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Zapatero editing

Hey! About the Zapatero edit i made last night, well, this is not the first time that I try to cut off a lot of information that isn't relevant or useful and even may result boring for a reader (it results boring for me, even while i'm spanish). I tried to make the article useful, comfortable to read and USEFUL. I really don't understand why the rest of wikipedians refuse to cut off all that information that just is off-topic or deserves a whole article by itself, apart from the horrible grammar and writing of such article (said while i'm not the best at speaking english). Well, I think at least, the introduction i write last night, which is a little summary of the main events since Zapatero is the Prime Minister, should remain in the article so the poor reader doesn't need to die reading that HUGE, plenty of absurd facts, article if wanted to know about our president.

--MrsRatched (talk) 13:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District) GAN

Yeah, sorry about the delay. Real life has gotten in the way as of recent. I'll finish it up and have it posted on Wednesday.TheTito 03:19, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I finished the review on Wednesday as promised. To read it, go to Talk:Valencia_(Spanish_Congress_Electoral_District)/GA1 Happy editing! TheTito 04:57, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

You have already seen it (I saw you have already updated the projects to GAN), but I passed it. Congratulations and happy editing!TheTito 20:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Ireland naming dispute compromise proposal

You may be interested in an all-encompassing compromise proposal tabled in respect of the Ireland naming dispute at http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(Ireland-related_articles)/Ireland_disambiguation_task_force#Appeal_for_an_all-encompassing_solution Mooretwin (talk) 13:05, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

José-María Siles

With reservations, I've declined the speedy deletion tag you placed at José-María Siles. The article has improved since its previously deleted copy and it now appears much more encyclopedic. I would have no objection to this returning to AfD, however. I would also not have any objections to your asking another administrator to review this decision and possibly overturn it. Karanacs (talk) 19:03, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Sinn Féin

Could you assist on this page. Domer48 is trying (and succeeding) to censor the reference to Provisional SF in the lead. I can't see how any reasonable person could object to this being referenced in the lead - it is important and notable. Mooretwin (talk) 19:54, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Eva Amador Guillén

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WikiProject Eurovision Invitation!

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Are you Lettonian mate ?

I just wanna know ... Hello from Bulgaria —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlJoseph (talk • contribs) 10:32, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Sinn Fein RFC

I was simply adding my opinion. Sorry for any confusion but I must admit to not being totally au fait with Wiki Procedures. -- Gramscis cousin (talk) 12:18, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

RFC on Sinn Féin

In the talk page's recent history, I only see the bot removing one RFC, and that was because it legitimately expired. —harej // change the rules 20:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom

This is the first time that this article with this specific title has been nominated. I added the other articles as links on the afd nomination page. MrKIA11 (talk) 22:04, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh. I admit I missed that, but now that they are linked on the nom page, is it fine? MrKIA11 (talk) 22:12, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

BNP results - again

Thanks for your comments in the debate to overturn the BNP election results page. I recreated it and now find it has been nominated, on extremely spurious ground, for deletion again!! You might want to contribute at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/British National Party election results (2nd nomination). Emeraude (talk) 22:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Vicente González Lizondo

On February 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vicente González Lizondo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 21:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Ireland naming question

You are receiving this message because you have previously posted at a Ireland naming related discussion. Per Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Ireland article names#Back-up procedure, a procedure has been developed at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration, and the project is now taking statements. Before creating or replying to a statement please consider the statement process, the problems and current statements. GnevinAWB (talk) 18:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Can I ask you what exactly it is about point 7 of my statement that you disagree with? You can give your reply here. Thanks.MusicInTheHouse (talk) 20:18, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

re: Your Message

Hi Valenciano, I've left a response to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 07:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Ministers vs. councillors

Hi Valenciano, I'm afraid that you've completely right :-) Not being a native speaker, the term "minister" was "strange" since I naturally translated it as "ministro". However, looking for instance to the Northern Ireland Government it can be seen that the term minister is used to describe to the equivalents of Spanish "consejeros". I'll undo my edition. Best regards and thank you --Ecemaml (talk) 10:06, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Sarah Carr

Hi - the new article is similar to the old one, although not a word-for-word recreation. It covers the same areas, but has some additional information. Warofdreams talk 16:23, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Nerja

Hello Valenciano, this is the second time i've added a link i find interesting on the external links section on the Nerja page and much more complete than some of the others. It is also the second time i've seen it removed as SPAM by you. Please let me know why do you consider it spam. Regards. Nstiac (talk) 14:21, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

The whole site is not clear cut dedicated to promote properties, indeed the site contains one section which exist to make money from the readers, yet, it also has four more informational sections. Seems to me based on percentage, the purpose of the site itself is informational. DMOZ has listed the site under Malaga: Guides & Directories section. Asides the link in question is not to this one but actually this one whose main objective is to provide article related information. The fact that the linked page has itself links to other sections dedicated to make money should'nt be an indicative for spam, as most sites do have this sort of links or advertisements (unless they were in an objectionable amount). In this specific case, the actual "web page" beeing linked: actually this one does not in any way "mostly promote or advertise" anything, just provides the reader with interestingly enough information related to the article not to be found on one single web page elsewhere. Nstiac (talk) 02:57, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Position Statement

Do you want to move that to the Position Statements page? -- Evertype·✆ 08:17, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I've moved it and slightly edited your favourite option (for consistency.) I redirected from the previous page. -- Evertype·✆ 11:36, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 1987 Hipercor bombing

On August 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1987 Hipercor bombing, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

WP:DYK 14:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

AfD & Archiving

I saw your comment on the AfD page about Aaron Deskins, thanks for contributing :) Also, your talk page needs archiving; would you like me to do it or do you want to do it yourself? :) --Scythre_Contribs 20:03, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Done mate.. Archived two long sections, hope its easier to navigate. Here's the link: WP:ARCHIVE. I used the 'Cut and Paste method', and I used the collapsible archive box. Hit me up on my talk page if you need archiving again :) --Scythre_Contribs 20:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Quicker categorising

Just remembered you asked me this a while ago - sorry for the late reply. Did you find a quicker way of categorising? My only thought is that perhaps WP:AutoWikiBrowser or a similar piece of software could help speed things up. Warofdreams talk 23:22, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

I can't move categories either - it needs deleting, the new category recreating, and all the articles recategorising. A bot can help speed this up. I've put in a request at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Speedy, as I believe that when it is closed, someone will do all this. Warofdreams talk 11:32, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Berlin constituencies

Hi, I noticed Berlin Treptow – Köpenick (electoral district), great work! --Soman (talk) 18:52, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Translation

Hi Valenciano.

Just an easy question this time, maybe you can help: what would be the best translation for Fiesta Nacional de España, Spain's National Holiday would work or sounds clumsy? MOUNTOLIVE _{fedeli alla linea} 19:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Berlin Lichtenberg (electoral district)

On October 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Berlin Lichtenberg (electoral district), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

≈ Chamal  ¤ 01:42, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Another note

This kind of comment has a good point, but may not be presented in the most effective way. Would you maybe consider re-wording it, so that it doesn't refer to other editors by name? I think that'll help (at least a little bit) in trying to keep discussions on track. Thanks, --Elonka 06:41, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

RE: 1983 renamings

Thanks for the little bit of info on the renamings in 1983! News to me. I'm trying to keep on top of the UK constituency articles, though there is fewer editors than there used to be! Hope I can be of some help perhaps in the future doktorb _words 14:18, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Until the election is called I think any renaming seems to be best left undone. It's just so when it happens we can move all the articles in one swoop rather than being caught up in debates about whether one or all should move. I am dreading working out if it's best leaving all the current internal links as "next United Kingdom general election" when the time comes. On the older Boundary Commission report I'd love to get hold of a copy; when I have the time I'll send off a few emails around, see if it can be found through other means. Here's to a few months of busy editing! doktorb _words 08:10, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Declan Arthurs (2nd nomination)

Hola Valenciano, I was going to work on merging the four articles you AFD'd. I was going to change the "Membership of the Loughgall Unit" into prose rather than a list, and merge the content there. How much do you think should be merged? For example I would propose:

Declan Arthurs was a volunteer from the townland of Galbally in Tyrone, who became involved in the republican movement after attending the funeral of hunger striker Martin Hurson. Prior to the Loughgall ambush, Arthurs had been interned on three occassions.

What do you think? Stu 14:11, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you as I'm a bit busy in real life these days. Yes converting it to prose would be absolutely fine. Valenciano (talk) 14:41, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Note

Hiya, just as a heads-up, please note that the History of Sinn Féin article is within the scope of the Troubles ArbCom case, and therefore under a 1RR (one revert per day) restriction. Certain editors who are under specific ArbCom probation may be under more stringent restrictions, such as one revert per article per week. To my knowledge you are not under probation, but I did want to make sure that you were aware of the restrictions. Also, especially since this is a controversial topic area, it's usually a good idea to ensure that you are engaged at the article's talkpage. Simply showing up to make a "drive by" revert may sometimes exacerbate an edit war. A better practice, is to ensure that any revert is explained at the talkpage as well. This can also help administrators such as myself, since it makes it easier for us to determine consensus by glancing at the talkpage, rather than having to sort through edit summaries. Thanks, --Elonka 00:47, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

'Republic of Ireland' on EU page

Hi there Valenciano, a debate is currently in progress on the EU talk page concerning the use of either ‘Republic of Ireland’ or ‘Ireland’ to identify the state. As the page is clearly political and involves both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, I am arguing for ‘Republic of Ireland’ for reasons of clarity and common sense. However, all my arguments are falling on intransigently deaf ears. Perhaps you would care to take a look? The Spoorne (talk) 20:41, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Smallest seat in England...

Hey. Looked at your source for calling Preston the smallest seat in England. Can't find it on page 195, as cited. Can you provide a direct quote? Cheers. doktorb _words 08:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah! I must have read that report a hundred times and never once noticed that! Thanks, very interesting. WOnder i it is the same for 2010? doktorb _words 09:59, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Rollback rights

Hi - Yes, rollback is very useful for dealing with that sort thing. You can put in a request at Misplaced Pages:Requests for permissions. Warofdreams talk 14:44, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

What is your opinion? Share with us!

We are having problems to reach a stable consensus about removal of visa-free sections from the Passport articles. Please share your opinion with us here: Talk:Passport and here: a request for mediation Thanks. --Ozguroot (talk) 15:52, 4 February 2010 (UTC)