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The history of Sochi Dear Ghirlandajo, Thank you for your modifications, but please be informed that you are biased against the real people of Sochi and Circassia and i can't believe a real editor and researcher in Wikipedia can remove the truth not because he is not convinced but because the easiest way to him is to remove instead of search for resources , and i can't understand that you removed my contribution by giving a weak reason!!! What do you mean UNPO.org is not reliable source ???? Please be informed that UNPO stand for Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization not a shop for doing propogandas. Best Regards, ShapsougSochi1864 Portrait of Anna Yekaterina Countess Bestuzheva-Ryumina (1693-1761) Dear Ghirlandajo, With respect to a biographical study concerning the celebrated adventurer Friedrich Freiherr von der Trenck I am looking for a portrait of Countess Bestuzheva-Ryumina, the wife of chancellor A. P. Bestuzhev-Riumin. Unfortunately, though a German lady, it seems that there is no portrait of her known in Germany. Can you help? I am looking to hear from you. If possible, can you send me your answer as eMail to andreas_pechtl@hotmail.com ? Yours sincerely, Andreas Pechtl, 7 December 2009 Project Ukraine гуд найт! I saw you wrote some excellent new article about Ukraine! Thanks for that! Would you like to join our project Ukraine (click on advert to learn more). We could really need some new articles about the subjects you wrote your last Ukrainian articles about (there are lots of castles there!)! — Mariah-Yulia (talk) 21:55, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Medieval emporia: Dierkow and Bardy I noticed you removed Dierkow and Bardy from the emporia template. I think they should be re-added. *About Dierkow, there is not much known yet, but this does not automatically make it unimportant or tiny (though there is a possiblity). Bardy-Swielubie in turn is well researched and was not that tiny. Dierkow and Bardy are listed here Sebastian Brather, Archäologie der westlichen Slawen: Siedlung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im früh- und hochmittelalterlichen Ostmitteleuropa, Walter de Gruyter, 2001, ISBN 3110170612, p.142 along with the other emporia now in the template (Groß Strömkendorf/Reric, Dierkow, Ralswiek, Menzlin, Bardy-Swielubie, Jawno Pomorskie/Truso). If you are concerned that each archaeological side at the coast will be added, don't be, there are no more known sites at the present. It does not hurt to leave them in. "No evidence of non-Slavic presence": This was only true for the early, Carolingian stage of Bardy, as outlined in the next paragraph of the article, the Scandinavians moved in only in the 9th century. I rephrased the article to make that more clear. If you still think it is a bad idea to put them back in, let me know. Regards Skäpperöd (talk) 11:55, 4 March 2009 (UTC) Feel free to readd them! By the way, I don't think we should limit the template's scope to the Baltic Sea as you did. --Ghirla-трёп- 11:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC) Awards For creating so many Lviv related articles, I hereby award you the Ukrainian Barnstar of National Merit. Note the raspberry color of the ribbon, the historical color of the Dnieper Cossacks. — Mariah-Yulia (talk) 20:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC) Thanks. I didn't know that the Cossacks liked raspberries :) More Lviv substubs will be added as soon as I have free time in the Russian Wikipedia. Best, Ghirla-трёп- 21:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC) Question about image Hi there. I'm doing some work on tagging featured pictures on the English Wikipedia. Coming across this image, I found that you added a {{NoCommons}} tag. This was back in 2006, and the current preference is to put everything on Commons. Do you have a problem with me asking for this image to be deleted from WP or do you still have a pressing reason? Thanks! ~ ωαdεstεr16♣kiss mei'm Irish♣ 04:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC) I'd prefer to keep the local image. Shouldn't we respect each others contributions and attribute them properly. Last year I found it on Main Page of the Wikimedia Commons without any information as to who uploaded and nominated the picture. That was rather disheartening. --Ghirla-трёп- 10:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Very true. I asked you first b/c I respect the intentions of photographers/image uploaders. That said, this image is actually in the public domain (and especially since it's not your work), you really have no say over what happens to it after you upload it. I'm going to have the local copy deleted, but once that occurs, everything will be the same once I reenter the missing data (if you're not aware, Commons images are called to a local Wikipedia and local wikipedia templates can still be added, such as the FP and POTD templates). Sorry for any confusion, but PD images are not needed on Wikipedia; they belong on Commons so every language Wikipedia can access them. Thanks for understanding. ~ ωαdεstεr16♣TC♣ 21:30, 17 March 2009 (UTC) FWIW, I credited you as the original uploader and included much of the info from the local copy to the Commons copy (the caption of the local copy was more complete). Hopefully this doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth, but it's the right thing to do. ~ ωαdεstεr16♣TC♣ 21:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC) Johann Hermann von Fersen Interesting move. Do you have a link to attest the German version of his name? I can't seem to find one. Neddyseagoon - talk 10:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC) See here, for instance. By the way, the text of the Russian article was taken verbatim from the Russian Biographical Dictionary. --Ghirla-трёп- 10:36, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Luigi Pernier On T:TDYK]] you said there was little information in English. That doesn't really matter. Are their other-language sources to use? - Mgm|(talk) 12:17, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Baikoff Hi, Ghirla! When you get a moment, could you check if this stub is legit? Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:08, March 6, 2009 (UTC) Why, it's a nonsensical joke --Ghirla-трёп- 14:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Thought as much. Will prod it now. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:45, March 6, 2009 (UTC) Vorotynsk Hi, me again. I've got another question for you, if you don't mind. In the Vorotynsk article, there is a mention of the village of Spas-on-the-Oka. I was unable to find anything about this village. I also did not quite understand the "which now marks the spot" part—currently, the village (selo) of Vorotynsk is located on the location of the ancient town, and there is a larger (and newer) settlement (posyolok) of Vorotynsk not too far away from it. There is (and, to the best of my knowledge, was) no populated place called "Спас-на-Оке" anywhere in the vicinity. Could you, please, clarify? Where exactly is Savior Vorotynsk Monastery located, do you know? Same goes for New and Old Vorotynsk villages—are these in reference to the selo and posyolok? Thanks again!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:34, March 6, 2009 (UTC) Check map coords here [1]. Spas is referenced on many similar tourist sites, it has postcode 248903 and appears to be administered by the city of Kaluga [2] [3] although nearby Vorotynsk is in Babyninsky rayon. NVO (talk) 18:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Correction: the P.O. is in Rosva (Росва on Google maps) which is due north from Vorotynsk, east of Spas. NVO (talk) 18:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Thanks, NVO, it helps, although this still does not resolve everything. In addition to Spas in jurisdiction of Kaluga, there is also another Spas in Babyninsky District; both are listed simply as "Spas", not "Spas-na-Oke" (which is why I ignored them when posting the original note) and none of the two is located on the spot where ancient Vorotynsk stood (the selo of Vorotynsk is in that spot now). Any further ideas?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:49, March 6, 2009 (UTC) Here's the almighty KLADR [4], see fifth line from the bottom of list. It is деревня Спас, Спасский сельский округ города Калуги. "Na Oke" is omitted in all official data; it is actually inside Oka-Ugra salient. Kaluga police has a vacancy for a local cop [5] - wanna apply? NVO (talk) 19:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Ah yeah, here's the dream job I always wanted, thanks so much :) Regarding Spas, any clues as to when the "-na-Oke" suffix is/was used? Or is it more of a colloquial name that never made it to the official records? Anyway, based on this discussion, is everyone going to be OK with me butchering Vorotynsk a bit? The monastery sentence should be moved to Rosva (based on the coordinates); "Spas-na-Oke" does not seem to do anything with Vorotynsk except being located fairly close (but definitely not on the spot of old Vorotynsk the town), so its mention can be removed; also removed should be the mentions of New and Old Vorotynsk (which are not officially called that). Sounds good so far? Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:09, March 6, 2009 (UTC) By the way, my 1859 book on inhabited localities of Peremyshlsky Uyezd of Kaluga Governorate lists the selo of Spas (near the Ugra and Oka Rivers) as "Spas or Spasskoye", so the "-na-Oke" designation must be relatively recent.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:14, March 6, 2009 (UTC) DYK for Stroganov Palace On 13 March, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stroganov Palace, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Thanks for the nom! Royalbroil 04:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC) My user space I had noticed you were returned to us, is one allowed to say welcome back? before fiddling with my Versailles, you should go and take a good look at Winter Palace and make some changes there, I needed you a few month ago writing that - you should have been writing it! - Welcome back :-) Giano (talk) 21:35, 15 March 2009 (UTC) Thank you, my friend, but I still spend most of my time in Russian Wikipedia. My contributions in English are limited to fixing some pesky errors, and I would start an occasional sub-stub every once in a while. --Ghirla-трёп- 22:26, 21 March 2009 (UTC) DYK for Luigi Pernier On 17 March, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Luigi Pernier, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. --Dravecky (talk) 04:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC) Order of Glory Hi there, Andrei! Thanx for fixing the picture of the Order of Glory on my user page! Some dude erased a while back claiming it to be a copyvio or something like that :). How are you these days? Will you ever return to serious editing in English Wikipedia? Drop me a line. KNewman (talk) 08:18, 8 April 2009 (UTC) Beregovaya compressor station Hi, Ghirla. Could you help with the exact location of the Beregovaya compressor station? Some sources says that it is located in Arkhipo-Osipovka, and most of the sources says that at Dzhubga, e.g. this map of gas pipelines. By my understanding it is located in west from Dzhubga and in east from Arkhipo-Osipovka, and definitely there is only one compressor station, not two. Do you knew any reliable source about the location? Beagel (talk) 07:19, 19 April 2009 (UTC) The map is in error. The Beregovaya (literally, "coastal") station, launched in November 2005 as part of the Blue Stream network, is situated in the Drovyanaya Shchel' gorge near Arkhipo-Osipovka, Gelendzhik District at an elevation of 235 meters.[6][7][8] Some pictures are available here. I suspect there will be another compressor station built in Dzhubga as part of the South Stream project. --Ghirla-трёп- 10:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Thanks. It should be the same compressor station (probably expanded) for the South Stream. There is only one incoming pipeline, and it is not logical that the compressor station for the South Stream would be located east from the Blue Stream pipeline. Beagel (talk) 12:51, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Easter Greetings Христос воскрес! Хрыстос уваскрос! Alleluia, Christ is risen! Kristus is uppeston!--Paul Pieniezny (talk) 09:09, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Воистину воскресе! --Ghirla-трёп- 10:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC) File:Hermitagetheatre.jpg listed for deletion An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Hermitagetheatre.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 11:52, 20 April 2009 (UTC) File:Kuropatkin.jpg listed for deletion An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Kuropatkin.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Istomina Hi, Ghirla! I almost started to move Avdotia Istomina to "Yevdokiya" when I noticed that it was you who created the article originally (and you normally know what you are doing :)). Could you, please, clarify, why the title says "Avdotia" when her actual name is "Евдокия"? I do not immediately see it. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:48, April 23, 2009 (UTC) Replied here --Ghirla-трёп- 12:04, 29 April 2009 (UTC) Not sure why, but I followed-up there as well :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:22, April 29, 2009 (UTC) Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli Привет, я тут случайно написала статью в англовики (со мной такое первый раз, обычно токо правлю). Сделай пожалуйста одолжение, посмотри грамматику, а то у меня с ней всегда оч. плохо было 0_0 --Shakko (talk) 15:14, 24 April 2009 (UTC) New Picture available for Uvs-Nuur Obsolete due to mistaken image description. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:TKN from German wikipedia. --141.76.178.109 (talk) 23:23, 28 April 2009 (UTC) Tolentini Good image of the church, Andrej. It's a pleasure to see your name at English Wikipedia.--Wetman (talk) 12:14, 1 May 2009 (UTC) Thank you, my friend. I'm pleased to see your name too. Can you help me in identifying this image? --Ghirla-трёп- 19:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC) Would it be the spiral staircase scala a chiocciola in a wing of Palazzo Contrari Boncompagni, Vignola , built by conte Ercole Contrari the elder, allegedly to designs by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola? I was tempted to use it for illustrating the Vignola article, but, since the attribution to him is by no means certain, should we let it rest on commons in relative obsurity? --Ghirla-трёп- 08:59, 3 May 2009 (UTC) Your inputs to the Shamordino Convent and other articles Hey Andrei, I've noticed you've been editing some of the Wikipedia articles I earlier uploaded images to. Many of the images have been deleted for no apparent reason. I will upload them again. If you don't like some images you can always move them to a gallery. Please, move Shamordino Monastery to Shamordino Convent (I tried but couldn't do this). This is a community of nuns. Denghu (talk) Only a sysop can move this article. You'd better upload your pictures to Wikimedia Commons, so that any wikipedia could use them when needed. --Ghirla-трёп- 08:53, 3 May 2009 (UTC) OK. Could you please contact a sysop on that? (I actually don't know who that is :-)) Denghu (talk) Hey there! Nice to see you, Ghirla! Bishonen | talk 07:51, 3 May 2009 (UTC). Thank you, Bish. It's great to know that you are still around! --Ghirla-трёп- 08:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC) DYK for The Death of Procris On May 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Death of Procris, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Shubinator (talk) 01:59, 10 May 2009 (UTC) Philippa of Hainault Hello Ghirlando. As regards, Philippa of Hainault, I believe that Kuthen of the Kumens's wife was of the Galitzine family. Halicz is just another version of her name as is Galicie. Her first name is a mystery.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 17:53, 13 May 2009 (UTC) There's some mistake on the part of amateur researchers cited in the article. There is no record of Kotyan's wife, but a medieval Russian chronicle names several of his sons-in-law, including Mstislav Mstislavich, Prince of Halych/Galicia (in connection with the Battle of Kalka in which they both took part). In other words, it's Kotyan's daughter rather than wife who may be described as "N of Galicia". --Ghirla-трёп- 18:44, 13 May 2009 (UTC) I believe you may be right, however his wife was most likely of the Halych family as well. Until that can be proved, I'll remove the reference to Kuthen's wife from the Philippa of Hainault article.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 05:53, 14 May 2009 (UTC) Mission accomplished. It now reads that Elizabeth was the daughter of Kuthen only, no mention of her mother. Thank you for drawing my attention to this error (which was made by me). Hopefully we'll discover who mothered Kuthen's children.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 06:00, 14 May 2009 (UTC) Fine. --Ghirla-трёп- 06:05, 14 May 2009 (UTC) DYK for Borki train disaster On 15 May, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Borki train disaster, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Jamie☆S93 18:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC) Heritage Registers Please take a look at my inquiry at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Russia#Lost_in_translation_..._Heritage_registers - I'm kinda stuck with reproducing kanzelyarit in English. P.S. Thanks for the dyk nom. NVO (talk) 07:50, 16 May 2009 (UTC) Puzzled I'm puzzled by this [9]. Are you under the impression that I'm active on IRC? William M. Connolley (talk) 11:10, 20 May 2009 (UTC) I'm under impression that your integrity as a sysop has been steadily eroding for about three years. Why you behave the way you do is not for me to say. --Ghirla-трёп- 10:57, 21 May 2009 (UTC) I disagree with your first assertion, of course. But you have not answered my question. You appear to be associating me with IRC, and in this you are incorrect. If you don't care about being wrong, then say so and I won't trouble you any further. If you do care about being wrong (and I would rather hope you did) I'm interested in what you meant William M. Connolley (talk) 12:04, 21 May 2009 (UTC) Ghirlandajo merely mentioned this editor as an example of the atmosphere of intimidation, which appears to be demonstrated perfectly well right here. The association with IRC is a red herring.--Wetman (talk) 15:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC) Right on spot, Wetman. --Ghirla-трёп- 15:38, 21 May 2009 (UTC) I'm afraid I'm no wiser about how to interpret your original statement. Whilst clearly demonstrating ill-will towards me, it is otherwise incoherent. However, it is now clear you realise I'm not active on IRC, so some progress has been made William M. Connolley (talk) 18:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC) The Torment of Saint Anthony (Michelangelo) Template:Michelangelo appears at the bottom of The Torment of Saint Anthony (Michelangelo). It has a link to List of works by Michelangelo at the bottom of it. I've updated the list to include this painting. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 15:47, 23 May 2009 (UTC) Nice --Ghirla-трёп- 16:12, 23 May 2009 (UTC) Back to heritage registers What, in your opinion, should appear in Russian register of cultural register? I put together a draft, please let me know if anything significant is missing. I will definitely expand/clarify on legal fubar story; what else? NVO (talk) 05:52, 26 May 2009 (UTC) DYK for Gonzaga Cameo On May 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gonzaga Cameo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Jamie☆S93 08:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC) Adjectives in Extreme North (Russia) Hi Ghirlandajo, I'm not overly concerned about this, but I saw your change to Extreme North (Russia), and was wondering if the adjectives are actually particularly useful; they're not exactly quantifiable. Would it not be more useful (and Encyclopedic) to simply detail the aspects which you're attempting to describe via adjectives? And apologies if this mixes up the formatting you have on this page - I'll try to correct it if that happens. Random name (talk) 16:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC) DYK for Gorgoneion On May 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gorgoneion, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Dravecky (talk) 08:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC) Review/copyedit for Vincenzo Brenna Andrey, please take a look - you might have better sources on the subject. Most of the article is based on Lanceray's book from 1930s; I don't have specific modern sources but Shvidkovsky provides completely different dates (and frequently different attributions, but it was expected). Regards, NVO (talk) 17:06, 3 June 2009 (UTC) DYK for House of Lorraine On June 3, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article House of Lorraine, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Giants27 21:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC) You have been nominated for membership of the Established Editors Association The Established editors association will be a kind of union of who have made substantial and enduring contributions to the encyclopedia for a period of time (say, two years or more). The proposed articles of association are here - suggestions welcome. If you wish to be elected, please notify me here. If you know of someone else who may be eligible, please nominate them here Please put all discussion here.Peter Damian (talk) 10:26, 13 June 2009 (UTC) GA Reassessment of Erast Fandorin I am conducting a reassessment as part of the GA sweeps process. I have found come concerns which need addressing if this article is to keep its GA status, which may be found at Talk:Erast Fandorin/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:13, 21 June 2009 (UTC) Askold and Dir Fringe theory? What are talking about? The whole Russian history is the fringe theory. Why are parimary chronicles lay the base of Russian history? Book of Veles is being denied by the Russian church. Of course, because that church primary mission to destroy our history, the Slavic history. The primary chronicles were written by that church to come up with the new history. Why is that there are no prior historical records exist until those chronicles? Are we to believe that our ancestors were that stupid that they left us no historical records? Or, maybe, were they eliminated? I believe so. Book of Veles exists and it is the only surviving record of our ancient history. Why do we want to deny it? What would be the reason to come up with what the church believes to be not true? Do not forget what was happening at the times when the Rus was converted into Christianity. All Slavic religion was eradicated. Why? Because they did not know how to believe? :) What a crack! No wonder that the church now wants to get rid of Book of Veles. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 19:26, 3 July 2009 (UTC) GA reassessment of Canaletto I have conducted a review of this article which has a large number of issues which need attention. I have delisted it. The reassessment is at Talk:Canaletto/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:48, 12 July 2009 (UTC) File:Smoktun.jpg listed for deletion An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Smoktun.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 01:35, 28 July 2009 (UTC) Otto von Habsburg's Patrilineal Descent Why do you state that Otto von Habsburg's patrilineal descent is faked? It was presented by Portuguese Genealogists on Raízes & Memórias" publication, Nr. 21 - December 2005, pgs. 11 to 20. Are you saying Portuguese Genealogists and official publications in Portugal aren't credible? Dgarq (talk) 17:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC) Actually, the two first names are not the right ones according to the forementioned publication. I'll proceed and correct them. Dgarq (talk) 15:49, 13 August 2009 (UTC) Permission for use an image Hello, I'm Bagratun from the Spanish wikipedia. I ask you to allow me to use the image File:Hutyn.jpg to illustrate the article in Spanish. I think is a really good photograph. Thank's for your response either is positive or negative. Greetings, Bagratun. --Bagratun (talk) 00:43, 22 August 2009 (UTC) I'd like to, but the image is not mine. It comes from the website listed on the page. --Ghirla-трёп- 06:59, 22 August 2009 (UTC) Fantastic work Wow, very nice work on all the articles youve helped create/expand! Omegastar (talk) 09:13, 15 September 2009 (UTC) You were discussed Here: [10] I just came to let you know something is going on about your not-loved arbcom:)) Regards, FeelSunny (talk) 23:15, 17 September 2009 (UTC) Notification Hi Ghirlandajo. I'm posting to let you know that your name has been mentioned on a list of potential candidates for adminship on the talk page for RfA's here. If you are interested in running, or if you would like to make any comments, feel free to join the discussion. decltype (talk) 20:11, 18 September 2009 (UTC) Biographies Привет. Could you please review/fix/advise on Vasili Bazhenov, Alexander Kokorinov (there were your creations), Pietro Gonzaga, Jean-François Thomas de Thomon, Mikhail Matyushin, perhaps Maly Theatre (Moscow) too. NVO (talk) 20:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC) Ondine Important! - Round up what few ballet enthusiasts you know on Wikipedia and get them to vote on the proposed merging of the Ondine articles that would see the article about Frederick Ashton's production of the actual ballet, being merged into one about the music. See here: - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Classical_music#Straw_Poll And please vote to oppose this change, as this music would not have been written had it not been for Ashton's ballet!!! Thank You Crazy-dancing (talk) 20:13, 6 November 2009 (UTC) Flore et Zéphire Hello, Ghirlandajo. You have new messages at Robertgreer's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Galitzine Shouldn't this at least be in plural? The article, after all, is about a family/house, not about a standalone last name?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:24, November 24, 2009 (UTC) Cf Czartoryski, Sapieha, Rohan (family), etc. I'd leave the title as it is. --Ghirla-трёп- 15:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC) I'd say those are bad choices, too, but whatever. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:50, November 24, 2009 (UTC) File:Golenishchev.jpg listed for deletion An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Golenishchev.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. 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Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC) FPC nomination Hi Ghirlandajo. I've nominated File:Whitehousenight.jpg, an image uploaded by you, for featured picture status. Feel free to comment on the nomination at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/White House at Night. --KFP (talk | contribs) 22:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC) The 50 DYK Nomination Medal The 50 DYK Nomination Medal Congratulations on passing the milestone of 50 DYK nominations. Good work! Binksternet (talk) 17:23, 9 January 2010 (UTC) Stalinist voluntarism In the article on the Rybinsk Reservoir there is a line which appears to date from an edit you made in 2005: As the time goes by, however, it has been increasingly viewed as a typical sample of Stalinist voluntarism. Shortly after you linked Stalinist to Joseph Stalin, but neither on that page nor on Stalinism can I find references to "voluntarism". Voluntarism itself is a disambiguation page. The net result is that I'm not sure what the reservoir is supposed to be an example of. Can you clarify? 79.144.205.168 (talk) 18:08, 11 January 2010 (UTC) Talk: Hryhorii Skovoroda Could you please look at this? It`s incredible. --Kuiavian (talk) 08:13, 12 February 2010 (UTC) Talk:Hryhorii Skovoroda. Can I expect any support from your side? --Antoni Chojnacki (talk) 22:51, 13 February 2010 (UTC) Title change for St.George Bank Hi. I have placed a query at St. George Bank as to why you moved it from St.George Bank. Nurg (talk) 02:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC) One for you [11] this is more your department than mine.  Giano  18:08, 9 April 2010 (UTC) Proposed deletion of List of Slavophiles The article List of Slavophiles has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: Orphaned list. 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I noted in past edits of the Aleksey Fyodorov page you favor this as the more accepted spelling of his surname, yet the page text uses "Alexei" throughout. Wouldn't consistency be appropriate? (I only know the editing rule regarding AE vs. BE in the English-language WP, that a page remains as initially written in this regard.) I need to know this for the list of key words I maintain for our archives. What do you advise? -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 06:11, 16 June 2010 (UTC) I think Alexei should be changed to Aleksey wherever possible. Best regards. --Ghirla-трёп- 06:23, 16 June 2010 (UTC) Would you say this is a rule or guideline particularly in transliterating from the Ukrainian, or in general from all Cyrillic-alphabet languages? (N.B. none of which I've studied; I'm just at the stage of mastering the letters.) -- Deborahjay (talk) 06:49, 16 June 2010 (UTC) This applies to Russian names. The Ukrainian counterpart to "Aleksey" is "Oleksiy". --Ghirla-трёп- 06:52, 16 June 2010 (UTC) You are now a Reviewer Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010. Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages. When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here. If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 01:36, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Merge of the Great Northern Expedition and the Second Kamchatka Expedition Hi, Ghirlandajo! I've proposed this merge and then noticed that once you had proposed the same thing. I think you might be interested in the matter, so please watch out for the possible discussion (there have been no replies yet, but may be some will appear). Greyhood (talk) 17:19, 18 June 2010 (UTC) Karl Wenig's painting Hey mate! Among many interesting pics you've uploaded, is also the picture Last minutes of False Dmitriy I by Karl Wenig (File:Karl_wenig_1879.jpg). Sometime ago, someone else uploaded a better (no offence!) copy of the same file (File:Last_minutes_of_False_Dmitry.jpg) . So, um, I was thinking about deleting 'your' picture, but it requires orphaning, i. e. deleting it from your uploads gallery. I didn't want to be rude and just mess with it, but if you have nothing against, could you please erase this pic from your gallery, so it can be deleted? - ArCgon (talk) 17:55, 18 June 2010 (UTC) I suppose the vanity page should be deleted. It's of no use anymore. --Ghirla-трёп- 14:48, 19 June 2010 (UTC) Dashkov thanks for moving Pavel Dashkov, i was just filling the red link from frs, those english are sloppy with the foreign nobility. but what about Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg where someone undid my move the same way? maybe it should be Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg Pohick2 (talk) 17:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC) Perhaps Marianne Lindberg? Anyway, the word "countess" is redundant in the title. --Ghirla-трёп- 05:17, 24 June 2010 (UTC) ==Fair use rationale for File:Zaum.jpg== Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Zaum.jpg. 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Your submission of Smolensky Cemetery at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC) Categories for discussion/Log/2010 July 13#Category:New York City Ballet repertory by season May I call your attention to a proposal at Categories for discussion/Log/2010 July 13 to delete Category:New York City Ballet repertory by season? — Robert Greer (talk) 22:26, 14 July 2010 (UTC) DYK for Gomel Palace — Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 16 July 2010 (UTC) Hi! Hi Ghirla, great to see you! Bishonen | talk 20:38, 16 July 2010 (UTC). Thank you, dear Bish! I'm also glad to see you again. --Ghirla-трёп- 22:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC) Nice to see you here. Anyway, have you ever heard of this guy? I am already sorry that I asked :-( -- Petri Krohn (talk) 09:35, 18 July 2010 (UTC) DYK for Smolensky Cemetery — Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 20 July 2010 (UTC) List of Baroque residences Great work on the List of Baroque residences - it's looking great. I've been trying to fix some of the redlinks in various articles for some of the Italian palaces - Ducal Palace of Modena and Palazzo Estense so far - which happen to link from articles I've been working on as part of my Italian noble families mini-project. Please let me know if there are any other redlinks you would like me to assist with. Regards, Stalwart111 (talk) 07:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC). Thank you. I'm thinking about de:Weimarer Stadtschloss and Prague Cathedral of St. Nicholas. Is Germany beyond your scope? We also need a separate category for pleasure palaces. --Ghirla-трёп- 07:43, 23 July 2010 (UTC) Repin Hey Ghirlandaj. I'm hoping to expand Barge Haulers on the Volga in the next few weeks or so, but sources in English are few and far between; I have some stored up, but would needed help from a VA native speaker to properly do service. It is has been a collaboration with Johnbod, and he suggested you, somebody I've seen about a fair amount on art pages. So I suppose this is a cap in hand request. No worries if you are preoccupied. Best. Ceoil (talk) 22:58, 24 July 2010 (UTC) That's one painting (and painter) I really hate! But I will add the page to my watchlist. If you need to translate any specific text, let me know. --Ghirla-трёп- 14:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC) Well thank you very much for the translations, they will add great dept and scope to the page. I will start adding, but might need to verify page numbers etc with you at some stage. Pity to hear that you are Repin-phobic but can understand that too! Best. Ceoil (talk) 17:36, 28 July 2010 (UTC) Uts I do, actually. There are also stanitsas which are even bigger than that (and also without articles). If you think any of those need to be created urgently and you don't have time to do it, by all means let me know—I can write a fairly decent stub (and no, it's not going to be just the dry stats, unless that's all you need). Also, what connection does this have to "novoyaz" you mentioned in the edit summary? I don't understand. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); July 27, 2010; 21:10 (UTC) Lake Peipus Before I revert you there, could you please read the references [1-3] of this version and explain your changes. No, Britannica is not an authority on hydrology. Yes, Chudsko-Pskovskoe is a possibility, but in any case, this has to be discussed at the talk page first, and again, how about refs [1-3]? Materialscientist (talk) 06:01, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Britannica is an authority on everything. It's up to you to prove that it's not reliable. This is the best known general encyclopaedia reflecting the views of the scientific mainstream. Besides, I don't see a point in following hydrologists on the issue. If anyone, we should consult historians/linguists. --Ghirla-трёп- 06:50, 6 August 2010 (UTC) This is a discussion for the talk page of the article. In short, Peipus is a historical name, which was the major one, but not anymore. By area, the lakes (there are three of them, not one) are more in Russia, but the English literature calls them more by Estonian name (try searching any source, Google Books, Google, whatever, restricting to English language results). Being bold is good, but to a certain extent. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 06:56, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Your reply did nothing to address my concerns. From what I can see, the coverage of Russian lakes/rivers in the English segment of Wikipedia is a joke. There are no pages on many major rivers (check the number of interwiki links in ru:Демьянка (река) or ru:Курейка (река), the former being one of Asia's longest rivers). And the existing pages lack in content: e.g., Don River (Russia), with its ridiculously Anglo-centric title. All right, why should I care. --Ghirla-трёп- 07:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Well, that what I was doing these weeks - expanding those articles lake/river/sea articles, but stopped for now, just before Don, and any help is welcome. As to Peipus, there are wikipedia naming policies and conventions, and it seems to me after your reply that this has to be decided at the talk page, and you are welcome to bring your calm thoughts .. Materialscientist (talk) 07:14, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Don Thanks for the tip. I think Don River (Russia) should go to Don. Or maybe we should just move Thames to Thames River (England) :-) -- Petri Krohn (talk) 16:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC) There is little we can do about it. Alas. --Ghirla-трёп- 20:33, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Looks like I only made things worse! -- Petri Krohn (talk) 20:53, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Barge haulers Please note that I've moved your page from "Barge Haulers on the Volga/Temp" to User:Ghirlandajo/Barge Haulers on the Volga. Temp pages should be in user sandbox space, not in article space. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 02:01, 9 August 2010 (UTC) Defunct towns and former cities Nope, we definitely don't need to have two of them. Re-organizing the whole defunct/former/abolished/destroyed mess is one of the projects on my to-do list, but if you have an inclination to sort them out, please do so by all means, because I don't have any plans to start working on this any time soon. Help would most certainly be appreciated. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 10, 2010; 21:01 (UTC) Hunyad Castle Hunyad castle is not a gothic revival, it was a precise renovation of an erased Gothic-Renaissance castle. The ruins of the castle in 1865 Editors in Samara? Hey Ghirla, do you know of any editors in Samara who can help out with photos as required at User:Russavia/Required_photos#Samara. If you can think of anyone would you mind pointing them out to me, or perhaps point them to that page? Cheers, --Russavia I'm chanting as we speak 22:35, 17 August 2010 (UTC) Most of them will be deleted anyways. I left a note on the talk pages of Atgnclk and Роман Янковский from ru:Категория:Википедия:Участники из Самары. The Samara wikipedians are not very active, though. --Ghirla-трёп- 06:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC) Hey Ghirla, some of them will be [[:Commons:Template:PD-Rus-Empire}} due to them being built before November 1917, and the rest will likely be Commons:Template:PD-Russia-2008 due to the buildings being built before the 1943 cut off date - the embassies were relocated to Samara in 1941. So I don't think we will hit any snags in that regard. Thanks for posting the messages, I appreciate it; perhaps I will get an answer or two :) Cheers, --Russavia I'm chanting as we speak 12:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC) Outrrrrrrrageous! Feel free to leave a message on the talk page, file an RM, or move it back. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 20, 2010; 14:24 (UTC) Re:Salon I see your point, and personally, I would find that interesting to read. But it would be difficult: the article has a section of "Salons outside of France", where the nations outside of France are given a summary - such as the first salons, the most notable salon-holders and a few words about the importance and characteristics given to the phenomena in each country. There, of course, Russia should be included as well. To give Russia its own section would, therefore, make it necessary to give each nation its own section. France is already treated specially, but that is of course because it is the original country of the phenomena. My suggestion is therefore, that Russia is either included in the "Salons outside of France"-section, or, if it is given its own section, that each nation mentioned in the "Salons outside of France"-section is given its own chapter under this title, where Russia, of course, is one. Individual Salon-holders al deserve their own articles. Good luck! --Aciram (talk) 12:55, 21 August 2010 (UTC) Not every paragraph in a Wikipedia article needs a boldface title. There is surely room at Salon (gathering) for a more complete discussion of the role of salons in Russia.--Wetman (talk) 17:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC) Fair use rationale for File:Yarthewise.png Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Yarthewise.png. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. 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However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged. If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 07:39, 2 September 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Magog the Ogre (talk) 07:39, 2 September 2010 (UTC) List of regional characteristics of European cathedral architecture‎ Found your comment. As you have probably observed, this article has recently been calvbed off another article. It originally pertained directly to Western Europe, but no longer does. I have been working on the other article first, and making headway, but have been interrupted by some more pressing personal matters. I will get around to fixing this present article soon I hope, by including regional characteristics from many other countries in a fuller way. Meanwhile, can you give some thought as to which characteristics and photos should be included for Russia etc? Amandajm (talk) 07:52, 5 September 2010 (UTC) Ivan IV Please revert your edit. I can't see, how 2 non-vague historical evidences may not suffice: Флоря Б. Н. Иван Грозный Генрих Штаден. Записки о Московии for proof please read russian wiki [12] (section "Отношения с царём") about his favourite Soshial (talk) 15:12, 5 September 2010 (UTC) On the third day of your silence I will revert your edit. Thx for understanding. Soshial (talk) 06:41, 7 September 2010 (UTC) Belsky What was your reference on Belsky family (Gediminid)? I have a ref for most of the stuff, but not all details. BTW, you should add a ref to Shuisky too. Will see what I can do on Patrikas, but I do not think I have good sources. Renata (talk) 06:55, 6 September 2010 (UTC) Luigi Premazzi Picture in Tsarskoe selo Hi Ghirladajo, I was wondering how you obtained the following image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Premazzi.jpg used in the article Tsarskoe Selo. My wife has written a book on Russian history of the period that that painting is from, and she wants to use this reproduction as the picture for the cover of the book. However the publisher requires permission from the photographer. Do you happen to know who that might be? I would appreciate any information you could provide. I can be also reached at the alexinquest@gmail.com Thanks. Alex I believe the painting was scanned by the Hermitage Museum.[13] Try searching for "Premazzi" on their website. --Ghirla-трёп- 19:36, 11 September 2010 (UTC) I have uploaded a higher resolution version of the image and added a link to the source page. State Hermitage Museum would have even better versions of this, but most likely you would have to pay to get access. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 15:29, 12 September 2010 (UTC) Russia GA reassessment An article that you have been involved in editing, Russia has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments here . If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Philipmj24 (talk) 03:14, 14 September 2010 (UTC) Stubs Please do not use "stub" as an excuse for removing information from an article. Our stubs are under development, and if some information appears "too detailed" for a stub, well, that's just editors expanding the article out of stub status - and that's great! Rklawton (talk) 12:39, 14 September 2010 (UTC) File source problem with File:Villimych.jpg Thank you for uploading File:Villimych.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged. If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. 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Magog the Ogre (talk) 04:27, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Fair use rationale for File:Dobužinskis.jpg Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Dobužinskis.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk 18:27, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:Meyerhold revizor.jpg A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Meyerhold revizor.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --Magog the Ogre (talk) 03:44, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Moving on Здраствуйте. I've already indicated my desire elsewhere, in a number of venues, to move on from past conflicts. I trust you will see clear the path to same. Let's not re-litigate the past. Best, PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 14:19, 23 September 2010 (UTC)