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Your feedback requested re sorting Cannabis in US template[edit]

Please see: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cannabis#Can_we_file_states_only_by_.2Ahighest.2A_category_in_Template:Cannabis_in_the_United_States.3F. 06:44, 30 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk • contribs)

Deletion review for Vugar Ismailov[edit]

Hi. I would like to ask you to participate in the deletion review of Vugar Ismailov. Thanks, Writer278 (talk) 18:24, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Storm on the Sea of Galilee[edit]

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

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LaMia 2933[edit]

G'day from Oz; it's not necessarily ungrammatical to say that "Flight XXX" was an aircraft, although it may be a bit early in this case. The missing Boeing 777 is now known as MH370; when people say that the search for MH370 has not produced results or whatever, they are referring to the aircraft itself. There are plenty of other such cases as well. Cheers YSSYguy (talk) 17:51, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just to my knowledge such articles (including MH370) usually begin with the type of flight and starting it with "was an aicraft" looks borked to me, also per WP:BEGIN. Best, Brandmeister^talk 18:01, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No dramas, I wasn't going to undo you edit. Cheers again YSSYguy (talk) 18:05, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Coma Berenices image placement[edit]

I moved that last image further up the page because where you replaced it prevents the long reflist from displaying in two columns. A GA reviewer may notice that. All the best, Miniapolis 01:43, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I noticed after my saving. Brandmeister^talk 10:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, I'll move it back. All the best, Miniapolis 14:21, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've already did, so that the bottom would coincide with the relevant section. Brandmeister^talk 15:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; when I copyedited that last section, I realized it belonged there. I've finished the copyedit; good luck with GA and all the best, Miniapolis 16:08, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neapolitan Sunset[edit]

You took it upon yourself to remove one of the most unique sunsets on this encyclopedia to represent the southwest desert area. You claimed in your edit summary, that the "Photo Caption" read that is was due to smoke. That was untrue. The caption said noting of the sort. You had to click on the photo, and follow it to it's Commons description to find that info. I have replaced the photo with one that has no "SMOKE". Editing for the sake of editing is not a contribution my friend and the hoard of readers that clicked on that photo to view it this last 2 weeks would agree with me. Hopefully, you will not find a random excuse to eliminate the new one. Thanks, and happy editing.Pocketthis (talk) 22:10, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A few hours later, and with some time to evaluate the fit of the new photo, I am pleased to say that the new addition fits the page better in color and composition. So, I am pleased that you made the edit after all. I must say in all honesty, that the smokey, hazy conditions of the photo you removed, were not a relevant factor in my increased appreciation for the replacement photo, but rather that the Neapolitan shot was very red, and almost a distraction when scrolling down the page. All the best - Pocketthis (talk) 01:05, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Neutral point of view noticeboard discussion[edit]

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Merry, merry![edit]

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:58, 25 December 2016 (UTC) [reply]

Merry Christmas[edit]

	Merry Christmas Brandmeister!!
	Hi Brandmeister, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia! –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 20:38, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Brandmeister![edit]

Happy New Year!

Brandmeister,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 12:50, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Coma Berenices[edit]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Coma Berenices you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Spinningspark -- Spinningspark (talk) 00:02, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've now posted the initial part of my review. Please indicate that you are working on it before I go any further. SpinningSpark 17:20, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks, will have a look. Brandmeister^talk 17:48, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2016 Year in Review[edit]

		The World War Barnstar
		For your 2016 Featured Picture Candidates Your forget, but she remembers and The Thin Red Line, both of which were promoted in 2016, I hereby present you with this World War Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history Wikiproject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 03:49, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Coma Berenices[edit]

The article Coma Berenices you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Coma Berenices for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Spinningspark -- Spinningspark (talk) 15:21, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Rockettes[edit]

File:The Radio City Rockettes were honored to perform at the inauguration of Donald J. Trump in 2017.png

Rockettes performed for Trump.

The big story with the Rockettes is that they performed for the president's inauguration. That's highly relevant. You're right that we don't (yet) have a photo of the Rockettes kicking up their heels for the new president, but the mashup of two existing photos is the best we can do, and accurately conveys the idea of the performance; please consider reinstalling the image.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:53, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That pic is confusing and is just a juxtaposition of The Rockettes and Trump. It would be cool if we find an actual freely licensed photo of them at the inauguration. It probably exists as the official US government stuff is usually in public domain. Brandmeister^talk 22:02, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree about it being cool, but I've been hunting thru images on the Internet, so far, nothing -- but it is an interesting topic (Trump + Rockettes). There are photos here and here but nothing that I can tell done by a US govt source. So if nothing else is available, why not use the best one we've got (the mashup of our two public domain images)?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 00:34, 23 January 2017 (UTC) Plus I don't think the picture is that confusing -- just Trump and a few Rockettes.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 00:35, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My point was that the pic falsely shows Trump standing with them, as if he were there. As such, it doesn't look encyclopedic. Brandmeister^talk 10:21, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What sort of image would you approve of?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:20, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's possible to ask licensing permission via WP:OTRS from sources like [1] and the like, if nothing eventually emerges. Brandmeister^talk 15:53, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps but my sense is something with Trump + Rockettes (which is the real story here) is needed; is there a composite image you'd go with?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 17:07, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Something like this probably. Brandmeister^talk 19:15, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Rockettes (left) performed at the Liberty Ball of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump

File:Trump Inauguration Swearing In Bible and Precision Dance Company The Rockettes in Background.png

You mean like this...

Looks like a cheap Photoshop forgery to me. Suggest simply combining such photos side by side, not on top of each other. Brandmeister^talk 19:53, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

File:Trump Swearing In with Bible and Melania later Rockettes (left) performed at inaugural ball.png

Like this...

Yep. Brandmeister^talk 21:29, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs Vassiliki[edit]

Hi. The article says she was married to Ali Pasha (hence not a mere concubine), and the "Ottoman concubines" category is about the concubines of Ottoman sultans (as it appears from its parent categories).--Phso2 (talk) 18:13, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to revert, but the article also says she joined his harem. Brandmeister^talk 18:34, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gorgoneion[edit]

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Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Gorgoneion Regnaudin Amelot de Bisseuil.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:39, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WP:INCUBATOR[edit]

I invite you to comment on my idea of article incubator. The idea is not new and details of the previous version can be found at WP:INCUBATOR. I would be glad if you enhance it with your experience. Feel free to improve upon the proposal that I have placed. Anasuya.D (talk) 09:34, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Request[edit]

Hello.

The List of People's Artists of Azerbaijan is incomplete. Could you add the people missing in the list, from the complete Azerbaijani az:Azərbaycan SSR xalq artistlərinin siyahısı and Russian ru:Список народных артистов Азербайджанской ССР versions?

Thank you.

31.200.22.41 (talk) 09:22, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, will have a look. Brandmeister^talk 14:33, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup of MAKS Air Show (Russian article)[edit]

Hello. I have been translating a few articles from the Russian WP into the English one and MAKS Air Show is a problem as the level of detail, as retained by the translation, is deemed "way too much" for an air show like this, logs can be seen here and its talk page here. Can you notify in the talk page of the Russian article about that the article is too detailed, as noted on the English counterpart and requires some cleanup? Varxo (talk) 10:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. ru:Международный авиационно-космический салон is listed as local good article (with a star in the upper right corner of the article), that's why it's detailed. Brandmeister^talk 17:32, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification[edit]

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Request for help[edit]

Please, I need help for a translation (from Russian), not from an article, but from a source.

I was working in the articles Mari native religion and pt:Religião tradicional mari (in Portuguese).

The phrase "There is a significant discrepancy between the pantheons of the Lowlands Mari, who worship roughly 140 gods, and Highlands Mari, who worship about 70 gods" has as source the book Religious Rites of the Cheremis. Because given an entire book as a reference, even more in a language and script that probably most readers don't understand, I was looking for a page and quote (my idea was to put a quote in the original and translated); I suspect that the reference is the first phrase of the last paragraph of the page 5 (note that the page 5 of the book is the 7th page in the website with the book), that seems to be "Боговъ у луговыхъ черемисъ считается (съ матерями, пїамбарами , виднезями, праздничными и поминальными божествами) приблизительно около 140, у горныхъ 70".

What I wanted were:

a) confirmation that the letters that are in the phrase are exactly that

b) a translation (to English) of the passage

Some difficulties:

- It is a document in Adobe Flash (than you can't do copy-paste, you have to look letter-to-letter in a copy of an old document and know how to identify the cyrilic letters)

- It is a document of 1887, before the ortographic reform of 1918, than I can't even use a machine translator. The result of the machine translation of that page is "Bogov in lugovyh cheremis considered (Sh mothers pїambarami, vidnezyami, festive and memorial deities) of about 140, at 70 gornyh"; however, if I exclude the "ъ" at the end of the words (I think that was the rule after 1918), and mechanically translated Богов у луговых черемиъ считается (с матерями, пїамбарами , виднезями, праздничными и поминальными божествами) приблизительно около 140, у горных 70, the result is "Gods in the meadow cheremi considered (with mothers pїambarami, vidnezyami, festive and memorial deities) of about 140, the mountain 70" (sounds better).

- I don't know almost nothing about russian languade or cyrilic script (because that, I tried the machine translation).

If you could help me, I appreciate a reply in my page in the portuguese Wikipedia.

Thanks in advice (and hoping that you could understand my not-much-good English)--MiguelMadeira (talk) 16:39, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much!!--MiguelMadeira (talk) 17:41, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

An additional point - in this text is refered that "These gods have their own staff of advisers. The most respectable are pürisho, pianbar, shochin ava, vitnezhe and sukso"; perhaps some of the more obscure words (like the "mothers") are about some of these "advisers"? Or could be the ava (female gods) who are refered in this book? Again, thanks--MiguelMadeira (talk) 10:58, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@MiguelMadeira: I now think those "mothers" are avas, because according to ru:Мланде-Ава, "ava" means "mother" in Mari language. Brandmeister^talk 08:06, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank.--MiguelMadeira (talk) 21:52, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Palmyra offensive (2017)[edit]

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POTD notification[edit]

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Please do chime in[edit]

Notability within bios (more specifically: application of wp:GNG/wp:BIO against wp:AUTH/wp:PROF...and both vis-a-vis vagaries of actual practice!)

I.e. - Is Matthew Grow, editor of The Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846 (The Church Historian's Press, which is an imprint of Deseret Book; 2016), notable? Is Benjamin E. Park, who reviews him here: "The Mormon Council of Fifty: What Joseph Smith’s Secret Records Reveal" (Religion & Politics, September 9, 2016)? Please chime in on a way to determine such questions in a much more consistent manner than at present...here: User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Suggested_fix.--Hodgdon's secret garden (talk) 19:44, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Ena Kadić.jpg[edit]

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Can you help verify translations of articles from Russian[edit]

Hello Brandmeister,

Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from Russian to English Wikipedia?

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This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original Russian article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:

There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages including Russian , using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown, including some articles translated from Russian. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.

If you can help out, that would be great. Here's a sample of the articles that need checking:

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the Russian article, and assess them "Pass" or "Fail" (the {{Pass}} and {{Fail}} templates may be useful here). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then assessing it, that's even better, but it isn't required.) Also please note that we are assessing accuracy not completeness, so if the English article is much shorter that is okay, as long as whatever has been translated so far is factually accurate.

If you can help, please {{ping}} me here to let me know. You can add your pass/fails above, right next to each link, or you may indicate your results below. Thanks! Elinruby (talk) 07:27, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification[edit]

POTD

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 31, 2017[edit]

The standard formats for several years, at least, at TFA have been year–year and date – date: if the TFA is running on a birth date (or rarely, a death date), then we have used the longer format. The new format started just this month, and is a response to the current discussion at WT:LEAD. I've always been in favor of the shortest possible parenthetical material at TFA ... what surprised me was seeing how many people have been getting on board with this position lately, regarding articles. So I can no longer justify including the death date at TFA when it isn't relevant to anything. I'm still required to give anniversary dates, of course. Thanks as always for paying attention to TFA. - Dank (push to talk) 20:01, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. If dates are to be included, I would personally prefer standard date-year format, without the words "born" and "died". Brandmeister^talk 20:06, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I would too, but how do we do that without being ambiguous? "31 July 1902 – 1989" isn't a format I've seen at TFA, and the one time it was discussed, it was rejected (early in my tenure at TFA). My concern is that some people will read it as "31 July 1902 – 31 July 1989". - Dank (push to talk) 20:16, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just write exactly as in the lead itself, e.g. "31 July 1902 – 1 January 1989". It's the format used in some other encyclopedias too. Brandmeister^talk 20:25, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I've asked for opinions over at WT:TFA. - Dank (push to talk) 20:33, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Eighties[edit]

AHD for instance says:

a. A decade or the numbers from 80 to 89: They were still active in their eighties. Before noon, the temperature shot into the eighties.

b. often Eighties The decade from 80 to 89 in a century.

So I prefer to capitalize Eighties when it's a decade to avoid any ambiguity ... but if there's some wikiproject consensus to go the other way, please let me know. - Dank (push to talk) 02:35, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, MOS:DECADE covers it. - Dank (push to talk) 19:56, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary[edit]

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lua error[edit]

Re this report, it’s a known and ongoing problem: see this bug report: T170039.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 19:35, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Personally after I purged the Firefox's cache the message disappeared. As an alternative, revert to the previous stable version of the article could also be good. Brandmeister^talk 19:40, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Investment[edit]

I'd like to invite you to join the Investment WikiProject. There are a lot of Investment related articles on Wikipedia that could use a little attention, and I hope this project can help organize an effort to improve them. So please, take a look and if you like what you see, help get this project off the ground and a few Investment pages into the front ranks of Wikipedia articles. Thanks!

Cheers! WikiEditCrunch (talk) 11:50, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but I have little interest in investment and business-related articles. Still, if there's something to format, copyedit or clean up, I'll chime in. Brandmeister^talk 12:37, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alright thanks! WikiEditCrunch (talk) 15:06, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Coma Berenices[edit]

I am massaging this article to give it a chance at FAC...keen on a co-nomination soonish? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:18, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. I pushed it to GA, will be ready to chime in. Brandmeister^talk 12:20, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article Translation[edit]

Hello Brandmeister,

Is the following article able to be translated onto the Russian version of Wikipedia? Alex Gilbert. Let me know! It is widely sourced.

Thanks! --TheDomain (talk) 19:54, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I can start it the next week, I'm currently busy. Brandmeister^talk 20:16, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Brandmeister. No problems! --TheDomain (talk) 01:05, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please let me know when you will start Brandmeister :) Thanks! --TheDomain (talk) 19:52, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I just discovered that this article was deleted a year ago, so I'm not entirely sure it will pass now. Brandmeister^talk 16:56, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Understand. No problems. However more sources have been added since then. Many. Thanks Brandmeister. --TheDomain (talk) 17:08, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Tangled Ever After poster.jpg[edit]

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Women in Red World Contest[edit]

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Translation Request[edit]

Hi, I was wondering if you could translate the following English Articles into Russian:

Nurkhon Yuldasheva to RU:Нурхон Йўлдошхўжаева
Tursunoy Saidazimova to RU:Турсуной Саидазимова
Hujum (era) to Худжум

Russian articles into English:

Aeroflot Flight 630 from RU:Катастрофа Ил-18 под Ленинабадом
1976 Anapa mid-air collision from RU:Столкновение над Анапой
Aeroflot Flight 25 from RU:Катастрофа Ил-18 под Казанью
Aeroflot Flight 4 from RU:Катастрофа Ту-104 под Хабаровском (1958)
Aeroflot Flight 20 from RU:Катастрофа Ил-18 в Алма-Ате (1965)
Aeroflot Flight 5484 from RU:Катастрофа Ту-124 под Кирсановом
Aeroflot Flight 6551 from RU:Катастрофа Ил-18 под Семипалатинском
Aeroflot Flight 245 from RU:Катастрофа Ил-18 под Миллеровом
Aeroflot Flight 2174 from RU:Катастрофа Ан-24 под Саратовом
Aeroflot Flight 13 from RU:Катастрофа Ан-24 под Баку

Thanks! --PlanespotterA320 (talk) 16:48, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks, looks interesting. Will do what I can in a few days. Brandmeister^talk 16:52, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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German aid to Soviet civilians in World War II[edit]

Hi!

I do not speak Russian. You wrote: "Several of them also helped local Soviet Jews." in the article German aid to Soviet civilians in World War II. I have read the source via Google Translate, and the source does not seem to support that claim. Would you be so kind to post the relevant Russian text and a translation? (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 11:25, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, the related piece there is "Есть и случаи участия в спасении евреев в Харькове и области немецких служащих. Двух еврейских детей спас повар немецкой части, расквартированной на Кузнечной улице. Спасенные его помнят как Курта Кригера. Прятавшихся в одном из зданий по ул. Чернышевского двух детей подкармливал военный врач из немецкого госпиталя. Немецкий офицер остановил прямо на улице женщину с ребенком, говорившую по-немецки, и предупредил о готовящихся расстрелах, посоветовав уехать срочно куда-нибудь в село" ("In Kharkov and Kharkov oblast there were also cases when the Jews were rescued by the German servicemen. Two Jewish children were rescued by a German military cook, whose unit was stationed at the Kuznechnaya Street. The rescued remember him as Kurt Kriger. Two children hiding in a building at Chernyshevsky Street were fed by a German field medic. A German officer stopped at the street a woman with children who spoke German and warned about the impending executions, suggesting to urgently flee somewhere to the countryside"). Brandmeister^talk 14:36, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I need to learn Russian. Google Translate sucks sometimes. (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 14:38, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes yes. I had to rely mostly on Russian sources, as they seem to cover this better than the English ones. Brandmeister^talk 14:43, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Entry correct in Template:Nuclear weapons limitation treaty?[edit]

On December 8, 2017, I took a somewhat wild guess and added "1969 Treaty of Tlatelolco" to the Template:Nuclear_weapons_limitation_treaty. Several questions: Is this an appropriate entry? Do I have the correct year? And what overall criteria should entries meet? Thanks in advance for any pointers. Litjade (talk) 15:19, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like yes, it's within the template's scope. The template is for any international treaty that somehow limits nuclear weapons. But I'm not sure which date should be preferred, the signing date or effective date (coming into force). The template lists such years somewhat inconsistently. Perhaps someone at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history can tell. Brandmeister^talk 15:34, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas![edit]

Merry Christmas Brandmeister!!

Hi Brandmeister, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
–Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:26, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas !!![edit]

Happy Yuletide!

Merry Yuletide to you! (And a happy new year!).CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:29, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons' Greetings[edit]

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:45, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Thanks for creating informative article from ru.Wikipedia. Störm (talk) 19:32, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A Soviet Aviation task force[edit]

Hi! Thanks for writing Aeroflot Flight 630. I've noticed your numerous contributions to improving articles on Soviet aviation and was wondering if you would consider joining the Soviet Avition Task Force (still a work in progress right now) one it is established?--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 15:19, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will consider. I've been dabbling in aviation accidents for some time and watch Mayday (Air Crash Investigation). Brandmeister^talk 15:39, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Page all set up and project is ready to go, main page here. Don't forget to add your name to the participants list. :)--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 02:12, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Brandmeister![edit]

Happy New Year!

Brandmeister,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 00:46, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Коментарий[edit]

Значит вы говорите на русском,очень хорошо,помните вы вели беседу на тему спасения женщин и детей первыми,значит вы выступаете за сохранения этого явного сексиского постулата,вы живёте в россии (как я понимаю) и я живу там же и после явной мужской дискриминации когда в армию набирают только мужчин,когда в тюрьмы мужчин могут посадить на пожизненно а женщин нет и кстате вы написали что этот постулат приемлим так как женщины слабее мужчин,а почему тогда в России и не только не смотря на то что мужчины живут меньше пенсионный возраст для них выше(должен быть ниже чем у женщин),что вы на это скажете?--Гривусинус (talk) 06:07, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Что-то не припомню, где и когда я выступал на эту тему, может напомните? Тогда смогу пояснить. В России я не живу. Brandmeister^talk 09:02, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Women_and_children_first вот сдесь раздел "половая дискриминация"--Гривусинус (talk) 06:05, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Об этом уже писали другие на странице обсуждения, см. Talk:Women_and_children_first#"Misandry"_category. Brandmeister^talk 09:55, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ну об (пенсионном возрасте и военном призыве),ещё одними показателями отвратительной дискриминации там никто не писал,да и вообще меня интересовало ваше мнение,ну и почему статью поместили в раздел (мужские права) но не поместили в раздел половая дискриминация (здесь явно она),просто живя в России и постоянно подвергаясь подобной дискриминации когда со всех новостей о трагедиях о Сирии ты постоянно слышишь (погибли даже женщины и дети) как же становится противно и тошнотворно от такого мужененавистничества,мне интересно как говорят в новостях других стран (отделяют ли женщин и детей отдельно) или мужчин тоже упоминают ?--Гривусинус (talk) 04:39, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warring at Azerbaijan[edit]

You've been warned per a complaint at the edit warring noticeboard. The next time you revert at Azerbaijan you may be blocked unless you have received a prior consensus for your change on the talk page. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 15:15, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]