RfC Halibutt
Your behavior will be under scrutiny here: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Halibutt. M.K. 23:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
DYK
-- Allen3 talk 00:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Summary of my contacts with Durova
I believe this should be explained somewhere. Since posting comments at Durova's talk page is considered a violation of all wiki laws, I will do it here. Hope nobody minds. Let's set some things straight then.
- On October 31 I reported M.K on WP:PAIN for what I consider a serious offence.
- Durova asked me to provide links and diffs, which I did
- Durova explained that the scope of WP:PAIN is only clear insults and threats, while he/she did not interpret M.K's actions as such, which is why I asked for clarification.
- In response Durova posted a comment which was not a response to my question, but from which it was clear that he/she misunderstood my words.
- I then posted a clarification and asked Durova, whom I considered to be an expert on the subject of WP:NPA of her interpretation. However, my comment was removed shortly afterwards, which is why I posted a short notification at Durova's talk page
- Initially there was no response to my questions (which were valid), so I took the liberty to specifically ask for a response. After all where could I ask for WP:PAIN's interpretation if not at WP:PAIN's admin?
- That's when the hell broke lose. Instead of replying to my questions, Durova suggested that posting my questions at his/hers talk page equals disrupting Wikipedia. As I remove all sorts of accusations and threats from my talk page so I did with that one, but soon afterwards Durova finally replied to my original questions, for which I thanked him/her. I received even more explanations, which is more that I could have asked for. However, he/she also stated, that he/she could no longer extend an assumption of good faith toward claims you might make in some future dispute . I responded in kind and stated that I'll think twice before I trust your judgement in the future , which is pretty much the same.
- I also asked how should I interpret Ghirlandajo's comment, in which he suggested I'm a (check WP:DICK for yourselves).
- However, despite the fact that it was Ghirlandajo to offend me and I was merely seeking advice from one of the admins responsible for WP:PAIN, Durova accused me of breaking the rules (including WP:POINT, WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, and WP:NPA).
Now then, I agree. It is me to blame for the fact that Ghirlandajo directed me to WP:DICK and suggested I'm a (check for yourselves). It is me to blame for the fact that I was seeking advice with the admin. It's entirely my fault that I remained friendly and informative throughout all of my contacts with Durova. And I should definitely be blocked for that. I'm also hereby warning myself: should Ghirlandajo offend me once more, I should be blocked indefinitely. // Halibutt 19:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Arriba Halibutt
Dear Halibutt:
Just by accident, in the Appleseed talk page I had notice about the voting from admin.. Unfortunately it was too late. It was finished. I would be very happy to support you as well as you help me when I suffered a persecution like in pl:wiki some time ago.
This kind of voting should be more promoted as the financial admin. are. Anyway, here is my "moral" support.
Hasta pronto, amigo mio. Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 19:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Fellowship award
Dear Halibutt, I would like to add to your awards the following:
- Image:BoNM-Poland-ribbon.png|none|80px|Polish Barnstar of National Merit- from - User:Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin|Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin - Because friends support each others . Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 20:45, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Escadrille
Hi Halibutt, can you tell me what is the difference between an air force squadron and an escadrille? I found categories for both (Category:Polish Air Force escadrilles and Category:Squadrons of the Polish Air Force), and I don't know if they're redundant or not. Appleseed (Talk) 16:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Warsaw Uprising
Hi. I guess I was concerned less about the content than the fact the editor was sourcing it from OR. But looking at the article, I note it cites very few sources for the bulk of the information it contains. It'd be hard to know where to start dropping the fact tags. It might be better just to flag it unreferenced. --Rrburke 15:07, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Warsaw Uprising
In reply to your note. First, the recollections of those old heroes from WWII must have been a tremendous experience for you. as to my father: he started flying with 300 Squadron when he escaped from Switzerland (Polish infantry)by way of France, Andorra, Portugal and finally Gibraltar in 1941. He then switched to 301 where he spent the rest of war years. He started as a gunner/radio operator on Wellingtons and then ended up as a navigator/bombadeer on Halifaxes, Liberators and as a navigator on dakota DC3's. Most of his missions were over France and Germany through early 1944 I think.
When 301 moved to Brindizi as No. 1586 Polish Special Duties Flight, he flew over Yugoslavia a few times and then exclusively over Poland, mostly night drops in the country to the AK and then flights over Warsaw during the Uprising. Most of these Polish flights were solo (not as a squadron) and, believe it or not, involved landings with a DC-3 on fields made up of clover (which the AK found out could support a heavy aircraft).
In the end he totalled 80 missions (20 with 1586), was awarded the Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valorous (x4), British DFC and Air Force Cross and some other stuff, and French Croix de Guerre (for exploits as part of Polish infantry division in france in 1940). --Vumba 01:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps I should start work on the Sqn 301 page with the info I have. --Vumba 17:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Mapa dla polskiej Wikipedii
Witam :) Wiem, że od dłuższego czasu nie działasz na polskiej Wikipedii, chciałem jednak spytac czy nie miałbys czasu stworzyć jednej mapy dla nas. Muszę przyznać, że mapy Twojego autorstwa naprawdę robią wrażenie, a zarazem chwilowo na plwiki nie miamy nikogo mającego czas i znającego się na rzeczy. Chodzi o mapę Polski w czasach Bolesława Chrobrego do artykułu pl:Historia Polski (do 1138). Oczywiście jeśli jesteś zajęty czymś innym, to nie będę się narzucać :) Serdecznie pozdrawiam, Gardomir 15:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Ru-sib
Halibutt, please understand that linking to Ru-sib undermines the integrity of en-wiki. See user talk:A4 for discussion. Even if your instincts tell you to oppose everything done by Wikipedia's "Russians" based on the general principle, delinking the ru-sib has nothing to do with Russian Chauvinism and has everything to do with the integrity of Wikipedia, which I know you cherish. Please give it a thought. --Irpen 07:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I am talking about this edit of yourself. You link to the hate-speech site that promotes xenophobia, obscenity and ethnic hatred. If you want to know more, visit user talk:A4 (you can skip the Ukrainian text there, if it is difficult for you to read. I tried to conduct as much of the discussion in English as possible). I don't know what motives brought you to that article, the interest to the topic, Ghirla-stalking or an email request to join a revert war but as a Wikipedia enthusiast, I don't suppose you appreciate its being linked to hate sites. --Irpen 18:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Coat of Arms of Piast Dynasty
Dear Halibutt:
I would like to publish your image (found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PB_Piast2_CoA.png) on the cover of our newest manuscript. I work with a scholarly journal, the Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, and request your permission to publish this image with a credit line reading:
Coat of Arms of Piast Dynasty, by Halibutt in Blender and GIMP, Wikipedia Commons. Licence can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License.
My job at the Center for Russian and East European Studies (www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/), at the University of Pittsburgh, is non-profit and we publish in-house. Because we print only in paperback, including the entire GNU Free Documentation Licence will take up too much space, and I hope you permit me to instead use the above credit line (or another that you suggest).
Many thanks,
Vera Dorosh, Editorial Assistant, The Carl Beck Papers, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Russian and East European Studies, cbpapers@ucis.pitt.edu
Poster
Hi Halibutt, I recently came across an image of a Soviet propaganda poster. It depicted a Soviet soldier kissing his "Ukrainian-Belarussian brother", a peasant. I can't remember if it was related to the Polish-Soviet War or the September Campaign. I can't find it now. I don't suppose you have seen it? Appleseed (Talk) 01:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
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