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Where to report?

Marek69,

Thank you very much for sending me a message regarding the article on Mexico City.

As per a note I previosuly left in the discussion section of such article, I wanted to know how to report users who delete well documented information entered in Wikipedia articles.

In your message you mention that the edit I did to such article appears to be vandalism. I would like to request clarification. Please note that the information I entered has been supported with references, which I invite you to verify. Also, please note that no disrespectful words were used. I read the Wikipedia tutorial to find out what can be entered and I feel strongly I have respected Wikipedia rules.

Would you kindly specify why you think my edit appears to be vandalism?

If after analyzing my edit you arrive to what I consider to be the inevitable conclusion that I simply added information that adds objectivity to what appears to be a printed commercial (you might like to read the comments in the discussion section of the article to find out what other users think of it), would you kindly let me know how to report users that, without valid reason, remove well documented information entered in Wikipedia articles?

Thank you and regards.

ElEditordeWiki (talk) 04:27, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Mexico City article

Marek69,

I just noticed that I received another message blatantly indicating that I had vandalized the Mexico City article.

I am totally shocked, as the information I entered is backed by references. I realize that a couple of the references are in Spanish. However, a significant number of the references found in this article are in Spanish as well. I would like to request that the references I entered are read and analyzed in their entirety. A thorough analysis of them will reveal that they are valid references: one is a copy of Mexico's Constitution; another one is a link to a decent article associated with Televisa, one of the two major television chains in Mexico.

Once more I would like to request that the discussion section of this article be read to find out that a lot of the information in this article is not supported. This, this right here, is completely unacceptable and puts Wikipedia in utter disrespute.

I look forward to your valuable feedback based on the analysis of the references I entered and the comments in the discussion section of this article.

Thanks again and regards,

ElEditordeWiki (talk) 04:51, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi ElEditordeWiki, thank you for your message.

On reading your first message above, I reviewed your edit and, on reflection, I believe that you made these edits in good faith rather than vandalism. I have therefore removed my warning message from your talk page. Please accept my sincere apologies, as this editing, did at first, look like non-constructive edits to me.

Thank you for your explanation.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 05:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

hello

No, this is not vandalism, but it is a true fact. In fact i'm about to publish a report for wikipedia these days, on danish racism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.61.142.57 (talk) 19:42, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I'm sorry if a mistake was made and your edit was in good faith. However, I did not mention vandalism.

If you wish to add the sentence: ...Denmark has become known as the most racist country in the European Union, I would advise you to provide a reference from a reliable source for this information.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:14, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

A Question on References

Hello Marek69,

I,ve been editing pages in order to take away all mentions of virtual finland in wikipedia pages. Virtualfinland.fi was an old site of The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and that site is called now thisisFINLAND.fi. Some of the now existing links go to the articles which dont exist anymore. I try to find new articles from thisisFINLAND.fi to put to these links.

I actually had one problem, didn't know how to change references -sections. When I put edit, the window is empty, there is no text. Can you help me with that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poulie (talk • contribs) 07:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Poulie, thank you for your e-mail. The most likely reason for the references not being under the 'References' section is that the page in question is using the inline citation & footnotes system, where the section will probably look like this:

===References==
{{reflist}}

The actual references are in the actual body of text, as in the example code below:

===The Sun and the Moon==
The Sun is pretty big,<ref>Miller, E: ''The Sun'', page 23. Academic Press, 2005.</ref>
but the Moon is not so big.<ref>Brown, R: "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 51(78):46</ref>
The Sun is also quite hot.<ref>Miller, E: ''The Sun'', page 34. Academic Press, 2005.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

Below is how this would look in the article, once you had previewed or saved your edited section:

The Sun and the Moon

---

The Sun is pretty big, but the Moon is not so big. The Sun is also quite hot.

References

---

In order to find a particular reference from the list, make a note of its number on the list, then look for the corresponding number in the main text. When you have found it, you need to go to that section and edit it there.(as in the ‘The Sun and the Moon’ section in the example above)

I hope this makes sense to you.

Please let me know if I can help you further.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 17:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Type heading text here

Thanks a lot , yes it helped. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poulie (talk • contribs) 10:51, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

That's good :-) Marek.69 ^talk 22:54, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Mexico City article

Marek69,

Thank you very much for your message.

I am glad there is someone out there verifying the content of Wikipedia articles.

Regards,

ElEditordeWiki (talk) 01:04, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the greeting, Marek! 72.164.134.59 (talk) 00:59, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. I hope you enjoy your time here on Wikipedia! -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookies!

Thanks for your welcome and the cookies, Marek! I constantly forget to sign my posts with four tildes, so it's very nice of you to remind that. Other than that, I don't have any issues at the moment, but if I ever do, it's good to know I can address myself to a more experienced user like you. Thanks again! Goodcoin (talk) 10:12, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

You're very welcome Goodcoin. Enjoy you time here on Wikipedia. If you need any help, you know where to find me.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:52, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes thank you for the cookies also, wish they were real, look nice :)--Elbasan101 (talk) 11:27, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice welcome

I'm completely new to this and it's nice to be welcomed whilst I'm still trying to get my footing. Maybe you could help me with something that I'm sure is probably very easy and obvious.... My alterations/additions to web pages are almost always going to be in the Arabic language and regarding correcting the spelling of proper place names. I'm a serious bookworm and have all of the sources/references and evidences for my changes handy but don't yet know how to link them in (by putting a number after my entry for example that would take one to the correct reference). Also, changing the spelling as the header on a page and then putting in a re-route for anyone typing in a common misspelling of the name. I'm sure all of this information is here but I have strict time restraints so it's taking a while. Sorry to natter on but thanks again and any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Peace! Khaadimone (talk) 00:56, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Khaadimone, thankyou for your message. You may find your answer in the section above.

This article: Wikipedia:Citing sources covers the subject in greater detail.

If you get stuck, please come back.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:02, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Stockholm

I've seen plenty enough here, and have semi'd the article indefinitely. Mjroots (talk) 21:22, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Mjroots, this is typical Historian19 behaviour and I have just submitted a report to SPI.

Cheers -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:25, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome.....

I've used Wikipedia for a long time, but am new to editing. Just thought I'd correct a couple capitilization (sp?) mistakes, and suggest a couple new article links to some notable artists. Please let me know if I'm doing it incorrectly, I'm not too sure about the "wiki mark ups."

p.s.the cookies were a nice touch in this online digital age.

my best Arthistorian1872 (talk) 02:33, 14 March 2010 (UTC)Arthistorian1872 (did I do that right? (don't feel obliged to answer))

Hi Arthistorian1872, thank you for the message.

From what I can see, your edits are fine. :-)

I hope you enjoy your time here on Wikipedia.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:36, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

editing / Ska Cubano

Hi - I have what may be quite a difficult question : is it legitimate to quote published sources on a topic when the ultimate source of the information in them is himself the contributor / editor ? My problem is that I created a band, relating to which I have given many interviews (several published in/by , e.g. , major newspapers, the BBC) and have written articles, press releases and sleeve notes which are the basis, directly or indirectly for virtually all the information in the public domain (apart from fan comments and blogs, photos and videos etc )relating to the band. I have recently edited the wikipedia page based on these "verifiable " sources, sticking strictly to factual information and avoiding self-promotion. Am I permitted to do this? Would it be better if I asked someone else to author the changes?

thanks Sengleani (talk) 11:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Sengleani, thank you for your message. Hmm...the answer to this question in not entirely black-and-white.

The guideline article Wikipedia:Conflict of interest covers this in the ‘Citing oneself’ section, stating:

‘Editing in an area in which you have professional or academic expertise is not, in itself, a conflict of interest. Using material you yourself have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is notable and conforms to the content policies. Excessive self-citation is strongly discouraged. When in doubt, defer to the community's opinion.’

At the same time Wikipedias:No original research ‘Citing oneself’ section states:

‘This policy does not prohibit editors with specialist knowledge from adding their knowledge to Wikipedia, but it does prohibit them from drawing on their personal knowledge without citing reliable sources. If an editor has published the results of his or her research in a reliable publication, the editor may cite that source while writing in the third person and complying with our neutrality policy.’

In my opinion, I think you should ‘err on the side of caution’ and start a new discussion section on the articles talk page, openly explaining the situation and providing the references you have. Another (independent) editor may decide to incorporate this into the article. If this happens then you can avoid any accusations of ‘conflict of interest’ against you.

If you do decide to add these references yourself, and it appears by the above guidelines you are permitted, I would also be open and explain the situation on the talk page, quoting the above guidelines, but keeping the citations to a minimum to satisfy the ‘excessive self-citation is strongly discouraged’ part.

I hope this helps

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

The vandal

Is cutting and pasting Balinese page into Jakarta page - I think its straight to vandal page SatuSuro 02:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Suro, I've reverted the article to last good version by user:Caniago.

I notice you've given the IP a final warning. Please report them if they repeat their behaviour.

Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:41, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Normally would never do that but cutting and pasting between articles can be a headache for cleanup - blocked anyways - cheers SatuSuro 02:42, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

That's good, problem solved, for a while... Cheers :-) Marek.69 ^talk 02:44, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Welcome

Dziękuję za miłe powitanie :) Mam zamiar pomóc trochę Wikipedii angielskiej, więc gdy będę miał jakieś pytania, to się zgłoszę, dziękuję za zaoferowaną pomoc. Widzę, że dobrze mówisz po polsku, dlatego też odpowiadam w tym języku. Czy jesteś Polakiem, bądź masz polskie korzenie, że nasz język znasz na poziomie równym z użytkownikiem ojczystym? ;) Pozdrowienia, AdSz (talk) 14:08, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Cześć AdSz, tak jestem Polakiem, ale urodzony i mieszkającym w Anglii. Mówię nie źle po Polsku, rozumiem więcej, ale pisać poprawne to trudniejsze. Dużo łatwiej jest mi pisać po angielsku, tak, więc pomagam na Wikipedii angielskiej. Też czasami tłumaczę Polskie artykuły na język Angielski (odwrotnie jest mi dużo trudniej!)

Jeśli masz jakieś pytania o Wikipedii angielskiej, prześlij je proszę do mnie to pomogę, jeśli zdołam:-)

Pozdrowienia -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:07, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Translation

Hi Marek! How are you? I'd like to ask you a question. I've found a page in English and I want to translate into another language. How to create the new page for the translation? Thank you in advance, Annarapo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Annarapo (talk • contribs) 18:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Annarapo, thank you for your message.

Hi if you are starting a new page, I would advise that do so in your own userspace to start with.

You could create User:Annarapo/Sandbox or User:Annarapo/Article1 or whichever name you like. (Click on one of the red links on the right to start editing that article).

If the finished article is going to be in another language, you'd probably be better off starting it in your userspace on that particular language version of Wikipedia - same principle just add /ArticleName after the name of your userpage on that wiki.

That way you can work on the article without interruption and when it is ready to go into the mainspace it is relatively easy to move the article over.

You may find some useful tips on the subject in this article: Wikipedia:Your first article

If you require further help, please come back to me.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Dear Marek69, thank you a lot for a warm reception! =) Yana Mazul (talk) 09:59, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Yana Mazul, thank you for your message.

You're very welcome. Welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy your time here. :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:40, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Sorry, thank you so much!--79.23.144.237 (talk) 15:25, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your message.

Welcome to Wikipedia.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:40, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Welcoming

Why are you welcoming IPs, banned users, and users who haven't edited in a very long time? Are you using some kind of bot? Gigs (talk) 23:25, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Gigs, thank you for your message.

As far as I am aware, I am not welcoming ‘banned users and users who haven't edited in a very long time’. Could you please provide me an example of this? -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Regarding welcoming IPs, is there any problem doing this?

I am not using a bot, I'm using Friendly. Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Agent Smith (The Matrix) is a banned sock that hasn't edited in a long time. There's no policy against welcoming IPs with templates, it's just not a very useful thing to do IMO, and most people don't do it. I mean, if we, as a community, wanted everyone to get a automatic welcome template, we'd just have the software generate one when they made their first edit, or authorize it as a bot.

Anyway, after reviewing the edits more carefully, it does look like the Agent Smith thing was more or less isolated. I had used popups and seen you welcoming users with a small number of edits that had registered years ago, I just assumed they were all like Agent Smith, when in fact all the rest I checked had indeed made a recent edit. Gigs (talk) 01:15, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Gigs, I first noticed User talk:Agent Smith (The Matrix) yesterday when looking at the edit history of my user page. I notice this particular user had reverted some vandalism on the page. Their last few edits were using WP:Huggle reverting vandalism and seemed like constructive edits to me. These edits were on 13 January 2010, two months ago, which I do not consider a long time to take a break. At the time I was unaware that they were a sockpuppet, otherwise I would not have welcomed them.

I normally welcome IPs after carefully reviewing their first edits. If they are constructive, I leave them a welcome message containing useful links such as The five pillars of Wikipedia, How to edit a page, How to develop articles, How to create your first article and Manual of Style and offer my help if needed. I do not believe a bot could do all this. Also in the welcome message I encourage the user to create an account and emphasise the benefits of doing so. If the new IPs edits are not so constructive I leave them the appropriate message or warning. I believe I am providing a useful service with a net benefit to Wikipedia. If you review the contents of my talk page (and archives) for replies back from these IPs you may reconsider your position.

You state that the Agent‘ Smith thing was more or less isolated’. Do you have any further examples you wish to bring to my attention? I would be happy to discuss these instances. If they are simply mistakes, then please accept my apologies.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:09, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

No, it's fine. We don't need to agree regarding the value of welcoming IPs. Sorry for not checking more carefully before asking if you were using a bot. Gigs (talk) 02:28, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Question about editing

I received a message saying that a change I had made to a page was 'reverted' as it was unnecessary. Are you tracking users via IP address or login identity? The page was one I have never seen nor have no interest in editing. What gives? Another user at this IP address? Thanks! R —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.214.112.251 (talk) 05:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi R, thank you for your message.

If you do not have an account on Wikipedia, and edit anonymously you are identified by your IP address, i.e. 71.214.112.251

The message you refer to was from the 4 March 2010, so it could be that someone else had the 71.214.112.251 IP address at the time.

If you have never edited the page in question, please ignore the message.

It is very likely that you have a dynamic IP address, which means it could be different every time you turn your computer on, so on 4 March it could have been allocated to someone else.

If you are considering editing Wikipedia, I would recommend that you create an account. This has many benefits, the least of which is avoiding situations, like this.

In short please ignore this particular message, delete it if you wish. If you have any further questions please come back to me.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 18:43, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Medicinernes Skiklub Svartor

Hello. I am contacting you because you are listed as a participant for WikiProject Norway, and the above-mentioned article is sourced by all Norwegian-language references. Moreover, the references do not appear to support notability; they might be mere trivial references to the subject. Since these sources are all offline, and I do not speak or read Norwegian, I'm hoping whether you can assist me in determining whether the article qualifies for speedy deletion. Many thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 12:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi CobaltBlueTony, thank you for your message. I would happy to help you if I could. Unfortunately my knowledge of the Norwegian language is very little, so I am really in the same position as you, as far as being able to accurately validate Norwegian language references.

I'm sorry I can't help and hope you find a Norwegian speaker who can. Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 18:51, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your response! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 12:46, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

"Welcome"

Well Marek69, i'm a user of Wikipedia a very time, in english, spanish and portuguese, but, thanks for this, please, visit my page in portuguese Wikipedia: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio:D%C3%A1lmata, i´m brazilian, from the capital Brasilia, visit this link too! Bye, or in portuguese, "até mais". Dálmata (talk) 23:37, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to English Wikipedia, Dálmata :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Also from me about Welcome

Hey Marek69, like the user above me, I'm also writting for almost 3 years - on the Hebrew Wikipedia; & sometimes when I work there - based on articles here on the Ennglish Wikipedia - I add some links to other articles that I see here or correct some minor mistakes here as well. But thanks anyway for your kind welcoming! I wish there were more friendly people like you on Wikipedia :-) Greets, אומנות (talk) 21:47, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi אומנות, thank you for your message. I hope you enjoy your time on English Wikipedia. Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:56, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I will let you know if I will have problems in the future :-) Thanks again for your kind words & desire to help!

Kind regards -- אומנות (talk) 15:46, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Bad Cannstatt

Hello Marek,

I've reverted your revision about the mineral spas. I've also occasionally read in newspapers, thas Europe's second largest spas after Budapest, which is not in Western Europe, are in Bad Cannstatt. Is there perhaps another town, which also claims the second largest spas? Kind regards --Henrig (talk) 08:55, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Henrig, thank you for your message. I assume you are referring to my last edit to the Stuttgart article, titled Reverted 2 edits by Rosh2610; Incorrect edit

If you look at this diff, you can clearly see the reason for my reversion.

That was the addition of the following text to the article:

000

This text was added by Rosh2610 (probably by mistake). This was my reason to revert the user's edits. It had nothing to do with the content on spa towns.

The part reading ‘second only to the ones in Buda, Hungary’ just happened to get caught in the same reversion edit. If this is indeed correct, then thank you for reinstating it.

I hope this clarifies the situation for you. :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk

Hi Marek, I assume the information correct and have also found some information on the web about like this.[1]. Rosh2610's other addition looks like an accidentally coding. Kind regards --Henrig (talk) 16:18, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Marek. I was just wondering if copying onto wikipedia from the CIA World Factbook was allowed. Reply--Theologiae (talk) 13:37, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Theologiae, thank you for your message.

The CIA World Factbook, as a work of the U.S. government, is in the public domain, so the short answer is yes. Although it is not really good practise to copy word-for-word from anywhere.

I hope this answers your question.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 13:48, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

So that means that it is not advisable, but it can be done. Ok. I was just wondering if there are any restrictions to your copying (I read about the CIA seal, but what does that mean?) Reply--Theologiae (talk) 14:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

The heraldic symbol that composes the CIA seal consists of three representative parts: the "right"-facing bald eagle head atop, ("right" facing, since the eagle looks over its "right" shoulder, not the left shoulder) the compass star (or compass rose), and the shield. The eagle is the national bird, standing for strength and alertness. The 16-point compass star represents the CIA's worldwide search for intelligence outside the United States, which is then reported to the headquarters for analysis, reporting, and re-distribution to policymakers. The compass rests upon a shield, symbolic of defense.

Basically its OK to copy from the CIA World Factbook as long as you attribute or reference back to the original text. I would advise to try as much as possible to put it into your own words, rather than copying verbatim

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

References

Hi

Thanks for your welcome message. Actually I'm not new here but thanks anyway. At hr.wiki I'm sysop. Here on en.wiki I'll correct or add IW for articles written on hr.wiki. Regards :-)--Bracodbk (talk) 12:46, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bracodbk, thank you for your message. I thought I'd welcome you to the English Wikipedia.

Please let me know if there is any thing I can do to assist.

Kind Regards :-)-- Marek.69 ^talk 23:58, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Blanking a page

Hi, you just told me off for blanking a page (Mao Asada), but I didn't actually mean to blank it, I just wanted to add one sentance to a section of the article. There is obviously some problem, because when I clicked "save this page" it blanked the whole thing. Not my fault, and I tried submitting my update again and it worked the second time, so I don't know what the problem was. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellomontana (talk • contribs) 23:46, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Hellomontana, I'm sorry about that. I've now removed my message from your talk page.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:48, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Many thanks for your welcome. I have only made some very modest contributions so far, but hope to do more in the future. Thanks again. Froghood (talk) 20:50, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Froghood, thank you for your message. I hope you enjoy your time here on Wikipedia.

If you need any assistance, please just ask, I would be happy to help if I can. ;-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:07, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Help

Hey Marek i need help with a page i made. Its St. Pius X school, Chula Vista someone always comes and deletes it all and i always have to undue it. Can you help me get the person to stop.

Spongie555 (talk) 04:47, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Spongie555, I shall try to find out the reason the page is being deleted. I'll get back to you when I find out. Marek.69 ^talk 00:58, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Spongie555, it appears the article has been moved to St. Pius X School , Chula Vista, rather than been deleted.

Also the user who was vandalising the page has been given a warning.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:54, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spongie555 (talk • contribs) 03:48, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

re: Welcome

Hi Marek69, thanks for reminding me the Wikipedia policy for modifying the articles. Anyhow, I don't have time to log in and I only left my contibution (about the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI with today's articles about the Pope on NY Times and on the Timesonline. That's it! Regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.110.151.130 (talk) 14:53, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I should have known. ;-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:58, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome and advice. I do intend to create an account eventually, but with my 15 edits in the past year and a half, I haven't really found a need. Thanks again, and I hope to see you around once I'm a productive editor. 147.72.72.2 (talk) 16:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your message. You never know, you might catch the bug ;-) Happy editing and see you around. :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:00, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

AWB

Please be careful. This introduced more errors than it fixed. -Atmoz (talk) 00:35, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Atmoz, thank you for your message. I am aware that I sometimes need to manually adjust the {{convert}} template after AWB substitutes it

I was already aware of the changes I needed to make to the selected convert templates (i.e. C --> C-change). I had already made the necessary corrections and was about to save. Unfortunately you only gave me 2 minutes before reverting, resulting in an edit conflict. I have now applied the corrected version.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:40, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I was so quick to revert. I don't see the need to use the convert template when it was already correct in the text anyway, but... Thanks for fixing it. -Atmoz (talk) 00:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

No problem Atmoz. I'm editing a bit slowly at this time of night. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:52, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

RE: WElcome

Hi Marek69,

Thank you for your welcome mail. I try my best in contributing to Wikipedia :) One thing confused me a little bit: I was logged in when I did my edits. At least the top-right bar said so. In the article history it also shows ma account name not the IP. Did I miss something here?

Thanks again, Tias1999 (talk) 09:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Tias1999, thank you for your message. I'm not sure what happened. I changed the welcome message appropriately.

The template should have detected that you were logged in, although Wikipedia has been experiencing some problems in the last few days.

Anyhow, Welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy your time editing here.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 14:58, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

RE:Welcome

Bardzo dziękuję Marku za powitanie (masz pl-4, dlatego w tym języku). Cóż - tu bywam od czasu do czasu i faktycznie, aż dziw, że nikt mnie nie przywitał dotąd. Tym bardziej dziękuję i pozdrawiam, a w razie czego, wiem do Kogo się zwrócić w angielskiej Wikipedii ;-) Miłego dnia! --CudPotwórca (talk) 15:50, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Cześć CudPotwórca, ja również dziękuję za tak mile podziękowania. Mam nadzieje ze uda mi się pomóc, jeśli będziesz miał jakieś problemy na angielskiej Wikipedii. Co do mojego języka to fakt ze napisałeś do mnie po Polsku jeszcze bardziej mi pochlebia. Dziękuję za mile słowa i do „usłyszenia”.

Pozdrowienia -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:13, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello!

Thanks for the Welcome...

Thank you very much for the welcome message. I am an avid Wikipedia user and am happy to correct spelling/grammar throughout the articles - I teach English for a living so this comes naturally for me!

Thanks again, Brock (talk) 23:00, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Brock, thank you for your message. I hope you enjoy your time here on Wikipedia.

It's great that correcting spelling/grammar comes naturally for you, some articles on Wikipedia could sure use it.

One question though, will you also be giving us marks? ;-)

If you need any help with anything, I would be happy to assist.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:27, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Catholic Church RfC

Input is welcome at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Catholic Church. SlimVirgin ^{talk contribs} 00:19, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi SlimVirgin, thank you for letting me know. Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Help ! How to change a mistaken name of file... ?

There is: Metsovo inside of the Kositza house.jpg There should be: Metsovo inside of the Tositza house.jpg ...Tthanks ! --Dimkoa (talk) 05:34, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Nobel Prize FA

Hey!

I saw that you had changed the image layout after an image had been changed by somebody else at Nobel Prize. I changed the image back since it was badly referenced. I also changed the layout back to how it was before with that picture since I think it looks better, it is much easier to read. Hope you don't mind too much?

Also, check Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nobel Prize/archive2 if you can and perhaps add a comment or support? --Esuzu (talk • contribs) 18:44, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Esuzu, No Problem :-)

I shall continue to help as much as I can with the article.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:52, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Pictures

Im still getting new to Wikipedia and i want to know how to add pictures. Like in this article Cheryl Cox my infobox looks wierd without the picture. If you can leave a replay on my talk page that would help on how to do it.

Spongie555 Spongie555 (talk) 04:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Spongie555, I've replied on your talk page, as requested -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:50, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

[copied my reply here for reference]

Hi Spongie555,thank you for your message

You should be able to find out more about adding pictures in Wikipedia:Images

Basically the code to add a picture looks like this:

[[File:Example.png|thumb|left|alt=Example alt text |Example caption]]

where File:Example.png is the name of the image

this will give you the following result:

Example caption

In the case of adding an image to an infobox, as in your example Cheryl Cox

The blank infobox will look like

 {{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific-prefix   = 
|name                = 
|honorific-suffix   = 
|image               = 
|imagesize          =
|order=39th Mayor of Chula Vista
|term_start=2006
|term_end=
|predecessor=Steve Padilla
|successor=Incumbent

You simply fill in the info in the image = section (you may have to add this, if it doesn't already exist) i.e:

 {{Infobox   Officeholder
|honorific-prefix   = 
|name                 = 
|honorific-suffix   = 
|image                = Example.png
|imagesize           =
|order=39th Mayor of Chula Vista
|term_start=2006
|term_end=
|predecessor=Steve Padilla
|successor=Incumbent

Try it and see, but don't forget to press the ‘Preview’ button until you are happy with the result, then ‘Save page’.

I hope this helps.

Please let me know if you need any more assistance.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 05:06, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Deletion

I have another question. How can i stop a speed deletion of a page i made. When i put hangon it stays the same. I want to keep it but i dont know how to make it right. Like i uploaded pictures and they want to delete them becuse i dont even know why. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spongie555 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi again Spongie555, I've taken a quick look at your contributions and the messages on your talk page. From what I can gather, certain pages and pictures have been deleted due to suspected copyright infringement.

To find out more information on this subject, you can read Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

For more specific answers as to why a particular file/article has been deleted, you can always contact the editor who left you a message regarding that page.

You can also ask further questions or discuss particular instances at the Wikipedia help desk.

I hope this helps.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:39, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Your talk page

Hi Marek, I'm interested to know how you created the talk page header that welcomes people by name. I've seen it around a few times, and I've been trying to copy it, but I can't figure out which template it is. If you don't mind being copied, help would be appreciated. :) Cheers, SlimVirgin ^{talk contribs} 11:23, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi SlimVirgin, first of all you need to create a Wikipedia editnotice page, i.e. User talk:SlimVirgin/Editnotice

My editnotice page can be found on User talk:Marek69/Editnotice

The relevant code to Welcome the user by name is: Welcome to my talk page, {{REVISIONUSER}}

Feel free to copy as much as you want. :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 14:48, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks, Marek. I was mightily impressed when I first saw it, which when was when I posted the CC RfC notice for you. I thought, "wow, how did he know it was me?" And I've wanted it ever since. :D SlimVirgin ^{talk contribs} 15:06, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

That is super cool, I have used it myself & User talk:RP459/Editnotice hopefully you do not mind. Thanks! -- RP459 ^Talk/_{Contributions} 21:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

No probs, I copied most of it myself from various places around Wikipedia. ;-) Marek.69 ^talk 21:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

It seems to be working, though mine is pink. :) SlimVirgin ^{talk contribs} 21:51, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Very nice.. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 22:00, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Another TPS expressing gratitude for the {{REVISIONUSER}} thing! I might yet modify your whole Page Notice for my own use. I have copied the source, anyway. Cheers --Jubilee♫clipman 01:01, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

BTW, I added you to my Qui friends. I not long ago installed it and am trying to get my head around all of its functionality. Hope you don't mind? --Jubilee♫clipman 01:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Jubilee, no problem, fine by me. Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:10, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks --Jubilee♫clipman 01:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

A bite on a new person to Wikipedia

The new person, you welcomed to Wikipedia, Sengleani, on the 14 Mch 2010, has been bitten hard by an unnamed contributant; 193.188.47.23 (talk) on Senglaeni's talk page. He/she attempted a 1st edit of Saint Paul's article page and did have sources.

MacOfJesus (talk) 21:11, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bernard, thank you for your message. I'll take a look and see what I can do. -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for welcoming me. I have a decent user name, I just forgot to log in. Thank you. Nice to meet you.Mrszantogabor (talk) 11:17, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Mrszantogabor, thank you for the message. It's nice to meet you too. :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 11:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Transcription

Hello, Marek. I'm currently working at a series of articles about Chicago in the Russian Wikipedia. I need to be sure about correct pronunciation of a word wacker in the title 311 South Wacker Drive. The Russian variant coincides with the pronunciation of walker which I bet is incorrect. Is there any way to know it for sure? It'd be nice to know this is no exception to the common rule. Thanks. --Ingvar-fed (talk) 08:40, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ingvar-fed, thank you for your message. I'm sorry for the delay in response.

Hmm, I'm not 100% sure on this one. At first glance I would guess Wacker to be pronounced as wa - ka (if it obeys simple English rules, i.e. as in cracker or backer)

However, as it is a proper noun and its common usage is in Chicaco, US, then I would be more inclined to say it would be closer to way - ka (as in baker or maker)

Wacker Drive was probably named after Charles Henry Wacker, a notable Chicago citizen, whose family was of German extraction, but I'm not sure this helps, as it would be the current American pronunciation which would apply now.

I wouldn't be able give a definite answer on this as I live in the UK, so I'm not so sure about US pronunciations, Sorry.

Maybe a US citizen, especially one from Chicago could give you the correct answer.

Here is a list of Wikipedians who live in Chicago. Maybe you could approach one of these editors.

Good Luck & Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 14:59, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you for the list of Wikipedians who live in Chicago. I'll try to contact sb there. Good luck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ingvar-fed (talk • contribs) 09:07, 9 April 2010 (UTC) --Ingvar-fed (talk) 09:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

dates on Unification of Germany

whatever you did on the dates per MOS didn't hold, so I undid everything the other two users did re the dates. Auntieruth55 (talk) 18:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Auntieruth55, thank you for your message.

I'm not sure I understand, the edit I made changed the 18th of January 1871 to 18 January 1871.

This conforms with Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). (I'm not quite sure why this ‘didn't hold’?)

Looking at the combined effect of your 3 edits, (including reverting my edit) seems to have changed on 18 January 1871 at to on 18 January 1871at (i.e. removed a space). I'm a bit confused...

I just thought I'd let you know.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

When I looked to see what you had done, the text said the 18th of January 1871. Unless MOS had changed, I knew that wasn't what you had meant. I looked at the previous revisions, and that was where the problem was, so I reverted everything. Probably should just have gone in and edited it, but I wasn't sure if it had involved other dates as well, so by reverting, it should have caught them all. Anyway, it's correct now (I hope), so between us we managed to undo what the IPs did. Auntieruth55 (talk) 23:26, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

As you can see in this diff, the one edit I made changed the 18th of January 1871 to 18 January 1871, as per MoS.

Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:32, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

when I looked at it, it said 18th of January....I'm not saying you did something un MOS-like. Auntieruth55 (talk) 23:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure why that happened - maybe an edit conflict? Anyhow, it is correct now -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:43, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

hi

Hello Thank you for the kind welcome. I finally got around to creating my own Talk Page. (=Detah) It is nothing fancy. Just some simple text.

Detah (talk) 19:36, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

You're Welcome Detah, I hope you enjoy your time on Wikipedia :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookies! !

Yes thank you for the cookies also, wish they were real, look nice :)--Elbasan101 (talk) 11:27, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Elbasan, thank you for the message. Wishing you happy editing on Wikipedia :-)

If there's anything I can help you with, please just ask.

Kind Regards-- Marek.69 ^talk 15:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome, Marek69 Suburbium (talk) 22:07, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Suburbium, thank you for the message. You're very welcome

If there's anything I can help you with, please just ask.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:30, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

My condolences, Marek

For these recent events, and those of 70 years ago. SamEV (talk) 00:10, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Sam, thanks for taking the time to send me a kind message. Today's news was truly shocking.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:27, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome and cookies Marek69!

Best regards )) --MedBoard2 (talk) 01:13, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome MedBoard2, Happy Wiki-ing -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:16, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Responding to your message to me

Hello Marek, thank you for your message inviting me to Wikipedia. I use this wonderful resource on a daily (hourly?) basis. Whenever I come across an item that I believe I can improve, I try to do so, either grammatically or by adding something of my own knowledge and experience. I'm sure there are tens of thousands of us closet editors out there fulfilling some deep-seated need to make explanations more clear or more informative.--Jelsova (talk) 18:54, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Uploading a photo

i am trying to add photo but unable to do so can you help me in this matter.--American1991 (talk) 13:22, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi American1991, thank you for your message.

The place to start is Wikipedia:Upload

If the photo is taken by you then click on the section where it says:

‘Entirely my own work - I created it, own all the rights to it, and have not used anyone else's work in making it.’

If it is not your own work then I would advise that you read the information on Wikipedia:Uploading images.

If you need any further help with this, please come back to me.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 13:39, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Proof

i want know that how to provide proof or reference work that i have written in one of the topics in wikipedia. And do i have to go give my initials at editing any page?--American1991 (talk) 13:25, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

No American1991, you don't have to put your initials on any article page, but you should sign your comments by typing four tildes (~~~~) on talk pages as you have done here.

You can find out more information about referencing your work in the Wikipedia:Citing sources article.

I hope this helps.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 13:49, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

AWB settings

Create a file called, for example, settings.xml in a suitable directory and paste the contents in to that. Run up AWB and load the settings. It is that simple. The only "gotcha" is that later versions of AWB may have problems with the settings from earlier versions. Rich Farmbrough, 23:51, 12 April 2010 (UTC).

Yes and no. You would need to cut and paste the scripts together. And they would need to be compatible on some of the things like "skip" parameters. For example the dates one tries to skip articles without linked dates. These might have headings that need correcting. Rich Farmbrough, 00:09, 13 April 2010 (UTC).

Help required

Hi Marek. I'm coming back to you with a problem. Now, I have discussed this with him, yet little changes have occurred. Since you were so helpful, could you help this dispute too.

User:Brutaldeluxe seems to be, somewhat backlashing against me. An example could be seen in his recent message under the heading "poor quality edits", where he (later apologized) for calling all my edits poor, and having bad faith. Ever since then, I have tried my hardest to collaborate with him. Yet he reverts tons of text in Culture in Rome with absolutely no discussion, similarly does so in the now redirected, once an article, page List of tourist attractions in Rome. He just makes brief comments such as "irrelevance is not good". He has nominated several of my pages (which several admins rejected) for speedy deletion with short comments, and no discussion or notices on my talk page, and when one tries to ask him politely to discuss it on his talk page, he seeminlgy answered something like that added irrelevant nonsense is not good, and that he doesn't need to discuss it. Now, having been on wikipedia for over half a year, I realise very clearly that this is not the sort of attitude that wikipedia wants editors to have. Overall, I'd like to get along with him, but it looks like, despite my attempts, nothing good, if not worse things have happened.

Since you're so good at resolving disputes, could you please help resolve this one. I think if you contacted him, and found ways that we could get along I would appreciate it. Thank you and reply--Theologiae (talk) 12:24, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Theologiae, thank you for your message.

I will have a look and see what I can do to help.

Please bear in mind that these things can take time to resolve.

I will be in touch.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:38, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. By the way, I re-created a new List of tourist attractions in Rome page, so it's no longer re-directed. Thank you, and I hope we can quickly and well resolve this dispute. I trust you to help me, since if I do so, I know I'm in good hands (I find your neutrality, politeness, coolness and way of looking at both sides of the argument to be the best way of resolving disputes).--Theologiae (talk) 07:30, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Theologiae, I'm flattered by the confidence you have in me. I really hope that I can help resolve the issues you are having.

I'm a little constricted in my Wiki-time at the moment, so please bare with me, I will try my best to find time to help.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:20, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Theologiae, I have left an message for User:Brutaldeluxe on 14 April 2010

My message included an invitation to participate in a discussion. I also offered to act as a ‘neutral third party’ in order to allow amicable discussion and hopefully achieve a workable resolution.

To date I have received no response.

I thought I would update you on my progress and am sorry that I've not got any further.

I would suggest being patient and waiting for a response there before proceed with a resolution.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:44, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

To Marek

This site is undemocratic and this is not what it should stand for until you show me evidence that FYROM had a consensus vote showing that it was in favor of republic of Macedonia than i shall not let this go pass me and i will make a petition to make Wikipedia change the country's name to Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18alex12 (talk • contribs) 01:43, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi 18alex12, thank you for your message.

I believe the information you are looking for can be found on Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia)

An archived discussion can be found on on Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles

If I can assist you further, please let me know.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks from Rio

Hi, Marek69! Thanks for the message. I created this page about Banda de Ipanema a while ago, and when I visited it today I saw it was orphan. That made me feel a bit sad for it, so I searched the related pages and added links from them. I hope this is OK. I am trying to upload a few photos, but I am not familiar with the protocol yet. Instead of making you answer the same question over and over I will look around for the answer. If it's a simple one, though, I could use some help on that. Thanks and sorry for disturbing. Allbrazilian (talk) 03:19, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

Marek,

Thanks for the welcome!

I am happy to help, on any page I can. I am not sure if you are moderating or reviewing changes, but if you do, please send feedback as I am still learning.

-Codrin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Codrinb (talk • contribs) 20:21, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi

How do you get all the stuff on your profile? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Savedbyhisgrace&mercy (talk • contribs) 14:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Savedbyhisgrace&mercy, I'm not quite sure what you are asking. By 'profile', do you mean my user page?

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:47, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello

That wasn't my doing, for I do not and will not edit any Wikipedia articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.88.177.186 (talk) 15:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi, the message you refer to was from 11 March 2010, so it could be that someone else had the 137.88.177.186 IP address at the time.

If you do not have an account on Wikipedia, and edit anonymously you are identified by your IP address.

It is very likely that you have a dynamic IP address, which means it could be different every time you turn your computer on, so on 11 March it was probably allocated to someone else.

In short please ignore this particular message, I've already deleted it anyway. If you have any further questions please come back to me.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:20, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Dear Marek 69, please help me cause I don't understand why the Fabrizio Frigeni's article has been tagged for deletion. The same bio is on Italian wikipedia ( see http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio_Frigeni ) without any problems... In the English wikipedia there is also a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/883_(band) this link demonstrated that Frigeni has been the member of one of the Best Selling Italian Bands of All Time ( 8 millions of copies sold at least ). In Google there are lots of other important links about Fabrizio.. Thank you for your collaboration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frigenius (talk • contribs) 12:37, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Bye

It'll be hard to leave my favourite place, yet I feel that I need to.

Marek69, I'm officially going to tell you that today (April 17) I will be leaving Wikipedia. It has been a great experience, but I have to move on. Editing has been great fun (with the occasional exception). Yet, since I have been accused of several things, and am a bit worried about making serious mistakes, I feel it is time for me to move on. It will be hard; I have got to know this encyclopedia very well, and have become very fond of it, yet there are some things that slightly worry me. I am a child, and Wikipedia maybe is not the best environment for children (I love the environment, yet it is not suited for me).

I will contact a few editors, make my last edits, and after today I will leave.

But thank you for having made this a joy. I will always remember your help.

I hope the best for you.

(PS: If you want to reply, please do so today. I will not be checking my messages afterwords. If someone can oversight or usurp my account, that would be fine)

Goodbye--Theologiae (talk) 13:30, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Theologiae, I'm sorry the situation has become so hard that you feel you must leave.

Wikipedia can be a harsh environment at times as you say and when one is presented with stressful situations it can be very difficult to know what actions to take.

If Wikipedia is causing you excess stress and/or making you unhappy, then I think taking a break from it is a good course of action.

You always have the option to return, in your own time, when you feel ready, if you so choose.

I wish you the best of luck with whatever you choose to do.

We may well run into each other in the future. :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:30, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Marek. Even though I said I'd leave today, I'm just checking my last messages.

I did not leave wikipedia because of my dispute. I had loads of them, and much bigger and more stressful ones in the past.

I left because I was worried of people constantly accusing me of having done things, notably regarding copyright

I am only a child, and I do not think that at my age I should be put under this pressure.

I also am in a very, very busy state right now, and if there were a dispute to come up, I wouldn't have much time to respond to it

This is not to say I will never edit Wikipedia again - probably far less. Maybe considering myself as semi-retired is more appropriate. I will probably still check my watchlist, reply to messages and do some minor editing, yet far, far less than before.

You see, in the past I have got three copyright violation notices, all three of which I highly disagree with, yet I am just generally worried about their repercussions.

Thank you

Goodbye! --Theologiae (talk) 06:20, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Theologiae, thank you for your message.

If the issues you had with copyright have been rectified, then I wouldn't concern myself unduly.

It might be a good idea to familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's copyright policies, before you decide to work in the same areas again.

See you around -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:36, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, I have decided that even if I do edit again, I will never copy within wikipedia, even attributing (this is because 99% of my copyright cases have come up from copying info from old page revisions which had been pasted onto someone else's website before I had copied it onto another page). Bye--Theologiae (talk) 17:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

OK -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:42, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome massage

Thank you very much, it is really nice to meet people like you.Sipio (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sipio (talk • contribs) 12:15, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Sipio, thank you for your message.

You are very welcome, it is very nice to meet you too :-)

I hope you enjoy your time here on Wikipedia

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:25, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Welcome message

Hello Marek, thanks for the welcome. Some days ago I modified some words in this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneto, because some people wrote that Salieri, Albinoni and other artist were italian. They were venetians instead, because the italian state was not born yet. I am Veneto, and everyday I am forced to live in this italian centralist state, that censors our Venetian culture, history and language. Also, many italians living outside the Veneto are censoring our history on wikipedia. They deleted the entry for Venetian National Party (the equivalent of the Scottish National Party) in wiki.it.

Bye bye, Riccardo

Ric.nic (talk) 13:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Riccardo, thank you for your message. This is very interesting. I was unaware that this situation existed in Italy.

I suppose it is comparable to situation in Scotland and Wales here in the UK (probably many more examples worldwide)

Maybe you could start an article on this on Wikipedia?

Thanks again for getting in touch and happy Wiki-ing :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:19, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi

I Marek: wassup, please? Sorry, but I dunno how to contact you nor how to see what's your highlight about my editing. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BCtl (talk • contribs) 14:45, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi BCtl, thank you for your message. The best way to contact me is the way you already done, by leaving a message on this page.

My message to you was basically to welcome you to Wikipedia and to offer my help if you need it.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Marek. I see that your subject was that I edited without signing-in; the issue was due to my browser, which often logs me out. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BCtl (talk •contribs) 21:53, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I was simply welcoming you as a new user.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:01, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Copyedit Backlog Elimination Drive

Hi, as a member of the Guild of Copy Editors you're hereby notified of and invited to participate in the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2010. Please help us eliminate the 8,000+ copyedit backlog! Participating editors will receive barnstars and other awards, according to their level of participation. ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 00:20, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Noraft, thank you for letting me know about this. I'll certainly be interested in participating. :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:40, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

re: message

Thanks a lot Marek! I have had indeed a few (kind of) complicated issues to deal with, as a new Wikipedian. But I hope it is all sort out and I think nevertheless this commitment is really fascinating, and of course I would like know more. Thanks for the help-links too. Can I consult with you in the future, if I would have an editing problem? Bluelamp5 --Bluelamp5 (talk) 14:10, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bluelamp5, thank you for your message.

If you have any questions on Wikipedia, then please ask - I will do my best to help.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 14:13, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

QUESTION

Thanks Marek, I have question maybe you can help me, I want to edit and help as much as I can, where can I find articles needing edition?, cause maybe this happened to you, I want to edit but I don´t where to start.. thanksBredoteauU2 (talk) 22:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi BredoteauU2, thank you for your message.

I'm not sure what type of editing you like doing.

You could start by looking on the list of articles on Category:Articles needing attention

Alternatively you can fix mistakes on Wikipedia:WikiProject Fix common mistakes or check spellings with Wikipedia:Typo Team

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you require further assistance.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:52, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

edycja

e tam Marek, nie bede sie logowal do starego konta, nie bede robil nowego, przeciez wiesz jak tutaj dziala moderowanie/administracja. Skrajnie nieobiektywna w 75%. :) Bartek

Cześć Bartku, to jest OK, nikt nie zmusza ci sie logować :-)

Pozdrowienia -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:12, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the greeting

I'm quite new to editing but ive been using the site for some time. I can only do much because im no web programmer, I only learn from visiting other pages and copying the 'commands'. Im taking one step at a time. Thank you for taking time on welcoming me to the community.--19superman86 21:03, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi 19superman86, you're welcome. If you require any help, please let me know :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Agradecimientos =)

Thank you for the greeting and welcome too! I am very happy to be on Wikipedia, just that my English is very bad. Try to improve a little more. I send a greeting and I will also consult on some issues on Wikipedia. Mil Gracias!

Muchísimas gracias por el saludo y la bienvenida también! Estoy muy contento de estar en Wikipedia, solo que mi inglés es muy malo. Trataré de mejorar un poco más. Te envío un saludo también y te haré consultas sobre algunos temas en Wikipedia. Mil Gracias!

FF MM (talk) 22:35, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Lourdes

Good work on the recent editting of the Lourdes page. RoyalBlueStuey (talk) 11:13, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you :-)

I'm trying to keep up the quality of the article.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:27, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Editing

Hello Mark (assuming you're a real person) I recently added to the page on Buffalo, NY as well as the jazz fusion page on the band The Reign of Kindo. They are a note worthy band from Buffalo as well as contributors to a new style of jazz fusion. I will not lie in saying that I'm not a fan, but I think my addition to the pages was balanced and accurate. You can visit The Reign of Kindo on their web site, myspace, as well as their youtube videos to see that they are worthy of mention. If by chance I did not follow proper procedures, please let me know. Thank you Stevette (talk) 16:20, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Stevette, thank you for your message. Yes I am a real person (at least I think I am?) :-)

Regarding your edits to the Buffalo, New York article, I'm not sure why they were deleted. The editor who did so did not leave an explanation. As no explanation was given, I have reinstated the edits.

The advice I would give you would be to provide some citations for information you have added i.e. a source which confirms the notability of the band.

You can find out more about how to cite information on Wikipedia:Citing sources

Wishing you happy wiki-ing. Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:26, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

thanks for the welcome

really nice of you. i dont think i'll write here (only small corrections). יניבפור (talk) 23:12, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi ניבפור, thank you for your message, you are very welcome.

Even small corrections are useful and appreciated on Wikipedia. :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:22, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Welcome response

Thanks for your welcome, but also for your offer of help.

As far as help is concerned, here's a situation.

I found an article entitled Tie rod where it seemed to me that, in an automobile application, the component would be referred to in the UK as a track rod. I put a proposed amendment on the discussion page. A week later there was no negative response. Actually, there was no response at all. So I put my proposed amendment in the article. The intention was that entering "track rod" as a search term would initiate an index search. When I subsequently entered the search term, focus immediately jumped to Panhard rod. I cannot find any reference in the Panhard rod article to track rod or any reason why the search should immediately go there. I have put that on the Panhard rod discussion page, but what I think I want is how to stop the search term from immediately presenting the Panhard rod article. Please respond on my talk page. Agent0060 18:29, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

[answered on users talk page, copied over here]

Hi Agent0060, thank you for your message.

The reason that Track rod immediately goes to Panhard rod is that Track rod is a redirect page

This means that if you search or click on Track rod you will be redirected automatically to Panhard rod (try it)

When you are on the Panhard rod, you may notice under the title it says (Redirected from Track rod)

If you clock on Track rod there, you will taken back to the Track rod redirect page.

The page will look like this:

A redirect page from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Redirect page
Panhard rod

If you click on edit, you will find the following code:

#REDIRECT [[Panhard rod]]
 {{R from alternative name}}

When you edit you simply need to replace [[Panhard rod] with [[Tie rod]

I hope this answers your question

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:15, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Marek69. Almost there. Can I delete the redirect page? It seems to me that if a Panhard rod proves not to be the same as a track rod, deletion of the redirect page would be the right thing. By the way, when I'm on Panhard rod, there is no redirection under the title.

Agent0060 20:30, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

To get the above message, you have to go to the Panhard rod article by clicking on the redirect page Track rod

As for deleting, only administrators can delete pages, however you can put in a request for this to be done. Please look at Wikipedia:Deletion policy

It may be better to change the redirect to its closest meaning, i.e., Tie Rod

or, you could create a new article by editing the redirect page and converting into an new article on Track rod.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:44, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'm clearer about the options and how to go about them now. Won't be doing anything until at least 5 May anyway to give other users a chance to comment.

Regards Agent0060 21:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello

Thank you very much for that information. I work in the Wikipedia in Spanish,but now i am in the version in english. Greetings!

PD: Thank you for these cookies. I love them.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Victorddt (talk) 17:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Victorddt, thank you for your message & welcome to the English Wikipedia.

Happy Wiki-ing & Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:42, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Marek

I look forward to contribute in future as signed member!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.172.238.241 (talk) 01:48, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your message

I look forward to working with you :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:08, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

You Idiot!

I am new to wikipedia so dont be so harsh. The whole 'argument' was basically centred around how you consider someone as a social democrat and how you use the word. I meant it as a ideology he holds, not his official position in a party. Dont threaten new users with reporting them for vandalism, doesnt make them feel very welcome, lets say.

VShephard —Preceding unsigned comment added by ValenShephard (talk) 14:02, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi VShephard, thank you for your message.

Unfortunately I'm not sure what you are referring to.

I've looked at your talk page and (up to now) I don't appear to have left you any messages or warnings, whatsoever.

Could you please be more specific as to which user I threatened and which edit you are referring to. (If possible please provide diffs)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:52, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

How do I find out the author of a particular entry?

Hi - There is an entry on my late father, Harry H. Pennes (died in 1963) and I would so love to talk to the author - how do I find out who it is??? Thanks! Valann1235 (talk) 13:03, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Valann1235, thank you for your message.

The way to find out the author (or authors) of a particular article is to click on the ‘history’ tab at the top of the article page.

In the case of the Harry H. Pennes article, there is only one author: user D Trebbien. If you wish to contact them you can do so on their talk page

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:42, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello

Thank you for your kind welcome. However, those cookies made me hungry. Saurael (talk) 00:32, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Saurael, thank you for your message. I hope you found some real ones to satisfy you :-))

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:46, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello!!!

Hi, i'm Vichingo93. Thank you for your kind welcome. I saw that you speak italian and you have the picture of the Colosseum. I want to tell you who i'm italian and if you have any question of my country I will be happy to answer you!!! Kind Regards

Vichingo93 (talk) 18:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Vichingo93, thank you for your message.

Thank you also for your offer of help on things Italian. I appreciate it. :-))

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 02:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Need help fixing text

Hi Marek- I commented out 1 sentence in an article. Now the remaining text is surrounded by a dotted-line box and the whole paragraph is not wrapping. Could you advise me what to do please?

See the second paragraph of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George#The_Single_Tax_on_Land

Thanks, Thomas/Detah (talk) 19:09, 7 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Detah (talk • contribs) 19:08, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Detah, I've fixed it for you.

Basically, you cannot start a new paragraph or section with the leading character being a space.

If you put a space before the first word you will get a result

like this

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:25, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Excellent. Thank you, Marek -- Detah (talk) 18:17, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thankyou for the welcome, and the picture of the cookies....that was really sweet, thankyou. --Stripy Socks (talk) 16:33, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

You're Welcome! :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:58, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for wellcoming me

I enjoined the cookies;) (Linka Pralitz (talk) 15:41, 10 May 2010 (UTC))

Hi Linka Pralitz, thank you for your message.

You're very welcome. I f you need any help with Wikipedia, please come back to me. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 01:00, 25 May 2010 (UTC)