he's voted to keep the tag). gK ¿? 03:26, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. But you've seen that Grutness used the template a lot yet. I voted "Keep" now. There are six votes to keep the template, only zero to delete it... Belgian man

VfD nominations

Howdy. You added the {{vfd}} tag to a number of pages on 4th October (Semicolons and Apostrophes, Philippa of Hainaut, Eleventh Hour, Khabarovsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Queen Philippa, Bob Layton, Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh, Northwest Indian Railways during World War II), none of which appear to have been listed on Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion. I've tidied these up for now, I suspect either someone has been trying to counteract your efforts, or that you're unfamiliar with the vfd procedure. If the latter, a nice set of instructions can be found at the bottom of Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion. Ta. - TB 10:21, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

• Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
• Multi-Licensing Guide
• Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

X!NK

I may have been to quick in assuming the link you removed here was to the official X!NK site based on the messages of the members on the front page, but as far as I know it's a reliable source of info on them. Would you mind if I put the link back if I don't call it their "Official" site? Mgm|^(talk) 14:01, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)

OK, no problem for me. Greets, Belgian man 19:42, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

User Categorisation

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Europe page as living in or being associated with Europe. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Europe for instructions.--Rmky87 23:28, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Veluws/Sallaands

Ik weet nie of jy't al elesen het, mer in de tekst staot dudelik dat Sallaandse grammaotika feitlik etselvde is as die van et Oost-Veluws, ik selv praot West-/Noord-Veluws ('t is mer net wa'j 't noemen wul) mer toch is et Sallaands naoder verwaant an et Oost-Veluws dan an et West-/Noord-Veluws, dus 't heet nie veul sin um dertegen te stemmen as allin daorum gaot. Servien-NL

Veurbeeld Sallaands: In de darpen met bargen en bussen van oons Overyssels laand, Is so rustig en kalm nog et leven en ie veult nog de Saksische baand. Sallaand, waor Yssel en Regge eur weg seukt langs dyk en langs wal. Ik verlang nao oew heed en oew bussen, Et is et laand det my geet bovenal!

Veurbeeld Oost-Veluws: In de darpen met bargen en bossen van ons Overyssels laand, Is so rustig en kalm nog et leven en ie veult nog de Saksische baand. Sallaand, waor Yssel en Regge eur weg seukt langs dyk en langs wal. Ik verlang nao oew heide en oew bossen, Et is et laand dat my geet bovenal!

Veurbeeld Noord-Veluws: In de daarpen mit baargen en bossen van ons Overyssels laand, Is so rustig en kalm nog et leven en jy vuilt nog de Saksische baand. Sallaand, waor Yssel en Regge hulie weg seuken laangs dyk en laangs wal. Ik verlang nao oew heide en oew bossen, Et is et laand dat my gaot bovenal!

Je mag ook gewoon Nederlands praten hoor :-) Ik ben C&T, maar dat wist je wellicht al :-) Nu ja, we hebben hierover dus een klein meningsverschil, laat ons het nu zo laten en in vrede dit hoofdstuk afsluiten. Belgian man 12:43, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Wist ik al ja haha. Moeilijk te begrijpen dan? :O ...Als je Oost-Veluws en Sallands vergelijkt zijn er meer overeenkomsten dan met het Noord-Veluws dat zou beteken dat je voor deze drie minieme dialectverschillen een aparte wiki zou moeten creëeren. Servien-NL (vetgedrukt: geheel anders in Noord-Veluws hetzelfde in Oost-Veluws en Sallands; schuin-vetgedrukt: verschillen tussen Oost-Veluws en Sallands; onderstreept: overeenkomsten tussen Oost-Veluws en Sallands.)

Ik begrijp het wel hoor maar het is tegen mijn principes omdat ik die taal officieel niet ken :-) Anders zou dat wel in mijn Babel staan (hier heb ik (nog) geen Babel, ik heb alleen Babel op na, fr en nl) :P Belgian man 15:00, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Ik heb eerder al een Nedersaksische wiki aangevraagd maar enkele deelnemers zien liever een aparte dialectwiki aangezien de Nedersaksische dialecten ver uit elkaar liggen (Duits en Nederlands iig wel). (PS: lijkt me wel handig als je de reden even veranderd in "aangezien het een dialectwiki is", is duidelijker.)

Dat is de reden helemaal niet, ik ben juist fel voorstander van de oprichting van zoveel mogelijk wikipedia's (voor mij mogen er gerust in één keer 7000 Wikipedia's gemaakt worden, want zoveel talen zijn er), overigens is het zo dat zowel Veluws en Sallands geen dialecten maar talen zijn (respectievelijk met de taalcodes vel en sdz). Het probleem zit hem bij het feit dat ik enthousiast opvolger van Ethnologue, dat het Veluws en Sallands wel degelijk als twee aparte talen ziet, ben. Bijgevolg zou ik alleen voor zijn indien je ofwel een Veluwse, ofwel een Sallandse Wikipedia wenst. Niet allebei tezamen. Anders kunnen we net zo goed Engels en Schots in één editie doen, of Limburgs en Afrikaans. Belgian man 16:09, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Als ik het me goed herinner stonden Oost- en Noord-Veluws (vee en ven volgens mij) altijd te boek als twee aparte talen, dit is nu gewijzigd in 1 zogenaamde taal (Nedersaksisch is overigens een taal waarvan Veluws, Gronings, Stellingwerfs, Sallands enz. dialecten zijn, dit staat in het Handvest voor minderheidstalen die de Nederlandse regering heeft geaccepteerd en daarin staan de dialecten niet vermeldt als taal, gemeenschappelijk gezien is het ook geen taal.)... maar goed ik heb het gewijzigd naar alleen Veluws (om nog enkele kansen open te houden op een gedeeltelijk Nedersaksische wikipedie), dus ik hoop dat je je stem dan nog wilt herzien. Servien-NL (zo niet maakt 't ook niet uit, even goeie vrieden, ik wou alleen mijn standpunt duidelijk maken)

OK, dank je daarvoor. Ik bekijk het binnen enkele dagen op Meta (ik kom maar eenmaal per week (meestal de maandag) op Meta). Belgian man 12:41, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Template:User pig

Hey, as soon as someone wants to actually MAKE that template on the language Pisabo, I'll move everything, OK? Matt Yeager 22:55, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, I'll remember what you said here. Belgian man 16:17, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Jèrriais

Jèrriais is emphatically not a dialect of French. A few pointers:

• French is one of Jersey's official languages—this is Jersey French (sometimes called Jersey Legal French), not Parisian French, and there are differences. It's a different dialect of French, and quite different from Jèrriais.
• Jèrriais is not mutually comprehensible with French (just look at the Jèrriais language tag on my profile).
• Jèrriais has a rich literary history in descent from Old Norman, and not from Old French, which, as the writings of Wace attest, was already, in the 12th century, distinct from "French". Norman was also politically distinct from French.
• Many of Ethnologue's categorizing decisions have been under sharp criticism by the Linguistic Community. Under the Linguasphere's technical classification system (an alternate method of classifying language), Norman is clearly distinct from French.

If there is some problem with "Jer" as a code, "nor" (for Normand/Norman/Normaund), "roa-nor", or "roa-jer" would be preferable to "fr-jr". The Jade Knight 22:30, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Jere

I hope you realize that I'm not preventing a Jere wikipedia at all. Should a Jèrriais wikipedia be established as "jer.wikipedia.org" (which is under discussion; a pan-Norman wikipedia may be preferred, which would drop "jer" altogether and perhaps use "nor.wikipedia.org"), and a Jere wikipedia be desired (which I doubt, but will not rule out), Jere could simply be "jere.wikipedia.org" or "jr.wikipedia.org". There's no need to be so melodramatic. The Jade Knight 19:29, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Userbox RPG

• I was extremely recently introduced to Userboxes thanks to User:Ali K.
• I noticed a comment by you on Wikipedia talk:Userboxes relevant to a thought I had about RPG which is both
  • a computer language, that I write in (Report Program Generator)
  • a type of gaming genre (Role Playing Games), and
  • a weapon system (I not remember what the letters stand for, it is used by infantryman to shoot at a Tank)
• So there is potential disambiguiry in which some people might want a userbox to say the program in RPG, while others might want to say they play that kind of game. I might want both.

User:AlMac|^(talk) 10:20, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

You can best discuss that matter with a person who contributes often to the user boxes... To me, it isn't a problem because rpg is no language code. But in my humble opinion names for all userbox categories and templates shouldn't be three letter codes. Belgian man 14:00, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for allowing me to reply in English. I could read what you wrote on my talk page, but I cannot really type Nederlands. Keep up the good work on all of the 'pedias. Cheers. youngamerican (talk) 23:15, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

sugar 2nd time :)

Hello 2nd time. You wrote me what`s called "sugar" in Sonsorolese language. Now I`ve got "sugar" in 333 languages but I can`t find a Palauan dictionary so can you write me what`s "sugar" in Palauan language? Thank you very much. Szoltys TALK

Northwest Formosan

HI Belgian man,

I saw your entries on the NL Wikipedia (as Cars en Travel), as well as your stuff here in English. The Dutch wikipedia info on Austronesian and particulary Formosan languages appears extrememly different from the English, as far as I can tell (using Babelfish). The classificatory scheme seems radically different.

I saw your mod to the Saisiyat page (which you seem to have created -- thanks!). I'm wondering, what source do you have for the "Northwest Formosan" subfamily? Blust (1999)? I saw several such subfamilies on the Dutch Wiki, but didn't see a source for the classification.

Thanks, --Ling.Nut 20:28, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

I use the Ethnologue classification... In the "new" version of 2004, all "Formosan" languages are split into several different groups, including the Northwest Formosan language group. See Ethnologue: Northwest Formosan language(s) and Austronesian languages. Greetings, Belgian man 23:44, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for your reply. You know, the reason I actually became involved with Wikipedia at all in the first place was to work on the Formosan languages pages... and yet, I have totally moved away from them to focus on other things. :/ Maybe I should drop the other things and work on those pages for a while. ;-)

Thanks! --Ling.Nut 23:58, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I've just the same problem on nl:. Projects and projects and projects... And my main project, I worked several monts ago on for the last time. Belgian man 00:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Belgium

Hallo,

ik heb momenteel het initiatief genomen voor het nieuwe WikiProject Belgium, neem eens een kijkje en als je geïnteresseerd bent aarzel dan niet om je bij de deelnemers te zetten!

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:52, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Bedankt Steven voor het seintje. Ik heb mezelf maar toegevoegd, ook al heb ik hier nog maar twee bescheiden artikeltjes over mijn vaderland geschreven, allebei over de deelgemeente waarin ik woon. Belgian man 00:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Geen probleem, een WikiProject stelt geen vereisten aan de deelnemers. Moest je zin hebben, onze pagina bevat een hele lijst ideeën voor nieuwe artikels of het verbeteren van bestaande artikels. Veel succes en plezier, en moest je vragen hebben stel ze gerust aan mij of andere deelnemers.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Belgian television

Hello Belgian man. I am adding to Category:Belgian television. I have started actors, presenters, TV programmes and directors and wondered if you could check my work. Please check Mark Uytterhoeven and Leo Madder for example and any work in that category. Living in Belgium you will clearly know more about Belgian TV than I do THankyou,. I look forward to hearing from you. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I added a little bit to the Mark Uytterhoeven and Leo Madder articles, and checked the other Belgian television actor articles. Belgian man 01:10, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Nicolas Caeyers

I based my text (and the line he was out of the show) on a news report I found on the show's website. Do you have any written text to support your assertion he is still in the show? They might've done a flashback with old footage. - Mgm|^(talk) 00:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

• Hm, I just saw his character profile and you appear to be correct. Did he leave and return by any chance? I could've sworn he left when I checked. Oh, and please do let me know what he is up to nowadays, I can only watch old clips of that show since I don't get VTM here in Dutch land. :) - Mgm|^(talk) 10:15, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Ik volg de serie eigenlijk niet hoor Mgm... Misschien vind je iets op de website van de VTM of op de Nederlandse Wikipedia? Belgian man 16:12, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Bruges burial

Please can you tell me how to find the burial place in Bruges of John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott ? - Kittybrewster 21:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I see Random Nonsense has already answered, sorry for the late reaction. Belgian man 16:28, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Klingon Wikipedia

Hello!

I noticed that you have written something long time ago in the klingon language section of Wikipedia. Unfortunately, the project has been closed in 2005, but has now moved to Wikia (wikicities) as a "Klingon Encyclopedia".
If you are still interested in tis project, I would be happy to see you there again one day. Please acceppt my apologies, if you think this message as spam. -- Lieven (ook uit Belgie). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.158.115.25 (talk) 10:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

Sorry, maar mijn kennis van het Klingon is helaas nihil (Ik herinner me trouwens niet meer wat ik ooit heb bijgedragen aan de Klingon Wikipedia.). Groet en veel succes verder, Belgian man 16:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Number of speakers of Sonsorolese

Got it from Ethnologue but on a second look, I might have misinterpreted it... I added the 60 people from the "outer islands" to the 600 from Palau. But I guess they were already included there. Might this be the case? If so, feel free to revert my edit. :) — N-true 21:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Nauru

Yep, I have seen the discusson about Nauru, which took place several years ago. However, I would like to ask you again: Do you speak Nauruan? Or it's still a kind of game? --Daniil naumoff 13:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

No, I don't speak Nauruan, but may I ask on which question of mine you are answering now? Belgian man 21:08, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Niutao.jpg

Hi there, this is a beautiful satellite picture, but unfortunately copyrighted. It is taken from Satelliteviews [1], in effect by Google Maps. Its terms and conditsions are here: [2]. Specifically:
"Photographic Imagery

The photographic imagery made available for display through Google Maps is provided under a nonexclusive, non-transferable license for use only by you. You may not use the imagery in any commercial or business environment or for any commercial or business purposes for yourself or any third parties.

You may not copy, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, modify or make derivative works of the imagery, in whole or in part. You also may not rent, disclose, publish, sell, assign, lease, sublicense, market, or transfer the imagery or any part thereof or use it in any manner not expressly authorized by this agreement.

By using Google Maps, you do not receive any, and Google and/or its licensors (if any) retain all ownership rights in the imagery. The imagery is copyrighted and may not be copied, even if modified or merged with other data or software."

The reason is, this imagery is not work of NASA, but from IKONOS, a commercial earth observation satellite with much higher resolution than NASA Landsat satellites.--Ratzer 20:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

O.k., kein Problem, ich wusste es nicht. Freundliche Grüße, Belgian man 21:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Now we've got a new sat image of Niutao. Not the same detailed resolution, but public domain, thanks NASA: [3]--Ratzer 07:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Gut :) Belgian man 14:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Niutao.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Niutao.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Matt314 04:58, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your mention. I do not have a problem with a deletion. Belgian man 21:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Nauruan

Salut,

I admire your diverse taste in languages. Having seen your page on the Nauruan Wiki, might I ask how you came to become interested in Nauru? I have a fascination with the country myself, and would like to learn a bit of the language (not devout my life to it, you understand, as it has less than 10,000 speakers, most of whom are in bilingual in English), as I plan to travel there when I am older. Any thought or guidance you can give me on this, such as where/how to learn it, would be much appreciated. Thanks, --MosheA 21:32, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

I do not speak the language myself (I only know a few words), but there exists a book about the Nauruan grammar by Alois Kayser, Nauru Grammar, which is a little bit old nowadays (1938, but reviewed by the German embassy in Canberra in 1993) but would be a good base. Maybe you can find a copy of the book somewhere in the world by using the internet.

Some other information about grammar is to be found at na:Wikipedia:Grammar problems/en/index, where I put some pieces of information given by native speakers or other proficient speakers of the language together.

Friendly greetings (and let me know something when you visited Nauru, I haven't seen the country already myself but I want to travel to it within some years), Belgian man 14:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Vraagje

Ik zie dat je Nederlands als moedertaal spreekt, wel ik heb een vraag.

Het {{wiu2}} sjabloon, welk sjabloon moet je daarvoor op Engelstalig wikipedia gebruiken? Greenday4 (talk) 15:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Mijn excuses, maar daar kan ik helaas niet op antwoorden. Wellicht heb je het intussen trouwens toch aan iemand anders gevraagd... Belgian man (talk) 16:06, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Baarle

I reverted your addition of Baarle-Hiede back into the Baarle disambiguation page. The first line of MOS:DAB concerning redlinks on disambiguation pages says that a redlink should not be there if the only link directing to that article is the disambiguation page itself. DesertAngel 01:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

(answered on User talk:DesertAngel#Baarle) Belgian man (talk) 12:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Ilokano

Hoi, Ik lees en begrijp dat je wegens tijdsgebrek niet aan toekomt om je plannen te verwezelijken. Ik heb inmiddels in het kader van mijn projectje "Regio vd maand" een beginnetje gemaakt met het artikel over de taal Ilokano. Bijdragen van een expert als jij worden natuurlijk altijd op prijs gesteld! Magalhães (talk) 09:13, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

(answered at nl:) Belgian man (talk) 11:54, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Nog bedankt voor de toevoegingen/verbeteringen Magalhães (talk) 14:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Koment Shok

ti flet gjuhen Shqipe? Reply in my talkpage, please. Ari d'Kosova (talk) 03:41, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Unë do të mësoj pak shqipin sepse unë me sa duket do të udhëtoj për Shqipëria, Kosova dhe Mali i Zi tjetri vit :)

With Corrections: Une do te mesoj pak (gjuhen) shqipe sepse une me sa duket do te udhetoj per Shqiperi, Kosove, dhe Mal te Zi vitin tjeter.

I am very pleased you are visiting Kosova/Alb and Montenegro. My family came from Kosova 2 days ago and they were talking about how Durres has become absolutely amazing. He told me Tirana and Prishtina have become metropolitans, amazingly perfect. Enjoy your stay there.!

--Ari d'Kosova (talk) 15:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Security in Prishtina? It almost sounds like a joke then a question but I know you mean well. The security is perfectly fine, in all of Kosova except for Little Columbia. You will love it there, what an amazing city. Busses that run for 30c 24/7, clubs that open from 2-8am, and delicious food for only 1 EUR. I have been in Prishtina and I have lived there, last time I was there was last summer and I am missing it very much. Kosova and Albania the last 3 years have been rebuilding themselves; it's going to be glory when Prishtine - Durres Highway is complete. When you arrive in Kosova/Albanian/Montenegro just tell them that you are American and people will greet you with open arms; everyone LOVES Americans, maybe not the Serbs. If you want brochures or pictures, let me know, I think the Kosovar Government has visitKosova.com (that might help)Ari d'Kosova (talk) 20:20, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

if you have an account get online and I will let you know as much as you want to know. The cheapest and best way to get to montenegro are busses (25EUR) for a return trip from whichever destination (ex: Gjakove - Ulqin, and back Ulqin - Gjakove ... or Pristina - podgorica and Podgorica - Pristina) Ari d'Kosova (talk) 20:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

(continued using MSN) Belgian man (talk) 07:39, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Quelques références

Can you please provide some references for the article Anta, Peru? Also it will be good if you expand the transport section by adding non-air means. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:06, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I will see what I can do. Belgian man (talk) 18:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Belgian government

Hi Belgian Man. Turning away from Kosovo for the time being, tell me, what is the situation in Belgium regarding the government? I havn't followed your country for a few months and have lost track. I knew that there were some problems between the Wallonians and Flemish but I thought that the appointment of Yves Leterme in place of Guy Verhofstad was a step towards a resolution. How are things at the moment? (Particularly from your personal viewpoint). Evlekis (talk) 20:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, the appointment of Leterme is not really a step towards a resolution, I think. A few months ago he promised to have finished an agreement about certain important parts of the state reform (which implies that Belgium becomes even more a federal state, with less competences for the federal government and more for the regions and communities, and is desired by many Flemish but avoided as much as possible by the Walloonians) on July 15, but even on the day he spoke about that day, many media already wrote that it is going to be impossible and the government maybe/probably will fall. We will see... Me personally, I don't really care about the state reform and I am absolutely against a separation of the country. And I think Verhofstadt loved our French-speaking countrymen far more. He was more a Belgian, while Leterme is more a Flemish, you know... Note that in December last year, Verhofstadt was the only solution to "rescue" Leterme after 192 days of consultation, arguing, and very little sleeping (which is not a joke, Leterme eventually landed in a hospital due to something at his stomach, I think), almost ALL about the state reform. It is amazing how much there is written about those 192 days, in Spring, there was a sort of series "after the event" in De Standaard, featuring 4 pages of unpublished information daily for ten days. Belgian man (talk) 12:33, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I can't help but to sense that the Flemish have a yearning for independence, and are seeking flaws left-right and centre by the central authority. On principle, when two or more nations share a single country; one in which they are constituent ethnicities with exactly the same status and rights as each other, there is a concrete set of reasons for how and why those nations came together - a purpose which cannot simply alter just because the climate suddenly changes. Public opinion can swing but ideologies remain the same. But according to the information which I am led to believe on the history of Belgium's internal structure: the national name derives from the Belgui, Celtic settlers who were dissimilated by the Romanic and Germanic speaking populations with whom they fused. The toponym remained in place to refer to the area and soon its name became the platform for a national movement. That movement was the idea of the Wallonians, who for some reason, chose not to be French even though Standard French would come to be their language of identity (Wallonian dialects differ somewhat, and are closer related to the dialects of France's northern departments adjacent to them). I'm given to believe that the Germanic population to the north was not an early player in the creation of Belgium, and they were not invited by the Walloons to stand as a partner to share a single territory. The people of Flanders, I am told, were originally victimised by the system wherever they fought for greater rights and freedom of self-determination; and it took a sustained campaign of civil unrest before Brussels would award the Flemish their status chunk by chunk. But why "Flemish"? That, I am to believe, was the suggestion of the Wallonian authorities who were concerned about a Netherlandic nation conspiring closely with its affiliates and their nation-state over the border, giving rise to Dutch irredentism which might have taken Flanders on the grounds that its population was "rightly theirs". Funnily enough, encouraging populations to be "different" from potential siblings in language and identity is common and widely practiced in all corners of society, particularly where the "other nation" lives just over a fence of some kind. For example, the Soviets accepted Moldova (Moldavia) as such, but not as "Romanians". That appeared to work. Today, Moldovans class themselves as different whilst Romanians believe the Moldovans to be a subgroup of themselves who speak a variation of their language. Even in the EU, the Albanian language has official status. But not in the name of Albanian, a non-member assocation, but Arbaresh and Arvarite (both variations of Alba for Albania), based on the local names for the Albanian natives in Greece and Italy (two member states). Its officialdom is not a major issue, it is something used when addressing minorities; and to be honest, the ethnic Albanians of Greece and Italy are not widely known too far away. Of course, in recent times, the name "Flemish" has fallen into disuse regarding the language and it has come to be recognised as Dutch (with some minor regional variations). It shows that Flemish influence has gained strength. But then there is the political question. Flanders' Vlaams Blok became the single biggest national party in Belgium around 2003/2004. Its popularity (among the Flemish) was immense until it was ruled inappropriate on certain grounds, and was forced to fold (one more reason I personally don't believe democracy is real, but that's another subject). As I said, ideologies remain the same, and so came the creation of Vlaams Belang: largely aiming to promote the same values but somewhat more discretely to keep their heads above water. These look like signs that the Flemmish outnumber the Walloons, and that they themselves wish for a separate Flanders; but then, there is the Belgian Royal Family. Somehow, this symbol has united the greater chunk of Belgium: Walloons and Flemish, perhaps this is where you stand? I remember when your former king died around 1993, you never saw so many Belgians truely united in their grief. This is why Belgian matters confuse me! I don't know how much of the history I mentioned is true and how much is fabricated. If the Flemish never wanted to be a part of Belgium, an interminable resentment will lie deep in the consciousness of all its scholars and intellects: crucial when driving a population to become rebelious. That is ultimately why Kosovo's Albanians wanted to break ties with Serbia. It wasn't a problem with Serbia/Yugoslavia itself (nothing personal), just an internal desire seen to be a part of its self-determination. Although from 1990 they had lost many of the benefits they enjoyed from 1974, they did not care to return to that standing when it was offered to them by Belgrade (with some extras) this year as an alternative to declaring independence. But Belgium is mostly Catholic isn't it? It alone cannot be the reason that Walloons don't want to be French, but may be a reason that the Flemish may not want to be Dutch. Because according to my statistics, Holland has a catholic majority deep south in areas adjacent to Flanders, making up about 13% of the Dutch population. Take out the borders, you see evidence of some kind of historical schism which separated protestants from catholics on a north-south divide (taking into consideration the Flemish and the Dutch speakers of Nord in France), rather like Germany with its Catholic south (including Austria) though not the Swiss-Deutsch, but that too is another subject. Tell me honestly, am I misinformed about a number of things, and can you set me straight? Evlekis (talk) 23:35, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I am not a historian, but almost all you wrote is right, I think, let's say that I knew about it anyhow. Only the religious part is not really right, since most Belgians are atheists nowadays, I thought, and only a minority are still real Catholics. Belgians don't care about religion, it has nothing to do with politics (Islam, with all controversy resulting from it, is more involved in politics than Catholicism). Going to the church, for example, has become a rather marginal activity (most visitors are elderly people). Note for the rest that some Wallonians do want their region to become a part of France. And that the government has fallen on July 14, one day earlier than everyone had expected (I heard about it during my stay in Peru). Belgian man (talk) 09:25, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

NKS/Chiclayo

Yes I know that Spirit has received approval (I created that section on the Spirit page) but it's WP:Airports policy not to list routes with no set date. Once Spirit announces a start date for the service, feel free to add it again. Sox23 02:55, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

deletion of link to NYTimes image of Peruvian International airplane at airport

Hi, can you please explain your reason for deleting the link I added to the Peruvian International Airlines article? It is a NYTimes link to a good image of one of their planes at the airport in New York. Because according to the article it seems Peruvian International didn't service New York for very long, I thought this was a valuable image. I see from your User Page that you deal mainly with wikipedia articles on Peruvian aviation. Was there something wrong with me adding this link? Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.235.251.198 (talk) 08:39, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, actually I simply thought the link was not relevant enough, but no problem, we will keep it, sorry for my action. Belgian man (talk) 15:08, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Response

Yes I have, I am more than aware of the accusations, but haven't you read wikipedia policy? Besides, it is covered more than adequately in the Concerns over the 2008 Summer Olympics article and a potentially POV and weasel wordy statement like that should be avoided in the lead. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 20:35, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm just trying to make it as neutral and verifiable as possible, it has nothing to do with censorship. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:15, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Edit summaries

I'd like to ask you to refrain from commenting on what you perceive as people's motivations when making edit summaries. Summaries such as this and this aren't helpful. You have no idea what my position or opinions are with respect to the Chinese government; I reverted an entry that appeared to be POV and that was not referenced. My opinions were and are irrelevant. Calling another editor's actions "censorship" does not assume good faith, and borders on being a personal attack. Thank you. - Eron^Talk 21:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Et maintenant j'arrête simplement à contribuer aux articles concernant les Jeux olympiques. Je n'ai pas assez de temps pour faire des discussions après chaque contribution, j'espère qu'il y aura assez de rédacteurs pour que nous puissions garantir que la Chine ne reçoit pas une image trop bonne de notre article. Belgian man (talk) 17:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:AIV report

Hello - I'm here in response to your report to WP:AIV regarding User:LordEnzo.

I certainly understand your frustration; I looked at his contributions, and he does have some talk page edits, although they were several months ago. This means he's familiar with the concept of collaborative editing, even if he's not communicating now.

Unfortunately, what he is doing is not vandalism, so he's not going to be blocked for it now. However, I suggest you continue your efforts to engage him on both his user talk page and the article talk page(s). If he removes your messages from his talk page, that means he's read them, even if he's not responding. If he still remains silent after a period of time, head over to dispute resolution and consider some of those options.

If I can help or if you have questions, please let me know. Thanks. :-) KrakatoaKatie 20:13, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I will follow up the situation, it is just a little bit sad that I have to do the same almost each day. Belgian man (talk) 21:02, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

San Jose

Hello. I reverted back your edits, adding back the disambiguation for SJO. Adding the (CR) is current standard practice in most airport articles, regardless of whether the final letter has an accent or not. I suggest you bring this topic up to WP:AIRPORTS and gain a consensus before reverting back, since other users obviously do not share your opinion that it disturbs enormously. Cheers. Elektrik Blue (talk) 20:35, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I will let it be. Belgian man (talk) 21:17, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Not Necessarily

Hello. There are always official published timetables that one can rely to. OAG.com and Amadeus comes to mind. The current list of airlines flying to Lima are confirmed, and they have their schedules published in these timetables. However, when someone adds a future flight, and it does not show up in these timetables, then it is preferred to have a source accompanying it, otherwise, it would be removed per WP:V. Cheers. Elektrik Blue (talk) 16:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay no problem. Greetings, Belgian man (talk) 16:34, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Ibn Batouta

Hi, the IP that puts in the information is a known faker. He is banned with over a dozen accounts from german Wikipedia. His problem is that he makes things up and can not back anything up by sources. In addition he frequently produceses nonsense, as putting HongKong and New York on the list of Europes biggest Harbours or making Ibn Batouta the owner of the Ibn Batouta Int. Airport. Most of his Information is simply fake. The german Article about the airport ist semiprotected because of his actions. Please be so kind to proove his information before accepting them. By the way, the ICAO/IATA_codes of the Airport list it by the name "Tangier-Boukhalef". There is also no source, that the airport was renamed, as the renaming is part of an ongoing construction on the airport, which is noch yet done. Greetings --Blunts (talk) 14:20, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Ich habe in eine Belgische Zeitung (Het Nieuwsblad) gelesen dass Ryanair in Oktober anfangt mit der Verbindung Charleroi-Tanger... Das einige dass ich "akzeptierte" von ihn war dass er das Anfangdatum gleichte zu wissen (28 Oktober, während ich das genaue Datum nicht wusste). Kein Problem, ich werde es stehen lassen als Oktober ohne weiteres. Im übrigen, außer den Verbindungen mit Belgien, trage ich normal nicht ans Artikel bei... Ich kann also nur sagen dass die Verbindung mit Charleroi keine Erfindung ist. Freundliche Grüße, Belgian man (talk) 14:45, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Note

Please see this. Regards, Jennavecia ^(Talk) 18:20, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I am going to see it on my watchlist in a few moments. Greetings, Belgian man (talk) 19:16, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Brussels South Charleroi Airport

I am curious why these edits to Brussels South Charleroi Airport were reverted. They conform to the guidelines in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. It would help if the Edit summary explained why the revert was made. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 12:34, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I only had very little time and was going a little bit too fast... It was because the date notation in the Airlines and destinations section wasn't correct according to the conventions (for the airport articles) (mentioning the year and "beginning" instead of "begins"). I was piqued anyhow due to the goings on at Jorge Chávez International Airport ;)Greetings, Belgian man (talk) 18:58, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Third opinion on Jorge Chávez International Airport

May i suggest you file for Wikipedia:Third opinion on Jorge Chávez International Airport? --ErickAgain (talk) 19:04, 24 November 2008 (UTC).

For what problem specifically? Or do you mean for all my disagreements with LordEnzo? (It aren't even real disagreements, LordEnzo is simply wrong, and thereby extremely stubborn and not communicative at all, please have a look at his talk page.) Belgian man (talk) 19:15, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

For the LordEnzo disagreements indeed, but it's a suggestion only, because reverting seems to takes up your valuable time --ErickAgain (talk) 19:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC).

Okay, but the problem is that I cannot provide a link to the discussion: because LordEnzo does not want to discuss, there is simply no discussion... Belgian man (talk) 22:24, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

nl:wikt:wái

Hi Belgian man/S.V.E.T. I have a question about this Taroko word. It says that it is a neuter conjunction and that does not make much sense. The same confusion was on the page of nl:wikt:dat. This word can be a voegwoord like:

• Ik zeg dat ik ziek ben

But is can also be a neuter relative pronoun as in

• Dit is het huis dat afgebroken wordt.

I cleaned up the Dutch page, but that leave the Taroko translation indeterminate. I'd hate to throw it out. Could you clarify? Jcwf (talk) 06:35, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Het is in mijn bron, de Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database van de universiteit van Auckland, niet duidelijk welke woordsoort wordt bedoeld, en ik heb dan ook een mailtje gestuurd, normaliter hoor je dus nog van me. Groeten, Belgian man (talk) 19:14, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Ik kreeg het antwoord dat de vertalingenlijst voor "dat" op hun website nogal een soep is geworden, en dat voor "de meeste" talen dan ook een specifiërende opmerking is bijgevoegd. In werkelijkheid is dit slechts voor een aantal talen het geval, voor het Taroko niet, maar uit de opmerkingen bij andere vertalingen durf ik wel af te leiden dat het wellicht om het aanwijzend voornaamwoord gaat (zie ook mijn bewerking van nl:wikt:dat daarnet). Belgian man (talk) 13:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

An exciting opportunity to improve yourself!

As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. - Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 05:55, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

swissair rfc

your input is invited at talk:Swissair#key_people, and the associated rfc regarding infobox parameters. as the outcome may have wide affect, the input of as many reasoned views as possible is needed. --emerson7 00:20, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I have put a reaction there, and on the page MilborneOne refers to. Greetings, Belgian man (talk) 12:24, 2 September 2009 (UTC)