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I noticed you just moved lots of articles, you can't do something like that without consulting others first, plus I think the names you moved them to are not the usual format for Wikipedia, so I will have to move them back. Martin 10:51, 19 January 2006 (UTC)Reply


Sorry if I was wrong... I did this because some of names starts like AMD Am286 and some like Am486. I think they shouldn't be different. Since old page redirects to the new one, I think this is good step. The only move I did wrong was Athlon... Since I did here cut-paste thing... ManiacK 11:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Dont worry, it didt take long to fix. you are right that they shouldnt be different though, the standard format for titles like this is not to have the company name though. Martin 12:08, 19 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Revert edit

Hey. When you did that revert, did you just cut and paste, or is there a revert tool? Thanks! JamieJones talk 12:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Just did copy and paste, but I think there is tool for this... - ManiacK 14:01, 25 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Monobook edit

Hi, I wasn't trying to vandalize Wikipedia or create problems... I had just been mistaken in how to create the popups tool on my site. If you look at my contributions, you will see I have a long history of positive and helpful edits on the site, and if I made a mistake, I'm sorry, but I feel that the warning and chiding typically given to a newbie was unnecessary. I don't mean to get too angry, but I thought it was a little quick to assume that I was attempting vandalism when it was just a case of incorrect code. Anthony 18:07, 2 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

9500/180MP POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION edit

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Hi. All my contribution to this article was removed signature. You should write complains to User:Metahzrd. He is the real contributor of this article. --ManiacK 01:01, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply
My apologizes. The 'M' names confused me. Feel free to delete this from your talk page. --Andrew c 03:09, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

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A Request for Help edit

Hi there Maniack :), I noticed your username on Translators Available Lithuanian to English. I was wondering if you could help with updating Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi on the Lithuanian Wikipedia? Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi on the English Wikipedia has been majorly revamped- particularly, its being treated as a BLP now, since no one has been able to find evidence of his death. I'm sorry to say I know little Lithuanian, so I'd really appreciate your help in this :), although I understand if you don't have the time. Thanks in advance! Omirocksthisworld(Drop a line) 04:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Can you help verify translations of articles from lt edit

Hello ManiacK,

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

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This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original lt 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 lt, 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 lt. 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:

  1. Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas
  2. Kazimieras_Černis
  3. Lithuanian Partisans Declaration of February 16, 1949
  4. Nuklonas

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the lt 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) 04:30, 6 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

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