User talk:Afil/Archive 3

Official River Codes

Hi, I ("Fremdbinich") am new in the english version. I would like to contribute articles on rivers. Reading existing ones, I noticed an "Official River Code" - without any declaration of origin. Where does these coding come from ? Why isn't it used consequently for all rivers? Where can a list all all listed rivers be downloaded from? How to contribute to the list? Fremdbinich (talk) 17:46, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

{{GC-church-stub}}

Hi - a stub template or category which you created has been nominated for deletion or renaming at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. The stub type, which was not proposed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, does not meet the standard requirements for a stub type, either through being incorrectly named, ambiguously scoped, or through failure to meet standards relating to the current stub hierarchy or likely size, as explained at Wikipedia:Stub. Please feel free to make any comments at WP:SFD regarding this stub type, and in future, please consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 00:38, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi again - you wrote: I did not find where I have to post my response, therefore I post it on your discussion page.. As I said above, the place to post your response is at WP:SFD - specifically, at Wikipedia:Stub_types_for_deletion#.7B.7BGC-church-stub.7D.7D_.2F_Cat:Greek_Catholic_church_stubs. As for the comments you left on my user talk page, there is nothing discriminatory in noting the fact that GC-church-stub is not an appropriate name, given that GC is not normally associated primarily with the Greek Catholic church, nor with the fact that the stub type was never proposed, nor with the fact that there is not even an article on Greek Catholicism (it's a redirect), nor with the fact that the parent category does not have enough articles in it to assure that the stub will reach the required threshold, nor with the fact that the template is incorrectly formed. All of these are reason enough for the stub type to be considered for possible deletion, and all of which would also have been sorted out prior to the creation of the stub type if it had been proposed. Grutness...wha? 05:23, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Dab vs. Tag on Riedel (surname)

Thanks for your work on Riedel (surname). If you can remember w/o excessive effort, plz try not to put Category:Disambiguation on any main-namespace pages: instead plz use the appropriate template (which will take care of both the message and any Cats, which may include Category:Disambiguation pages but will always avoid the one you entered by hand. Tnx!
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Václav Antonín Chotek of Chotkov and Vojnín

Hi, referring to your question: I found the genealogy in the mentioned source. I do not have any more informations. May be you are right or not, I do not know. Greetings from Germany, Seeteufel.--81.153.52.223 (talk) 08:35, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Filotti family

Firstly, thank you for your message. According to some search I made, the name of the village "Φιλώτι" is derived from the Ionian "προσωνύμιο" (a word that substitutes the real name of a person) "Φιλώτης". You are right about the double "τ", I was just carried away, transliterating exactly what I was reading. About the "ς" in the end, it cannot be wrong. Male surnames in the Greek language always end in either "ς" or "ου". Villages and islands are quite often of neutral genre, that's why the name of the village in Naxos and the other islet end in "ι". As for the name of the church "Panagia Filotitissa", shows exactly that it is dedicated to Panagia of Filoti ("Filotitissa" being an adjective). The only way the name would end in simply "ι", would be if it was of non-Greek origin (first thing in mind are the Italian surnames). If we were about to use the exact transliteration of the Greek language in English, we would use "Filotis" for the male members of the family and "Filoti" for the female. But in practice we act differently. Compare Dora Bakoyannis for example; in Greek we call her Dora Bakoyannis, and it is grammatically wrong to add an "s" in the end. However, in English, the male ending preveals. I would suggest to change your correction in the respective article to "Φιλώτης". I am not doing it myself yet, waiting for reply. Hectorian (talk) 10:53, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Done. I did not mind your question at all! Feel free to contact me about any subject you think I may be able to help. We'll keep in touch. Ciao. Hectorian (talk) 20:52, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind (was: Request for a slight edit)

Hello. I'm becoming more active in working with articles having to do with choral music ensembles (choirs). I am one of the founders of ChoralNet.org and maintain a large directory of choir websites there, so I was looking at the List of choirs here and read a comment/complaint you posted on the Talk page two years ago having to do with the Cantamus Girls Choir being listed. Someone (anonymous editor/vandal from Ukraine) had added the word "f***ing" to title of the link and so your comment was under that title. I'll remove the vulgarity, because it wasn't a real title in the first place and not your own word, so I'm not violating WP "bad practice" rules....hence the "Nevermind" in this title, because I was originally asking you to remove the f-word.

IIUC, you're from Romania, correct? If so, please take a look at ChoralNet's (rather short) list of links to Romanian choir websites, Choirs in Romania, and see if you know of others that should be added. Some of those links are outdated/broken, and so maybe you could help me find their new websites? For example "Pro Musica Chamber Choir" is broken, as is The Choir of girls "Simbol," the National Chamber Choir Madrigal, and the SOUND choir (Bucharest). I can try to search for them, but it is more difficult because I don't speak Romanian. - DTinAZ (talk) 18:16, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I saw that you posted some useful information on my Talk page--Thanks! DTinAZ (talk) 15:46, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Tigva River

I have nominated Tigva River, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tigva River. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. SaiyanEmperor2008 (talk) 15:04, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Categories

Category:Romanian opponents to communism seems does not exist. Maybe we can create Category:Romanian anti-communist dissidents, which would be subcat of Category:Romanian dissidents, and include most but not all of its current content? Dc76\^talk 05:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I am in the process of organizing some subcategories of Category:History of Romania and Category:Moldova. From my short experience I see two solutions:

1) simply put a number of articles both in Category:Romanian anti-communists and in Category:Romanian dissidents

2) create a new Category:Romanian anti-communist dissidents and make it subcategory of both; all articles that are at the intersection of the two sets would be moved to this category. This has the advantage of somewhat sorting through the articles and the advantage of not forgeting to "register" an anti-communist dissident both as anti-communist and as dissident. As I know from personal experience, the people who contribute content often fail to put the articles in all proper categories. At least I was doing so for over a year with almost all the articles I created or improved, and I have a feeling I was not alone in this.

Which solution you prefer? Obviously, there were anti-communists who were not dissidents and dissidents who were not anti-communists; so the inclusion is strict in both. Your example is definitevely correct. Dc76\^talk 23:13, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I buy into you arguments. They are perfectly reasonable. So, what I am going to say is about details and nuances. But yet, interesting ones:

1) While starting to work on Category:History of Romania I noticed that the organization of Category:History of Poland and Category:History of France was much more advanced and more thourough and thoughtful, and there were more artilce, of course. But then I also observed Category:History of Hungary is behind that of Romania. Even worse is Category:Moldova, which got me into this category business in the first place. I mention Poland and France because I use(d) (to some extent) their example as a guide for Romania and Moldova (plus I sometimes used Denmark, and rarely also USA). Baltics for example, are falling behind and are not such a good example to guide as in France, even if we find more similarities with them. So, there is one thing I noticed and I want to remind you about, although I am sure you are well aware of it: Categories are added when and as needed, and based on notability. The category tree is always growing in structure and content (although not necessarily also in complexity, since we can make it well-organized and thus decrease complexity). Some things are needed whenly when they are needed, but we should not be afraid to take the lead on 2-3 occasions (others have taken the lead on thousands of occasions before us, and we just copy and repeat their work). I would not count on other nations to arrive to issues of anti-communism and dissidents before us. Maybe only Poles and Russians. But why can not we overtake once in a while?

2) "Your second solution opens the door to very confusing categories." I would disagree here, because for a category to be opened, it must be notable as category. But the word dissident can only apply to people who perform very specific activities in dictatorial regimes. There were many anti-unionists, but there was no anti-unionist dissident, because there was no dictatorship. There were many anti-fascists, but we did not have a fascist regime. We did have a few anti-Carlist dissidents (Antonescu was one of them), and some anti-Antonescu dissidents (Maniu was one). Before that we did not have dictatures before 1937, and even so Antonescu and Maniu barely did a minimum to be called dissidents: we had no true dissidents like Goma or Blandiana or Cornea or Petrescu before communism. Dissidents by deffinition must be against a regime, not pro an ideology. From all other parts of Romanian history I cna think of, only Lapusneanu had a true dictatorial regime, and that only for a few years. But then the country was not even aware of the name of the domnitor (as you might remember from some novels), much less about a regim afecting anyone but a few boyars. The word dissident is only used to characterise individuals from 20th century on. - Just as you, I look at the other countries.

3) I can understand your worries, namely that Romanian dissidents minus Romanian anti-communist dissidents gets us a very tiny number. I am not a specialist, so I don't know much to argue. But anti-communist dissidents in anti-communists is only a tiny fraction.

4) I agree that we should think about this: Can we put Category:Romanian dissidents in Category:Dissidents by country. Yes, but for now only in Category:Dissidents, which is not yet fully grown to have a subcat "by country". Ditto for anti-communists. As for their intersection, not yet. So we should ask ourselves: Is Category:Anti-communist dissidents by country notable enough to appear one day? My personal answer is yes, but in long term.

5) You said "The problem of incomplete categories is general for Wikipedia (actually it is worse for many foreign language Wikis). However this cannot be a reason of incorrectly defining categories. Therefore, I strongly support your first alternative." Right. Again, right. I am glad you do.

But I think that you simply need time to convince yourself that in the long run we will need the second alternative. Take just one example: it is very odd Brucan sitting right next to Blandiana in the category dissidents. Some non-Romanian, or even worse a Romanian teenager could associate them in his mind, and those first impressions in one's mind are not changed for years, if at all.

Now, since we are for the time being at the first alternative, you have the chance of adding 20 to your edit count by correctly categorizing all articles in Category:Romanian Dissidents :-) Ok, I will help. You take the lead. Dc76\^talk 01:57, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

If you sometimes have some time, and can help, please find here a fragment (in Romanian) I coppied (by hand) from the book Ion Nistor "Istoria Basarabiei", Chişinău, Cartea moldovenească, 1991, reprint of 3rd edition, Cernăuţi, 1923. The fragment contains some information that can find its way in several articles. Can you please help do that, i.e. write 1-2 sentances in different articles that come to your mind as logical? The idea is to enrich Wikipedia to contain the info in that fragment. But you need to think at ease where is more appropriate to be informative and non-repetitive.Dc76\^talk 02:05, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Obvioulsy, only if it may interest you, don't feel obliged to do this. And obviously, it's not something that has to be done today. If on the other hand you know other editors who can help (out of interest in toppic or curriousity), feel free to pass the word. Maybe in the future to make more such instances, i.e. in someone's usespace we can from time to time add interesting text that can be quoted, and then other people can use it in editting. Maybe isn't such a good idea. Just trying a way to get more people to colaborate on pages I am usually editting. Dc76\^talk 03:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Category:Austrian landscape architecst

I notice that this category is unpopulated (empty). In other words, no Wikipedia pages belong to (are members of) it. If it remains unpopulated for four days, it may be deleted, without discussion, in accordance with Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#C1. I'm notifying you, the creator of the category, in case you wish to (re-)populate it by adding [[Category:Austrian landscape architecst]] to articles/categories that belong in it.

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Ţerova River (Brezoviţa) and Ţerova River (Bârzava)

Hello, I happened upon these pages today and noticed that the references and maps are in Romanian. Would you mind adding English translations? Thank you, momoricks (make my day) 04:20, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I thought including the English translations might clarify the items for readers. If it's not required and you don't think it's necessary, no big deal. Best regards, momoricks (make my day) 22:47, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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{{disambig}}

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Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia

Need your advise on this one. I ran into the article on this distinguished gentleman writing about the battleships (part of WP:OMT) ... it startled me! The bulk of the article is dedicated to two pleasure voyages. The part on his Navy stint appears complimentary, at times even emphatic. But it's an encyclopedia, not a copy of the Gotha Almanac. The reality was not as rosy: his fleet went down in the first major war. "His" fleet could be an overstatement: for the most of his tenure he lived in Paris.

Here are two questions:

• shouldn't the American and perhaps Japanese affairs be split into separate articles, for a better balance inside the main bio?
• what would be a proper way to tone the article down from an outright apology to a neutral tone (short of a radical rewrite)?

I'm not going to jump on this poor rich old Duke in the nearest future, just being concerned with non-neutral presentation.

Cheers, East of Borschov (talk) 13:19, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

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picture of Anna Akhmatova's grave

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Guvernământul Transnistriei

Afil, I saw you speaking at the page Talk:Bessarabia Governorate. Can you help me with Guvernământul Transnistriei? I think it should be English? Transnistria Governorate? And also see the other two, Guvernământul Basarabia likely should be Bessarabia Governorate (Romania)? Guvernământul Bucovinei -> Bukovina Governorate? Transnistriei (talk) 13:07, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I responded on your user talk page. However I don't know if you will find it, as there seems to be something wrong with your registration. Please indicate a valid address where you want to get your answers.Afil (talk) 02:55, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Borcuț River (Someș)

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Wikipedia–Wikimedia Meetup
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Speedy deletion declined: Valea Porcului River (Sadurel)

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Well, scratch that. It became a G8; broken redirect; not two minutes later. Courcelles 08:48, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

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Familypedia

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I added here under her maiden name, as is the rule in Familypedia: Maria Ligia Vasiliu

Re: Mulţumesc

Domnule Afil, inainte de a vota, m-am gandit mult, stiind ca o-sa interpretati interventia mea ca pe un atac asupra dvs., si nu pur si simplu o parere despre meritul enciclopedic a subiectului. Inca o data, va rog frumos sa nu le confundati. Trebuie sa zic ca nu sunt convins ca exista surse suficiente despre Doamna Filotti ca sa merite un articol in aceasta enciclopedie. Nici un comentariu intr-un forum, nici o publicatie cu scop vadit al promovarii (Who's Who) nu indeplinesc criteriile. Regimul comunist a facut sute de mii de victime, printre care si membri ai familiei mele, dar nu toti isi au locul intr-o enciclopedie.

Imi pare rau, dar nu sunt deloc printre cei care isi doreste sa minimalizeze importanta rezistentei anticomuniste. Din contra! Dar atunci cand caut sa adaug la informatiile deja existente pe Wikipedia despre aceste teme, nu imi permit sa ignor regulile enciclopediei. Se poate si sa fim corecti, sa le urmarim, si sa scrim despre aspectele acestor miscari care au fost detailiate in surse de incredere. Nu stiu ce sa mai spun decat sa va rog sa nu interpretati gresit acest vot. - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:23, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Now, what exactly was the point of that comment? Putting aside Dahn, you and me, 5 users voted for deletion, and none for retention. It's not as though my own vote pushed the result over the edge. And everyone who did vote came to the same conclusion: that the article subject failed to meet WP:N, and thus deserved deletion. Look, I'm not trying to be callous here. I do think highly of you and of Mrs. Filotti, and I owe you a personal debt of gratitude for certain things. I've forgotten none of that. However, I draw a line when it comes to articles on non-notable figures, no matter how close they are to you. There, I try to judge fairly and impartially, and for the third (and I hope final) time, I expect you'll be able to see the difference between me-as-individual and me-as-Wikipedia-editor-assessing-notability. - Biruitorul ^Talk 23:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

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I suggest that you take the issue with Eugenia Filotti Atanasiu to Deletion Review for further consideration. If restored, the image can be replaced there easily. Skier Dude (talk) 03:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Filotti family for deletion

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Given your complaint at Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#User_Biruitorul let me add my comment: I can see why you feel aggrieved, but you should be aware that Wikipedia is operating "as it should". An encyclopedia collates knowledge from trustworthy sources elsewhere, it is not a publisher of first resort.

1. See WP:V: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth." That is, to maintain the integrity of the the encyclopedia, everything must be demonstrably correct and stand up to scrutiny.
2. See WP:GNG: "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria". That is, if no other publication considers the subject noteworthy then nor does Wikipedia.

Your assertion that "the first criterion for notability of a person should be the achievements of that person, and not only the extent of coverage which should come second" is directly at odds with Wikipedia's core principles. That is absolutely not to say that you should not contribute your articles to Wikipedia, but you should (a) familiarise yourself more with Wikipedia policies and evaluate these subjects according to those, not your own beliefs, and (b) tailor your contributions so that they clearly and unequivocally demonstrate that they do satisfy those requirements.

It is very difficult to evaluate a subject objectively if you have a WP:COI. If consensus is that your articles do not meet inclusion criteria, there are Wikipedia:Alternative outlets where they will be most welcome.

And, of course, all the above is my own personal view - not a statement of absolute truth. RichardOSmith (talk) 21:40, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Also, please note the instruction around the closed discussion: "The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section". My advice is to follow the instruction rather than remove it. RichardOSmith (talk) 21:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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Anton Erhard Martinelli

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Can I ask you a question, from which source comes this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anton_Erhard_Martinelli&diff=prev&oldid=246203695 ) your edits? Mention of Martinelli's participation in the construction of the castle Berolákovo I found nowhere in the literature, but is probable. If it exists, please source your statement. (A. E. Martinelli is the theme of my university thesis) --Šandík (talk) 17:01, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I understand. This information but does have to come from any source. Only available text (online and in printed literature known to me) to Martinelli's participate in the construction Bernolákovo castle is your article on Wikipedia. There could be some mistake? A. E. Martinelli is clearly built a castle in the nearby Velký Biel (Magyarbél).--Šandík (talk) 12:42, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

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re: Imre River

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Please revisit the conversation: I suggested a solution you might like. Staszek Lem (talk) 01:52, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

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