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Hooray!

Congratulations on the main page. My condolences on the pain that brings. I hope you have returned in triumph...or returned anyway. Geogre 22:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep, I'll agree with that! Giano 22:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Cosigned. --Irpen 22:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Great to see you, and to see Sviatoslav on the main page. Bishonen | talk 22:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

Welcome back. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 15:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, my friends. Though my sabbatical is over, I am still busy in Russian Misplaced Pages. I will keep an eye on what's going on here as well. --Ghirla 15:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Ghirla,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Stpeteskyline.png is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 5, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-04-05. howcheng {chat} 02:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Valentina Tereshkova

The first woman in space turns seventy today, but our Main Page is perfectly ignorant of the fact. Ditto about Gabriel García Márquez, who turns eighty. Do you think it is OK? --Ghirla 14:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Ghirla. Thank you for your suggestions. Honestly, I am not that big on birthdays. For me to post a birthday on MainPage, the birthday boy or girl must be really, really notable and it should be a centenary or some nice, big, round number like 250, 750, ... etc. I'm afraid Tereshkova's 70th and Márquez's 80th birthday fall short on both fronts. If I am putting any birthdays on MainPage this year, it would be Leonhard Euler's 300th birthday on April 15. BTW, Tereshkova will be on MainPage on June 16, the anniversary of her historic flight. --PFHLai 16:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Ghirla, I share your frustration that the round anniversaries of Marquez and Tereshkova are considered not mainpage worthy by some decision makers here. Interestignly, the featured today Dred Scott Case annoversary, while important to be sure, has little relevance on our today's life, thanks god, as the world and the US since then have thankfully changed a lot from those disgraceful days, while the relevance of one of the greatest writers of the century and the first woman in space ever remains profound. Well, I will at least go check and make sure, that those are mentioned in ru- and uk-wuki mainpages. --Irpen 18:11, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Moving articles correctly

Hi, Ghirlandajo! I'm sorry I have overlooked some procedures. The last couple of days I have been busy reverting false article moves made by a now blocked user, User:SndrAndrss (with a host of similarly named aliases). Basically, he has moved articles from the correct, English transcription of Russian names into the incorrect (Norwegian, as it happens) transcription of the names. This was done quite some time ago, and the articles have been edited quite a few times since then, som it's rather time-consuming work (having to do it manually).

However, I'm absolutely ready to comply with all the rules & regulations regarding this revertion work. I'll make a list of the names which have been wrongfully moved, and will post move requests where appropriate. Thanx for the reminder!

Best regards Guaca 14:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick answer (on my discussion page). I will make the move proposals to the admin you mentioned there. Best regards Guaca 14:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Zimyatov

I moved it to WP:RUS-compliant romanization. It should stay there unless someone can demonstrate that (and why) some other spelling is more preferrable. Thanks for the heads-up.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:15, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Dixie Chicks

Hi Ghirlandajo. I just wanted to give you a heads-up on a partial revert on the Chicks page. It's time there's a clarification there between a band (e.g., Chicks) and a music group (e.g., Spice Girls). Thanks for raising the issue. Xiner (talk, email) 14:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

commons:Image:Basil IV.jpg

Do you have any idea what the source was where you found this image? Now it is on commons, but unfortunately it might perhaps be removed in the future if it doesnt have a clear source. Thanks already. --Hardscarf 09:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Batu Lintang camp

Hi Ghirlandajo, Have a look at Batu Lintang camp. It's written by young lady who is worried that the article in not balanced enough. Please, give her some advice how to proceed. --Camptown 08:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Internet troll squads

Per our past discussion, I would like to inform you that I consider this comment uncivil ("no Russian editor can edit Poland-related articles in English Misplaced Pages without facing some sort of harrassment", "gang of Polish editors "). Please refactor / remove / apologize for it. Thank you, -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  20:11, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Ghirla, on a closely related matter, please take a look at this comment and the whole thread. Apparently, someone is still denying the obvious reason why you nearly stopped editing here. Not unexpectedly, I must say. --Irpen 01:07, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

My edits in English wikipedia consist primarily of minor edits on minor topics, such as interwiki links to my articles in Russian Misplaced Pages, where I am still active full time. It is ridiculous to compare my present output with my level of activity predating New Year. I see that some people who molested me at the end of last year continue their destructive and baiting activities in the project. This is rather disheartening. --Ghirla 13:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Does this mean you are refusing to address your comment as asked above?-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  16:53, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

It is up to you to name a Russian editor who can edit Poland-related articles without feeling harassed. I don't know any. As soon as I speedied the deletion of an attack page which you had voted to keep, you come here to harass me. This is no incentive for me to return to English wikipedia, and you know it. That's probably the only reason why you press the issue. --Ghirla 17:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

(outdent) Piotrus got in touch with me so I'll just clarify that the door remains wide open at mediation. If you'd like to renew it just go ahead and start posting again. You're both incredibly valuable to this project and I hope we can move in productive directions.

And particularly to Ghirla, one of the reasons I'm a Wikipedian is because of you. Way back when you approached me about collaboration on the Nadezhda Durova page I had been utterly frustrated by a couple of obstructionists at another topic. You came along at the right moment and it was a joy to work with you. If it hadn't been for that bright spot I might have given up and left the site. So if there's a fair and neutral way I can help out now, I'd put some other things on the back burner and make you a priority. You've earned it.

Warmly, Durova 00:22, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back!

It's good to see you active again! Errabee 20:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Template:Sergeymila

commons:Template:Sergeymila has been nominated for deletion. Could you please come in and give more explanation about the permission so that it can be kept? Thanks in advance. - Andre Engels 13:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Oddball edits to Russian history articles

I don't know a lick about the topic, so could you look into what Kingfish (talk · contribs) has been doing all over the place? Considering what he did at {{History of Russia}}, I doubt he's really a new editor. Circeus 16:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Russian-Circassian War

Hi Ghirlandajo, I was wondering if you could take a look at the Russian-Circassian War article. It has just passed GA and, as I noticed your contributions to similar articles, I was hoping you would be able to take a look. The article covers the longstanding hostilities between the Circassian region and its inhabitants, and the Russian's, lasting from the mid 18th century until ~1864. I hope you can take a look for me! Will appreciate any help you can lend to the article.

Thanks, SGGH 07:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Soviet invasion of Poland

Ghirlandajo, re your comment on my talk page, I know you aren't as involved with Misplaced Pages as in the past, but would you be prepared to come and critique this article on the talk page? I don't care how savage your criticisms might be, I would be prepared to address them (I have only English-language sources available, but a lot of them). I am not interested in arguments between Polish and Russian-speaking editors, but for personal reasons I desperately want this article to reach the highest standard; I don't want to be associated with an article regarded as POV, and I'm prepared to do what it takes. qp10qp 17:28, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Restoring of Internet Troll Squads after AfD was endorsed

Привет Ghirlandajo! It seems that user Biophys has restored recently his Internet Troll Squads article containing his original research again, this time under Internet brigades title.Vlad fedorov 04:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Христосъ Воскресе!

-- Biruitorul 17:40, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Воистину воскресе! --Ghirla 18:01, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Ура! :) --Irpen