User talk:Marek69/Archive 1

Thank you for your Poland-related contributions

Hello and welcome Marek69! Thank you for your contributions related to Poland. You may be interested in visiting Portal:Poland/Poland-related Wikipedia notice board, joining our discussions and sharing your creations with our community.

--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Happy editing! Tiptoety ^talk 00:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Marek.69 ^talk 23:16, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Sister cities

I think the issue here seems to be another international difference. In the US, the term most used seems to be 'sister cities'; internationally, it appears that 'twin towns' seems more predominant. I don't like the use of both terms, hyphenated, in the subsection header -- I think subsection titles should be as simple as possible, which I think goes along with the current thinking at WP:MSH. Since Bratislava is not a US city, it would probably be appropriate to change it to "Twin towns", as opposed to "Sister cities" (keep in mind, also, that only the first letter of the first word of subsection headers is capitalized, per WP:MSH). Cheers! Dr. Cash (talk) 17:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Dr. Cash, Thanks for the info. I do agree with you, section headings should be simple. It's not always easy though. I am generally avoiding changing section headings, unless absolutely neccessary, or until someone comes up with a standard on this issue. Please let me know if you have further ideas on the subject. Marek.69 ^talk 04:08, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I semiprotected your userpage for two weeks, and your talk page for 72 hours. If you want either unprotected, feel free to let me know, or if I'm not on, you can ask any other admin or you can file a request on WP:RFPP. Cheers! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 21:01, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Phew! - Nice to see page back to normal. Thank you very much for your help. It is much appreciated. Cheers! - Marek.69 ^talk 22:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

How to title external links?

Hi Marek, Thank you for the welcome. I do not know how to title the external link that I added to Pope John Paul's page. It is showing up as a 3. Thank you, Sparky6915 (talk) 23:04, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Sparky6915, To title the external link, you simply add a space after the web address and then type the title, all within the square brackets

eg.

[http://www.hramiechoffman.com/preview/ 'Lolek, The Boy Who Became Pope John Paul II'] becomes 'Lolek, The Boy Who Became Pope John Paul II'

I've already made the change on the Pope John Paul II page (I had to remind myself how to do it) - All the Best Marek.69 ^talk 00:52, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Delicious Cookie

Jake Wartenberg^talk has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

Thanks Jake :-) Marek.69 ^talk 01:43, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Why

why cant i write things about my old school i now work there and i dont like how it is now one bit and i want them to know how i feel —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewikiasassin (talk • contribs) 17:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, it is not the place for comments such as "cos hes a prick also he is a dift nazi..." Here, such comments are considered to be vandalism. Marek.69 ^talk 17:58, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Marek69,

Thank you very much for the welcoming message and helpful links. I have a lot of reading to do, I think I figured out how to leave you a message - hopefully this works. I will ask you any questions when I need them, again thank you for your support.

Tube Bar Red (talk) 11:24, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Tube Bar Red, If there's anything I can help you with, please drop me a line. Marek.69 ^talk 01:01, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome message & links :) Mattg82 (talk) 00:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

You're Welcome. If there's anything I can help you with, please do not hesitate to ask. Marek.69 ^talk 00:57, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome  :-) . I will contact you if I have any questions. --İnfoCan (talk) 20:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

No Problem. Happy editing! Marek.69 ^talk 20:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks also, dear Marek!

I was really impressed having got your kind message re my problem with the blockade of my URL realgems.org. Until today I've got only negative feedbacks from Wiki although I have made just one fault: adding too many links to my own URL (I didn't know that it's forbidden). I would like someone like you who still think and act as a "normal, human and fair" person, perhaps feeling free to have a look on my humble website and then do what you can to re-install at least those links from strangers who added their links to my URL on Wiki. Best, Mike Redberyl (talk) 21:35, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mike, I'll have a look and try to work out what the problem is. Cheers! Marek.69 ^talk 22:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey !! Can You Make Me A Favor

Can you unblock me please !! i really like wikipedia and i love to give contributions... i was block because i didn't respect the policy of images, but that happened because i was new on this... so if an administrator unblock me i can use wikipedia free... and also respect your politics. Fckbaby (talk) 18:22, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Fckbaby, I had a look (at your block log) and it doesn't look like you are blocked, so maybe its all sorted already. I am not an administrator, so unfortunately I cannot perform 'unblocks', but I believe that if you put the following code on your talk page: {{unblock|type your reason here}} , with your reason for unblocking in the appropriate place, then an administrator should come to your assistance. Please let me know if you have any more problems and I will try to help. I wish you the Best of Luck. Marek.69 ^talk 19:22, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Question

Thanks for your nice welcome... I've got a rather specific question - how can I contact someone because of a moral question concerning a link in an article? Actually I'm German but due to discussions in a German bulletin board I got to know that in an article is a link to a video showing real murders. I don't think that something like this should be published on wikipedia as many children use it and are not aware of the likely impact such a video can have on them. This is NOT a question of information (policies), it's simply immoral and disgusting. Where can I get help? --Eileanna (talk) 22:59, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Eileanna, could you tell me where on Wikipedia this link is? Marek.69 ^talk 23:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

This is the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs As you may know many teachers and parents trust wikipedia as a source of their children at school. Most children are allowed to surf wikipedia without observation by parents or teachers. So this link has to be removed, as I wrote on the article's discussion page, I do think that a simple description should do.

Eileanna, I have removed the link in question and will report the matter further. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Marek.69 ^talk 23:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I'm really glad, thank you very, very much and I hope that this link will never be online again, at least not on wikipedia. Thank you, Marek, thank you so much! --Eileanna (talk) 23:15, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I will attempt to get the link blocked. I'll let you know the outcome. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 23:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. :-) --Eileanna (talk) 23:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Please put the link back. Wikipedia is not censored. Thank you, 2D^C 23:25, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I have put the link back. Wikipedia is not censored, and to quote another editor: "This isn't happy-sunshine-savethechildren-pedia", this is an encyclopedia. Thanks, 2D^C 23:30, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, 2D, but I believe the content is completely unsuitable to be linked to from an encyclopaedia. It is not a question of censorship, but decency. Marek.69 ^talk 23:46, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Marek69, but it is a question of censorship. It needs to stay, you are violating policy. 2D^C 23:51, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

2D, It would be different if you were citing a source, but on this occasion, it is a video, which incidentally is automatically running as soon as you click on the citation link. Please read the above, for reasons why this is inappropriate on an encyclopaedia such a Wikipedia, which is used universally, not just by over 18s. Marek.69 ^talk 00:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Graphic Images

I am grateful that the link in question has been removed. But would you (please) also remove links to the shooting of Mohammad ad-Durra at Netzerin? Would you (please) remove the the links to the death of Saddam Hussein? Would you remove Holocaust images? There is one of a man being shot in the back of the head above a trench - he is looking straight at the camera. I had always know it as a still picture until once I caught a glympse of it as a moving picture .... I don't know the answer.Padres Hana (talk) 22:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Padres Hana,

Sorry but I don't really know the answer either, it's a tricky one. I haven't found a policy showing where to ‘draw the line’. The text on Wikipedia is not censored does not really cover exactly what is and what isn't suitable on Wikipedia. However, I did find some info on how to disable the display of images for a specific article, if it helps you.

I suppose, each case of this would have to be looked at individually and a decision made on it's suitability or not. The place to start would be to start a discussion on the relevant talk pages, to get a broader opinion on each. You could add your opinion in a new section on each talk page and see what result it brings. Would you point out to me where on Wikipedia these links are and I will have a look to see if I can help. Marek.69 ^talk 13:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Reverts

I was wondering why you deleted my post of band Turn On in garage rock revival was considering un-constructive, I was merely adding a band to the list of new rivival bands. I find that constructive as fans looking for any other young garage rock revival band will find Turn On just as helpful as any other band there. Thanks in advance for re-posting my edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.168.196 (talk) 04:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, an edit summary such as ‘adding a band to the list of new rivival bands′ would probably have helped in the first instance. As for your subsequent edits: [1],[2],[3] & [4], I suggest you take a look at this article, if you are in any doubt as to why your edits were reverted. Marek.69 ^talk 04:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Edits to the Kshatriya page

From Rig veda is the earliest literature where there is information on how the society was ranked. If you cite, Encyclopedia - Britannica online (incomplete articles), I also suggest you give the complete information which is present there. The article is not about who is ranked first or the power struggles between how the status evolved. Power struggles are irrelevant to the article. There is no complete information on who won or who did not. Encyclopedia - Britannica is not a Bible. Consistently there has been only one ranking, from the Rig veda (the earliest of literature on the hierarchy). I suggest you please remove your the information or also give additional information from the online article from where the information has been copied (word to word for some sentences).

Hi, I'm sorry if there has been any misunderstanding, but I did not write (or add to) the Kshatriya article you are referring to. I simply reverted one edit here, because it looked like an 'unexplained removal of text' to me, i.e. no edit summary, or other explanation. If this what you are referring to, please accept my apologies. I am sure your edit was done in good faith, but in the future, to avoid misunderstandings, it may be a good idea to use edit summaries so others are aware of, and understand your actions. Also, before deleting sections of text, it may be a good idea to discuss your views on the talk page and try to improve or rewrite the existing text. Best Wishes Marek.69 ^talk 06:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, ... and a question

Hi, Marek. Thank you for the welcome. I'd like to take you up on your offer of assistance; here is the situation. Some IP user at 207.210.134.83 has occasionally been replacing the letter t with the dagger character †; e.g., changing "Lotto" to "Lot†o". You can see this in the New York Lottery article edit of 18:28, 27 December 2008, where JB82 removed one instance of that vandalism. I found a couple more of them, but only by reading a few of 207.210.134.83's edits. I don't know how to do a search that will find those characters; my simple attempts with WP's search box and with google, searching for the character itself or for its HTML codes, haven't worked. So, do you know an easy way to find them? If not, do you know if there's someone who specializes on finding such vandalism, to whom I should report it? --LottsoLuck (talk) 10:05, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi LottsoLuck, I suppose you could find all the contributions this particular IP has made, by clicking here If you want to search for the † character, I would use the browsers search feature, i.e. Mozilla -Edit-Find, or Internet Explorer Ctrl-F, pasting the † character in the search box and then replacing all instances of it manually. I hope this helps. Best of Luck. Marek.69 ^talk 10:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Marek. Yes, the Find command is a good alternative to just eye-balling the text. Next, I'll try the Help Desk to see if anyone has a way to search the WP domain for such characters. --LottsoLuck (talk) 12:20, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Richard Pecorino

Thanks for the welcome post. Richard Pecorino (talk) 13:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You're Welcome Richard. Happy Editing. Marek.69 ^talk 18:27, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: message

regarding this message:

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Honda B engine has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Marek.69 talk 01:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

What on earth are you talking about? I never tried to edit the Honda B engine page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.204.240.220 (talk) 14:41, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, the message refers to this edit, which you may notice was made by your current IP address (89.204.240.220) It maybe that another user had that IP address at the time. To avoid this happening again, I would recommend that you get a username. You can find more information on this at the "why create an account" page. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 18:27, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Greetings

Hi. Cheers for the welcome, though I have been around for a while. On the negative side, I've quite liked having "my talk" at the top in red and you've spoilt that privilege. I shall, of course, enjoy editing here and yadda yadda. It's nice to be welcomed, even if I feel it a little overdue.

Happy editing! Greggers ^{(t • c)} 20:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, if I've upset your 'Red Link' image. Whoops. You could always blank it and request for it to be deleted. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 20:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Link to other languages

I have a question. If you make a new page in one language and it's allready there in another, jow do you make them refer to eachother under "languages" out in the left margin? Sorry to bother you with such an elementary question but couldn't find anything on it anywhere. Ramblersen (talk) 23:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ramblersen,

Usually near the end of the article, there is a list resembling this:

[[da:Stockholm]]

[[de:Stockholm]]

[[en:Stockholm]]

[[el:Στοκχόλμη]]

[[es:Estocolmo]]

[[fr:Stockholm]]

If you want to add a link to another language version of the article, simply add the appropriate link to the list (in alphabetical order).

I hope this answers your question. Please come back if there is anything else I can help with. Happy Editing. Marek.69 ^talk 23:15, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Welcomes

Thanks, Marek69! I am a brazilian wikipedist. Visit my page here. A happy new year for you! Felipe P (talk) 19:05, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Catholicism!

Hello, Marek69/Archive 1, and welcome to Wikiproject Catholicism! Thank you for your generous offer to help contribute. I'm sure your input will be much appreciated. I hope you enjoy contributing here and being a Catholic Project Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to discuss anything on the project talk page, or to leave a message on my own talk page. Please remember to sign all your comments, and be bold with your edits. Again, welcome, and happy editing!

Thanks Marek.69 ^talk 05:46, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for watching my back. Geoff ^{T C} 08:53, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

No Probs :) Marek.69 ^talk 09:02, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Munich

Hi Marek, I was the one who changed right wing to left wing on the Munich page. I just thought it would be more accurate to describe Hitler and Nazism as left wing as they were socialist ideals. No? I understand that the article described the National Socialism (or the Nazi Party). The Nazis and Hitler overthrew the Weimar Republic under Bruning, who was a conservative. The historical definition of right wing versus left wing goes back to the French Parliament where those who sat to the right favored the monarchy. In this instance, while Hitler/Nazism/National Socialism instituted a dictatorship, they also overthrew the conservative head of government and instituted many socialist changes, clearly a left wing ideology in modern terms. I think the terms right-wing and left-wing have clearly changed with the times and labelling them so is confusing. It might be better to take the term out in general. Thoughts? Thanks for your time. Arrogator (talk) 03:29, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Arrogator,

My thoughts are that the ‘Socialism’ part of National Socialism is misleading.

Socialism has been proposed in many forms. The most common is social democracy, where workers vote for their supervisors, as well as their industry representatives to regional or national congresses. Another proposed form is anarcho-socialism, where workers own companies that would operate on a free market, without any central government at all. There are also other (similar) forms.

Once in power, Hitler showed his true colors by promptly breaking all his promises to workers. The Nazis abolished trade unions, collective bargaining and the right to strike. An organization called the ‘Labour Front’ replaced the old trade unions, but it was an instrument of the Nazi party and did not represent workers.

Allan Bullock, leading Hitler historian, wrote:

“While Hitler's attitude towards liberalism was one of contempt, towards Marxism he showed an implacable hostility… Ignoring the profound differences between Communism and Social Democracy in practice and the bitter hostility between the rival working class parties, he saw in their common ideology the embodiment of all that he detested -- mass democracy and a leveling egalitarianism as opposed to the authoritarian state and the rule of an elite; equality and friendship among peoples as opposed to racial inequality and the domination of the strong; class solidarity versus national unity; internationalism versus nationalism.”

More info on this webpage and on Wikipedia:Adolf Hitler's political beliefs. I'll let you make your own mind up on this. - I would say Hitler's political stance was more likely to be ‘right’ than ‘left’ and consequently more likely to have ‘risen to prominence’ in a right wing environment. Marek.69 ^talk 04:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello Marek69. Thanks for welcoming me as a new Wikipedia content contributor. With my limited HTML skills, and after reading the Wikipedia help pages to some degree, I have made considerable improvements to my first entry over the past day. I would appreciate if you could take the time to have another look at it, and offer any suggestions, if any come to mind. In particular, I am having trouble trying to determine what would be the best categories to use. Thanks again for the welcome.

Webwikator (talk) 17:33, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Marek. Thanks for your quixk response to my recent question. Yes it worked! Ramblersen (talk) 07:36, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Princess Hours (Philippine TV series)

that page should be erased because there has been no official announcement from abs-cbn that they even bought the rights to do the remake. the article has no link to outsde sources proving its authenticity. it is clearly fake and is causing an uproar in some forums. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.96.131.145 (talk) 13:53, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Then you should nominate it for deletion, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Please stop blanking the page, this is not the correct way of deleting articles on Wikipedia. -- Marek.69 ^talk 14:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

as you can see, i don't have an account so i cannot nominate it myself. i already attached a tag on it but do not know how to proceed from there...without hassling myself of creating an account. a lot of people have already been fooled by this article and some of them are not amused by it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.96.131.145 (talk) 14:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

You attached a tag and left an explanation on the talk page, so the article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.

If you wish to continue editing on Wikipedia, it's a very good idea to have an account (see benefits of having a account) and it's really not really that much hassle creating one. Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 14:47, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

FAC for Pope John Paul II article

I happened to notice that a couple of editors advised you not to nominate Pope John Paul II as a FAC because the experience would be too unpleasant. I just wanted to let you know, as someone who has been through the FAC process a number of times, I don't necessarily agree with that advice.

I just looked over the article and I think it's very close to being FAC ready. The only glaring issue that I noticed is that your weblinks need to be formatted. As an example, see how I formatted a weblink to IMDB in note #116 in this section. Also, you need to make sure that every image in each image file page has a full explanation of where it came from, with links if from a website, who took the picture (if known), the date it was taken and the date it was uploaded to Wikimedia, and a clear rationale as to why it is a freely licensed, public image.

If you go into the FAC process expecting the FA reviewers to find things "wrong" with the article, and are prepared to address their concerns willingly and patiently, even if you don't agree with their concerns, then I don't think the FAC process is that bad an experience. If someone objects to something in the article and you're not sure how to address it, I would suggest not responding for a day or two while you think of a possible solution to their concern. The reviewers do want to help your article meet the FA criteria and get promoted. So, in short, I would say go for it and nominate this article, which you've obviously spent so much time on, for FA. Cla68 (talk) 23:31, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Marek, I can second Cla68's advice, and he has said everything if not almost everything I would have. We need (potentially) controversial articles to be top-quality. As an atheist, I'd be useless at the impact on catholicism of JPII, but NancyHeise, who has been working on roman catholic church would be more than happy to chip in I am sure. If i can find the time, I may have a look over it for prose etc. Incidentally I met a person who met JPII before he was pope nad said he was fairly good at pool :) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:22, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Cla68 and Casliber,

Thank you for your words of advice. They are much appreciated. At the moment I am not in a great rush to nominate the article for FA, as I think it still need a fair amount of work done to improve it, as mentioned in my recent comments on Giano's talk page. I am very happy to do the work to improve it, but I think the page needs a 'fresh pair of eyes' to look at it. To have it looked at from a different viewpoint would be of great benefit, as would the knowledge of experienced Wikipedian. At the moment I am trying to make it read better, whilst trying to check the facts at the same time. I agree that the weblinks will need some work, Cla68, I'll probably need to get some advice on that, as it's quite a task. I've also been trying to put more of the 'human side' into the article, but realise the danger of inadvertently introducing POV, hence the request for 'fresh eyes', so I would welcome any advice, help or collaboration. Thank you Marek.69 ^talk 11:32, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Casliber, I'd love to add some content on his pool playing days. Do you have any references? Marek.69 ^talk 11:34, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

No, sorry. It was verbal and unpublished... :( Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:12, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

It's something I do remember hearing about too - I think it was at the time when he was student in Rome, sharing digs with American students.

Also, another anecdote I heard was about a spectacular motorcycle chase involving young Karol & Polish Police, but sadly cannot find published references. Marek.69 ^talk 13:23, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Now that rings a bell too. There are some catholic editors who may know more. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

PS: If you have not read this, this is a very good essay - User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a. If you see how I edited the article a bit, I removed some words which were repetitive and no meaning was lost (that way you can fit more content in!) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:14, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: Pope John Paul II

I'll see how I can help, do mention your request at WP:PWNB.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:11, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I will :) Marek.69 ^talk 20:24, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Pope John Paul II - Further Reading

Hello! I am proposing you to merge the article in the proper category instead of making a sister article. How about it? --Mixwell!^Talk 01:18, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mixwell, I have separated this from the from the main article Pope John Paul II as the article is considered to be too long (see discussion on talk page). With which article do you propose to merge this one with? -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:25, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

If you mean merge with Cultural references to Pope John Paul II, then Yes that is probably a very good idea. Please feel free to go ahead, otherwise I will give it a go when I take a break from tiding up the main article -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

What about merging the three articles: Cultural references to Pope John Paul II, List of places named for Pope John Paul II and Pope John Paul II - Further Reading into one article? Marek.69 ^talk 06:13, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Pope John Paul II nomination for Collaboration

I have put the article into the collaboration queue on WikiProject Catholicism, to get some ‘fresh eyes’ on it before we nominate it for GA. Please vote for it here -- Marek.69 ^talk 05:17, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Question of etiquette

Dear Marek 69, I am new to contributing bits on wikipedia and would like to ask a question about etiquette please. I am a fan of the actress Jean Simmons and on the Stewart Granger page it says he began an affair with Deborah Kerr in 1950 that carried on while both were married. Granger married Simmons in 1950 and I'm very sure this is wrong. I want to just delete it, but the statement about the affair cites Grangers own autobiography as the source of this 'fact.' I have actually ordered the book because I want to see if this is right or not, but in general is there something similar to a challenge flag in american football I can put next to the statement until I've checked it. Like a !! or something. Is there a procedure for marking something as doubtful even if it seems to support what it says? ThanksSayerslle (talk) 18:35, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Sayerslle, If you want to challenge a fact you can put a {{fact}} after the statement, so typing A statement{{fact}} will come out like this: A statement

In the case you refer to on the Stewart Granger page, I suppose you would add it to the end of the following line: ‘Deborah Kerr had tried to seduce him in the back of a London cab in 1950’

You can also add the date to the tag, like so, {{fact|January 2009}}, to record when the tag was left.

You can find out more information about the {{fact}} template here.

Maybe a {{Verify source}} template (request that someone verify the cited source backs up the material in the passage) would be more appropriate?

I hope this helps you. Cheers -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:36, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Eva Ducas

Dear Marek, thank you for your welcome and your response to my random thoughts (apologies). I have hit a problem with my second attempt at adding a new article. It has been deleted. I have flagged my objection and am waiting for a reponse. In the meantime I seem to be unable to retrieve my original text, which I would like to improve. Any guidance? Also I have a interesting estimate of the population of Jerusalem and the surrounding area, circa 1000BCE. Do you have any suggestion as to where I could place it? best wishes.Padres Hana (talk) 20:36, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I also see that my entry to Eva Ducas Talk has been deleted. Not impressed. Padres Hana (talk) 20:48, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Padres Hana, I have a feeling that an administrator can retrieve text from a deleted article. I am not an administrator myself, but have asked one on your behalf. Marek.69 ^talk 23:22, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Your text has now been restored to Eva Ducas -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:24, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Problems

Dear Marek, would you help me. I have been trying to help with the Pope John Paul II page and I have certainly made some comments or edits which have made problems and maybe trouble for me. I have messages making threats to me to "shut my f---ing mouth" or people will be coming for me. I do not know what to do, Should I carry on with editing or should I just stop. Can I report them somewhere.. I only made true comments about our Pope. Can you please help me, drogi Marku MaciejKudra (talk) 21:16, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Maciej, I am very sorry to hear you have had trouble on Wikipedia. Unfortunately there are some stupid people with nothing better to do. I think it is best to ignore them. Here is an article which may be of help. As far as the threats go, it is highly unlikely that these will come to anything. Some people just get a 'kick' out of upsetting others. I notice you have not given your address out or any details of your job, which is very sensible, so I don't think you should be worry about anyone ‘coming after you’. You could also cut down the amount of information about yourself on your talk page(s).(If anyone does make any threats against you in the outside world you should report them to the police). If the threats continue, or you have any other problems, please let me know and I'll try to help. All the Best Marek.69 ^talk 17:07, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

The Pope

Well thank you for the offer to help. I love and think the world of Pope John Paul II (ha everyone knows the best Pope would have to have been a slav! Just kidding :>) I am Orthodox though my brother and as such I might not be the one to add to this wonderful persons article. Though he is a hero (as he should be to everyone). I mean the Nazis ran him over with a truck! While he was smuggling out Jewish people from Poland during the War. He was a great man. I would be honored but I must decline. You know I find him very much like Haile Selassie (whom is also a hero). Strange how they both were on opposites sides, aye. P>S> Remember he was human and we as Orthodox believe therefore all Patriarchs as such, are not infalliable. LoveMonkey (talk) 13:51, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Marek !

92.12.250.244 (talk) 23:40, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello Marek :) Thanks for your message, Yes, I will continue to contribute to Wikipedia by editing pages. I usually just check spellings, but I will add things in if I feel the need to do so. Also, I'll be sure to make an account right away. I love Wikipedia!

Keep up the great work! Thanks, Stacy.

Hi Stacy, It's good to hear that you're enjoying Wikipedia. Please give me a shout if there's anything I can help you with. Until then, wishing you Happy Editing!-- Marek.69 ^talk 23:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

JPII

Sorry, school's moved into a "busy" period, so my editing will be very sporadic for a while. I'll do what I can, though. Can-Dutch (talk) 01:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Can-Dutch, me also, work is getting rather hectic at the moment. I think we've made a lot of progress recently on the Pope John Paul II article. It probably needs some more trimming and a little refinement and then can be nominated for GA. Casliber has offered his help and assistance too, plus we have a couple of 'new faces' from Wikiproject: Catholicism, so things are looking very good. Hopefully we'll see you soon. Best of Luck. Marek.69 ^talk 23:24, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome. --II Ross II (talk) 03:17, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Cheers Ross, Happy Editing -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much! I am Brazilian, the city of São Paulo, knows? From where you are? I already edit the wikipedia in Portuguese since July last year, and recently started with the wikipedia in spanish too! But where there is doubt, but I will try! Bye. Lucas Ciccone (talk) 14:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Lucas, Thanks for the message. I live in the south of England. (Pretty cold here at the moment - I wish I was in Brazil!) Wishing you 'Happy Editing' on English Wikipedia and Have Fun! Marek.69 ^talk 23:29, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for receiving! Yeah, I see it is very difficult scenes in films and pictures of sun in England, the most clear days! Here in São Paulo, the time is quite crazy and can be the four seasons in one day! It may rain, to unbearable heat, or even a chilling cold. I hope to have more contact with you! My first contact international! hahahaha! Hug, bye ! Lucas Ciccone (talk) 15:23, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

John Paul II

Hi Marek, I received your message and had a look at the article. As far as I understand, to be promoted to a featured article, only one kind of English should be used. I have seen both British and American spellings in the article, with british dating format. I suggest you start by either "Briticise" or "Americanise/Americanize" the article first. Afterwards, I'll see if I can help to improve it. w_tanoto (talk) 15:15, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi w_tanoto, Thank you for your response. I have been trying to standardise the spelling on this page already. The article was a mixture of spellings, but appeared to have more British english spellings when I first looked at it, so I attempted to convert the rest to British. I haven't run it through a spell-checker recently, but will do so as soon as I have time. If there's any I miss, I would be most grateful if you could point them out, as sometimes a few slip in. If you can help improve article in any way, you will be most welcome. Kind Regards. Marek.69 ^talk 23:47, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi! When I saw the first glance of the article, I noted BrEn is used more. I will re-check it tomorrow. I think British English is the appropriate form for European topics. I normally use American English in American/Canadian topics, and British English in ALL non-american topics. The dates in the article are already using British/Polish/Italian system per this: [5]. After that, you might consider putting this template in talk page: {{British English}}. w.tanoto-soegiri (talk) 00:17, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I have now added {{British English}} to the talk page. We are currently copyediting and ‘trimming’ the article in preparation for GA nomination. Any help would be great. Marek.69 ^talk 00:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I re-read and modified the article to make sure the article is entirely in British English, though I cannot guarantee if I have converted everything into BrEn. Also, I have made changes: removing the word "catholic" from "the first catholic pope", because in general, pope is catholic, unless it is about Patriarch of Alexandria. Let me know what is your next plan. w.tanoto-soegiri (talk) 14:01, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

That's Great. Thanks for the input. It always helps to have someone take a fresh look. I suppose the next think will be put the article up for GA. I've been told the article is still a bit long, so I'm thinking of maybe shortening the 'Criticism' section, possibly creating new daughter article. I'll keep you informed of proceedings. Cheers -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:23, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I am thinking the article is okay in length, but if I were to trim it, I agree about creating criticism article separately, and I would merge Death and Funeral section, and probably rename the article "Funeral of John Paul II" into "Death and Funeral of John Paul II", and move the majority of the text to that article. Also consider trimming down the Pastoral trip and move it to the dedicated article w.tanoto-soegiri (talk) 17:08, 30 January 2009 (UTC).

W Tanoto, Thank you also for for your kind and thoughtful gesture of this Saints Barnstar. I'm honoured. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 19:03, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

(re: from my talk page). May I suggest you move it from the talk page to your main page. I remembered my first time getting it. I was shocked as well (you're not alone). The user that gave it to me did not give his/her name, but thanks to Wikipedia's "history", I managed to trace the user.

I am not regularly giving out barnstar, but I saw your contribution for the article is huge, including notifying other users, etc. As you don't have section where to put barnstar in your userpage, I put it here, as I do not have a right to edit a Userpage - I did edit the userpage to give barnstar to users that have barnstar section, or to revert vandalism. w.tanoto-soegiri (talk) 20:12, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 01:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you back for the barnstar :). Didn't see it coming. Though I have to admit, I did not deserve it for my very small contribution to John Paul II article. Just let me know when you need something for John Paul II article. I'll try to do it if I can do it. w.tanoto-soegiri (talk) 20:40, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Pope John Paul II article

Hello Marek, I don't have any special knowledge about the late Pope but I can help review it for clarity. LovesMacs (talk) 04:15, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi LovesMacs, Thanks for your response. Any help will be much appreciated. I've been working on this article for a while, so a look at it by a 'fresh pair of eyes' will be very useful and most welcome. If you can help, that's great! Thank you. Marek.69 ^talk 23:47, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'll take a look, but gi'me some time, 'cause right now I'm workin' on something important. Maybe t'morrow? And by the way - don't answer on your own discussion page. That 'aint be seen by anyone but you... belissarius (talk) 04:15, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure :) Greetings! belissarius (talk) 04:29, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

John Paul II - pastoral trips

Good work on the article, just one comment: you removed the fact that he was the first pope to visit Mexico, which I think is worth including - especially from a consistency angle, if we're going to say he was the first pope to visit the UK. Hadrian89 (talk) 01:10, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Hadrian, thank you for the feedback. I see your point. I have reworded that paragraph to include Mexico, Poland and Ireland as well as the UK, as his first visits. You can see the new text on articles talk page. Thanks. Marek.69 ^talk 02:08, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Pope John Paul II

(You wrote)
Hello Poeticbent, I am working on the Pope John Paul II article in order to improve it and raise it to ‘Good Article’ and hopefully ‘Featured Article’ status. The article is currently in Peer Review So, I though I would invite you to take a look. Any help to improve the article would be much appreciated. Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 03:49, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for letting me know about this. --Poeticbent talk 23:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Citing books

Hello Marek69, Thank you for the message. I need your help in citing books sources on my first contribution page. Tanton2008 (talk) 18:37, 28 January 2009 (UTC)Tanton2008

OK, let me know what I can do to help. Cheers -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:25, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. I apologize I didn't write everything correctly on your talk page. Found info at Citation templates. Article where added references - Anthony Coffey -- Please check it out. Will be glad to hear any suggestions or comments.Tanton2008 (talk) 02:24, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'll take a look. Marek.69 ^talk 02:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Go ahead for the catholic template

Marek, I have made semiprotected so you can edit. I will reprotect in an hour or so. good luck. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:21, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, All done, Thank you Casliber. -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

GOCE

I noticed your name on the GOCE page and checked your background here, and found it very impressive. I would like your help to copyedit this page before it goes up onto the Article namespace. TARTARUS ^talk 23:54, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Tartarus, thanks for the compliment, I'm sorry but I've had a busy weekend. I'll try to have a look at the article more thoroughly over the next few days, time permitting, and give some input. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 02:14, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

That would be great Marek, but as time permits, I understand. I have a life off of Wikipedia as well, it is not so weird. TARTARUS ^talk 20:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome. I'm a catalan user ca:Usuari:Pdg. Excuse me for my english level. --88.15.77.167 (talk) 22:45, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Pdg, I hope you enjoy you time on English Wikipedia. Happy Editing! -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:51, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi, Marek! Thank you for your message on my talk page. Nice to meet you here!--BijoUkr (talk) 07:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi BijoUkr, Nice to meet you too. I wish you Happy Editing. Marek.69 ^talk 04:20, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Cluj Napoca

Hi, I tried editing the "Economy" section of the above page to include a photograph of The Ursus Brewery and include a short description. The photo uploaded OK, but when I added the code (following what I had done with a previously edited page Sarajevo) it only showed the link on the page and no picture. I ended up removing my code so the page was effectively unedited - Now I cannot edit at all when I tried again this morning. What am I doing wrong? - Please respond on my talk page. -- Halfmonkey talk 09:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Halfmonkey, I've left a response on your talk page. -- Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 04:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Pope John Paul II

Thank you very much for your invitation to review the article on Pope John Paul II. I did some copy editing on the article. Most of the writing is excellent. However, many sections are missing citations for external references. You may wish to consider addressing the missing references before pursuing any awards for the article. If I can be of further assistance, please contact me on my Talk Page. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:50, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Pastor Theo, Thank you very much for your input. It's Great to have someone take a fresh look at the article and give some helpful pointers. I shall now be looking for references to try and fill in the gaps.

Thanks again for taking the time to review and edit this article. -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

It is my pleasure. John Paul II had a very strong influence on my life -- and if I can be of further help in celebrating his memory, please let me know. Pastor Theo (talk) 03:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

He also made a big impact on my life, which is why I would like to improve this article, up to the best possible quality it can be. Marek.69 ^talk 03:19, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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John Paul II.

Sorry I am late, but I am visiting en:wiki once or twice a month. I love your article, and in my opinion is complete and comprehensive, although you have to fulfil a lot of "citation needed" spots. From my point of view everything is OK, but that 8000 people taken to custody in August 1944. I can see references to this, and it seems OK, but I never heard of such German action in Kraków before. I made a careful examination of Polish pages, and I did not see any confirmation of such large, and horrible event. Check it once again, if you please. This is only I would say against your work. Everything else looks for me perfect. You will be attacked by enemies of JPII for sure, even after the chapter on criticism, but it is natural. belissarius (talk) 05:22, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Belissarius, thank you for your comments and for taking the time to look at the article. I have double-checked the reference to the incident you refer to.

The information comes from the book John Paul II: Man of History by Edward Stourton by Hodder & Stoughton, page 66, ISBN 0340908165

To put it in context, the whole passage reads:

“ ‘The Warsaw Rising is one of the great stories of wasted heroism of the Second World War; on 1 August 1944 some 150,000 poorly armed resistance fighters took on the full might of the German army. They held out for sixty-three days, but by the time the rebellion had been crushed nearly a quarter of a million civilians had been killed and the city itself had been reduced to ashes. On 6 August, in Kraków, the Germans embarked on a mass round-up of young men to forestall any similar challenge to their authority there. Karol Wojtyła, who by now had moved back to the flat he had shared with his father, hid in the basement while German troops searched his uncle and aunt's house upstairs. His friend Zurowski said he was still shaking when they met some hours later. More than 8,000 men and boys were taken into custody in the course of that day.’ ”

Regards Marek.69 ^talk 22:51, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Marek

Do you possibly know what happened to that 8,000? During German occupation in Poland "taking someone into custody" meant capital punishment or at least concentration camp, what was almost equal. Mr. Stourton is a journalist, not historian, that is why I asked you to double check other sources. I am not attacking you, just saying that if you want to present it as a "featured article", you have to be extremely careful. Once again: I am historian with (I believe) pretty good knowledge of WW II history, but I never heard of such terrible event on September 6 1944 in Kraków, or I do not know something. Best regards belissarius (talk) 02:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Belissarius, I will try to find other sources for this statement and hopefully some more information. Thank you for pointing out this potential problem, Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 15:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Belissarius, I've found a bit more info, the Wikipedia article Krakow Uprising (1944) which contains some information on the events of 6 August 1944:

• on August 6, 1944, the Gestapo, fearing of an uprising, ordered a round-up of young men in Kraków.

Norman Davies in his book "Rising '44" writes about events that took place at the beginning of August 1944: "Meanwhile in Cracow, the authorities of the General Government reacted by ordering a preemptive round-up of young men, similar to the one that had misfired the previous week in Warsaw. On this occasion, the Gestapo took no chances (...) At 10 Tyniets street, they broke in, but failed to find the twenty-four year old Underground actor and aspirant priest, who was praying on his knees (...) When they left, a young woman guided the fugitive to the archbishop's palace. He was taken in, given the cassock to wear, and was told to present himself as one of the archbishop's 'secretaries'. In this way, Karol Wojtyla took a major step towards ordination, and in the long term - towards the Throne of St. Peter".

Another author, George Weigel, also mentions situation in Kraków in early August 1944: "August 6, the liturgical feast of the Transfiguration, was 'Black Sunday' in Kraków as the Gestapo swept the city, rounding up young men to forestall a reprise of the Warsaw Uprising".

Sources

• Norman Davies, "Rising '44", pages 253-254, 2004 Viking Penguin ISBN 0-670-03284-0
• George Weigel, "Witness to Hope", page 71, 2001 HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0-06-018793-X

If I find any more out I will let you know. Marek.69 ^talk 17:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! :) belissarius (talk) 23:13, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank You!..

Hi, Marek69! Thank You for your cookies and nice welcome:-) I try to edit some pages on polish Wiki and sometimes on english Wiki. I'm interesting in: population of a city, history of railroads, II World War, world population. Thank you once again, have a nice editing Marek69:-) --Mirek46 (talk) 11:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Happy Editing to you too, Mirek. Have fun! Marek.69 ^talk 15:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

JP II

Hi Marek, sorry for a late response. I left a few comments for you on the review page, now archivated. But I did not read the whole article. Best regards,--Ioannes Pragensis (talk) 13:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

reverts

Hi, I'm new to Wikipedia, but it seems that certain more experienced (or more obsessed) people must have alerts set up so they can see which pages have been changed, and then just revert them all. I know other newcomers who have tried working on Wikipedia but have lost interest because it's impossible to change anything, so I'm not really surprised ... jeff

Hi Jeff, as a registered user you can add pages to your 'Watchlist' by clicking on the 'Watch' tab on the particular page you wish to track. If you then click on 'My Watchlist' you can see the most recent changes to all the articles on your list. I'm not sure that I would agree that it's impossible to change anything, as an editor should give a good reason if they revert an edit. If you disagree with with a 'revert' then you could always raise the issue on the articles talk page, or on the editors talk page, and discuss their reasoning. If you continue to have problems with any particular editors, there are channels to go down to solve this. If you do experience any problems on Wikipedia, you can go to the help desk. Also, if you would like, you could contact me and I'll try to help if I can. I wish you Good Luck Marek.69 ^talk 01:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello Marek, and thank you for watching over my page. LovesMacs (talk) 04:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

No Probs ;-) Marek.69 ^talk 04:40, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Pope John Paul II

My dear Marek, thanks for your mail. I had been away from my desk for an extended period and hadn't read my talk-page. I looked at the article last night and aside from a few grammatical corrections, I'm not entirely sure that there is much I can do-it seems in fairly decent shape to me. If you would kindly give me a buzz on my talk-page or drop me an e-mail re: what you want me to do, I would greatly appreciate it. Yours in Christ,--Lyricmac (talk) 15:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou

Marek, I would like to thank you for all your help, advice and support over the last month. :o) MaciejKudra (talk) 21:49, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Maciej, you're very welcome. It's no problem. Thank you for kind and thoughtful act of giving me a barnstar. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 17:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Nice to meet you :)

Thanks for welcome me in this site and for offer assistance ;) P.S. I Hardly speak to english (I'm from Poland). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Argonowski (talk • contribs) 13:30, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

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Re: your note

Thanks for your message Marek69. Your article for the Mayan calendar (if you're the principle author) is excellent. Now let me see if I can find the tilde key on my keyboard... Ah, there it is. Rosemary Regello (talk) 19:47, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Thank you for speedy deletion of Aix (операционная система) --Dmitry A. Mottl (talk) 20:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Poznań

No problem. Poznań is a lovely city.  :)

Nice to meet you, btw. —Preceding unsigned comment added by StealthCopyEditor (talk • contribs) 20:58, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Likewise :) -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm a noob and didn't sign it... but it seems to have signed it for me. ^^ StealthCopyEditor (talk) 21:14, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Your recent message

I don't understand why you sent me the message. I already have an account, but it is sometimes too much trouble to sign in just for the correction of a letter or word.

I'm sorry. I sent the message to welcome you to Wikipedia. I was unaware you already had an account :) -- Marek.69 ^talk 19:30, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Huggle

Hi there, Please see the download page for the new release of huggle. It should work and should be the only version to work. Thank Xclamation point and if you have any questions please get to me on my talk page as I will not be checking back here. --·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 21:23, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Addshore, thanks for your message. Huggle is working for me again. Thanks for your help! -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:28, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

1944 D-Day: Operation Overlord

Hi Marek, I declined your speedy tag on that page because the new-ish editor created a nice infobox, but I did delete just about all of the text, which does appear to be copyvio, and I left a message under yours on User:Legend6's talk page. (Watchlisting). - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 01:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Dan, Thank you for letting me know. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 01:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Sure, thanks for your work on speedies. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 01:24, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

apology

Just wanted to apologize for what I did, called as vandalism ...

cheers, t

OK, as long as you stop now because you already have three warnings. Try making some constructive edits, it can be fun as well :) Marek.69 ^talk 02:20, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

sure! it is definitely fun ...

Revert on my user page...

Just wanted to say thank you for catching the vandalism on my user page! Pax85 (talk) 02:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

No Probs :) Marek.69 ^talk 02:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

what?

what vandalism?

This removal of content. Marek.69 ^talk 06:36, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Videoscramble

Hey, I did Videoscramble... there was no volume 2 but the title w/ the Volume 1 is the correct one. I'll post a cover soon to videoscramble.com

thx, scott christopher

ACC Tool

Someone, probably you, requested access to the account creation tool. For security purposes could you please confirm that it was you who made the request so we can approve you, thanks. Prodego ^talk 23:12, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

February 2009

Ah, my mistake, sorry! Renaissancee (talk) 01:34, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry. No Probs. :) Marek.69 ^talk 01:43, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Award

		The Original Barnstar
		Ahhhhh! You beat me! Abce2 (talk) 01:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)Abce2

Thank you :) Marek.69 ^talk 01:43, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Ronhjones

Thanks for the page revert. Hopefully it will be a little quieter now a block is in place. Ronhjones (talk) 02:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

No probs. Happy editing :) Marek.69 ^talk 02:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

..for lending a hand with that serial db-tag remover. I had userfied his autobiography and explained carefully about WP:AUTO and WP:BIO but he wouldn't listen - I felt I was trying to hold back the tide on my own!. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:01, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I know the feeling. Cheers. Marek.69 ^talk 05:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

I know this is a little late, but thanks for reverting those vandals on my talk page :) ~ Troy (talk) 01:59, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Troy, No problem. Happy editing :) Marek.69 ^talk 02:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Ratchet & Clank Future: (TBA)

Why do you want to delete Ratchet & Clank Future: (TBA) I work on it for a day now dont get rid of it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guinea pig warrior (talk • contribs) 05:02, 26 February 2009 (UTC) why do want to delete Ratchet & Clank Future: (TBA) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guinea pig warrior (talk • contribs) 05:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Guinea pig warrior, thank you for your messages. I reverted your edit which consisted of a removal of a message titled <!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the issue is settled --> (for obvious reasons).

I was not involved in putting this message up originally. Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 05:12, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

So r is it gonna get deleted —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guinea pig warrior (talk • contribs) 05:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

It now goes to a ‘vote’: keep or delete. Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ratchet & Clank Future: (TBA)).

If you are unsure about anything else, please come back and ask. Marek.69 ^talk 05:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Do u like ratchet and Clank —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guinea pig warrior (talk • contribs) 05:27, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I am unfamiliar with Ratchet & Clank, but it looks like fun...  ;-) Marek.69 ^talk 05:31, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reverts!

Hello. Thank you for the revert ([6]) of my "fan club." Your speedy anti-vandal action is much appreciated! Thanks! Kralizec! (talk) 00:30, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Kralizec!, you're welcome. Happy editing :) Marek.69 ^talk 00:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for successful de-lulzing

Hey Marek. Thanks for reverting the hilarious vandalism on my RfA. Happy editing to you and your kin. FlyingToaster 03:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi FlyingToaster, you're welcome. Happy editing to you too :) Marek.69 ^talk 03:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

And still more thanks.

I appreciate your watching my back. Gonna temporarily lock down my talk page since I have to log off. Thanks much. Regards, PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:37, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi PMDrive, That's OK, no problem. Happy editing :) Marek.69 ^talk 03:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

That was me.

The IP address 68.5.79.12 was me. I forgot to sign in. Me, GKT5 04:34, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

You can respond on my talk page.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldkingtut5 (talk • contribs) 04:34, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi GKT5, Well, thanks again for reverting the vandalism! Cheers :) Marek.69 ^talk 04:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Islam in New Zealand

Thank you for your message. I was not aware that policy had changed to allow blogs as reliable sources, nor do I quite understand why giving figures from the 2001 census is relevant, when the 2006 figures are already given in the article. A synthesis of the two figures would be appropriate, but instead the previous editor chose to add the 2001 figures in isolation from the existing content. If I failed to make the purpose of my edit clear in my edit summary, please explain how I could improve.-118.92.206.51 (talk) 08:38, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I'm not an expert on the subject, but I think it would be a good idea to discuss this on the article's talk page, before deleting sections of text. Also if you disagree with a particular statement, you can add ^{[citation needed]} to the text by inserting {{cn}} at the end of the sentence. Kind Regards. Marek.69 ^talk 15:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Automatic patrolling of tagged pages at New Page patrol

Hi there. There is a suggestion to get a bot to patrol any New Page that an editor has tagged for CSD, AfD, etc. As someone who patrols a lot, your opinion is particularly welcomed. --GedUK  10:09, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert on my user page. :) LittleMountain5 20:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Use-free.com

When the original author blanks the page you can just put a {{db-author}} tag on it instead of reverting. It's usually acted on faster. Eeekster (talk) 00:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Eeekster, thanks for the tip. Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 00:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your welcome and pointing me to the resources (creating an account, MoS and others), which I'll enjoy browsing. I'll go ahead and create an account. I can imagine getting quite hooked on this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.220.211 (talk) 03:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I'm glad you are enjoying yourself on Wikipedia. If there's anything I can do to help you, don't hesitate to ask. Happy editing :) Marek.69 ^talk 03:54, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Huggle

Hi Marek,

I see your name a lot in Huggle (usually as the person that beats me to the vandalism reverts). People really like to go after you when you revert their stuff, don't they? (e.g., how many times has your user page been replaced with "U R GAY!!!"?) Matt (talk) 04:14, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Matt, thanks for your message, I've lost count how many times I've been vandalised, unfortunately an ‘occupational hazard’ when dealing with vandals :) Happy editing. Marek.69 ^talk 04:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Iscogon?

I am very sorry. My stupid friend did that, not me. I am very sorry for his horrible actions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chickenweed (talk • contribs) 19:37, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Message

Im not vandalising anything the source is not valid and dont threaten me ive been editing on here way before you and i know how it works 411mania is not a valid sourceLifeStroke420 (talk) 20:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

I have not threatened you in any way. I reverted one edit of yours which I considered a ‘unexplained removal of a section of text′ and I left you an appropriate template warning message.

If you wish to challenge information on an article, I suggest you add ^{[citation needed]} to the text by inserting {{cn}} and use an appropriate edit summary.

I guess you already know that though. Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 20:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

No, You did threaten me, and i will fight this with everything i have in me.LifeStroke420 (talk) 20:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

The one only message I left for you before this conversation was this which was a 'level 4 warning' (by Huggle), which indicates you have previously received 3 other warning (not from me, incidentally)

So, apart from this one ‘warning’ communication from me, please show me where I have threatened you. Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 20:54, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

I wasnt on my fourth warning there for you were threatening me.LifeStroke420 (talk) 20:57, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

This warning by user Mattisse was a ‘level 3 warning’. When I reverted your edit with Huggle, I guess that the program detected that warning and issued the next one up.

Please understand me, I have no intention of ‘threatening’ you in any way. My one message to you by Huggle was certainly not intended as a threat. I am sorry if you have taken as such.

I would like to set the record straight. I apologise if I upset you, OK. Can we leave it at that? Marek.69 ^talk 21:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Its cool i guess i just dont like it when there are really stupid things in articles idk if you looked at the 411 source but that guy is pretty obviously a idiot not to mention really biased. Dont worry though we cool :)LifeStroke420 (talk) 21:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Good, I'm glad - Happy editing :) Marek.69 ^talk 21:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

WP:DERM

Do you have any interest in dermatology? If so, I am always looking for more help ;) Regardless, thank you for your work on wikipedia! kilbad (talk) 21:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

What did I do wrong now...

I was trying to improve the l'am school wiki site. And I'm sorry that I changed some of the things around here without noticing it; thought I was change the l'am school wiki site. respond please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilkidz138 (talk • contribs) 01:18, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Lilkidz138, thanks for your message, well since you asked:

First of all if you wish to create a new template, do so (like I did here for you). Do not ‘hi-jack’ an existing article and turn it into something totally different i.e [7], [8] and [9]

If you are unsure of something, ask - there is a help desk

Also, if you receive a warning, do not ignore the warnings and repeat the action (as you did above). If you had explained earlier, I would have helped you do what you wanted.

Please ask if you need any more help :) Marek.69 ^talk 01:29, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Then would you kindly add back the information that I added to l'am school site? Here are some info about l'am here: http://lamoreaux.tdsb.on.ca/ Sorry, only know how to edit; don't know how to do all those things behind replies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilkidz138 (talk • contribs) 01:37, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Already done :) Marek.69 ^talk 01:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Edgar Speyer

ALL members of the Privy Council, whether later removed or not, are styled The Rt. Hon. LEAVE IT! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.26.251 (talk) 02:06, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. Actually I was trying to remove the vandalism, which said ‘Speyer was born to gay parents on 7 September 1862’. Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 02:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. I didn't make THAT edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.26.251 (talk) 02:25, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I know, don't worry. It can sometimes get confusing when 3 or 4 different user all edit at the same time. Kind Regards :) Marek.69 ^talk 02:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

. :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.26.251 (talk) 03:17, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Why?

Why did you remove my removal of user:GaryDaFatSnail's welcome box? I told him where to find it if he wants it. But I also know that he's had about 10 accounts before with a welcome box each time. He does not need it! If I get a statement from him saying that it was okay, would you kindly remove the warning posted on my talk? --BACON EXPLOSION (talk) 03:33, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, it looked like vandalism. Have reverted and removed my message :) Marek.69 ^talk 03:36, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks man Keep on fighting those Vandals out there--BACON EXPLOSION (talk) 03:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Cheers :-) Marek.69 ^talk 03:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Did you notice that almost every sentence you write has a smiley face on it? Maybe I should have a bacon image. Hmmm...--BACON EXPLOSION (talk) 05:08, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm just having a smiley day today, I suppose. ;-)) Marek.69 ^talk 05:16, 1 March 2009 (UTC)