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I am sorry, I forgot it. Translation is here:

István Déván (4 November 1890, Pressburg/Pozsony, Austria-Hungary - 21 May 1977, Kempten, West Germany) was a Hungarian athlete and journalist. He was an athlete, skier and bobsledder of the Hungarian Athletic Club (MAC), speed skater of the Skating Club of Budapest, and race car and motorcycle racer of MAC. He competed in 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics and 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics. In athletics, he was a three-time individual champion (between 1912 and 1915), relay champion twice (1919) and one-time team champion (1919).
  • 1922: skiing and speed skating (Hungarian Champion)
  • Member of the national team in athletics (1912-14), skiing (1922-24)
  • Journalist 1908-44
  • worked for Pesti Hírlap (1912-14), Nemzeti Újság (1920-25), owner and chief editor of Automobil-Motorsport (1925-31), editor of Automobil und Motorrad Weltalmanach (1933-34), since 1934: A Nép and Esti Újság
  • He lived in Germany between 1944 and 1977
  • Publications: Ugrás, futás, tréning és versenyzés (Bp., 1919); A modern atlétika (Bp., 1922); A modern sísport (Bp., 1923; németül Bp., 1924); Automobil Almanach (Bp., 1925); A síelés abc-je (Bp., 1931, 2. kiad. Bp., 1940; angolul Bp. 1936); A sízés technikája síkon, lejtőn, meredeken. Az új sí abc (Bp., 1936); A magyar szocialista állam sportja (Bp., 1938); Standard-Abfahrten in Europa (München, 1938); Sport. Kérdezz! Felelek! (1-2., Bp., 1940-41). --Norden1990 (talk) 00:14, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
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I've just removed your addition of Petro Poroshenko's interests in funeral homes as the source you provided doesn't fit the profile of a reliable source. I have no problems with reinstating this information (and copyediting the entry for grammatical structure) if you can provide another reliable source for verifiability. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:25, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 5.173.4.240. I am an experienced Polish Wikipedia editor, haven't done any destructive items on the English Wikipedia. Żyrafał (talk) 23:15, 12 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Żyrafał (talk) 23:15, 12 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, @Daniel Case: I am blocked as I am unable to edit. It ends in a while, so I am going to pass on that tomorrow, so I am going to follow that procedure, thanks. I don't have other IP I can edit from, however my IP changes and I have no control over it. Żyrafał (talk) 08:09, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Good. In your request you should point out how long you've been editing in good standing, both here and at plwiki. Daniel Case (talk) 18:50, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Daniel Case: Oh, I have already written the request, but did not mention exactly how long have I contributed. I have not gotten any feedback though. Żyrafał (talk) 18:55, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yes, unfortunately, I have learned, the checkusers who have to review it generally take their time because of all the other things they have to do that usually get priority.
I could do it, of course, but the current process exists because some time ago an admin or admins were too generous with it to the detriment of the project. Daniel Case (talk) 18:57, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Daniel Case: the block ends tomorrow morning anyway, so I guess they will not manage to review my case before that. Żyrafał (talk) 20:33, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Well, those proxy blocks are often reimposed periodically for short times, too. Daniel Case (talk) 20:34, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Daniel Case: So is it possible that I'll get an exemption even if I am not blocked anymore by then? Żyrafał (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Nevermind, it seems I got it as I can edit normally. Żyrafał (talk) 22:34, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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@DatGuy: thank you. However, I have recently moved abroad (after requesting the exemption), so the problem may no longer occur. Anyway, it is great to have that right. Żyrafał (talk) 22:58, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. You have three reverts in a span of 30 minutes. This is as clear as 3RR can get. Northern Moonlight 22:07, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
It is irrelevant in this article. If someone is interested what party it is, they can click on the link, that's the purpose of them. I'm 100% sure that if she ran in the elections from any other list, no one would add the information about the political views. Żyrafał (talk) 22:29, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
This is not about the content dispute. You violated 3RR, twice. Northern Moonlight 22:44, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
I didn't though. I only had 3 reverts once, but not more than that. Żyrafał (talk) 01:37, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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