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Thanks! Yury Petrachenko 08:14, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Valerie Wilson

Thank you for your comments to that anon editor on Valerie Wilson. He has been attacking that stub—albeit less obviously—for many days now. I have attempted to engage him in a discussion, assuming good faith, as to why he will not allow the article to stand as it was written. This is the only thing that he has said:

I live in NY state; I delivered lottery magazines for over 8 1/2 years. Since NY retired "Tax-Free Million" in 2000, there has not been a "true" million-dollar scratch prize offered by the NY Lottery. Tax-Free Million was lump-sum; the check (after withholdings) was for exactly $1 million, so the actual prize was more than $1.5 million.

NO lottery/sweepstakes etc winner should ever be forced to receive annuity payments. Ms Wilson, in both cases, was forced to receive her "million-dollar" prize in 20 annual payments. Since she was already being paid through an annuity; IMO it made no sense for her to play for another annuity. She should be trying her luck on Mega Millions, which has a cash option. For whatever reason, NY allows the cash/annuity choice on Mega Millions, but not on its scratch games.

Annuity-only prizes should be boycotted (including "lifetime" prizes).

BTW the cash value is not "less" than the annuity; the lump sum represents the present-day value of future money (ie inflation). 216.179.123.145 13:51, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I encourage you to read my comments on the talk page; I think I have been a paragon of patience. The guy obviously is on a campaign to attack annuity-style jackpots, but why he is bringing it here is beyond me. I do believe that he is sincere in his beliefs (all he does here is edit lottery articles), but he is really lacking a grasp on normal Wikinteraction. (Did I just coin a word?) Anyway, I was wondering if you were an admin, or if you knew how to get him blocked. He does not appear to have a static IP address, so it would take several blocks, but I think he needs to be. Can you help? Unschool 01:01, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing this out. I am not an admin and actually a relatively new user (this was the first warning a gave in a long time). I think for now we should wait if he/she makes another "move", give a proper "last warning" and report it on WP:AIV. You can do it yourself if you want, and I will certainly keep an eye on this. Yury Petrachenko 01:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded image

{{helpme}} Could someone help me correctly deal with this image. The author in his blog (in my request to release the image into public domain) stated that he allows to use the image "in any form you find appropriate".

I hope I handle this image correctly and no further action required. Thanks! Yury Petrachenko 04:57, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail permissions at wikimedia dot org to send the permission of the file being uploaded to Wikipedia. Real96 05:03, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For considerably improving (rewriting might be better description) the article Khimki War Memorial, while staying true to NPOV and spirit of Wikipedia. DLX 08:56, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I appreciate this Yury Petrachenko 09:21, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Join the gretl team?

Hi,

I see that you are interested in Statistics and also is an advanced C programmer. Have you looked at the gretl software? It is an open source software for econometrics and statistics programmed in C. Maybe you will consider joining the programming team and implement missing statistics functions?

Best, FSK —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Free Software Knight (talk • contribs) 17:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks, I may have a look, but won't promise anything at this point. Yury Petrachenko 13:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:NINT Logo.gif

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My original biography of Kirill Lavrov is now given to public domain.

Dear Yuri Petrachenko,

Thank you for attention to my contribution to the article on Kirill Lavrov.

My original biography of Kirill Lavrov was recently donated to both IMDb and Wikipedia. Both versions of this biography are my own original work that I am giving to public domain. I am doing similar donations of my works about other people whom I like and respect.

I knew Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov in person, worked with him in front of the camera, and my father worked with him professionally for many years in Leningrad - St. Petersburg. Working on this biography during the last few months, was my way to express compassion, when Kirill Yuryevich was suffering from his illness.

You are welcome to make improvements and updates to this biography. You are welcome to correct my signature, if you want to mention IMDb, I have no problem with that, IMDb too. You are welcome to edit the content, make improvements to the layout, tune-up the style and presentation. This article needs further additions and updates, fun facts, pictures, and other improvements that may upgrade it to something better, that a stub.

Kirill Lavrov was a special kind of person, a noble man in the full meaning of this word, noble. The article about this man deserves our full attention. Everyone willing to give more material, please do so. Updates and new information shall be highly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Steve Shelokhonov,

Los Angeles, CA.

Thank you Steve. To prevent this from happening in the future, please make sure to leave a note on the talk page. Being the editor who started the article, I had to remove a suspected copyright violation to prevent the page from being "speedy" deleted for copyright infringement. Yury Petrachenko 18:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, be happy.Steveshelokhonov 01:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Destructive creativity

Dear Ypetrachenko,

Would you be so kind as to have a look at my article Destructive creativity. I am attuned to comments. Your attention is highly appreciated.

Sincerely, Steveshelokhonov 01:00, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of University of Alberta honorary degree recipients

Thanks for your note, I wasn't aware that it had been on AfD. GreenJoe 14:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome aboard

Glad to see you have joined the Anthroponomy wikiproject. There is a ton of work to be done on this project so feel free to work on anything. Best regards, Remember 12:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Valerie Wilson (lottery winner)

Boy, that anon just won't let up, will he? He tries to kill that page every few months, and why? Because he doesn't like the NY lottery. Hey, I just wanted to say that I appreciate that you've kept it on your watchlist—between the two of us maybe he'll eventually give up. Cheers. Unschool (talk) 06:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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TESS listing for Alabama

Hi! I took the liberty of copying the TESS listing link you just added to Geography of Alabama and adding it to Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi. Regards.Trilobitealive (talk) 00:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! --Yury Petrachenko (talk) 06:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Valerie Wilson (lottery winner)

An article you created, Valerie Wilson (lottery winner), is up for deletion. Thought you might wanna know. Unschool (talk) 20:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spencer (surname)

I am interested in why Smith (surname) is ranked as a "B" article and "Important" when Spencer (surname) is clearly the most extensively researched and better presented encyclopaedic article (probably the best with the exception of a Chinese surname) but is ranked as a "Stub" and of only "Moderate Importance"? I think it was probably passed over very quickly without a fully "considered" assessment. Granitethighs 12:34, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Dynamo Moscow (women’s basketball)

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Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

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