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==Archive==
* [[User talk:Egil/Archive_1]]


==[[Co-op (supermarket)]]==

I posted a merge request on this page.  If you're interested, please leave your comments at [[Talk:Co-op (supermarket)]]. --[[User:Dforest|Dforest]] 01:04, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

==Toolserver==
hi.  you asked for an account on [[m:Toolserver]].  if you're still interested, please give me an SSH key (either on my talk page or by email to keturner [at] livejournal.com).  thanks, [[User talk:Kate|kate]].  (ps: i notice your map resource appears to be running on MediaWiki.  the current policy is that users should not have their own installations of large PHP applications for security reasons.  if this is likely to be a problem, please let me know and we can probably work something out.)

== Map project ==
Hi Egil,

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you will be back in the future.
Currently i'm working on the state leaders per year project. Maybe some of the people from there want to work on the map project to make historical maps.--[[User:Daanschr|Daanschr]] 09:20, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

== Warnings ==

Hi, could you please make a habit of signing warnings on anon talk pages so that further admins adding warnings/considering blocking can know when/what happened at a glance. Thanks. - [[User:RoyBoy|Roy]][[User talk:RoyBoy|'''Boy''']] <sup>[[User:RoyBoy/The 800 Club|800]]</sup> 00:34, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

==You have been nominated==
Hello.  I've reviewed your contributions to Wikipedia, your edit history, community involvement, bot maintenance, promotion of images to feature status, and cannot understand why, until just minutes ago, '''Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Egil''' did not exist.  [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Egil|It does now]], so go do something about it.  :-)  [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 20:12, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
: Thanks for your kind words. I've now accepted the nomination, and added the article [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship|here]] &mdash; hope that is the right way to do it.  -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 08:24, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
:: Think nothing of it.  Congratulations in advance, it is only a matter of time.  [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 21:06, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

== [[Stig Olai Kapskarmo]] ==

After reading the article, I agree. Kapskarmo is only a local politician, and unless they are mayors or something, they fail [[WP:BIO]]. I will support the article's deletion if you nominate it. Regarding the categorization, I just recategorized it because I had first sorted [[Terje Søviknes]] under "T" rather than "S", realized that, then made a skim through the category to find others who had been listed by first name rather than surname. [[User:Sjakkalle|Sjakkalle]] [[User talk:Sjakkalle|<small>(Check!)</small>]] 14:46, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I see you have already nominated that one once, tell you what, I will nominate it. [[User:Sjakkalle|Sjakkalle]] [[User talk:Sjakkalle|<small>(Check!)</small>]] 14:49, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

I have listed it at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stig Olai Kapskarmo (2nd nomination)]]. He does appear to be on the council, [http://www.baerum.kommune.no/category.php/category/Medlemmer%20av%20kommunestyret%201999-2003/?categoryID=4994 this list] places him in last place. [[User:Sjakkalle|Sjakkalle]] [[User talk:Sjakkalle|<small>(Check!)</small>]] 15:02, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

== Congratulations! ==

I'm pleased to inform you that you are now an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]. Please consider reading all the material on the [[Wikipedia:administrators' reading list|administrators' reading list]] before testing out your new privileges. Though everything you do, excluding image deletions and page history merges, is reversible, you should nevertheless be very careful with your sysop capabilities. For instructions, please see the [[Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide|administrators' how-to guide]]. Good luck! &mdash; [[User:Rdsmith4|Dan]] | [[User talk:Rdsmith4|Talk]] 19:50, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

**Congrats on adminship.  [[User:Dlyons493|<span style="color:#00FF00;">Dl</span><span style="color:#44FF00;">yo</span><span style="color:#99DD11;">ns</span><span style="color:#DDDD11;">493</span>]] [[User_talk:Dlyons493|<span style="color:#DDDD11;">Ta</span><span style="color:#00FF00;">lk</span>]] 21:13, 3 November 2005 (UTC)


== Redirect ==

Hi Egil, even if pseuoscientific approaches well exist in historical metrology, this was not the case with the content of [[Historical measures as seen by pseudoscience]] article you created once. I redirected to [[Pseudoscientific metrology]]. Perhaps since, you saw that me like you, I'm foe of all pseudoscience.

Perhaps you also saw my recent edits in [[Geographic coordinate system]]* and [[Cubit]]. Thus, I hope you can accept the this redirect. This content had been treated as ''pseudo'' all-too long.

Have a good day, -- [[User:Paul Martin|Paul Martin]] 17:47, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

* I verified, this was my SP Match. No sad.

== "Centre" vz. "Village" ==

A "Villages in Norway" category has popped up ''by itself''. Which accentuates the question about the right term for the Norwegian ''tettsted''. My vote is pretty clearly for ''[[village]]''. Webster has for village: "a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town". Which is what we are looking for, exactly. Note that ''village'' in English is not an exact synonym for ''landsby'' in Norwegian. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 10:14, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
:I agree. Moreover, [[:Category:Villages in Norway]] belongs to the subcategory [[:Category:Villages]], whereas [[:Category:Centers in Norway]] does not really belong to any category. Can we just be bold and move all articles in ''Category:Centers'' to ''Category:Villages''? In addition, of course, to other, misplaced articles in [[:Category:Cities in Norway]] and [[:Category:Towns in Norway]] such as [[Koppang]]. By the way, I think we should keep the distinction between city and town. [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 19:12, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

<s>umm, why did u put the disambiguation is spanish?--[[User:Ewok Slayer|Ewok Slayer]] 02:59, 24 November 2005 (UTC)</s>my bad

I did a total rewrite of [[List of cities in Norway]] and coordinated the categories accordingly. Everything should be in order now, except that [[:Category:Centers in Norway]] still exists. What to do? [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 23:19, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

== Utterly useless article ==

Hi! Could you consider speedy deleting [[Kjelsås j91]]? [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 17:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

:Sorry, as far as I can see it does not fulfill [[Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion]]. It is about a real team, and not patent nonsense. I'm pretty sure the team seems to be not notable enough for Wikipedia, so I'm making it a candidate for ordinary deletion. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 15:02, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

::Well, well. It will go anyway. [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 16:17, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

*Also my House of Trouser entry is not vandalism. It is a valid location on an internationally known TV show. Merge it, don't delete it. Don't be such a snob! [[User:Cls14|Cls14]] 00:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

== Toolserver ==

I hope you are still interested on a account on Toolserver.
It would be good. I have write a little bit  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolserver. The access is with Winscp really easy and comfortable, there you can also generate your keys with putty. [[de:Benutzer:kolossos]] 08:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

P.S.: What do you think about [http://www.alder-digital.de/wiki/images/Wikipedia-dyn3.kmz Wikipedia-de-dyn.kmz] and [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kolossos/georef/Wikipedia-dyn-data.kmz Wikipedia-en-dyn.kmz] for Google Earth? [[de:Benutzer:kolossos]]15:06, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

== Wicked ==

Hello Egil!

As an administrator, would you know of some sections of the norwegian section were there might be some effort worth doing? I am specially referring to sections related to Philosophy and Political science... Happy new year by the way!
[[User:Axezz|Axezz]] 17:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

=="Landscapes" of Norway » (Traditional) Districts of Norway==
Hello Egil. About the awkward rendering of ''landskap'' into the cognate "landscape". I have inserted a short section on all counties that list these smaller zones of local identity, folklore and dialect. I have called these ''districts'' and changed from ''landscapes'' where appropriate. BUT, I still feel that ''traditional district'' would be optimal, since ''district'' alone sounds like something that has to do with health care or voting or mail service. ''//[[User:Big Adamsky|Big Adamsky]] 07:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)''

:I have no strong feelings here, ''traditional district'' is OK too (''historical'' would be wrong, since they still exist). In addition to districts being unified in a cultural and geographical sense, in many cases the distrcts have administrative meaning too, since it is often the case that municipalities will organize common entities for utilities, health care, education etc that covers a traditonal district. But there is no ''formal'' requirement to do so. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 08:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== Parallel computing ==

Hi! I've noticed that you've made some large contributions to the article [[Parallel computing]]. There is presently a discussion on restructuring various articles on concurrency and parallel computing taking place at [[Talk:Concurrent programming language#On the proposed merge]], and I thought you might want to make your views known. 

There is also some talk of starting a Concurrency [[Wikiproject]] to coordinate efforts on taming the structure and content of the diverse articles on concurrency and parallel computing. Would you be interested in contributing to this effort?

--[[User:Allan McInnes|Allan McInnes]] 17:17, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== [[Districts of Norway]] ==

Excellent. [[User:Williamborg|Williamborg]]

== moves ==

Thanks for the help... I thought it would be easy, but it wasn't! I'm sorry. [[User:Peregrine981|Peregrine981]] 03:48, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== Stop immediately! ==

You are deleting many of the images by one of Wikipedias best and most recognized photographers, [[User:Kils|Uwe Kils]]- He has clearly marked the images as gfdl self, although he does not use the tag. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 07:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:I haven't deleted a single image.  OrphanBot's removed a number of them from articles, though. --[[User:Carnildo|Carnildo]] 07:23, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
::I've just checked OrphanBot's log.  Unless Uwe Kils is uploading under some other username, it's removed exactly '''''one''''' image from '''''four''''' articles. --[[User:Carnildo|Carnildo]] 07:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Your robot (hopefully) acts by the exact instructions you gave it, it does not have a will of its own, it is doing what ''you'' want. You cannot blame your robot. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 07:44, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Yes, and the exact instructions were to "orphan all images in [[:Category:Images with unknown copyright status]] and all subcategories that have been tagged for more than five days, or if tagged without a date, were uploaded more than five days ago.  For all images, notify the uploader if there is no evidence of a notification already, and OrphanBot has not notified them about an image recently.  For all images acted upon, save a local copy of the image in case deleting the image turns out to have been a mistake."  OrphanBot is performing exactly as specified.  If you feel that blame is needed, blame [[User:Admrboltz]], who tagged the image as "no license". --[[User:Carnildo|Carnildo]] 08:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::I already did. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 09:38, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Care to give me an example? --[[User:Admrboltz|Admrb♉ltz]] <small>([[User talk:Admrboltz|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Admrboltz|C]])</small> 14:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Vikingshipkils.jpg&oldid=35452919 -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 15:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Granted, yes the license is in the upload hist, which I didnt notice when I was tagging the images, but it was not noted in the main image page when i tagged it -[[User:Admrboltz|Admrb♉ltz]] <small>([[User talk:Admrboltz|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Admrboltz|C]])</small> 15:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== extending to a week ==

It's fine if you've extended it, but the reason I chose such a small time is because it's a school IP, so most likely, the person vandalising will move on in at least 1-3 hours and any new people will end up suffering.  Blocking for a week is fine for a private IP address, but public ones affect many people, so i tend not to go beyong 24 hours for them.  Still, I trust your judgement and will not change the block you imposed. -- [[User:PRueda29|<span style="color:black;">PRueda29</span>]] / <sup>[[User_talk:PRueda29|<span style="font-size:smaller; color:blue;">Ptalk29</span>]]</sup> / <sup>[[Special:Contributions/PRueda29|<span style="font-size:smaller; color:blue;">Pcontribs29</span>]]</sup> 14:36, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

:Agreed that it is ''collective punishment'', but for this particular school there has been nothing but massive vandalism the last couple of months, and at some point the school must take responsibility for the actions of their pupils. They can always ask for unblocking. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 15:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== security-copy of Kvaleberg ==

Your mapsources-Wiki is very important for the Wikipedia.  
Since I know that the Toolserver will not the right place 
for the wiki, i think about a possibility to increment the 
dependability and safeness of it. 
Can you send me the Wiki-folder and a Database-dump? So I would make a 
copy on my server http://www.alder-digital.de

So it would be also possible  to share the traffic 
(I have 50 GB per month free)
but thats not my priority intension. [[:de:Benutzer:kolossos]]

:I hope for a short answer, my e-mail is: tim at alder-digital dott de. Or do you have a problem with my plan? [[:de:Benutzer:kolossos]] 10:33, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

== Page name for temperature articles ==

To avoid flip-flopping between 'degree Fahrenheit' and 'Fahrenheit' or 'degree Celsius' and 'Celsius', I propose that we have a discussion on which we want. I see you have contributed on units of measurement, please express your opinion at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Units_of_measurement#Page_name_for_temperature_articles Talk:Units of measurement]. Thanks. [[User:Bobblewik|bobblewik]] 22:07, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

== Google Maps copyright ==

Hi! I'm about to do MAJOR work on [[List of villages in Norway]] and [[former municipalities of Norway]]. How are the copyright rules for Google Maps? Are screenshots from this service allowed/free to use? [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 07:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

:Afraid not. Google maps terms and conditions says: ''For individual users, Google Local, including local search results, maps, and photographic imagery, is made available for your personal, non-commercial use only.'' Etc.

:What are you interested in? There are some satelite photos and even maps what are available, but generally not very much, because Norway (as does the rest of Europe) issues public map data on commercial terms only.  -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 12:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

== Ptolemy spellings ==

Hi there. I am currently tidying up the [[Ptolemaic]] links in Wikipedia, prior to doing a disambiguation page for this term (it currently redirects to [[Ptolemaic dynasty]], when many of the [[Ptolemaic]] links refer to [[Ptolemy]]). I am also tidying up the [[Ptolomaic]] links (a mis-spelling of Ptolemaic that is redirected to the correct spelling). I noticed that [[User:Egil/Sandbox/rktect]] is linked to [[Ptolomaic]]. I guess it doesn't matter that much, and the content has changed drastically since you wrote the account about rktect, and it is effectively an archive, but I thought I'd drop a note here to let you know. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 22:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

== Shock wave ==
Hallo Egil. I rolled back your change in [[Shock wave]]. The problem was that your edit changed the meaning of the sentence. If you'd like to change the style again, please keep in mind that there are several different ways to compress gas flowing supersonically, of which waveless isentropic compression, Prandtl-Meyer compression, and shock waves are three. [[User:AKAF|AKAF]] 08:07, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for the info. In that case, I would claim that the current wording could be misunderstood, i.e. that the '''or''' means that shock wave is another word for the other two. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 09:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
::Not a problem. In fact I agree, and hopefully the description can be whipped into shape. I've tried a bit of an extension too.[[User:AKAF|AKAF]] 12:11, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

==Help please==

Hi!  Can you do something about {{user|72.229.186.113}}. The modifications he's making clearly show that he's an anonymous sockpuppet vandal that has been here last night and before. I warned him but he inores me. He keeps reverting and vandalising today, using this new IP. --[[User:Realek|Realek]] 16:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:When you make claims about someone being a sockpuppet or acting against 3RR (as you do [[User talk:72.229.186.113|here]]), you must provide some evidence. Otherwise you should refrain from making such claims. Throwing about acusations will only further a conflict. Since this users edit had clear elements of vandalism, and he has been warned, I have given him a temporary block. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 16:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

== Hilarious ==

Nice [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Considered_harmful&diff=41303455&oldid=37112628 edit summary]. :) <span class="user-sig user-Quarl"><i>—[[User:Quarl|Quarl]] <sup>([[User Talk:Quarl|talk]])</sup> <small>[[2006-04-06]] 09:43Z</small></i></span>

:Cool that you noticed! -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 16:10, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

== More copyedit ==

I invite you to more copyedit on [[Jotun (company)]], as the article has grown a tiny bit lately. [[User:Nordby73|Nordby73]] 22:25, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

==[[:commons:user:Kjetil r|Kjetil r]] as admin on commons==
Hi! The norwegians have put foreward an admin request on commons, [[:commons:Template:Administrators/Requests and votes/Kjetil r]]. It would be nice to have your votes! — ''[[User talk:Agtfjott|John Erling Blad]]'' ([[:no:user:agtfjott|no]]) 21:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

== Maritime military history task force ==

I just wanted to let you know that a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Maritime warfare task force|Maritime warfare task force]] has been established. [[User:Inge|Inge]] 12:08, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for the entries to the Norwegian computer history-related pages - I'm especially happy about the NORD-10 fixes. It was needed :)
 
Out of curiosity... where did you stumble on these links? Is it possible that my blog has an actual reader? :) [[User:Toresbe|toresbe]] 08:56, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== Geocoords ==

Hello Egil, 
your services mapsources brings following error message: 
 Warning: dir(/home2/egil/kvaleberg-www/wiki/skins): failed to open dir: No such file or directory  in /home/egil/public_html/wiki/includes/Skin.php on line 23

 Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/egil/public_html/wiki/includes/Skin.php on line 26

http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/?params=50_50_00_N_12_55_00_E_type:city(247094)_region:DE-SN

Thanks [[:de:Benutzer:Kolossos]]

:Sorry, if my telephone-call disturbed you. It was a unusully way but the only way I know. And thank you again for the work you have done for wikipedia, it is the base for all my work [http://www.alder-digital.de/wiki/index.php/Wikipedia_in_GoogleEarth_%28en%29]. [[:de:Benutzer:Kolossos]]

::I am looking at the problem. The ISP where this is hosted has changed equipment. Cannot promise a fix today. Of course, the help from anyone to make Wikipedia host the mapsource service on their own servers (where it belongs IMHO), is appreciated. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 23:18, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

:::Fixed a config issue, but I still do not have the database content. Working with the ISP to resolve, but haven't got an answer yet. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 07:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
: I have put in a plea [[User talk:Jamesday#coor|here]] to one of the deveoplers. Incidentally, what is your traffic level Egil? -- [[User:RHaworth|RHaworth]] 22:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

::I left some statistics [[User talk:Jamesday#coor|here]]. The database is now in place, but some more configuration is still required. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 07:55, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

== Żagań ==

Hello, Egil. I'm Kondzio1990 from [[Poland]]. Can you write an article about my city ([[Żagań]])? [[User:Kondzio1990|Kondzio1990]] 08:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

== NPOV editing help ==

Would you mind dropping by [[Talk:AVR_Butterfly]]?  I'd like some specific feedback on how to address your concerns about the article.  Thanks! --[[User:Bushing|Bushing]] 09:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
:Imho it is mostly with regards to 'tone' - it describes the product with the same type of total positive note as is found in an ad. A more neutral point of view is better. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 16:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
::Okay.  I'd like to fix it, but I'd rather hash out the specifics on the article's talk page, if you'll join me there... --[[User:Bushing|Bushing]] 07:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

==Population==

Hi!  I got in touch with you a few months ago about an IP editor changing population figures for Norwegian towns - well, he's at it again, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/62.25.109.194 here].  Even if the figures are correct, no source or methodology for the figures are given, and he's not changing the accompanying date (i.e. as of 200x the popn. was... ).  I'm not an expert on the topic so I wonder if you could investigate. This is a particularly troublesome IP for edits to UK geography articles, so it might be worth keeping an eye on. [[User:Aquilina|Aquilina]] 17:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
:Seems not well founded, so I have reverted them all. Thanks for the info. Other edits from the same IP seem legitimate enough. Strange. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 12:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

== Sturve Geodetic Arc ==

Greetings, Egil. I have been doing some research to expand the article of the [[Hogland]] island in the Finnish Gulf. In that conjunction I came across the [[Struve Geodetic Arc]], which has one (or two?) points on the island. However, in the article on SGA the points in Russia are a little strangely marked, and I tracked back the original edition to you. It says:

'''Russia'''

    * "Mäki-päälys" (Mäkipällys) in Kingisepp
    * "Hogland, Z" (Gogland, Tochka Z) in Kingisepp

Now; Mäkinpäällys is a hill on [[Hogland]] (spelled Gogland, when transscribed from [[cyrillic]] letters), but [[Kingisepp]] is a small town in Russia close to the Estonian border. (See eg. [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=3000000&Y=8375000&width=700&height=400&gride=2501515.93736105&gridn=7984454.72378741&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=w3&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=1000000&downright.x=711&downright.y=423 Map of Russia]) If we examine the description of the arc for instance at [[http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Control_Points/Struve_Geodetic_Arc Struve Geodetic Arc - A tour de force in land surveying before the satellite era (National Land Survey of Finland)] and open the pop-up "Struve-brochure(pdf)" (Which I didn't manage to make a link of...) we see that the arc doesnt go anywhere near Kingisepp, (Neither does it go near the town [[Kuressaare]], that in the history has been named Kingissepp also) though there ''is'' a dotted line from [[Tartu]] (Dorpat) to some observatory near [[St. Petersburg]], which I don't know the meaning of, that ''may'' go right over Kingissepp. But if we look at the magnification of the original, there actually seems to be two dots close to each other on the same hill. "Tochka" means "second" or "number two" in Russian, if I recall right.

My request is: Could you be so kind to check your sources in the matter? (Or give me a link, so I can do it?) rgds. -[[User:Islander(Scandinavia)|Islander(Scandinavia)]] 14:26, 16 August 2006 (UTC) (And sorry for as usual not being able to express myself briefly...)

:It could very well be a typo. Just fix it to what the authorative sources say. The following seems to be a good resource also: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/1187.pdf -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 20:15, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

::Okay, thanks. I've actually studied that page earlier yesterday, and though it seems to confirm my doubts, it doesn't seem reliable enough really (or interpretable enough...), but I'll fix it like that, and hope somebody comes with better knowledge. Should we copy this conversation to the discussion page of the arc? -[[User:Islander(Scandinavia)|Islander(Scandinavia)]] 00:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

:::I found out what was the problem. Apart from being a town, ''Kingisepp'' (or actually ''Kingiseppsky'') is also an administrative region, to which Hogland also is counted. I will slowly correct it in the different projects. (Though the ones where I don't have a signature, are very sceptic. The german one throwed it out immediately, as "Undeutsches Deutsch", and nynorsk took some convincing...) [[User:Islander(Scandinavia)|Islander(Scandinavia)]] 01:26, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

::::It has been a few years since I wrote my thesis about this but we need not to forget that the SGA also used material from previous triangular measurments of the areas it passed through as well as SGA calculations for the new triangulation work later. In some documents from those measurements you can see odd bulges i.e. in the north (where they used Maupertius points and measurements) [http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/default.asp?id=0&docid=3173&action=Publish], that is one reson why it is deviating from the Tartu meridian. I have seen documents in the Finnish Geodetic Institute where there different measurements are on the same map. It could also be a matter of misunderstanding. [[User:MoRsE|MoRsE]] 15:45, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

== kvaleberg.com wiki broken? ==

Hi, the kvaleberg.com wiki seems severely broken, with circular redirects and database errors. I've managed to leave a comment on the wiki itself, but thought I should post a note here in case you aren't reading it. [[User:EdC|EdC]] 12:08, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

== Holmenkollen ski jump ==

I saw what you did regarding the [[Holmenkollen]] and the [[Holmenkollen ski jump]] and I like what you did. I do have a problem though with what was done and that is would it not make more sense to have the ski jump as part of the Holmenkollen ski festival? My reasoning behind this is that the jump is the centerpiece of the festival though you also have to include the compeitions such as the cross country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, and biathlon. I am in the process of overhauling the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] and was planning on returning to the Holmenkollen article to include the biathlon winners and to put in more information on the ski jump as part of the [[2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]]. This article has the potential of reaching "Good Article" status, but it needs some more information to justify this. Would it make more sense to change this article's name to the Holmenkollen ski festival with the ski jump? Look at some of the winners and medalists that now have to be overhauled. You are talking legends like [[Thomas Wassberg]], [[Thorleif Haug]], [[Stefania Belmondo]], [[Julija Tchepalova]], [[Lauritz Bergendahl]] among others. [[User:Miller17CU94|Chris]] 12:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

:No problem with that - my main thing was to seperate the geographical area in Oslo called Holmenkollen from the ski arena and ski jump. I've tried to make distinctive wikilinks for [[Holmenkollen ski jump]], [[Holmenkollen ski festival]], [[Holmenkollen medal]] etc so they can be redirected and rearranged without having to go through lots of articles. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 14:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

== maps / kvaleberg.com ==
I dont know if you are right person: If I click in article [[London]] on coordinates, it gives error.   --[[User:Li-sung|Li-sung]] 16:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

::Yeah, I was about to make the same complaint. Only, it wasn't very many days since it worked fine. [[User:Islander(Scandinavia)|Islander(Scandinavia)]] 23:06, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Egil, would you check your website? The mapextension there gives an error. I'm missing the helpful links to map sites. BTW I opened a thread on [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Activating_the_mapsource_extension_on_Wikipedia]] about activating the extension on wikipedia (would be about time). -- User:Docu

::There's a script on www.nsesoftware.nl that links to Google Maps, using the same parameter format that kvaleberg.com did: http://www.nsesoftware.nl/wiki/maps.asp?params=52_22_0_N_4_54_0_E_type:city(746000)_region:NL .

::It's under construction, at the moment there is a problem with ''type:city(nnn)'', ''region'' is ignored, and the calculation of the zoomfactor is not 100% correct.  - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 20:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

== Kvaleberg.com map-sources==
As a temporary solution, the coordinates currently point to a version the toolserver. Would you re-post the contents of the map-source pages (e.g. the global, the /CH and /Europe) to [[User:Magnus Manske/GeoTemplate]] or [[Wikipedia:Map sources]]? Thanks -- User:Docu

:I will see what I can manage. Pretty busy right now, sorry. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 18:53, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

::Is the data of the mapsource pages still available in your Mysql database, or did it crash? I'd be glad  if you could repost the pages to wikipedia. -- User:Docu

:::Haven't had time to check yet. These are silly times. Will get back to you asap. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 14:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

::Hope times aren't too hard on you and you will have some time to look into this. [[User:Magnus Manske/GeoTemplate]] hasn't much expanded. -- User:Docu

:I suppose I have to go and collect them once more. -- User:Docu

== [[Holmenkollen medal]] question ==

Since you live in [[Norway]] and are familiar with the Holmenkollen ski festival, can you please help put some information in the Holmenkollen medal. 1. Are [[Lauritz Bergendahl]] & [[Lars Bergendahl]] father & son? 2. Are [[Harald Økern]] & [[Olav Økern]] father & son?

Can you please assist? [[User:Miller17CU94|Chris]] 14:43, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

:Lars was son of Lauritz's brother [http://www.sorkedalen.org/historielaget/Publikasjoner/stubben8.htm]. With regards to Harald and Olav I do not have any information, but they were both members of Bærums Skiklubb, fwiw. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 20:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks for putting in the information on the Økerns. I just entered into the [[Holmenkollen medal]] article with two uncle-nephew combonations winning the medal. The Bergendahls (Lauritz and Lars) and the Økerns (Harald and Olav). [[User:Miller17CU94|Chris]] 23:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

== Holmenkollen ski jump GA nomination ==

FYI. The [[Holmenkollen ski jump]] has been submitted for a Good Article nomination. [[User:Miller17CU94|Chris]] 13:37, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


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==Leading Edge==
I added some substance and references to the [[Leading Edge (company)]] article which you very correctly nominated for AfD due to lack of substantiated notability. I found references showing the company's role as a leading PC clone company (their sales were in the top 10 among PC companies at the peak), and some details of their eventual demise. The clones worked well (I fire up one last year which had lived unpowered in the attic for about 8 years, and after a little TLC it worked as well as new). But the price cuts in the 1990s wiped out profitability, and eventually they bit the dust. Regards. [[User:Edison|Edison]] 20:46, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

== Invite to WikiProject Spam ==
Hey there!  I saw you reverting or removing linkspam.  Thanks!  If you're interested, come visit us in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam]] so we can work together in our efforts to clean [[WP:SPAM|spam]] from Wikipedia. [[User:Hu12|Hu12]] 21:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

== Vandal Universalgenius ==

{{vandal|Universalgenius}} has vandalized the [[France 24]] page, and engaged in name-calling. Please ban. [[User:Arbiteroftruth|Arbiteroftruth]] 09:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

:Do not use the term "vandalism" when not called for. Calm down. You, along with other users, are escalating a factual conflict into something silly. I suggest you take a one day wikibreak, research the facts, then come back with the proper references for your facts. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 09:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Egil, it appears Universalgenius IS a vandal afterall. I knew it! However, I do admit I needed to calm down. [[User:Arbiteroftruth|Arbiteroftruth]] 14:29, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

==Categories==
"Every page in the article namespace should belong to at least one category. Categories should be major topics that are likely to be useful to someone reading the article." Kappa Sigma is a useful category to "someone reading" all the articles I tagged.

"Questions to ask to determine whether it is appropriate to add an article to a category:"

"If the category does not already exist, is it possible to write a few paragraphs or more on the subject of the category, explaining it? " Definetly.
"If you go to the article from the category, will it be obvious why the article was put in the category? Is the category subject prominently discussed in the article?" Well, being that I only tagged articles mentioning the organization, I'd say so. 

[[User:Richard.longstreth|Richard.longstreth]] 22:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
: Look man, I'm not sure what your problem is, but now you're removing tags of founding fathers from the Kappa Sigma Article as well as from the Category. The copyright issue is being addressed, under review, and has one week to be corrected according to Wiki rules. I'm not going to undo your attacks against my fraternity just yet, but know that I've noticed and your behavior is unacceptable. Grow up, deal with it. Leave me and my organization alone. If you have problems regarding categories, fine, but you've over-stepped your bounds.[[User:Richard.longstreth|Richard.longstreth]] 07:50, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

==Unsigned comment==
Why did you delete all the info from the Betar Australia page? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Bslistquestion|Bslistquestion]] ([[User talk:Bslistquestion|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Bslistquestion|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:The reason is that it did not fit within the Wikipedia requirements for [[notability]]. See [[Wikipedia:notability]] to read more about it. I assume the subject is of interest to you, so I would suggest you find some other website to include this detailled information about Betar Australia. Cheers! -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 16:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
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== What about a new extension (Special:<s>GeoHack</s>Mapsources) ? ==

Your great tool must be integrate to WP (as [[Special:Booksources]] is). 
You should submit this to [http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/enter_bug.cgi bugzilla] &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;[[User:STyx|STyx]] 19:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


==conrad hilton==
do you have a reason for your revision>? surely an overt act of racisim or antinorweiganism by a leader lauded for his humanity is worthy of note; it seems well within the scope of the wiki guidliens and follows npov - reporting pertinient facts
<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:24.60.137.141|24.60.137.141]] ([[User talk:24.60.137.141|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/24.60.137.141|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:Please see [[Talk:Conrad_Hilton#Removed_section]]  -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 16:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

==Could you help me?==

Hello Egil! I'm Ipintza, from the spanish wikipedia.  I work in an Aeronauthical Technologies Center in Spain, and we are looking for information abouth tests on adhesives.  Your article "Adhesive" has been very usefull for us.  Could you say us (here, in your discussion) where do you has obtained the information abouth tests? Authors, papers,...
Thank you!

:I am sorry, but I am no expert on adhesives. I did not write the article, I only did some very minor edits. I suggest you may try to ask the question on [[:Talk:Adhesive]] instead. [[User:Egil|Egil]] 21:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

==Geo microformat==
Please will you help to implement the [[Template talk:Coor dms#Geo microformat|Geo microformat in the Coor d template]]? Thank you. [[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]] 09:16, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

== Template:Infobox Kommune ==

Hei! I will be working on brining the list [[municipalities of Norway]] to featured status, modelling it on [[List of municipalities of Portugal]]. I need to fill in the parameters in the table, and thus I contact you as the creator of [[Template:Infobox Kommune]]: Where can I find the sources for area and population ranks? Is there a such thing as population density ranks? [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 11:27, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Again, what sources did you use? [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 21:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:SSB Norway, e.g. http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1516  -- [[User:Egil|Egil]]

::Great, but: What about the rankings, how do we know which place a certain municipality has in the rankings? [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 14:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

::Sorry for my repeated asking, but I need to know how the rankings were compiled. Seeing as I want to bring the list [[municipalities of Norway]] to featured status, I need sources (I can't base the list data on the respective infobox of each municipality, out of caution for vandalization/random edits). Cheers, [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 21:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

::I won't give up... Is there a source for the rankings? [[User:Punkmorten|Punkmorten]] 15:51, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

::The data is official data from SSB, and as far as I can remember I just picked them up and sorted them myself. That was easy enough. [[User:Egil|Egil]] 18:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

==Category:Projects by type==

Thank you for your contribution to the [[Project]] article in the past. This is now linked from [[:Category:Projects by type]]. However, there is currently a [[Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_April_11#Category:Projects_by_type|Call for Deletion]] for this category. If you would like to contribute to the discussion, you would be very welcome. In particular, if you would like to save this category, please add a '''Keep''' entry with your "signature" using "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>". Please do this soon if possible since the discussion period is very short. Thank you for your interest if you can contribute. Regards, [[User:Jpbowen|Jonathan Bowen]] 01:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


== Old Bishop's palace, Oslo ==

Hi Egil, could you by any chance add any information to this thread here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Giano_II#Old_Bishops_Palace.2C_Oslo] there seems to ne no information available anywhere on the subject. Thanks [[User:Giano II|Giano]] 12:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

== Old Bishop's Palace, Oslo ==

Hi there. Following a conversation [[User_talk:Giano_II#Old_Bishops_Palace.2C_Oslo|here]], I was told that you might be able to help work out what this "Old Bishop's Palace" is in Oslo? My interest stems from the reference to [[James I of England]] marrying his wife (Anne of Denmark/Norway) there. But there is confusion over whether this is an earlier structure (different from the existing one), and when the current building was built. Any help (and links or pictures!) would be much appreciated. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 12:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:Oops. Giano said it much quicker above! :-) [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 12:56, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::My answer is [[User_talk:Giano_II#Norwegian_sources|here]]. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 20:05, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:::Thanks. I've replied briefly there and at more length below. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 09:44, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Once again, thanks for your reply over there, it really made things a lot clearer. Here is the bit I'm still puzzling over. Would you be able to explain the references to a mayor called "Christian Mule"? I found the following at [http://tojoh.blogspot.com/2006_10_08_archive.html this blog]:
<blockquote>''"Oslo Ladegård was built on top of the old Bishops house from 1579. The site itself, however, contains remnants of buildings going back to around 1200. The medieval buildings were abandoned in 1554, and it rapidly decayed. The mayor Christian Mule took over and built his house over the eastern wing of the medieval structure in 1579. It was in this house that King James I of England married princess Anne of Denmark in 1589. Oslo Ladegård as you see it today is built in 1725. Lately the city of Oslo has reconstructed its baroque gardens."''</blockquote>
I'm not sure if you had the time to follow all the links at Giano's talk page, but the key one is [http://sites.ecosse.net/robsuth/2_History_Wedding%20OfJames&Anna.html this], which has: ''"On 23rd November the royal couple stood in Christen Mules Gaard, in the great hall"''. This seems to imply to me that they didn't marry in the Bishop's Old Palace, but rather in the later structure built by this Christian Mule on the ruins of the Old Bishop's Palace? Would the Norwegian (or indeed Danish) sources be able to shed any more light on this? [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 09:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

:[[:no:Christen Mule]], born 1525, was mayor in Oslo on and off throughout the 16th century. [http://www.oslosurf.com/innhold/00000115.shtml This webpage] says the last bishop moved out of the palace in 1554, that the palace into some state of disrepair, and that it was taken over by Mule in 1579. Mule then built new building in the eastern wing of the "fortress". So by 1589 Mules building should have been finished.  Note also the Norwegian sources uses wording that almost suggests a "Bishops Fortress". The current building is from 1725, as mentioned. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 11:13, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

::That's great, thanks. Interesting bit of history there. I wonder this all relates to the fires and the relocation of Oslo across the bay in around 1624? I also found [http://www.jggj.dk/Norway.htm this website] which I found helpful for the history of the [[St Olav]] convent. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 12:17, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[[Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo|AHA!]] :-) Looks good. Thanks for that. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 18:30, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting me [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old_Bishop%27s_Palace_in_Oslo&diff=127158723&oldid=126948945 here]. I (foolishly) mis-read the article Wikipedia has on [[Oslo Cathedral]] to mean that Hallvards was an earlier building on the same site. I now see it was at a different location. Apologies for that. Unfortunately, I created [[Hallvards Cathedral]] as a redirect to [[Oslo Cathedral]]. Um, would you possibly, ever so kindly, be able to do a stub article for Hallvards? Otherwise I should really put that redirect up for deletion. <cringe> [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 15:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

The redirect is to the place in Wikipedia where Halvards Cathedral (sources differ 50-50 on one or two Ls) is mentioned, so IMHO it can stay as is for the time being, until someone makes a decent standalone article. [[User:Egil|Egil]] 16:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

==Political reasons==

Thanks for clearing up the mystery of the Bishop's Palace (and the apostrophe, which varies from book to book in English). Re this [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_I_of_England&diff=126903805&oldid=126895662 edit], I feel I must ask you to provide a full reference for it, since the article is otherwise fully referenced, particularly for controversial points. By the way, I am aware of this theory, but since my modern books on the subject do not credit it, I felt it better to leave it out of the article (see my comments on the talk page). However, if you insist on its inclusion, the comment can be accommodated in the article if referenced with publication details (I can't reference it myself, as I don't have Munch, though I have historians who cite him on other points). [[User:Qp10qp|qp10qp]] 21:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
:Sorry for any confusion, but I read P.A.Muchs comments, and from my experience sailing in the area, the record of the voyage really sounds like being deliberate delay. And I do seem to remember he had a good background as to why a delay would be good, based on the negotiations going on at the time. Let me see what I can find. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 21:27, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
::How about dropping it from the article, but putting Munch's website in the external links? [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 22:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
:::A contemporary  record of the events, translated to English with [[P.A.Munch]]s comments, is here: http://sites.ecosse.net/robsuth/2_History_Wedding%20OfJames&Anna.html
::::I hope you will forgive me for being a dreary stickler here, but the first thing to say is that the page does not pass wikipedia's guidelines for reliable sources, being an unpublished translation by a self-confessed amateur. Even so, I don't doubt the genuineness of these documents, which have already been researched by historians such as David Harris Willson and used in their accounts of the wedding. 

::::But in any case I'd further point out that the documents, which I read the other day when Carcharoth directed me to them, in themselves give no support at all to the idea that there were political reasons for Anne's delay. That suggestion is to be found in the notes at the end by Sutherland himself, where he quotes one anonymous historian he contacted, who dismisses the opinion of all Scots historians and, it seems to me, all previous mainstream historical analysis. I do not see anywhere Munch himself voicing this argument; we must reference the theory directly to one of his publications (you could perhaps ask at a library). 

::::And I feel there are many flaws in the idea: for example, why not delay by staying at home in the first place? And why go to Flekkerø? According to the contemporary writer Calderwood, Lord Dingwall landed at Leith and reported that "he had  come in company with the Queen's fleet three hundred miles, and was separated from them by a great storm: it was feared that the Queen was was in danger upon the seas". What also strikes me is the complete lack in the Scottish sources, even from those who were with Anne, of any mention of diplomatic concerns that the Danes wished to delay the wedding.

::::I am not against having this theory in the article, especially because it is intriguing and I like complexity. But we must source it properly, so I will endeavour to see if I can do so myself. [[User:Qp10qp|qp10qp]] 12:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC) 

Appearently there were several forces against this marriage, and witchcraft and a subsequent major witchhunt was involved:
http://www.ub.uit.no/fag/historie/halloween.htm (Norwegian). -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 08:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:The witchcraft incident is touched on in the article, though I hope to do a full article on James and witchcraft sometime. [[User:Qp10qp|qp10qp]] 12:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Can GeoHack be rewritten to function with Mars locations ? ==

Hello! Thanks for your extension :) Very good. Could it be rewritten to work with NASA WorldWind, Google Mars, and so on ? I am not that familiar with Wikipedia extensions. Maybe the right resource URL's just have to be inserted, I don't know. I have started a Source Forge project http://spacedatawiki.sourceforge.net/ The projects direction is under review, but it will probably write any extra needed extensions for space/Mars pages. [[User:DJBarney24|DJ Barney]] 14:06, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

== Coor dms mountain ==

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== 'Greek' Measurements Mess ==

Hi Egil. I've been going over the article titled [[Ancient Greek units of measurement]]. It's plainly a mess and I say so on the discussion page there. I saw your name there. You were complaining about aspects of the page, in particular lengths. I hope you'll check out my comments on the discussion page for that article. The article appears to have been dominated by a contributor called [[User:Rktect]], whose user page is a revelation. His assertions about lengths are quite lunatic and I'm thinking of deleting them. Any support for that? [[User:Lucretius|Lucretius]] 10:47, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
:You have my absolute and full support. You may also want to consider that Rktect was forever ''banned from editing articles which relate to weights and measures (metrology)'' by the arbitration comity (see [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rktect]]) in 2005. A number of the pages related to ancient metrology needs considerable work, I am afraid. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] 12:06, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I've now revised the page in question. I've based it on Athenian units and I've cleared out the specious knowledge of Mr Rktect (I doubt if he is even a real architect). It's a new start and I hope others will add to it and improve it. I notice there is no section on units of time. Thanks for your encouragement. [[User:Lucretius|Lucretius]] 04:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

== [[Template:GeoTemplate/Lang]] ==

Frankly I wasn't sure if I should contact you or [[User:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]]. It says that GeoHack is based on the mapsources extension by you, so maybe you know how to help me. I'm trying to have interwikilinks betwen different translations of the toy. The template is at [[Template:GeoTemplate/Lang]] and right now, the only thing missing is <code>type</code> and <code>region</code>. These two do not get transfered from one language to the other. I tried using <code>#ifeq</code> but it gives no resolts (I was so sure this would work: <code><nowiki>{{#ifeq:{region}|{region}||_region{region} }}{{#ifeq:{type}|{type}||_type:{type} }}</nowiki></code>). I then tried asking for help on the talk page, but they just got confused what the differences was from this template and the normal interwikilinks on the left hand side. Is it correct to use {region} and {type}? If and when you have time, please help me with this. --[[User:Steinninn|Steinn]][[User talk:Steinninn|inn]] 20:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

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==AfD nomination of [[Land Camera]]==
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== Need some help, please ==

Very Honourable Egil,

May I ask you, please, to help me to '''[http://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8:GeoTemplate&action=submit fix the GeoTemplate Arabic page]''' of '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?language=ar&params=36_49_0_N_10_11_0_E Map sources/GeoHack]''':
#In fact, very Honourable Egil, the Arabic text must be aligned to the '''right''' (not to the left) on '''[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?language=ar&params=36_49_0_N_10_11_0_E the Arabic page of Map sources/GeoHack]'''. Would you mind to fix the text to the right. Thank you.
#Then, I want to change '''the letters [(N, S) of latNS and (E, W) of lonEW]''' to their Arabic equivalents using the #switch function, but with no success. So, would you mind also to help me fixing that --> you may put '''North''' instead of '''N''', '''South''' instead of '''S''', '''East''' instead of '''E''', and '''West''' instead of '''W''' (and I will change them to Arabic later). Thank you.

While waiting for you favourable response, please accept very Honourable Egil, my profound respect. [[User:DrFO.Jr.Tn|DrFO.Jr.Tn]] ([[User talk:DrFO.Jr.Tn|talk]]) 10:17, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

==Fair use rationale for [[:Image:Referendum Italy.png]]==
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==Speedy deletion of [[:Indata]]==
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==Bot activity==
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== Det Danske Luftfartselskab- defunct ==

please refer to [[Scandinavian_Airlines_System#History]]. Technically it still exists, but it's long gone. Merged is definitely considered defunct in wikipedia standards. regards --[[User_talk:Benstown|Ben Stone]] 00:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

==We Share Your Pain==
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== Battle of Blenheim ==

I apologise for not noticing that my regex had wikified the dates in the image names. 
The main purpose of my edit was to disambiguate [[Blenheim]] to [[Blindheim]]. In this course of this I also ran my usual regexes to wikify dates as per [[WP:DATE#Autoformatting and linking]]. However, they shouldn't, of course, have changed the image names. [[User:Colonies Chris|Colonies Chris]] ([[User talk:Colonies Chris|talk]]) 08:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)



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== Image:Edvard Munch.jpg listed for deletion ==
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==Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Amoi.gif}==
Thank you for uploading '''[[:Image:Amoi.gif]]'''. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by [[Wikipedia:Non-free content]]. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|explanation]] linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page.  Can you please check:
:* That there is a [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|non-free use rationale]] on the image's escription page for each article the image is used in.
:* That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.
Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free|image copyright tag]]; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Images/media|criteria for speedy deletion]]. If you have any questions, please ask them at the [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions|media copyright questions page]]. Thank you. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. [[User:STBotI|STBotI]] ([[User talk:STBotI|talk]]) 02:18, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

==GeoHack is down==
It seems to me that GeoHack is not functioning at the moment.  Can you fix it? --[[User:VashiDonsk|<font color="Green">'''VashiDonsk'''</font>]] 01:42, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

== Error on Map sources/GeoHack ==

I'm not sure you are the one I should tell this to, but I try. I followed the map coordinates references from the [[Sognsvann]] article, and on the right side of the Map sources/GeoHack page three Norwegian resources are shown. Two of them, Eniro and Inatur, are not working. __[[User:Meco|meco]] ([[User talk:Meco|talk]]) 09:32, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
:I've deleted the Eniro one, but kept the inatur link since it really was a useful one, with topographical maps. There still is a map on inatur, but the interface is different. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] ([[User talk:Egil#top|talk]]) 12:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

== Parameters for wikimapia in ''Map sources/GeoHack'' (French version) ==

Hi, (in the French version) I thing it should be http://wikimapia.org#lat=...&lon=...  (and not 'll=x,y')  (in English, it is correct) Thanks! -- [[User:Xofc|Xofc]] ([[User talk:Xofc|talk]]) 03:05, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

== Map sources/GeoHack (Japan) ==
I'm not sure if I should talk this here. Please let me know the place if it should not be here.

I found one site does not work properly in GeoHack. Geographical Survey Institute (in Japan) has parameters b(for latitude) and l(for longitude). The parameter b should be formated like {latdegabs}{latminint}{latsecdec}, but {latminint} and {latsecdec} should be prefixed by 0 when the value < 10. For example, {latminint} in parameter b should be '06' when {latminint} is 6. One Japanese user tried to fix the problem by editing [[ja:Template:GeoTemplate]] with {{ifexpr:{latminint}<10|0{latminint} |{latminint} }}, but it doesn't work with toolserver. It's same situation on {lonminint} and {lonsecdec}.

Could you change GeoHack that {latminint}, {latsecdec}, {lonminint} and {lonsecdec} have 0-prefix when the values < 10, or could you make new values like {latminint0}, {latsecdec0}, {lonminint0} and {lonsecdec0} for 0-prefixed ?  Thanks, --[[User:NISYAN|NISYAN]] ([[User talk:NISYAN|talk]]) 07:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

:I heard above problem is talked at [[Template_talk:GeoTemplate#Geographical Survey Institute Link does not work well]]. So no answer needs to me. Thanks, --[[User:NISYAN|NISYAN]] ([[User talk:NISYAN|talk]]) 22:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

== [[LHC]] ==

Hi, I removed the LHC countdown website from the [[LHC]] page again as it's wrong, startup is not in four days time as the website states, latest I've heard is first full beam is 17th September. Cheers <sup>[[User:Khukri|'''<font face="verdana" color=#6633cc>Khu</font>''']][[User_talk:Khukri|'''<font face="verdana" color=#CC66FF>kri</font>''']]</sup> 19:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
==Wikimania 2010 could be coming to Stockholm!==

I'm leaving you a note as you may be interested in this opportunity.

People from all six Nordic Wiki-communities (sv, no, nn, fi, da and is) are coordinating a bid for Wikimania 2010 in Stockholm. I'm sending you a message to let you know that this is occurring, and over the next few months we're looking for community support to make sure this happens! See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Stockholm the bid page on meta] and if you like such an idea, please sign the "supporters" list at the bottom. Tack (or takk), and have a wonderful day! [[User:Mike Halterman|Mike H.]] [[User talk:Mike Halterman|Fierce!]] 07:30, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

== Angle of view: effective focal length ==

The definition of “effective focal length” in [[Angle of view]] seems at odds with common usage (e.g., Sidney Ray's ''Applied Photographic Optics'', 3rd ed, p. 47) and with that in the article [[focal length]]. Do you have a source for this usage?  I think what's meant is simply “image distance”. [[User:JeffConrad|JeffConrad]] ([[User talk:JeffConrad|talk]]) 21:43, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

== No, the original spelling is correct ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ringnes&diff=prev&oldid=242479874] [[User:Philip Trueman|Philip Trueman]] ([[User talk:Philip Trueman|talk]]) 12:17, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

==Orphaned non-free media (Image:StatoilLogo.gif)==
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== Mobile Network Code ==
Thanks for creating [[Template:MNC]] for [[Mobile Network Code]] article. It decreased article size and also its easier to make edits in future.

== image loss ==

Hi,

due to a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_affected_by_the_September_2008_image_loss_bug software problem] 
the following image which you uploaded was lost on Wikimedia Commons (maybe except for a preview image):
* [[:Image:Bodo komm.png]]
I uploaded a low resolution version of this image. 
If you still have this file on your hard disk or if you can recover it from other sources please upload it again. 
If this image was transferred from a local Wikipedia to Wikimedia Commons it can be even recovered by an admin on the local Wikipedia.

Best regards, -- [[User:Ukko|Ukko]] ([[User talk:Ukko|talk]]) 16:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I just found one more image:
* [[:Image:Finnoy komm.png]]
--[[User:Ukko|Ukko.de]] ([[User talk:Ukko|talk]]) 12:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|AfD]] nomination of [[List of Norwegians]] ==
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==ISSA==
Actually, [[Special:WhatLinksHere/International Sports Sciences Association|there are two]].  I can't tell if they are of acceptable quality myself, but if the entry is to be removed from the dab, someone will need to consider them.  Cheers,—[[User:Ezhiki|Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky)]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;([[User talk:Ezhiki|yo?]]); 17:32, August&nbsp;4, 2009 (UTC)

== An exciting opportunity to get involved!==
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As a member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation|Aviation WikiProject]] or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Contest|Aviation Contest]]! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Contest/Signups|here]], read up on the rules [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Aviation/Contest#Contest_rules|here]], and discuss the contest [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation/Contest|here]]. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation/Contest|here]], or let me know what you think on my talkpage. - '''[[User:Trevor MacInnis|<span style="font-family:Century Gothic;color:SteelBlue">Trevor</span>]] [[User talk:Trevor MacInnis|<span style="font-family:Century Gothic;color:IndianRed">MacInnis</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Trevor MacInnis|<span style="font-family:Century Gothic;color:DarkOliveGreen"><sup>contribs</sup></span>]]''' 00:17, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

== [[Getjar]] ==

Tagged for Notability since June 2008, Unreferenced since June 2008, Orphaned since September 2008. If it was genuinely notable, some evidence would have been provided in all that time. --[[User:Orangemike|<span style="color:darkorange;">Orange Mike</span>]]  |  [[User talk:Orangemike|<span style="color:orange;">Talk</span>]] 21:10, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
:I did not, by the way, delete on G11 grounds. Check your facts. If this is notable, then create an article about it; be bold! --[[User:Orangemike|<span style="color:darkorange;">Orange Mike</span>]]  &#x007C;  [[User talk:Orangemike|<span style="color:orange;">Talk</span>]] 13:36, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

== GIS Problem ==

Hello Egil, I'm not sure this is right venue for this question. If it isn't please lead me to the right place, I just didn't know where to do it. We just installed your extension Gis on the [http://venciclopedia.com/ Venciclopedia]. It was quite easy, thanks for such great application. The reason I'm writting is because I'm having some very minor problems with it. Those being that <nowiki>{type}</nowiki>, <nowiki>{title}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{region}</nowiki> are not showing up on mapsources even though it shows up on ''neighbors''. You can see an example on this city, [http://venciclopedia.com/index.php?title=Coro Coro] (the geolink is on the template to the right, next to the the "world" icon). In the case of <nowiki>{title}</nowiki> the problem is that it shows the actual page (Especial:Geo) instead of the the one linked to the coordinates.

The other minor problem is that I want to change the code so it stops showing W for West and make it show O for Oeste, because my page is in spanish. I found some "W" and 'W's in GeoParam (3 instances), but when I do it the link doesnt render and errors as wrong format. Is there any other page where I should change this?

And that's it. With this the translation will be ready for other users interested in this great extension. Thanks in advance for your help. [[User:Gmlegal|Gmlegal]] ([[User talk:Gmlegal|talk]]) 00:56, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

==hallo from Uwe Kils==
can you please vote again on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Uwe_Kils_(3rd_nomination).
Best wishes [[User:Kils|<span style="color:#A29EBA;">'''''Uwe Kils'''''</span>]] 13:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

== Curriculum vitae ==

I have started a [[Talk:CV#Requested_move|move discussion]] about CV, Curriculum vitae and Résumé.  You have previously participated in this topic, and I would like your input in this discussion if you are still interested. <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[[User:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]] <sup>'''([[User talk:John Vandenberg|chat]])'''</sup></span> 00:58, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

==File:GetJar_logo.jpg==
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==Unreferenced BLPs==
[[File:Information.svg|30px]] Hello Egil! Thank you for your contributions. I am a [[WP:BOT|bot]] alerting you that '''5''' of the articles that you created   are tagged as[[Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Sources| Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons]]. The [[WP:BLP|biographies of living persons]] policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure [[WP:VERRIFY|verifiability]], all biographies should be based on [[WP:RELIABLE|reliable sources]]. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current ''[[:Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:All unreferenced_BLPs}}]]'' article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{tl|unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

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# [[Arne Rinnan]] - <small>{{Find sources|Arne Rinnan}}</small>
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== [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|Nomination for deletion]] of [[:Template:User cobol-0]] ==
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== Open Street Map ==

Hi Egil. I've done a lot of work to making pin maps on wikipedia from OpenStreetMap, recently I created [[Template:Location map Norway Oslo]] actually to display landmarks!! However I just came across [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=American_Museum_of_Natural_History&language=de&params=40.780555555556_N_73.973611111111_W_region:US-NY_type:landmark the geohack on German wiki]. When you click the geo globe on German wiki now it features on the open street map at different zoomable levels without having to leave the site. This would absolustely ideal for english wikipedia and end a long term disagreement over set pin maps and to provide the option for zoomable maps iwthin wikipedia itself. Could you please import the technology they are using on German wikipedia to display open street maps within the wiki site itself. This would be perfect and would mean we could probably not bother with the city pins. Would it be possible to display these zoomable open street maps within article infoboxes themselves? An example. See [[Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois)|Harris Theater]]. If we had the zoomable open street map within the infobox theatre we would not need that pin locator. By default there could be none but a "Click map" option within the infobox. When you click it, it would then display the open street map zoomable as shown here [[http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=American_Museum_of_Natural_History&language=de&params=40.780555555556_N_73.973611111111_W_region:US-NY_type:landmark here]. Can you do this? It would be extremely beneficial to us.[[User:Dr. Blofeld| <span style="border:1px solid blue;padding:1px;"> <span style="color:#fef;background:black;">'''''Dr. Blofeld'''''</span></span>]]     <sup>[[User talk:Dr. Blofeld| <span style="font-size:x-small; color:black;">White cat</span> ]]</sup> 18:18, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

== Please comment on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:System_camera#Nikon_F_as_first_system_camera_claim ==

Hi Egil,

You wrote [[System camera]]

Can you please comment on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:System_camera#Nikon_F_as_first_system_camera_claim Nikon F as first system camera claim]

Thanks, [[User:IOOI|IOOI]] ([[User talk:IOOI|talk]]) 14:15, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

== SUL on no-wp ==

Done. [[User:Haros|Haros]] ([[User talk:Haros|talk]]) 09:27, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
:Thanks, appreciated. [[User:Egil|Egil]] ([[User talk:Egil#top|talk]]) 09:06, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

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==[[Typewriter]]==

Here are the sources that I found demonstrating that typewriters are still being produced.  You can also run a Google News search for "typewriter" 
http://thefranchisehound.com/2011/04/27/the-typewriter-is-not-quite-dead-yet/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384394,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384394,00.asp

[[User:Titan&#39;s Sword|Titan&#39;s Sword]] ([[User talk:Titan&#39;s Sword|talk]]) 03:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
:It seems the company in India is the last traditional, '''mechanical''' office style typewriter. I believe the article is now corrected to show this. -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] ([[User talk:Egil#top|talk]]) 06:40, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

==[[Facel]]==
Hello Egil, just wanted to say that I fully support the move. Figured it could be nice to receive positive support for a change, I know I usually only react when I oppose something. Best, [[User:Mr.choppers|<span style="background:#007FFF;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#FDEE00">'''&nbsp;⊂&#124;&nbsp;Mr.choppers&nbsp;&#124;⊃&nbsp;'''</span>]]&nbsp;([[User Talk:Mr.choppers|talk]]) 00:21, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

== [[Bart's Comet]] ==

Hi. I totally get your objection. It is a short article and thus it seems strange to repeat information. There are a lot of other users who have been wondering about that too. The reason why it has to be like that is that the lead section is a summary of the whole article (per [[WP:LEAD]]) and not just an intro. You should be able to only read the lead section and still get an idea of what the entire article is about. You cannot have information in the lead section, which is not in the rest of the artcle. Cheers --[[User:Maitch|Maitch]] ([[User talk:Maitch|talk]]) 11:14, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

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== MSU Interview ==

Dear Egil,


My name is Jonathan Obar [[user:Jaobar]], I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community,  and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_82#Learn_to_be_a_Wikipedia_Administrator_-_New_class_at_MSU|HERE]], were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:
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Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

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== 127 film - relevance of C.F. Foth comment? ==

Hi,

I'm writing to ask about [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=127_film&diff=next&oldid=625600 this edit you made over 10 years ago(!!!)] because the content is still in the article, but I don't understand its relevance.

The (slightly modified) version currently says;

: 127 is a film format for still photography. The image format is usually a square 4×4 cm, but rectangular 4×3 cm and 4×6 cm are also standard. '''''Oddly, C. F. Foth & Co. used 36×24 mm (the same size as is standard for 135) for its first “Derby” model.'''''

I don't understand the relevance of the fact that "C. F. Foth" (whoever they are) used 36 x 24 for their first model to what came before. Could you please clarify this? (You can comment at [[Talk:127_film#C._F._Foth_.26_Co]]). Much appreciated, thank you! [[User:Ubcule|Ubcule]] ([[User talk:Ubcule|talk]]) 23:52, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

== Remember Rktect? ==

See [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rktect]]. [[User:Dougweller|Dougweller]] ([[User talk:Dougweller|talk]]) 21:56, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Metaphysical_Engineering this is]. I'll deal with him later today. You might want to update your sandbox. [[User:Doug Weller|Doug Weller]] ([[User talk:Doug Weller|talk]]) 09:39, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
:Odd, not sure why I didn't block at the SPI last year. [[User:Doug Weller|Doug Weller]] ([[User talk:Doug Weller|talk]]) 09:42, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

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:Thanks! I guess there was a time where I almost gave up :) Will definitely have a look real soon. There has been quite a bit of cleanup in related articles on weights and measures, so it may be the case that it is better to move any content worth preserving to other article also.  -- [[User:Egil|Egil]] ([[User talk:Egil#top|talk]]) 10:55, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
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== Regarding restoring Zi Corporation article ==
hi Egil, I would rather like to work with you on creating a proper stub (to begin with) on Zi Corporation. I am afraid, in the current form (your draft) it will face similar fate yet again. We would need a little more beyond the patent wars to substantiate the company , so as to disambiguate the article from a news column. Please let me know what you think of it. [[User:Devopam|Devopam]] ([[User talk:Devopam|talk]]) 12:49, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
: personally, I feel bad for each article deleted without an attempt being made to really check if it cannot exist. An article is notable based on the notability laws which I am not going to read out to a senior editor like you and make a joke of myself. There is enough information around Zi Corporation available from credible sources that can substantiate the notability aspect. Also, the patent war will be another good section in the same article. And yes, article needs to be cross linked with Nuance (and vice-versa). I guess an infobox and two/three sections will be good enough to populate a stub ? Would you want me to take a stab at it , (more so to compensate for the loss of your article, i will feel good this way). [[User:Devopam|Devopam]] ([[User talk:Devopam|talk]]) 13:33, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
:: hello {{ping|Egil}}, please have a look at the article page [[User:Egil/Zi_Corporation]]. I made minor contributions to the infobox, added few references and gave some structure to it. Kindly feel free to revert/edit as suitable. [[User:Devopam|Devopam]] ([[User talk:Devopam|talk]]) 07:48, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
::: hello {{ping|Egil}}, happy to see that the article is now revamped and is an interesting read . [[User:Devopam|Devopam]] ([[User talk:Devopam|talk]]) 07:04, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

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[[File:Cscr-featured.svg|20px]] '''Featured Article assessment'''
*[[Jim Lovell]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jim Lovell/archive1|discussion]]) – Closed as '''promoted''' on 26 December 2021

[[File:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] '''Good Article assessment'''
*[[HAL Tejas]] ([[Talk:HAL Tejas/GA3|discussion]]) – Closed as '''not promoted''' on 30 December 2021
*[[William Hodgson (RAF officer)]] ([[Talk:William Hodgson (RAF officer)/GA1|discussion]]) – Closed as '''promoted''' on 26 December 2021
*[[Supermarine Sea King]] ([[Talk:Supermarine Sea King/GA1|discussion]]) – Closed as '''promoted''' on 22 December 2021
*[[Raymond Hesselyn]] ([[Talk:Raymond Hesselyn/GA1|discussion]]) – Closed as '''promoted''' on 4 December 2021

[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] '''Deletion'''
*[[Timeline of Berlin Brandenburg Airport's construction]] ([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of Berlin Brandenburg Airport's construction|discussion]]) – Closed as '''delete and redirect''' on 30 December 2021
*[[Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17]] ([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17|discussion]]) – Closed as '''keep''' on 25 December 2021

[[File:Symbol move vote.svg|20px]] '''Requested moves'''
*[[Akbarpur (Ambedkar Nagar) Airstrip]] → [[Akbarpur Airstrip]] ([[Talk:Akbarpur Airstrip#Requested move 23 December 2021|discussion]]) – Closed as '''moved''' on 30 December 2021
*[[1983 Avensa Douglas DC-9 crash]] → [[Avensa Flight 007]] ([[Talk:Avensa Flight 007#Requested move 5 December 2021|discussion]]) – Closed as '''moved''' on 30 December 2021
*[[Garuda Indonesia Flight 035]] → [[Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 035]] ([[Talk:Garuda Indonesia Flight 035#Requested move 28 December 2021|discussion]]) – '''Withdrawn''' on 28 December 2021

|width=50% style="padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"|<span style="font-size:22px;">'''Article Statistics'''</span><br/><span style="font-size:12px;">This data reflects values from DMY.</span>
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| {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=FA-Class 142]'''
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| {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=FL-Class 15]'''
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| {{A-Class|category=Category:A-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=A-Class 56]'''
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| {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=GA-Class 505]'''
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| {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=B-Class 4,573]'''
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| {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=C-Class 11,878]'''
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| {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Start-Class 15,082]'''
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| {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Stub-Class 18,754]'''
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| {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=List-Class 2,539]'''
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| {{Category-Class|category=Category:Category-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Category-Class 11,638]'''
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| {{Disambig-Class|category=Category:Disambig-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Disambig-Class 653]'''
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| {{File-Class|category=Category:File-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=File-Class 2,713]'''
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| {{Portal-Class|category=Category:Portal-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Portal-Class 629]'''
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| {{Project-Class|category=Category:Project-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Project-Class 89]'''
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| {{Redirect-Class|category=Category:Redirect-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Redirect-Class 1,518]'''
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| {{Template-Class|category=Category:Template-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Template-Class 2,489]'''
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| {{NA-Class|category=Category:NA-Class_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=NA-Class 66]'''
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| {{Assessed-Class}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Assessed-Class 73,339]'''
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| {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed_aviation_articles}}
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles?quality=Unassessed-Class 1]'''
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''Total'''
|| '''[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Aviation/articles 73,340]'''
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[[File:Symbol a class.svg|20px]] '''A-class Article assessment'''
*[[Granville Gee Bee Model A]] ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment/Granville Gee Bee Model A|discussion]]) – Since 21 April 2020
*[[List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War]] ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment/List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War|discussion]]) – Since 22 February 2010

[[File:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] '''Good Article assessment'''
*'''[[Romanian Air Corps]]''' ([[Talk:Romanian Air Corps/GA1|discussion]]) – Since 25 December 2021
*[[Jean Batten]] ([[Talk:Jean Batten/GA1|discussion]]) – Since 2 October 2021

[[File:Symbol merge vote.svg|20px]] '''Merger proposals'''
*[[List of astronauts by name]] → [[List of astronauts by year of selection]] ([[Talk:List of astronauts by year of selection#Merge from List of astronauts by name|discussion]]) – Since 10 August 2021
*[[List of cosmonauts]] → [[List of space travelers by nationality]] ([[Talk:List of space travelers by nationality#Merge from List of cosmonauts|discussion]]) – Since 10 August 2021
*[[List of space travelers by name]] → [[List of space travelers by nationality]] ([[Talk:List of space travelers by nationality#Merge from List of space travelers by name|discussion]]) – Since 10 August 2021
*[[Holidays Czech Airlines]] → [[Czech Airlines]] ([[Talk:Czech Airlines#Proposed merge of Holidays Czech Airlines into Czech Airlines|discussion]]) – Since 23 June 2021
*[[Bendix Aviation]] → [[Bendix Corporation]] ([[Talk:Bendix Corporation#Merger Proposal|discussion]]) – Since 30 May 2021
*[[Airport Movement Area Safety System]] → [[Airport Surface Surveillance Capability]] ([[Talk:Airport Surface Surveillance Capability#Merger Proposal|discussion]]) – Since 29 May 2021
*[[ASDE-X]] → [[Airport Surface Surveillance Capability]] ([[Talk:Airport Surface Surveillance Capability#Merger Proposal|discussion]]) – Since 28 May 2021

[[File:Symbol split vote.svg|20px]] '''Splitting proposals'''
*[[Family Airlines]] ([[Talk:Family Airlines#Proposed article split for Avatar Airlines content|discussion]]) – Since 23 November 2021
*[[2021 Kabul airport attack]] ([[Talk:2021 Kabul airport attack#Splitting proposal|discussion]]) – Since 24 September 2021
*[[List of military aircraft of the United States]] ([[Talk:List of military aircraft of the United States#Splitting proposal|discussion]]) – Since 16 August 2021
*[[Braniff International Airways]] ([[Talk:Braniff International Airways#History of Braniff International Airways|discussion]]) – Since 8 September 2019

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[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] '''Deletion'''
*'''[[List of maiden voyages]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of maiden voyages (2nd nomination)|discussion]]) – Since 29 December 2021

[[File:Symbol move vote.svg|20px]] '''Requested moves'''
*'''[[Hot-air balloon]] → [[Hot air balloon]]''' ([[Talk:Hot-air balloon#Requested move 30 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 30 December 2021
*'''[[Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108]] → [[Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109]]''' ([[Talk:Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108#Requested move 28 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 28 December 2021
*'''[[Garuda Indonesia Flight 150]] → [[Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150]]''' ([[Talk:Garuda Indonesia Flight 035#Requested move 28 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 28 December 2021
*'''[[Garuda Indonesia Flight 206]] → [[Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206]]''' ([[Talk:Garuda Indonesia Flight 035#Requested move 28 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 28 December 2021
*'''[[Garuda Indonesia Flight 708]] → [[Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708]]''' ([[Talk:Garuda Indonesia Flight 035#Requested move 28 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 28 December 2021
*'''[[Garuda Indonesia Flight 892]] → [[Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892]]''' ([[Talk:Garuda Indonesia Flight 035#Requested move 28 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 28 December 2021
*'''[[TWA Flight 800]] → [[TWA Flight 800 (1996)]]''' ([[Talk:TWA Flight 800#Requested move 27 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 27 December 2021
*'''[[Dynamic Airways Flight 405]] → [[Dynamic International Airways Flight 405]]''' ([[Talk:Dynamic Airways Flight 405#Requested move 26 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 26 December 2021
*'''[[CommutAir Flight 4281]] → [[CommutAir Flight 4821]]''' ([[Talk:CommutAir Flight 4281#Requested move 25 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 25 December 2021
*'''[[Thai Airways]] → [[Thai Airways International]]''' ([[Talk:Thai Airways#Requested move 13 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 13 December 2021
*'''[[Thai Airways fleet]] → [[Thai Airways International fleet]]''' ([[Talk:Thai Airways#Requested move 13 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 13 December 2021
*'''[[List of Thai Airways destinations]] → [[List of Thai Airways International destinations]]''' ([[Talk:Thai Airways#Requested move 13 December 2021|discussion]]) – Since 13 December 2021

[[File:Symbol question.svg|20px]] '''Did you know'''
*'''[[Ravish Malhotra]]''' ([[Template:Did you know nominations/Ravish Malhotra|discussion]]) – Since 30 December 2021
*'''[[Alexander Tahy]]''' ([[Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Tahy|discussion]]) – Since 26 December 2021
*'''[[Veronica Volkersz]]''' ([[Template:Did you know nominations/Veronica Volkersz|discussion]]) – Since 6 December 2021
*'''[[Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll]]''' ([[Template:Did you know nominations/Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll|discussion]]) – Since 3 December 2021
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