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'''Monthly Challenge''':
;Article News
* Three articles were promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status this month: [[Homer's Phobia]] ([[2007-03-26]]), [[Trembling Before G-d]] ([[2007-03-15]]) and [[Andrew Van De Kamp]] ([[2007-03-30]]). Congratulations to [[User:Gran2|Gran2]] and [[User:Dev920|Dev920]] (twice!) respectively for all their hard work!
* Three new articles appeared on the [[Main Page]] as [[Wikipedia:Did you know|Did you know?]] items: [[Classification of transsexuals]] ([[2007-03-02]]), [[Steve Stanton]] ([[2007-03-08]]) and [[Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus]] ([[2007-03-23]]), started by [[User:Lwollert|Lwollert]], [[User:Yksin|Yksin]] and [[User:MusicMen|MusicMen]], respectively.
* [[User:DavidShankBone|DavidShankBone]] deserves kudos for his current drive to provide quality LGBT photos from the [[NYC]] area. One of the more recent photos is posted on [[Michael Musto]], and you can check out the gallery on [[User:DavidShankBone#PORTRAITS|David's user page]].
;Project News
* There is now the beginning of a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Core topics|list of core topics]] to possibly be included in the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Wikipedia 1.0 release]]. Your suggestions are welcome; there may be many core LGBT topics still missing.
* We have a [[Wikipedia:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/To be sorted|list of people categorized as LGBT]] whose articles need to be checked for [[Wikipedia:Attribution#Reliable sources|reliable sourcing]]. This effort is necessary and urgent, to comply with Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|policy on living persons]]. Please take a few moments to source one article; if you've got time, do another.
* [[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]] identified all the articles that were in subcategories of [[:Category:LGBT]] but not yet tagged with [[Template:LGBTProject|the project's banner]], about 1,400 articles. These have been completed, though [[User:SatyrBot|SatyrBot]] will make periodic runs through the cats to find any new entries. Thanks Satyr!
* The number of articles within our project's spectrum (6,667 currently) should now be relatively stable and only grow with article creation. However, if you find a category that should be included, please let [[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]] know so it can be included in the bots runs.
* Work is underway to improve the [[Portal:LGBT|LGBT Portal]]. Please add any good quality (free) photos you come across on LGBT articles to the gallery [[User:WJBscribe/Drafts/2|here]]. Also if anyone would like to volunteer to help in maintaining the portal, please make yourselves known on the Portal's [[Portal talk:LGBT|talkpage]].
* If you see any [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|articles for deletion]] or any other [[Wikipedia:Deletion debates|deletion discussions]] related to LGBT topics, please remember to add them to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender|deletion sorting board]]. Thanks!
; Member News
* Our membership continues to expand. 22 new users have joined the WikiProject: [[User:Garik|Garik]], [[User:Esrever|Esrever]], [[User:mlbedwell|mlbedwell]], [[User:Jet123|Jet123]], [[User:Welland R|Welland R]], [[User:Auriel|Auriel]], [[User:DaliJim|DaliJim]], [[User:queerpeace|queerpeace]], [[User:SUIT|SUIT]], [[User:Mentality|Mentality]], [[User:Nukleoptra|Nukleoptra]], [[User:LeaHazel|LeaHazel]], [[User:lindleyle|lindleyle]], [[User:Justin Eiler|Justin Eiler]], [[User:Bylandl|Bylandl]], [[User:Brent Calderwood|Brent Calderwood]], [[User:PC78|PC78]], [[User:Gekedo|Gekedo]], [[User:polymathematics|polymathematics]], [[User:Coryarlo|Coryarlo]], [[User:Ziji|Ziji]], [[User:mcgarymi|mcgarymi]]. Please make them feel welcome!
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[[User:SatyrBot|SatyrBot]] 05:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
==Any Proof that Slovenia is a developed Country?==
[[image:KJLOGO.PNG|25px|User:Kingj123]][[User:Kingj123|Kingj123]] 20:34, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
==[[List of songs containing covert references to real musicians]]==
You may want to weigh in at [[Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 April 15#List of songs containing covert references to real musicians]], since you were involved in a previous discussion of this article. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] 05:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
== Thanks! ==
Quick note to thank you for doing a lot of the updates on the [[Economy of the European Union]] page. I started to bring it up to date, but had to leave the article unfinished, and when I returned, you had completed much of it - much appreciated! [[User:FusionWarrior|FusionWarrior]] 15:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
== [[Sotho language]] ==
Hello there.<br><br>Why do I get the feeling that everything I say on [[Talk:Sotho language]] is being ignored? Oh right -- because everything I say on there IS being ignored!<br><br>I am not lying through my teeth when I talk about working on the article offline -- you would have seen this if you had checked the history to see why the article had grown so long.<br><br>You're probably going to say "no", but could you possibly delete the articles you created, because it will cause HUGE problems tomorrow when I implement the changes I've been working on for the past month (trust me -- I didn't just split the articles and create a template and category like you did; I made several big changes and 1 HUGE one).<br><br>I've brought the article this far with my strange editing habits (which I'll explain if you'd like to understand them), I need you to trust me for just 1 more day. You may send me an email if you wish. [[User:Zyxoas|Zyxoas]] ([[User talk:Zyxoas|talk to me - I'll listen]]) 09:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so very much!
Be sure to check the article(s) about 15 or 16 hours from now for a pleasant surprise...
[[User:Zyxoas|Zyxoas]] ([[User talk:Zyxoas|talk to me - I'll listen]]) 17:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
You forgot <nowiki>[[Category:Sotho language]]</nowiki>...
[[User:Zyxoas|Zyxoas]] ([[User talk:Zyxoas|talk to me - I'll listen]]) 17:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! Could you possibly delete [[Sesoho tonology]] which I accidentally created with a misspelled title?
I'll also be putting a question on [[Talk:Sesotho tonology]] — perhaps you might be able to help me?
Thank you for your patience.
[[User:Zyxoas|Zyxoas]] ([[User talk:Zyxoas|talk to me - I'll listen]]) 10:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
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Salut Ronline, am o întrebare pentru tine. Sînt implicat într-o arbitrare legată de articolul Transnistria [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Transnistria]. Unul dintre arbitrii care au acceptat cazul este Kirill Lokshin, rus de origine. Mă întreb dacă nu ar putea avea un partizanat la această arbitrare. Îl cunoşti? Există posibilitatea de a recuza un arbitru, iar dacă da, crezi aşa ceva oportun în cazul de faţă? Şi despre ceilalţi arbitri te rog spune-mi dacă-i cunoşti şi dacă ţi se par serioşi.--[[User:MariusM|MariusM]] 20:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
:Mulţumesc pentru răspuns. Observaţie: "arbitrar" în loc de arbitru, "involvat" în loc de implicat arată de parcă n-ai stăpîni chiar bine limba română. Nu eşti născut în România?--[[User:MariusM|MariusM]] 22:05, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Ronline, a question to you:
Did Marius express doubt in [[user:Kirill Lokshin]]'s credibility, based on his ethnicity ("''rus de origine''") and asked, whether his status as an arbiter can be challenged ("''a recuza un arbitru''"), because he cannot allow opposition into his arbitration ("''nu ar putea avea un partizanat la această arbitrare''") in his first post above (please correct me if I mistranslated something)? If true, then this is a remarkable display of ethnicity-based prejudice, IMHO, because Kirill didn't even voice his opinion yet. I would like to add this as evidence of disruptive behavior to the arbitration, in such a case. If not, my sincere apologies will go to both of you. --[[User:Illythr|Illythr]] 00:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
: Hm, so it's "...''because he may have a biased opinion''". A slight mistranslation on my part it is, then. While it's not nice to assume such things based only on someone's name, it probably doesn't qualify as "disruptive behavior". I think I'll let this slip, then. After all, considering that Marius' opposition has been mostly Russian-speaking, I find his request understandable, but not justifiable. Thank you for your time and effort. If you'll need some help in translating something in the en-ru-de area, please let me know. --[[User:Illythr|Illythr]] 11:05, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
==Buses WikiProject==
I notice that you have edited lists of bus routes recently. You might be interested in helping with the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject buses|WikiProject buses]], especially the proposed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject buses/Bus route list guide|Bus route list guide]]. We are also working out when a bus route should have its own article and other issues. --[[User talk:NE2|NE2]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
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Hello, you have been randomly selected from the list of admins for a request for assistance. Specifically, this assistance is that I am for some reason unable to log on. When attempting to log onto my account, the login page informs me that I input the wrong password, and clicking on the new password button results in the page telling me no email is on record, though I was under the impression that I had given one. I have not changed my password recently so I don't know what could be going wrong. The user account is [[User:Niroht]]. If you can help me with this, I would appreciate it, but I do recognize that due to security issues there may be nothing that can be done. In that case, I am quite willing to start a new account. --[[User:149.152.63.107|149.152.63.107]] 01:22, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
==WP: not a soapbox==
Am observat noua ta menţiune pe pagina personală, de susţinător al independenţei Transnistriei. În acest context doresc să-ţi reamintesc ceea ce ţi-am scris în 5 Noiembrie 2006 00:55: '''"Nu te preocupa de imaginea României, ţi-am scris că nu-ţi cer să acţionezi ca român ci ca administrator la Wikipedia"'''. Cererea mea se bizuie pe politica "wikipedia is not a soapbox". În ceea ce mă priveşte, te asigur că nu îmbunătăţirea imaginii României în lume este ceea ce mă determină să contribui la Wikipedia, deşi s-a insinuat despre mine că aş fi în slujba serviciului secret român [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Transnistria&diff=prev&oldid=92006662]. Urmăreşte în continuare [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Transnistria/Evidence|arbitrarea despre Transnistria]] şi ghidează-te strict de politicile Wikipediei, nu de opţiunile politice. Ceea ce m-a făcut să te contactez este propria ta declaraţie că eşti împotriva cenzurii, nădăjduiesc să fie sinceră această afirmaţie şi să accepţi necenzurarea informaţiilor contrare convingerilor tale politice. Dacă faci vreo afirmaţie despre mine, totdeauna să ai diffuri care să-ţi susţină afirmaţiile (cum spuneam în 21 octombrie 09:42: ''"Încearcă să nu te bizui pe zvonuri ci pe fapte"'').--[[User:MariusM|MariusM]] 14:36, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:Eu apreciez puncte de vedere şi criticile de bună credinţă de la alte persoane. Dacă cumva ai impresia că am scris ceva la Wikipedia care se poate numi dezinformare, te rog anunţă-mă, respectînd regula care am pomenit-o mai sus: "să ai diffuri care să-ţi susţină afirmaţiile" (în mod excepţional, fiind implicat în arbitrare, aş prefera să primesc prin e-mail exemple despre eventualele mele greşeli). În rest, cred că n-ai citit cu atenţie mesajul meu: eu NU intervin la articolele de pe Wikipedia pentru a îmbunătăţi imaginea României. Cred că drepturile omului în general, ale moldovenilor în special, sînt încălcate în Transnistria iar oamenilor de acolo trebuie să li se apere drepturile independent de părerea guvernului român (care, de fapt, nu prea se amestecă, contrar cu ceea ce cred unii opozanţi ai mei din Wikipedia). Ca să fac o paralelă, ungurii din Ardeal pot cere respectarea anumitor drepturi independent de poziţia guvernului Ungariei.--[[User:MariusM|MariusM]] 11:42, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
==LGBT WikiProject newsletter==
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'''Monthly Challenge''': Stand for ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Coordinator/May 2007|Deputy Coordinator]]'' or support some candidates after May 5...
;Article News
* [[Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other]] is a [[WP:FAC|Featured Article Candidate]].
;Project News
* A taskforce dealing with LGBT publications has been proposed. If you are interested in getting involved, consider signing up at the projects' page.
* Our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Core topics|core topics]] list is looking good. It's still a bit slim on LGBT history articles, non-American LGBT media, and important LGBT biographies. Do you have suggestions?
* [[user:DavidShankBone|David Shankbone]] has done an amazing job taking photographs of LGBT celebrities. Thanks David! People interested in collaborating with him and setting up a photography taskforce should contact him or drop a note at the project's [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies|talkpage]].
* The [[Portal:LGBT|LGBT Portal]] still needs a bit of love and attention :-). Again, any good quality (free) photos you come across on LGBT articles can be added to the gallery [[User:WJBscribe/Drafts/2|here]]. Volunteers to help out with the Portal are extremely welcome- make yourselves known on the Portal's [[Portal talk:LGBT|talkpage]]. Updates to the current news items are helpful.
;Deputy coordinator elections
*WikiProject LGBT studies is looking for new Deputy Coordinators to help out with various essential tasks in organising the project. To nominate yourself or contribute to the discussion, please go to: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Coordinator/May 2007]]. The deadline for nominations is May 5 and the elections will last a week after that.
*Candidates so far are: [[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]], [[User:Raystorm|Raystorm]] and [[User:Fireplace|Fireplace]].
*The elections will be pretty simple- everyone just endorses their favourite candidate(s). The three with the most votes at the end of the week are the new deputy coordinators, who will assist [[user:Dev920|Dev920]] in keeping the project running.
;Member News
* Our membership continues to expand. 22 new users have joined the WikiProject (bringing our total membership to 182): [[User:Zigzig20s|Zigzig20s]], [[User:Qxmagazine|Qxmagazine]], [[User:TAnthony|TAnthony]], [[User:Kbolino|Kbolino]], [[User:Knorpel|Knorpel]], [[User:Madman bum and angel|Madman bum and angel]], [[User:Ponyboy|Ponyboy]], [[User:BenjiBoi|BenjiBoi]], [[User:Guy M|Guy M]], [[User:Pernishus|Pernishus]], [[User:Rockdozen|Rockdozen]], [[User:RAShippy|RAShippy]], [[User:Jaibe|Jaibe]], [[User:Fshepinc|Fshepinc]], [[User:rglong|rglong]], [[User:Boomboomeve|Boomboomeve]], [[User:Undertheinfluence|Undertheinfluence]], [[User:Kyoko|Kyoko]], [[User:Catsaki|Catsaki]], [[User:OsteopathicFreak|OsteopathicFreak]], [[User:smccoy12345|smccoy12345]], and [[User:Alexlovesme|Alexlovesme]]. Also [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] who rejoins us having previously been a member as [[User:Ambi|Ambi]]. Please make them feel welcome!
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This month's project newsletter (hand delivered as [[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]] and [[User:Dev920|Dev920]] are away). Best wishes, <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:WJBscribe|'''WjB''']][[User talk:WJBscribe|''scribe'']]</span> 03:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
== The Great Sesotho Debacle of 2007 ==
Hi.
I thought of undoing your moves but I felt that it might not be a great idea after all. However, it is my view that vandalism (let's not lie to ourselves -- that's EXACTLY what "Dawntreader"'s edits were) should be '''reverted''', not accepted and worked around.
The same reason why I edited the articles offline is also the reason why I didn't just revert him (and I have rather little patience for persons with certain behaviours).
The argument is not really over, and the consensus is false. This issue is rather complex. See the recent discussion on [[Talk:Sotho people]] for a related and ongoing debate and an example of the true nature of this "consensus" (Mark has taken a short week break, thus the cliffhanger).
What do you think is the optimal action for now? The vandal is not dead quite yet (check the histories and follow the 3 anonymous vandals).
[[User:Zyxoas|Tebello]] [[User talk:Zyxoas|The'''''WHO!!??''''']] 08:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, I do think it's vandalism since:
#The articles looked just fine
#am anonymous user shows up
#he makes abusive statements
#then he makes extensive changes, within comments, text, and links, obviously not caring about the adverse effects
#then, after I alert to 3RR in an edit summary, he decides to report me for violating it (at this stage I was ignoring his actions, so I wasn't reverting)
This sounds like vandalism and trolling.
Wait before you answer while I explain the prefix situation...
The "Se" in "Sesotho" does not mean "language." It is a noun class marker which is an inalienable part of the morphology of the word. That's simply the way the word looks.
For example, "education" is derived from "educate" through a change in morphology. The change implies that the word is a noun, but it is not valid to simply use the root without the suffix.
"-sotho" is a root, which is made meaningful with class markers ([[Sesotho]], [[Basotho]], [[Lesotho]], etc).
The "Se-" marker in this case does indicate language, but the class has many other types of nouns.
*seponesa the police force
*sefofu blind person
*sefate tree
*seanamarena traditional blanket
*sekgathe verbal tense
etc.
So yes, it is a tad complicated...
[[User:Zyxoas|Tebello]] [[User talk:Zyxoas|The'''''WHO!!??''''']] 11:03, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
==Thank you==
I just need to thank you for the vote and comment [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani|here]]. I feel honored. [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] 22:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
==Vandalism?==
What exactly is my vandalism?--[[User:194.225.166.11|194.225.166.11]] 12:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
:For example [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Hungary&diff=prev&oldid=127939775 this] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hungary&diff=prev&oldid=127940196 this]. Ronline, why aren't you blocking this guy? If he's not Bonnie, then he's his twin brother, and he has provided plenty of reason. He has also called me an irredentist [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tankred&diff=prev&oldid=127939558 here] and even in an edit summary [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Odorheiu_Secuiesc&diff=prev&oldid=127939377 here]. [[User:Kissl|K]][[User talk:Kissl|issL]] 12:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Removing words that are not backed-up with sources it's not vandalism. My source is CONSTITUTION. Who cares if there was for months before there. That's not an argument. Have you solid sources to back-up your version? I need a link from constitution.--[[User:194.225.166.11|194.225.166.11]] 12:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
:I suggest you to register at the Wikipedia and read the discussions so that you completely understand the topics you would like to be involved in. Everybody is interested in reading what your opinion is, try not to behave as an outsider. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 13:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
==[[Méhkerék]]==
Actually I don't know the exact regulation regarding the use of minority languages in Hungary. (Don't know if there is a 20% rule like in Romania.) There are minority self governing bodies with elected representatives on settlement levels, also on county and national levels - eg. there is a country level Romanian Minority Self Government with elected leaders. <br />
And I don't mind at all if the Romanian name appears in the infobox. If there is somebody reverting you I will try to convince him/her. Are there more ethnic Romanian settlements in Hungary?
--[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 13:56, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Update: There are three settlements in Hungary with more than 20% Romanian inhabitants. The third one is [[Pusztaottlaka]], I changed this article too. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 16:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
In Hungary there is no such clear-cut limit like the 20 % in Romania. It is mainly the business of te local municipalities whether they use minority names or not, according to the wishes of the minority self governing bodies. So nobody should worry about that Romanians in Pusztaottlaka constitute only 17 % not 20 % - the Romanian name is used by the Central Statistic Office also. [[User:Zello|Zello]] 19:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
==Answer==
I saw the discussion of Romanian and Hungarian users about names of the places in Romania and the conclusions of that discussion are wrong even for places in Romania not to mention attempt for imposing this solution to places in other countries. The main question here is whether reason for such usage of names is scientific or political. Wikipedia is not a place for promotion of political ideas no matter if such idea in this case is irredentism or minority rights. Purpose of Wikipedia is a scientific one and from scientific point of view, the reader of Wikipedia indeed should have information about varios names of such places, but you people (Hungarian and Romanian users from Talk:Odorheiu Secuiesc) turned the question of where such names should be written into the pure political question and that is not good direction into which Wikipedia should develop, not to mention that your "compromise" (or what ever) is against Wikipedia naming conventions. In another words, since Wikipedia is a scientific encyclopaedia written in English language, names used here are those that are used in English. I can give you concrete examples of the whole problem: let just pick any random article, for example [[Bogojevo]]. So, it is village in Serbia with Hungarian majority and Hungarian name for the village is there if somebody (from scientific point of view) would like to know this name. Now the question is whether we should writte there bolded "'''Bogojevo''' or '''Gombos'''" instead just bolded "'''Bogojevo'''". Usage of more than one bolded name here is justified if such names are used in English, but it is not case here. For geographical purposes, English language use only official names used in these countries (i.e. if alternative English (but not non-English) names for such places do not exist). In the case of Bogojevo, it is very well illustrated here: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Bogojevo.html You can see that only official name that is commonly used in English is listed here in the beginning, while all other non-official, non-English names are listed below, but not in the same place where official name is listed. Also, if you try google search, you will see that Hungarian name Gombos is indeed not widely used in English and that it could mainly be found in Hungarian-language websites: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=bogojevo+gombos&btnG=Search Furthermore, the first sentences of the articles should be brief and should not contain too much data of low importance that would only confuse readers. In another words, I do not see scientific reasons (if there is any please say which one that might be) for usage of non-English non-official names bolded in the first sentence. Also, Wikipedia is not obligated to follow any official policy of any state including policy of usage of minority languages - such state policies are made with only purpose to help to members of such minority to preserve their language and culture within the country, but that still does not mean that English language use names in their languages for geographical purposes and that such names should be written in Wikipedia in the first sentences or in the infoboxes (unless you want to turn a scientific question into political one, which is, as I said, not appropriate on this non-political web site). For example, I see a scientific justification that we writte Hungarian names in the infoboxes of [[Senta]] or of [[Palić]] because such names are used by majority of local inhabitants, and therefore it is likely that readers of English Wikipedia would saw such names in other web-sites, books, etc, so this information indeed could be useful for them, but I do not see a point of writting Romanian or Hungarian name in the infobox of [[Bela Crkva]] because such names could not be of any use to Eglish readers (of course if somebody still want to know such names, there is a "Name" section in the article where he can found them, and that is quite enough from the scientific point of view). Regarding usage of bolded Serbian names in the first sentences of Sviniţa, Pojejena and Socol, that is equally wrong as this what I previously spoke about, but since I do not have time to work any more on the articles about Sviniţa, Pojejena and Socol it is your chooice what you will do with these articles, but I want to ensure high quality of the articles about places in Serbia and therefore usage of Wikipedia for political naming purposes (instead for scientific ones) cannot be acceptable. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 09:54, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
:And just one more illustration how ridiculous whole question is: if we start to writte non-English names bolded in the first sentences of the articles, we would also have to use Serbian Cyrillic for such purposes and therefore, we would not have "'''Bogojevo''' or '''Gombos'''", but we would in fact have "'''Богојево''' or '''Bogojevo''' or '''Gombos'''" and that would be nothing but stupidity. This also illustrate how wrong usage of bolded Serbian names for Sviniţa, Pojejena and Socol really is when you do not use Serbian Cyrillic (and Cyrillic is a primary Serbian script). [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 10:20, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
::Well, as for official names of the places, in Serbia there are no other official names of the places than Serbian ones. Only official use of minority or regional languages is regulated by law, but there is no official regulation about official names of the places. I understand 20% population limit used in Romania (and for example also in Macedonia), but such limit does not exist in Serbia: for example, in [[Novi Sad]], besides Serbian, also Hungarian, Slovak and Rusyn are in official use, no matter that these ethnic groups are not larger than 5% population. Also, the fact that these languages are in official use do not obligate local authorities to use multilingual road signs, as you can see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Welcome_to_Novi_Sad.JPG (Table in the entrance in Novi Sad is written only in Serbian Cyrillic and Serbian Latin, while some other road signs are written only in Cyrillic). Therefore, usage of official languges of Vojvodina is not same as usage of official names - all official publications of Serbian and Vojvodinian government (published in Serbian language), use only Serbian names of the places, while Hungarian, Romanian or Slovak names are used only in publications published in these languages, i.e. non-Serbian names are used as any other word from non-Serbian languages (and only as part of official usage of such languages). Basically, this mean that Hungarian, Romanian or Slovak names are in use only in the Hungarian, Romanian or Slovak texts, but not in general official use (In opposite case, Serbian texts would be also obligated to contain such non-Serbian names, but they do not have such obligation). Regarding your motivation for "spirit of tolerance and pluralism and a greater use of minority languages" that is still an example of political motive. No matter if political motives are with good or bad faith, that is still something very different from the basic purpose of this web site and that purpose is to collect and present knowledge. Therefore, if you want to present knowledge about Romanian names for places in Vojvodina and Serbia, I suggest that you writte new article similar to these two: [[List of Hungarian exonyms in Vojvodina]] and [[German exonyms (Vojvodina)]]. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 14:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
:::And by the way, why you changed this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L%C3%B3r%C3%A9v&diff=130533042&oldid=130522399 Aesthetically, sign "-" is much better than "/", not to mention that I really hate "/" sign used in such cases. Although, we speak here about one same name written in two scripts, imagine that this road sign say "Нови Сад/Novi Sad": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Welcome_to_Novi_Sad.JPG No, that would be just too confusing...[[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 15:23, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ronline, I would like to thank you for adding Hungarian names to the leads of many Slovak articles. Good work. As to your other idea, please find my response under your comment on my talk page. Cheers. [[User:Tankred|Tankred]] 15:37, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
:In any country where official bilingual names of the places are used, state government is obligated to use equally all official names in official publications no matter in which language such publications are published. i.e. in the case if these minority place names are official, government in Belgrade would be obligated to use such names in its publications, but it never use such names, which means that state does not recognize these names as official. As I said, we have here two very different things: "official usage of languages" and "official usage of place names" - these terms are very different and if state recognize "official usage of the language" that does not mean that it also recognize "official usage of place names" (The basic problem is that you mixing these two terms). Regarding Novi Sad, you did not understand at all what I wrote to you about it: Novi Sad IS the place where minority languages are official (no matter if minorities comprise 1% or 6% or 20% or 40% of population - that is completelly irrelevant for official language usage in Vojvodina). And what I said is that if minority languages are recognized as official in this municipality that DOES NOT obligate local authorities to have multilingual road signs because minoririty names of the places are not considered official in Serbia. And I am really not sure do some localities in Vojvodina have bilingual road signs (perhaps northern municipalities with Hungarian majority have them, but I am not sure about this anyway). Regarding "/" sign, for me, it is very ugly that it stand between two names with no empty space between "/" and the names (And it is not ugly but it is hard to read and too confusing for readers). [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 09:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
===My 2c===
I'm not going to interfere with your friendly exchange <tt>>;)</tt>, just to throw in an info:
[http://www.humanrights.gov.yu/files/doc/Zakon_Engleski.doc The law on the protection of rights and freedoms <of> national minorities]
Article 11:
<blockquote>§2. The unit of local self-government is obliged to enter the language and alphabet of a national minority in official use always if the percentage of that national minority in the total population on their territory reaches 15% according to the latest census.</blockquote>
<blockquote>...On the territories from paragraph 2, names of public authorities, names of units of local self-government, of settlements, squares and streets and other toponyms shall also be displayed in the language of the respective national minority according to respective orthography and grammar rules and tradition. </blockquote>
[[User:Duja|Duja]]<span style="font-size:70%;">[[User talk:Duja|►]]</span> 08:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks for that Duja! So, that means that in localities where minorities make up more than 15% of the population, the minority name should be listed in the infobox and in the lead. That's the model currently being implemented in Romanian localities, such as those with Serbian populations of over 20% ([[Socol]], [[Pojejena]], etc.) My intention here is in no way nationalistic - in fact, I was the one who supported the boldening of alternative names in Hungarian or Serbian at Romanian localities, and I have argued with many Romanian users over this. I'm just very frustrated that Panonian is absolutely unwilling to compromise. It would be great to reach a consensus over this as well have done, peacefully and rationally, at [[Talk:Odorheiu Secuiesc]]. '''[[User:Ronline|Ronline]]''' [[User talk:Ronline|✉]] 09:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
::Well, by his own admission, Panonian is a bit short-tempered, but can be compromised with (although requiring handling in gloves :-). ). Actually, he's fairly tired of defending Vojvodina-related articles, and the subject of naming was a long-standing subject of nationalist attacks from various sides; he come up with the compromise solution of creating #Name sections and he's certainly reluctant to change it.<br>Now, I don't have a sensible suggestion (note that we do have <tt>name_alt</tt> parameter in {{tl|Infobox Serbia municipality}}, which is [hopefully] used for said 15%+ municipalities, like [[Kanjiža]]). Note that, since all 6 languages are official but the percentage of minorities highly varies from town to town, and there are historical German, Turkish and/or Latin names, having a "Name" section ensures that everything relevant is listed without cluttering the lead. Personally, I don't have a problem with your <nowiki>[[#Name|alternate names]]</nowiki> suggestion. [[User:Duja|Duja]]<span style="font-size:70%;">[[User talk:Duja|►]]</span> 09:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:::I understand why there is a separate Name section: because Vojvodina has 6 official languages and because indeed all those names may clutter up the lead. That in itself is not a problem, since a "Name" section is a valid way of placing alternative names. However, if such a section is established, then there should be a link from the lead. Panonian was also concerned (mainly with regard to Slovak rather than Vojvodinian articles) that a multilingual infobox may be confusing, as the reader will not know in which language each name is. However, this can be achieved through language tagging, which I have implemented on a provisional basis at [[Bač, Serbia]]. Do you think that would work? '''[[User:Ronline|Ronline]]''' [[User talk:Ronline|✉]] 09:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
::::Sorry, it looks plain ugly; I'd rather suggest [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ba%C4%8D%2C_Serbia&oldid=130996552 this form], where the 15%+ minority language name is stated in the lead, and others go to #Name section; in that way, it becomes immediately clear. I'd also propose not using the "alternate name" in lead everywhere, e.g. for purely Serbian settlements with no other relevant names, like [[Ruma]] (but I'd also like Panonian to comment). [[User:Duja|Duja]]<span style="font-size:70%;">[[User talk:Duja|►]]</span> 09:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, I think your model is better. The only reason why I implemented the tags were because Panonian said that the infoboxes also needed some specification. I think the current model works well. As to "alternate names" link, I'm not sure at what level it should kick in. I agree that in a locality that's 97% Serbian it would be awkward. I guess it should be used where we would normally use alternate names in the lead. '''[[User:Ronline|Ronline]]''' [[User talk:Ronline|✉]] 10:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::::The law presented by Duja is not a law of the state of Serbia, but law of the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] and this state does not exist anymore. Anyway, as I already said, Wikipedia is not obligated to follow official policies of the states, therefore even if such 15% limit exist in the state, there is still no reason that Wikipedia use it. Purpose of Wikipedia is to collect and present knowledge not to implement policies about minorities. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 15:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
::::::::It is a law of Serbia as well, by the Constitution Law, until Parliament of Serbia brings a new one. I do agree that it doesn't bind Wikipedia though. I also fail to see the rationale for this [[WP:LAME]]; over & out. [[User:Duja|Duja]]<span style="font-size:70%;">[[User talk:Duja|►]]</span> 15:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::But that law does not say that we have to write minority names into the infoboxes. Does it? [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 17:42, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
==Please stop...==
...your disruptive edits in Serbia-related articles. I understand that you have to prove your political point, but that is against everything that Wikipedia is - you will receive longer answer from me when I come home, but until then, please try to do something useful for wikipedia instead to push your personal views about wiki policies and usage of the names. Thank you. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 19:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
:Ok, I came home from my job, so longer answer now: first, I do not know why you think that agressive revert wars that you started will solve any problem? I had in the past to deal with much more agressive revert warriors than you (do not consider this offensive), so I just want to suggest that you do not waste your free time for nothing. Second, I already asked you to provide scientific reasons for your edits, and you did not done such thing - the only reasons that you presented are political ones and such reasons are not acceptable for scientific web site. Now, please explain your last edits in Vršac and Bela Crkva articles, i.e. please answer this question: do you believe that readers of Wikipedia are so stupid that they cannot find "Name" section for themselves so that you are sent by God to point them into that direction??? I would really want to know this answer. Of course, here is my explanation for my edit: names that are not widely used in English are not so important thing that should be in the first sentence of these articles - the first sentence (and first paragraph as a whole) should contain only most important informations about the subject, i.e. basic informations about ___location and population of the place. If you think that this is wrong, then please tell me reason why these names would be important enough to be posted in the first paragraph? Regarding WP:NCGN, it is ridiculous that you remind me that I should respect it when you do not respect it by yourself in Romania-related articles. Anyway, WP:NCGN is only a guideline or "friendly suggestion", but not obligation that must be followed blindly (no matter that I follow it for the most part). Also, why you again mixing "official languages" with "official place names" when I explained to you difference between these two terms - if you want to see that explanation again, just read my previous posts on your talk page. Also your claim that "no one here so far has advocated that these names be implemented because these cities somehow belong to neighbouring countries" is just ridiculous because if you see edit histories of many Wiki pages you will see that you are very wrong - irredentist claims are main reason for inclusion of such names into articles for many users. Also, if "this is not about neighbouring countries at all" then why you as a citizen of the neighbouring country want to push POV that could be seen as irredentist by some people (no matter if you really have irredentist intentions or not)? Also, my basic reason why I do not want to see "known also by several alternative names" sentence into first paragraph is because such sentence make article ugly and disrupting main story line of the article. Also, it is very correct that such "alternative names" are irrelevant and unknown because, for example, "Romanian" and "Hungarian" names for Vršac are nothing but twisted versions of the Serbian name, and that is a case with largest number of place names in Vojvodina (and in Romanian part of Banat as well, by the way, but it is a question that I do not want to raise anyway). As for you refering to the "rest of Wikipedia", I really regret that much of Wikipedia has been taken over by various irredentists from various countries who waste their free time to prove "rights" of their country or of their people to certain outlandish teritories and their presence here is indeed a big damage for this project. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 21:11, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
==Thanks==
Mulţumesc - for your efforts to make en-wiki a more tolerant, friendly and pleasant place. [[User:Zello|Zello]] 20:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:I agree with Zello. Multumesc foarte mult. --[[User:Koppany|Koppany]] 05:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks, --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 07:40, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
==Conclusion...==
Now Ronline, let me tell you my opinion about best naming policies in Wikipedia:
*(1.) In the first sentences of the articles and in the infoboxes we can use only generally accepted most common English names (We primarily writte Wikipedia for English-language readers and we should not confuse them with so many names in the infoboxes and in the first paragraph of the article where other more important things should be)
*(2.) If English-language readers want to know other names used for the subject, such names could be written in the "Name" section where they easy can find them
*(3.) We can have separate article sections named "Language" where we can describe official language policies, i.e, we can say which languages are used as official by local or state authorities.
From the scientific point of view, my opinion is very logical and very much in accordance with scientific purpose of Wikipedia. There is really no any logical reason for usage of so many non-English names in English texts because such names do not mean anything to English-language readers. Of course, since I am tolerant person and since all rules can have exceptions, I did not removed minority names from the articles about places where ethnic minorities are in majority (places like [[Subotica]], [[Senta]], etc). But of course, since every tolerance have its limits (especially when there are no scientific reasons for things beyond those limits), I am kindly asking you not to start more revert wars about articles about Serbian municipalities. If you want to discuss with me how we can improve these articles from the scientific point of view, I am always open for such discussion. In fact, perhaps we can cooperate and improve those articles: we can find all alternative names for all places and we can post them into "Name" sections of all arrticles or we can write "Language" sections in all these articles where we would describe official language usage policies in these municipalities, but please, do not push something that have no basis in science and in common sense and that is rather disruptive than anything else. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 21:54, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
==Bilingual infoboxes in Romania==
A Romanian user, Roamataa began deleting minority language names in the infoboxes, see for example [[Bistra, Maramureş|Bistra]] and [[Moldoveneşti]]. Indeed Roamataa deleted Hungarian names all over the infoxes in Cluj County (about a dozen villages). As far as I know there was a consensus among Romanian users that they accept bilingual infoboxes (with 20 % population limit), and there was no problem with them in the past half year. Please try to speak with Roamataa if it's possible about his campaign. [[User:Zello|Zello]] 00:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
== Re: ==
But why do you say the infoboxes are not bilingual? In fact their are in 5 languages available and personally I added a lot of names in Hungarian ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petre%C5%9Ftii_de_Jos&diff=prev&oldid=131991480 here], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mintiu_Gherlii&diff=prev&oldid=131965395 here], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%C5%9Fchileu_Mare%2C_Cluj&diff=prev&oldid=131155436 here], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unirea%2C_Alba&diff=prev&oldid=131159018 here] (Unirea don't have 20% hu but the hu name is specified in the infobox) and many other). The Romanian, Hungarian, Ucrainian, German and Latin name are displayed on many of them. Please explain why do you think they are not multilingual. The only thing I changed is their title.
You know as good as me that these articles are about communes (the NUTS IV administrative level of Romania), areas, administrative divisions of Romania and their names exist only in Romanian (the same of Romania development regions or counties) and this has nothing to do with how many people live in. The Popeşti village may be called Varfalva, but the commune is is an area which name it is oficially only ro.
And it was not me who decided these are communes (I did not created the articles, I did not added the Template:CommunesCluj). Please check also the ro infobox on communes and you'll see that in the title it write clear "commune" and it is in English a commune (it's not important what you or me believe).
:Şi câteva cuvinte pe scurt: Acum putem să stăm cu toţii să ne contrazicem sau să colaborăm. Văd că la Unirea, Alba ai atins un consens corect. Dar văd şi că există o campanie iniţiată de câţiva utilizatori decişi să schimbe / elimine numele româneşti şi care au transformat totul într-o prostie politică. Nu eu am stricat consensul existent ci cei care au vrut ca numele oficiale româneşti să fie schimbate cu altele. Ştii bine că ar putea fi acum invocate şi proceduri ca WP:NCGN sau altele şi să fie cerut să apară doar numele oficiale engleze, cf procedurilor. Dar poate că avem alte lucruri mai bune de făcut. Iar legat de cutia pt comune, trebuie să apară specificat faptul că e comună. Asta nu înseamnă că nu se poate găsi o soluţie rezonabilă şi acceptabilă pt toţi. Dar nu soluţii care să ne fie impuse cu forţa, atâta vreme cât oricum politica de acceptare a numelor la localităţile transilvănene este deja foarte permisivă, spre deosebire de altele. Dacă vrei să găsim un consens corect eu sunt deschis spre a-l stabili.--[[User:Roamataa|Roamataa]] 06:30, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
::You mean something like ''Comuna Călăraşi'' and ''Harasztos Kommuna''? I think this is fair enough for both sides. But where is the convention for infoboxes at Wikipedia that the name is displayed in all officially-recognised languages of a locality? As far as I know the convention is to use the official English name in titles. I don't mind to have it writen in other languages, by respect for the people that live there (I too have hungarian friends and relatives), but where is the obligation to do this? I will check the rest of your observations.--[[User:Roamataa|Roamataa]] 07:55, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
:::OK about the infobox title. It is fine for me to have the title of the infobox containing a title like Comuna Călăraşi/Harasztos Kommuna. --[[User:Roamataa|Roamataa]] 08:26, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
==Roma series template==
Hi, good initiative. In fact, I had this also in mind, but I planned it for later, when I would have added more info about the Romani people and culture, since now most of the articles are in a sorry state, are not really describing the Roma. Thanks, [[User:Desiphral|Desiphral-देसीफ्राल]] 08:46, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
== Don't understand ==
Why did you added all the hu names to [[Template:Municipalities and Towns of Harghita County]]? --[[User:Roamataa|Roamataa]] 11:54, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
== Nice signature! ==
How do you get the link to your User Talk page in your signature, please? I've tried putting this:
:<nowiki> '''[[User:W. Frank|W. Frank]]''' [[User talk:W._Frank|✉]] </nowiki>
in the SIGNATURE box of my user preferences and ticked RAW SIGNATURE but the envelope symbol still doesn't seem to link to my Talk page. '''[[User:W. Frank|W. Frank]]''' [[User talk:W._Frank|✉]] 16:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
== Communes name ==
For some of the communes and villages in Romania I will have to move them to a name consisting in their name and the name of the county (Băişoara -> Băişoara, Cluj), like on rowiki. This is because I intend to create the articles for the existing villages and otherwise will have duplicate names. --[[User:Roamataa|Roamataa]] 17:16, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
==kommuna==
Thank you for including this expression, I think, however, there is a better Hu word for this: "község" meaning settlement, also, community. There would be another word, too: "járás", but until we can specify the best solution, I would suggest "község", like on the homepage of Ilieni Commune (www.illyefalva.eu) Kommuna in Hungarian rather means [[Commune (intentional community)]] --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 21:09, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree with KIDB. Indeed kommuna makes me think that in Romania anarcho-sindicalist groups began to flourish :) [[User:Zello|Zello]] 23:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
== "sockpuppet" hunt ==
Hi Ronline, and thanks for the clear-eyed and helpful contributions to the various naming-convention wars. I have a specific concern, unrelated to the recent debates but related to one of its participants. [[User:PANONIAN]] has just embarked on a massive campaign of tagging about 20-25 anonymous IP contributors' userpages and the userpages of two registered users as "suspected sockpuppets of banned user VinceB." I didn't bother looking into all the IPs contribs, since they are all from Vince's established IP range and I do know he's been still hanging around, but what concerns me is the registered users. Neither of them bear any resemblance to Vince to me, especially not this Lazio fellow. They both appear to be rather nationalistic Hungarians still sore about Trianon, but that's hardly anything unique. Their writing styles are completely different from Vince and in Lazio's case, his command of English appears vastly superior.
I don't know much about sockpuppet-tagging procedure, but common sense tells me that Panonian may be out of line here with his little witch-hunt. I just wanted to let you know in case something needs to be done in a case like this. [[User:K. Lastochka|K. Lásztocska]] 14:15, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Update: never mind. Looks like we have more of a real sockpuppet invasion than I thought--ugh. [[User:K. Lastochka|K. Lásztocska]] 16:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
==Erdeniss==
Thanks for doing the reverts, I was lazy to do it last night and now I see I have nothing to do :-) --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 07:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
== ? ==
Can you please tell me why are you are reverting my edits? Do you have something against showing pictures and names of Romanian villages? Please stop. --<span style="border:1px solid red;padding:1px;">[[User:Roamataa|'''R O '''<small><sup><tt> A M A T A A </tt></sup></small>]]|<font style="color:blue;background:yellow;">[[User_talk:Roamataa|<small> msg </small>]]</font></span> 13:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
== Discussion ==
I started a discussion at [[Talk:Cătina, Cluj]]. Your opinion is welcome. --<span style="border:1px solid red;padding:1px;">[[User:Roamataa|'''R O '''<small><sup><tt> A M A T A A </tt></sup></small>]]|<font style="color:blue;background:yellow;">[[User_talk:Roamataa|<small> msg </small>]]</font></span> 08:17, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
==Notability of [[:GayOne]]==
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==Right causes==
Hi! I was passing by, I saw your current userpage and I wanted to express my support for your promotion of these right causes. Otherwise, I keep being busy in real life, so my work here is still going on a slower pace than I would like. [[User:Desiphral|Desiphral-देसीफ्राल]] 17:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
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== László Almásy ==
Hey - I see that you've put [[László Almásy]] in [[:Category:LGBT people from Hungary]]. There is no reference in the article - do you have one available? Thanks! -- <span style="background-color: #EECCFF;">[[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]]<span style="font-size: smaller;"> ([[User talk:SatyrTN|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/SatyrTN|contribs]])</span></span> 20:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:Have you gotten a chance to look this up? Thanks! -- <span style="background-color: #EECCFF;">[[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]]<span style="font-size: smaller;"> ([[User talk:SatyrTN|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/SatyrTN|contribs]])</span></span> 21:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
==Palmerston North==
Hi Ronline. Do you feel like answering the points raised by Rossnixon on the PN Talk page? Just feel I should back off slightly for a while. [[User:Kahuroa|Kahuroa]] 09:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
==Mobile networks==
Ronline, I placed a message on the [[Talk:List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_Europe]], because the ratio of mobile phones in Hungary is now over 100%. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 21:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
==Panonian==
Can you please advise how to protect Wikipedia from the anti-Hungarian activities of [[User:PANONIAN]]? On the disambiguation page of [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greater_Hungary&action=history Greater Hungary] he is doing a revert war against three users (including me), pushing his POVs.
# My position is that Greater Hungary basically means the former Hungarian Kingdom. A simple Google search proves that most sources use Greater Hungary in this meaning. However, Panonian thinks that this meaning is only of secondary importance. He is convinced "Greater Hungary" as a political goal of Hungarian extremists, is more attached to this expression and the latter should be the first in the disambiguation list.
# He is also convinced that a biased editorial should be included in the disambiguation page which I, as a Hungarian, consider rude and offensive against my Nation.
For me it is now obvious that Panonian is using Wikipedia to do anti-Hungarian propaganda. His revert war against three other editors has been going on for 4 days. He never violated the 3RR rule because he waits usually for many Hours until his next revert, but he did 7 reverts during these days. We tried to discuss it with him but it is an impossible mission, he always writes a couple of sentences trying to demonstrate he is right. Can you possibly suggest an administrator who could deal with this issue? --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 21:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:One more note: I would support an NPOV article similar to [[Greater Romania]], Pannonian seems rather to be a supporter articles full of ''"citation needed"'' marks. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 06:59, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 15:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
==Zanya/Zanea==
Hi! I recently made the article for the [[Zanya]] neighborhood/village of [[Ciurea]]. Currently in this commune there are recognized 7 villages. Usually Zanya/Zanea was included in the village Ciurea as a neighborhood. In the recent years, informally, it started to be named also as village. I see that [http://www.medfam.ro/bimf/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 here] Zanea is named as village, but still the number of official villages is 7. You have much more experience in locality official names on Wikipedia, so I'd like to ask you which name you think it should come first. In fact, first of all, I'm not sure when an inhabited area is officially considered as an informal neighborhood which name should have priority. Thanks, [[User:Desiphral|Desiphral-देसीफ्राल]] 12:36, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:Hmm, after more study of the Google search, I see that also the Romanian name is used (in fact only this variant appears). I didn't know about this exposure, that's why I considered first the Romani variant. [[User:Desiphral|Desiphral-देसीफ्राल]] 13:13, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Btw,
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Thanks for the info. Actually the idea to start such articles (I have in my mind others too) came when I wrote at [[Wikipedia:Notice board for Romani-related topics]] about the [[List of Romani settlements]], now a list of articles selecting mostly negative and steretypical features. However, I'm still thinking how to tackle that unrealistic list. About the portal, yes it is necessary too, just I'm looking for more available time to write about the fundamentals of the Romani culture (the same as it was the case of making public ''Roma series template''). [[User:Desiphral|Desiphral-देसीफ्राल]] 14:33, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
== Salut :D ==
Hello, I was just wondering...are you the same '''''Ronline''''' that posted all those [[O-zone]] and [[3rei Sud Est]] music videos on YouTube? [[User:Nat.tang|Nat Tang]] <sup> [[user talk:Nat.tang|talk to me!]] | [[special:contributions/Nat.tang|Check on my contributions!]]|[[Special:Emailuser/Nat.tang|Email Me!]]</sup> 19:48, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Margita_Bangov%C3%A1 AfD] for [[Margita Bangová]] ==
''Salut!'' Would you, by any chance, be interested in voting here? --[[User:Kuaichik|Kuaichik]] 04:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
==Query==
Hi, Ro. I have a quick question: do you happen to know why the template for the Romani project includes all pages it tags in template and banner categories (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ursari it does here])? My guess is that it is a script error, but I am prestigiously incompetent when working with templates, so I can't be trusted to try and fix it. [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] 22:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
:Cheers. Judging by [[Talk:Kalderash]], it doesn't need to be reviewed page-by-page. [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] 00:56, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
== question!!! ==
if romania isent a slavic courty im nto saying all of it is im sayign abotu 60 percent is why do they find the racial genes of nordic peoples livign there and the percent of those people are about 60 percent of romanians.and why do we find so many slavic words in romanian languge i would nkow im half romanian and i lived there.the real romanians have tan skin black hair and dakr eyes i have resaerched the analasis of dacian remains and they show hight consetraion of millinia in upper derma wich means that that dacians were a dark complexioned dark eyed people.wich today the slavic romanians call by diffrent names ether then its onw there are to groups of people in romania one is light people blue eyes brown or ligth hair and the other real romanians dark hair dark eyes and tan skin.so in my aswere yes romania is a very slavic coutry seeing as about 45 percent of people in romania are beeing of slavic ansestry.
== wat i have meant... ==
no that is not wat im trying to prove at all.i am trying to prove that most of the people are slavic thats why they have a slavic mixed languge abot 60 percent of them are.as for romanian languge yes it is a latin and should belong to latin europe but only the laungede most people there dont have anythign with latin to do eople exepct for the ones mixed with romans.the people there are romanized slavs romanized germanics the majority of them are and the 30 percent or so romanized thracians.thracians did not belong to any latin group of people but rhater to near eastern people ranging from iran all the way to west turkey thats were the proto-thracians lived int he years wehn they migraited to europe in the south of iran ofcousre not the north im not sayign that thise thracians were iranians but studies of culture and there heritage reveal them as a near eastern people that belonged to there own group of people or one other group of people whos languge has been also extincted.but i said that because i come to my conclusion why would u call it latin europe when the people there have little to do with latin people at all exept of there langgue wich they adapted and exept those peopel mixed with roman colonists.u can only use that term as a top term to classify them in that cultural languge group.but if u want a term that is more into the subject u can not say that they are a regular latin courty.same goes for latin america were in some areas the people jsut speak spanish but have little to do with spaniards exept the mixed ones.u can only say it as a top term.im not arguing with u im just trying to say that so u dont jsut have black and white decsisios but also alternatives..thats all im trying to say.
==Rjecina's proposal ==
Please read Croatian user, Rjecina's message on my talk page. He also had problems with Panonian. What do you think about his proposal? Thanks. --[[User:Koppany|Koppany]] 18:50, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
==Szetey==
You may beinterested in [http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/hungarian_go-2/?cHash=74384ebf01 this] news. Roll down the page to see the whole article. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 10:35, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
:OK. tell me when you are ready with the article, I will cross-check it with Hungarian references. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 10:10, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
::Well, bundás kenyér is quite a heavy stuff and is the best if you can have some paradicsom (possibly some onion, too) with it, similarly to vinete, which, I suppose, Hungarians learned from Romanians. About Demszky - he is a politician after all and this says everything. Even if he was a brave anticommunist and was harrassed and beaten by the police of Kádár, many people think that the 17 years he has spent in office as the Mayor of Budapest was too long. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 08:22, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
==Demszky==
I can't assess his activities as I am neither a politologist nor an urban planner, but the POVs about him :-) from left and right can be read in the [[Gábor Demszky]] article. The overall perception? It depends. If you talk to a supporter of conservative parties, you will learn that he is an evil person destroying the once-beautiful Budapest. If you listen to Socialists or Liberals, you will hear that he is the only person able to save the city from evil FIDESZ politicians. --[[User:KIDB|KIDB]] 11:25, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
==Thank ''you''==
Ro, I am deeply honored, since you are one of the editors I look up to. I'm actually glad we get to collaborate on at least one project (though my contributions there are somewhat limited in scope). Thank you, and not just for the barnstar. [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] 18:55, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I echo Dahn's sentiments. Thank you very much, Ronline, for your generous award of the barnstar, and so much else. I appreciate it. [[User:Biruitorul|Biruitorul]] 00:25, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
== Autistic South Bolzon ==
Regarding your edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sz%C3%A9kely_autonomy_initiatives&diff=142842298&oldid=142809185 here]: There is a discussion on [[Talk:South Tyrol]] about that (again). In short: Brittanica calls the province "Bolzano/Bozen" [http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9073305/Trentino-Alto-Adige], while the autonomy statute on the official website uses "Province of Bozen - South Tyrol" [http://www.provincia.bz.it/english/overview/autonomy_statute.htm]. Incidentally, that website itself and several other places use "Autonomous Province of Bozen - South Tyrol" (in the copyright tag at the bottom). The website of the Provinvial Statistics institute uses "Autonomous Province of Bolzano". Other official sites use only "South Tyrol".
Some have pointed to [[WP:NCGN]], saying we shouldn't necessarily be looking for or using the official name at all, but instead use the ''widely accepted English name''. Someone objected to the bilingual naming and removed the "Bozen", and of course there are sites that use only "Bolzano" for the prvince as well...
I'm out of ideas right now, but using Bolzano/Bozen or Bolzano exlusively seems to me to be confusing for the reader. The widely accepted English name seems to be either "Alto Adige" or "South Tyrol", when you search Google and Google news. —'''[[User:AldeBaer/welcome|AldeBaer]]''' ([[User:AldeBaer#Criticism|c]]) 19:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
:Personally, I agree that "ST" is the least confusing compromise, and that was the version used until an IP [[Special:Contributions/71.106.191.188|changed]] many articles. It was reverted twice, first by [[user:Delirium|Delirium]], then by me, and then another user came and changed it again. I don't think consensus will be easy to find on this one. —'''[[User:AldeBaer/welcome|AldeBaer]]''' ([[User:AldeBaer#Criticism|c]]) 00:48, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
::joined your conversation at Aldebaer's talk page. Note that it has been South Tyrol for a long time because a large set of users with a particular POV have made it this way. It is by no means a compromise if you understand the political implications. [[User:Icsunonove|Icsunonove]] 01:26, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
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* Our Deputy Coordinators have been doing a fabulous job so far. Well done!
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* The list of LGBT people [[Wikipedia:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/To be sorted|to be sorted]] has now beed reduced by 20%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect!
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* There is now a list of [[User:Skysmith/Missing topics about LGBT|Missing LGBT Topics]]. Help is needed to work out which topics can be made redirects or need to be created. Please contribute is you can.
* An LGBT banner that was created for Wikipedia's internal ads system has now been adapted so it can be placed on blogs and websites. The html is <nowiki><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LGBT"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Qxz-ad48.gif" height="53" width="445"></a></nowiki> Please credit [[User:Miranda|Miranda]] and link to her userpage: <nowiki><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Miranda">Miranda</a></nowiki>. The banner can be seen in action [http://wikipedian.blogspot.com/2007/06/new-banner-testing.html here]. If you have a blog or a website, please consider adding the banner, either in a post or as part of your profile.
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==[[Wahaha Danone joint venture]]==
I just created this article on this very topical subject. The subject matter would make for a good featured article, so I am hoping to enlist your help to get it there qualitatively. [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] 02:45, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
*Oops, you work fast! I made some changes off line and posted them, then I realised you had already tucked in, I think I reversed it in time! [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] 08:42, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
==Query==
Hi, Ro. I know you have been involved in creating various Romania-related templates, and I could use a second opinion on a particular detail. I left a comment at [[Talk:Piteşti#Crest]]. Thank you. [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] 14:07, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
==Discussion about false map==
If you want to see something interesting you must to look article [[Borders before and after Yugoslavia]], PANONIAN map of Serbia in 1918 and our discussion about this map. Discussion is on discussion page of article for which I have given you link. In last week I am fighting with PANONIAN that this fantasy map in which even Pecs and Timisoara are Serbian territory be deleted on wiki. ---[[User:Rjecina|Rjecina]] 19:50, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
==Help==
Hi, I see that you are an admin here, so please help me about this: [[User:Rjecina]] harassing me claiming that I am "fundamentalist" and accusing me that I said things that I did not said: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABorders_before_and_after_Yugoslavia&diff=146127770&oldid=145876340 Can you please tell him not to call me "fundamentalist" and twist my words because these false accusations are really not pleasant. Also, you can see that he call other users "fundamentalists" as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ANikola_Tesla%2FNationality_and_ethnicity&diff=146129581&oldid=146118836 As an admin you can remind him that he should behave civil and provide arguments for the subject of dispute not to harass other users on personal basis. I would really appreciate your help here. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 20:30, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
: At least the map of Kingdom of Serbia in 1918 is false indeed. Baranya and other territories were under military occupation of Serbia, but noone recognised the occupation. Otherwise another map created by PANONIAN suggests that the unconstitutionally created and short-lived Serbian Voivodship was a voivodship of Serbia while the Principality of Serbia under Ottoman rule had nothing to do with this Voivodship. I support the deletion or modification of these maps. --[[User:Koppany|Koppany]] 21:59, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
::Koppany, this was already discussed on the proper talk page, so why you do not read whole discussion there? These regions officially united with Serbia and SHS Kingdom in 1918 and this Kingdom was recognized by the international community in 1919, while Hungary was officially recognized one year later (in 1920). Also see Hungarian source that I used as a source for borders in my map: http://terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro/kepek/netre/167.gif Also, Voivodship of Serbia certainly was not "unconstitutionally created" and reasons why these two territories are showed with same colour are also explained on the proper talk page. You are welcome to participate in discussion on these talk pages if you want because talk page of user Ronline is really not a proper place for that - I only asked here user Ronline for help about one specific question and this is not place where other questions should be discussed because all these articles and images do have their own talk pages. [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 22:46, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
== Bačka ==
Hi Ronline,
I would like to ask you to help me on the discussion page with user PANONIAN regarding to the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C4%8Dka. As summarization: PANONIAN wrote the Demograpics part with some explanation. I think PANONIAN's work is a very good summarization of the viewpoint common among Serbs. But there exist another viewpoints, in this case Hungarian, which may differ form Serbian. For example: in the article it is written that the 1941 census was unreliable, but nothing is written to censuses 1921 and 1931. Hungarian historians think 1941 census was relaively reliable, but here were many problems with 1921 and 1931 censuses. I don't want to say that Hungarians hold the divine truth and the Serbs not, but according to Wikipedia's NPOV every relevant viewpoints has to be presented in a fair way.
I don't want to write here all my problems with that section; I think I've summarized them in a fair way. At first please read Demographic (2) part on discussion page, there are 4 (in fact: 3) points, which I think not neutral, the explanation why I consider it not to be neutral, and a proposal.
Thanks for your help in advance: Csaba Faragó
[[User:Fcsaba|Fcsaba]] 12:22, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
==Help==
Can you help with this user: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Wallak I suspect that it is sockpuppet of banned user Bonaparte and he vandalizing various articles related to Romanians and Vlachs. Can we do something about it? [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 19:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
:Can you also translate for me what this link say: http://www.adevarul.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=25504&search=Timoc [[User:PANONIAN|<span style="color:blue;">'''PANONIAN'''</span>]] 19:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
::I told you one more time: I'm Wallak and don't remove sourced information because you'll be reverted.--<span style="font:bold 11px Arial;display:inline;border:#000066 1px solid;background-color:#ECF1F7;padding:0 4px 0 4px;">[[User:Wallak|Wallak]]</span><sup>[[User_talk:Wallak|Talk]]</sup> 19:46, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
::::Use this link also: http://www.adevarul.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=25504&search=Timoc
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'''Iugoslavia recunoaste apartenenta vlahilor din Valea Timocului la minoritatea romaneasca'''
(66 afisari, 2002-11-06) Prin acordul privind minoritatile, semnat, luni, la Belgrad, de catre presedintii Ion Iliescu si Voislav Kostunita, statul iugoslav recunoaste dreptul apartenentei la minoritatea romaneasca din Iugoslavia al celor aproape 120.000 de vlahi (cifra neoficiala), care traiesc in Valea Timocului, in Serbia de Rasarit. Reprezentantii romanilor din Iugoslavia, profesori, ziaristi, scriitori, i-au multumit, ieri, la Pancevo, sefului statului pentru aceasta intelegere cu guvernul de la Belgrad. Acordul este considerat de importanta istorica pentru romanii din Valea Timocului, care, din timpul lui Iosip Broz Tito, traiesc fara drept la invatamant si viata religioasa in limba materna, practic nerecunoscuti ca etnie. "Nu vom face ca fostul regim, sa numim noi care sunt minoritatile nationale sau sa stergem cu guma alte minoritati", a spus, ieri, Rasim Ljajic, ministrul sarb pentru minoritati, la intalnirea de la Pancevo a presedintelui cu romanii din Iugoslavia. Deocamdata, statul iugoslav nu a recunoscut prin lege statutul vlahilor de pe Valea Timocului, insa de-acum va acorda acestora dreptul la optiunea etnica, va permite, in decembrie, constituirea Consiliului Reprezentantilor Romani si va participa in Comisia mixta romano-iugoslava la monitorizarea problemelor minoritatilor sarba si romana din cele doua state. In Iugoslavia traiesc cateva sute de mii de romani. Presedintele Ion Iliescu s-a angajat, ieri, pentru o politica mai activa privind romanii din afara granitelor: "Avem mari datorii fata de romanii care traiesc in afara granitelor. Autocritic vorbind, nu ne-am facut intotdeauna datoria. De dragul de a nu afecta relatiile noastre cu vecinii, am fost mai retinuti, mai prudenti in a sustine cauza romanilor din statele vecine. (...) Ungurii ne dau lectii din acest punct de vedere", a spus presedintele, precizand ca romanii trebuie sa-si apere cauza "pe baza de buna intelegere".
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There isn't a strong controversy. Everything related to the Vlachs (Romanians) of Serbia can be add it in the main article [[Romanians of Serbia]]. Even the Serbian Gov. recognize them that they are Romanians so there isn't any need to create artificial articles about new minorities. --<span style="font:bold 11px Arial;display:inline;border:#000066 1px solid;background-color:#ECF1F7;padding:0 4px 0 4px;">[[User:Wallak|Wallak]]</span><sup>[[User_talk:Wallak|Talk]]</sup> 15:23, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
==Vlach language==
Panonian, the point here is that it must be mentioned that in the census there is such thing as a Vlach language. I'm not saying we shouldn't mention that. "They are officially recognized as separate languages" --> Yes that should be mentioned. However, ''in truth'' they are the same, so it cannot be asserted that the "Timok Valley Vlachs" speak "Vlach". There is no such thing as Vlach! It is one thing to say that "The Vlachs of Serbia speak Vlach" and another one to say "Serbian authorities consider Timok Valley "Vlachs" to speak the Vlach language, even though the language they speak is identical to Romanian" or even "Many Vlachs say that they speak the Vlach language, but this language is identical to Romanian" What I'm saying is - as per the NPOV policy, it's not wrong to mention the word "Vlach". However, it shouldn't be stated as truth. [[User:Ronline|Ronline]] 11:30, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
:See my reply on my page. As much as you want to be NPOV, here you're very POV if you support Serbia's Gov. POV. --[[User:Brickoceanmonth|Brickoceanmonth]] 08:06, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
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01 august 2007 Azi 01.08.2007 la sediul din Negotin al CNRS a sosit confirmarea inregistrarii Consiliului National al Rumanilor din Serbia (in limba sarba se utilizeaza sinonimul arhaic pentru roman,“vlasi”). Consiliul reprezinta comunitatea romaneasca din Timoc si are precizat in statutul sau '''utilizarea ca limba materna a limbii romane literare''', transmite corespondentul Romanian Global News din Timoc.Necesitatea inregistrarii acestui consiliu a fost data de faptul ca romanii din Timoc (peste 250.000) au o situatie diferita de romanii din Voivodina (circa 35.000), iar obiectivele fiecareia dintre cele doua comunitati sunt diferite. Daca cei din Voivodina au avut si au scoli si biserici in limba proprie inca de pe timpul Imperiului Austro-ungar, romanii din Timoc de mai bine de 200 de ani sunt supusi unui intens si agresiv proces de asimilare care a lasat numeroase urme in mentalitatea si onomastica comunitatii si a facut ca in zona Timocului sa nu existe scoala si biserica romaneasca.
</blockquote> Have you read this? or you ignore it?--[[User:Brickoceanmonth|Brickoceanmonth]] 08:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Ronline, and please don't ignore simple facts that happend these days. This is history for the Romanians of Serbia!--[[User:Brickoceanmonth|Brickoceanmonth]] 08:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
You are proved to be a fighter for the minority rights, regardless of their ethnicity, sex..etc. It's the same problems with the minority rights of the Romanian community from Serbia. keep up your good work! ;-) --[[User:Brickoceanmonth|Brickoceanmonth]] 09:05, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Why they say I'm Bonny? can you ask a CheckUser?--[[User:Brickoceanmonth|Brickoceanmonth]] 18:47, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
==Inserting constant POV==
See {{template:Europe topic}} where Mikkalai is inserting Transnistria in the list even if it is a breakaway region of Moldova and so it will last forever.--[[User:201.225.40.228|201.225.40.228]] 06:44, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
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'''Message from Coordinator''': It's been almost two months since the last newsletter came out, so there are a fair few people who haven't really been kept up with our project. I'd like to welcome all those who have joined and those who have returned, and strongly reccommend that you use [[WT:LGBT|the talkpage]] for any queries or problems you have. Happy editing!
;Article News
* The ongoing effort to create a [[Wikipedia:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/To be sorted|comprehensive list of LGB people]] has begun to bear fruit - [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/A|/A]] AND the [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/W-Z|/W-Z]] lists have been featured! Congratulations to Dev920 and SatyrTN who nominated them respectively. Please consider pitching in the the remaining lists to help us get them finished before the end of the year.
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* WP:LGBT now has an IRC channel! It is #LGBTProject on Freenode. Users without IRC or Xchat can use the java app at java.freenode.net to access the channel from their web browser. Hope to see you in there sometime!
* David Shankbone has taken a LOT of [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_LGBT_studies#Some_recent_Shankbone_LGBT_photos|photos]]. An idea has been mooted to create a page for listing people who are willing to take images in their area on request, please give your thoughts [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_LGBT_studies#Photo_workgroup|here]].
* Considerable discussion has recently been held on our coverage of same sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. You may be interested to [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_LGBT_studies/Archive_8#.22Same-sex_marriage_in_....22_v._.22Civil_unions_in_the_....22|read it]].
* The list of LGBT people [[Wikipedia:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/To be sorted|to be sorted]] has now been reduced by over 30%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect!
* A gay cabal conspiracy ghost has been created to do with what you will. :)
[[Image:Rainbowghost.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Wooh, massive gay conspiracy...]]
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* Since the last newsletter was released, we have had more members been labelled inactive than who have signed up - please consider recruiting a few more people if you can, a WikiProject is only as good as its members. :)
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== Chronic fatigue syndrome ==
Just a note to inform you that I've reverted your forking of [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. Firstly, there was no discussion whatsoever to make such a move, which should have happened given that the [[Talk:Chronic fatigue syndrome|talk page]] on some days gets at least 10 edits a day. Secondly, different treatments are proposed by different "schools of thought"; disconnecting this information would lead to fragmentation of the article and an opportunity for the proponents of either school to take control of a subarticle. Thirdly, there are other sections that would equally well benefit from splitting off.
If you still think the article should be split up, please let me know. At any rate, it cannot happen without discussion. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 11:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
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The LGBT studies project has been rather quiet of late. Though we've added over 180 new members in the last year, only a small percentage are active participants. If you haven't visited our project or talk page in a while, please stop by for a look. Also, if you happen to bump into another editor who you feel might enjoy working with us, please extend an invitation. There's lot's do do, and the active members would sincerely appreciate some help.
Welcome to the 11 new members that joined us in September: [[User:Bu852|Bu852]], [[User:JuniorMuruin|JuniorMuruin]], [[User:Laualoha|Laualoha]], [[User:JereKrischel|JereKrischel]], [[User:Dybryd|Dybryd]], [[User:Sexperts|Sexperts]], [[User:Ctjf83|Ctjf83]], [[User:Allstarecho|Allstarecho]], [[User:Johnandbob|Johnandbob]], [[User:Carlossuarez46|Carlossuarez46]], and [[User:Carterdriggs|Carterdriggs]]!
;[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Peer review|LGBT Project Peer review]]
Our Peer review project is struggling at the present, with only a few people reviewing the articles. While it is certainly possible to submit articles for a general peer review, a review by members of the LGBT community can be of additional value for LGBT specific writing. There are several articles currently up for review on a wide range of topics. At the very least, reading the articles will undoubtedly broaden your intellectual horizons :-)
;[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender|Deletion discussions]]
At the moment, [[David Le Brocq]], [[Malmö Devilants]] and [[Trajectory Hermeneutics]] are up for deletion review. Please take a look at them and make your voice heard at the deletion review. Articles nominated for deletion also present a challenge for improvement. See what you can do, and watchlist our deletion review page.
;FA & GA article news
Since our last newsletter, [[Fun Home]] and [[GayFest]] have been promoted to [[WP:Good article|Good Article status]]. Congratulations to all editors who have worked so hard to improve them! While [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: T-V|the T-Z list]] was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Featured list|Featured list]] on [[September 26]], [[2007]], we have had no articles reach [[WP:Featured article|Featured Article]] status since [[Homer's Phobia]] was promoted last March. In fact, one article of our Project was delisted: [[Andrew Van De Kamp]]. Please take a look at out listed articles and see if you'd like to try to take one to Featured status (there are almost 8,000 to choose from). Additionally, [[Conversion therapy]] has been nominated for Featured status. Please read the article and give feedback at the [[WP:FAC|Feartured Article Candidates page]]. (See also [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/FA-class articles|our FA-class list]].)
;Pederasty article controversy
The [[Pederasty]] articles continue to be a point of controversy both within and outside of our community. Various editors have suggested that to include them as LGBT Project related somehow taints the project and brings Wikipedia into disrepute. Other editors have stated that the articles, and especially the Pederasty article, are part of the core of LGBT studies. Well meaning editors continue to remove our tags from the articles themselves as well as the talk pages. If you have time, please read the articles and watchlist them to protect them from vandalism and well meaning but counterproductive edits.
;[[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people]]
The list of LGBT people has survived its 4th nomination for deletion. Please watchlist this list to protect it from vandalism and unsourced additions. There are many in Wikipedia who would like to see this Featured status list removed from the project. It is up to us to keep it to such a high caliber that it never is removed.
;[[User:DavidShankBone|David Shankbone]]
Our project member David Shankbone is now working as a journalist for [[Wikinews]], as well as continuing to improve our project and Wikipedia as a whole with his photographs. A sincere thank you goes out to him for all of his hard work. Wikipedia would not shine nearly as brightly without your contributions, David.
;[[Barbara Gittings]]
[[Image:Rainbowghost.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Happy Halloween, everybody! Be happy and celebrate!]]
The surviving life partner of prominent LGBT rights activist Barbara Gittings recently called one of our editors and, among other things, complimented us on what a great job our project is doing on Wikipedia. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this project, either through their article edits or support for other project members. We really are making an difference here!
;Member assistance
Some of our project members have been having difficulties related to editing on the encyclopedia. If you are feeling frustrated or distressed by your editing experience, please don't keep it to yourself. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, and we are all here to help one another. Drop a line on our talkpage or on another editor's page, and other members of the LGBT project will happily give you the support you want and need.
Lastly, [[Halloween]] is just around the corner. More than most holidays, Halloween is a holiday embraced by and tailor made to our community (though God only knows why we are invisible in the Halloween article here. Perhaps somebody would like to rectify that editing oversight). Have fun, everybody, and remember to both trick '''''and''''' treat!
==Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla==
[[Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla]] - could you check it, please? [[User:RomanyChaj|रोमानीछाय]]
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== The difference between Romania and Poland ==
This is a cool link showing the difference of treatment between Romanian and Poland. You will see that the latter is actually respected, regardless of its shortcoming (which are important) [http://www.romanialibera.ro/a109860/faz-romania-n-ar-mai-adera-azi-la-ue.html]. [[User:Dpotop|Dpotop]] 23:07, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
==Revisiting an issue==
Hi, Ronline. On Jmabel's talk page, I have raised [[User talk:Jmabel#Tismăneanu|some issues involving an older problem]]. I don't know if you want to get involved in assessing the arguments and counterarguments, but I would welcome any input from you, given the extended and volatile nature of the polemic on this topic, its importance to present-day politics, and the one-sidedness nature of virtually all arguments brought up against the text. Thanking you in advance, [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] 00:15, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. You added the following statement to the economy section of the article about Cyprus, and I have two questions.
"Its per-capita income is slightly lower than that of the big four European economies, but higher than the European Union average."
1 - Am I safe in assuming that the "big four" are the U.K., Germany, France, and Italy? If so, then I will clarify that in the article.
2 - Is there a reference for this information? The paragraph makes it appear that it comes from the existing reference.
I appreciate your help. [[User:Saraalan|Saraalan]] 02:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
== Montenegro ==
...why precisely did you add ''by linguists''? --[[User:PaxEquilibrium|PaxEquilibrium]] 14:35, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
:It cannot be connected with Bosnian because of several things. Firstly, the Bosnian language ''factually exists'', i.e. those who want to understand Bosnian can do so by finding Bosnian-language-educated professors, reading Grammars and Primers. There are works specifically written in Bosnian language. However, there is no such thing with the Montenegrin language - it doesn't exist beyond a paper adopted into legal act (politically) several days ago. Additionally, 100% of speakers of the Bosnian language consider their language a language - over 80% of the speakers of the Montenegrin language, consider it a dialect of Serbian, while only 20% think it's a separate language.
:In the end I understand what you want to say - but see [[Moldova]] and [[Talk:Moldova#.22Moldovian.22_Language.3F]]. I am trying to pair up for general neutrality of the Wikipedia, and hence that. As you can see, all my proposals were rejected - and the current version is in my opinion a bit too POV, and probably even more from your edge of view. --[[User:PaxEquilibrium|PaxEquilibrium]] 15:19, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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Hey, [[Peeps]], it's that time of the month again (no not '''''[[Menstruation|that time]]''''' — get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT Project's]] [[Love Boat]] newsletter from your [[Cruising for sex|cruise director]] [[Lauren Tewes|Miss Julie]]. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!
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===Alice and her harasser===
Let's start with some good news: [[User:AliceJMarkham|Alice]] and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]], on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the [[Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence]]. We seem to have a sort of [[Yin and Yang]] thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes <bright smiles all around>.
===Harry Potter and his homosexual teacher===
[[Albus Dumbledore]] got [[outing|outed]] this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.
==="My Fellow Americans"===
On a more serious note, [[User:Fireplace|Fireplace]] has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.
===Same name, same sexuality: a riddle for the ages===
[[Francis Bacon]] (not the [[Francis Bacon (painter)|new gay one]], but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful [[User:Haiduc|Haiduc]] has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?
===Beat writer arouses Irish guy===
And speaking of passions, [[Jack Kerouac]] has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator [[User:Irishguy|Irishguy]], mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the [[Talk:Jack Kerouac|talk page]] and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.
===Love those Texas Longhorns===
Did you know that one of our [[WP:FA|Featured articles]], [[Lawrence v. Texas]], lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a [[Active citizenship|civic duty]] to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).
===Point and Counterpoint===
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies/Archive 10#Intersexuality as part of project scope?|Intersexuality]] was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.
===Drudgery on offer===
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Peer review|Peer review]] is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
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==="My Fellow Americans" redux===
The article [[LGBT movements in the United States]] certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it [[GDFL|free to everyone.]] Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.
===This month's Wiki stars===
[[Lesbian pulp fiction]] (a genre close to my heart, I must confess) writer [[Ann Bannon]] has decided to spice up [[WP:FAC|the featured articles candidates list]] this month. Why not drop by and make your opinion heard? Joining her in this lofty aspiration are the articles '''''[[But I'm a Cheerleader]]''''' and '''''[[Conversion therapy]]'''''. I'm sure their main editors would welcome any comments (well, helpful ones, anyway) on the talk pages or the FAC discussions. And lest we forget, the [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sd-Si]] became a [[WP:FL|Featured list!!]] Rah rah, siskumbah! ''Go, team, '''GO!!!!'''''
===And the Oscar goes to...===
Not content to run for [[WP:FA|Best Actress]], plucky Bannon won a [[WP:GA|Best supporting actress Oscar]]... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are [[Freddy Mercury]], [[Waylon Smithers]] and [[Lance Bass]]. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth [[Britney Spears|Britney]] ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.
=== Fresh faces to brighten our pages ===
Though I may not be the first, let me extend a warm, LGBT Love Boat welcome to the 12 new members who joined us in October: [[User:Jliberty|Jliberty]], [[User:JockCub360|JockCub360]], [[User:ChristopherEdwards|ChristopherEdwards]], [[User:Desiderius82|Desiderius82]], [[User:Zlrussell|Zlrussell]], [[User:Kelsied|Kelsied]], [[User:BeardedWoof|BeardedWoof]], [[User:Mujerado|Mujerado]], [[User:Tyrfing|Tyrfing]], [[User:Fabgurrl|Fabgurrl]], [[User:Redl@nds597198|Redl@nds597198]], and [[User:decafdyke|decafdyke]]! Whatever you choose to do here, I feel sure that your contributions will enhance our project to no end. And if they don't...well, let's just say that I'm not shy.
===Leather and lace===
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by [[User:Nemissimo|Nemissimo]], who desperately wants to get the [[Talk:BDSM/Translation|German BDSM translation]] copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!
===Late breaking news===
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Collaboration|collaboration project]] was delisted from the [[Wikipedia:Community Portal|Community Portal]] due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that [[Oral sex|sucking]] should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a ''challenge to improve'' (and good Lord, I sound almost [[Nerd|Wikipedian!]]).
===Champagne dreams and caviar kisses===
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Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our [[United States|American]] cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of [[Turkey (bird)|poultry]] in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the [[Canadian]] persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy [[Thanksgiving]] on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out.
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In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a [[People (song)|"people person"]]! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your [[Love Boat]] never turn into a [[The Poseidon Adventure (film)|Poseidon]].
Kisses,
[[User:Jeffpw|Miss Julie]]
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== LGBT WikiProject Newsletter ==
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[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)|Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus lane!]] Ho, ho ho (but not '''''that''''' kind of [[prostitute|ho]]!) and [[Merry Christmas]], everybody! Yes, that's right. It's time for the [[A Partridge Family Christmas Card|Christmas edition]] of the [[WP:GAY|LGBT]] [[Love Boat]] newsletter. This [[Homosexuality|homo]] [[The Poseidon Adventure (film)|Love Boat]] is cruising into Christmas and counting down the days to a [[New Year's Eve|brand new year!]] It doesn't matter if you're [[Christian]] or belong to some [[Jewish|other]], [[Islam|more obscure]] [[Hindu|sect]]. [[Religious fanaticism|Jesus loves you]] one and all, so let's curl up around the fire, sing some [[Christmas carol|carols]], drink some [[Alcoholism|egg nog]], and have a [[Queer|gay old time]]. But before we do, perhaps your [[Cocaine dependence|chipper]] [[Cruising for sex|cruise director]] [[Lauren Tewes|Miss Julie]] should spread the [[Transgender|gender bendin']] news from [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies|everyone's favorite project....
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* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_quelle|Quelle Suprise! King James is a Queen!]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_britney|It's Britney, Bitch!]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_gameshow|Game show for nerds]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_jonsi|Jón Þór Birgisson]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_sequel|Everybody loves a sequel]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_special|Not quite the second coming, but special just the same]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_battle|Battle of the Wikipedia Stars!]]
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* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_needelves|Santa needs elves]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_urgeappeal|Urgent Christmas appeal]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_dorothy|Surrender, Dorothy!!!!!!!]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_ambrosia|Ambrosia]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_early|Christmas came early]]
* [[{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}#news_you|You!]]
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<b id="news_quelle">Quelle Suprise! [[James I of England|King James]] is a Queen!</b><br>
Our dear [[User:Haiduc|Haiduc]], never a stranger to controversy, recently decided to delve into the [[Closeted|wardrobe]] of the [[British Monarchy]], and what did he discover? King James had more than appreciative eyes for [[Twink|strapping young men!]] Naturally, Haiduc felt the need to share this news with the community, but instead of being praised for his scholarship, he was reviled. In fact, one rabid heterocentrist even rummaged around in his own wardrobe until he found an old pair of [[WP:SOCK|socks]] to play with. All seemed lost until astute editor [[User:Jeffpw|Jeffpw]] noticed some odd postings and did some sleuthing of his own. The socks were uncovered, the [[Puppet Master (film)|Wicked Witch]] was [[WP:BLOCK|melted]] and readers the world over were able to learn that Good King James regularly ordered tube steak from the menu of the day. Thank you, Haiduc! Thank you, Jeff! And let Miss Julie add (for readers who [[Lesbian|might not know]]) that [[Penis|tube steak]] tastes just like [[Chicken (gay slang)|chicken]]!
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<b id="news_britney">[[Britney Spears|It's Britney, Bitch!]]</b><br>
Well, maybe it's not Miss Thang, herself, but it's the next best thing: [[Chris Crocker (Internet celebrity)|Chris Crocker]]! he stirs up just about as much controversy as his idol does, even here on Wikipedia. Though it's all a bit of a muddle, one of our editors hopes you can drop by the talk page and leave a message of hope for those battling the forces of obstructionism in that little corner of the Wiki World. It is so hard to spread enlightenment. As [[Dorothy Parker|Miss Parker]] herself said, "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think".
<b id="news_gameshow">[[Wikipedia:The Core Contest|Game show for nerds]]</b><br>
Wallowing in cash from the latest [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate beg-a-thon], the powers-that-be have decided to sponser a little contest here to improve the articles, with a Grand prize of $100. Yeah. Just enough for a [[Burger King]] dinner for the family. Still, the thought is nice and the goal is noble, so we should support it. Our little Queer beehive has taken a look at what's on offer, and both the [[Gay|Greek Traditionalists]] and [[Lesbian|Daughters of Bilitis]] are well represented. The ever useful [[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]] has made a little list, which can be found [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies#Core Contest|here]] (if that malignant bot hasn't archived it already, that is). So find a pal, roll up your sleeves and dive right in. Let's show this Encyclopedia just what Queers with firecrackers up their....err, I mean, let's show the others what we can do.
<b id="news_jonsi">[[Jón Þór Birgisson]]</b><br>
I can't pronounce his name, but he's awfully cute, he's deliciously foreign, and best of all...he's '''''GAY!''''' But he won't be for long, if [[Homophobia|certain users]] have their way. A concerted effort has been under way for a while now, designed to neuter poor Jon (pretend I put a little accent thingy over that O) and make him into a sort of rockin' [[Ken (Barbie)|Ken doll]]. So please watchlist this hunka man, and '''''keep him queer'''''! If anybody questions you, tell them "Miss Julie sent me".
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<b id="news_sequel">Everybody loves a sequel</b><br>
Readers not afflicted with [[Alzheimer's]] will remember that last month we had a little story about [[User:Jeffpw/sandbox#Alice and her harasser|Alice and her harasser]]. That proved so popular that we bring you the sequel: [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]] and his stalker. After a chance meeting at the [[Michael Lucas (porn star)|Michael Lucas article]], this anonymous user took a shine to our Benjiboi, and has been showering him with attention on virtually every board on Wikipedia. Flattered though he is, Benjiboi finds the attention a bit distracting, and administrators have been seeking various remedies for this. It has proven difficult, as the stalker has an IP address that changes quicker than [[Superman]] in a telephone booth. So perhaps some of you would like to watchlist Benjiboi's page, and lend a hand if you see some love letters from an 11 digit friend. I was actually thinking we should get Alice's harasser and Benjiboi's stalker together. Then we could have another sequel, sort of like [[Freddy vs. Jason]]. Any bets as to who would win??
<b id="news_special">Not quite the second coming, but special just the same</b><br>
Let me be the first to give a warm, wet, Love Boat kiss (though not with tongue) to our newest Project members: [[User:Jacksinterweb|Jacksinterweb]], [[User:Cleduc|Cleduc]], [[User:Pigman|Pigman]], [[User:Becksguy|Becksguy]] and [[User:Iamandrewrice|Iamandrewrice]]. Even in the month of our Saviour's birth, your popping into our Wikipedian lives is a blessed event indeed. As Jesus Himself said, [[Vulcan salute|"Live long and prosper".]] He did say that, didn't he? I think he said it. In any event, if he was standing next to me now, I'm sure he'd say it, and add, "Happy homo editing!"
<b id="news_battle">Battle of the Wikipedia Stars!</b><br>
Indomitable [[Ann Bannon]] is holding her own in Wikipedia's answer to [[American Idol]]: [[WP:FAC|The Featured Article candidate list!]] For four feverish weeks, she has mastered the challenges and not been eliminated from the competition. Drop by the FAC page and show Ann you love her....or give her the hook (I'm not supposed to tell you how to vote). Giving our plucky Ann reason to hope is the recent promotion of [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sa-Sc]]. If Miss Julie has her way, we will have the entire alphabet of Queerdom Featured here on Wikipedia soon! And I would be remiss if I did not give a warm, Lesbian salute to our own [[User:Belovedfreak|Belovedfreak]], who showed Wikipedia with [[But I'm a Cheerleader]] that even [[Pom pom|pom poms]] are no protection from the Love that dare not speak its name, and got a [[WP:FA|gold star]] for her efforts.
Climbing the Wikipedia career ladder is [[User: Tim1965]], who has not only written, but is now promoting [[Reel Affirmations]] to [[WP:GAC|Good article status]]. Best of luck, Tim, and remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. We're sure you'll be trading that green circle for a gold star soon (assuming you get the green in the first place!).
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<b id="news_needelves">Santa needs elves</b><br>
Yes, I know: packages need buying, trees need trimming, egg nog needs drinking. The holidays make many demands on our time. It's ...well, it's a bitch, is what it is. So I wouldn't blame you for skipping this little section and putting off my request until next year. But...think of the children. Our future. They need quality information about the homosexual "lifestyle" if we are to [[Homosexual recruitment|indoctrinate them properly]]. That's why I am asking you to drop by [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Peer review|our Peer review area]] and give your meaning as to the efforts of your fellow gay Wikipedians. And think: in this season of kindness and good will to all, isn't it nice that I am pointing you to someplace where you can (in a Wikiloving way, of course) rip someone a new asshole? Think about it...and those children with their shiny, bright eyes, thanking you for contributing to their future.
Even more festively, consider joining in on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender|deletion discussions]] of our favorite articles. Here you can bandy about such words as "homophobia", "Right-wing Christian agenda" and my personal favorite, "just who do you think you're pushing around?!?!?". If you play your cards right, there might even be an [[WP:BLOCK|extra present under the tree]] for you. :-D
<b id="news_urgeappeal">Urgent Christmas appeal</b><br>
[[User:Tovojolo|Tovojolo]] asked me to ask you to edit [[Elizabeth Bishop]] as part of the Collaboration Project. She's an old dead poet (Miss Bishop, not Tovojolo. I've never actually met Tovojolo. She's probably very young and attractive. Maybe somebody should ask if she's single), but she was a flaming homosexual long before most of us had even been conceived, so we owe her some respect. Tovojolo actually asked me for the last newsletter, but Miss Julie forgot. Bad Miss Julie. She was so busy boosting morale it just slipped right by her. [[User:Nemissimo|Nemissimo]], maybe you need to [[BDSM|crack that whip]] again to get Julie back in line.
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<b id="news_dorothy">Surrender, Dorothy!!!!!!!</b><br>
[[Friend of Dorothy]] has attracted the attention of a group of....the more senior elements of our gay society. They disagree with our thesis that [[Judy Garland|Saint Judy]] was the possible source of the term, and demand we change the article to reflect their contention that [[Dorothy Parker]] was the origin. The problem is, their source didn't check out. So we agreed to disagree. Well, we at the project did. They got kinda mad at us, said unkind things, and started edit warring. Though they are old, they are certainly quick, and could revert the article faster than my nimble fingers could press the undo button. To quote the divine Miss Parker, every time I saw the article on my watchlist, I thought to myself, ''"What fresh hell is this?"''. The page was protected by sympathetic administrators, but keeping an eye on it will keep Dorothy safe from [[Margaret Hamilton|future Wicked Witches of the West or East.]]
<b id="news_ambrosia">Ambrosia</b><br>
Our dear [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]] has been busy indeed, lately. He recently made fruit salad out of [[Fruit (slang)|Fruit]], turning a once nasty word into a damn good article, and saving it from deletion! Congratulations, Benjiboi! I hear he has turned his attention from fruit to [[Chicken (gay slang)|poultry]] now. Before he is through, he will have turned every major food group gay on Wikipedia!
<b id="news_early">Christmas came early</b><br>
Yes, indeed! Valued administrator [[User:WJBscribe|WJBscribe]] was raised out of the mire of mid-level management and placed squarely into the [[WP:Bureaucrat|Pantheon of Bureaucracy!]] And Miss Julie is just too proud of him not to mention that '''''he got the most support votes in the history of Wikipedia'''!'' Congratulations, WJB! We know you will not prove [[The Peter Principle|the Peter Principle]] correct!
<b id="news_you">You!</b><Br>
Yes, '''''you'''''! It's '''''you''''' who make this project shine! It's '''''you''''' who make Wikipedia such a valuable resource for all humanity! And it's '''''you''''' who make Miss Julie's dull life just a little bit better. So I want to take this moment to thank each and every one of '''''you''''' for all '''''you''''' do here. [[Christmas|Merry Christmas]], everybody! [[Hanukkah|Happy Hanukkah]]! [[Kwanzaa|Festive Kwanzaa!]] [[Dong Zhi|Delirious Dong Zhi!]] [[Diwali|Delicious Diwali!]] And for our [[LGBT rights in Iran|oppressed Iranian brothers and sisters]], I wish you a [[Yalda|safe and joyous Yalda]]. And if I didn't mention '''''your''''' favorite December holiday, well, it's because I feel it's so special I should just keep it between you and me. Always remember: [[You Light Up My Life (song)|'''''You''''' light up my life!]]
May we all have a joyous holiday season, and a safe, healthy, happy and prosperous 2008.
With love from [[User:Jeffpw|Miss Julie]]
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<small>Delivered on 20:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC).</small>
[[User:SatyrBot|SatyrBot]] 21:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
== salut, ai un e-mail sau o adresa de messenger? ==
salut, ai un e-mail sau o adresa de messenger? vreau sa discut ceva cu tine urgent [[User:Adrianzax|Adrianzax]] ([[User talk:Adrianzax|talk]]) 12:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
== ping ==
Please read your en wikinews talk page. (I've also emailed you. sorry for spam). [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] ([[User talk:Bawolff|talk]]) 11:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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==Ferentari riot==
Hello. Could I ask you to look at [[2006 Ferentari riot]], in particular Dl.goe's edit and Jmabel's talk page message? I'm pretty sure my version (really yours) is more accurate, but since you wrote the article, I thought it would be a good idea to inform you of the issue. Thank you. [[User:Biruitorul|Biruitorul]] ([[User talk:Biruitorul|talk]]) 00:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
==Compasiune==
Îmi exprim compasiunea pentru [[Republic of China legislative election, 2008|necazul tău]]. Dacă n-ar fi armata rusă, la fel ar păţi separatiştii şi în Transnistria.--[[User:MariusM|MariusM]] ([[User talk:MariusM|talk]]) 20:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
== LGBT WikiProject Newsletter ==
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[[Image:Gay flag.svg|60px|left]] <big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies WikiProject]] Newsletter!'''</big> [[Image:Lolrollback.jpg|60px]]<br/> Issue XII - [[December 1]], [[2007]] <br/>
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Ms Julie is .. unavailable .. this month, so Isaac and Gopher have stepped in to put this newsletter thing together. We may not be as funny as you're used to, but if you'd like a free drink, come see me at the bar. That might help. Maybe. And no, there aren't any flashing lights or fancy pictures this month - I'm still recovering from a whopping hangover. Julie's recovering too, but that's a story I'll let her tell.
;Two New Featured Articles (and...)
* [[Emma Goldman]] was promoted to Featured status on [[2007]] [[December 27]]. If you don't know Ms. Goldman, she was a Lithuanian anarchist. Aren't many of those around, really, so having one of our very own is special. She'll be dancing the Cha-Cha on the Promenade deck later tonight.
* [[Ann Bannon]] was promoted to Featured status on [[2007]] [[December 3]]. Faithful readers may remember [[User:Moni3|Moni]] moaning that we didn't mention this promotion in the last newsletter. Happy now?
* [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] seems to have been [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Ludwig Wittgenstein/archive1|dropped from the vaunted roles]] - he was downgraded to "B class" on [[29 December]] [[2007]]. What a way to end the year!
* Let's see - we started December with 35 FAs. We added two and dropped one. So somewhere there's a missing FA - has anyone seen one lying around?
;Jumpaclass Contest winner
The winner of 2007's [[WP:LGBT/J|Jumpaclass competition]] is {{User|Fluffball70}}! Congratulations, Fluffball! Despite strongly being urged to select [[Love Boat]] as the next [[WP:LGBT/C|WikiProject Collaboration]], she has chosen [[LGBT Symbols]] as her prize: please contribute to its improvement - or [[WP:LGBT/J|enter the competition]] for this year!
; Ze [[P:LGBT|Portal]]
The marathon efforts of Dev920 against her astonishing abilities of procrastination continued this month, and she managed to update the [[P:LGBT|Portal]]'s main articles. Whether she will finally beat her procrastination pixies in submission and update the biographies remains to be seen, but Jeffpw has leapt to the rescue and taken it upon himself to do all our lovely news. [[Friends of Dorothy|Friends]], lend us your goodwill and your eyeballs, and mosey on over to see all Jeff's hard work.
Also, back in October 2007, [[User:Allstarecho|Allstarecho]] and [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]] worked diligently on the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" and "WP:LGBT Random Picture" sections of the portal. They added many new quotes and pictures but, and yes here's the cat's meow friends... you can now use these on your own user pages! To add the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" to your own userpage, use: '''<nowiki>{{Portal:LGBT/Quotes}}</nowiki>''' And to add the "WP:LGBT Random Picture" to your own userpage, use: '''<nowiki>{{Portal:LGBT/Pics}}</nowiki>''' If you'd like to see it in action, check out Allstarecho's userpage for both in action and Benjiboi's [[User talk:Benjiboi|talk page]] for the Quotes in action!
The long, slow race toward FP status continues...
;Bisexual Awareness Month
Folks in [[Gay rights in Utah|Utah]] are celebrating Bisexual Awareness Month. For our own wikicelebration, [[User:Alison|Alison]] suggests we try to bring [[Bisexuality]] at least up to [[WP:GA|good article]] status. Working on the [[Utah]] article would be encouraged, but do it stealthily - they don't like us to be *too* open.
;A cunning plan
In a move sure to bring her fame and fortune at last, {{User|Dev920}} has proposed that an FA buddying system be set up, to help nudge frightened tikes who also happen to write killer ass articles over that initial first [[WP:FAC|FAC]] hurdle. Anyone interested in shepherding duties, or anyone interested in being [[Psalm 23|made to lie beside still waters]] (handcuffs are optional), do drop Dev an RSVP so she can start battering those darned pixies...
;New members
Let's give a big '''Love Boat''' welcome to all our new members: [[User:Mike1981|Mike1981]], [[User:RAShippy|RAShippy]], [[User:CoppBob|CoppBob]], [[User:Altairisfar|Altairisfar]], [[User:Dureo|Dureo]], [[User:LessThanClippers|LessThanClippers]] [[User:William P. Coleman|William P. Coleman]], [[User:Grrrlriot|Grrrlriot]], [[User:Queer Scout|Queer Scout]], [[User:Kentucky1333|Kentucky1333]], [[User:Melty girl|Melty girl]], [[User:Phenominus|Phenominus]], [[User:Avazina|Avazina]], [[User:Dfeuer|Dfeuer]], and [[User:Lycanthropiclion|Lycanthropiclion]]. We're glad to have you all aboard!
;New task-force?
[[User:Zigzig20s|Zigzig20s]] has mentioned a desire to work on .. desire. Specifically literature by and about LGBT desire. To facilitate "LGBT Literature" taskforce, there will be [[shuffleboard]] and [[lesbian fiction]] on the foredeck later in the afternoon. [[WP:LGBT#Proposed_taskforces|Signup]] if you're interested.
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<small>Delivered sometime in January 2008 (UTC).</small>
[[User:SatyrBot|SatyrBot]] ([[User talk:SatyrBot|talk]]) 23:52, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
== Treaba buna ==
A bit late perhaps, but great job on getting [[Căile Ferate Române|CFR]] featured. Thanks again, '''[[User:Basketball110|<span style="color:#4682B4;">Basketball</span>]][[User talk:Basketball110|<span style="color:#FFA500;">one</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Basketball110|<span style="color:#FFA500;">10</span>]]''' 23:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
== Speedy deletion of [[Template:M2 colour]] ==
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== Romania ==
Congradulations on the promotion of CFR, however late it is. If you have not already done so, I suggest you join the [[WP:WikiProject Romania|Romanian WikiProject]]. Cheers, [[User:Basketball110|<span style="color:#4682B4;">Basketball</span>]][[User talk:Basketball110|<span style="color:#FF8C00;">110</span>]] [[User:Basketball110/Awards|<small><sub><span style="color:#FF0000;">proof that this user is crazy</span></sub></small>]] 23:31, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
==AfD nomination of British Caledonian in the 1980s==
[[Image:Nuvola apps important.svg|left|48px|]]An editor has nominated [[British Caledonian in the 1980s]], an article on which you have worked or that you created, for [[Wikipedia:Deletion process|deletion]]. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "[[WP:NOT|What Wikipedia is not]]").
Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at {{#if:British Caledonian in the 1980s | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Caledonian in the 1980s]] | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Caledonian in the 1980s]] }} and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).
You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the [[WP:AfD|articles for deletion]] template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you.<!-- Template:AFDNote --> [[User:BJBot|BJBot]] ([[User talk:BJBot|talk]]) 22:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
==AfD nomination of British Caledonian in 1979==
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Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at {{#if:British Caledonian in 1979 | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Caledonian in 1979]] | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Caledonian in 1979]] }} and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).
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Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at {{#if:British Caledonian in 1978 | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Caledonian in 1978]] | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Caledonian in 1978]] }} and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).
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== LGBT WikiProject Newsletter ==
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[[Image:Gay flag.svg|60px|left]][[Image:Irish clover.jpg|60px|right]] <big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies WikiProject]] Newsletter!'''</big> <br>Issue XIV - [[February 29]], [[2008]] <br/>
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;'''Article Milestones''' [[Image:Leprechaun ill artlibre jnl.png|thumb|100px|right|The [[leprechaun]] is a male [[Radical Faeries|faerie]] in Irish mythology.]]
We have one new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/FA-class articles|Featured Article]] this month - [[Emily Dickinson]] was recently promoted thanks to the hard work of [[User:Yllosubmarine|Yllosubmarine]]! We also have 4 new GA-class articles: [[Ben Daniels]], [[J. Michael Bailey]], [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], and [[Walt Whitman]] were promoted this month, but [[Dante's Cove]] was demoted.
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Things are happening over at Wikipedia sister project ''Wikinews''. First, [[User:NicholasTurnbull|Nicholas Turnbull]] became the first openly-Trans reporter to [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Accreditation_requests&oldid=583355#NicholasTurnbull gain (resounding) accreditation] by the Wikinews community. Second, project member [[User:David Shankbone|David Shankbone]] is going to [[Rio de Janeiro]] at the invitation of the Rio Convention & Visitor's Bureau. [[Wikinews:Portal:LGBT]]
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;'''Lambda Book Report'''
Project member [[User:Moni3|Moni3]] has been working on the article for [[Barbara Gittings]] and noted that the [[Lambda Literary Foundation]] used the lead paragraph from Wikipedia, skillfully and lovingly written by Moni3, verbatim in the Lambda Literary Pioneers calendar. Moni3 contacted the Lambda Literary Foundation to let them know, and to ask if we could get a little write-up in the next Lambda Book Report. There is a preliminary text [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Lambda Book Report|you can find here]]. Feel free to add to it. It should be no longer than 1,000 words, and it needs to be submitted by March 15.
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;'''New members'''
Let's give a big '''LGBT''' welcome to all our new members: {{User|Dylankidwell}}, {{User|Jay*Jay}}, {{User|Ftmichael}}, {{User|AgnosticPreachersKid}}, {{User|Phyesalis}} , {{User|Tullerk}}, {{User|Ravenwhitehorse}}, {{User|TigressofIndia}}, {{User|Yohan euan o4}}, {{User|Masculinity}}, {{User|Renegade Replicant}}, and {{User|Youngwebprogrammer}}!
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Place yourself in a user category so you can collaborate with other LGBT/Allied Wikipedians!
*Mostly for allies of LGBT people; To place yourself in [[:Category:Wikipedians interested in LGBT issues]], just add ''<nowiki>[[Category:Wikipedians interested in LGBT issues|?]]</nowiki>'' to your userpage and change the question mark to your username OR add [[User:UBX/LGBTinterest|this userbox]] by placing ''<nowiki>{{User:UBX/LGBTinterest}}</nowiki>'' on your userpage.
*Mostly for people who identify as either Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender; To place yourself in [[:Category:LGBT Wikipedians]], just add ''<nowiki>[[Category:LGBT Wikipedians|?]]</nowiki>'' to your userpage and change the question mark to your username OR add a userbox found at [[User:Xaosflux/UBX/Sexuality#Sexual orientation]].
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;'''St. Patrick's Day'''
In honor of [[Saint Patrick's Day]], why don't you consider improving one of these articles:
[[Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism]], [[LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland]], [[Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform]], [[Recognition of gay unions in Ireland]], [[List of gay and lesbian resource centres in Ireland]], or ''any'' of the articles in our [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies/to do full list|to-do list]]?
;'''Women's History Month'''
[[March]] is [[Women's History Month]] in the United States. Help us celebrate by improving [[History of lesbianism]] or [[Lesbian American history]]! You could also find references for women in our giant [[Wikipedia:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/To be sorted|list of LGB people to be sorted]].
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[[User:SatyrBot|SatyrBot]] ([[User talk:SatyrBot|talk]]) 17:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
== Planeta maimutelor ==
Uite, stiind ca esti ateu militant, iti trimit link-ul asta, sa te ingrozesti:
http://www.jurnalul.ro/articole/118803/planeta-maimutelor
Cand vad cat de bigoti sunt unii, incep sa iti inteleg frustrarea (nu insa si alegerea filozofica a ateismului). [[User:Dpotop|Dpotop]] ([[User talk:Dpotop|talk]]) 08:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
== [[Moldova]], [[Moldovan language]] ==
As I expected, the provocations of [[User:Xasha]] become clearer, and there is an involvement of [[User:El C]] and [[User:Mikkalai]]. There is also Bonny, but I'm concerned another edit war will start. [[User:Dpotop|Dpotop]] ([[User talk:Dpotop|talk]]) 10:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I also resent the message on [[User:90 1 AQ]]. I have seen no such message before. At last news, chauvinism (including Romanian one) is not punishable here. Or, if we choose to write it, then we should also say "Russian chauvinist", "Communist extremist", etc. Maybe Mikka should be warned about this policy breach. [[User:Dpotop|Dpotop]] ([[User talk:Dpotop|talk]]) 10:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Ok, there's Irpen, too. And I got warned under the blanket "Eastern Europe" decision of the Digwuren ArbCom. By El_C, of course. [[User:Dpotop|Dpotop]] ([[User talk:Dpotop|talk]]) 12:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
== [[Cluj-Napoca]] ==
Am propus articolul pentru a primi statutul de articol de calitate, însă cererea mea a fost repsinsă. Au existat multe obiecţii (chiar multe care nu aveau nicio legătură cu criteriile pentru [[WP:FA]]), şi le-am îndeplinit până acum pe toate (mai puţin unele dintre ele care erau păreri personale, şi nu ţineau strict de criteriile pentru articole de calitate). Acest lucru îl poţi vedea [[User:Danutz/Cluj-Napoca criteria|pe această pagină]], unde se află conţinutul de la [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cluj-Napoca/archive1]], la care am adăugat comentariile mele despre ce s-a făcut şi ce nu. A mai rămas doar textul articolului (proza), care după cum relatează ceilalţi utilizatori nu este foarte corect (calitatea limbii engleze folosite este slabă). Am înscris articolul pe pagina [[Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors/Requests]], numai că va dura destul de mult până ce se va găsi un corector ortografic, care să verifice articolul. De aceea dacă ai timp, te invit şi pe tine să faci unele corecturi la articol. Cu mulţumiri, --[[User:Danutz|Danutz]] ([[User talk:Danutz|talk]]) 11:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
== Romanian check ==
Hello Ronline. Could you please verify [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hungarian_minority_in_Romania&curid=1290303&diff=202114044&oldid=200598608 this edit]? Thanks. Regards, <strong>[[User:Husond|<span style="color:#082567;">Hús</span>]][[User:Husond/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">ö</span>]][[User talk:Husond|<span style="color:#082567;">nd</span>]]</strong> 21:46, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
==Rate on quality scale==
Hi, I am working on [[Taiwanese opera]] and trying to expand it.You wrote you are interested in Taiwan so I would like to ask you to watch that article and rate on the scope of Wikiproject China or give me some opinions or comments on this article. This is my first time to contribute on wikipedia.I will be thankful if you could give me more ideas about this article.Thanks[[User:Qwaszxfish|Qwaszxfish]] ([[User talk:Qwaszxfish|talk]])04:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
== [[Template:Romanian topics]] ==
Hi. Any thoughts on [[Template_talk:Romanian_topics#Title background colour|th]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Romanian_topics&action=history is ]? [[User:Ha!|Ha!]] ([[User talk:Ha!|talk]]) 15:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
== [[Coldplay]] ==
Hi, you seem to be a fairly prolific editor here at Wikipedia. So, I don't understand why you would change 'are' to 'is' in [[Coldplay]] if it explicitly states NOT to change it? I would imagine that if there was a note explicitly asking not to change it, then one would question why that was there. Anyways, please see the Talk page next time an inline comment like that is made because a note like that usually suggests that an issue was previously brought up on the Talk page and was subsequently resolved with the inline comment. Thanks. (The relevant discussion can be found at [[Talk:Coldplay/Archive_2#Is_.2F_Are_Dispute]]) [[User:Gary King|<span style="color:#02e;">Gary</span> <b style="color:#02b;"><i style="font-size:large;">K</i>ing</b>]] <span style="font-size:small;">([[User talk:Gary King|<span style="color:#02e;">talk</span>]])</span> 03:11, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:Replied on my talk page [[User:Gary King|<span style="color:#02e;">Gary</span> <b style="color:#02b;"><i style="font-size:large;">K</i>ing</b>]] <span style="font-size:small;">([[User talk:Gary King|<span style="color:#02e;">talk</span>]])</span> 03:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
==Fair use rationale for Image:Be An Angel logo.jpg==
Thanks for uploading '''[[:Image:Be An Angel logo.jpg]]'''. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|criteria for non-free content]], but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to [[:Image:Be An Angel logo.jpg|the image description page]] and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions]].
Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. [[User:STBotI|STBotI]] ([[User talk:STBotI|talk]]) 23:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
==Voting==
Hi! Here is a voting about Bendery/Bender/Tighina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bender%2C_Moldova#Statement_of_Title_Solution --[[Special:Contributions/80.142.252.220|80.142.252.220]] ([[User talk:80.142.252.220|talk]]) 19:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
==[[WP:LGBT|LGBT WikiProject]] Newsletter==
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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! I'm not one to be writing newsletters, but I miss our cruise director, [[User:Jeffpw|Miss Julie]], and our project is drifting along with a few leaking plugs in the bottom of the boat. Hey, it happens. Every group we join goes through changes. If Wikipedia weren't so interesting it wouldn't also be so frustrating sometimes. And vice versa. More than one Wikiproject has [[tumbleweed]]s blowing through it, but this is one that can't afford to let that happen. Even if you pop in to the [[talk page]] of the project, you can let us know you're still around.
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=== WP:LGBT's Role in HIV / AIDS articles ===
It wouldn't be a proper gay community without a li'l bit o' drama! That's right. If we aren't arguing about something, then we should be asking if we're still queer. Maybe that's for the best, since we know we're still kicking. Our most recent topic is how far the role of our project should go in dipping our toes into HIV/AIDS articles. The main [[AIDS]] article was delisted as a [[Featured Article]] last month, sadly. (Sending a swift kick to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine|WP:Medicine]].) A spirited discussion is available for your entertainment on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies|WP:LGBT talk page]] about just how much of HIV and AIDS should we take on. As ever, we'll take your opinions under advisement. We're going to have to, because it doesn't seem to have been settled.
=== Is Pride POV? ===
We have a pretty cool sidebar that identifies core LGBT articles. Its symbol is the iconic [[gay pride flag]], much like other Wikiprojects have iconic symbols denoting the topic is a core subject in a series of articles. However, a question recently arose asking if the symbol itself is [[WP:POV|not neutral]]. Should a pride flag show up at the top of the article on [[Conversion therapy]]? How else would anyone know the article is about queer issues? Is there another symbol that is as widely recognized and that includes all our many splintered facets? At what point do we stop asking ourselves all these questions and just go have a [[mint julep]] on the verandah and stop caring?
=== [[Harvey Milk]] and [[Jim Jones]]===
For the love of all that is holy, no [[Kool Aid]] jokes. However, an editor involved in pioneering [[San Francisco]] Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]]'s article has included a section about the late supervisor's support of [[Jim Jones]] and the [[People's Temple]]. While it may be accurate, there is a [[WP:RfC|Request for Comment]] regarding how much emphasis the section places on Milk's support in light of his overall political influence on the city, and indeed the rest of the United States. Milk's article is a sad one in more ways than one. It lacks the detail and heart that honors its subject. Anyone want to do a barter with me? I'll bring Harvey Milk to featured status (give me a month or two so I can read stuff), if you do something of equal value to WP:LGBT?? Make me an offer...
===Queer Studies is offensive! ===
The established branch of study known as [[Queer studies]] was brought up as an [[Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_May_19#Category:Queer_studies|category for deletion]] because an editor was offended by the use of "queer" in the title. It was overwhelmingly rejected mostly by the usernames I see here on our Wikiproject page. (A clue that I know you are out there, hiding...biding your time...) So, I wish I could congratulate you, but now I'm all confused by my sympathy for the editor who was offended. So, if you're reading this, Moni has a short memory and can't remember your username. Don't be put off by our demonstrative pushiness. Join us. We can always use involved editors.
===[[Lambda Literary Awards]]===
What can you do to help the project out? Be a wiki-[[fairy]], on many levels. There are all kinds of articles that need help. Why, just this morning I removed those ugly wikify and cleanup tags from four articles at random. If you can put <nowiki>[[ ]]</nowiki> around stuff, you can clean up articles. There's a list of articles that need attention at the top of the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies|WP:LGBT talk page]]. Or you can start with the [[Lambda Literary Awards]], where the [[Ann Bannon|goddess of my altar]] received a pioneering award, and was "reduced to rubble" by [[Katherine V. Forrest]]'s wonderful speech. The 20th ceremony of the [[Lambda Literary Awards]], which celebrates LGBT literature, took place in West Hollywood on May 29th [http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid55079.asp]. The page needs to be updated with the new winners, to be found on the official website [http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/current_winners-2007.html].
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=== [[Yeshayahu Leibowitz]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Bernard Montgomery]] ===
Why on earth would someone want to delete material about homosexuality? 'Tis truly a mystery. But these embattled articles have some random evil gnomes removing information that places these folks under our queer umbrella. Help us keep an eye out for the deletions. Take a peek at the articles, familiarize yourselves with the info, and be handy with the undo function in the article history. If tempers flare, take it to the [[WP:ANI|Hall monitors]] and let them sort it out. Best solution is to make sure your sources are immaculate.
===This month's Wiki stars===
This is what I get for opening my big fat mouth and suggesting the newsletter should be revived. Here I am writing it. So, to pat self on back (*cough*) [[Mulholland Drive (film)|''Mulholland Dr.'']] became a featured article in May. This is [[Martha Stewart|A Good Thing]] since it is my personal declaration that there is no such thing as [[red link|lesbian porn]]. I don't care what [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]] says about the video collection at goodvibes. Instead, we have hot women who connect on a deep, personal, soul-touching level, so this film should qualify as some of the skankiest porn available for lesbians. Plus, it's completely confusing and surreal! D'you think [[Laura Harring]] would care that the article is featured? I don't think so either... (Call me, Laura!)
===Compulsive hoarding of templates ===
Once I saw a harrowing episode of [[Animal Planet]]'s [[Animal Cops]] where this guy had, like, 250 cats in his house and it freaked me right out. I'm drawing a parallel between 250 cats and, well...three, really, templates in articles involving LGBT issues. Can we stick to one, maybe? In the aforementioned Harvey Milk's article there's a core LGBT template, a link to the LGBT portal, and a sidebar for LGBT rights. Jiminy! You'd think we weren't the folk to set industrial grey carpeting and [[track lighting]] in vogue. An LGBT footer was designed to link to articles of interest that aren't the aforementioned core articles. What do you think, can we have either an LGBT template for core articles, a footer for LGBT articles that are high profile but not core, or an LGBT rights template? As ever, anything's up for discussion on the WP:LGBT talk page.
===[[The Violet Quill]] and magazines===
[[User:Zigzig20s|Zigzig20s]] suggests we create an article on [[The Violet Quill]], as it seems such a milestone in the advancement of gay/queer literature. Members of the Quill all have pages of their own ([[Edmund White]], [[Christopher Cox (writer)|Christopher Cox]], [[Robert Ferro]], [[Michael Grumley]], [[Andrew Holleran]], [[Felice Picano]], and [[George Whitmore]]). We need to find more info on the Quill per se to reference the page that we create. Perhaps Google Books - and libraries? - can help.
A number of magazines also need articles, perhaps most notably ''[[QW (gay magazine)|QW]]'', ''[[LGNY]]'', and ''[[Lesbian Feminist Liberation]]''.
=== Mom's nagging for Pride Month ===
It's June, Pride month. Wear [[sunscreen]], stay hydrated, get a [[designated driver]], then go half-dressed in the streets find a girlfriend or boyfriend, or some homo who's standing there looking lonely and kiss 'em up real good. Remember, it all started 39 years ago when a bunch of [[drag queen]]s just got fed the f*ck up by the [[Stonewall Riots|cops raiding the bar]] and dragging them all out to the pokey ''again''. Rock on, queens! Enjoy your celebrations. My town's is in October, and 200 people attend. I miss [[Denver, Colorado|Denver.]]
=== Fresh faces to brighten our pages ===
Hey, I've seen you around! Sorry there seem to be so many—it's been a while. But we welcome you all: [[User:Cheezisyum21|Cheezisyum21]], [[User:Taineyah|Taineyah]], [[User:Dustihowe|Dustihowe]], [[User:Avesta69|Avesta69]], [[User:RachelSummers77|RachelSummers77]], [[User:Vivekgopinathan|Vivekgopinathan]], [[User:AMK1211|AMK1211]], [[User:Staffwaterboy|Staffwaterboy]] , [[User:Ted Ted|Ted Ted]], [[User:Joe5150|Joe5150]], [[User:Leahtwosaints|Leahtwosaints]], [[User:Robapalooza|Robapalooza]], [[User:Arthomure|Arthomure]], [[User:Confusionball|Confusionball]], [[User:Affinity likely|Affinity likely]], [[User:PrinceOfCanada|PrinceOfCanada]], [[User:Yobmod|Yobmod]], [[User:Npd2983|Npd2983]], [[User:Neagley|Neagley]], [[User:Bvlax2005|Bvlax2005]], [[User:Bvlax2005|Bvlax2005]], [[User:Rhullsf|Rhullsf]], [[User:Textorus|Textorus]], [[User:Kieran.casey|Kieran.casey]], [[User:Tyciol|Tyciol]], [[User:Meojive|Meojive]], [[User:Sappho'd|Sappho'd]], [[User:Bookkeeperoftheoccult|Bookkeeperoftheoccult]], [[User:Gaywarrior|Gaywarrior]], [[User:Aujourd'hui, maman est morte|Aujourd'hui, maman est morte]], and [[User:Balin42632003|Balin42632003]].
It looks like we've picked up a lot of talent lately. We have no doubt you'll be making your indelible mark on LGBT knowledge as we know it, here at Wikipedia.
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In the immortal words of Miss Julie, "May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your [[Love Boat]] never turn into a [[The Poseidon Adventure (film)|Poseidon]]."
We miss you, [[User:Jeffpw|Miss Julie]], as well as all the others who have graced our project and are on wiki-breaks or just got fed up with all the nuttiness and went to live their lives. Get your [[User:SatyrTN|stupid houses built]] and hurry up and come back. --[[User:Moni3|Moni3]] ([[User talk:Moni3|talk]]) 16:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
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== Untitled ==
Get back to work bitch!
I'm Ronline's pimp.
==Proposed deletion of [[RATB route 136]]==
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If you can add a some references and expand the article, than it doesn't need to be deleted, but in it's current state, something should be done.[[User:Remilo|Remilo]] ([[User talk:Remilo|talk]]) 21:01, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
==GayFest GA Sweeps Review: On Hold==
As part of the [[WP:WGA|WikiProject Good Articles]], we're doing [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps|sweeps]] to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the [[WP:WIAGA|GA criteria]] and I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I have reviewed [[GayFest]] and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a [[WP:GA|Good article]]. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left this message on your talk page since you have significantly edited the article (based on using [http://vs.aka-online.de/wppagehiststat/ this article history tool]). Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix with the assistance of multiple editors. I have also left messages on the talk pages for other editors and a related WikiProject to spread the workload around some. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --[[User:Nehrams2020|Nehrams2020]] ([[User talk:Nehrams2020|talk]]) 00:05, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
==[[WP:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT WikiProject]] Newsletter (July 2008)==
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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! Updates about our latest happenings in the gayest corner of Wikipedia.
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;'''[[Homosexuality]] at [[WP:GAR|Good Article Review]]!'''
An unfortunate effect of a group less active than in the past is that our articles lose integrity. This one is at [[WP:GAR|Good Article Review]] for that reason. The [[Talk:Homosexuality|talk page]] is quite active as a result. You have the opportunity to help. This is the corest of our core articles, and it needs some attention because it gets a lot of controversial input from many sides. If you can spare any time to edit the article, please do what you can.
;'''[[Paragraph 175]] is at [[WP:FAR|Featured Article Review]]!'''
Soon after we were informed that Homosexuality is being scrutinized, we heard the same for one of our few Featured Articles. As a participant of the Featured Article process, I think this is actually a good thing. The standards for Featured Articles are getting higher with time. But as a member of this project, that means that a few of ours may be de-listed unless someone can swoop in and save them. This one has to do with the designation of homosexuality as a crime in Germany. Most of this article's sources are in German. If anyone has any particular skill in this area, please lend a hand!
;'''[[Gay bathhouse]] is at [[WP:GAR|Good Article Review]]! Wtf is going on?'''
I know you folks think I have much experience in a gay bathhouse, and I hate to disappoint you, but I actually do not. I seem like the sort of person who likes to stroll about in a towel. Shocking, no? It appears that [[User:Ashleyvh|Ashleyvh]] is single-handedly addressing all the problems with this article at its GA Review. While that's pretty impressive, it's also no doubt exhausting. Can anyone help out there?
;'''Two [[WP:GA|GA]]s and a nominee!'''
In what I hope will counter the jolt of re-evaluating three Good or Featured Articles, [[José Sarria]] and [[Janet Jackson as gay icon]] passed as Good Articles, and [[Black Cat Bar]] (famous San Francisco oft-raided gay bar) is nominated, all by [[User:Otto4711|Otto4711]]. Rock on, man. You're a machine. Good luck with your nominations. What is it about women that make them gay icons? And are there lesbian icons that aren't lesbians? How about bisexual icons? Am I the only lesbian who reacts with soul-trembling fear at the sight of [[Angelina Jolie]]?
;'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Deletion|LGBT articles for deletion]]'''
New WP:LGBT studies member [[User:Pinkkeith|Pinkkeith]] has done this cool thing. If you click on that link, you'll see all the articles, categories, templates, and miscellany up for deletion. They're usually there because they're not considered to be [[WP:N|not notable]]. That can be a relative concept, and sometimes it has to be argued that topics pertaining to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues ''are'' notable.
;'''Completely naked women!'''
Ha! Made you look! Even the guys are looking. Gay pioneers [[Kay Lahusen]]'s and [[Barbara Gittings]]' collection of photographs are up at the [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=kay+lahusen+&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 New York Public Library]. Want to see images of the [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1080391&imageID=1605898&word=kay%20lahusen%20gay%20pride%201970%20contact%20sheet&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=9&num=0&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=3# first Pride march in 1970 in New York City]? How about [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1080384&imageID=1605891&word=kay%20lahusen%20sylvia%20rivera&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=6&num=0&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=3# Sylvia Rivera], drag queen extraordinaire, and Stonewall Riots participant? Or the contact sheet for [[The Ladder (magazine)|''The Ladder'']] that showed [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1079797&imageID=1605649&total=529&num=468&word=kay%20lahusen&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=12&pos=477 full-face lesbians in print for the first time in US history]? Ok I did mention naked women, and it's true. I found naked pictures of Barbara Gittings. But I scrolled through all of them and you'll have to as well. I'm not that mean, though. [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1078773&imageID=1605708&total=529&num=396&word=kay%20lahusen&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=12&pos=399 Here she is in the shower]. How cute is she?
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;'''Tagging articles'''
It seems a recurring issue which articles to tag, and what to say about a topic that's tagged. Certainly, because an article falls under our scope doesn't necessarily make the person gay. Florida Governor [[Charlie Crist]] has been rumored to be gay in some newspaper accounts. Although we all know [[Fred Phelps]] is supergay, he won't admit it so instead he does the absolutely awfulest anti-gay things on the planet to deflect suspicion. [[NAMBLA]], the red headed stepchild of the LGBT world, is tagged with an explanation we have yet to decide if we'll keep.
;'''Member Spotlight: [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]]'''
In the lurking I do around and about on Wiki, I've long been astounded at the forbearance Benjiboi has for the utterly insane. Perhaps not so much, since the message on Benji's talk page notes frequent absences due to homophobia and transphobia. But it takes some kind of ... ''something'' that I don't have to face the constant anti-gay POV Benji does.
Benjiboi is a a bit of a [[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|WikiFaerie]], a [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]] and also a member of [[Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron|the Article Rescue Squadron]] in addition to being a LGBT project member. A few of Benjiboi's favorite links for making the wikiverse more fab are:
#[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of style]], a must for anyone redecorating an article.
#[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-26/Dispatches|Reliable sources in content review processes]], a wonderful and fully linked essay about sourcing and why we need more and better sources.
#[http://scholar.google.com/ Google scholar], which also searches Google books, is a great help in finding reliable sources.
;'''Member Spotlight: [[User:Becksguy|Becksguy]]'''
Becksguy didn’t start actively editing until May 2007. His most frequent tasks on Wiki include reverting vandalism to LGBT articles and creating new project-related articles. He comes from New York state, and to prove not all of us are teenagers (ha! I am so totally 15!) he's in his 60s and retired.
Becksguy considers his biggest triumph on Wikipedia so far was a [[WP:DYK|DYK]] in December 2007 for the first-ever newspaper report on what became [[AIDS]], in the ''[[New York Native]]''. He's also helped save several project-related articles from deletion. His lowest moment here was getting involved in the discussion on a particular terrorism related article, thinking he could help calm the roiled waters on an extremely contentious subject with multiple edit wars and passionate editors.
Here at WP:LGBT, he creates and improves articles that present notable LGBT related subjects in a fair and balanced way, and tries to include more of the significant alternative sexuality related subjects without being an activist, and works to better source project-related articles.
On Wikipedia as a whole, he says, "I think we need to learn better what processes work for a massive collaborative project. Some of what worked well for a more informal small project doesn’t scale up well. Process is not as important when the participants know each other. We need to get more of the current members to be more active. If more members were energized, the project would be able to accomplish more. We should be, in effect, the smaller and included Wikipedia for LGBT related subjects. Overall, I wish we could focus more on content creation and improvement, and less on vandal fighting."
;'''Fresh faces to brighten our pages'''
Welcome to all of our new members!: [[User:Balin42632003|Balin42632003]], [[User:supposedlydisposable|supposedlydisposable]], [[User:Axiomdragon|Axiomdragon]], [[User:antcjone|antcjone]], [[User:Jamesgregg76|Jamesgregg76]], [[User:Taulapapa|Taulapapa]], [[User:Mushii|Mushii]], [[User:Pinkkeith|Pinkkeith]], [[User:Gr8lyknow|Gr8lyknow]], [[User:EricV89|EricV89]], [[User:Varnent|Varnent]], [[User:Ged_UK|Ged_UK]], [[User:Richie wright1980|Richie wright1980]], [[User:Auriel|Auriel]]
If you have a question about anything, drop your question on [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_LGBT_studies|our talk page]]. We'll do our best to answer.
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''"A [[Supreme Court]] decision in 1958 reversed a 1956 ruling by a federal district court that U.S. postal authorities were correct in prohibiting the mailing of the [[Mattachine Society]]'s [[ONE, Inc.|''ONE'']] magazine. The lower court had ruled that ''ONE'' was not protected by the [[First Amendment]] because the magazine's contents 'may be vulgar, offensive, and indecent even though not regarded as such by a particular group ... because their own social or moral standards are far below those of the general community ... Social standards are fixed by and for the great majority and not by and for a hardened or weakened minority.'"'' - Michael Bronski in ''Pulp Friction'', 2003
Thanks for being weak and having lowered standards with me. --[[User:Moni3|Moni3]] ([[User talk:Moni3|talk]]) 00:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
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==Vitoria-Gasteiz==
May be do we need your comment on this [[Talk:Vitoria, Spain#Requested_move]]?? Thank you. [[User:Zorion|Zorion]] <small>[[User talk:Zorion|talk]]</small> 03:36, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
== Note ==
I posted a question on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Romani people#Help needed]]. Please have a look. Thank you. [[User:Sebastian scha.|Sebastian scha.]] ([[User talk:Sebastian scha.|talk]]) 00:42, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
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==[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|WikiProject LGBT studies]] Newsletter==
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<big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies WikiProject]] Newsletter!'''</big><br/> Issue XVII: [[November 12]], [[2008]] <br />
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<span style="color:red;">'''Wake up WP:LGBT! It's time to kick in gear and get some things done!'''</span>
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;'''''Wake up!'''''
I say this to myself as much as I say it to all of us. I work a lot by myself or with individual editors who spend time at [[WP:FAC|Featured Article Candidates]]. It seems on November 5 a fog was lifted off my brain that helped me realize that we have massive potential in this project to get things done. Take this allegory, for instance: ''On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1980, my 10th-grade American history teacher started class by unfurling The New York Times. She pointed to its triple banner headline: “Reagan Easily Beats Carter; Republicans Gain in Congress; D’Amato and Dodd are Victors.” “Save this paper,” she told us. “This is the start of a whole new era.”'' [http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/title/ Judith Warner from The New York Times]
It definitely seems a start to a whole new era now. If planets align correctly to remind us that whatever advances we may have made in electing what appears to be an [[Barack Obama|extraordinary president]] in the US, the moons that revolve around those planets also serve to illustrate it's not that simple. Florida, Arizona, and California all appear to have banned [[same sex marriage]]. As someone who was married in California and lives in Florida, this is particularly poignant. We seem to be at the juncture of two converging paths. If we maximize our efforts and take the right ones, we might just be able to affect some change for ourselves.
;'''The power of Wikipedia and [[California Proposition 8 (2008)]]'''
Though what we do is an interesting hobby for some, we have the power to make a difference. California's ballot initiative to ban gay marriage was a fierce fight. It's being challenged right now, but just look at how Wikipedia played a role in that: in October 2008, 360,238 people read its article. On November 5, an astounding [http://stats.grok.se/en/200811/California_Proposition_8_(2008) 467,000 people read it]. I commend the editors who work on that article—both those who support and oppose it. A look at the talk page shows a concerted effort to keep it civil and accurate.
;'''What can we do?'''
How do you fight ignorance? With information. That's what Wikipedia is for. This project is overwhelming with '''8,576 articles''' in its scope. We can continue to work piecemeal as we have in the past, or we can focus on goals. These are examples of areas we can concentrate on.
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| [[Florida Amendment 2 (2008)]], [[California Proposition 8 (2008)]], [[E.O. Green School shooting]], etc.
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| [[Moral Majority]], [[ACT UP]], [[Queer Nation]], [[Mattachine Society]], [[Jesse Helms]], [[Jerry Falwell]], [[Mathew Shepard]], etc.
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There are more than 8,000 articles to work on. Can we build a list of priorities? Can we build enough enthusiasm to work on these? What if we had editors who oversaw progress in these areas and reported to the talk page or in the newsletter? Surely someone here wants to report on the progress of sex articles.
Tony Perkins ([[Anthony Perkins|irony]]) from the conservative '''[[Family Research Council]]''' [http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/07/conservatives.election/index.html was heartened by the recent passages of gay marriage bans.] The Republican Party is without direction. What's going to take the place of a moderate voice will not be pleasant to our ears. Watching and improving articles of subjects that have opposed gay rights in the past will be of vital importance very soon, I predict.
;'''But WP:LGBT is not a very active project'''
All we can do is start somewhere. The first step is answering this newsletter on the project talk page. Join in the discussion.
;'''More things we can do'''
* Give out more '''[[WP:Barnstar|barnstar]]s''', and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.
* Create a guide to '''stave off burnout''', because editors in this project get burned out faster than others. There are many hills to climb.
* Bring back the '''monthly collaboration project'''.
* Participate in LGBT '''Peer reviews'''.
* Get familiar with the characteristics of '''Good Articles''' and get our top priority articles to [[WP:GA]].
* Keep our [[WP:LGBT|project page]] and [[Template:LGBT_open_tasks|open tasks template]] '''updated'''.
* Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!
* Offer research materials, copy editing, ideas, and '''support''' to '''your fellow editors'''.
* Keep the '''[[WT:LGBT|project talk page]] informed of problems''' and discussions we should know about.
;'''Proposal: Put Importance Levels on articles'''
If this was decided long before I was a member, maybe it's time to revisit it. Other WikiProjects, such as [[WP:Novels]] determine that some subjects have an importance category: Top, High, Mid, Low, or None (undetermined). If we decide that our most core articles, it might help to organize which articles to address first. Top importance, for example, would be [[Gay]], [[Homosexual]], [[Lesbian]], [[Bisexual]], [[Transgender]], [[Sappho]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Stonewall riots]], for example. High importance would be [[Homosexuality and psychology]], [[Harvey Milk]], [[Mattachine Society]], [[Harry Hay]], or [[Daughters of Bilitis]], and so on. This can be a matter of discussion, or perhaps we could have someone in charge of determining these levels for all the articles we have tagged.
;'''So, like [[Slim Whitman]], [[Mars Attacks!|"I'm Calling You"]]'''
The editors I have admired in the past, who have done great things alone, and who I think can help us all do extraordinary things now: [[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]], [[User:Dev920|Dev920]], [[User:Aleta|Aleta]], [[User:Becksguy|Becksguy]], [[User:Otto4711|Otto4711]], [[User:Belovedfreak|BelovedFreak]], [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]], [[User:Bookkeeperoftheoccult|Bookkeeper of the Occult]], [[User:Queerudite|Queerudite]], [[User:FisherQueen|FisherQueen]] (I ''will'' marry you), [[User:Paul_Barlow|PaulB]], [[User:AgnosticPreachersKid|APK]], [[User:Zigzig20s|ZigZig20s]], [[User:Allstarecho|AllStarEcho]] (I know you're out there), [[User:Raystorm|Raystorm]], and my very [[WP:OWN|own]] copy editor, [[User:Dank55|Dank55]].
These are the editors I've seen working (and I know I'm forgetting a few). There's more of you out there I haven't seen. Some of you are new. We need all of you. Please help.
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Miami, January 18, 1977 after the gay rights ordinance was passed: ''While [[Anita Bryant|Bryant]] and the others were creating the beginnings of the repeal effort, (gay activists) Basker, Campbell, Kunst, and the other (gay rights) ordinance supporters congratulated themselves on their success and then quickly disbanded... There was no organized recognition or celebration of the victory. As one activist remembered, "We just went home." They had little idea of the battle that was before them.'' - Fred Fejes in ''Gay Rights and Moral Panic'', 2008
Don't go home yet, please. --[[User:Moni3|Moni3]] ([[User talk:Moni3|talk]]) 00:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
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==You may be able help me with this==
Hi, Ro, nice to see you're back. I have a query you may help with. I'm not familiar with the finer points of electoral systems and how they are paralleled by Romania, but, after going through several pages, I concluded that Romania's new system was most likely a variant of [[mixed member proportional representation]]. I urged those contributing to the 2008 election article to add this info or at least look it up. The variant I wrote down on the talk page was more or less copied into the article by another user, whereas a third (who was apparently stalking me over stuff in some other article) strongly objected to the terminology and claimed that I was wrong. For all I know (and care) he may even have been right. However, the text in the article was then modified to this: "[[proportional representation|proportional]] mixed member system". So fine, I'm wrong, but then why on earth would they keep the text, avoid a specific link, and link to a vague article? ''If'' I was right the first time, why not just keep the link to "[[mixed member proportional representation]]"? ''If'' I was wrong the first time, why is it that they modified the link to something vague, but kept the text very much as it was?
Anyway, if there's anything you can do to sort this out, I'd greatly appreciate it. And if it turns out I was right the first time, could you please modify the link back to what it was? Thanks. [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] ([[User talk:Dahn|talk]]) 02:58, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
:Many, many thanks. Hope you keep in touch: I'm sure I speak for all of Romanian wikipedians (the ones who matter) when I say that we have been missing your great input and contributions. I was going to ask your opinions on several other stringent matters, but I myself have been backlogged for a long while and not so keen on getting involved in the "capital issues". If you have the time, please look over [[Romanians]] and the corresponding talk page - I can't begin to summarize all the problems raised there, I we haven't yet summarized them all, and the debate involves one of the new and most destructive trolls (who has previously ran amok on the article) - so I'd understand if you should want to postpone it. It could however be something within our common areas of interest. Cheers, [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] ([[User talk:Dahn|talk]]) 06:56, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
==Re-ordering of Template:Same-sex unions==
Hey, I just saw that you re-organised the mentioned template. Although I added the categories [[LGBT rights in Europe]] and [[LGBT rights in Oceania]] I have to agree that it's indeed too much clutter. However, I do think it is relavant to the table since both articles give an overview of the specific rights per country of both continents. Is there a way, without creating too much clutter in the table, to include them in some way? Take care, [[User:LightPhoenix|LightPhoenix]] ([[User talk:LightPhoenix|talk]]) 12:33, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
== FYI: New project AdminWatch (working title) ==
Hi, only found out today about your project [[WP:OMBUDSMAN]], which got off to a good start (I read through the project page and the discussion page) but faltered on the way to completion. A new project that a bunch of us are working on is [[User_talk:Tony1/AdminWatch|AdminWatch]] (working title). Please feel free to drop by at any time and weigh in with your thoughts and your experience.--[[User:Goodmorningworld|Goodmorningworld]] ([[User talk:Goodmorningworld|talk]]) 22:47, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
== Roma as a Romani group ==
There are discussion for the creation of an article about Roma as a Romani group, but there are some problems about the best way to do that. Can you take a look, if you have the time, please? The discussion are mostly at [[Talk:Roma people]]. Thanks! [[User:AKoan|AKoan]] ([[User talk:AKoan|talk]]) 10:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
== Admins on ro.wp ==
:Hi, Ron. Related to what Gicu wrote above, please check your talk page on ro.wp. Cheers. — [[User:AdiJapan|<span style="color:#048;">'''Adi'''</span>]][[User Talk:AdiJapan|<span style="color:#37B;">Japan</span>]] 14:45, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
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I read on an earlier talk page that you too agreed that only MA and CT should be listed under same-sex marriage, yet a user keeps putting CA back with [status in flux] despite the fact that the marriages are no longer able to be performed, only recognized. I don't believe that CA has any place there, but the user seems to think otherwise. How do we resolve this or make a compromise? I honestly find its inclusion in the category to be confusing. [[User:Vickiloves08|Vickiloves08]] ([[User talk:Vickiloves08|talk]]) 02:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
== Reverting cut-and-paste moves ==
Next time you find that someone has done many cut-and-paste moves, don't revert them with the page move function. Instead, just do a normal revert. When you reverted these moves with the move page function, like at [[Danshui, Taipei]], you deleted all of the page history before January 2009. I only found out about this problem while checking out my old deleted contributions. I'm currently in the process of cleaninng the page history messes up. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''[[User talk:Graham87|<span style="color:green;">87</span>]] 03:10, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
==Re:Rio Grande do Sul==
Hi, Ronline. There is much confusion between gay and activists here in Brazil and certainly those of Rio Grande do Sul are the most prominent, but misunderstand what happened (and have more access to the press than in other regions of Brazil). And unfortunately the news of the BBC contain large errors (possibly also the journalist did not understand very well what was happening) ...
Federal law in Brazil (Law 6015 of 1973, article 127) provides that "The Registration of Titles and Documents will be made a transcript ... of particular instruments, to evidence the obligations of any conventional value. " Based on this article, valid throughout Brazil, homosexual unions are being recorded, as if a contract on any trading arm etc. As some registrars felt that the homosexual union can not be registered to go against the Constitution, refused it. The Court of Rio Grande do Sul in 2004 ordered the registers that record such contracts, based on the above article. This happened in other parts of Brazil also, but there was so much news in the press. The contracts are recorded even in areas where no such order of the court, because many registrars never refused the registration or have been doing so since that decision in Rio Grande do Sul (in the city of São Paulo, had similar decision well before that, in september,2002, see http://www.irtdpjsaopaulo.com.br/1Vara.UniaoEstavel.htm, in portuguese). Two other states have the same administrative order to register: Roraima (http://www.athosgls.com.br/noticias_visualiza.php?contcod=24661) and Piauí (http://www.meionorte.com/noticias,tj-pi-obriga-cartorios-a-registrar-uniao-homossexual,49632.html). See that the law is federal. The fact that some states clarify that contracts must be registered does not mean that the contracts in other states can not be recorded. In many places the contracts are recorded because there is no doubt that really can be.
But the contract can not compel a third person to do something (and unrelated to the peace courts, which celebrate marriage, which are recorded in another public registry). The order (not law, only an administrative order of the court) does not require judges and judges of peace, only the records that record all such contracts. The great mistake in the BBC report is referring to "judge of peace" which are those that celebrate marriage. There is no rule about that in Brazil. And as Article 22 of the Constitution, only the Union may legislate on civil rights (which includes the right to family, marriage, inheritance etc.).
See the old and the current figure. At first (left), only the Rio Grande do Sul (the southern most state of Brazil) appears as allowing civil union; in the new one (right), all Brazil appears. That seems much more correct, then the Brazilian law is the same and these contracts are recorded in various parts of Brazil.
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[[File:World homosexuality laws.svg|300px|right]]
Thus, I expect the text to make clear that the legislation on marriage or civil union is the same anywhere in Brazil, as already occurs with the final figure. Thanks, [[User:Luiz30|Luiz30]] ([[User talk:Luiz30|talk]]) 13:36, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
===New response===
Hello, Ronline! I want to response your question to Luiz30 (in fact, he has writed to you because I ask him. I am graduated in Law (sorry my poor English...) and I know reasonably about gay rights in Brazil. I have problems with my account here (I want only “Jur” as pt.wiki, but I didn’t have sucess).
Yes, all gay couples can register their partnership anywhere in Brazil. In three states (RS, RR and PI), and in São Paulo city), the [[civil law notary]] must to register. In other places, there is no explicit order (I guess). This does not mean that the civil law notary do not respect the law (which is federal). In such states, if the [[civil law notary]] refuses to register it, he is committing an administrative violation. In locals where there is nothing written, the [[civil law notary]] interpret the law, but if anyone disagree, he can contest him. In Rio de Janeiro, I found [http://www.6rtd-rj.com.br/cartilhas/pacto_uniao_estavel/pacto_uniao_estavel.pdf this document] where the [[civil law notary]] explain the same-sex civil union can be register there.
In Brazil, a private agent similar to [[civil law notary]] can register contracts, any contracts. In Brazil, the Public Registers Act, (Act 6015 of 1973) lists several kind of notary where you can register something: Registration of Real Estate, Civil Registration (births, marriages, deaths), Registration of Legal Entities (associations, foundations, small businesses ) and Registry of Titles and Documents (where you register any other type of contract). There are thousands of such [[civil law notary]] in Brazil, known as "notary". The people in general does not know the difference between different sort of notary. But they are all headed by individuals (which is subject to public contest), but the registers are public (when the owner leaves, he must pass the entire collection to the next responsible for the registers). An official marriage (between man and woman) is registered in the Civil Registry, but these contracts (same sex) are registered in the Registry of Titles and Documents (for generics contracts), but all these registers are the responsibility of an individual who receives a delegation of government (civil law notary).
What rights have the partners? '''None!''' It is only a contract between two capable people, which may create rights and obligations between themselves. Register it in office means that everyone must recognize that union exists; none can say “it don’t exist”. But that does not give automatic right to inheritance, tax advantages, immigration rights, social security. It can not generate obligations to third parties (only the obligation to recognize that the contract exists).
This contract is not similar to the PACS in France or Portugal, because it don’t creates rights against third parties. These contracts are registered in a generic civil law notary where, for example, I can register a love letter or the owners of two dogs can register the marriage of their dogs ... The Registry of Titles and Documents (in Portuguese:”Registro de Títulos e Documentos”) is a notary that accepts registering anything that is not against the law. In the decision in the city of São Paulo, it was decided that there it´s possible to register the coexistence of a man still married with another woman. What effect has this contract or another between two men? In practice, only to facilitate proof in a future prosecution (about inheritance, for example). There is much controversy in Brazil if such unions are or not treated as stable unions between persons of different sex (the last are in Federal Constitution). The rights are still depending on each specific court decision.
The bill in 1151 is very different, because its text provides rights for social security, immigration, discount in income tax, and provides that the recgisters are made in the Civil Registry (the same civil law notary where marriages are registered). In this bill, the registered partnership will modificate marital status (I guess this is too strong and the bill current text - as emended in Low House - don’t contain this). For register, they must prove that they are not married or have no partnership with another person (currently there is no control in that generic register).
A current right for same-sex unions is the social security (only for workers in the private sector). But that is not in law but in a court decision of 2000 that forced the INSS (the Federal Social Security Institute) to recognize the homosexual partner as beneficiary. The justice forced the INSS to issue an ordinance allowing this, but the case was not finally dismissed until today (there are several appeals against that decision pending the trial). The partnership is now registered in this office is a generic way of proving to the INSS this partnership.
The text that you showed ([http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/967]) is very good and very technical and looks great, without errors, I guess. See that large advances on civil partnership in Brazil are in the field of judicial decisions, which are gaining more importance as confirmed by higher courts in Brasilia. In terms of laws, I agree with the text that there are few state and local laws granting rights to social security to the gay partner of local public server (I don’t know exactly what states are these, I have to find it, but I remember I have seen some news about it).
In conclusion, it is correct to say that in Brazil the fact unions can be registered anywhere in the country. However, there is not a standard contract, the partners choose what to write, but the simple registration does not provide any automatic right for the couple (except social security for private workers, until the court decision requiring the INSS to recognize it). Sorry the extense message... Hugs, [[User:Jur in pt|Jur in pt]] ([[User talk:Jur in pt|talk]]) 23:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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==Jhonghe vs. Zhonghe==
I see you moved the entry for Jhonghe City to Zhonghe City. It looks like you are saying that this is the new official transliteration? Can you please indicate a reference for the official change? I just checked the official city website [http://www.junghe.tpc.gov.tw/Accessibility.aspx], and they have Jhonghe in the banner. Thanks! [[User:AJseagull1|AJseagull1]] ([[User talk:AJseagull1|talk]]) 22:05, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
:AJseagull1, as of January 1, 2009 [[Hanyu Pinyin]] officially replaced the various older Romanization systems in use in Taiwan. Except for the name of Taipei (''Taibei'' in Hanyu Pinyin) most other place names will likely slowly migrate to the new standard. --[[User:Everlong|Everlong]] ([[User talk:Everlong|talk]]) 05:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|WikiProject LGBT studies]] Newsletter (June 2009) ==
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<big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies WikiProject]] Newsletter!'''</big><br/> Issue XVIII: June 24, 2009 <br />
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<big><font color=red>'''Yo, happy [[Gay pride|Pride]] y'all - are you ready for your [[Cecil B. DeMille|close-up]]?'''</font></big>
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;<u>[[Stonewall riots]]</u>
;How do you change the world? You can start by writing an incredible article for the world's encyclopedia. Moni3 kicks it old school again with [[Stonewall riots]] - ''a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the [[Stonewall Inn]]. [...] [T]hey have become the defining event that marked the start of the [[gay rights movement]] in the United States and around the world.'' It's a featured article hitting the mainpage this Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the events. So first off, wow! Clever and cool. Moni3 has been recently named hottest delegate to Obama's bookclub but that may not be official yet. (Shhh!)
Otto4711 mentioned that gee we really should swamp the DYK section with LGBT-related articles for use on the 28th as well. We have eight or so in the [[T:TDYK#Articles created.2Fexpanded for the anniversary of the Stonewall riots .28June 28.29|holding area]] and if you push yourself to get an article together you might be able to get in on the fun. <big>'''Do this now!'''</big>
The official rules for DYKs can be found [[Wikipedia:Did you know#DYK rules |here]]. Once you have expanded an article 5-fold or created an article with at least 1,500 characters of prose, place your DYK thread [[Template talk:Did you know#Articles created.2Fexpanded for the anniversary of the Stonewall riots .28June_28.29 |here]]. Use [http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/charcount.shtml this] handy tool to count your 1,500 characters. As a suggestion, when you add your potential hook, include the character count and a link to the source(s) that confirm the hook. These will be confirmed anyway but may help.
;<u>Trans quotes needed for [[Portal:Transgender]]</u>
The layout for the individual quotes is [[Portal:Transgender/Random quote/Layout|here]] (just copy/paste into one of the red links on [[Portal:Transgender/Random quote]]). Then [[Portal:Transgender/Random quote/Number of quotes|this counter]] has to be upped to match the new # of total quotes (not counting quote zero).
;<u>Obama proclamation</u>
On June 1, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/ President Barack Obama declared] June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the riots as a reason to "commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans". Excerpts at the bottom.
;<u>F*ck me I'm famous</u>
I was interviewed by ''Wikipedia Signpost'', the weekly in-house newsletter, for the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-25/WikiProject report|WikiProject report]]. The ''Signpost'' has nearly 1,000 Wikipedian subscribers and arguably many of those folks actually read it. It came about rather quickly and my worst fears - that it was an elaborate hoax by a troll - were apparently unfounded. I hope y'all feel I did fine by the project, I did my best to avoid the phrase "[[User:AgnosticPreachersKid|man-humping, cock-sucking, doggy-style loving queer]]" but otherwise did ok.
;<u>Free image appeal</u>
A friendly reminder to consider taking photos while you're [[Sex and the City|out and about]] at various [[Dyke march]]es and [[Pride parade]]s. Consider donating them to the world at [[Wikicommons]]. I'm sooo totally over having to deal with lovely images being deleted and argued about. If they are just free they are then also freely usable worldwide. And no, they don't need photos of your [[vagina|cha-cha]] or [[penis|hoo-hoo-dilly]].
;<u>[[Chaz Bono]]</u>
[[Sonny and Cher]]'s daughter was a famous lesbian and now he's a famous [[transman]], possibly the most famous in the world. This also serves as a friendly reminder that we recently updated [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Guidelines]] - it's not perfect but should help inform on those gnip-gnop battles that do seem to drag on, and not in the [[drag queen|good way]].
;<u>R U Popular?</u>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Popular pages]] is a new handy place to see which LGBT-tagged pages are the most popular in any given month.
;<u>Article alerts</u>
As part of the redecorating at [[WT:LGBT|our talkpage]], the article alerts and keyword search alerts are handily located at the top of the page. Always fascinating to see what's up. All help appreciated on those.
;<u>Glambert</u>
[[Adam Lambert]] is soooo gay - surprised? Neither is anyone else. Nuff said. [[David Ogden Stiers]] was [[outed]] but apparently he wasn't terribly in either.
;<u>Community Quilt reminder</u>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Quilt]] - update it and add yourself!
;<u>Our own little IRC home</u>
The LGBT studies project does have its own free [[Internet Relay Chat]] channel, {{IRC|wikipedia-en-lgbt}}, for coordination, collaboration and socializing. This channel is hosted on [[Freenode]] and can be accessed in one of two ways: If you already have an [[Internet Relay Chat#Clients|IRC client]], click the link to the left. If you do not have an IRC client, you'll need to get one installed on your computer first. Once you've done this, then click on the link to the left.
For more general information on IRC and a listing of other useful Wikipedia-related channels, see [[Wikipedia:IRC channels]].
The project had at one point another channel at {{IRC|LGBTproject}} but as the original people associated with the setting up and administration of that channel have seemed to have disappeared, this new channel has been set up. Plus the new channel is inline with required naming conventions for Wikipedia related IRC channels. So, feel free to use this channel. Such a channel gives opportunity to discuss the latest happening on articles, the LGBT project itself, latest happening in your life with "wiki-friends" here, etc.. You can say things on there you normally wouldn't here on Wikipedia (keeping it civil of course) like talk about the latest hot guy/girl or tell a joke.. you get the point. Anyway, see you there - eventually!
;<u>LGBT to-do list (held over from last edition)</u>
* Give out more '''[[WP:Barnstar|barnstar]]s''', and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.
* Create a guide to '''stave off burnout''', because editors in this project get burned out faster than others. There are many hills to climb.
* Bring back the '''monthly collaboration project'''.
* Participate in LGBT '''Peer reviews'''.
* Get familiar with the characteristics of '''Good Articles''' and get our top priority articles to [[WP:GA]].
* Keep our [[WP:LGBT|project page]] and [[Template:LGBT_open_tasks|open tasks template]] '''updated'''.
* Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!
* Offer research materials, copy editing, ideas, and '''support''' to '''your fellow editors'''.
* Keep the '''[[WT:LGBT|project talk page]] informed of problems''' and discussions we should know about.
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{{cquote|There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. [I]n both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism. [...]<br/> LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.<br/> At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "[[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. [...]<br/> As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. [...]<br/> I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists. - Barack Obama, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2009], The White House (June 1, 2009).}}
[[Judy Garland as gay icon|Click your heels three times]] ladies and gents, home is where [[Queer as Folk (UK TV series)|hot]] is! [[User_talk:Benjiboi| -- <u style="font-size:14px; font-family: cursive;color:#8000FF">Banj<span style="color:#FF4400;">e</span></u><u style="font-size:14px;font-family: Zapfino, sans-serif;color:deeppink">b<span style="color:#CC0000;">oi</span></u>]]
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== Romanian Wikipedia ==
Wouldn't you like to return to the Romanian Wikipedia? I don't know what was the reason of your departure, but the project needs as many administrators as possible. I hope to see you back there! [[User:Remigiu|Remigiu]] ([[User talk:Remigiu|talk]]) 18:53, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
== What to do about Vlax Romani? ==
I'm currently taking the lead on figuring out what to do about the Vlax Romani Wikipedia (rmy:). Its only administrator, Desiphral, has been abusing his account on various languages' Wikis, letting other people use it for paid editing. I firmly believe that he should not be an administrator anywhere, given his actions and his support of paid editing.
However, I realize that in suggesting he should be de-sysopped on Vlax Romani, I need to suggest some kind of way forward for the Vlax Romani Wikipedia. This is particularly difficult because (a) I know next to nothing about the language, and (b) it's a situation I have very little control over because I'm just an en: admin who does very little inter-project coordination.
I see that you've done some editing there, and you appear to know the language. If, as I hope, an effort starts [[meta:Wikimedia Forum#The Vlax Romani Wikipedia and its compromised admin|on Meta]] to find one or more people who are willing to become rmy: admins to replace Desiphral, would you be willing to do so? Do you know of any other trustworthy contributors who speak Vlax Romani?
Thanks, [[User:Rspeer|rspεεr]] ([[User talk:Rspeer|talk]]) 01:46, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
== :O ==
OMG, you're an atheist ROMANIAN? I never knew there was such a thing! And I thought I was the only Romanian living out of the city I was born in... :P sorry, not wiki-related... X( --[[Special:Contributions/68.49.32.245|68.49.32.245]] ([[User talk:68.49.32.245|talk]]) 13:43, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
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== Version of Nuclearvacuum to international LGBT map ==
The version of LGBT rights international may by Nuclearvacuum is wrong and has many mistakes. For example in countries like [[Oman]] or [[United Arab Emirates]] homosexuality is illegal. Pleas have a look on the mistakes by Nuclearvacuum. [[User:GLGermann|GLGermann]] ([[User talk:GLGermann|talk]]) 11:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
== Quick question concerning [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Italy]] ==
Hi Ronline :), considering how up to date you are with the status of same-sex unions around the world, I was wondering if you knew if the common-law scheme [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Italy#The Berlusconi IV government|mentioned here]] was still on the table, or if the debate has died for the time being. I was going to add it to the [[Same-sex marriage legislation around the world]] article, but even after some careful searching, I couldn't find any recent updates. Thanks for being such a great contributor on the same-sex marriage articles! [[User:VoodooIsland|VoodooIsland]] ([[User talk:VoodooIsland|talk]]) 02:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks so much for finding out about the current status, as you mentioned, the status in Italy seems to be pretty unpredictable. I found the links to be of great help and appreciate you helping me out with the information.<br>It will also be interesting to see how the status in Greece plays out. While the country seems to be very socially conservative, I'm been surprised by how many high-ranking religious leaders and additional government officials have been relatively apathetic towards same-sex marriage. I remember reading a while ago that originally the partnership scheme was intended just for opposite-sex couples, so I assume the party adjusted their platform. I know there's a similar proposal in Bulgaria, but [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Bulgaria|this article]] seems to be a bit cloudy on the subject, first stating that a registered partnership bill is included in the family code but does not benefit same-sex couples and then slightly implying that the government intends to introduce such? Or at least that's just how I read it.<br> Anyway, thanks for clearing up what's going on Italy. Considering how far behind they are when compared alongside other Western European nations, it will be interesting if a future government decides to just go ahead and introduce a same-sex marriage bill. [[User:VoodooIsland|VoodooIsland]] ([[User talk:VoodooIsland|talk]]) 02:46, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
::I agree, I guess it's simply wishful thinking for Italy to go ahead with full same-sex marriage, and despite increasing support, as you said, the Vatican still remains a heavy influence. It will be interesting to see how the status plays out within the Balkans and surrounding countries, as these nations seem to have even less gay-friendly attitudes than those in the Baltic states. The push for same-sex marriage in Albania is what really surprised me, as I remember when I created the [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Albania]] article I initially thought of abandoning it as I never thought that developments would ever occur within the decade, especially since as of now, it's one of the few European countries without an anti-discrimination law. It seems like more and more surprises from countries that seem the least likely for such continue to have progress concerning same-sex marriage, and it will be interesting to see how it develops in Asia, particularly East Asia. Thanks again for being so helpful. [[User:VoodooIsland|VoodooIsland]] ([[User talk:VoodooIsland|talk]]) 16:53, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
== [[Romania]] ==
Please see [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Romania/archive2]]; unless you concur that the article is ready, the nom should be withdrawn. If you concur it is ready, you might want to add your name as a co-nom. [[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<span style="color:green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 16:14, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
==For your consideration...==
...as they say: [[Ion Negoiţescu]]. I thought it was about time the article was expanded - but please review my edits if you have the time and feel like it. Anyway, I hope to see you around more often. Best, [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] ([[User talk:Dahn|talk]]) 22:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
== Friendly request ==
Good evening! I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the poll results that you added to [[same-sex marriage in Maine]]. I also wanted to ask you if you wouldn't mind using [[Wikipedia:Edit summary|edit summaries]] in the future. I realize that you're an admin, and I hope I'm not crossing a line or anything, but I'm sure you know how helpful edit summaries can be for those of us who are checking our watchlists. Thanks. :-) –[[User:BMRR|BMRR]] ([[User talk:BMRR|talk]]) 23:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
== More poll results ==
Hi again; I thought you might be interested in some new poll results for [[same-sex marriage in Maine]]. Here is the link: [http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/02/Maine_Poll__51__Yes,_47__No_on_1/ http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/02/Maine_Poll__51__Yes,_47__No_on_1/] –[[User:BMRR|BMRR]] ([[User talk:BMRR|talk]]) 23:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Ronline! Thank you for raising the issue at my talk page. I think you were practical to remove Australia from the list, as even while the bill is not ''technically'' dead, we do have to apply a fair degree of probability to the worldwide status as it changes so frequently and remains so unpredictable. I had once pondered over whether or not Taiwan should be included, but I deemed for a change in that present legislation to be too unlikely to be worthy of inclusion. I think Australia, and any other similar case that should arise for that matter, should be treated proportionally. It's a shame that Australia is lagging behind, particularly when greater (potential) progress is being achieved in Albania, though on that subject, I've found it a bit strange to not have discovered any surfacing updates since the initial report. While in most countries the lack of a public vote is crucial to preventing anti-same-sex union bans from being passed or marriage laws from being repealed, it's a little disappointing that the government isn't responding to the public opinion, but once again, as far as these matters are concerned, that tends to be a good thing; just not in Australia's case.
Hmm, as far as the listings for officially dead bills are concerned, I'm personally a bit wary of including legislation that had been presented but never voted on, and subsequently died due to time but not by any form of vote. A mirroring example of this would be with Israel, where a same-sex marriage bill was introduced, but never voted on and later expired after a changing of government. Examples that would correspond with Australia would be Latvia and Switzerland, where a registered partnership bill and a same-sex marriage bill in the latter had been introduced, but voted down by a committee. These had been added several months ago, but were swiftly removed. I'm similarly wary about including these listings in the article, as it would contradict with past criteria for other like-minded articles, such as [[Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States]]. I'm sure that there have been quite a few measures introduced and then rejected by a committee across the world, such as Paraguay (civil union) and Costa Rica (same-sex marriage), and I feel the list would grow far too complicated and overcrowded if such were to be included, and I would imagine that it would be difficult to track down the majority of such votes, especially when they have occurred in countries as backwards towards LGBT rights as Paraguay and Latvia. My personal criteria would be the following:
*Include a listing if the bill had been rejected in the Upper House or Lower House
*Include a listing if the bill had passed, but had been vetoed by the head of state
Two hypotheticals that I can think of would be if such a law had been rejected via referendum (such as if Switzerland had rejected the registered partnership law), in which we would make a note under final outcome of its repeal. The other hypothetical would be concerning a status akin to that of Venezuela. Currently, the quasi-civil union/anti-LGBT discrimination/sex-reassignment recognition bill has passed its first reading, but has yet to proceed. I think that if the bill was somehow to expire, than it would be worthy to list Venezuela as failed, and failed whenever the bill expired. I'm very open to any changes for a criteria for the article and I think that your suggestions were great should we choose to list cases like Australia. Anyhow, let me know if I somehow misunderstood one of your points and I apologize if I rambled a little bit.
Anyhow, I agree that 2009 has been a truly fascinating year for same-sex marital rights. It's been very exciting to see so many South American nations showing signs of eminent progress, and I believe that Argentina has a reasonably positive outcome upon its horizon. The announcement in Mexico City looks also fairly promising, as the district has taken some overwhelmingly liberal positions on various other issues as of late (such as abortion), so I'm encouraged by the news. I've almost stopped trying to guess where same-sex marriage developments are going to occur, as if I had been asked to guess which would be the last country in Europe to legalize same-sex marriage, I think I would have selected Albania—even when considering the likes of Serbia, Bulgaria, Belarus, or Russia. But again, I've found it slightly alarming that no updates have surfaced, and the announcement definitely rang me with the "too good to be true" vibe. But I suppose it's too early to be making any final assumptions. The same-sex marriage "movement" in Asia is what fascinates me the most. You would think that at least one Asian country would have legalized gender-neutral marriage by now, but in a way, it's also not much of a surprise due to cultural outlooks and little pressure to do so. Whether or not either make progress (though the latter is not even in Asia), I believe that should same-sex marriage be legalized in Nepal or Albania, I feel that some fairly surprising countries could also join the bunch; inspired by possible economic outcomes. Particularly in Nepal, where progress looks unpredictable yet fairly promising due to continuing pressure from LGBTs inside the government, I think that if SSM was legalized and garnered the country some notable profits, this could possibly raise the issue of SSM in other less-wealthy nations, though Nepal's profit from such weddings would first have to be publicized, and S-S couples from western nations would also be preferable. Due to the fairly passive attitude towards homosexuality in many Southeast Asian countries, it could be possible that some would want to jump on the bandwagon after having seen its profits in Nepal; the most likely candidates being those of Thailand or Cambodia. Getting back to Nepal, it would be truly interesting if the issue is raised singularly and not included within the forthcoming constitution like commonly reported, as I'm quite curious to see how such a vote would be handled by a communist-dominated legislature, particularly since most communist states or states with predominantly communist legislatures seem very eager to push the entire issue of LGBT rights under the rug as quietly as possible. As far as Japan will go, I honestly think it will be quite a while before same-sex marriage is legalized there, primarily due to apathy in the country. China and Vietnam will be other interesting places to watch, though I won't be holding my breath for progress in either of these countries any time soon. And to wrap myself up so I don't keep going on and on :), it looks like the future of same-sex marriage in Uruguay looks to be encouraging, as Broad Front was reelected as expected. Considering that they were able to pass a gay adoption bill (a subject that seems to be even more of a taboo than same-sex marriage for the world apart from the US), it's possible that it could be added to the list by next December. [[User:VoodooIsland|VoodooIsland]] ([[User talk:VoodooIsland|talk]]) 01:53, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
==Ping==
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== Blue in File for Jersey:Jersey voted to allow civil partnerships ==
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Hy Ronline, i saw on the file of Same sex marriage map Europe detailed, that the island [[Jersey]] is yellow. But it should be have a blue colour. Civil partnerships are allowed on Jersey. [[User:GLGermann|GLGermann]] ([[User talk:GLGermann|talk]]) 05:16, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
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== Vaughn Walker ==
I have no objections to the category add, but it's more likely to stick if you add the material and the cite within the article as well. The article could use expansion, and the cite provides nice biographical details. [[User:THF|THF]] ([[User talk:THF|talk]]) 11:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
== Help w/ U.S. marijuana maps ==
Hi there! I notice you contribute to and discuss the same-sex marriage map of the United States. I am continually impressed
with how up-to-date that map remains, and how much activity the talk page receives. I am finding it difficult to keep the three U.S. maps relating to marijuana found [[Wikipedia:420#Maps|here]] up to date, so I was wondering if you might take a look and perhaps even add the images to your watchlist. I tried updating [[:File:Map-of-US-state-cannabis-laws.svg|this one]] over at Commons, but the image has not updated yet (see NJ [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Map-of-US-state-cannabis-laws.svg here]). I am not sure if you have an interest in the legal status of cannabis or not, but I could sure use some help with keep the maps current. If interested, take a look! Thanks! --[[User:Another Believer|<span style="color:navy;">Another Believer</span>]] <sub>([[User talk:Another Believer|<span style="color:#cc6600;">Talk</span>]])</sub> 18:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
== Taichung County ==
In the [[Taichung County]] article, it seems you removed references to [[Tongyong pinyin]] and replaced them with [[Hanyu pinyin]]. However, the county's official website consistently uses Tongyong pinyin. The central government has not forced local governments to officially adopt Tongyong pinyin as yet. Those initial plans have been delayed. However, they are no longer funding new signage in Tongyong pinyin. As you can see from the site, the county government still uses Tongyong pinyin and nearly all street signs in the county use either Tongyong pinyin or have legacy Wade-Giles signs remaining. http://www.taichung.gov.tw/english/index.asp [[User:Ludahai|ludahai 魯大海]] ([[User talk:Ludahai|talk]]) 08:36, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
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== Opinion ==
Hi. Could you add your opinion? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Same-sex_unions#Title] Regards Ron 1987 16:46, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
== Articole despre România ==
Bună, Ronline. Sunt foarte impresionat de site-ul Wikipedia şi mă bucur că am găsit aici articole despre România şi despre români. Mi-ar plăcea să adaug şi eu informaţii şi să creez pagini, doar că nu ştiu să vorbesc cursiv engleza. Pot crea însă articole în limba române şi mi-ar plăcea ca cineva să traducă şi să le adauge şi pe Wikipedia în limba engleză. Răspunde-mi te rog la propunere. Mulţumesc! --[[User:MJ for U|MJ for U]] ([[User talk:MJ for U|talk]]) 16:08, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
== WikiProject Dacia ==
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[[File:Roman bust of a Dacian tarabostes, Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia - 20070614.jpg|left|60px]]Hi! From your edits, it looks like you might be interested in ancient [[Dacia]]. Would you like to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dacia/Members|join]] the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dacia|WikiProject Dacia]]'''? It is a project aimed to better organize and improve the quality and accuracy of the [[:Category:WikiProject Dacia articles|articles]] related to these topics. We need [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dacia/Tasks|help]] expanding and reviewing many articles, and we also need more [[:commons:Commons:WikiProject Dacia|images]]. Your input is welcomed! Thanks and best regards!
</div> --[[User:Codrinb|Codrin.B]] ([[User talk:Codrinb|talk]]) 21:54, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
==Template:Bucharest metro stations==
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== Notification ==
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== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Andrei Galut]] ==
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== [[Template:Same-sex marriage map Europe]] ==
Could you give your opinion? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_LGBT_studies#Template:Same-sex_marriage_map_Europe] [[User:Ron 1987|Ron 1987]] ([[User talk:Ron 1987|talk]]) 22:14, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Jolie Ville Galleria]] ==
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== MSU Interview ==
Dear Ronline,
My name is Jonathan Obar [[user:Jaobar]], I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community[[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_82#Learn_to_be_a_Wikipedia_Administrator_-_New_class_at_MSU|HERE]], where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
* Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
* Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
* All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
* All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
* The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name[[User:Jaobar/Admins_to_Interview_List_1|HERE]] instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar --[[User:Jaobar|Jaobar]] ([[User talk:Jaobar|talk]]) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/35.9.34.167|35.9.34.167]] ([[User talk:35.9.34.167|talk]]) 20:54, 22 February 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Republic of China article ==
Since you said on your [[:en:User:Ronline|user page]] that you are from the Republic of China, I guess you are interested to share your view at [[:en:Talk:Republic of China#Requested Move (February 2012)|Talk:Republic of China#Requested Move (February 2012)]]. Thanks for your attention. [[Special:Contributions/61.18.170.113|61.18.170.113]] ([[User talk:61.18.170.113|talk]]) 12:27, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[Czechs in Romania]] ==
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The article [[Czechs in Romania]] has been [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed for deletion]]  because of the following concern:
:'''Unreferenced for over five years, fails [[WP:V]]'''
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== [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|Nomination for deletion]] of [[Template:Romanian Senate election, 1996]] ==
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== Wikitravel's future ==
Hi Ronline. I know it's been a long, long time since you have been active on Wikitravel, but given all your hard work on the project in its early years, I thought you might be interested to hear about its future. As you may or may not have already heard, Wikitravel's community is looking to migrate to the Wikimedia Foundation. A good overview of the process and reasons for the migration can be found in this FAQ [http://wikivoyage.org/general/Migration_FAQ]. We also have an open [[:Meta:Requests for comment/Travel Guide|RfC on Meta]]. --[[User:Peterfitzgerald|Peter]] <small><sup>[[User_talk:Peterfitzgerald|Talk]]</sup></small> 21:31, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
== '''The Olive Branch''': A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #1) ==
Welcome to the first edition of ''The Olive Branch''. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in [[WP:DR|dispute resolution]] (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are [[Wikipedia:Dispute_Resolution_Improvement_Project/NewsletterList|active in DR]], but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to [[Wikipedia:Dispute Resolution Improvement Project/NewsletterOptOut|this page]].
[[File:Dispute_Resolution_on_the_English_Wikipedia.pdf|thumb|Steven Zhang's Fellowship Slideshow]]
In this issue:
* '''Background''': A brief overview of the DR ecosystem.
* '''Research''': The most recent DR data
* '''Survey results''': Highlights from Steven Zhang's April 2012 survey
* '''Activity analysis''': Where DR happened, broken down by the top DR forums
* '''DR Noticeboard comparison''': How the newest DR forum has progressed between May and August
* '''Discussion update''': Checking up on the Wikiquette Assistance close debate
* '''Proposal''': It's time to close the [[Wikipedia:Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts noticeboard|Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts noticeboard]]. Agree or disagree?
<div style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;">[[Wikipedia:Dispute Resolution Improvement Project/Newsletter|Read the entire first edition of ''The Olive Branch'' -->]]</div>
--''The Olive Branch'' 19:26, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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== You and [[Betawiki:]] ==
Dear Ronline,<br>
I'm [[betawiki:User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] from Betawiki/translatewiki.net and I'm writing to you because I'm collecting some information about the history of the project and the people and facts who made the difference in it. You are user number 14, so you're probably among those; maybe you even remember that it used to be named Nuka-Wiki (from 2005 on).<br>
It would be wonderful if you could tell me something about how you first reached the wiki (who/what told you about it and how), why you decided to register and contribute, what it meant to you, what made you come back (or not) in the following years, if you spread the word about it, what have been in your opinion the most important facts or discussions in these years, etc.: just anything you want and as much as you can or want.<br>
You can reply on my talk (I'm watching it), or [[Special:EMailUser/Nemo_bis|email me]], or just use [[betawiki:User:Nemo_bis/History|this page]] to add comments, missing points and/or links to other resources, summaries, blogposts, articles, wiki or mailing lists discussions, as you want. Thank you very much for you help!<br>
Regards, [[m:User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]] 10:48, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
== Flags and [[Same-sex marriage legislation around the world]] ==
Could you give your opinion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Same-sex_marriage_legislation_around_the_world#Flags here]? [[User:Ron 1987|Ron 1987]] ([[User talk:Ron 1987|talk]]) 12:50, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
== Local government areas in Australia: religion and other demographic data ==
Thanks for your great work in the updating [[Census in Australia#2011|2011 Australian Census]] data for religions in [[Local Government Areas in Australia|local government areas]]. This, along with other demographic data, has required updating for sometime, and is on my "to do" list. I was thinking of creating a wikitable that mapped out factors such as religion, population profile, income, employment, country of birth, etc. The table may also have Australian/State/capital city data to compare how that local government area stacks up against the mean/average. I know this sounds a little complicated from just free text, but I think that once you have the structure in place, it will be easy to populate with numbers. What do you think? [[User:Rangasyd|Rangasyd]] ([[User talk:Rangasyd|talk]]) 00:17, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
== Hello ==
I want to inform you that I have nominated this article for deletion: [[List of towns in Romania by Romani population]]. [[User:Saywhaaaaaat|Saywhaaaaaat]] ([[User talk:Saywhaaaaaat|talk]]) 21:18, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
== [[Chris Air]] ==
Dear Ronline, as the creator of this article, I ask you to give some sources. Did this airline ever operated any aircraft? If so, which? Did it ever become operational ''at all''? Best regards and thanks for your effort. --[[User:FoxyOrange|FoxyOrange]] ([[User talk:FoxyOrange|talk]]) 12:55, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
== [[User:Ronline]] ==
Hi. [[User:Ronline]] has been indefinitely fully protected since May 2007. Could you please unprotect this page? --[[User:MZMcBride|MZMcBride]] ([[User talk:MZMcBride|talk]]) 21:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
== Wikipedia:OM listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] ==
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== Nomination of [[:List of bus routes in Bucharest]] for deletion ==
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The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus routes in Bucharest ]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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== Wiki Loves Pride 2014 ==
Hi Ronline. In case you are not aware, there is an upcoming campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related topics on Wikipedia, culminating with an international edit-a-thon on June 21. See '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2014|Wiki Loves Pride 2014]]''' for more information. If you are interested, you might consider creating a page for a major city (or cities!) near you, with a list of LGBT-related articles that need to be created or improved. This would be a tremendous help to Wikipedia and coverage of LGBT culture and history. Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions! --[[User:Another Believer|<span style="color:navy;">Another Believer</span>]] <sub>([[User talk:Another Believer|<span style="color:#cc6600;">Talk</span>]])</sub> 15:52, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
== Request for comment ==
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by {{noping|Anna Frodesiak}}. Your comments [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)#Pre-RfA_opinion_page|here]] is very much appreciated. Many thanks. [[User:Jim Cartar|Jim Carter]] through [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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==Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity==
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Following a [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/suspend sysop rights of inactive admins|community discussion]] in June 2011, consensus was reached to [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year]] (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]] and the userright will be restored per the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Resysopping|re-sysopping process]] (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at [[WP:RFA]]. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. <!-- Template:Inactive admin -->[[User:MadmanBot|MadmanBot]] ([[User talk:MadmanBot|talk]]) 00:30, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
==Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity==
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Following a [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/suspend sysop rights of inactive admins|community discussion]] in June 2011, consensus was reached to [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year]] (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]] and the userright will be restored per the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Resysopping|re-sysopping process]] (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at [[WP:RFA]]. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. <!-- Template:Inactive admin -->[[User:MadmanBot|MadmanBot]] ([[User talk:MadmanBot|talk]]) 00:30, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
== Permisiunea de administrator ==
Bună ziua, sunt un [[:m:steward|steward]] de pe meta. O [[:m:Requests for comment/Activity levels of advanced administrative rights holders|noua politică]] a fost creată, despre permisiunile avansate (administrator, birocrat etc.) a fost adoptată de comunitați mai recent. După politica aceasta stewards revizualizează activitatea administratorilor de pe Wikipedii care nu au deja o politică de inactivitate.
Dumneavoastră sunteți in criteriu de inactivitate (nici o editare sau acțiune în jurnal) pe rowiktionary, unde sunteți administator. Din cauza că rowiktionary nu are proces de revizualizare se aplică cea globală.
Dacă doriți să mențineți drepturile, trebuie să notificați comunitatea că stewards v-au trimis această informație despre inactivitate ca să discutați. Dacă comunitatea dorește să păstrați drepturile, contactați stewards la [[:m:Stewards' noticeboard]], și dați un link la discuția din comunitate, unde declară că vor să mențineți drepturile.
Noi, stewarzii vom evalua răspunsurile. Dacă nu este primit nici un răspuns într-o lună, vă vom retrage permisiunile. În caz de îndoială, vom evalua răspunsurile și vom verifica răspunsurile şi vom înainta o discuţiei comunităţii locale pentru a disputa.Dacă aveți vreo întrebare, contactați-ne pe [[:m:Stewards' noticeboard]].
Cele mai bune, '''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 03:19, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
== Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity ==
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Following a [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/suspend sysop rights of inactive admins|community discussion]] in June 2011, consensus was reached to [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year]] (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated , please post to the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]] and the userright will be restored per the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Resysopping|re-sysopping process]] (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at [[WP:RFA]]. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. <!-- Template:Inactive admin --> <strong style="font-variant:small-caps">[[User:WJBscribe|WJBscribe]] [[User talk:WJBscribe|(talk)]]</strong> 11:38, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
== Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Bucharest RATB route ==
[[File:Ambox warning blue.svg|30px|link=]][[Template:Infobox Bucharest RATB route]] has been [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|nominated for deletion]]. You are invited to comment on the discussion at [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 March 15#Template:Infobox Bucharest RATB route|the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page]].<!--Template:Tfdnotice--> [[User:Alakzi|Alakzi]] ([[User talk:Alakzi|talk]]) 14:19, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]! ==
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You are invited to participate in '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]'''!
* ''What?'' '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]''', a campaign to document and photograph '''[[LGBT]] culture and history''', including pride events
* ''When?'' '''June 2015'''
* ''How can you help?''
*: 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015/Results|here]]'''
*: 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see [[Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2014#Photography|examples from last year]])
*: 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project ('''[[:wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject LGBT|Wikidata]]''', '''[[:commons:Commons:LGBT Free Media Collective|Wikimedia Commons]]''', '''[[:wikivoyage: Wikivoyage:LGBT Expedition|Wikivoyage]]''', [[:meta: Wikimedia LGBT/Interwiki|etc]].)
Or, view or update the current list of '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/Tasks|Tasks]]'''. This campaign is supported by the '''[[:meta:Wikimedia LGBT/Portal|Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group]]''', an officially recognized affiliate of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow '''[https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaLGBT Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook]'''. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]. One does ''not'' need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!
If you have any questions, please [[Wikipedia talk:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|leave a message on the campaign's main talk page]].
Thanks, and happy editing!
[[User:Another Believer]] and [[User:OR drohowa]]
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== Nomination for deletion of Template:Bucharest sectors ==
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== [[WP:ACE2015|ArbCom elections are now open!]] ==
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== Wiki Loves Pride 2016 ==
As a participant of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|WikiProject LGBT studies]], you are invited to participate in the third annual '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016|Wiki Loves Pride]]''' campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to [[LGBT]] culture and history. How can you help?
:# Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016/Results|here]]'''
:# Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
:# Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project ('''[[:wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject LGBT|Wikidata]]''', '''[[:commons:Commons:LGBT Free Media Collective|Wikimedia Commons]]''', '''[[:wikivoyage: Wikivoyage:LGBT Expedition|Wikivoyage]]''', [[:meta: Wikimedia LGBT/Interwiki|etc]].)
Looking for topics? The '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/Tasks|Tasks]]''' page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.
This campaign is supported by the '''[[:meta:Wikimedia LGBT/Portal|Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group]]''', an officially recognized affiliate of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow '''[https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaLGBT Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook]'''. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]. One does ''not'' need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please [[Wikipedia talk:Wiki Loves Pride 2016|leave a message on the campaign's talk page]].
Thanks, and happy editing! ---[[User:Another Believer|<span style="color:navy">Another Believer</span>]] <sub>([[User talk:Another Believer|<span style="color:#C60">Talk</span>]])</sub> 20:42, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
==Asian 10,000 Challenge invite==
Hi. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge]] has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland [[Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge]]. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like [[Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic)]]. For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon]] which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --[[User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT;">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|''Che dicono a Signa?'']]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Ser Amantio di Nicolao|'''Lo dicono a Signa.''']]</sub> 02:27, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
== We're on Twitter! ==
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:: Hello {{safesubst:<noinclude />BASEPAGENAME}}! <br>Follow the Wikimedia LGBT user group on Twitter at @wikilgbt for news, photos, and other topics of interest to LGBT Wikipedans and allies. Use #wikiLGBT to share any Wiki Loves Pride stuff that you would like to share (whether this month or any day of the year) or to alert folks to things that the LGBT Wikipedan community should know. [[User:RachelWex|RachelWex]] ([[User talk:RachelWex|talk]])
*'''For more information about Wiki Loves Pride,''' [[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride| → click here ←]].
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== Nomination of [[:Șoapte]] for deletion ==
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==Orphaned non-free image File:DJ Project Soapte.jpg==
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== About that changed redirect... ==
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[[User:Thisuserisepic|Thisuserisepic]] ([[User talk:Thisuserisepic|talk]]) 15:00, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
:{{u|Thisuserisepic}} I restored the redirect, as I told you on IRC it's not suitable for main space as it contained no sources. Work on it in draft space. <span style=font-size:11px>[[User:Chrissymad|<span style="color:#614051">CHRISSY</span><span style="color:#301934;font-size:11px">'''MAD'''</span>]] <span style="color:#9090C0;letter-spacing:-2px;font-size:9px">❯❯❯</span>[[User talk:Chrissymad|<span style="color:#614051;font-size=11px">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span>]]</span> 15:01, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
== Nomination for deletion of Template:Romanian legislative election, 2008 ==
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==MfD nomination of [[:Portal:Bucharest]]==
[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|30px]] [[:Portal:Bucharest]], a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for [[WP:MfD|deletion]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Bucharest]] and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). You are free to edit the content of [[:Portal:Bucharest]] during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.<!-- Template:MFDWarning --> [[User:BrownHairedGirl|<span style="font-variant:small-caps"><span style="color:#663200;">Brown</span>HairedGirl</span>]] <small>[[User talk:BrownHairedGirl|(talk)]] • ([[Special:Contributions/BrownHairedGirl|contribs]])</small> 14:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
==MfD nomination of [[:Portal:Romani people]]==
[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|30px]] [[:Portal:Romani people]], a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for [[WP:MfD|deletion]]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Romani people]] and please be sure to [[WP:SIG|sign your comments]] with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). You are free to edit the content of [[:Portal:Romani people]] during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.<!-- Template:MFDWarning --> [[User:BrownHairedGirl|<span style="font-variant:small-caps"><span style="color:#663200;">Brown</span>HairedGirl</span>]] <small>[[User talk:BrownHairedGirl|(talk)]] • ([[Special:Contributions/BrownHairedGirl|contribs]])</small> 07:36, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
==Orphaned non-free image File:DJ Project Povestea mea.jpg==
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==Orphaned non-free image File:DJ Project Lumea ta.jpg==
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== [[m:QW2021|Queering Wikipedia 2021 User Group Working Days]]: May 14–16 ==
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The [[m:Wikimedia LGBT+/Portal|Wikimedia LGBTQ+ User Group]] is holding online working days in May. As a member of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|WikiProject LGBT studies]], editing on LGBTQ+ issues or if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, come help us set goals, develop our organisation and structures, consider how to respond to issues faced by Queer editors, and plan for the next 12 months.
We will be meeting online for 3 half-days, 14–16 May at 1400–1730 UTC. While our working language is English, we are looking to accommodate users who would prefer to participate in other languages, including translation facilities.
'''More information, and registration details, at <big>[[m:QW2021|QW2021]]</big>.'''--[[m:Wikimedia LGBT+/Portal|Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group]] 02:56, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
== Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PSD]] ==
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== Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Latvia Labelled Map]] ==
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==[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Category:Municipalities of Maguindanao]]==
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A tag has been placed on [[:Category:Municipalities of Maguindanao]] indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a [[:Category:Disambiguation categories|disambiguation category]], a [[:Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories|category redirect]], a [[:Category:Wikipedia featured topics categories|featured topics category]], under discussion at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion|Categories for discussion]], or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under [[WP:CSD#C1|section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion]].
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may '''contest the nomination''' by [[:Category:Municipalities of Maguindanao|visiting the page]] and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. <!-- Template:Db-catempty-notice --> <!-- Template:Db-csd-notice-custom --> <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">[[User:Liz|'''''L'''''iz]]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">[[Special:Contributions/Liz|'''''Read!''''']] [[User talk:Liz|'''''Talk!''''']]</sup> 01:33, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
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== "[[:BlueAir]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] ==
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