User talk:Rübezahl~enwiki

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them; *How to edit a page *How to write a great article *Naming conventions *Manual of Style If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Alexandros 16:20, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Is it me, or Cautious, who's not going with common sense on Talk:Gdansk? john 02:51, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Glad to see. I shall respond. john 21:31, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hello, I'm [[User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}]]. An edit that you recently made seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on [[User talk:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|my talk page]]. Thanks! moink 02:03, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I deleted a page called Duchy de Wroclaw that contained only a question mark. You were listed as the only contributor to the page. Or so I think; I might be confused. :) moink 02:33, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I'm very sorry that you considered my tone inappropriate. I was in no way intending to be condescending or sarcastic, and I'm having trouble seeing what I said that you interpreted that way. If you're referring to my first post on your page, that's a standard message from Template:test. I removed the page because it may have been confusing for a reader to stumble across, and because to me it was indistinguishable from a newbie test. moink 02:59, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

making us into barbarians

Please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Erika_Steinbach&diff=0&oldid=3681741 at Talk:Erika Steinbach
--Ruhrjung 01:04, 22 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Naming wars

Since you were either directly or indirectly once involved into edits revolving around "proper" naming of cities like Gdansk/Danzig etc i thought you may be interested in my proposition in User:Szopen/NamingWar. I would want to create a way aimed at stopping the revert wars in future - through creating something like a msg (in see also list or header) explaining that's there is compromise and why, and by linking to the article explaining changes of the statuses of the Royal Prussia province (I would prefer it ot have it as separate article, not scatter it in plethora other articles). I would be happy to hear from you. Szopen 09:21, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Weichsel and other names

I hope you won't mind that, following your logic, I'll add Slavic names to all geographical locations in what is now Eastern part of Germany and Danube area. After all these areas belonged to the Slavs for several hundred years in the past... [[User:Halibutt|Halibu tt]] 07:45, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)

Vistula is sill often mentioned as Weichsel in some sources, I’ve added the name only to avoid confusion. Prussia was an European superpower and Weichsel had special psychological and geo-strategical importance for it and later Germany. I hope your nationalism does not blind you. GeneralPatton 13:02, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I fully agree with you (although you'd still have to show me the English-speaking sources to call the Vistula with the German name). That's why I believe you will understand that the Danube (as the southern border of the Western Slavs, one of the most populous tribes in Europe) needs to be called with a Slavic name. Similarily the Berlin article should mention the former Slavic name Berolina since it was founded by Slavs. Also, Elbe and Spree articles should mention their Slavic names. The Slavs were an European superpower and Sprewa had its psychological and geo-political importance as the borders of the Slavic expansion and important trade routes. I hope your nationalism does not blind you and you will not change my entries. It's all about consistency, otherwise it's just German nationalism which should be avoided at wikipedia. [[User:Halibutt|Halibu tt]] 13:44, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)