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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010[edit]



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Moldovan[edit]

Hi Dahn. Your request that I add the IPA thingie at Alexis Nour reminded me that I could turn to you in a distantly related matter: the Moldovan language. If you have the time and patience, could you please have a look at this discussion?

I'm trying to make the argument that there should be two distinct articles: one about the local vernacular spoken in Moldova, and another about the controversy around naming the official language. The former would be a linguistic article on the dialectal particularities of what Moldovans speak, somewhat similar to other articles on dialects, such as American English and the like. The latter would be a political and social article on the ethnic identity controversy in that country. In my opinion, the two cannot be combined, because the subjects are different, and because there is no title that can cover them both, in the sense that a title like Moldovan language is unacceptable to linguists (there is no Moldovan language in any language classification), and a title like Moldovan dialect or Romanian speech in Moldova is not what the Moldovan Constitution and authorities call it.

However, I seem to be the only one seeing things that way and apparently I'm unable to get my opinion across. On the contrary, I'm being accused of pushing a Romanian POV (which I believe I'm not) and of trying to hide linguistic facts about the dialectal features of what they speak in Moldova (which I absolutely certainly am not). I need someone who is knowledgeable enough and who can think clearly, to tell me that I'm wrong, if I am, and why.

I'm not asking you to intervene, but to tell me what you think. I know it's much to ask, and I will perfectly understand if you prefer to spend your time doing more useful things.

Best. — AdiJapan 15:40, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Alexis Nour[edit]

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DYK for Alexis Nour[edit]

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:04, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Urechia[edit]

I went for the pronunciation identical with the common noun urechea, as I believe this is only a matter of outdated spelling. If you think another pronunciation is more widespread, please let me know.

About the Moldovan language, thanks for encouraging me. I've been looking for sources about the Romanian dialects --- contrary to your expectations, I didn't know much on the subject --- and I have found a few good ones, so these days I've been reading and getting ready for a mini-series of small articles. — AdiJapan 12:34, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Zamfir Arbore[edit]

rʨanaɢ (talk) 21:01, 9 February 2011 (UTC) 18:04, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sergiu Dan[edit]

Dravecky (talk) 12:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011[edit]

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Picture[edit]

No problem. In fact I quite liked the oldish flavor of Cocea's picture, but I thought a grayscale, well-contrasted picture had a more Wikipedia-like style. — AdiJapan 16:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for N. D. Cocea[edit]

Thanks for helping with Did you know Victuallers (talk) 06:04, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Seara (newspaper)[edit]

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Please see new note on DYK talk page. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:39, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Seara (newspaper)[edit]

Orlady (talk) 02:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

FYI[edit]

Since I've read (at least) one of your articles, this policy proposal should be of significant interest to you. Tijfo098 (talk) 08:30, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Diacritics[edit]

Well, that's the main reason I've been pushing for a global change: not because I'm burning with zeal to see ș instead of ş, but because people like Cocoloi o-sa se trezească to move a few pages at a time. I sighed when this happened, and Sebeș, and Hațeg, and Dâmbovița River — hopefully, a wide-scale move will happen at some point.

Here is exhibit A for why "every high school is notable" is bad policy: Grup Școlar Agricol Marcel Guguianu, Zorleni.

If I may ask for a couple more notability checks while we're at it: Adrian Oţoiu and Constantin Virgil Banescu. And what about Circassians in Romania? You'll love this: we're told two individuals declared as Circassians in 2002, one of them in Piatra-Olt. We're linked to a page showing that town had one person of "other ethnicity" at the census. And the author? "I am a Circassian. I live in Romania, in Piatra Olt"! (No word on how he deduced the other Circassian lives in Merişani.) - Biruitorul Talk 07:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

About the diacritics: as long 40% of Internet users use an operating system that doesn't natively support those letters, I strongly disagree with a universal move from t/s-cedilla towards t/s-comma. While on ro.wp we can assume most readers installed the necessary software, this isn't the case for the international readership of en.wp. And a t/s-cedilla is always better than a blank square.Anonimu (talk) 17:16, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Friends, my main objection, I must confess, is that I just don't like the cedilla system: as I have said in the past, the letters display like they're scribbled by idiotic children in between regular letters. I also hate inconsistency (notice how those guys moving the articles don't even seem to register that the "incorrect" diacritics are still used in the body of text - "let someone else do it"...). Either way, though, I would accept any single outcome, as long as it is a single outcome, in clear letters, that we all may follow, and as long as the changes are applied with at least some consistency and responsibility. Dahn (talk) 17:24, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ziridava[edit]

Can you enlighten me about the removal of DYK tag from Ziridava?! Thanks --Codrin.B (talk) 13:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I missed the part with where to post the template... The helmet article is a bit late, but I was encouraged to DYK it anyway. I think is worth it. Any other suggestions, constructive criticism? Regards --Codrin.B (talk) 13:42, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, looking forward for your review, as long as ... you don't kill me! LOL! The Helmet article needs more work, I already know that as I wasn't done with it. It was just a start level. But I decided to put it there because of the time constraints that the DYK seems to require. And because I really think is an amazing helmet. I wanted to keep it "offline" and work on it, but it seems to be too late after your create the article right? Ziridava is in better shape, although there is more content to add and working with archaeologists to get pictures but takes forever. Is it a good idea to use your user space or a draft space to build the article and then move it to main space before DYK, so you have time and don't hit the time constraints? Thanks --Codrin.B (talk) 13:57, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Categorizing Deaf Culture[edit]

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DYK for Eugen Relgis[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

He is now featured on Portal:Germany. If you have more DYK related to Germany, feel free to place it there yourself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:28, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Samurcaș[edit]

How do you stress Samurcaș? I'm guessing the stress is on the last syllable, but I'm unable to dismiss any of the three options, and to my shame I've never heard this name.

On a different note, following your encouragement, I started working on a series of articles on the Romanian subdialects (see Special:Contributions/AdiJapan). I had to stop when the earthquake hit us, but I will go on. I wanted to thank you for stimulating me. — AdiJapan 11:47, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, you don't have anything to apologize for. Anyway, everyone I know here is well, and so am I. I'm sorry if I made you worry. — AdiJapan 14:16, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AfD that may interest you[edit]

Florentin Smarandache. He seems to be known for his literary efforts as well. Tijfo098 (talk) 21:12, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On that note: ah, those "Romanian users of Wikipedia", "ill-motivated" and "in total ignorance"! One wonders why the discussion was reopened following that kind of rant. - Biruitorul Talk 15:54, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We're good[edit]

Dahn, we're good. Thank you for the comments that made the article better, I have no quarrel with them. I have no concern about the other material that I'll read tonight, I'm sure that you're right and that it will be helpful. About the other comments on/after the approval of the DYK, you have given me a good laugh. I am ready to "stick a fork" in this topic, because I think it's done. Don't you?--CaroleHenson (talk) 20:15, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I posted a response to your comments on my talk page. I hope that it will be clearer what I appreciate about the learnings from you and that I agree that I'm sensitive. I apologize for my portion of the effort that got this ramped up into a dither. I hope we can both walk away feeling like we learned a little something - and return to a calmer state. Thanks for all the guidance that you gave me that I'll take away.--CaroleHenson (talk) 15:33, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Mehadia[edit]

hi, I've begun expanding this. I wondered if you could help out. this has some info in Romanian]. I've also invited one or two of my usual companions to help expand it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Blofeld, may I make a suggestion? Since we include mention of Romanian villages at the parent commune article, rather than splitting them up arbitrarily, I'd encourage you to add in information on Globurău, Plugova and Valea Bolvaşniţa villages. As an example of how to approach this, look no further than Dahn's own article on the somewhat nearby Coronini. - Biruitorul Talk 06:42, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Dear doctor, I have a lot on my plate at this stage, but I would sure like to help. In the meantime, I stand by Biruitorul's point (obviously): it is a good benchmark not to link/create articles on villages which are nowadays nothing more than the neighborhoods of a commune (all the info on them can be folded in the commune article, without the redundancies or irrelevancies that the alternative always creates). Dahn (talk) 09:39, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Boros[edit]

I feel the community should severely cut down on that article to the point of possibly stubifying. Not only for reasons well explained in the Afd, but at closer examination The creator has not a single contribution to Wikipedia that is not Boros related somehow. His conduct was pretty horrible at the Afd as well with canvassing in an unacceptable fashion etc. There is clearly a problem here that needs addressing. Hobartimus (talk) 19:00, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair, he did make an edit to Dualism... But yes, perhaps you could also persuade others that this is not a Romanians v Hungarians issue. Like Biruitorul below, I'm quite done with Mr. Boros' case for a while - there is a chronic wikideficit of common sense that blows into Hangakiran's sails at the moment. Dahn (talk) 16:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whew, that was a bit of a let-down; I assume the review is doomed, but in any case, I don't want to hear about the First Hungarian to Occupy the Vice Mayors Chair in Cluj Napoca after the end of communism for quite some time—until the next AfD, months away.

I appreciate that extra bit on the Witnesses, and allow me to peer into the crystal ball by asking: is there any prospect that Rebreanu will be plunged into the cooker at some point? I'd sure like to see that. - Biruitorul Talk 05:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rebreanu is definitely on my list, but I'm not sure where and when. I mean, the list also includes (beyond Iorga) Maiorescu (remember the botched stubification?) and perhaps Lovinescu. But now that you mentioned it, I'm already getting excited about expanding Rebreanu as well - his mysterious death, his weird changes of political position, his tailoring of his his own youth... all kewl stuff. I just have to get over my Symbolist obsession before I give it a chance. Dahn (talk) 16:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good. What would curbă descendentă be? "Downward trajectory"? I did visit the lovely Bistriţa recently and took a picture of his statue there (probably too recent to be good for Commons—if I had the money to bribe a politician, it would be to alter the oppressive FOP laws), but alas didn't make it to Năsăud. One funny/sinister thing in Bistriţa is that on the main streets, they have plaques charting the name changes over time. One of them was (I believe) Strada Regele Carol in the 1930s, Adolf Hitler utca from 1940 to 1944, Strada I.V. Stalin from 1948 to 1989, and Strada Liviu Rebreanu since then! (The whole issue of street names is an interesting one: witness this paper, this proposal from Sfântu Gheorghe, and this one from Miercurea-Ciuc...)
If there ever was any stupidly unrealistic law in Romania, it the panorama thing - with over half of our urban landscape reshaped in the past 50 years by teams of anonymous, uncreditable or shameful architects. It is an interesting survivals of the forms without substance, and it is something to consider campaigning against, vigorously. Lovely stuff on the streets, btw - Bistriţa is a city of heroes (which Carol, btw? and how did they call in Austro-Hungarian days?). I might add that, whatever the point of changing street names in Szekler areas, it really was a case of insolence to make Hungarians walk down a Mihai Eminescu Street. Dahn (talk) 09:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
An old friend of ours has reached GA status. I haven't looked at it in detail, but a couple of things jumped out. First, under the "influenced" section in the infobox, if I had to pick one Romanian influenced by Marx, it probably wouldn't be a man with a fourth-grade education. (Also, why is the current president of Cyprus there? I know he's a Communist, but they might as well put down Vladimir Voronin too.) Second, over here, must we really say that "Marx was heterosexual"? Given that he married and had seven children, and that he was not a married homosexual (in the vein of Oscar Wilde), and given that no other biography I've seen here states this explicitly, it does seem like overkill. (Speaking, of course, as a reactionary heteronormativist.) - Biruitorul Talk 05:33, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Why I hold no hope for the "star" articles. Forget Ceauşescu, but it seems like virtually none of the people cited there represent his intellectual legacy - not that I'm dying to put up Dobrogeanu-Gherea, but even Lagardelle and Lafargue are more relevant than Gorbachev in that succession. And the "heterosexual" stuff is not just insanely disclaimer-like (it probably records who "won" a wikipedia debate in the background), but it laughs in the face of very serious researchers of Marx's biography, whose verdicts deserve at least a mention. It's not something I have ever researched in any detail, but Paul Johnson's Intellectuals makes ample mention of Marx's sexual hypocrisy - even if it's speculation or folkore, it's out there. Downward trajectory? Downward spiral! Dahn (talk) 09:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiquette Noticeboard[edit]

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Anarchism in Romania[edit]

Hey man. Just wanted to say thanks for two very interesting and remarkably well-researched (given the obscurity of the topic) articles, namely those on Zamfir Arbore and Eugen Relgis. I hope you're planning to continue your research into the history of anarchist/libertarian ideas in Romania, and am looking forward to more articles on this topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.216.87.178 (talk) 12:59, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaş[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

You did leave one obvious question unanswered: was he a smoker? Also: a strange argument regarding the video, don't you find? - Biruitorul Talk 22:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

One the one: I think he was from a family of smokers :). On the other: yes, I noticed some of that even before I took up another Filotti, but I didn't want to wrap my head around it. I'll have a second look. Dahn (talk) 23:00, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you're certainly on a nice AfD streak yourself. After Mircea, only Ion Filotti Cantacuzino will be left to axe from the actual Filottis. (And, possibly, Paul Dimitriu, Florin-Teodor Tănăsescu, George Felix Taşcă, Ruxandra Colan-Petcu, Ioana Petcu-Colan, Adrian Petcu, Toma Chiricuţă, Ion Gr. Oprişan, Gheorghe I. Cantacuzino, Vasile Atanasiu, Gheorghe Pohrib, Nestor Ignat... I'm also thinking of at least merging the entries under Category:Newspapers published in Bârlad into Media in Bârlad; there seems no point to keeping separate articles on what are really rather insignificant publications.)
Anyway, I was going to ask: what about Cornel Mihai Ungureanu (not to be confused with Cornel Ungureanu)? On the minus side, it's written by Marius Dobrin, a pal of his. On the other hand, there are some reviews of his work, though I couldn't at first try find anything more broadly about him or his career. - Biruitorul Talk 04:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, beyond the personal Filotti promotion/Filotti vendetta, I must say that a couple of those articles are still notable (Nestor Ignat, even though the text we now have on him is grotesque, and most of the "info" unretriavable). Same thing on the newspapers: possibly Semănătorul (1870–1876) and most certainly Făt Frumos (magazine) are notable entries - the latter is thoroughly mentioned for instance by Călinescu, who puts it in the same category of relevance as Sămănătorul and Luceafărul. That said, I'd definitely endorse a merger into the "Media in" entry for the rest, and maybe for all except Făt Frumos. On Ungureanu: ugh, it's an ugly article; but the reviews cited, as well as stuff like this, this, this etc. do validate the entry. Maybe I'll be rewriting the thing some day, but for now I have to say I hardly now who the guy is. Dahn (talk) 09:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, I do have a few thoughts, which I've set down, but let me ask your thoughts on Gherasim Rusu-Togan. This seems to be the only marginally meaningful (and I emphasize "marginally") coverage of him. - Biruitorul Talk 14:01, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Why, thank you, and I reciprocate my warmest wishes. (The Becalization of Romania is indeed unfortunate, and seems to be accelerating.) I would have done so sooner, only I was caught up in a series of edits about the new Constitution of Hungary, an article that had degraded to this level before I stepped in. I just hope that, when the opposition there takes power again (which could be a while), they don't follow through on their pledge to pass yet another constitution. Likewise, while I support bringing back judeţe in Moldova, it would mean a lot of work on here. As would Băsescu's disturbing "regions" plan – and I see he too wants another constitution.
Other than that, nothing much to report; Bamboo Club? Certainly, one wonders why we need Category:Nightclubs in Romania and Category:Nightclubs in Braşov, Category:Nightclubs in Bucharest, Category:Nightclubs in Cluj-Napoca, Category:Nightclubs in Mamaia for this one establishment.
Oh, in light of recent events, let's take a look at some of Nicolae's good friends. Here he is in Tripoli, Algiers, with his dear friend Hafez, with Hosni and Anwar (contrast Elena with Mme Sadat). Of course there's Bourguiba's memorable visit, and this lighthearted shot of the late, great, much-lamented Apostol celebrating Nowruz with the Shah's ambassador, at a time when the fanatic who tried to suppress it was stewing in Najaf, by then an afterthought to Iranians of this diplomat's class–until dramatically forcing his way back into their consciousness. - Biruitorul Talk 23:10, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As Bamboo Club goes, so goes Ioan Popa (romanian writer)? - Biruitorul Talk 21:20, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I did say there are lots of Ioan Popas running around, and you seem to have him confused with another one. (Or so it seems: the one born in 1940 is from the Alba area, and he's writing about Blaj in the document you linked. The one up for deletion, born in 1955, is from Argeş.) - Biruitorul Talk 14:05, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that struck quite a nerve! Meanwhile, since you did move this to its present location, let me ask: Călimăneşti or Călimăneşti-Căciulata? If we're to go by official names, it seems pretty clear: everyone worth checking with calls it "Călimăneşti". Personally, I'd move to that location and refactor the lead ("Călimăneşti, often known as Călimăneşti-Căciulata..."). What say you? - Biruitorul Talk 20:17, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, Mr. Pit! Speaking of "Pit", did you notice your photos of Piteşti were again replaced, allegedly because "they're outdated and they don't reflect the present day reality anymore!"? - Biruitorul Talk 02:15, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I just stumbled over this article. Just wanted to say, Great Work! --24.128.78.180 (talk) 23:59, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Dahn (talk) 21:50, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Symbolist movement in Romania[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

chiar asa, dahn? chiar asa? nici un buna ziua macar? Make love, not war. <<Charlie Sheen>> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.163.25.158 (talk) 14:11, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Buna ziua, Charlie. Dahn (talk) 16:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Movietalk with friendly Dahn[edit]

Or should it be, 'Friendly movietalk with Dahn?' Okay, so I went to see Limitless starring Bradley Cooper and De Niro. It was a good movie and the plot was very intriguing. It reminded me of Aronofsky's Pi. In this movie, the main character is a failed writer--but not so failed that he begins to contribute on Wikipedia (lolz!). He is given a pill that stimulates his brain to work to 100-percent. He begins to do wonderous things but of course, everything has a consequence. It's an interesting film and it was refreshing to see that the character did not develop an arrogant attitude, despite his massive success. I recommend you to go and see this movie. Regards... your friend, Charlie Sheen. --93.163.25.158 (talk) 12:33, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Falun Gong[edit]

Thanks for the comment. That page is a mess, but I can't bring myself to delete it, so I'm just keeping it as a record of my forays into a conflict-ridden little corner of Wikipedia. --Ohconfucius ¡digame! 09:50, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mihail Kogălniceanu[edit]

Salut, felicitări pentru articolul Mihail Kogălniceanu. Îl traduc pentru Wikipedia română aici Vă rog să-mi scrieți citatele din Kogălniceanu; retraducerea lor nu iese prea bine. Mulțumesc.Ionutzmovie (talk) 21:56, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mulțumesc, si ma mir ca pe Wikipedia romana articolul Mihail Kogălniceanu articolul este intr-o stare janlnica. Dar nu ar trebui sa ma mire, am vazut de ce ai fost blocat si inca se mai continua cu nedreptatile. Din cauza atmosferei au ramas doar cativa contribuitori.Ionutzmovie (talk) 06:32, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Zalmoxis[edit]

I hope you appreciate more the last changes. It wasn't all crap, but a nude man with an axe and talking about Zalmoxis's inexisting tattos, that's crap and I may not call it an other name. As for my English, I try my best but if you want to correct me, I'm glad you do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.25.209.121 (talk) 22:24, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan[edit]

You're right, sorry, I hadn't noticed your request. Indeed, I was "rampaging" through articles on Romanian topics adding IPA's and I was feeling sort of weird that after editing around 300 articles I had virtually no feedback, as if I were alone in the whole Wikipedia. Glad you noticed. By the way, I also finished working on the series of articles on Romanian subdialects. For now I have no more sources to glean info from, although there are certainly lots and lots of other things left to do (starting with a dialectal map of the language). Thanks for your encouragements.

To the point: how do you stress the name Evan? Like Ivan or like Eva? — AdiJapan 11:56, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011[edit]

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DYK for Nicolae Iorga[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

The House of Lame[edit]

Thanks for notifying me about this discussion, I found it very interesting. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with my hook either. At least I can't come up with a better one based on the current article text, and I've done my best to make it engaging. I guess this is a highly subjective matter that can't really be properly rated from 1 to 10. There's no way a hook can be universally interesting, really, particularly with the subject matter we deal with. — Toдor Boжinov — 17:37, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Audio files[edit]

Thanks. I thought it would be more useful than the IPA's, for most people. It's very time consuming though. Recording and processing the sound files is lightning fast, but going trough all the uploading procedure takes ages and it's so repetitive that I tend to make mistakes; it reminds me of Chaplin's Modern Times.

I agree with you about Ești tătar? and have added it there, although the two Romanian phrases are only remotely similar to the English Greek to me and in no way equivalent to it. I've heard the word chinezărie with a closer meaning, but I'm not very sure it's an established expression. — AdiJapan 08:39, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan[edit]

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Discussion at CFD:Science writing[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011[edit]

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Hello[edit]

"A minor note: Draegenz, I don't agree with you that images are deprecated if they show the restoration process or even condemned buildings 
 - not   on   principle, and especially not in situations where there are no other images of the same areas to compete with them. For one, 
 the images don't go stale, and do not need to be updated like on facebook: as Biruitorul says [..]"

Ok, so you're saying that images are not deprecated if they show the restoration process or even condemned buildings, I agree! The condemned building to which I referred, just one building, I never said condemned buildings :) was nothing more than some old house with no architectural value, it wasn't a monument of any kind, it wasn't a public place and so on, it was nothing more than simply some old condemned house, which will be demolished soon and for good reason. Why would you put an old condemned house on Wikipedia? It makes no sense.

The problem was that I didn't really understood at first why on earth were you constantly deleting my updates, because I took pictures of places and buildings of a much more higher interest for someone seeking for information, like public buildings or public squares for instance, which are more important in a city like Pitesti. Because, you see, some Romanian cities simply do not have that much historical buildings left, and the ones that exist don't have a real architectural value (like the historical buildings in Sibiu, Brasov or other main cities). And when referring to such cities, like the one I just edited, their modern buildings and modern areas are really the city's main landmarks.

And that was it, obviously, I didn't knew about the freedom of panorama issue back then. So I found it annoying when I took some pictures exclusively for Wikipedia, thinking that I did a good job for everybody, but to my surprise I couldn't post them. You don't need to explain the whole thing again because I know! It's a shame tho-! I don't like what you're doing and that the freedom of panorama rule is so strictly imposed when nobody really cares about it, at least not in Pitesti, Romania. You should try being more realistic :)

No, I didn't take it personally. I fully understand the problem, so you won't have any more issues with me :)
Yup, I'll stay with Wikipedia, and I would like to help editing whatever I can, by this I mean doing more than just adding pictures. I can write good quality articles in English and German about Romania in general (but I can write about other international topics as well). I'm a native speaker of Romanian and German, and my English level is alright, getting better by the day. I'd like to put my skills to better use right now, but I don't have enough time at the moment. I'm a 19 year old student who's going to study abroad soon, so I'm on a very tight schedule. I'll make more time for Wikipedia when I'll settle down in my new country, Denmark.
Cheers! thanks for the time, it was great talking with you. (Draegenz (talk) 18:09, 19 August 2011 (UTC))[reply]

DYK for Inochentism[edit]

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Jan Suchorzewski[edit]

Replied, thank you for the review. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:12, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tudor Arghezi[edit]

Well,Dahn, ordinarily I should be thanking you for translation and keeping in mind your suggestion. But the use of the word "silly" is simply offensive. Hindustanilanguage (talk) 03:52, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia environment[edit]

Well, if you carefully read all the postings of the noticeboard, our friend Rob suggested that I post one (or may be a few) signatures and let the discussions be on the talkpages about the utility. He himself suggested inclusion of Tudor Arghezi's signature as this celebrity is dead. Inspite of this, if I try to incorporate this signature, he immediately removes it. You have read the full Romanian text - probably you can, at least to some extent, certify its "Romanian-ness". I just wanted to include the autograph signature. Further,Rob ridiculed me and tried to downplay my contributions. Another issue is, if someone wants to remove signature inputs, why target only me? Why not simultaneously edit hundreds of pages with similar signature inputs? Think about these issues. Hindustanilanguage (talk) 06:52, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Although I could say a lot of things about your posting on the discussion, I just would like to conclude by restating your own words posted on my talkpage: No, I'm afraid I'm not getting dragged into this. I have already stated my opinion there, and I see no reasons to change it. I'm only saying this: there is an ongoing discussion about the signature inputs elsewhere, I forget where - otherwise I'd link to it. For the record, I for one have no opinion on whether the inputs should be kept or not; and there was never a suggestion to actually physically delete all such signature pictures. Just to remove them from the infobox, as a standard feature, precisely because (among other things) it makes users keen on uploading poorly sourced images. But there was one in the case off signatures you uploaded, for obvious reasons: copyrights (in x out of y cases) and exceptionally poor quality of reproduction (in z out of y cases). Regards, Dahn (talk) 07:00, 26 August 2011 (UTC) Regards and ending on a positive note -Hindustanilanguage (talk) 08:12, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright[edit]

Hi -- can you please explain why you believe this image is a copyright violation, given the rationale asserted on the image's page that it is in the public domain in the United States. Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:16, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Urmuz[edit]

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for H. Bonciu[edit]

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:04, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011[edit]

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Mircea Florian (musician)[edit]

Hi, have you seen this [2]?--Mycomp (talk) 12:47, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When I found the above interview, I thought you might find it useful as a general reference, not necessarily as a source for a particular fact. Have a nice day!--Mycomp (talk) 13:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mircea Florian (musician)[edit]

Hi Dahn, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Mircea Florian (musician) and there is an issue with the hook. Could you see my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:45, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Marcel Janco[edit]

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mircea Florian (musician)[edit]

Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Helău Dahn! (Romanian diacritics)[edit]

Răspuns la mine! BAICAN XXX (talk) 12:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011[edit]

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Sorry, but...[edit]

I noticed this, and after a quick scan of the article I became seriously disappointed (the disappointment was even greater considering the high quality of most of your recent articles). Would you prefer me to present my objections directly on the DYK page, or you would like to put the request on hold and start the discussion on the article's talk page? The main problems are the low overall quality of the basically only source of the article and what I consider to be the misrepresentation of the WW2 events (including the extraordinary claim in your hook). Anonimu (talk) 00:01, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Let's use the article talk page, if we must. To begin with, I'm not particularly pleased with the source, but it does have credentials and it does clearly condemn the Antonescu murders - meaning that it is not out of the pale. But do note that the hook is also supported by Deletant. You will also find that it is supported, and/or his account credited, by other impeccable (if slightly confused/ing) sources: [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]. Now, if you find a better quality of source saying otherwise -and let's say, one not out of the PCR archives ;)-, I'm ready to listen. But I'm not putting DYK on hold, as for now your objections seem, for lack of a better word, frivolous. Dahn (talk) 00:12, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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