User talk:FunkyFly/Archive5

Hey[edit]

inetnum:        62.162.224.0 - 62.162.255.255
netname:        MTnet-ADSL_subnet
descr:          ADSL subnet
descr:          Skopje, Macedonia
country:        MK

We can't block the range, but if you want the articles semi-protected, bring it up at WP:RFPP, there are quite a few pages ;) - FrancisTyers · 08:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't a software limitation, but see WP:BLOCK#Range_blocks. I'm not sure that the vandalism is sufficiently severe to warrant a brief range block. Of course, the people at WP:RFPP might disagree. - FrancisTyers · 16:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty much yeah. I mean, you don't have to worry about the 3RR if its stuff like you showed me, e.g. replacing every instance of Bulgaria with Macedonia. - FrancisTyers · 21:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bulgars[edit]

Hi Funky. I don't exactly understand what you mean; I've only defended the attempt to remove sourced info. I don't have any vested interest in calling them Turkic-speaking; it's simply what I found in the encyclopedia of european languages I consulted; if it had called them Mongolic or Iranic, I would have written that. Also, I don't think you fully understand what you are implying; that I would have distorted the source so to accomodate it to me eases; a thing that can hardly be done in good faith :-(--Aldux 21:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry, I had misunderstood you. You're obviously right that something should not be kept only because it's reliably sourced; it has to be in context with the article, and not placed just to advance a point of view.--Aldux 21:46, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delchev[edit]

I'm sorry, but I would risk abusing my admin powers; I've controlled with Google, and it gave 578 hits for Gotse Delchev, 735 for Goce Delchev, and 718 for Goce Delcev. Hugh Poulton in his "Who are the Macedonians" explicitely speaks of the difficulty on chosing names, as the Goce/Goltse covers the problem of different transliterations used by Macs and Bulgarians, and mentions exactly the case you pose. Considering this, I think it would be far better to leave a notice at Wikipedia:Requested moves and start a straw poll at Talk:Goce Delchev.--Aldux 21:36, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think there's a slight misunderstanding; I'm not saying it would be a wrong idea, quite the contrary, while they are more or less equal as google hits, "Gotse" seems to be preferred by scholarship. The point is that it's potentially contentious, as Macs appear to prefer "Goce". For this I think it would be better to make it pass through a straw poll; and if there is no strong opposition, I would be happy to move it.--Aldux 23:25, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bonny[edit]

Hmmm, what proof do you have that it's him? Any specific edits? —Khoikhoi 05:50, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You should probably tell to Alex about it, he just blocked another sock a few minutes ago. —Khoikhoi 23:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Macedonia (terminology)#Poll[edit]

...you know the drill! :-) •NikoSilver• 10:52, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Macedonism[edit]

Honestly, I don't remember; but since the edit summary reads "minor", it probably was just meant to be a typo, that was possibly made for an error on an old version. Consider yourself fully free to undo any damage I made; as I said, it was just an error, as I would have remembered a major edit to this article.--Aldux 19:08, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

link to antiquity[edit]

Hello, when you want to link to the article about antiquity, please do not link to antiquity, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as ancient history or classical antiquity by writing out [[ancient history|antiquity]] or [[classical antiquity|antiquity]]. Regards, Jeff3000 22:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is your problem, man?[edit]

Why you deleting categories which are relevant for history of the Republic of Macedonia? Do you want to say that these things did not happened on its territory? PANONIAN (talk) 16:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"If you have not noticed, History of the Republic of Macedonia is a subcategory of History of Macedonia, so there's absolutely no sense in adding it" I noticed, but Republic of Macedonia is a country and Macedonia is only geographical region. Why events related to history of one country cannot be in the history category of that country? PANONIAN (talk) 16:43, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"The category is still there, however it is subsumed by the larger region of Macedonia, thats all" Thats ridiculous. If one search for the historical articles related to the Republic of Macedonia the "larger region of Macedonia category" is not a good place where he will search for such articles. PANONIAN (talk) 16:46, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"The issue is that the Republic of Macedonia did not exist before 1991 so to talk about its history before that is anachronism." That is even more ridiculous claim. Republic of France also did not existed in the time of Roman Empire but Roman Gaul is part of "History of France" category: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_Gaul PANONIAN (talk) 16:49, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail[edit]

Hi, could you open your mailbox and keep it open for a while. --Telex 19:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, some draft might help with the mold. /FunkyFly.talk_ 19:11, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About categories thing[edit]

My point is that if:

B is subset of A
B is a country and A is a region
an article C is refering to the whole of B and parts of A

Then article C should be in both category A and B. I feel that such reasoning is pretty natural, and that your behaviour is inflamatory, and not in good faith. I thought that was evident from my comment on Francis talk page.

Oh, yes, evidence, I like to support my claims with evidence. These articles are in Category:History of Europe and in descendat category:

--Dijxtra 21:56, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I see you really don't understand. We have a region. Lets name it Macedonia/Europe. We have a country lets call it Republic of Macedonia/Belgium. If something is related to the region and to the country, we put the article in both categories. Do you get it now? --Dijxtra 22:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NO, the thing is that Roman Empire is just to darn big and to undefined. It changed its area a lot. So it would be impractical to name all of the countries. But, the articles which you reverted did not encompass such a bit area. --Dijxtra 22:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good. I presented you with precedents, you ignored them. Fine by me. --Dijxtra 22:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how this discussion can have any constructive result, and therefore I'm going to sleep. We'll see what Francis has got to say. --Dijxtra 22:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Anyways, I believe that all those people cram too much the box. Couldn't you select four among them as is done in the great majority of similar boxes?--Aldux 15:01, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, when it comes to uploading images, ask to anybody except me; I've never uploaded one in all my wiki life. Try asking Khoikhoi, or NikoSilver.--Aldux 15:21, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. What do you wanna upload? •NikoSilver• 23:40, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I just saw. See, you'll have to be able to prove 9 things with that one:

All 8 pics individually are free. You have to provide 8 links to the 8 pics if you downloaded them from WP to show that all 8 are free.
Claim that it was you personally (or a friend you know) that put them together like that to make the big pic.

Write that stuff in the image in summary to respond to that annoying template.•NikoSilver• 23:45, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strange... It worked for me. Now add those refs I told you! •NikoSilver• 23:52, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's correct as a tag. I haven't ever borrowed pics. You need to show that these 8 images aren't copyrighted or smthng.•NikoSilver• 00:15, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User notice: temporary 3RR block[edit]

Regarding reversions[1] made on September 24 2006 to Template:EU countries_and_candidates [edit]

You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future.

The duration of the block is 24 hours. William M. Connolley 08:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was asleep when all that happened. I really feel very sorry it had to come to that. I can't take back what I said regarding the asterisk and intervene in this dispute, despite the fact that I'm sure you understand I find your version is slightly more appealing. You and Francis are both considered my wiki-friends, and I sincerely hope you'll manage to put that behind you. Just keep in mind that the difference between the two versions is small. This issue should not have come to this point in the first place... •NikoSilver• 11:52, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Macedonian artefacts[edit]

Please do not remove speedy deletion tags. If you wish to to dispute it place the code {{hangon}} and write a comment. - Tutmosis 18:27, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I have no intention of keeping this deleted but wish to see it recreated with the correct spelling since you can't move categories. So nothing personal. Thanks for replying thou. - Tutmosis 21:16, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail[edit]

Could you check your e-mail.--Tekleni 19:34, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Funky![edit]

Can you please deal with that? •NikoSilver• 22:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I probably overreacted since most likely this was an one-off account. •NikoSilver• 18:39, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha![edit]

Either this guy is an impersonator, or you tried to follow FrancisTyers' (now Francis Tyers) example in sewing back your block virginity. •NikoSilver• 12:49, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha! I know you're not (see the content of the edit in the diff above). I notified you so that you do something about it. How about bringing it up to an admin? •NikoSilver• 14:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I should have checked the block log. Niko-Silver :-) 14:25, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Muchas gracias[edit]

Hey FunkyFly, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoi khoi 04:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious[edit]

about that. •NikoSilver• 00:00, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ah, didn't notice. Well, if it sounds comforting, I think your point is made there anyway via the inclusion of his citizenship details. I really don't think it's so important to either include it or not. I also posted a message to Aldux re all this. Goodnight for now. •NikoSilver• 00:36, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Let's not overreact[edit]

The last chapter of the book is not "censored" (see for yourself).

In fact, nothing in that site is censored, there are many parts of the book which aren't presented. The book that I have (in Macedonian edition) has the whole text from "your" version (about Bulgarians and stuff).

Please, let's focus on the article. Put the link about the language back. Cheers, Bomac 16:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I trust the university copy better, than some Macedonistic Canadian site. /FunkyFly.talk_ 17:02, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support![edit]

Se la face ay pale, la cause est...

23:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

If I'm a bit pale in the face now,
it's because of the amazing support
during my recent request for adminship
and because of all those new shiny buttons.

And if in the future
my use of them should not always be perfect
please don't hesitate to shout at me
any time, sunset, noon or sunrise.

List of Bulgarians[edit]

Funky, I'm sorry, but I've blocked you for 24h for violation of the 3RR regarding the article List of Bulgarians. This was clearly not a case of simple vandalism, but a content dispute, and even if I fully agree with your reverts, and have judged Ditirambo'sbehaviour disruptive, this is not a good reason to violate the 3RR; and you're a too experienced editor not too no the rules. Sorry again,Aldux 23:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bonaparte[edit]

You shouldn't have said that, now he's going to come after you! ;-) Khoi khoi 05:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bonny, if you are reading this, bring it on! /FunkyFly.talk_ 16:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will :D --200.162.222.10 18:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! Good job. /FunkyFly.talk_ 18:32, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You want me to semi-protect your talk page? Khoi khoi 21:16, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please. /FunkyFly.talk_ 21:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Khoi khoi 21:20, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. /FunkyFly.talk_ 21:21, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Khoi khoi 19:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Warning[edit]

Don't forget the 3RR. I'll take it from here...--Euthymios 18:08, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Watching. I've narrowed my undestanding of vandalism. Thanks /FunkyFly.talk_ 18:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

warm warning[edit]

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Skopje Airport[edit]

Hah! I thought you said you missed a good old edit war! How do you suggest we put it then? Niko Silver 22:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome![edit]

...and thank you for finally providing us with a decent land-border to the EU, just like the one all other EU members have! Happy New Year! Niko Silver 21:51, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS. You may find this amusing: The ending -iski (-ίσκη) in Greek, is a feminine ending for "small". E.g., we call παιδί-σκη, the little young lolita. There's even a book by a scholar entirely devoted on that ending ([2] W. Petersen, The Greek Diminutive Suffix -ισκο-, -ισκη-. Yale University Press. New Haven Conn. 1913 (Transactions of the Conn. Acad. of Arts and Sciences XVIII 139 κεξξ.).) :-) Niko Silver 21:51, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, thanks and best of luck. /FunkyFly.talk_ 06:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]