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Your comment 10/12/08:

Hi. Thanks for the suggestion. You were right. The "Evelyn Wood" citation was just an ad. I removed it as well. Dr.K. (talk) 14:47, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

My response 10/15/08:

Now that the issue is resolved, would it be possible for you to unblock IP address 72.174.21.21 and user Wal2Wal? It should be noted that their persistence in the issue of ads vs content was due to what appeared an inconsistency in which links were considered ads (the Evelyn Wood link leading to the readfaster.com site), and which were not. We would appreciate if you could reinstate editing status to this IP address and user name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.217.132.115 (talk) 20:36, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Removal of new additions to Volkswagen Beetle

Would you please be so kind as to contact me before you remove all my new edits? The Volkswagen Beetle page is incomplete and contains falsifications of history. I have researched Volkswagen history for the past five years and have unearthed many new facts. I would be glad to share my knowledge with you and discuss any objections you might have, as long as you respect my right to edit these pages. Information must only be removed if it is incorrect and my information is 100% correct and historically researched. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganz-volkswagen (talk • contribs) 14:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm new here. I guess I'll have to read up a little more on proper policy Wcrofct (talk) 01:56, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Historical engineering branches -Reg

Hi

I added Naval Engineering since it is a main engineering branch with long history.

The following branches listed under http://en.wikipedia.org/Engineering#Main_Branches_of_Engineering are also NOT historically, the main branches of engineering.

Environmental Engineering Computer Engineering Aerospace Engineering

Sincerely Chrysal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.48.158.130 (talk) 02:31, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Image added to Corfu

Nice one on the addition of the Aghios Georgios image! I went there in'06 and I have to say it's the most beautiful beach I've ever seen! Judging by your username, you're Greek? cf38 18:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks cf38. I really appreciate your kind remarks. Your taste is impeccable. I love that beach too. Scuba diving, kayaking and snorkelling are great also, especially around the peninsula. And yes I am Greek. Nice to meet you. Take care. Tasos (Dr.K. (talk) 19:31, 22 October 2008 (UTC))

Jörg Haider

Please do not revert attempts to improve this article. Please do not remove valid fact tags. And prophylactic: Please do not re-add false information. Str1977 10:14, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

How can you call false information a fact supported by an inline citation supported by the Times of London and the German wikipedia. Your tone on my talk page was also uncivil. I would appreciate if in the future you took this to the article talk page. Dr.K. (talk) 17:48, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

It is false information because it is not in line with the Austrian reports on the event. It is not uncivil but rather an act of civility to inform you of my action which I of course explained on the article talk page as well, in greater detail. Any further discussion over there. Str1977 20:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Dear Dr.K., How could I possibly make a wikilink from " Petzner" to "Stefan Petzner"? I tried to find information in regards to links, but it only shwed me the coding, not how to actually do it.

Any response appreciated. Thank you

--Oxygen305 (talk) 23:53, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Byzantine/Eastern

Heh, looks like you were working from top to bottom of the contribs, and I was working from bottom to top at the same time. Got the work done fast though! Thanks for the help.  :) --Elonka 19:56, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

What a nice surprise Elonka. But it actually gets better. You beat me to the punch. I was so relieved to see you correcting this from the other direction, that I was actually ready to go to your talk page to leave my thanks for helping me in this tedious task. So I will thank you here instead. Nice seeing you. Take care and thanks again. Dr.K. (talk) 20:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I was very intrigued to see that the anon seemed to have been making changes in the other direction back in September, changing "Eastern Roman" to "Byzantine" in a couple places. I took a look at the Byzantine Empire article to see if I could get an idea of when to use one and when to use the other, but didn't see anything obvious. My own area of expertise is around the time of the later Crusades, when "Byzantine" is the obvious term to use from the sources that I am familiar with. However, I'm honestly not sure if there's a time period when the Roman term is more appropriate. Do you have any idea? --Elonka 22:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Thant's interesting. I didn't notice that the anon was actually going in the reverse direction in September. This, I think, is a matter of convention. The Byzantine Empire is also known as the Eastern Roman Empire. So it is a matter of consistency to call it and its article derivatives by one name. In this respect since the main article is called Byzantine Empire it makes sense that its emperors are also called Byzantine. Also the anon made wikilinks which piped the Byzantine Empire through the Eastern Empire term. This is patently unnecessary. The Western Roman Empire officially ended in 476. From that point technically, since there was no Western part, the term Eastern Roman Empire became even more debatable. So before 476 it might be more appropriate to use the term "Eastern Roman". But after the 5-6th century AD the term Byzantine is the more prevalent since Byzantium increasingly evolved into a distinct entity and its attachment to its Roman Empire origins weakened considerably. Dr.K. (talk) 22:59, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, that clarifies things considerably.  :) --Elonka 23:35, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure Elonka. Take care :) Tasos (Dr.K. (talk) 23:37, 25 October 2008 (UTC))

Fair use

From reading the fair use guideline, these articles almost always meet that guideline. In cases where they do not, this calls for discussion and consensus building/article improvement, not some mass swathe of deletion which this editor is apparently perusing. Has he responded at all to your repeated inquiries? I didn't see anything on his or your talk page? T L Miles (talk) 04:33, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your response

I don't have a problem with STr1977 correcting me or anybody else, but do not like his tone and dramatic choice of words.I will certainly follow all future comments on haider.--Oxygen305 (talk) 21:55, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I don't think his tone is proper. Thanks again. Dr.K. (talk) 22:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Patagi & Neochori, Evros

Hi, Dr.K. I came across two article that I assume were both translated from the Greek-language Misplaced Pages (in the initial edit of one article the author indicates as such): Patagi and Neochori, Evros. If you have a moment, could you take a look at them? I came across them when they were listed at WP:SCV. My concern is not that one is a copyright violation of the other (because they were both translated by the same author), but that the Patagi article seems to reuse some facts from the Neochori article that wouldn't necessarily be true about two distinct places. If you could take a look at them, and try to verify some of the facts, I would be very appreciative. We haven't talked in a while - I hope all is well! Again, thanks, Iamunknown 06:56, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Iamunknown. It's very nice to see you again after such a long time. Everything is great, thanks for asking. How are you? About the two articles, no problem. I'll have a look at both of them and I'll let you know. Take care for now. Dr.K. (talk) 14:01, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Opinion needed

Do you think you can give your opinion in the discussion? Basically the discussion is about what the population of Thessaloniki really is. _{El Greco} 23:56, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll try. Thanks for the kind invitation El Greco. Take care. Tasos (Dr.K. (talk) 01:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC))

Γειά σου ρε Τάσο!

Read your post to Yannis. Tsiftis as always. Now that things have cooled down a bit it is even more important to remind him of our appreciation--Giorgos Tzimas (talk) 02:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Τι κάνεις ρε παιδί; Σ' ευχαριστώ για τα καλά σου λόγια. Έχεις απόλυτο δίκιο. Σε πολλά επίπεδα ο Γιάννης είναι ένα σημαντικό άτομο για το μέρος αυτό. Η παρουσία του εδώ είναι ένα αναντικατάστατο σημείο αναφοράς για πολλούς όπως και για μας. Ελπίζω και εύχομαι τελικά να αποφασίσει να γυρίσει. Πως να το κάνουμε. Το μέρος αυτό είναι πολύ πιο φτωχό εν τη απουσία του. Τουλάχιστον φίλοι σαν κι' εσένα είναι ακόμη εν δράσει και χαίρομαι πολύ να σε βλέπω εδώ, όπως και στον ευρύτερο χώρο της Βικιπαίδειας και ελπίζω για πολύ καιρό ακόμα. Άντε γειά και τα ξαναλέμε. Τάσος {Dr.K. (talk) 03:15, 1 November 2008 (UTC)}

Huh???

Just found out what was happening in Olynpic Airlines. This is bordering to the surreal.--Giorgos Tzimas (talk) 21:07, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Not only surreal but the admins at the 3 revert rule and vandalism sites refused to consider it because technically, since the IPs change and edit war over a long period of time, it is not a violation of the three revert rule and it is not technically vandalism. This has been going on for a month now. Currently I have a complaint at WP:ANI but no reply yet. My complaint from yesterday got one IP blocked because they kept calling me a "censoring machine", a "group of editors" and "company watchdog". These are real dyed in the wool character assasins. Thank you very much Giorgo for your excellent points. Take care for now. Tasos (Dr.K. (talk) 21:23, 3 November 2008 (UTC))

Thanks!

Hay, thank you for taking the time to remove Rfcbeach's copy vio's. Its too bad we must spend so much time dealing with these problems, instead of contributing, but that is the nature of the beast. Thanks again! Nebrot (talk) 10:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure Nebrot. Thanks for the kind comments. You are right. It was tedious but at least it gave me the opportunity to practice my TW skills. Take care. Dr.K. (talk) 15:21, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

AN/I

Sorry if you interpreted my post as patronizing, or accusing you of biting newbies. That was not my intention. I replied again to the thread in questio. --GraemeL 17:02, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for this gracious gesture Graeme. It was not directed at you in any way. If you saw, in my comments at ANI, I used quotes in replying. These quotes were not from any of your comments. They were copied from the comments of BMW just above in the section. That's what I was replying to. I am taken aback by your graceful act, because not too many people possess such grace, and it is my turn to apologise to you again, as I have done on the ANI thread, for not making this more clear. Take care and thanks again. Dr.K. (talk) 17:22, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Long threads get confusing in wiki markup. :-) --GraemeL 17:29, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Indeed Graeme. I am relieved this is cleared :). Thanks again. Tasos (Dr.K. (talk) 17:32, 18 November 2008 (UTC))

Sorry you are addressing the wrong party but not IP it seems...argh!

Sorry Tasokessaris

As an old timer here I know the rules and the punishments both all too well

I never made an edit on Mrs. Kennedy where you said, please look elsewhere, thank you.

Cathie cathytreks (talk) 00:30, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Just found out that I have an open IP , WHICH MEANS ANYONE could have posted under my IP, I will secure my computer right now, this will not be an issue again.

thanks for the heads up!

gratefully--cathytreks (talk) 00:32, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Cathie

No problem Cathie. I just saw the IP not you. I would never have tagged one of the regulars (WP:DTTR). Nice to meet you and take care. Tasos. Dr.K. (talk) 02:20, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Blue pollution

I'm sorry you feel I'm destroying something useful, but the Misplaced Pages style manual actually warns against going link-happy like you have. It's terribly distracting and completely unnecessary. Most of your links assume people are unacquainted with very basic information about the world, and even that they lack a basic understanding of English. If they don't understand something they can always look it up themselves, without being prompted by a bunch of links scattered through every possible piece of the article.

If you are the originator of much of this information, you've done a great thing in expanding this article and providing some great specifics. Don't underestimate your readers, though. If they're literate enough to read, they're literate enough to understand most of the terms you're linking to. --Preston McConkie 04:04, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for being so patient with me. Sorry for breaking the links. I appreciate your efforts in cleaning up behind my cleanup. --Preston McConkie 04:11, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi! Please note that I have filed a request for appeal here. Comments welcome! Best regards PHG (talk) 16:15, 29 November 2008 (UTC)