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Metrification

Hiya, I was wondering if you could tell me how you made the maps on the metrication page.. I think they're great and I'd like to make something similar for world literacy rates for the literacy page.. Thanks, TastyCakes 04:59, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't made that picture. It was made by User:Seabhcan, I just changed the colours. However, you can take that map and change it, with MSPaint or something. bogdan | ^Talk 15:35, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ah OK, great. Sorry, should have read the file history onthe picture more closely.. Thanks TastyCakes 16:33, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Clash of Policies?

In considering moving Moldovan language to Moldovan (linguistics), I have one major worry: does the self-identifying policy apply to the Moldovan government's position that Moldovan is a "language" ? Even though the vast majority of linguists agree that Moldovan is simply Romanian which has been renamed by the Moldovan government (under long Russian pressure, as is known) , we may have a problem, because the Moldovan government has declared that its official language is to be called "Moldovan" not "Romanian" (at least, at present). Alexander 007 07:55, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

At the last census only 1/3 of the Romanian Moldovans said they "Moldovan", while only 2/3 said they spoke "Romanian" and the self-identification is of the people not of the government. bogdan | ^Talk 09:06, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes. Alexander 007 05:57, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of country names in various languages under attack !!!

Dear Bogdan,

The List of country names in various languages, List of European regions with alternative names, List of European cities with alternative names, List of European rivers with alternative names, and others, have come under attack by a certain Mikka, who, having just stumbled into all these lists, having found them of little use to himself, and having repeatedly ridiculed them and their users, has then promptly filed a petition to delete the lists in question.

Please cast your vote to keep these valuable, informative, and indeed fascinating lists at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of country names in various languages.

Thanks! Pasquale 16:15, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

de Gaulle, cheese and the French

Apparently de Gaulle said "246". See the new footnote in Cheese.

Arvanites and Arvanitika

I need your sources about those articles. Thanks. +MATIA ☎ 11:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

see the link on the Bibliography section: Joseph, Brian D. "Comparative perspectives on the place of Arvanitika within Greece and the Greek environment", 1999. bogdan | ^Talk 12:20, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice :) Any chance to create a diagram according to his statement that Arvanitika (that's the term BJ uses) do not derive from Tosk, but is a sister lang/dial/variety/don't-know-what-else of Tosk and Standard Albanian (Shqip)? And thanks for your answer. +MATIA ☎ 12:43, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tosk is, like Gheg, a group of dialects. When Albanians say Tosk, they mean their standardized version, Shqip and the same thing is valid for Gheg.

All the languages in the Tosk group (including Arbëreshë and Arvanitika) had followed a set of characteristic phonetical changes that diferentiates them from the dialects of Gheg group. The rhotacism, (l->r and n->r) is present in many more words in Tosk than in Gheg and also some transformations in some vowels (a->ë).

Here's an example of the evolution of a word borrowed from Latin in Albanian: (glandula, meaning gland)

Latin <glandula> |--> Old Tosk <gljëndër> --> Shqip      <gjëndër>
                 |                        --> Arvanitika <gljëndër>
                 |--> Gheg <ganër>

bogdan | ^Talk 18:20, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't answered me about Brian Joseph's classification for Arvanitika nor for the usage of the name Arvanitika instead of Arvanitic. Any thoughts? +MATIA ☎ 22:02, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting your edit on Moldovan_language. I've made the transcript of the link. Anytime when you need support let me know on my talk page. Bonaparte talk & contribs

Dear friend, your edits on Moldovan_language are very strong and good. You have my full support. If Node continues to delete, we should make a report of vandalism. Just let me know. Bonaparte talk & contribs

Dear friend, you've made a valuable edit on the Talk:Moldovan language! I like it very much. I was just to make myself that. Bonaparte talk & contribs

Albanian map

Hi Bogdan, about that map you added to Albanian language. Um, there is a mistake. It says that in Italy, Albanian is called Arbëríshte. That is wrong, that is what Arvanitika is called in Arvanitika. The Albanian of Italy is called Arbëreshë. Sorry! Rex^(talk) 21:09, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you mixed Gheg and Tosk up. Gheg is in the north and Tosk is in the south. Again, sorry. Rex^(talk) 21:11, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for mixing them up. I have fixed it. bogdan | ^Talk 21:21, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it, I just thought of all the trouble you'd been to. Rex^(talk) 21:27, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Lăutari

When you get a chance, could you take a look at Lupu's recent edits to Lăutari and his remarks on the talk page? This is a topic where, while not clueless, I am certainly not expert. I am suspicious of what seems to amount to a claim of "the Gypsies have no musical culture of their own", and his strident, argumentative tone on the talk page certainly does not increase my confidence that he actually knows his stuff. -- Jmabel | Talk 07:47, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I don't think I can help you with this. In folk musical traditions it's very hard to say who originated each genre of music. I think this article might needs an expert that knows the details.

AFAIK, in the Romanian countries, the Gypsies gained their role as "lăutari" after serfdom became more stringent and they were still allowed to be itinerant musicians. I don't know whether they came with their music or they continued the music tradition of the Romanians. bogdan | ^Talk 18:59, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Guild socialism

Hey, as far as I can tell Guild Socialism is a proper noun. Why'd you remove the caps? Ashibaka (tock) 01:01, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To me it looks like it's not. It was a political movement, not an association, party, etc. bogdan | ^Talk 09:17, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Political movements can be proper nouns. For example, Communism. Ashibaka (tock) 16:55, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

But see: Anarchist communism. bogdan | ^Talk 17:10, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to vary between sources, so I'll go with that precedent. Thanks. Ashibaka (tock) 21:06, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, accidentally logged on with the wrong browser. Anyway, if you're reverting please change Category:Communist dictators to Category:Communist rulers. Homey 15:40, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RfA for Halibutt

Hello Bogdan! In case you are unaware, Halibutt is going through the administrator vote process. I believe that any input you could provide would be valued. Olessi 06:54, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

numa numa

Hi,

You took out the google link from the numa numa entry. Note that this is not ordinary google, it is video.google.com, where people submit videos, therefore the search link for numa numa is essentially a collection of numa numa dances from all around the world. I am not strongly defending this issue, I am just trying to learn what exactly the rule is. Could you point that to me? Thanks so much.

E.

maybe this: Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links.2C_images.2C_or_media_files. bogdan 11:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nicolae Grigorescu

Nice article. Got any references? (If not, I'll try to seek some out.) -- Jmabel | Talk 00:56, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I translated the Romanian article which had none. But I know a rather long biography (and rather annoying in style :-), made by Alexandru Vlahuţă in 1911: Pictorul Grigorescu (at wikisource) bogdan 20:55, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ronline for Admin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Ronline and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Ronline . I have nominated Ronline to be Administrator for English Wikipedia. Let's vote for him! Bonaparte talk & contribs

Zizi Lambrino

How was Zizi Lambrino a "royal mistress"? She was Carol's legally married wife. Please reply at Talk:Zizi Lambrino. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:21, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

First it was a "mistress". Then ended as a married wife. He quit the throne as another King of England (George?) for a woman. The parents didn't agree with this so he had to let Prince Mihai. Bonaparte talk & contribs

Sorry that was Elena Lupescu.

A new article Controversy_Moldovan_language

Bogdan we can make a new article in which this "controversy" to be much better explained. Suppose I'll write an article entitled Controversy_Moldovan_language and to add there all the history and stuff, and here just a link to redirect to romanian. I found my idea brilliant. (It was suggested by a friend of mine) :). Do you agree? Bonaparte talk & contribs

Barnstar

Graiurile limbii române

Salut Bogdan. N-am avut pînă acum ocazia să vorbim. Aş vrea în primul rînd să te felicit pentru poziţia fermă şi justificată ştiinţific în ce priveşte limba română şi alte chestiuni conexe. Te susţin şi îmi pare rău că nu am o pregătire aprofundată în domeniu pentru ca susţinerea mea să fie cu adevărat eficientă.

Ma alatur si eu :) --Bonaparte 21:11, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oricum vreau sa te laud si eu: ai o mintiuca brici :) --Bonaparte 21:12, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Îţi scriu ca să te întreb despre harta cu graiurile limbii române. Bănuiesc că ai o sursă pe care te-ai bazat în crearea hărţii, iar în cazul ăsta sînt puţin surprins de felul cum arată. Anume găsesc ciudată gaura din mijloc, pe care ai explicat-o într-un mod insuficient. În zona respectivă chiar nu trăiesc români deloc? Presupun că harta nu reprezintă doar zonele unde româna se vorbeşte majoritar, ci zonele unde se vorbeşte, punct.

În Székelyföld (Ţinutul Secuiesc), care include părţi din judeţele Harghita, Covasna şi Mureş, majoritatea satelor sunt exclusiv secuieşti. Oraşele sunt 'doar' cam 80-90% secuieşti, restul fiind români care au venit (din Moldova, Oltenia, etc) mai ales odată cu industrializarea din anii '70-80. bogdan 09:51, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Încă o chestiune ar fi lipsa de diferenţiere între graiurile din nord, mai ales între cel moldovenesc şi cele vorbite în Ardeal, deşi sînt marcate toate prin etichete. De asemenea la sud ar merita să vedem o separare între graiul oltenesc şi cel muntenesc, deşi diferenţa este mai puţin evidentă.

OK, o să fac o versiune revizuită. :-) bogdan 09:51, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nu-mi place să te critic, mai ales că nu sînt specialist. Consideră că tot ce-am spus este pe jumătate o curiozitate personală. Toate cele bune şi succes în luptă!... --AdiJapan 05:50, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Eu spun sa nu mai tot impartiti si sa lasati asa deocamdata, plus gaura aceea ar fi bine sa cam dispara. Vorba lui Adi si acolo sunt romani, mai putini dar oricum sunt. Plus ungurii de acolo vorbesc romaneste sau asa ar trebui sa fie. Trebuie sa rezulte ceva unitar fara gauri, fara ezitari si sa nu lase loc la nici o interpretare. Te rog frumos Bogdan.--Bonaparte 21:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Take care

I almost did the same thing a couple of times before. I may do so soon as well. Wikipedia now is much less enjoyable than it was back in say, March 0f 2005. Now there are all these leeches in Wikipedia, draining the fun out. By the way, I think you did more for the Romania-related articles than any other Wikipedia contributor. Alexander 007 11:36, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I agree with what was written above. You're a huge loss for the Romanian-related articles on Wiki. --Anittas 11:44, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bogdan. Perhaps we had some disagreements in the past, but I hope you'll take a wikibreak and return. I wonder if a Fembot would change your mind :) +MATIA ☎ 12:17, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bogdan. Everybody has been a little tensed the last couple of weeks, and problems and harsh language have spilled from several disputed articles to areas that were nice to edit before. However, nice weather comes after storm. Please, remain. Your contributions are extraordinary. User:Dpotop

Les hommes de bonne volonté

L-am avut pe Bogdan.

Deopotrivă model şi exemplu pentru noi toţi, Bogdan a fost corect şi tolerant.

Seriozitate şi bună-credinţă. Der Krieg geht weiter.

Bogdan fii binevenit înapoi, te aşteptăm cu braţele deschise! Bonaparte talk & contribs 19:48, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry I didn't proposed Bogdan as Admin. He is by far the best of us, and he deserve it more than any other. Când vei reveni din nou, vei fii iarăşi ce ai fost şi mai mult decât atât! Bonaparte talk & contribs 19:52, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please reconsider

All I can say, really is please reconsider your departure. You've been one of the best contributors to Wikipedia I've crossed paths with, and you will be sorely missed.

You've said that Wikipedia "less fun" than it was. I hope this turns out just to mean that you need a break. If nothing else, I'm sure it would be very informative if you would let us know what you think is headed the wrong direction. I would expect that your views on the matter would be very informative. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please do reconsider. I agree that sometimes Wikipedia can be too much. Please take a break and come back. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 02:18, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bogdan, avem o problema in articolul Second Vienna Award cu unul HunTomy... ne poti ajuta cumva? Poate prietenii tai? Algos 21:31, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Our forum

Welcome to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board! This page is a portal for all Romanian-related topics and a place for Romanian editors to gather and socialize and debate. Discussions are encouraged, in both English and Romanian. Post any inquiry under their relevant cathegory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedian%27s_notice_board

--Anittas 17:47, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image size bug fixed

The image size bug you complained about in IRC yesterday is now fixed. There were two failure modes, one where the wrong width thumb was generated, and one where we expected the wrong height. The second case is completely resolved, but in the first case the thumbnails will need to be regerated. I may build a tool to clean our thumbnail cache to solve that, but until then images will be wrong until they are uploaded again. New images or old images at new sizes will be right. --Gmaxwell 00:13, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. bogdan 09:36, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Problems?

I really want to get to the bottom of this. Why are you trying very hard to annoy me on IRC? It really isn't hard as I suffer from enough annoyance by my stalkers and many others. You also opposed/reverted/objected anything I mentioned on IRC so far. I really am not pleased with this behavior. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 22:25, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get what you mean. When you posted the links on IRC, you asked for people's opinions. That was what I did. bogdan 09:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're back! I'm glad because you're the best one around here! -- Bonaparte talk 11:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :-) bogdan 11:08, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bogdan did I cause you problems? I need to know because I will not forget myself if I did.-- Bonaparte talk 11:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Suparare, suparare,

Niciodata suparare,

Daca ne mai suparam,

Luam valiza si plecam! :D --Anittas 15:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bogdan, I never seem to agree with Bonaparte, but this time there's no way round it: Welcome back! I don't know if you got my email. In the meantime I started to have an even more painful understanding of the stress Wikipedia can cause. --AdiJapan 15:36, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Adi avem acelasi scop impreuna: sa eliminam minciunile.

Ma bucur ca ai venit inapoi!-- Bonaparte talk 19:48, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bogdane, daca ai timp uita-te pe pagina de la [[1]]. Tu ii poti inchide pliscu' la copchilu'.-- Bonaparte talk 19:51, 9 December 2005 (UTC) Asa imi place Bogdane! Tot inainte![reply]

Aş vrea totuşi mai întâi să scriu nişte articole despre istoria vlahilor din Imperiul Bizantin. Vezi: Vlach-Bulgar Rebellion şi Asen dynasty :-) bogdan 00:02, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

referinta bibliografica

Lidia Colesnic-Codreanca, Limba Română în Basarabia (1812-1918). Studiu sociolingvistic pe baza materialelor de arhivă, Chişinău, Museum, 2003. Aceasta e cartea care explica evolutia artificiala a limbii "moldovenesti".-- Bonaparte talk 20:14, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2004 Britannica

Would you happen to still have this list anywhere? — BRIAN0918 • 2005-12-10 04:43

Yes, I still have the version just before it was deleted. bogdan 09:36, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Admin nomination

Salut Bogdan! Te-am nominalizat pentru admin la Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Bogdangiusca. Îmi pare bine că ai venit înapoi! Ronline ✉ 05:33, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Eu credeam ca Bogdan deja este admin. Nu-i asa? --Anittas 06:03, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not yet. At least, I assume. Alexander 007 06:04, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

E important ca va fi.-- Bonaparte talk 08:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bogdan, accepta. Ai 5 voturi deja :) -- Bonaparte talk 10:39, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Uh... I don't know if he wants to be a Wiki admin, but one thing in common between me and BG, I guess, is that we're both rather anarchistic. In fact, Bogdan once called himself an anarchist. If he wanted to be an admin, he probably would be one by now. And if I wanted to be an admin, I would also be one by now. On the other hand, I chose to do in Wiki what I felt like doing. My point: not everyone wants to be a Wikipedia "administrator", nor is it as fun to some as it may be to others. Nor is it very important or prestigious. In fact, I often consider adminship iirelevant and I often put so-called "admins" in check. Alexander 007 11:02, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I know what you mean, but on the other hand this may come as a payment for all his huge contributions. And they are inestimable. Bonaparte talk 11:06, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's up to him. I'm just guessing from what I know of him. Alexander 007 11:08, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's true that we need him. We need a good model like he is. This may come as a natural achievment. Bonaparte talk 11:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Need him? To do things for you guys? To constantly answer requests? Doesn't that seem to suggest his statement, "Wikipedia is no longer fun to edit?". Alexander 007 11:13, 11 December 2005 (UTC) (Note: after the timestamp, Bonaparte added a new sentence "We need a good model like he is" to his comment; I note this because otherwise my response seems weird)[reply]

This is part of the role. You take it and assume it or leave it. (to take and assume to defend the truth --also to requests -- not the admin status) Bonaparte talk 11:20, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I know. I don't complain about my present Wiki status, and occasionally I like to help out however I can, and I don't discourage requests on my Talk Page (though I don't guarantee answering them). But if I or Bogdan become admins, we would have to "take it and assume it". I decided to leave it and remain an anarchist. Alexander 007 11:25, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It is no coincidence that I started User:Alexander 007/Collected Vandalism, Vol. I on the last day of voting for my RfA. A statement of my anarchic solidarity, and freedom over conformity. If they don't like it, let them request that page for deletion. Alexander 007 11:41, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, an anarchist who is against certain nicknames. LOL. Anyway, what's with this Bogdan dude? He's ignoring us. Anarchist in all honour, but why rude? Bogdan, what's up, dude? --Anittas 14:20, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Certain nicknames cause disruption. That's why you can't call yourself User:Homo Killer in WP. Being anarchistic for me means I do not like undue authority being exercised, basically (does not mean I prefer chaos; order over chaos anyday). Having a User change a disruptive User Name is not undue authority being exercised. Blocking a person for violating 3RR however, even if they reverting to a correct version, is something I oppose. Though it's true I'm more of a dictator than an anarchist, just to clarify. Alexander 007 15:09, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

BS. There was nothing wrong with that nickname. --Anittas 15:48, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

BS. There is something wrong with that nickname. It causes vandalism. Alexander 007 15:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your opinion on her nick may be styled as BS, to use your phrase. The fact is her nick is spurring vandalism. Your opinion is your opinion. A fact is a fact. Alexander 007 15:55, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

BTW Anittas, I saw your "You are a Jewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" comment to Node. Bad move. Alexander 007 15:13, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

He is a Jew, is he not? --Anittas 15:48, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly like you say "You are a Romaniaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan". Or you are an "Americaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan". It's a fact isn't it? There is not a shame to be German or Chinese for example. But Node intentionally said that Moldavians are not Moldovans. Which is false of course. Actually Node said in a perverse meaning.-- Bonaparte talk 15:22, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Node has no idea what he's talking about half of the time, though he thinks he does. What he said was hateful and part of his extremist POV, a POV which is cut off from reality as much as possible. Alexander 007 15:26, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly my point. He uses this Wikipedia as a tool for his extremist political POV (e.g. Moldovans are not Moldavians).-- Bonaparte talk 15:29, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As an American, if I were to say "You are a Jew" to my neighbor, that merely says that he is an American whose religion is Judaism. I realize that the term "Jew" can refer to a Jewish ethnicity, but that is not the dominant usage in the US. Barbara Streisand is a prominent Jewish entertainer, but she is seen as being an American of the Jewish religion, not that she can only be an American or a Jew. Your usage would deny the German ethnicity of Marcel Reich-Ranicki in place of a solely "Jewish" identity, when in actually he is regarded as a "Jewish German" or a "German Jew" (in the US at least). Olessi 15:58, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Accession of Romania to the European Union

Salut Bogdan. Maybe you'll be so kind to help me to extend this article Accession of Romania to the European Union. The model can be Accession of Turkey to the European Union. Even if Romania is in an more advanced stage as Turkey I think is good to have an article on this topic. Bonaparte talk 15:33, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bogdan Giusca for Admin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Bogdangiusca

-- Bonaparte talk 19:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Three out of the four people who have voted neutral so far, suggested that you should elaborate on your answers at the button of the RFA and I encourage you to do so. +MATIA ☎ 11:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I would also suggest wikifying your acceptance of the nomination with ~~~~, as several contributors have mentioned that. Olessi 19:41, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What a fucking coincidence

At 14:46 UTC you made an edit to Fuck. At 14:47, someone added to the AlexTG article that AlexTG went to India "so he can fuck his wife". I don't know. Just thought I'd note it down for posterity. An IP check of either of us will show it was a clean coincidence. Alexander 007 15:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed another element to the coincidence: India is an element in both instances; in Fuck, you removed a long passage about Dravidian, etc. Alexander 007 16:05, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well yeah...you're right :)

It's all about the magic numbers..

One (1) was the "coincidence", word "fuck", "India"

Two (2) was the number of articles on which was found the coincidence, Fuck , AlexTG

Three (3) was the number that explain the hour (around 3 PM)

Four (4) people had seen this

Five (5) will be the total number of edits to this paragraph

- Bonaparte -Let's be winners!

If you want to get into numerology, don't forget about number 6: 14:46=1+4+4+6=15=1+5=6.

And lucky number 7: 14:47=1+4+4+7+=16. 16=1+6=7. Alexander 007 16:48, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I will cover all this in my Collected Vandalism , Vol. I. Alexander 007 16:09, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I say to move our discussion elsewhere...or else Bogdan when he will be Admin he will just block us/you. Bonaparte talk 21:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That would be funny. I don't see why he would. I find these weird synchronicities interesting. It also reminds me of Monty Python somehow, but I'm not sure how. Alexander 007 22:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My hovercraft is full of eels! bogdan 22:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See, no need for alarm, Bonaparte. We all have our hand in our shirt-vests here. Alexander 007 22:14, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice. Since we are so united nobody can't stop us. Very ambitious. No time to spend with us Bonaparte talk 22:35, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't looking for a response to this one. Just couldn't resist discussing a fucking coincidence. As long as Bogdan responds on vital issues (see "Clash of policies" above), I'll occasionally make use of this talk page, but Bonaparte, many people (including me) are not looking to chat all day (I'm not saying that you are looking to chat all day). This is an encyclopedia project. But occasionally, things come up at a tangent. Alexander 007 21:42, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was referring to Bogdan not to you Alexandru. As long as Bogdan responds on vital issues and not only we'll support his effort. Bogdan is such ambitious, I bet that's why he doesn't have time to spend it. Bonaparte talk 21:53, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Duh, my comment shows that I realized you were referring to him. "I wasn't looking for a response to this one" means "I didn't need Bogdan to respond to my fucking coincidence", I just wanted to note it. Your comment was apparently addressing how Bogdan didn't respond to the fucking coincidence discussion, and other discussions on this talk page. Alexander 007 21:56, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh Yeah! He's too busy to build the Monalisa masterpiece! -- Bonaparte talk 22:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...who knows what his issue is. Me, I don't ignore most posts on my talk page, since that is rude (but I don't care because I'm not looking to have a chat with BG other than the very occasional topic that comes up) . This issue was brought up by Anittas in Bogdan's RfA. Alexander 007 22:05, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You do like so much to come back, to rephrase, to reformulate to play with words, you do pay special attention to what you're saying, a special style, what is more to say you are just cool Alex! Bonaparte talk 22:08, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. You see, it would be worse to have an empty talk page, and besides, 90% of the time it's fun coming up with a response to someone. It tests you. It doesn't take up too much time either. Alexander 007 22:10, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You did promise something but we still wait that thing...Your picture firearm Bonaparte talk 22:24, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have an image scanner at the moment (I have a digi camera available but it apparently doesn't zoom in or out), so it will be a few weeks at least. Nevertheless, I have decided to no longer be secret for awhile. Later, I will probably delete the image, no matter how it looks, just because I will need to return to privacy. Alexander 007 22:17, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry Alex. It's fine also in 2 years from now :D Bonaparte talk 22:24, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, since this page is such an attraction I propose that we should move the romanian noticeboard here! :-) Bonaparte talk 22:35, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

new collaboration project

You'd you be interested in a participating in a new Collaboration project that aims at translating good and featured articles in the French Wikipedia to English (much like the Spanish Translation of the Week)? I'm trying to see if there's enough users interested in this project before creating it. Thank you. CG 17:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That would be interesting. bogdan 22:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of Latin place names in the Balkans

While we could really use some help, not following the format is decidedly not helpful. That's English Name (native language). That is, the diacritical version goes in the parenthesis. But thanks for the added information, I'll try to sort it. William Allen Simpson 22:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, when there is no widely used English name without diacriticals (like in the case of Quebec, instead of Québec)), the article name should use diacriticals, at least that's the policy. bogdan 22:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please point me at this policy.
There are no English names with diacriticals. None. Zip. Zilch. Don't care about "widely used" (a subjective test), as most of the names that show up from Romania won't ever be widely used. But they won't show up in an English language newpaper with diacriticals, and this is an encyclopedia, not a showcase for internationalism.
Like I mentioned above, we really need the help, we don't have enough cross-language folks in your area. I thank you for your interest.

William Allen Simpson 03:53, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bucovina

Hi Bogdan,

Is it true that there is a separate grai for Bucovina? I know that they have lots of unique words like "a se firasui" instead of "a se ciosmali", "caracandili" instead of "drac", "creitî" instead of "misarcî"... but also somebody told me that Bucovina speech is part of Moldovan, and I do know that Bucovine sounds at least to me more like Moldovan than Muntenian.

But really is the variety in Bucovina a separate grai?--Node 03:56, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's a part of the Moldavian accent, you weirdo! Or are you soon going to start a Bucovina Wiki, too? You weirdo! Weirdo! --Anittas 09:13, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I never read anywhere of "Bucovinean" being a separate grai.

You could find subdivisions of the grai (but which don't have a name), which are spoken in each "ţinut" (region) or "ţară" (land). See a map at: http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaEthno/ethno-map.htm The differences between the language spoken in two neighbouring regions is usually very small, perhaphs a dozen or two words. bogdan 10:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Image:Scrabble 6x9.jpg

Slapping a template on it isn't good enough. Users need to be responsible for providing full source and licensing information, and where applicable, proper fair use rationales for, images they upload and use in articles. 86.133.53.111 00:19, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is it better now? bogdan 00:25, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Injection of text that does not directly link to topic falls into vandalism

The injection of text that does not directly related to the subject, is not in the benefit the Wikipedia. Especially sensitive issues like a genocide. It does not add a value to the issue or even generate a positive image to the reader. That history of the fact mentioned in the text has already covered in the ottoman page, where it belongs as mentioned in the text. Also, opposition of the Turkish State to the issue is covered under International relations of Turkey. I 'm hoping that you can be more sensitive to the issue and revert your changes, for the improvement of the Wikipedia as a correct and relevant information source.--tommiks 23:31, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! --

Felicitări Bogdane! La mai mare! Bonaparte talk 08:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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