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Russia FAC

Hi, with regards to your concern on the FAC, I am going by the Millennium of Russia, which was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of Russian history. How would you propose that I modify what is currently in the infobox? The arrival of Rurik to Novgorod preceded Kievan Rus by a couple of decades, when his successor, Oleg, moved down and conquered Kiev and moved the capital of Rus from Novgorod the Great to Kiev and, in doing so, founded the state of Kievan Rus. If I put the starting point of Russian history as Kievan Rus in the infobox then I will also have to put the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russian Federation.--Miyokan (talk) 04:13, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I don't mind having them in there.. but I guess it would get kind of bulky.. Perhaps we could add a footnote (in the infobox itself) describing something like

The arrival of Rurik to Novgorod the Great in 862 AD is considered as the traditional foundation of Russia by Russians.

Thanks for the quick responce. —dima/talk/ 04:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I added a footnote.--Miyokan (talk) 05:31, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know the name "Russia" was coined by Petro I. I don't think there was Tsardom of Russia, but rather Tsardom of Moscow. Another thing, I doubt that the first capital of Rus was Novhorod. Novhorod was always a Free Republic and stayed that way even while being a part of Rus. And the first capital of Rus has been Kyiv.Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 06:14, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK article

On 1 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mezhyhirskyi Monastery, 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 good work. Gimmetrow 12:58, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, good to see that. No, nothing more at present other than the Romanian equivalent, but I will keep an eye out. One thing we could do is go through articles on Orthodox monasteries and, if we find reference to a "founder" or "donor" or something along those lines, and if appropriate of course, replace with ktitor. Biruitorul (talk) 02:11, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

З Новим Роком!

--Riurik 21:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Also wanna wish you the best year ever! Thank you for your wishing. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 05:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. —dima/talk/ 18:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Chicago "landbrother"

Hey, Dima, where are you in Chicago? I used to live in Skokie for over three years before moving to East Coast. Chicago is my first city here in America -- second Motherland:) Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 06:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I live in Northwest Indiana, in a small town of Munster. —dima/talk/ 18:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New year from DYK

		The 25 DYK Medal
		Congratulations! Here's a medal for you in appreciation of your hardwork in creating, expanding and nominating 25+ articles for DYK. Its a bit belated as you have over 30ish ... it seems a long time since you started and so many articles. Keep up the good work, DDima, the Ukraine is represented! --Victuallers (talk) 21:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Victuallers! —dima/talk/ 21:25, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Map of Dnipropetrovsk Metro ukr.png

There are a lot of mistakes on this image.--Ahonc (Talk) 17:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Mezhyhirskyi Monastery GAR

I've left comments for a Good Article Review on the talk page.

From looking at your userpage, I see you have lots more experience at this than I do, but I hope the comments help. I'll formally put it on hold. Let me know what you do to the article. Smallbones (talk) 00:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing it. I will start fixing it up soon (probably today) —dima/talk/ 00:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Passed, congrats, Do please look for some English-language reference. Smallbones (talk) 21:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Bogdan 22:34, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Hopefully, you'll have the same luck with Ukraine.. nice job on it! —dima/talk/ 22:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Поздравление

Спасибо! —dima/talk/ 17:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

adminship

Hello. I've seen your edits of late and think you would make a good administrator. It looks like someone above had the same idea, so I was wondering if you thought you were ready now (since you said you weren't a month ago). Wizardman 20:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I've been offered nominations before, but they never really formulated into real RfAs. One thing that worries me is my not so consistent contributions to the Misplaced Pages namespace, but I've been more active in them recently. Thanks for considering me, I'll accept. —dima/talk/ 01:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good. I'll make the nomination, and if you wish to ask any of your previous requests to co-nom, that'd be fine at that time. Your wikispace number doesn't seem to be a problem, I've had candidates pass in similar situations before no problem. Since I ahve some time to space I should be able to get it ready shortly. Wizardman 01:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

just answer the questions, and transclude when you're ready. Good luck. Wizardman 01:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Sorry for the delay, I am pretty busy with off-wiki stuff (school), but I'll probably answer and transclude it later on today.. —dima/talk/ 22:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I went and reset the time, as well as put it on the main rfa page. Wizardman 23:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for saving me the trouble. I was just busy with school (finals) so I couldn't have spent a lot of time on here, —dima/talk/ 23:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Banská Bystrica

Thank you for beginning the GA review process of Banská Bystrica. I feel we have now addressed all (or most of) your concerns. Please let me know if you find anything else that should be improved. Thank you again for all your great suggestions! Tankred (talk) 14:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Города Украины

Здравствуйте! Хотел Вам объяснить, что я вполне обоснованно удалял русские названия из статей о городах Украины (Киеве, Харькове и др), т.к. Украина в настоящий момент - независимое государство, и единственный официальный (государственный) язык там - украинский.--Reino Helismaa (talk) 11:17, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I understand that Ukrainian is the only state language in Ukraine.. but that is not a reason as to why we should remove other names from the introduction. It (Russian) is widely spoken in Kharkiv and Kiev, just like we have the Template:Lang-pl in the introduction of Lviv. They can be in there regardless of being official or not.. Please don't revert it, otherwise discuss it at the talk. —dima/talk/ 16:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

re:It (Russian) is widely spoken in Kharkiv and Kiev///

В Харькове - да, но не в Киеве. В Киеве все говорят по-украински.--Reino Helismaa (talk) 20:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Не факт. И по-русски тоже говорят.--Ahonc (Talk) 20:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

You forgot <references/> on your userpage :)--Ahonc (Talk) 20:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I think I have it.. I use {{reflist}}.. —dima/talk/ 03:21, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Huggle.

Hehe, I almost hit "Q"... :P · AndonicO 00:11, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

thx

	<font=3> Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 60/0/0 yesterday! I want to thank Mrs.EasterBunny and Royalbroil for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. To paraphrase a president ... I wish my mum and dad could see the comments made. My dad would be so proud to see the comments ... and my mum would have believed them". I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and you may be surprised to find that I have not deleted all of the pages by accident..... yet). Thanks again, Victuallers (talk) 20:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Your are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WjBscribe 01:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Let me be the first to offer congratulations! As another newly minted admin, welcome! -- Alexf 01:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Alex! —dima/talk/ 01:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Enjoy! :-) Bogdan 01:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) —dima/talk/ 01:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Congradulations! Ceriy (talk) 01:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Dima, Congradulations! You deserve to be an admin. Greggerr (talk) 02:32, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree. You do very good work. Ostap 04:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot guys! —dima/talk/ 04:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! Oysterguitarist 04:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations and good luck. :) --Boguslav (talk) 20:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! —dima/talk/ 20:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Jauerback/_dude. 20:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and congrats to you too! —dima/talk/ 20:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

About your RfA

Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. I am glad you passed, and you are welcome for the support. For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! Acalamari 02:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I've read and looked through the new admin school page.. You're right, its pretty helpful. Cheers, —dima/talk/ 04:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Removing backlinks

Please do not remove links like ; there will eventually be an article about SR 34. Thank you. --NE2 07:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I see.. I was wondering about what to do with that.. Thanks for informing me, —dima/talk/ 18:21, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thankyou template

Check out how your template displayed for Wizardman.  ;) --TT 12:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess I should have checked that out before posting it :)) —dima/talk/ 18:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congrats! and good job on your RFA. Spencer 14:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Spencer! —dima/talk/ 20:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I created the category:Blender users you just deleted. I actually wanted it to be deleted because it was redundant, but I only discovered Category:Wikipedians who use Blender after the fact.

So, thanks for helping me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bedelato (talk • contribs) 19:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. It wasn't any problem at all for me to delete it. —dima/talk/

For your valuable work

I join, and congrats on the adminship.--Riurik 01:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Riurik! —dima/talk/ 01:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your successful adminship bid, glad I was able to help. Jayjg 21:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Присоединяюсь к поздравлениям.--Ahonc (Talk) 22:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks guys. —dima/talk/ 01:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

Someone who didn't register on wikipedia has made changes too the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 wikipedia article. I already made some changes to his/her changes but can't really judge if his/her other changes are based on facts! I can't read Ukrainian yet, But I'm learning! Can you please take a look at it? I trust you and him/her I don't trust! He/she could be a "blue one" out on revange :) ДУЖЕ ДЯКУЮ! Mariah-Yulia (talk) 23:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I reverted his edits. Another administrator blocked the anonymous editor today because he was a sockpuppet of blocked user UkraineToday. Cheers, —dima/talk/ 23:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Together we are many! We cannot be defeated! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariah-Yulia (talk • contribs) 00:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome :) —dima/talk/ 01:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Кстати, по поводу Ukrainian parliamentary election: читал commons:Image talk:Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007 (second place results).PNG?--Ahonc (Talk) 13:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 28 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Contracts House, 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.

--Bookworm857158367 (talk) 22:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Move request

If you have a minute, could you make a move? See Talk:FC Metalurg Donetsk for request and discussion. Thanks ahead.--Riurik 06:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. —dima/talk/ 21:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Ukrainian-Soviet War

Perhaps you could help expand this newly created article? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 21:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. —dima/talk/ 22:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

• hello admin. Since you know more about this than I, can any of these maps be used? Ostap 22:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, they are copyrighted, but can be included in the article under the "fair-use" policy if the image meets the criteria listed.. It's better to have a freely-licenced image, but if none are available, then you can upload the copyrighted image.. (as long as it meets the criteria..) —dima/talk/ 03:43, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. That sounds like a long way of saying: no. I have a feeling they would probably get deleted anyway. Thanks though. Ostap 03:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Basicly.. I have upload quite a lot of images and they were deleted because they did not fit the "criteria" for fair-use.. I'll try to find some other maps of the war from my book colleection. —dima/talk/ 04:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Milena Markovna Kunis / Milena Markivna Kunis

This is not that important but on Mila Kunis page (actress born in Kyiv). They say her name is Milena Markovna Kunis But even my (female) friend from Crimea uses the Ukrainian version of her Patronymic (Milena Markivna Kunis, (that is not my friends name ofcourse)). I mentioned it on the talk page of the article but nobody responds on the talk page of the article. Can I change it too Milena Markivna Kunis? Russian versions of Ukrainian names irritate me :) Mariah-Yulia (talk) 21:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC) {{subst:ukrwelcome0

Replied at the portal place. Mariah-Yulia, you may also want to look at the issue from the other perspective, where Ukrainian names can be deemed (probably are by some) as irritable.--Riurik 18:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Robin Eggs Photo

I just wanted to tell you that your photo of the American Robin eggs

is really top notch. Very professional looking.

JennyB (talk) 12:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) I had a bird live under my awning, and I saw a good opportunity for a picture.. unfortunatly, none of the birds lived to hatch.. —dima/talk/ 04:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

question

How was it occupied by the Nazis but not the red army? Ostap 01:36, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I was only reverting an anon's edit (who had a history of non-NPOV changes). If you want, then we can change the wording to "was again attached to the Soviet Union..." to make it more neutral.. —dima/talk/ 04:17, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Ukrainian Insurgent Army/Holodomor/Denial of the Holodomor

Now that you are an administrator maybe you can help. There is an editor who is adding really complex information on the three above articles. Editor appears to adhere to "Soviet" version of the facts and characterizes anything that he disagrees as propaganda or not true. The Editor has some problems with basic English. The Editor is rude and accusatory - appears not to be use to working in a collaborative manner.

Any advice?

Thanks Bobanni (talk) 11:06, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'll be glad to help out.. I haven't followed the page all that closely in the past, but will see with what I can help out and respond on the talk page. I see that the page has been protected (UPA) until the disputes are settled and that the arbcom case has been so far rejected by the arbitrators.. Some suggest to use other forms of dispute resolution, like RfC.. —dima/talk/ 05:11, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Infobox Kiev Subdivision‎

Template:Infobox Kiev Subdivision‎ has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you.

Also, if you know the neighborhoods within a raison, I know how those can place into the infobox. —MJCdetroit 01:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

No offense intended. I am just trying to tie together different infoboxes with a common format and look. Please look at my changes to Pechersk. I added the main neighborhoods and made it so the settlement type shows near the top of the infobox. This sort of change could be carried across all the raisons of Kiev articles. —MJCdetroit 18:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

That looks a lot better now.. Thanks for fixing the template, —dima/talk/ 19:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:ZN-1

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If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:ZN-3

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If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

1811 Great fire of Podil

On 15 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1811 Great fire of Podil, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 16:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Ruthenia

Actually, a lot of English-soeaking historians don't like this term ... I've found in general a preference for Rus'ia, although a narrow one over Russia (which would be resented on wiki), Western Russia (likewise) and of course Ruthenia. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 04:21, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't know about historians not liking the term, but I've seen it used quite oftain.. Another equivalent for the term is plainly Rus’ (usually the one I use). —dima/talk/

You'll notice the number using it gets fewer when you survey medievalists. The term "Ruthenia" means dozens of things in modern languages, and it is quite, quite spurious to use it in the middle ages to imply that it had a distinct meaning when its just a Latin word for Rus'ia, or that it's use conjured up separate identities in the predecessors of the peoples living in the areas which happen to fall in modern Belarus and Ukraine. Sadly though on wiki its a popular word for the last sense, prolly due to its nationalist appeal, and I'll never bother launching a real challenge to its use, so don't worry I'm not gonna revert or anything. It's a bit like the term "Angle" ... a modern invention which misleads more than it informs, giving us wonderful nonsense articles like Angles and Anglic languages! I'd have likewise no chance of successfully limiting use of those. All the best, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 05:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Andriy Shevchenko

The article on Andriy Shevchenko has recieved countless vandalism recently. Is there anything that you can do? --Boguslav (talk) 06:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back

Hey, Ahkristov! Welcome back.. hopefully you'll come onto wiki more oftain. Cheers, —dima/talk/ 17:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! As long as nobody stresses me out, I'll gradually resume contributing. Otherwise, I'll disappear again. By the way, congrats on your adminship! — Alex Khristov 08:08, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! —dima/talk/ 16:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

For United Ukraine

Thanks for working with me on For United Ukraine. So Litvin, Kinak and Azarov are all old For United Ukraine-budies. Hmmmmmm, that explaines a lot for me..... Mariah-Yulia (talk) 03:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome :) It'd be nice to get some images for the article.. perhaps some PoR election result maps? —dima/talk/ 04:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I gave it it's own boxie with the party logo on it (from Ukrainian Misplaced Pages!). So that's 1 image! It seems that POR on it's own had 3 times more votes then United Ukraine so placing POR results there is a bit speculative...... Mariah-Yulia (talk) 23:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and two questions

Privet Dima, cheers for the welcome :-)

I'll add both portals to my watchlist, but I'm just starting to learn Russian (and all I can say in Ukrainian is "tak"). I have to read it with a dictionary, one word at a time. Until I get better at the language, I won't be able to find references, so probably the best thing I can do is to concentrate on copyediting. Is there any specific page or list for that?

Another (unrelated) thing I'd like to ask you as an administrator - two days ago I reported a copyvio on Culture of Peru. I think I followed the instructions correctly, but so far nobody has dealt with the problem. Does it normally take a while, or have I done something wrong?

— FIRE! 23:51, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

It's ok if you can't understand Russian so well.. more copyeditors are always appreciated. When I started on Misplaced Pages, I knew little of Ukrainian, but I learned more as I was on here..

As for the copyvio issue, you did everything correctly, it just sometimes takes more time for an administrator to notice, maybe because no administrator has the page watchlisted.. or because nobody was patrolling the copyright violation pages in the category.. I just removed the whole section with the violation just now.. Thanks for bringing it up.. —dima/talk/ 21:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Ukrainian political crisis talks on May 25.jpg

Same problem with some other images, too. Lupo 10:07, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Dima,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Kamianets-Podilskyi map 1691.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 9, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-03-09. howcheng {chat} 18:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problems

Hey Dima, keep an eye on this page. A LOT of Ukraine-related images got tagged for deletion. What do you think we should do? — Alex Khristov 01:41, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

A large portion of those images are UA military-related, that I uploaded. Are works of the Ukrainian government, or in this case ministry of defense, really non-free? Bogdan 01:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

No idea. I think we need to start up a discussion about that. I can't say off-hand. — Alex Khristov 01:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

A discussion should defenetly be started in order to avoid future problems like this.. —dima/talk/ 05:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

• У мене було перед тим декілька обговорень на коммонз щодо {{PD-UA-exempt}}, як на моїй сторінці так і на сторінці Євгена Зеленка. Вони стосувались перш за все того чи підпадають під дію цього шаблону логотипи українських підприємств. На сторінці commons:User_talk:EugeneZelenko#Логотипы украинских предприятий я навів аргументи щодо того, що всі логотипи, незалежно чи вони комерційні чи ні є у суспільному надбанні згідно українського законодавства. Загалом, варто це обговорення було б завершити на Commons talk:Licensing, щоб не мати проблем у майбутньому із завантаженням цих зображень але мені для того, щоб змістовно це описати не вистачає знань англійської. Також серед проставлених на вилучення є декілька логотипів (напр. Image:Ut-1.gif, для них потрібно поміняти ліцензію PD-UA-exempt, бо fairuse там зайве. Я гадаю, що проблему із логотипами українських підприємств, у т.ч. спортивних клубів, комерційних підприємств, політичних партій і т.д. потрібно вирішити вже зараз, щоб проблем не виникало у майбутньому. Я не бачу абсолютно ніяких перешкод для їх завантаження як на коммонз так і на локальні вікіпедії. Що стосується фотографій на державних сайтах, то в мене нема ніяких ідей щодо цього. Моїх знань авторського права не вистачає ні для того, щоб сказати, чи вони є у суспільному надбанні чи ні. Я думаю, що незалежно від того, можна спробувати зв'язатись із Управлінням прес-служби МО України - http://www.mil.gov.ua для для надання дозволу на публікацію фото під певною ліцензією, бо я не знаю чи рядка на сайті "При використанні інформації посилання на Управління Прес-служби МО України обов’язкове" достатньо для публікації. --Yakudza (talk) 09:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for the information. As I understand it, images with "При використанні інформації посилання на Управління Прес-служби МО України обов’язкове" on the site can be used with the {{attribution}} template... as it requires proper attribution (I will try to e-mail some of these Ukrainian sites later to understand if they allow use of their materials on Misplaced Pages. —dima/talk/ 05:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

No Gazprom

I made this userbox:

True democracy is integrity and rights for all people in all aspects of life.

feel free to use it and spread it around! Mariah-Yulia (talk) 23:23, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but I prefer to keep more neutral userboxes if at all.. Cheers, —dima/talk/ 05:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Flag of UNR

Dima: Back in 2006 you created Image:Flag of UPR (22-03-19).PNG as the flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic adopted on March 22, 1918. Could you take another look over the issue. According to what I have learned, UPR adopted only a naval flag, and this flag was blue-yellow with COA, not yellow-blue. There are only rumors that yellow-blue was ever officially adopted. Please see Flag of Ukraine and uk:Прапор України, and the references cited there.

Fixing the problem is not so easy. Image:Flag of UNR.svg is now a part of Template:Country data Ukraine and is used in dozen of pages. But, first of all, I'd like to ask for your opinion on the official usage of yellow-blue vs. blue-yellow flag during 1917-1921. Best, Greggerr (talk) 07:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Grreggerr. I don't know which flag was officially adopted, but I have seen both of them used. uarmy.com.ua says that the yellow-blue version of the flag was used, while others I have seen use the blue-yellow one.. To me, it makes no big difference, and either of them are fine for me.. I'll look into some Ukrainian history books I have right now (Orest Subtelny, etc.) and see what they come up with. —dima/talk/ 04:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Both flags were used de-facto. It seems that the yellow-blue flag was widely used initially, without any formal decision, like the red flag used by Bolsheviks. On the other hand, the only official flag known to us is blue-yellow (as argued by M.Chmyr). In Misplaced Pages we may go with either flag. We may use yellow-blue based on prevailing usage, or blue-yellow based on the only official document available. Either way, we should be clear on what we are using and why. Best, Greggerr (talk) 07:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Rusyns - why remove interwiki link?

Because it's rather about Ruthenians, isn't it? --Riwnodennyk ✉ 18:55, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Any advice?

A while back, I added a photograph of Stadnyk and Yushchenko the third one from the left, see here. Here is what this picture looks like today Image:Leonidstadnykwithyushchenko.jpg. Under the same name, a different, likely unfree photograph has been uploaded, is there a way to reverse this and warn the user?--Riurik 19:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Riurik, sorry for delay in responce.. I see that the image that was uploaded by the user is now deleted due to lack of licence information. If you want to re-upload the other image from the Presidential website, just use it under the fairuse licence with a non-free image rationale, because the president.gov.ua site now says "All rights reserved." which does not make it under the {{PD-UA-exempt}} licence.

I am on spring break right now, so I'll have much more time available for wiki, I'll start cleaning up the image problems with PD-UA-exempt soon. PS, would you care to help out with a draft I started of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle? Cheers, —dima/talk/ 20:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Award

		Ukrainian National Award ‘The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky - 3rd degree’
		I hereby awarded you the Ukrainian National Award ‘The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky - 3rd degree’ for your enthusiasm and dedication to Ukrainian topics and doing all those small edits other Wikipidians overlook! - Mariah-Yulia (talk) 22:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, a lot, Mariah-Yulia! Cheers, —dima/talk/ 01:04, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

an Idea for a new award

I made a new award. You know there are some wikipedians (like me) who are a bit to bold (and orange...). As a warning/joke a sugest to give them this award:

I thought I asked yours an User:Irpen opinions about it first... It may be a bit to much?

PS sorry about the military task force thingy, I thought there would be a Ukrainian one, should have know that Ukrainians are to peacefull to have one :). I didn't mean to give you more work! I try to be more careful in future, but it seems so logic, living in Western Europe I'm so used to people thinking that Ukraine is still a part of Rusia :(. It's there fault :) I make such mistakes :) Mariah-Yulia (talk) 22:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that is a bit too much.. :) That's nice for a joke, but let's not get into these political ideologies/preferences/support topics. Maybe we can tone it down a bit and remove the last part to make it more neutral..?

Its ok to make mistakes, everyone does.. As for a Ukrainian military task force, there's not that many Ukrainian Wikipedians who are on Misplaced Pages, and one project is quite enough.. Cheers, —dima/talk/ 04:19, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree, it is easly understood wrong (as I found out on Irpen's usertalkpage...) and I decided not to use the award. Removing the last bit would be a improvment but it still could be seen as something else then a joke :). Misplaced Pages is a great tool to learn to work toghetter! I try to learn that from it! So thanks for the lessons! Mariah-Yulia (talk) 16:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that... This is of course true, it's a great tool to work together.. You're welcome, and нема за що! —dima/talk/ 16:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Tony silva

Found Tony silva in random article patrol. Should it be deleted or AfD'd? -WarthogDemon 03:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, WarthogDemon. In responce to your question, I would say neither. The subject appears notable, doing a quick google on him yields 20,400 results... I have added some refs and expanded the article a bit more.. See you around, —dima/talk/ 03:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Dnepropetrovsk

Dima - I have found more stuff on the development of Dnepropetrovsk. Some of it is manufacturing and economic growth.

I have got two sorts of data. I have only got two data points for each right now, but more will probably come along some time. (I keep bumping into more population data.) What we need is a format for them, and it seemed a good idea to ask you if there is some standard way you want it, rather than me doing a load of stuff and you changing it because you know the right format and I am just groping for it.

I have also found some stuff on ethnic composition round about 1897 and 1904. Do you know of data for other dates?

--Toddy1 (talk) 22:37, 24 March 2008 (UTC) updated--Toddy1 (talk) 19:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

That looks pretty good, only we need to expand (and add) the respective sections (Economy and Demographics as well).. I have quite a lot of sources on the topic (history books, etc.) and I'll try to add some information as well.. —dima/talk/ 20:08, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Request

Hi Dima. Could you please delete this image (File:Image-South Korea Ukraine Locator.png)? I messed up and uploaded it by accident. Thanks in advance, Bogdan 20:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. —dima/talk/ 20:08, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Help with a question?

Please take a look at the little "tm" beside the term Big Mind in the Dennis Genpo Merzel article. Does that seem like it belongs? Thanks. House of Scandal (talk) 21:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Nmate

Dear DDima, User:Nmate has just moved List of Slovaks to List of people from present-day Slovakia's territory. Could you do something please? I think Nmate's record of previous warnings (,,,,,,,,,,,, ) justifies a block. Communication clearly does not work in this case. Tankred (talk) 18:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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   (1) Conversion to contemporary Sterling used table 18 which accompanies Marc Flandreau and Frédréric Zumer's book The Making of Global Finance, 1880-1913, OECD 2004.
   (2)Conversion to 2007 Sterling used RPI data from Table 63 of National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdon 1855-1965, by CH Feinstein, pub Cambirdge Unioversity Press, 1972 and Retail Prices Index: annual index numbers of retail prices 1948-2007 (RPI) (RPIX)
   (3) Conversion to 2007 US Dollars used the calculated 2007 Sterling value and the average exchange rate for 2007 $1 =£0.49987, taken from FXHistory®: historical currency exchange rates. It would have been better to have used contemporary rouble/dollar exchange rates and US RPI data, but the latter were not available to author (March 2008).
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3. Conversion from 1940 roubles to 2007 currency used a similar method to that used with Imperial Russian roubles, with the following used to generate rouble to Sterling exchange rate for 1940. Kawlsky, Daniel, Stalin and the Spanish Civil War Chapter 11 quotes a rate for the 1930s of 5.3 roubles per US dollar. measuringworth.com quotes a 1940 excahgne rate of $1000000 = £261096.61.
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