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Hey, I saw you moved Chilean presidential election, 2009 to Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010. The elections will be held in 2009, and a possible second round in 2010, but to name the article Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010 is to presume that there will be second round and by doing so you are predicting the results in the article title. I want to ask you to move back the page. Dentren | Talk 18:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Since you are the most prolific editor of election articles I know of, I would like to have your opinion regarding a dispute that User:Jerzeykydd and I have had regarding United States presidential election in California, 2008. Thanks. – Zntrip 03:38, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Number 23, June 7
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Storm of the month
Cyclone Aila was the second
tropical cyclone to form within the Northern
Indian Ocean during 2009. The disturbance that was to become Cyclone Aila formed on 21 May 2009 about 950 kilometres (590 mi) to the south of
Kolkata, in
India. Over the next couple of days the disturbance slowly developed before a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the
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RSMC New Delhi. As of 27 May 2009
[update], 330 people have been killed by Aila and at least 8,208 more are missing, while about 1 million are homeless. Health officials in
Bangladesh confirmed a deadly outbreak on diarrhea on 29 May, with more than 7,000 people being infected and four dying. In Bangladesh, an estimated 20 million people were at risk of post-disaster diseases due to Aila. Damage totaled $40.7 million (USD).
Other tropical cyclone activity
Tropical Depression One was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. The depression formed on May 28, out of a disorganized area of low pressure off the coast of North Carolina. However after attaining its peak strength the depression began to weaken due to increasing wind shear and cooling sea surface temperatures with the final advisory being issued on May 29.
Member of the month
The member of the month is Jason Rees, who joined Wikipedia in 2007, and has written nine tropical cyclone GA's. Jason primarily focuses on Southern Hemisphere storms, as well as the Western Pacific. He has plans for featured topics for several seasons, but for now, he is a regular member of the project who adds his input in discussions on the talk page. We thank Jason for his work, and we look forward to more articles!
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FA | 47 | 49 | 49 | 50 |
A | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
GA | 161 | 187 | 198 | 202 |
B | 17 | 13 | 21 | 22 |
C | 107 | 119 | 118 | 122 |
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There is debate as usual with regards to notability, as well as the status of the project in general, but nothing new is going on.
During the last week, some editors have organized a page — Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Viewed stats — that has a listing of monthly page views within the project. It is under construction, although it is complete for all Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones, as well as all Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1979 to the present. Interestingly, the top 6 viewed EPAC articles are all featured, and all of the top 16 in the basin are GA's. Unfortunately, the Atlantic, at least from 1979 to the present, is much worse, despite being viewed much, much more. The top eight-viewed Atlantic articles all are viewed more than 10,000 times per month, for a total of 363889 views per month, but only two of them are featured, and none of the others are GA. As always, any help in the retired storms would be greatly appreciated.
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'stallion, hi!
Estonia possibly will join eurozone in mid-2010 or at the begining of 2011. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by CrazyRepublican ( talk • contribs) 23:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
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I'm the translator of the article about the conmemorative 2€ coins in the Spanish wikipedia. I've made some edits, check them, but I think they are fine. Also, please be kind enough to let me know when you add additional information. As I don't come here so often I don't realise about the changes when some weeks have passed. Thank you! OboeCrack ( talk) 03:01, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Small request--could you please move André Berre over the redirect to the title André Dieudonné Berre, which is the commonly used name? Everyking ( talk) 23:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
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I just wanted you to know that I've made some changes to Template:Referendum. Also, take a look at the documentation. – Zntrip 20:56, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Dude! Next time something like Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats happens, please, please give me a heads up. I know I should have caught it, but I've been busy (Quick, think of a plausible excuse...my dog ate my homework...My jeep was attacked by wildebeest...My brain exploded.) Damn, I really should have caught that one....Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 02:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
This is probably one of the best European news pieces I've read over the past week. Hopefully, enough ODS senators will go against the grain to allow its passage. [2] Therequiembellishere ( talk) 03:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nightstallion, since you've taken part in related discussions in the past, this is a notification that the Centralized discussion page set up to decide on a comprehensive naming convention about Macedonia-related naming practices is now inviting comments on a number of competing proposals from the community. Please register your opinions on the RfC subpages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 if you wish. Cheers, Balkan Fever 10:06, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
I noticed your comments earlier on Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles. With regard to your endorsement of the main article naming, I wondered if you were aware of the requirement in WP:NPOV#Article naming that things should be termed by "the common English language name as found in verifiable reliable sources"? "Republic of Macedonia" is neither the common English language name nor is it (by a very long way) the predominant term in reliable sources, the vast majority of which use simply "Macedonia" (per [3]). It would be helpful if you could consider this point, and if you continue to favour the option you supported, if you could explain why you believe NPOV should be set aside in this instance.I've posted some comments at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles#Users who endorse Proposal A which you might find helpful. -- ChrisO ( talk) 16:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC) -- ChrisO ( talk) 15:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Do we have a page about this? Isn't happening in a couple of days (if at all)? – Zntrip 03:42, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
I don't know if is seemly to involve you (wearing your admin hat) of what may just be a content dispute. However, since you are a recent editor of the PASDE article, I have to. So...
I have opened a discussion here to which I wish to draw your attention. This is a friendly notice under the auspices of WP:CANVASS. Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 03:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Could you please move List of special and elections to the California State Assembly to List of special elections to the California State Assembly? I was thinking of adding the word "recall" but decided against it. – Zntrip 20:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
No one has responded on WP:RFP would you be able to stop by there and see if you think Honduras, 2009 Honduran political crisis and Roberto Micheletti need semi-protection? Therequiembellishere ( talk) 20:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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Following the proposed deletions in it.Wiki, two articles about Italian regionalist political parties have been proposed for deletion in en.Wiki too.
The fist is Lombardia Autonoma, a splinter party of Lega Nord in Lombardy, and as there is also an article's entry on the Articles for deletion page ( Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lombardia Autonoma) I was able to state my opinion. The second is Venetian National Party, a Venatian nationalist party. How can I hangon to that proposed deletion as there is no article's entry? I'm not sure of having understood what the tag at the top of the article says... Could you help me? -- Checco ( talk) 15:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Sandbox version of new group here. Will move into namespace tomorrow when group announced and it's given a name. IND/DEM and UEN will need to be changed also from current to former. Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 00:52, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
They worked out which words to use, although I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd've gone for something like Europe of Free Peoples, Liberty, Freedom, Democracy and Independence. Anyway, Europe of Freedom and Democracy now in mainspace. Next: will update IND/DEM and UEN. Rgds, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 20:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
I think I've worked out their naming convention: it's either aircraft carriers or the space shuttles from Armageddon. Anyway, IND/DEM and UEN now updated. Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 02:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
' stallion, hi! I thoughtlessly outed somebody's real-life identity, which is *bad*. I've removed the text: can you redact the original edit that did the outing? It's here. Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 14:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
'stallion, hi! Thanks for the FPO heads up: will track. My attention is currently taken up with a user who believes s/he knows about map design: I had to talk him/her thru it step-by-step. Ouch... Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 23:57, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Hurricanehink ( talk · contribs), Juliancolton ( talk · contribs), Jason Rees ( talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit ( talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month Tropical Storm Linfa formed out of an area of low pressure on June 14, the storm briefly attained tropical depression status before degenerating. By June 17 the system regenerated in the South China Sea. Slowly tracking northward, the storm intensified, attaining severe tropical storm status on June 19 and peaking in intensity the following day. On June 21, Linfa made landfall in Fujian Province, China as a tropical storm before weakening to a tropical depression. In Taiwan, outer bands of the storm produced significant amounts of rain over southeastern areas of the island. Along the western coast, rip currents resulted in the drowning of one person. Six hikers also were reported to be missing. In China, torrential rains triggered flooding that destroyed 100 homes, killed one person and left six others missing. In all, seven people were killed by Linfa, with another 12 missing, damages in mainland China were estimated at ¥655 million (US$95.8 million) and agricultural losses in Taiwan reached NT$400 million (US$12.1 million). Other tropical cyclone activity
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As requested, I have updated Alliance for Europe of the Nations.
So here's the thing. UEN collapses, its MEPs scatter to ECR & EFD, everybody on Wikipedia changes the party affiliations from AEN to MER, everybody's happy. Except me. The reason for my state of general mizz is this "What proof have we got that Alliance for Europe of the Nations is defunct?" I know its website is kinda dead and that's usually a bad sign, but it got funded for this financial year back in February-ish. And there's nothing formally tying AEN to UEN: the existence of the former is not dependent on the existence of the latter. Its member parties have decamped from UEN to ECR & EFD, but (to the best of my knowledge) they haven't disavowed AEN, either formally or informally. And I can't see them giving up Euromoney unless they're forced: Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe stayed funded for about a year as a party-in-name-only and theoretically AEN is still a going concern. So here's the question:
"Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist?"
Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 01:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
I've just checked the representation: it may just have enough elected members (doesn't have to be the EP, remember: any regional or national legislature will do) to pass the 25% of member states (i.e. 7) threshold, as follows:
Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 02:05, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
On the subject of europarties with uncertain futures, another organisation to keep an eye on is the European Democratic Party. Its website is moribund and its previous largest national delegation, the Italians, are going to sit with the PES's group in the next parliament, so I assume that the EDP's future is uncertain.-- Autospark ( talk) 01:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
At List of presidents of European Union institutions, I'm trying to figure out who the minister in charge of Sweden's term is. I've put Carl Bildt as what seems to be the most logical but there is a possibility that it's their EU minister, Cecilia Malmström. Know anything? Therequiembellishere ( talk) 23:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
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Apparently, Claudio Morganti now in Europe of Freedom and Democracy - see here. Membership may be retrospective. Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 01:28, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I know: the comedy just keeps flowing. On a more serious note, this isn't a big deal: MEPs flit in and out of groups all the time (which is why, eventually, we'll have to stop listing group member parties and start listing group MEPs: given the size of EPP and PES/PASDE/PASD/S&D/whatever that'll be non trivial, and I'm not looking forward to it). In theory it could damage the UK Conservatives domestically but it won't: the UK electorate know little about EP, care less, and are pleased with their lack of knowledge: their MEPs could sunbathe naked in plenary and it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.
I want to get this into mainspace in the next seven days, then plot Rule 29/30 over the years, then update Political groups of the European Parliament accordingly. Sorry for the delay, but am busy IRL. As ever, if anything important crops up, give me a nudge. Regards, Anameofmyveryown ( talk) 00:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Was there a discussion about changing the name on Wikipedia? Since Template:Country data Burma has been changed, a lot of lists a screwed up now ( List of legislatures by country for example). – Zntrip 19:31, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Wow, I've never seen such a gap between messages on your talk page. Cutting to the case, I was never quite pleased with the information I gleaned from their website, so I phoned the presidency. The man on the other line said, "I believe it's Malmström, but I'll look for more information." He responded a bit ago with an email. Would it be possible for me to forward it to you? Therequiembellishere ( talk) 04:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
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In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Juliancolton ( talk · contribs), Jason Rees ( talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit ( talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month Hurricane Carlos was the third named storm of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Depression Four-E formed on July 10, and was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Carlos. On July 11, the storm strengthened into a minimal Category 1 hurricane. Following a series of intensity fluctuations, Carlos peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). The storm subsequently began to weaken, and on July 16, Carlos degenerated into a remnant low. The cyclone had no known effects on land. Other tropical cyclone activity
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Hello, Nightstallion! According to last news New (may be Republican) Constitution Draft of Solomon Islands is complete [6]. How do you think: what time need Solomonians to adopt finally this Constitution? Or they wait, when Old Lady (E-II) will die (As well as all another dominions)? CrazyRepublican ( talk) 21:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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This article refers to Epeli Nailatikau as Acting President. When exactly did this start? Therequiembellishere ( talk) 02:45, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
You have not provided any link proving the ratification of SAA by national parliaments in this template since 18 January 2009. Gaston28 ( talk) 14:18, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
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I have done a GA Reassessment of the Monarchies in Europe article as part of the GA Sweeps project. I have found the article to be very solid except for the need for some more references and the repair of reference links that have expired. My review can be found here. I have put the article on hold for a week and I am notifying you as the primary editor. Please contact me on my talk page with any questions. H1nkles ( talk) 18:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hello, Nightstallion! Britain introduced direct rule on Turks & Caicos Islands [7]. Is it will help to achieve independence to islanders? Because, British powers broke up current corrupt government, what don’t hurry to receive independence. What do you think about? CrazyRepublican ( talk) 07:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
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Delivered by SoxBot ( talk) at 03:24, 31 August 2009 (UTC) Mancini ListHi Nighstallion! Is it possible to rescue Mancini List. The party was definitely notable as a regional party active in Calabria and having had a member of Parliament since 2001. If you don't want to rescue the article, can you at least send me an e-mail with the content of the deleted article so that I can restart it with more sources? Thanks. -- Checco ( talk) 18:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC) Discussion at Talk:List of special elections to the United States Senate#Two questionsHi! You might be interested in the discussion at Talk:List of special elections to the United States Senate#Two questions. Thank you. — Markles 10:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC) (Using {{ Please see}}) Omar Bongo's Acting PresidentI remember quite a while back the there was some reference to Bongo appointing Vice President Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge to be acting president whilst the former was undergoing treatment in Spain. Rulers gives specific dates for the his term. Should I plug the information into the appropriate pages? Therequiembellishere ( talk) 03:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Voronin's resignationI'm confused on two point here. Was Voronin's resignation effective immediately? Is Ghimpu legally able to become Acting President? I know the Communists have started legal proceedings against his election but does that stop him from taking office? Ah, it confuses me so. Therequiembellishere ( talk) 21:40, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
Patriotic Socialist Union ArticleHi, I see you're the author of the Patriotic Socialist Union article - I think it would be better merged into the Batasuna article: as it got banned immediately I don't think there'll be sufficient information to expand it beyond a stub. Any thoughts? Dylanfromthenorth ( talk) 13:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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...by political systemsHi, some thoughts regarding the List of European Union member states by political system article. I was thinking, the local names take up a lot of space which clutters it. Simplicity some times means more information gets across rather than swamping the user with secondary data. Perhaps we could put the different names in drop downs? But rather as merely a cleaning up exercise, I was thinking of using the freed space to put in data on how the parliaments and presidents/PMs are all elected? Saying the head of states of France and Italy are both called President rather indicates some unwarranted similarity (aside from distinguishing them from monarchies) whereas stating their method of election says a tad more. In fact an approximation of powers would be useful but that does carry problems of providing a short, accurate and uncontroversial summary of them which may prove impossible. Thoughts? On a minor note, please remember the parliaments table is copied on the national parliaments of the EU page so please update that copy when this one is changed. Thanks.- J.Logan` t: 19:20, 6 October 2009 (UTC) Also, perhaps it might be best to separate out the summary of government types, it is not easy to compare where as if it were in seperate columns listed as "federal, unitary, federal, federal, devolved" then "parliamentary, parliamentary, presidential, parliamentary - const. monarchy" it might be easy to look through them and use the sort.- J.Logan` t: 19:22, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Belgian political partiesI noticed tonight that many articles about Belgian political parties have titles in Flemish or French instead of in English. Can you explain me why? Do you agree with that? I personally don't think that Belgian parties should be an exception from the general rule and I would like to ask you to move all the articles to English titles, provided that you agree with me... -- Checco ( talk) 21:44, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
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Russian in TajikistanYou removed my edit about Russian being the language "for inter-ethnik communication" in Tajikistan because of the recent bill stating that Russian shall not be used officially in that country. Meanwhile, I read your source and it clearly states states that Russian is still the "for inter-ethnik communication". So it doesn't change anything to my edit. Then, I put it back. Cheers. Mitch1981 ( talk) 18:58, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
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Uruguay referendumI don't know if you are aware or not, but it looks like there is also going to be a referendum in Uruguay on Sunday, alongside the presidential and parliamentary elections. The referendum will ask if a law protecting former junta leaders from prosecution should be repealed (even though the Supreme Court just repealed the law today). See this article. – Zntrip 18:45, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I was away from Wikipedia for a week or two and in the meantime National liberalism was transformed into a redirect by a user, as no-one opposed to such a proposal by that user. I restored the article. What do you think about it? See you at Talk:National liberalism. -- Checco ( talk) 21:55, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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Article on Lisbon Treaty signingI started the article called Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon. It's now a candidate for deletion. Do you think you could say your opinion in the deletion discussion or add something to the article? Thanks very much in advance - SSJ ☎ 17:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC) ITN for Marshall Islands presidential election, 2009I see you have added Commonwealth realms on the list in the lead of the article 'Monarchies in Europe'. However it still should not be there for the following reasons: Firstly the UK is one of the Commonwealth realms, so it's not the UK and the Commonwealth realms, it's simply the Commonwealth realms (or UK and the other Commonwealth realms). However that all does not matter, that is a list of monarchies in Europe, not the world, we have other Monarchies in <Continent articles>, such as Monarchies in the Americas and Monarchies in Oceania which mentions the other monarchies under Queen Elizabeth II. The other Commonwealth realms aren't in Europe, so should not be mentioned there. I shall await your reply before taking any further action. --~ Knowzilla (Talk) 11:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
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Referendum on New Constitution of Saint VincentHello, NightStallion! What can you say me about new Constitution of Saint Vincent? [9](How about Republic???) CrazyRepublican ( talk) 09:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
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Belgian political parties 2I'm seldom on Wikipedia these days and I forgot to tell you that there is an ongoing debate over the naming of the articles about Belgian parties Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Political parties#Belgian political parties. As I told you some weeks ago, in June User:Fram moved almost all the articles about Belgian parties to their Flemish and French names, inconsistently with the general en.Wiki rule under which normally all political parties have English-titled articles. I know that you are not particularily interested in the issue, but as I told you about that before and as you are generally interested in consistency, you may like to tell your opinion. Please do it, even if you disagree with me. -- Checco ( talk) 13:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC) Transnistrian legislative election, 2010Hi, I've just added a PROD template to your article Transnistrian legislative election, 2010 as it looks like a future event without any explanation of significance. Apologies if this is a work in progress. The article Transnistrian legislative election, 2010 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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Constitutive TreatyHey, about your notes page, the wiki article indicates that Brazil, Chile and Uruguay have ratified. Therequiembellishere ( talk) 23:59, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
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FH mapHi, just a small question. You updated the freedom house map but it doesn't appear to actually match their latest map. Is there a particular reason? Does the report not match the map? Didn't want to change it without checking. - J.Logan` t: 21:54, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
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