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Note: Assa River

Sorry, I removed it as it was initially a red link. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 02:01, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

I do not quite understand what you have removed, but thanks anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:42, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Pavel Petrovich Korowkin

Will you take a look on the biography of these Russian mathematician. I made it last year by translation from the german wikipedia article de:Pawel Petrowitsch Korowkin. It has not get any large contribution ever that. The german wikipedia also has a article de:Korowkin-Approximation. Please take a look in these articles. I am not sure whether they are notable or not. Solomon7968 (talk) 22:52, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

I will have a look, thanks for pointing out.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:59, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Crank hunt

Good morning, Yaroslav! You apparently have more experience how to cope with cranks, especially nationalists. Could you give an advice what to do with 50.73.253.49 (talk · contribs) after [1]? It is a current incarnation of the person identified as Alexazulian pusher. Should I continue the Special:Contributions pursuit and rollback all his/her rubbish? Or blocks to this (and possibly other) his/her IPs may already be tried? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:59, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I gave them the last warning, next edit from this IP like this will result in a block (if you see it, you can just directly go to my talk page). This seems to be a stationary IP, and all the contributions have been already rolled back (exceppt for the two, which seem to be more or less constructive). If there are other IPs recently edited with the same pattern, yes, I think the contributions should be rolled back with a simultaneous warning on the IP talk pages (there is a very small chance that they belong to different people - though I do not see how they could be unrelated - provided they exist).--Ymblanter (talk) 09:10, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I checked now - the other two you mentioned in the WikiProject:Russia seem to be inactive.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:29, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Does insertion of a forged wikilink qualify? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I lean to the conclusion that the edit was good-faithed, but it hardly can be considered constructive. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:33, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Ok, let us wait for the more clear case.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:38, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

At last, [2] is a clear-cut case. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 11:27, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Indeed. Blocked them for 24h. Thanks for pointing out.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:45, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

What to do ?

You wrote that we (who edited the text about A.A. Karatsuba) must come to consensus with Stevenj. However, he do not want any consensus on any conditions excluding his own text in three lines, one of them is very offensive for A.A. Karatsuba (everybody who knows about real facts can confirm it). What to do? Our discussion with him turned out to absurd because he pretends he does not see our sources (published by Springer papers in mathjournals), but as his sources quoted words of "notalble people" (by his opinion) but not publications. We agree (see Talk page Anatolii Alexeevitch Karatsuba) to delete such claims in this article which very annoyed Stevenj (although they are right, and all explanations have been made to Stevenj, he rejected them bacause it doesn't correspond to some other Wikipedia texts which Stevenj created himself!). So we tried to state such a consensus deleting what Stevenj stated as "exaggerated claims". However, it is not enough for him. He simple don't want that any good text about A.A. Karatsuba would be. I will not mention "double standards": I edited some other Wikipedia texts about American mathematicians and never had problems like that with this paper about Russian mathematician. How to revert the former text and to block Stevenj who has his own not related to the Wikipedia grounds to del to delete the text about A.A. Karatsuba?Mathtruth (talk) 10:34, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I think it is pretty much possible to come to consensus. You just need to stop concentrating on the personality of Karatsuba (remember, he was presumably your thesis advisor which in Russia means kind of semi-god, but other people do not have to regard him as semi-god) and instead see on what points you agree, and whether any of the points you disagree on is really essential for the article. Actually, I expect Steven, who is a more experienced Wikipedian, to come with this initiative. Then you can start together working on the text. If it turns out to be absolutely impossible, you can file a WP:DRN request. I am personally not a computer scientist, and I can not (and do not want to) really judge on the validity of the arguments.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:46, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Assa River (Sunzha River)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

List of diplomatic missions of Colombia

Hello, the reason why I reverted your input was because it takes away from the original article. Unless you intend of writing that same information for each and every Colombian embassy abroad; it just doesn't go with the layout of the page. If you wish to contribute that information about Colombia's embassy in Portugal, I would suggest writing it in either Foreign relations of Colombia or in Foreign relations of Portugal. Regards, Aquintero, (talk), 12:51, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I do not really want to contribute, I just closed the AfD request, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Embassy of Colombia, Cairo, as merge (as it was the consensus). Now with you resisting to merge, I am not sure what to do.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:50, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Please note that I open the ANI request, your imput there will be much appreciated.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:03, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Discussion of inclusion of Kyoto Prize in criterion 2

Please participate in the discussion. Wikipedia talk:Notability (academics)‎#Inclusion of Pulitzer Prize for History. Solomon7968 (talk) 08:46, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Not exactly my speciality, but I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:31, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Leonid Yakobson

Thank you! --Lawrentia (talk) 16:34, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kirillov_%28town%29&diff=554117013&oldid=554114003

Thank you Ymblanter, somehow I seem to overlook this sometimes. Lotje (talk) 14:54, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

No problem, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:54, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

CFD backlogs

Hello, Ymblanter. You have new messages at WP:AN.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Nyttend (talk) 13:33, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Have seen it, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:34, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Mediterranean scene

I noticed you decided to delete the page. I'm not an avid wikipedia user so I've seen that only now. I posted all the links to scans of the sources of that article here: User talk:Blackmetalbaz#Mediterranean scene. Der Blutsauger (talk) 01:06, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

You can try to recreate the article; if the resulting recreation is significantly different from the previous article, it will not be amenable for speedy deletion. However, among all your sources I only see one which specifically mentions Mediterranean scene; all others talk about bands which make parts of it. It might be a better idea to write about these bands, because in my opinion the notability of Mediterranean scene is still unclear.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:02, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

If the bands are notable how can the collective not be notable? They have an unique style (referenced in a lot of magazines) and so they're notable for WP:MUSIC #1 and #7.

I'm not really an expert, how much the recreation had to be different from the previous article? The previous article had all the references (and I hosted them for you to see) to be notable under WP:MUSIC #1 and #7 and I cannot keep them on my hosting, so what I need to add? Der Blutsauger (talk) 18:44, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

References to paper editions should be fine. The previous version in my opinion was really very short of norability, as the AfD discussion showed, so that the new one must demonstrate the notability better. If individual groups are notable, this does not yet mean that the collective is notable - it should receive sufficient press coverage as collective.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:46, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

I really have to rewritten everything from scratch? I can't recover the last version and improve on that? Originally I decided to write only one page for all the bands of this collective because they play in the same style (more or less), they have the same members and they act as an unique band with different monickers.

Der Blutsauger (talk) 19:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

I can restore the deleted version to your userspace, if you want. (Please do not upload files, at least until you really know how to do it).--Ymblanter (talk) 19:13, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

That's ok for me. About the uploads... are you talking about the logos of the various projects? I was authorized by Marco Ardagna (head of their label), I need them to send a written authorization to someone? Der Blutsauger (talk) 19:40, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

The info on the files is here. If he grants permission, he really should understand that he dos not just give permission for you to upload, he gives permission for everybody to use the logos for free, including commercial usage and all possible modifications. This is why OTRS is needed. Concerning the article, I will restore it now.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:03, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

User:Der Blutsauger/Mediterranean scene--Ymblanter (talk) 20:11, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Greenland

I'm sorry. I'm a bit of a jokester, but this is probably not the most appropriate forum for that. I'll keep my edits constructive in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.212.213.5 (talk) 17:44, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:27, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Administrators' Notice Board Incident Notification

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding your wrongful blocking of an editor. The discussion is about the topic Talk:Robert B. Bell. Thank you. —68.50.128.91 (talk) 21:24, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

In regards to your response to the Administrator's Notice Board Incident complaint, I take it that you will no longer involve yourself in the Robert Bell edit request? 68.50.128.91 (talk) 04:10, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Not really. I will aske somebody else to block you. I am not sure why if you have chosen to constantly break policies I should step down and stop reverting.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:00, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

No policies are being broken by me. And yes, I agree, you should not edit war, but asking someone to do it for you is an evasion of policy. So, either handle this like an adult or just drop it. 68.50.128.91 (talk) 17:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

I am not really interested in discussing the issue with you. You have been explain the rules multiple times, please learn to respect them. Thank you for understanding.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:13, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Very well, I will consider this dispute between us solved. Thanks for your cooperation. 68.50.128.91 (talk) 23:16, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Gurlen

Hi, can you help expand this?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:23, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

It is less trivial than Russian articles but I will try.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:10, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Delete request

Thanks for deleting the nonsense article on Critical repetition frequency. This article contained the picture File:Importance Skill Chance.JPG, which was only used there (and in the previous German article, which has already been deleted, too).

Since I do not know the deletion process in the English wikipedia so well, I asked in my deletion request that this file shopuld be deleted, too.

Could you please do so?

I suppose I have done something wrong, when I simply readded the delete request in this file. Please help. The very best wishes from Vienna,

Roland Roland Scheicher (talk) 16:48, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

No problem. The file is on Commons, and it is best to reopen your deletion request there. I am not a Commons administrator.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:11, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

ANI notice

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is User:68.50.128.91 and Talk:Robert B. Bell. Thank you. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:50, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sanaullah Haq

How did you arrive at the conclusion of no consensus here? Given the majority of keep votes were not even grounded in policy? Also the keep vote by 86.99.140.141 is a sock of Nangparbat, someone moved the strike to an IP above. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:16, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

There was a considerable amount of votes from users in good standing saying NOEVENT does not apply. You are welcome to take it for the deletion review of course.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:58, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, there were editors saying oneevent did not apply, but they were obviously wrong as the guy is known only for one event. Somebody saying something does not make it so. If you look on GNews you can see he is only known for this one event, getting shivved in prison. Darkness Shines (talk) 17:11, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

You have already made this argument on the AfD page, and I took it into account. If I agreed with you, I would close it as delete. If you are not happy with my decision, please take it to the deletion review.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:18, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough, should I give you the link when I do? Darkness Shines (talk) 17:37, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Never mind, I will find it myself. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:10, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

"If I agreed with you, I would close it as delete." - exactly what part of Darkness Shines' comment is not agreeable? Can you please explain? This terror-convict was a nobody till his murder and then suddenly his sole claim to notability becomes his death how much more blatant does it need to get? Mr T^{(Talk?) (New thread?)} 07:04, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

the deletion review request is open, please comment there. Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:11, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

AN/I notice

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. I'm sending this to you because I mentioned your name. Sorry, I accidentally put this notice on your user page instead of your talk page, but thank goodness another editor noticed my mistake. Haha. Well, here it is again... in the right place this time. Thanks. --76.189.109.155 (talk) 05:24, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Your Wikidata and hewiki problems (mentioned in a high-profile RfC)

Can you give me links to them? Maybe I can give you a hand. StevenJ81 (talk) 22:23, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. That was a couple of months ago, somebody hinted at it on Wikidata, and I found it by search. I do not think I will be able to find it again, and, frankly, I got tired of the discussion at d:Talk:Q1218 and let them write what they want. Thanks again.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:52, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

I found that one myself. Emotionally and religiously, I'm on their side, but that's not the issue at Wikipedia/Wikidata. I think you handled yourself very well there. If the discussion flares up again at hewiki, let me know. My Hebrew is ok, not great, but I'll help if I can. StevenJ81 (talk) 13:17, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Good, thank you very much for your help.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:20, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

User talk:68.50.128.91

I saw your comment at User talk:68.50.128.91. For future reference, it is possible to embed blocking reasons, duration of the block, and even your signature within the block notice template itself. Here's the code to use:

{{subst:UW-Block|time=Duration|reason=For a custom block reason|page=Targeted page|sig=yes}}

Wasn't sure if you already knew about that or not ... sorry for making an assumption if you already knew the format to do it. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:20, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I know about this, it is just that I usually prefer to use custom text notices, because they are easier understood. (Not only for blocks, but also for different notifications). I added the template because it contains the unblock template, which can be copied and pasted from there. I did not realize that this kind of presentation can be abused as well.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:25, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks, Ymblanter for your balanced comments and constructive contributions at Maharishi Effect. Best, — Keithbob • Talk • 03:04, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:57, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Your inappropriate block

Your block of 68.50.128.91 was a clear violation of WP:INVOLVED. You reverted him at 15:00, and then at 15:39 you blocked him. And it doesn't matter one bit whether your revert was warranted or not. And then to add fuel to the fire, you removed his talk page access at 16:09. While you and some of the other admins involved in the block have tried to hide the fact that there is a blue code among you, anyone can look at your and their edit histories to find the truth. Although IP 68 made some inappropriate edits, and perhaps deserved the blocks he received, they were done in a rude, perhaps even malicious, manner with not one ounce of respect shown to him. You are an admin and there will always be problematic editors, but if you don't have a thick enough skin to deal with them in a calm, reasoned and fair manner, then you should turn in your tools. Especially if you are going to blatantly disregard policy, which you also did when you previously sanctioned him simply for removing warnings, which is perfectly allowed per WP:BLANKING. I would also suggest that you listen to the good advice given to you by another admin who told you to include any comments you have about the block in the block template, which you have failed to do. Instead, you choose to separate comments, like this one with a very immature edit summary intended to taunt and humiliate the blocked editor. And I should mention that IP 68 is extremely tame compared to many other editors I've come across, whose treatment by admins has been much less severe and hostile. And, by the way, the removal by one of your fellow admins of my comment on IP 68's talk page right after the block was a blatant and atrocious violation of TP policy, which was only exceeded in outrageousness by the protecting of the page at the same time because of my post. Violating clear policy to censor editors is disgusting. There was absolutely no justification for either of those moves. The Blue Code is alive and well on Wikipedia. So sad, because there are so many great admins and the few, like some of you involved in this situation, give them all a bad name with so many editors. Already, I've seen several discussion among editors who are fully aware of your actions and those of the other admins in IP 68's block. I can tell you that it's doing no favors for your reputations. I have no doubt that you will either hide this, gossip about it with other admins, deny that your are offended by it, try to convince everyone how off-base I am by trying to smear me, etc., and that's totally fine. The point is that you're getting the message. And it's now officially on record. And anyone who's interested can read this discussion on the talk page of my friend, admin Drmies. --76.189.109.155 (talk) 12:18, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

I disagree with your assessment of the situation.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

AN

There is a discussion at AN in which your name is mentioned. --76.189.109.155 (talk) 13:20, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Westboro Baptist Church

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Zarafshan Range

Can you find anything on this?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:16, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Sure, been there, nice area. Just wait a bit, I am on European time, and for me the day is almost over, and tomorrow I will be traveling. May be tomorrow evening.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:29, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Kotlin (programming language)

Здравствуйте. Похоже можно будет подавать на WP:DRV. Источники тут. Да и с JetBrains, вроде всё так же, хотя надо будет ещё в ru.wikipedia статью вывести из КУшного состояния. Можете пока восстановить это мне в ЛП? --Be nt all (talk) 02:56, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

• (This was a request to userfy an article). Я восстановил сюда: User:Be nt all/JetBrains. Котлин последние три года был редиректом. Восстановить версию 2011 года?--Ymblanter (talk) 07:02, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Спасибо. Да, по языку - версию до WP:AFD --Be nt all (talk) 12:43, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

    User:Be nt all/Kotlin (programming language)--Ymblanter (talk) 12:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

    Спасибо --Be nt all (talk) 03:39, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Здравствуйте, Ярослав, я переписала зановo статью про JetBrains и добавила источники. Мне кажется, она теперь должна соответствовать требованиям. Посмотрите, пожалуйста: User:Eugenia_d/sandbox -- Eugenia d (talk) 23:40, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Я боюсь, я в этом мало что понимаю, но в любом случае источники сейчас есть, быстрому удалению статья не подлежит, так что можете просто перенести в пространство статей (при помощи move, чтобы не потерялась история правок), а если вынесут на удаление, доказывать значимость.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:22, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

спасибо за ответ! а это будет корректно по отношению к удалившему редактору? есть история переписки в https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sjakkalle/2013_%28pre-break%29#Regarding_JetBrains_Deletion. я добавила туда ссылку на свой черновик статьи, но Sjakkalle уже две недели не реагирует. (есть еще выше обсуждение той же статьи: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sjakkalle/2013_%28pre-break%29#Appeal%20for%20help%20regarding%20deleted%20article)

Если восстановленная версия статьи сильно отличается от удалённой, можно восстанавливать, хотя, конечно, лучше сообщить удалившему администратору, что Вы её восстановили. Его согласие формально не требуется. Надо будет - вынесет на удаление.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:43, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Donguz Formation

Hi Ymblanter! Donguz Formation was recently created and could use a couple of edits so it doesn't get speedy deleted. Do you have time to look at some Russian sources? --Tobias1984 (talk) 07:13, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I will have a look, but this is clearly not speedy deletion material. Added to the watchlist just in case.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:17, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Gurlen

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata merge BWV

I never merged and am too busy to learn it now. New Bach cantatas exist in at least two items for BWV 100, BWV 117, BWV 119, BWV 122, BWV 143, BWV 213, BWV 224, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:27, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Completed, it was much worse than just this. Currently all articles on Bach cantatas should be linked by interwikis. If there are problems please let me know.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:45, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Questions

Славочка, здравствуйте. Вы не могли бы еще помочь. На моей странице меня поругали за Konstantin Sergeyev, а я не поняла, в чем дело. Каждое отдельное слово поняла, а все вместе не поняла. И еще: почему в Leonid Yakobson убрали ссылки на Ютюб с хореграфией, но зато добавили музыку. Все-таки музыка – это удел композиторов и больше подходит для их статей, а в хореографе – главное хореография. Его фильм получил призы – и люди могли бы сразу посмотреть, для балета знание русского языка не требуется. Спасибо. Lawrentia (talk) 15:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Я вроде не трогал ссылки у Якобсона, если случайно что-то удалил, это моя ошибка, исправлю. Я к нему периодически возвращаюсь по вечерам, когда время есть. По Сергееву посмотрю.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:40, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

По Сергееву исправил, так, как Вы поставили, бот, видимо, путает с интервики.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:43, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

• • • Ага, по Сергееву поняла свою ошибку, я не знала. Спасибо. По Якобсону очень сложная статья - я знаю. Я ее по-русски делала долго: и по сайтам, и по книгам, и по личным связям. Извините, что я вас так замучила этой статьей, но это очень важная статья. По сути дела - информации много, но она вся разбросана, нету единого целого материала, вот только наши статьи получаются единственные. Спасибо еще раз. --Lawrentia (talk) 15:51, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Zarafshan Range

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Saint Petersburg State University

Hi Yaroslav, the Saint Petersburg State University article contains a lengthy List of rectors. Are there corresponding Russian articles? Then it will be good to improve the present unreferenced Uiversity article. Solomon7968 (talk) 13:57, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, there are articles about almost all of the rectors in Russian Wikipedia. I can probably reference the list, but I never use Russian Wikipedia for info, since it is very unreliable.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:02, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

I added a timeline infobox to the article. The article has some Original research whether it was the first or Moscow university in Russia. Are there any reliable source for it? Solomon7968 (talk) 14:10, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

It was the first, I will find a reference.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:31, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Actually, it is more subtle, when I am back, will try to do smth.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Stu Klitenic for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether if Stu Klitenic should be deleted or not. The conversation will be held at the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stu Klitenic until a consensus is held and everyone is welcome to join the conversation. However, do not remove the AfD message on the top of the page. Ashbeckjonathan 03:48, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Серов

Кажется, что сушуствуют расличние традиции мөжду Википедии и Wikipedia. In Википедии, the tradition after the title is to give a name with stress accents - e.g. Ленин, Владимир Ильич and then 'Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов (псевдоним Ле́нин)'. In Wikipedia,this is not the case, but the stress accents are normally shown in IPA format: e.g. Vladimir Lenin, and then 'Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ленин; IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɪlʲˈjitɕ ˈlʲenʲɪn]'. (For English names in fact the stress accents and pronunciation are rarely shown at all, as you will be aware).

There is a good reason for this. Most readers of English Wikipedia do not read the Cyrillic alphabet. By providing Russian names with stress acents and without any further explanation, Wikpedia would give such readers reason to believe that these accents were part of the standard Russian written spelling, and they might therefore transcribe the names, with the accents, as standard spelling (in student essays or whatever). In such circumstances, you can see that Wikipedia would in effect be peddling inaccurate information. Indeed, where articles on Russian people in English Wikipedia have such accents in their names, I believe it is often because English editors have taken the names wholesale from Russian Wikipedia, (or because they have been written or started by English-speaking Russian Wikipedia editors, using the traditions of the latter). The appropriate way of indicating stress for Russian names in English Wikipedia articles therefore remains the IPA transcription.

I hope you may agree and reinstate my edit. Thanks, --Smerus (talk) 05:43, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

This very issue (stress or no stress) is currently being under active discussion, with arguments presented for both sides. I am now travelling and might not be able to provide a link before Saturday (I believe it was referenced from Wikipedia Talk:Project:Russia, but until this discussion is closed I believe we should wait and do not add/remove the stresses.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:14, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

I will wait for your further response. Some discussion took place a couple of months ago, I can't remember where. I particpated. The discussion was inconclusive and I think has petered out. The argument I presented above was made there but never answered. Best, --Smerus (talk) 13:39, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

I don't believe there is currently a discussion ongoing about this, but a recently held one at WT:RUSSIA#Using accent marks to indicate stress (which I believe is the one you are thinking of) quite unequivocally resulted in a support for indicating stress both in Russian spelling and in IPA. According to native English speakers, there are more people who can read Cyrillic (and are familiar with the stress marks) than there are people who can read IPA. Those who can read neither are not losing anything anyway. If you are not satisfied with the outcome of that discussion or find it inconclusive, you are always welcome to re-open it in a more prominent location (which Yaroslav's page isn't :)). At this point, however, the opinions voiced on this subject so far leave you in a clear minority. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 10, 2013; 13:44 (UTC)

Smerus: as Ëzhiki pointed out, this has been discussed thoroughly and very clear consensus has been reached. And the discussion was not inconclusive as you say. Azylber (talk) 23:23, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Not without reluctance, I set out again the issues which the discussion did not deal with. There are two issues confused here: 'correct spelling' and stress indicators. No one has asserted that the use of stress indicators in Russian text is a standard part of Russian orthography. And in fact they do not occur in Russian printed texts, in any handwriting with which I am acquainted, in (e.g.) comments on this talk page in Cyrillic, or in Russian Wikipedia - except in the lead line of articles of Russian WP (as in some Russian works of reference), where it is a standard convention to indicate stress with accents. This practice (which is not a convention in English Wikipedia or works of reference) has been carried over by some editors into English Wikipedia.

I do not know the statistics of acquaintance with IPA and/or Cyrillic amongst English Wikipedia readers - and nor, I suspect, does anyone else. (Although I would point out that the contributors to the discussion mentioned by Ezhiki and Azylber were all Russian readers, and therefore perhaps not fully representative of English Wikipedia readership). I certainly accept that IPA is not a very trasparent mode of representing stress for English readers. I agree that - for example - it would be very helpful to include in the lead line for Serov (and for others) something like: 'stressed: Alexánder Nikoláyevich Seróv'.

What in my submission is not helpful is to include in the lead line in English Wikipedia is the formulation 'Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в', because:

• 1) It transgresses WP:EN, which clearly states that 'The native spelling of a name should generally be included in parentheses'. And the use of stress accents is not part of the 'native spelling'. The familiarity of Cyrillic readers with the use of stress-marks does not therefore override WP:EN. English Wikipedia should be written with the interests of English readers as a priority.
• 2) It consequently potentially misleads non-Cyrillic readers into believing that stress marks are part of the native spelling.

I would be grateful to see some attempt to address these specific issues within the context of agreed and fundamental Wikipedia standards, including WP:EN and Wikipedia:Russian_Romanization and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Cyrillic) (which do not, by the way, appear to sanction the use of stress marks). As mentioned above, there is no present uniformity on this issue in English Wikipedia - for example, Lenin and Stalin don't have stress-accented transcriptions, Mikhail Lomonosov and Peter the Great do. Best, --Smerus (talk) 08:36, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Smerus, I'm somewhat surprised that you are not aware that the use of stress marks is ubiquitous in Russian dictionaries and reference works; and in the latter they are used exactly the same way as in Wikipedia—to show where stress falls in the title term. That alone makes the rest of your points moot. The native spelling does not become incorrect due to the inclusion of stress marks, and the point on misleading non-Cyrillic readers had been thoroughly refuted in the thread I linked to yesterday. And as far as your statement that the "English Wikipedia should be written with the interests of English readers as a priority", I would understand this argument if you were proposing to get rid of Cyrillic spellings altogether, but applied to the stress marks it just doesn't make any sense. The inclusion of stress marks in English spelling (where they are easily confused for accented letters) makes even less sense: between a non-Russian speaker including stress marks as a part of Russian spelling and an English speaker incorrectly spelling a term with accented letters in English, the former is clearly a lesser evil.

This said, I repeat my suggestion that you re-open this discussion at a more prominent location. That at least might attract attention of new participants. Trying to argue this on a user's page to a small subset of previous participants who've made it quite clear they don't find your arguments convincing is simply a waste of time, both for you and us.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 11, 2013; 13:49 (UTC)

Yes I think you are right that we are not seeing this in the same way, and that is why I have opened the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English). Best, --Smerus (talk) 15:06, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Smerus

You seem to be identifying 4 groups:

1. English speakers who read no Russian - who will read the English and to whom the Russian is meaningless squiggles

2. English speakers who know the alphabet but won't know that stress marks aren't part of the alphabet

3. English speakers who know the alphabet and want stress marks

4. Russian speakers who will read Russian wikipedia, but also want stress marks which ru.wp has Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в .

And you want the lead formatted for the benefit of group 2. Is this correct? This to me would seem very odd, since I don't believe that group 2 exist. If anyone has learnt the cyrillic alphabet (which is what 2 hours on a rainy train journey, or Lesson 1 in any course) then they already know that stress marks are not part of the alphabet but are used in course books and dictionaries because stress is irregular.

I'm just looking at Daphne West's course on Amazon.com and the stress is mentioned immediately before the alphabet, page xvi in the "Only got 10 minutes" section. So what readership exactly are you aiming to help? Seems to be value-destroying to remove the stress marks. Certainly would be a pain for you, you have ru-3 Этот участник свободно владеет русским языком, on your user page, I don't believe at ru-3 you know every name stress, I know I don't and often find them useful, so you'd be making both me and yourself click through to ru.wp every time we want to pronounce a Russian name. What is the benefit of that? In ictu oculi (talk) 11:12, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi

Hello! The article was redirected in April 2013 because it was WP:TOOSOON and supposedly failed WP:NFF and there was no major coverage yet. Now it's June 2013, filming has started and has even been completed already, so it passes WP:NFF, not too soon either. Enough coverage is there now, reliable sources have been added, it is notable too. All the issues are solved, so why is it being redirected now? The film is going to release in 50 days. I don't think it can be redirected now and I hope you will undo your edit. Thank you! Veera Dheera Sooran (talk) 16:26, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

You are right, the new version is sufficiently different from the old one. I restored it.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:05, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Steklov Institute of Mathematics director

I ran a Google translate of the Russian article and it gives the list of directors as:

• Vladimir Steklov
• Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov upto 1983
• Sergei Sobolev 1942 to 1944
• Nikolay Bogolyubov 1983-1987
• Valery V. Kozlov 2004 to present

Is there any reference for the director from 1987 to 2004? It can be used to improve the present article. Solomon7968 10:28, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Bogolyubov was the director until 1988 (never use Russian Wikipedia as a source!!!) [3]. In 1988 to 1993 it was Vasily Vladimirov, 1993 to 2004 Yury Osipov.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:32, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

That means Bogolyubov was the director from 1983 to 1988. So my rest of list is correct. Solomon7968 10:37, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Conversation about CP

Hi. :) There's some talk at Wikipedia_talk:Copyright_problems#Wikipedia:Suspected_copyright_violations about how to handle the backlog at WP:CP. I've been thinking lately that separating out some of the workflows might help, and your input there would be most welcome. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I have this page in my watchlist, but did not yet have time to react. Thanks for alerting, will try to react late afternoon (your early morning).--Ymblanter (talk) 11:04, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

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Help on NC Cyr

Hi Ymblanter, thanks for your many edits. Would you be interested to help ugrade Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Cyrillic) from draft to RfC for adoption as guideline? In ictu oculi (talk) 02:50, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

In principle, yes, but I remember that there were some discussions in the past, and a considerable part of the community thinks it sould not be a guiideline. At least this was my impression.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:32, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

I think the balance has changed. NC Mongolian and so on are guidelines, why should this not be - since this is how articles in any case are. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Might be. We could give a try.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:04, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Oleksander Korniychuk

Hi, can you add the Russian/Ukrainian names and find the other wiki articles and find anything on him?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:41, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Hmm it is the same article as Alexander Korneychuk. Am I right? The Legend of Zorro 21:55, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but I'm not sure which spelling is right, a lot of our articles on Ukrainians spelling it Oleksander.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:18, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

I will have a look. Spelling is obviously a hard issue, we need to check how is he best known in English-language sources.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:12, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Alexander Korneychuk has the highest Google books hit with 136 results. Nearest is Alexander Korniychuk with 10 results. The Legend of Zorro 20:04, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

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User talk:Ezhiki#List of Russian landscape painters

Ярослав, вы не заглянете туда, если найдется время? Там Ленинградартист просто развернул деятельность, а мне не верят. Очень по вам скучаю :(( --Shakko (talk) 19:54, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Обязательно, но, наверное, уже завтра: только что вернулся из Польши, три дня был без интернета вообще.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

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Right, given that I created it yesterday and corrected in a minute after the creation, may be updating the database would be not such a bad idea.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:43, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of page "Rajeev Chawla"

I am surprised that the page on Rajeev Chawla was deleted by you by saying that he is not a notable person. In my edit I provided many evidence of notability How can the page be undeleted

1. Interview of Shri Rajeev Chawla by Innovations for Successful Societies (ISS),jointly hosted by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs and the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice of the Princeton University, USA http://www.princeton.edu/successfulsocieties/content/focusareas/CS/oralhistories/view.xml?id=283 2. Shri Rajeev Chawla received the Prime Minister's award for Excellence in Public Administration http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=26544 3. http://www.unpan.org/DPADM/UNPSDayAwards/UNPublicServiceDay/2006PublicServiceDay/tabid/1298/language/en-US/Default.aspx 4. Presentation on Bhoomi as provided in the UN Public Administration Website http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN023395.pdf 5. Newsweek Article mentioning Bhoomi along with several other best practices http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/16/how-e-government-is-empowering-citizens-worldwide.html 6. Reference to Bhoomi in UN Conference http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan025305.pdf 7. Winners of the UN 2006 Public Service awards http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan022965.pdf 8. Report of the 2006 UN Public Service Awards http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan023650.pdf 9. United Nations web page on details of the 2006 UN Public Service awards functionhttp://www.unpan.org/DPADM/UNPSDayAwards/UNPublicServiceDay/2006PublicServiceDay/tabid/1298/language/en-US/Default.aspx 10. CV of Shri Rajeev Chawla as listed in UN website http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan025191.pdf 11. Employment Record of Shri Rajeev Chawla as listed by Government of India http://persmin.gov.in/ersheet/MultipleERS.asp?HiddenStr=01KN027500

All these sources were in the article during the AfD process, and the consensus was still delete. Most, if not all of them do not qualify as reliable souces describing the subject of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:12, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Geography of Franz Josef Land

Have started this. Might interest you.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 07:00, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

I am afraid here my help might be very limited, an interesting topic, but I do not have access to special literature.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:00, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

OECD/OCSE

Russian Federation isn't at all a recognized member of OECD/OCSE.See also OCSE/OECD article.In Russia article is written that Russian Federation is an OECD/OCSE member.Lies!151.40.3.61 (talk) 16:09, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

[4]. I suggest you complain to OSCE if you think their website published wrong info.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:13, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Donajowsky

(a request to look at the paper and some related discussion).--Ymblanter (talk) 16:02, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Не присмотрите за кадавриком, "русским композитором"? --Shakko (talk) 11:29, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Попробую. Поставил в список наблюдения.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:31, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

спасибо. а то у меня национальная гордость проснулась. Оказывается, у лорда Маунбаттена была идея фикс насчет нашего марша, и он его даже на день рождения королевы заставлял играть (в русс. статье описано). И они играют! А композитора написать не могут. Думаю, это все же был "Дунаевский" первоначально. --Shakko (talk) 11:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

А спеллинг названия марша правильный? Странно, что статьи нет (правда, в статье про морских пехотинцев ссылки тоже нет).--Ymblanter (talk) 11:36, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

английское написание, по-хорошему, надо брать с офиц. сайта морпехов (там одна из первых ссылок). Статьи нет - это нормально, в русской тоже я только сегодня ее написала. --Shakko (talk) 11:49, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For re-listing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rachel's Vineyard. Bearian (talk) 15:58, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:02, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Editintro for fiction articles?

I have proposed a means of preventing copyvio plot summaries that requires changing the site-wide Javascript. Your feedback is appreciated at Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems#Editintro for fiction articles?, before I take this to a wider audience. MER-C 06:55, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Sure, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:20, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

An infernal heat

Yaroslav, if you have some spare time, then help a bit with the hell at talk:Heat please. I can’t cope with a mile of rubbish there because simultaneously engaged in other conflicts. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 12:05, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

I am leaving in five minutes, will have a look later today, in a couple of hours.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:16, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Yaroslav, I can mistake, but your apparently pay even less attention to topics of physics than I pay to topics related to Russia. Of course you may work with whatever articles you like, or to acquire an aversion to physics. But one dive into a hell of incompetence at talk:Heat, or into some other hell, would have in any case more merit than daily hovering on drama-noticeboards. Dramaboards do not require so high skills as you have: they are for retarded or lazy people. Do not behave like these admins (add a personal attack to your taste). Regards, Incnis Mrsi (talk) 10:20, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

I actually added Heat to my watchlist and I am following the talk page discussions. I believe at this point my intervention is not yet needed, and the disruptive user is likely to be topic-banned. The problem is that at the point the signal to noise ratio at this page is very low, and it is possible that I have missed some of the signal, but at least at the moment I do not see any destructive edits to the article itself. I also see a couple of users who seem to be competent in the field. Anyway, I am watching the talk page and I hope to be able to react if smth happens.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:30, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Good. My post was actually personal: after yesterday adventures I realized yet another time that dramaboards are dangerous for me. The people likely would made same conclusions without me, and any retard can declare that a consensus is reached. I only wasted my time and yielded myself to hatred. And you, are you sure that anything from 2009 will not reappear? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 10:56, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

No, I guess it would not reappear. Someone like Lvova would be quickly taken care of here, and very efficiently. And I do not care anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:00, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Certainly they would, per WP:DIVA. BTW, together with one Yaroslav Blanter since November 2009. I do not expect en.wikipedia to discreet thoroughly one sub-species from another. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 11:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Well, I obviously disagree.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:53, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

AfD close

Can I ask you to reconsider this close, please. The numbers you give (10 delete/merge, 4 keep) is easily a consensus to get rid of the article per usual practice at AfD. thanks. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:01, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

You are actually correct,, I miscalculated the fractions. Shame on me.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:21, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Discussions

When will you close these discussions: here, here, here? Banhtrung1 (talk) 15:28, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

I am not planning to close these discussions, and I can not recollect me ever promising to close them.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:32, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

I saw you closed this discussion, so I think you will close the rest. Banhtrung1 (talk) 03:15, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm not admin and can I close discussion which over 7 days? Banhtrung1 (talk) 03:16, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Please see WP:NAC over what discussions can be closed by non-admins. In short, you should not be involved, and it must be an obvious consensus for keep, merge, or redirect.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:40, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Lenta.ru

Ярослав, здравствуйте. Никого тут не знаю кроме Вас. Данную статью постоянно вандалят. Вы не подскажите куда жаловаться и к кому обращаться? --85.232.118.82 (talk) 18:28, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Вандализм мы откатили, последний вандал предупреждён, я поставил в список наблюдения, если вандализм продолжится, придётся защитить.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:36, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Apparently my mistake or a malfunction occurred. I intended to rollback [5]. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:42, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Sure, I understood this. But then I discovered there was more vandal edits and rolled back everything from April (there was only one useful sentence added, which I re-added). Thanks for helping.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:49, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

• Спасибо Вам большое, Ярослав. --85.232.118.82 (talk) 20:13, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Dear Ymblanter:

Thank you very much for fixing up a problem that I didn't realize I had caused. Firefox crashed on me when I was writing the last few words of my, well, whatever that was. It's the first time that's happened since I switched to Windows 8. I rebooted, assuming that my edit would be lost and was surprised to find the text still there in the edit box. I typed the end of my sentence, and saved just as my doorbell rang and I had to make tea for guests. As a result I didn't realize that something had gone wrong, and it wasn't later when I checked my watchlist that I saw your fix. I shouldn't have trusted the browser after it crashed, I guess. Anyway, thanks again for recovering it for me. I wouldn't want anyone to think that I was deleting people's comments on purpose. —Anne Delong (talk) 19:27, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

No problem, you are welcome. Everybody realized it was a good faith edit.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:32, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

ENTHOI Lakatamia FC

I noticed that you deleted my article about ENTHOI Lakatamia FC as an administrator. I believe that you should not have done that before you were reading the статья. If you did you would noticed that команда играла в Πервый League нa Кипрe. Cтатья states that it happened during cезон 2005/06, which exist в Википедии. Τы could check that cезон. If you needed source, then почему you didn't delete статья 2005–06 Cypriot First Division. If you are interested for the benefit of Wikipedia, as an administrator you should have checked that. You could check Google.

Anyway, вот мои sources: [6] [7]

--KRBN (talk) 11:30, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Well, my business was to determine consensus, and this is what I did, but since you are clearly getting confrontational instead of asking you to add the sources again I will add them myself. When I have time.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:34, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I asked Wikiproject:Football to comment on the reliability of the sources, if they are fine, I am going to restore the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:00, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 13:30, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

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TheShadowCrow

I completely forgot that TSC was under a topic ban; I have blocked for 1 month. GiantSnowman 18:31, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

I was not sure for how long a block is warranted, and I decided that it would be better if someone else does it. But I am sure we will see several rounds of appeal, and the block duration will come to a consensual value.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:33, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

in case of gerard depardieu article

i did it because the of this

Year	Film	Cesar nomination	Cesar win	Director
2012	The Man Who Laughs(L'homme qui rit)
	Life of Pi			Ang Lee
	Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia			Laurent Tirard
	Le grand soir
2011	Grenouille d'hiver			Slony Sow
	Un baiser papillon			Karine Silla
	Raspoutine			Josée Dayan
2010	Houba ! Le Marsupilami et l'Orchidée de Chicxulub			Alain Chabat
	Une femme d'affaires			Frédéric Schoendoerffer
	Potiche			François Ozon
	La tête en friche			Jean Becker
	Le grand restaurant (TV)			Gérard Pullicino
	Mammuth	Best Actor		Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern
	L'Autre Dumas			Safy Nebbou

Year	Film	Cesar nomination	Cesar win	Director
2012	The Man Who Laughs(L'homme qui rit)
	Life of Pi			Ang Lee
	Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia			Laurent Tirard
	Le grand soir
2011	Grenouille d'hiver			Slony Sow
	Un baiser papillon			Karine Silla
	Raspoutine			Josée Dayan
2010	Houba ! Le Marsupilami et l'Orchidée de Chicxulub			Alain Chabat
	Une femme d'affaires			Frédéric Schoendoerffer
	Potiche			François Ozon
	La tête en friche			Jean Becker
	Le grand restaurant (TV)			Gérard Pullicino
	Mammuth	Best Actor		Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern
	L'Autre Dumas			Safy Nebbou
2009	Bellamy			Claude Chabrol
	In the Beginning			Xavier Giannoli
	Diamant 13			Mat
2008	Hello Goodbye			Graham Guit
	Mesrine: L'instinct de Mort			Jean-François Richet
	Babylon A.D.			Mathieu Kassovitz
	Disco			Fabien Onteniente
	Asterix at the Olympic Games			Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann

i wanted to remove the error. that's why --178.235.183.165 (talk) 11:18, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

I am not sure what you wanted to remove but you removed about a half of this table, in particular, the Life of Pi.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:21, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Got it, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:23, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Explantation required

Why did you make this edit, and why are you asserting me to be a sockpuppet? Please support your reply with evidence, not personal opinion. 212.183.140.59 (talk) 10:27, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

You have been investigated last time, and found to be a sock.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:48, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Me, or a previous user of this IP (it is from one of the UK's largest public pools of IP addresses)? When? Where? 212.183.140.59 (talk) 10:53, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DeFacto. And you will be now blocked as well.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:56, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

I can't see anything about me there. Are you sure you are not confusing me with a previous user of this IP? Are all the IPs from this ISP now blighted because of some historical use by an unwelcome contributor? 212.183.128.113 (talk) 11:07, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Yes. All IP from this range with the predominant interest into metric systems will be treated as socks. I guess someone would need to block the range. I am not doing this only because of my insufficient technical skills and because I have to catch my flight in three hours.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

No NO mobile user from the UK is allowed to edit articles related to the metric system - no matter how much they want to improve them? Wow! That sounds like a seriously flawed judgement to me. Especially as the issue is so controversial in the UK, with so many people having strong opinions on it. Hardly a day passes when it isn't in the news there, in some form or another. Wiki is in serious danger of misrepresenting the NPOV on this issue then, I would content. Where can we get this matter discussed properly? 212.183.128.113 (talk) 11:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Get unblocked first and then please feel welcome to discuss it.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:17, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm not blocked. Can you tell me where that diktat about metric articles is documented so that I can read it for myself? It's not that I don't believe you, but I want to read the detail, specifically the small print. 212.183.128.113 (talk) 11:20, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Protected in error

You recently protected History of the metric system because of persistent sockpuppetry. This was either a mistake or was tendentious. Either way, can you now unprotect it please. 212.183.140.59 (talk) 10:51, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

No, because you are a sockpuppet and you are persistent. Everything was done properly.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:16, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

I've already explained, I am not a sockpuppet. You are being indiscriminate here, accusing me of something because I happen to be a mobile UK user. That is unsustainable. Please reconsider the protection. 212.183.128.113 (talk) 11:27, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Datalink Bankcard Services Company Wikipedia Page Deleted

I am trying to understand why you deleted the Datalink Bankcard Services Company wikipedia page since it met the editorial guidelines.

No, it did not: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Datalink Bankcard Services Company.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:26, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

The Little Humpbacked Horse (ballet)

Mr. administrator, I need your help! Проверьте, пожалуйста, my English. Lawrentia (talk) 01:11, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Вечером прилечу домой, посмотрю.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:07, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

• Конечно. И сначала вы отдохнете после дороги. Я там явно не справилась с английским. Воспользовалась транслейтером в Гугле и Яндексе, но после них надо вызывать живого переводчика. Спасибо. Ёжики сейчас на выходных. Извините, что я опять к вам. И опять со своим балетом. --Lawrentia (talk) 12:36, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Thank you, Ярослав. Вы очень хорошо перевели с моего английского на нормальный английский язык. Славочка, а там дальше - совсем непонятно? Дело в том, что этот балет стал краегольным камнем, окончательно определившим развитие русского балета. Может, это хоть кому-нибудь будет интересно? А потом, в 1930-х годах Сталин полностью довершил уничтожение Московского балета: он перевел в Москву ленинградцев, которые заняли все места. В результате балетное направление Московской труппы было уничтожено, его немного сохранил Игорь Моисеев в своем ансамбле. Ну ладно, спасибо. --Lawrentia (talk) 00:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

    Дальше ещё не смотрел, сегодня постараюсь продолжить.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:22, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Response to a delete/Designit

I request that this page that you have deleted be returned to its original published state. The reason for deletion was based on the lack of 'third party sources', but this is in fact untrue. Perhaps there were not enough to your own personal standings, but the sources that were cited for this listing did in fact have referential quality for the rest of the article, and legitimates the topic of the article for inclusion on Wikipedia.

If you disagree to reinstate the article then at least make access to its original text, so that others may re-make the article listing with new third-party sources. This is deemed as essential due to the fact that many other articles link back to this topic.

89.221.172.162 (talk) 14:57, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

I would gladly move it to a user space of any registered user. Concerning the deletion, I have no personal standing, otherwise I would not close this AfD, but the consensus was that the article is promotional and lacks reliable sources.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your response. Is there any specific part of the article that needs better citation? The article has been under review for 'promotional' tendencies in the past, but this issue was addressed and fixed by another user. In order to reclaim the article text, I have a registered user name? Do I simply pass it on to you by writing it here? 89.221.172.162 (talk) 15:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

I need a registered user: Either you should register an account, or if you know someone who does not object having the previous version in the user space (not me).--Ymblanter (talk) 15:14, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

I am logged in now. Any further suggestions on which parts of the article should be better cited? Chloework11 (talk) 15:18, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Here you are: User:Chloework11/Designit. Basically, the content should be sources by reliable third party sources (see WP:RS and WP:N), whereas currently most of it is sources to the company website. This does not create notability.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:24, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Paloma Kwiatkowski

Your argument a year ago was as follows: "A secondary role in a film which has not been even completed does not create notability." A year has passed and Percy Jackson (a major Hollywood production) has been released. She has also completed filming a lead role in an adaptation of a book by an award-winning Canadian author and landed a recurring role in Bates Motel, a successful TV series. I think she's done enough to merit inclusion. Hergilei (talk) 05:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

She must have principal roles in multiple films, which means at least two, see WP:NACTOR. Right now, she has zero.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:02, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

So why haven't you speedily deleted Annet Mahendru and Emily Bett Rickards? They both fail that criteria since they won't be series regulars until next season, their first principal role.Hergilei (talk) 06:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Because they are not in my watchlist, but you are encouraged to nominate them for deletion (if they have not been deleted eralier, they do not qualify for speedy though, they must go to WP:AfD).--Ymblanter (talk) 06:46, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

I think they both qualify to stay on Wiki according to my interpretation of the criteria but it seems you don't. So now that you're aware of them, I'll be interested to see the results of your deletion nomination. As for Paloma Kwiatkowski, you speedily deleted based on G4 which mentions articles which are 'A sufficiently identical and unimproved copy'. I did expand the article and added additional information and references about her leading role in Marlene and her casting in Bates Motel. And I believe her role in the now-released Percy Jackson is notable, see http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/percy-jackson-sea-of-monsters-review-1200574762/ By the way, the 2012 "deletion discussion" was just you and three other people. Hergilei (talk) 06:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Then I think the easiest would be if you raise the issue here: Wikipedia:Deletion review.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:05, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Tatiana Riabouchinska

(a discussion on illustrating the article with specific images).--Ymblanter (talk) 15:39, 7 August 2013 (UTC) Слава, еще раз спасибо за помощь. Извините, что я вас обоих достала своими балетами. Вы не посмотрите еще к статье Tatiana Riabouchinska есть фото ее в "Золотом Петушке" – есть тут: http://ljwanderer.livejournal.com/186272.html - и в других местах тоже циркулирует. А есть еще карикатурный шарж на нее в этой же роли художника Алекса Гарда. Я так вместе поставила в русской статье: http://cyclowiki.org/wiki/Татьяна_Рябушинская. Мне кажется, что очень эффектно поставить вместе. Но я не поняла с правилами. Мне еще давно мой мэтр и учитель наш Вася Зимин, пострадавший как верный соратник по борьбе за исправление ошибок, объяснял сложности с правилами загрузки иллюстраций – должно быть разрешение непосредственно от автора. Но как быть, если автора нет в живых. Когда будет время, посмотрите, пожалуйста, эти илююстрации. Спасибо еще раз за помощь. Lawrentia (talk) 14:52, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Нет, нельзя загружать, надо искать наследников фотографа и просить передать права.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:39, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

• understood --Lawrentia (talk) 16:54, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Krasnokholmsky District

Just wanted to check whether you are done with this article or still planning to add to it. I need to update the divisions count due to a recent merger, and since I usually go through everything you add as well, I'd rather wait till you are completely done with all of it. No rush. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 9, 2013; 12:08 (UTC)

I am done with that one (as well as with Vesyegonsky, Sandovsky, Molokovsky, and Sonkovsky). I will leave tonight for holidays for a week, and it is unlikely that I will make any edits in the district articles at least till Aug 17 (Saturday). The next one will be Kesovogorsky District, but I still need to complete Sonkovo and a couple of rivers before starting it. Please feel welcome to do the updates. I would appreciate if you let me know once it is safe for me to proceed with the districts of Tver Oblast (Kesovogorsky -> Bezhetsky -> Maksatikhinsky -> Lesnoy -> ?).--Ymblanter (talk) 12:13, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks; Krasnokholmsky District is the only one I still need to update; will do it later today. The rest are all safe to edit. Enjoy your vacation!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 9, 2013; 12:16 (UTC)

Thanks, I will proceed once I am back.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:18, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

The question

Discussion of a particular sentence in the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:19, 17 August 2013 (UTC) Mr. administrator, I didn't understand: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Little_Humpbacked_Horse_(ballet)&diff=567865515&oldid=567853858 Спасибо за помощь. Thanks! Lawrentia (talk) 01:28, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Я просто совершенно не понимаю, что Вы хотите сказать. Можно переформулировать закомментированный кусок по-русски (прямо тут)?--Ymblanter (talk) 08:46, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Славочка, извините, пожалуйста, мой английский. Мне, правда, жутко неудобно – от меня не помощь проекту, а сплошная головная боль. Но вы же знаете: я, как вижу ошибку – меня несет исправлять. Этот абзац имеет такой смысловой оттенок: В 1876 году артист Московской императосркой труппы Сергей Соколов (я его перевела так: Sergey Petrovich Sokolov) повторил в московском Большом театре постановку Сен-Леона, но вместо напридуманных якобы русских танцев ввел настоящий русский пляс (информация отсюда: http://demo4.qwer.com.ua/index.php?v_ddd=14&v_mmd=8&res_mode=740&pid=69342 ru: СОКОЛОВ Сергей Петрович - добавить рефы с двух сторон, задний с палочкой). Таким образом, балет The Little Humpbacked Horse окончательно определил два пути развития русского балета – в Петербургской императорской труппе и в Московской императорской труппе. Если в Петербурге предпочтение отдавалось высокому грациозному танцу, то Московская труппа разрабатывала хара(ударение)ктерный танец: танец психологический, танец-спектакль. Появились два направления русского балетного искусства. Дальше в скобках: Московское направление просуществовало до начала 1930-х годов, пока по решению товарища Сталина приказом часть Ленинградской (бывшей Петербургской) труппы не была переведена в Москву. Ленинградские танцовщики и хореографы заняли главенствующее положение, московские артисты вынуждены были покинуть московский Большой театр или оставались на задворках – исполняли маленькие партии или вообще ничего не исполняли. Московское направление балетной школы было уничтожено. Частично его использовал Игорь Моисеев в созданном им ансамбле. Вот. Lawrentia (talk) 19:25, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Спасибо. Это я постараюсь завтра написать, только потом, пожалуйста, поставьте к этим утверждениям источники, а то их тоже могут снести.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:19, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

WP:RUSSIANNAMES draft

Hi Ymblanter. Please note the following addition as per Talk last month. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:52, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Great, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:54, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

50,000 NRHP sites illustrated

		WikiProject National Register of Historic Places Award
		For helping WP:NRHP to illustrate 50,000 historic sites. Keep up the good work! Smallbones(smalltalk) 14:27, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:56, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

The fringe Norman theory in Varangians

User Thomas W. insists that no Slavs, Anglo-Saxons and Finns have ever been among Varangians and deletes even footnotes with the most reliable sources. He promises to block users opposing to vandalism. The anti-Norman theory has never denied the presence of Vikings contrary to the fringe Norman theory denying any involvement of Slavs. Vikings have never had inheritance from an uncle to a nephew like inheritance in the Rurik's familiy and in the Ashina family. For example, the official legal history of the Russian empire beginning from Nicholas the First insisted on the two-nation origin of the state, Varayag-Rus as the ancestry of usual Russians and Khazar Varangians as the ancestry of Cossacks etc. Both theories (Norman and anti-Norman) are now replaced with a new theory denying a nation and a state of any (Rus or Cossack) Varangians but similar to an anti-Norman one, advanced by Sigismund von Herberstein long before the Norman theory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.66.225.219 (talk) 10:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

I suggest that you read the policy on reliable sources and stop adding this material to the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:10, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Invitation

Hello! As there is a Wikipedia article about you, you are cordially invited to contribute a short audio recoding of your spoken voice, so that our readers may know what you sound like and how you pronounce your name. Details of how to do so, and examples, are at Wikipedia:Voice intro project. Please feel free to ask for help or clarification on the project talk page, or my talk page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:57, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, we have discussed this once on one of the mailing lists. Since English is not my mothertongus and since I have a clear accent, I believe it would be counterproductive.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:59, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry: I didn't make the connection. You'd be welcome to contribute in your native language. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:00, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Your Block Warning

Please be more careful with your wording in warnings, particularly this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moscow_mayoral_election,_2013&diff=566841529&oldid=566838360. It gives the impression that there were two sides edit warring. Holdek (talk) 21:10, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

As I already had a chance to remark, I believe your activity in this article is purely destructive. May be you should turn your attention to topics you understand better. Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:26, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Notice

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Holdek (talk) 23:07, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Follow up: considering that this was the second time you've acted erroneously toward me on my talk page, and did not apologize either time, please do not post on my talk page again. Holdek (talk) 00:49, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

I do not believe I was acting erroneously, and last time you were strongly admonished by the closing administrator. But fine, next time I will post directly at ANI and ask somebody to notify you.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:40, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willie Levesque closure

Hello! I saw that you closed this AFD as no consensus. In your rationale for your decision, you state that "Those who propose delete argue that since no sources have been found, the player is non-notable." and that "Those who propose keep argue that he meets WP:NHOCKEY (based on RS) which is an indication that he might be notable, but the sources are difficult to find since he retired a while ago.". You also note that there is a 7:4 consensus in favor of deleting the article. While it is true that it's harder to find Internet/online sources for players who retired long ago, this player played AHL and ECHL hockey as recently as 2004. What would you say about a player such as Wayne Gretzky, who retired in 1999? Wayne Gretzky is obviously notable, but my point is that the fact that the player retired long ago should not, in itself, be a valid argument for keeping the article. Although WP:NHOCKEY presumes notability, it won't—nor should—guarantee notability. Basically, if a hockey player meets any of the WP:NHOCKEY criteria, there's a great chance that there are enough sources that confirm the player's notability. But WP:NHOCKEY in itself won't guarantee notability. This means that, if a player meets WP:NHOCKEY but its notability is disputed, it's up to those who believe the player is notable to find sources that confirm the player's notability, whether it be online or offline sources. The 7:4 consensus in the AFD indicates, at least to me, that WP:GNG trumps WP:NHOCKEY in terms of notability. Levesque has not played in the NHL either. I do not agree with your closure, and I think it should be changed to delete. I think I'm going to start a deletion review. Best regards, Heymid (contribs) 08:42, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Good, I think the deletion review is indeed a good way to proceed. It was a borderline case, and I would not mind if the decision has been overturned.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:08, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

I've started a deletion review now. Best regards, Heymid (contribs) 09:35, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:46, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

I'm not saying this was a super-notable hockey player... never even heard of him before today... but I was able to add references to the article proving his existence as a professional hockey player with relative ease. I'm not sure if other editors didn't want to put in the effort because he isn't a well known name... but I don't feel that deletion is required. Just my opinion. I can probably do a lot more with the article, I just put in a few minutes this morning waiting on my kids to see if this was really all there was. DMighton (talk) 12:04, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. It would be great if you could double the message at the deletion review page, it is a more obviousl place to check than my talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:07, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Most references you added are only statistical pages for individual games and transactions. His NHL profile does not add to his notability either (I suppose that every player drafted in the NHL draft have NHL profiles), it's just basic information about him, but nothing in the stats, game log, notes etc; only one link in the "News" tab too. This also makes it hard to expand the article with more information regarding his playing career. Also, he was only drafted in the 4th round, as 111th overall. I don't think this player is notable enough for Wikipedia. Heymid (contribs) 12:21, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

• The deletion review has now been closed as no consensus, defaulting to an endorsement of your original closure. Even if your decision had been overturned, I hope you do not feel discouraged just because I disagreed with one of your closures. Keep up the good work Ymblanter! :) Cheers, Heymid (contribs) 18:46, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

  No problem, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:49, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Deletion review for Willie Levesque

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Willie Levesque. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Heymid (contribs) 09:35, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Canada lists

There are a number of problems with the Canadian historic places lists. They include:

• provincial lists are too long (some are over 1,000 entries) and need to be split
• lists are not sorted, and are not sortable even by municipality, due to the way the address was dumped
• don't use {{coord}}, so can't use {{GeoGroup}} for mapping
• references numbers (into the CRHP) are sometimes inaccurate, and need to be verified
• the same place may be multiply designated (federal/provincial/municipal, sometimes multiple federal)
• there are missing entries due to the way the data was retrieved

I have no easy ideas on how to address the last point, so am focusing on the other items. What I'm doing is a multi-step process:

1. Fill out the municipality field in the {{HPC row}} templates and deleted the municipality (and redundant "Canada") from the address field (if no municipality is given, try going to the referenced CRHP entry to figure it out)
2. Sort entries by municipality and count entries to figure out how to split the list. This is generally along the lines of counties or their equivalent (some Canadian counties have been supplanted by regional municipalities, see the Nova Scotia list for examples); you'll have to figure out which counties places are in
3. Split the big list; I've not been explicitly seeking consensus, but if the history indicates it might be needed, best check for it. The remaining steps are then done to each sublist.
4. Validate that the id numbers actually link to the proper CRHP listing. If they don't, find the right one by searching the CRHP (every listing I've seen with a wrong id was listed under a different one)
5. Merge duplicated listings where possible (it isn't if there is more than one federal designation, for example, but provincial and municipal listings can be merged into those)
6. Sort the list by primary alpha words (see the Nova Scotia or PEI lists for examples)
7. Change references to {{HPC row}} to {{HPC rowt}}, which uses {{coord}}. This requires changing "lat" and "lon" to "latd" and "longd", and changing the sign on the longitude. (IMHO the last is lame, but the template was already in use on several lists before I took this on)
8. Make sure municipality names are linked (I usually do this in conjunction with one of the other passes, and don't worry about redlinks)
9. If the name field contains pipe links, add "namea" field containing just the name, otherwise the coordinate field gets screwed up
10. Add {{GeoGroup}} and a locator map to the top of the list

I have done this for Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI (almost done), and am starting in on New Brunswick. Others have previously done work on the Canadian territory lists (Yukon, Northwest, Nunavut, all fairly modest in length), and those for British Columbia and Saskatchewan. This leaves Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec to do, where some splitting has been done, but little else.

Things this work does not do fix:

• making the list sortable by address, which would require adding sort keys to the municipality field so that the listings get sorted properly within municipality (see {{sort}})
• making the list properly sortable by name (I tried putting sort keys in the name field, and it caused problems with the coordinates)

Did I mention this is tedious work? Thanks for helping! Magic♪piano 20:53, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanations. I will have a look at Alberta tomorrow.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:56, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

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Japan

Hi Ymblanter, in case you want to help: The Historic Sites of Japan need to be converted to use {{NHS Japan header}} and {{NHS Japan row}}. For now only the national part. I did a couple as examples. Multichill (talk) 15:41, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello; Is it possible to do any conversion by ?bot? as seems to have been done for these Chinese ones? The format of the Japanese lists is intended to be internally similar, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 11:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I guess this is more a question to @Multichill: than to me, but I guess if it were he would do the conversion himself without asking me. Let us wait what he answers. If the conversion is not possible, I volunteer to do at least some of the manual conversion (one-two lists per day).--Ymblanter (talk) 11:50, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I tried converting with a bot, but didn't manage to do it without too much mess so I abandoned that. Multichill (talk) 16:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

interwiki problem

Здравствуйте. Посмотрите, пожалуйста: на Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates что-то не то с интервиками, почти все показывают не туда куда нужно (ru:Категория:Орган?? и пр.). Щёлкаешь по ссылке на Викиданные - там вроде бы все ссылки в порядке. Лично я без понятия, что это могло бы означать. --A.Savin (talk) 22:30, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Доброе утро. Да уж, первый раз такое вижу. Спросил тут: d:Wikidata:Project chat#Disorder with interwiki links in Wikipedia--Ymblanter (talk) 05:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

А-а, понятно. Спасибо --A.Savin (talk) 09:14, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Не за что, вроде всё уже пофиксили.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:31, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Jozef van Wissem

This seems copyright violations to me. Don't you think so? Jvwissem (talk) 19:23, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

No, there is nothing to copyright. Besides, your last recreation clearly demonstrated that you goal is not improving Wikipedia but something else.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:26, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool update

Hey Ymblanter. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.

We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:49, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Mario Zampedroni

Hi Yaroslav, I have been trying to nominate Mario Zampedroni for deletion on multiple projects, and someone on the Spanish Wikipedia has been looking into it and they found out this page links to Sergio Zagraevsky, which has now also been nominated for deletion on the Spanish Wikipedia. This person claims to be the head of the Artists Trade Union of Russia. Can you take a look at this and tell me if he is legitimate or not? Thx, and Happy WLM month! Jane (talk) 06:54, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jane, thanks. I actually know Zagraevsky from my time in the Russian Wikipedia, and he is very active in self-promotion, but I am not exactly sure about this particular issue. I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:58, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I just noticed that his page links to an "Art critics academy" organization of 40 people, which doesn't sound notable at all either: Russian art critics Academy . Jane (talk) 07:18, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

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Some of your recent contributions.

I am vastly interested in your recent contributions on th*rmal physics (h*at); I have learned some useful facts from what you have written.

Since I have been topic banned for a on this matter for some weeks now I am not going add anything to this information because I understand I run the risk of being permanently removed from the editorial team on all matters in Wikipedia if I comment further on thermal physics matters.

Regards

--Damorbel (talk) 05:26, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Re:Civility

Regarding your warning to me on my talk page: the user in question has been openly lying about me on ANI, and when I asked him to stop and calmly explained why what he was doing was wrong, he continued. I think any good-faith user who looks through all the evidence would agree that while I was not a paragon of civility, I certainly was the lesser of two evils. I do apologize for my aggressive tone, though. I was sorely provoked, but that is not an excuse for a lack of civility. Can you please take a look at the context, though? I'm beginning to get very frustrated of virtually everyone in the admin corps ignoring me when I ask for help, and the only people who get involved being random ANI-junkies who like to stoke up drahms. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 13:55, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

I do not really understand anything in the subject, I just happened to have the talk page of that user in my watchlist. I am sure one of the administrators will have a look since the matter is on ANI.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:58, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Il neige...

...that's quite a list. Next time I'm driving through I should stop--though by the time you get there from Amsterdam, everyone's tired and grumpy, and that drive through the town just to get through is awful. Drmies (talk) 14:16, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, but I am afraid I am somehow missing the context. It would be great if you could expand a bit.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:22, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

The song starts at 2:00 (I can't tell what the director of the video was thinking). Surely a globetrotter likes you has Jacques Brel on their Walkman. :) Drmies (talk) 14:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Good, thanks, I hope I am starting to understand now. This is about the photos, right? They are not mine, I just take them here to help. And actually I have never been there, though it is very high on my list, I may go over Christmas or in Summer. I am based in Delft, much closed to Amsterdam. But thanks anyway, I really like Brel.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:46, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw List of protected heritage sites in Liège go by. I just flipped through this here, his last concert in the Netherlands; that line "C'est dur de mourir au printemps, tu sais" always brings tears to my eyes. It must be hard to die in the spring. Well, I suppose it's hard to die period. (Also hard, to understand--how can there be Belgian artists who have sold more records than he did??)

I was checking Google Maps, and it seems that they've finished work on the way around Liege--it used to be that all that traffic to Luxemburg and the Ardennes went right through town: you can see it on the walls of the houses, an inch thick. Last time, a few years ago, I saw that some of it was already rerouted and it may be better now. Bonne chance, Drmies (talk) 14:57, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

That's a really great link, thank you very much. I usually drive to Luxemburg via Antwerp and Brussels, but if Liege is now in order it would be a serious alternative route - Brussels is too stressful.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:08, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Anastasia Abramova

Hi, Ярослав! Можно ли поставить в Anastasia Abramova открытку отсюда: http://cyclowiki.org/wiki/Анастасия_Ивановна_Абрамова - она найдена в дебрях Интернета. Она 1928 года рождения, но очень хорошая, на ней все четыре попранные звезды Большого театра. Thank you. Lawrentia (talk) 16:03, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Вы уж извините, но я на этот сайт не хожу никогда, так как он принадлежит людям, записывающим всю информацию о посетителях, а я этого не люблю. Ну и, кроме того, у нас с ними существенно отличаются взгляды по широкому кругу вопросов.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:07, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

• Слава, извините, пожалуйста. Я не знала всего этого. Меня пригласили туда вполне пристойные люди - сказали, что недавно создан альтернативный сайт, где по крайней мере, за исправление ошибок не называют гадиной и берием - именно Берий, в таком виде было. Я знаю, что существует много сложностей вокруг, но я совершенно не в курсе их. И честно говоря, они мне неинтересны. Когда столько ошибок, столько неверной информации, которая распространяется по другим сайтам, - мне кажется, что есть чем заняться, помимо обзывательств и каких-то личных счетов, про которые я вообще ничего не знаю. Слава, я совсем не хотела как-то вас задеть. Поверьте, я очень многого не знаю. Мне очень неудобно перед вами, что так получилось. Я вам очень признательна за помощь. И сейчас чувствую себя не очень уютно. Не собиралась вам обижать. Извините. --Lawrentia (talk) 16:19, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

  Да нет, Вы меня нисколько не обидели, просто картинки, загруженные на этот сайт, я увидеть не смогу.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:22, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

  • Вы не поняли. Это вы меня обидели. Я пишу там, где меня принимают и не называют столь виртуозными словосочетаниями, значение которых мне не совсем ясно. Но думаю, что здесь не место для обсуждения русских разделов. Thanks for your friendly help. Lawrentia (talk) 00:12, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, the sources for those pictures are http://baletfoto.ru/abramova.html and http://bolshoi-theatr.com/articles/484/part-20/ . All three photos belong to a somehow grey area. They appear to be anonymous pre-WW2 made in the RSFSR. If the author is indeed anonymous then the work is in public domain under {{PD-old-70}} (or {{PD-Russia}} ). We, in good faith, can proclaim the photos to be anonymous but there is a small possibility that the name of the photographer is known: it might be printed in small font on the back of the postcard, somewhere in a Bolshoi theatre album. If the author of the photographs is known and died after 1943 then we cannot have those photographs on wiki. I really want to have a second opinion on the matter Alex Bakharev (talk) 00:10, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks Alex. I am afraid it is not safe to upload them to Commons since the photographer can be somehow known, it is just these sites do not care to list the name or to investigate the case. We may upload one of them as fair use though claiming that we need some photos from the time of her career, and those are not readily available as free images, I guess.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:00, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

  Good idea! I have uploaded the image as a fair use and inserted it to the article Alex Bakharev (talk) 01:33, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

  Great, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:28, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

New bot (was: Change to lang-ru)

Privet Yaroslav!

I want to propose a change to the lang-ru template, and I would be very interested in knowing your opinion, before proposing it formally. I've explained it on Ezhiki's talk page, although he probably hasn't seen it yet, as he doesn't normally read his talkpage during the weekend :)

It's here: User_talk:Ezhiki#Change_to_lang-ru

Cheers! Azylber (talk) 18:18, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:27, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

User:RaBOTnik :) Azylber (talk) 05:41, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Great, I hope we will get some development. Unfortunately my understanding of bots is close to nothing, probably much less than that of Ezhiki.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:45, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

That's not a problem, I will code it! I've also chosen the name, I thought you'd like it haha Azylber (talk) 05:51, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I've placed the request :) [[8]] Azylber (talk) 22:55, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I've been working on task zero. I've written an update on what I've done and what I've found in the data that I've analysed, and also there is a little something I need help with, if you're interested :) Please take a look: User:Azylber/RaBOTnik/Task0/Question1 Azylber (talk) 08:53, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eleanor & Park

Did I do something wrong in closing this one? I'm using Mr.Z-man's script to do these, and everything appeared to be in order when it completed. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 12:56, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

No, you have done everything perfectly, apparently, I was looking at the older version of the page (caching issues). I have already reverted my edits. Sorry for that.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:01, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

No apology necessary. I've wasted efforts a couple of times myself after being fooled by an out-of-date AFD log. Thanks for the reply. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 14:42, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Copenhagen S-train

Howcome You lock the list with Copenhagen S-train taken away ? The German "S-Bahn" refers to the rail ("Bahn") while Denmark refers to the trains. Copenhagen S-train is 100% equal to Berlin S-Bahn and unlike Hamburg S-Bahn is the system complete evrywhere. Whithin the Hamburg S-Bahn there are track sharing outside the city limits (and Hamburg is also a state whithin the same borders as the city) and at an other location there are road-crossings. But Copenhagen S-train system is 100% "fireproof". In the city centre train departures as often as evry second minute. No crossings with other trains, no crossings with streets. Of the 85 stations, 70-75 is within the urban area and 32 stations are located whithin the city core, ticket fare zones 1 & 2. The fact that some of the lines 100 years ago was local common railroads has nothing to do with today. Even London Underground began with local common railroads. Metropolitan Line from Watford, but not only Metropolitan line also what today is known as District line and Circle line were common railroads from start. Where regional trains also exists, there are four tracks (or more) - and the S-trains tracks are only used by S-trains. And yet again this is 100% equal to how the main trainline in east-west direction works in Berlin. Atleast four track, of them two are only used by S-Bahn trains. There is not much underground, but that's is not a concideration. The same applies to the Loop in Chicago. I'm not Danish, but I live on the other side across the Øresund sea. Regional trains takes less than 1 hour to central Copenhagen. I'm a regular user of Copenhagen S-train, and I hava also have had many opportunities to compare with Hamburg, Berlin and elsewhere. This decition (to lock the page with Copenhagen off the list) is incorrect and unlogical. I've read the talk page and cannot find any argument against Copenhagen S-train that is correct. Opinions and lies only. Hence I ask of You to put it back and then lock the page. (Besides there is no logic in keeping Berlin and Hamburg S-Bahn but not Copenhagen) Boeing720 (talk) 22:36, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Would you please go to the talk page and discuss the issue. The information will not be added before consensus has been reached at the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:28, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry to bother You again. But I have now done as You kindly asked meto do, and used (again) the talk page. The "main opponant" last stated "Though I suspect I would change my tune on the question if it was unified under the same transit "umbrella" as the Copenhagen Metro". That is a certain fact, as I've explained at the talk page. No further comments has been made there after. Could You possibly have a look at the talk page ? I belive the misconception has to do with a previous error in an other article, "S-train" (now corrected in the lead), but a better article is "S-Bahn" the German name for the same conception. Thanks. Boeing720 (talk) 21:57, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I have the page in the watchlist, but I am not going to take part in that discussion, because for me, as the administrator who protected the page, this would mean I am involved.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:47, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Protection of Georgian alphabet article

Hi. Regarding the Georgian alphabet article, please note that one of the edit-warriors (Volksjäger162) has been indefinitely blocked as a likely sock of the indefinitely blocked user Obitauri. So the three-day full protection you placed on this article might not be necessary anymore. Do you think it might be OK to lift the protection early? — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 16:40, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Actually, I unprotected it a while ago seeing that indeed one of the sides of the dispute was a sock. Pleease let me know if I screwed up smth and the page still appears as protected.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:31, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Genocide of indigenous peoples

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Thanks

Thanks for your time there. Fingers crossed, it is looking like an effective and successful third party intervention. Very much appreciated. Hesperian 12:22, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. I obviously do not have any position in the dispute, but if the other side continues to insist the article is not notable I will advise taking it to AfD again. This is just not a speedy deletion material.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:24, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh well, I spoke too soon, it's not looking so effective an intervention now. That's not your fault though.

No objection to having it tested at AfD. If it gets deleted at least it will be done fairly, through due process by an unbiased community.

Hesperian 13:39, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Now it seems to be over, at least for the time being.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:40, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Zghurivka

Hey, buddy.

Before going and applying whatever changes you wish to do. Why don't familiarize yourself with the subject (Ukrainian National transliteration). Unlike the Russian language, the Ukrainian has two similar letters (Ukrainian: г) and (Ukrainian: ґ). During the Soviet occupation of Ukraine the sharp g was omitted from the alphabet, while exceptions to pronunciation were adopted.

I do acknowledge the fact that many Russophone speakers are not even aware of such a small detail and many simply do not care. Whether you knew it or not, I just wanted to make sure that we are on the same page. Respectfully, Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 05:32, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for a very polite and respectful message. Unfortunately, you creating much more mess by copying an article rather than moving it, so that the whole page history is now lost. Please never ever do it again. I will clean the mess up for you now.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:34, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for understanding. It should be noted that is one of big discussion in Ukraine, due to the fact that it is simply an accepted form transliteration rather than an official Latin alphabet. I do agree that such words as Zghurivka do look a bit awkward, but it is common among other Slavic population such as Slovakia, Czech Republic, and others (ex: Praha (Prague), Kutná Hora (mining mountain), hrad (castle), Uherský Ostroh (Hungarian Fort)). Back in the 19th century this dilemma led to the real "War of alphabets" (Alphabet war at Encyclopedia of Ukraine). The fear of Polonization dropped the idea of Latynka adaptation. It could be due to such precedents, there is no unified adopted Latin alphabet (such as in Serbo-Croatian) for Ukrainian language today. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 15:29, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Guys, I am not an expert in Ukranian transliteration but we have WP:UKR policy that prescribes using Wikipedia:Romanization of Ukrainian/BGN/PCGN transliteration table unless the common English name is clearly established (not the case for Zghurivka). According to my understanding of the policy the town should be transliterated Z∙hurivka with the midpoint used to separate Z (З) from h (г). To my untrained eyes Zghurivka looks my nicer than Z∙hurivka but it is important to follow a common method of transliteration. If we want to change WP:UKR we need to discuss the things before making the changes. User:Ezhiki is an expert on different forms of Cyrillic transliteration, may be we need to take and advice from him Alex Bakharev (talk) 22:16, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Let us wait until Ezhiki comments. I personally have no opinion.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:21, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I can hardly call myself an "expert" on Ukrainian transliteration, but I can contribute my opinion from a standpoint of the Wikipedia guidelines and romanization practices prevalent in English with regards to Slavic languages.

First off, WP:UKR is indeed the applicable guideline in this case, and in its current form it recommends using national transliteration for geographic names. I personally think it's a bit of a silly choice (as silly as using the GOST system would be for Russian), since in English the BGN/PCGN system is clearly prevalent when political issues are swept aside, but assuming a consensus exists to use national transliteration and the majority of geographic articles conform, it's up to the participants of WikiProject Ukraine to work out a recommendation. And insofar as the national transliteration recommends using "gh" in the "зг" combination, the "Zghurivka" spelling is the one to be used.

Now, if a more sensible approach of using the BGN/PCGN system is to be followed (and since WP:UKR declares itself subordinate to using "common sense", I don't see why it can't be), then we have a choice of using "Zhurivka" and "Z·hurivka". The usage of interpuncts in BGN/PCGN is always optional and is usually reserved for cases where unambiguous spelling is a matter of life and death, so to speak (although in all fairness, when it is indeed a matter of life and death, using a fully reversible transliteration system would seem to be a more prudent approach). So this leaves us with "Zhurivka" (which, incidentally, is BGN/PCGN's approved recommendation as well—something easily verified by going here, choosing "Ukraine" from the list of countries, entering "Згурівка" in the "Name" field, and hitting "search database"; note also that the "Zghurivka" spelling isn't even listed as a valid variant). Yes, that spelling is completely ambiguous with the romanization of "Журiвка" (which is also an existing toponym), but producing fully unambiguous spellings is not the goal of the BGN/PCGN romanization; standardization is. Making Zhurivka into a disambiguation page and including on it all places called "Журiвка" and "Згурiвка" is a perfectly valid solution. Whether one agrees that "Zhurivka" is a good romanization choice for "Згурiвка" or a horrible one, the fact remains that it is an approved BGN/PCGN variant, meaning that a good number of readers looking for it would be searching using the "Zhurivka" spelling.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 23, 2013; 14:03 (UTC)

Featuring your work on Wikipedia's front page: DYKs

Thank you for your recent articles, including White Factory, which I read with interest. When you create an extensive and well referenced article, you may want to have it featured on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know section. Articles included there will be read by thousands of our viewers. To do so, add your article to the list at T:TDYK. Let me know if you need help, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:21, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Piotrus. I would need still to add a couple of things, and then a nomination help would be needed: I never review DYK articles since I do not feel sufficientl language proficiency, and I am well above 5 DYK's. --Ymblanter (talk) 06:30, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Royal Rife

Hello, My apoligies if I am doing a terrible job at contacting you like this but I am seeking an appeal to any and all wiki admin editors to please help with the Semi protected Royal Rife page. Their is an editor admin that has been watching that page for years and has been abusing his powers to keep the page locked in a state of ignorance and misinformation. It is a very poorly written page and Mastcell refuses to allow people to post factual , referenced , proven materials instead he insists that he is right and that black and white is the only way, his way, regardless of the references or truth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rife

The page needs help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.247.104.253 (talk) 06:27, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

I am not going to unprotect the page right now, but if you post at the talk page of the article explaining what changes you want to make I will look at them (most likely not before Saturday).--Ymblanter (talk) 06:30, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

голливудский бендер

Полюбуйтесь, какого прекрасного человека я тут нашла[9]. В наличии и мадам Грицацуева, и лейтенант Шмидт, и короли и капуста... Великолепный. И спасибо вам, Ярослав, что за моей страницей на коммонс приглядываете. --Shakko (talk) 07:11, 1 October 2013 (UTC)