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Welcome to my talk page. Feel absolutely free to leave me a message. I will reply on your talk page (everyone likes that yellow bar). :) Peace.

Copyedit

Your English is lot better than my Polish. Cheers, Yomangani 17:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Hi; nobody is on AIM, so may I ask a favor? May you click on this link: WebCT and see if anything loads? Thanks. — Deckiller 09:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Good, it's not just me :) Looks like the entire thing is down. I wonder if that means....no readings? I'll have time to check later this morning before class, but it'll be annoying to be unprepared. Thanks again. — Deckiller 09:55, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Dominican Republic

Im not an expert here but looking into the available sources I can't find a single one about the creation of a Neiba province in the Dominican Republic. I also can not find a source about the delegates added here and here . So I will have a look at this users edits, revert if I find unsourced and unverifiable information and ask him to give sources for further such edits. If he keeps on editing in this way the intervention of an administrator may be necessary. I would appriciate if we could work together to solve this problem. Thank you--VirtualDelight 18:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Didnt see on your userpage that you are an admin here yourself. As the administrative intervention allready is done let my now, if necessary, how I can help out cleaning up this users contributions, which at first glance are quite a mess, without getting in the way of your cleanup. Thanks--VirtualDelight 20:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I see, great work, could'nt have done it so fast. I'll take the articles on my watchlist. Thank's.--VirtualDelight 20:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your nice message. I've come to this articles reverting some odd vandalism, but as I have now downloaded the report on the census 2002 with 2664 pages I think I will use this rich source to slowly update the information in related articles. As the next census will be in some years, I guess there is plenty of time to do so. Happy editing! VirtualDelight 19:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Block

Hi Darwinek, I noticed you blocked yourself, which made me laugh. What a unique form self-abasement! Appleseed (Talk) 02:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Mosty u Jabl.

Zdravim, Mosty prapor maji (viz. ), jenom ted na tom obrazku nejsou videt ty bocni bile pruhy, protoze splyvaji s pozadim. Chtel jsem to zmenit, ale zatim jsem neprisel na to, jak se na wiki meni obrazky. Tady je upravena verze toho praporu: Jinak po naszymu umjym :) - Didzej 12:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Global Volcanism Program

Hi, What is the exact scope of the phrase mentioned on the GVP website: "The volcano and eruption data are freely available"?. Your comment left on an anonymous user's talk page, have created doubts in my mind. Thanks in advance, Jespinos 23:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Why have you not uploaded El Valle Photo to Commons?. I will wait until that you upload more photos and then I will see how I can help. Jespinos 04:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Meeting you after Christmas! Though I thank you for reverting the troll's message

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Infoboxes

Hi there. I've finally gotten around to starting up Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Infoboxes. The project page itself is still pretty bare, but at least we now have a central discussion point for this sort of work. Please join! - 52 Pickup 13:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 31 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gustaw Morcinek, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomangani 09:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Fryštát, was selected for DYK!

On February 1, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fryštát, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Nice work, but a question: what's the ethnic breakdown? I assume there are some Poles, as you link to the article on Czech Poles and it's in Zaolzie, but it's not made explicit. I see here that there are over 5,000 Poles in Karviná, but I wonder if data for Fryštát alone are available. Biruitorul 22:38, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Guideline for Misplaced Pages

Hola, you might be interested in participating in this discussion to consent on a new proposed Misplaced Pages guideline for diacritics which basically says the following:

• Diacritics should only be used in an article's title, if it can be shown that the word is routinely used in that way, with diacritics, in common usage. This means in reliable English sources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, or articles in major English-language newspapers.

• If the word is routinely listed in reliable English sources without diacritics, then the Misplaced Pages article should follow that method for the article title, though the diacritics version should be given in the initial paragraph of the article as suggested in Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions (use English).

• If it is not clear what "common usage" is, then the general Misplaced Pages guideline is to avoid use of diacritics in article titles.

It's at Misplaced Pages talk:Naming conventions (standard letters with diacritics). Adiós, Rosa 23:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Czesc :) I agree...I'm a bit worried it might get approved as decisions on the Misplaced Pages are reached by concensus. I don't fully understand why do these native English speakers react so negatively to the use of foreign terms, that attitude is so outdated. I remember that the Spanish language in the past used a lot of Hispanized terms like Guillermo Shakespeare and Benito Espinosa, but that was in my parents' time and now that attitude is completely re-evaluated and native terms are favored whenever possible.

BTW, were you able to notice that someone in the discussion page of that proposal even made a motion for Polish votes to be "discounted"? lolRosa 02:01, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Just wanted to say thank you again. My thanks is sincere for you always catching the vandalism the the Langston Hughes article. The mind of vandals I will never understand. Again, a sincere and appreciative thank you.17:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC) :-)

piesn

Lyrics

nie jestem poeta, jak chcesz to bierz pozdrawiam Tymek 03:41, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

piwo

tak sie sklada ze obecnie mieszkam w Chicago, ale mysle ze sie to zmieni i powroce do ojczyzny mysle wiec ze tego piwa sie napijemy kiedy nadejdzie czas

widzialem ze pisales o miescie Frysztak w latach 1938-1939 byl on siedziba polskiego powiatu frysztackiego, wchodzacego w sklad wojewodztwa slaskiego - popatrz na Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, tam masz obszar i ludnosc tego powiatu. Pozostala czesc Zaolzia - poludniowa i centralna, polaczona zostala z powiatem cieszynskim. Pozdro Tymek 18:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Blocked IP address

You recently blocked 146.171.254.66 , this being a shared IP address. Although I share use this IP address, I thank you for your actions as I am against the rampant vandalism that is appearing on wikipedia. The inconvenience to me in the short term is minimal to the damage a User can do. Keep up the good work Maggott2000 03:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Co nowego?

Zrobiłech se fajrant, isto na amyn, od wikipedii.Konto nie kasujym, bo eszcze kiejsik mogym co naszkrobać. Za to fórt czytóm wiki :) Teraz móm sesje :S Bywej, D_T_G (PL) 09:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Ot, ciekawostka

pl:Borówkowa. -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  23:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Delayed re

Thank you; highly interesting. I come back here and find your page plastered with song lyrics! Anyway, I'll let you pick one (or none, or more) of my latest articles for DYK: 1, 2, 3. Let me also make a small request of you: I've turned this into this; I know Slovak isn't Czech, but since I don't know of any Slovaks here, would you kindly look over my attempt at translating it into English? Thanks for your help. Biruitorul 06:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, I went through and made a few changes (and I put in for one DYK - we'll see, though they usually make it). I also made a couple of templates: this one should be fairly straightforward, but this one might need a review. In fact I think it would be helpful if we could get this list to replace this one, which is not nearly as helpful. (Also this is a nice template - note that we are lacking in articles on Czechoslovak constitutions; sk.wiki has short ones on the 1920 and 1948 ones.) So if you feel like translating some of this material, or know someone who can, that would be nice; I can fix the grammar.

Let me offer one guess as to why Czech Poles still identify as Czechs in this day of (often EU-imposed) minority-friendly legislation and atmosphere. Perhaps people like to be in the majority. In a country where ~95% of people are Czech, and <1% are Polish, it's always nicer to belong to the much bigger group and really feel like an insider. And Poles can do that because they're not too different from Czechs. In fact let me offer a couple of analogies from Romania. First there are the Roma/Gypsies, who are officially 2.5% but unofficially around 15%, meaning that many have declared as Romanian, even though in appearance quite a few are quite distinct from Romanians (given that they originate in India). Second there are the Aromanians, who, although distinct, often find themselves more at ease within the Romanian group. For instance Gigi Becali, an Aromanian, is a strong Romanian nationalist (as is, for that matter, Varujan Vosganian, an Armenian), while other Aromanians have contributed in their own way to the building of the Romanian nation (people like Emanoil Gojdu or Andrei Şaguna). This situation might be akin to that of the Moravians (or the Montenegrins - my guess is that we'll see many of the 30% who declared as Serbs in 2003 go back to declaring as Montenegrin at the next census). On the other hand, minorities that do have a better chance of resisting assimilation are those that are compact, fairly numerous, quite different from the majority, and have a history of hostility to them. A good example would be the Hungarians of Romania and of Slovakia. Biruitorul 06:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On February 6, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Třinec Iron and Steel Works, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Keep up the great work Darwinek! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I second that. I notcied the Solomon Island is also part yours two on the front page congrats. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Costa Rica

In response to your question, Yes, my pictures can be used in Misplaced Pages under free license --Zerokarma 17:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

And yes it is a Polish last name, the family name was actually much longer at one time but was shortened around WW2 shortly before they moved to Canada. --Zerokarma 17:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

You are my HERO. You have affirmed my confidence here on Wiki. Thank you so much. I tried to get protection of the page but was denied even after explaining the level of vandalism. :-)TonyCrew 19:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks

For the revert :) .--Dakota 23:41, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Algeria Wikiproject

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Algeria -- Szvest - 18:00, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Zaolzie

Witam Dam Ci znac jak tylko znajde czas o tym Zaolziu Tymek 21:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Algeria

Welcome, Darwinek, to the WikiProject Algeria! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on Algeria-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template {{WikiProject Algeria}}. A few features that you might find helpful: The project's Navigation box points to most of the pages in the project that might be of use to you. Most of the important discussions related to the project take place on the project's main talk page; you may find it useful to watchlist it. We've developed a number of guidelines for names, titles, and other things to standardize our articles and make interlinking easier that you may find useful. Algerian Wikipedians' notice board You can help! Vous pouvez aider! Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Article requests Assess : Category:Unassessed Algeria articles, Category:Unknown-importance Algeria articles Cleanup : Cleanup listing Copyedit : Category:Algeria articles needing attention Expand : Algeria at the 2004 Pan Arab Games, Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Algerian Sahara, Algerians in the United Kingdom, Algiers, Culture of Algeria, Economy of Algeria, Education in Algeria, Geography of Algeria, Naâma Province, Wahran, Sonelgaz Infobox : Category:Algeria articles without infoboxes Maintain : Category:Algeria portal Photo : Category:Misplaced Pages requested photographs in Algeria Stubs : Category:Algeria stubs Verify : Unreferenced BLPs Other : French Collaboration Project If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project! -- Szvest - 15:06, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank You, Darwinek for your Support! Thank you for your support in my RfA, which closed at 111 / 1 / 2. I am humbled and rather shocked to see such kind comments and for it to reach WP:100. Please feel free to leave a note if I have made a mistake or if you need anything, I will start out slow and tackle the harder work once I get accustomed to the tools. Thank you once more, I simply cannot express in words my gratitude.

...fly on littlewing. ~ Arjun 19:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Silesian Evangelical Church of A. C.

Hallo. I have deleted sentence "Also all bishops were Polish to date." which is incorrect. Bishop Volný and bishop Piętak are both Czechs.Qasinka 07:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Darwinku,

myślę, że rozprawy na temat narodowości ludzi, którzy zamieszkują Zaolzie, mogą trwać w nieskonczoność, a nigdy nie dotrzemy do przekonywującej konkluzji. Po prostu niepasujemy do schematów. Jak stwierdza Kevin Hannan, nie rzadko jest na Śląsku Cieszyńskim spotykana diglosia (w przeszłości nawet triglosia) - kiedy jednostka posługuje się równie dobrze dwoma językami i nie jest w stanie określić, który jest pierwszy (macierzysty) i który jest drugi.

Co do obou biskupów (Volnego i Piętaka), kierowałem się przy ocenie ich narodowości ich samokreśleniem; etnicznie ich nie badałem ;-) O ile wiem, oby dwaja biskupowie uczęszczali do szkół czeskich, i kiedy słyszałem ich kazania bądź przmówienia, wydaje mi się, że łatwiej im jest posługiwać się jązykiem czeskim aniżeli polskim (a najłatwiej jest im mówić po naszymu ;-)

Jeżeli chodzi o większość Polaków w ŚKEWA - to myślę, że jeżeli chodzi o osoby, które są świadome swojej polskości, to te osoby na pewno stanowią mniejszość. Zapytaj n. p. tylko parę urzędów parafialnych, ile dzieci pobiera naukę konfirmacyjną po polsku i ile po czesku. Albo odwiedź dowolną godzinę biblijną i przypatrz się, ile ludzi ma polską a ile czską Biblię.

Przytoczony przez Ciebie przykład Czeskiego Cieszyna nie może według mojej opinii służyć do scharakteryzowania sytuacji w całym ŚKEWA. Czeski Cieszyn to raczej ewenement, i zbór Na Niwach jedną z ostatnich wysp, gdzie zdecydowana większość narodowo uświadomionych Polaków isnieje.

--Qasinka 12:29, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

O planie spotkania mi pisał już kiedyś DTG. Wtedy mi to nie pasowało. Ale do przyszłości z przyjemnością wezmę udział na jakimś spotkaniu "tustela" wikipedystów. À propos, dziękuję za ocenę mojej polszyzny, nie jest jednak ona owocem kształcenia w szkołach polskich; jestem autodydaktą. --Qasinka 20:19, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

EU Images

You might be interested in this conversation, and this one at commons regarding EU images. Also, what constitutes as fair use regarding living people. Take a particular interest in counterexample number 8. Also, just because one cannot find a free example, it doesn't mean that a free replacement cannot be found, especially if the person is still living. Happy editing! --Bob 07:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Hi!

Hi Darwinek!

Thank you for your e-mail; I appreciate. I will try to get used to the making of that encyclopaedia that we are both developing, along with others.

I must admit I am astonished to spot a Polish interessed in Africa.

But that's very nice, anyway.

Thanks again.

Bye. Cambers 18:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

hard work

Obviously you must have been doing something right if someone felt a need to vandalise your userpage - apologies about stupid reverted message - possibly difficult to get meaning... cheers! SatuSuro 09:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah i think dakota and slim are two v good admins - and I hold them both in high respect - but i never thought to have their user pages on watch myself...SatuSuro 09:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK (12 Feb)

On 12 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jablunkov, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Laïka 17:47, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

possibly broken link on your userpage

Hi,
The last link on your userpage: http://www.websn.com/Pride/all.htm may be broken. It points my browser to the following URL: http://mirasearch.com Itayb 23:49, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Rail/koleje/vlaky

Witam tutaj Tymek 05:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

W Rozkladzie jazdy PKP lato 1939 (Polish Railroads Schedule Summer 1939) sa zdjecia ciekawych polskich miejscowosci - Krakow, Lwow, Poznan, Warszawa, Wilno, Zakopane, Krynica, Gdynia. Wsrod nich jest tez, co ciekawe, fotka zatytulowana "Slask - huty w Trzyncu" ("Silesia - Trzyniec ironworks").

A pisze to dlatego, ze mysle jak znajde czas stworzyc maly artykul zatytulowany np. "Railroads in Polish-controlled Zaolzie". Co o tym sadzisz? Czy to ma sens?

Tylko kiedy znajde na to czas - bo akurat czas jest u mnie bardzo deficytowy. pozdrawiam tradycyjnym czeskim "Ostre sledovane vlaky"

Jezeli uwazasz ze to zly pomysl to nie ma problemu. Ty jestes stamtad, lepiej to czujesz pozdr Tymek 13:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Images

Hi Darwinek, could you please delete the images 1, 2, and 3. They're duplicates; some were replaced by other users (instead of being overwritten) and others are just plain duplicates. Thanks in advance. :) - Anas 17:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

This, this, this, this and this (all orphaned, some are noncommercial) too please. :) Sorry for disturbing you. - Anas 17:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Darwinek, I appreciate your time. :) - Anas 11:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Moscow

You are a member of WikiProject Russia. I wanted to let you know the article Moscow is in Misplaced Pages:Featured_article_candidates/Moscow list now. --Hirakawacho 10:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Continued abuse of admin privileges

I have placed a notice at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Continued abuse of admin privileges by Darwinek. Gene Nygaard 17:16, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Your input is requested at this thread. — Nearly Headless Nick 17:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Please reconsider your last posting - I know how annoying Gene is, but this doesn't help. Please. Guettarda 18:04, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

And check your email. Guettarda 18:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

1. This is the original text from the poet's house in Gnojnik. Lyrics well-known and spread among people somewhat differ.