Qaramazov

I have added your picture Image:Yuri_Rio_de_Janeiro_20040119_054.jpg to Copacabana what do you think to remove it from Rio_de_Janeiro page since we have already a couple of pictures there. And you don't specify the license by the way. Cheers, Chmouel Boudjnah 09:33, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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Qaramazov, Chmouel, this is Ipanema, not Copacabana. See map here: http://www.fodors.com/MAPS/Overview+Map+Files/Rio%20de%20Janeiro.gif

Lagoa is the C-shaped lake, the Corcovado peak is in the mountain range just north of it, the picture was taken looking south to Ipanema and the Cagarras Islands beyond. This larger map shows the islands:

http://www.reed.edu/~reyn/RioCentral.GIF

A curiosity: the taller island in the background is almost twice the distance of the others, something not obvious in the picture.

license

what is the license that you uploaded your photo under. We are interested in using over in a project at wikibooks, but as the final copy will be printed, we want to only use gfdl photos. If you could release it under a dual gfdl, cc-by-sa that would be great. The bellman 23:00, 2004 Nov 10 (UTC)

Taraz

Polite Inquiry: Why did you delete the reference in the city of Taraz article that it was sometimes known as Talas (after the river)? I know that there is a town, a tenth the size of Taraz that is currently called Talas, but in earlier writings in English (and Latin ?) Taraz is refered to as Talas. Should there be a disambiguation page? That seems a little extreme to me. What are your thoughts? Bejnar 04:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

RFE

The reason why I made this correction is because this is the English-language Wikipedia, and, when speaking of that region in English, it is customary to specify that it is Russian Far East, as opposed to the Far East in general. In Russian, of course, that distinction is made differently (and that fact should be mentioned in the article), but we must use the name that's most familiar to Anglophones (see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)). Hope this explains my corrections. Please let me know if you have further questions.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 17:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I understand your concern, but your Joseph Stalin example cannot be used as an exact analogy. "Russian Far East" is the name under which the region is known to foreigners, and "Дальний Восток России", or "Российский Дальний Восток", is a translation of that term (one that is used in Russian texts targeting foreigners). "Дальний Восток"/"Far East" proper is the name of that same region used in Russia internally—a fact that the article must mention (perhaps in the intro line alongside with the longer version, or in the second paragraph). Putting "Дальний Восток" as an equivalent right after the term "Russian Far East" is just not right. I agree that both terms could be better placed within the article, but frivolously mixing two variants of the term is not the way to go. How about rewriting the intro this way:

Russian Far East or simply Far East (Russian: Да́льний Восто́к, Dalny Vostok) as it is referred to in Russia, is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme south-east parts of Russia, located between Siberia and the Pacific Ocean.

This can still be improved, but it illustrates what I am trying to say fairly well. Thanks.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 18:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

That'll work, too, although I still like my version (with a Terminology section link included) slightly better. Well, that's just my preference; it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Would you prefer to write the Terminology section yourself? If not, I can take care of it today or tomorrow. By the way, as a side question, why are you interested in the RFE? You are not one of them Karamazoff Bike dudes, are you? :)—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 18:38, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Мда, про Сиэтл и Анкоридж это я писал. Данные десятилетней давности. Через Сеул, говорят, сейчас удобнее всего (из США во всяком случае), хотя лично я не знаю — я как из Владивостока уехал, так в него ещё ни разу не возвращался. Дороговато, полторы штуки-то! В общем, успехов.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 21:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Portal

If you are interested in Russia-related themes, you may want to check out the Russian Portal, particularly the Portal:Russia/New article announcements and Portal:Russia/Russia-related Wikipedia notice board. You may even want to add these boards to your watchlist. --Irpen 18:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. Qaramazov

Zhizhi

Hello, just to say, thanks for correcting the grammar mistakes, its really helpful. 17:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry for my mistake, I thought it was a name rather than a title. Conscious 18:05, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Tudo and todo in Portuguese

Hi. I have replied to your objections regarding the entry on 'grammatical gender'. See here. FilipeS 18:22, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Your inquiry

I will gladly answer your questions. Please contact me through wikimail.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:56, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I was wondering if you received my email re the inquiry above. Please let me know if you need it re-sent.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Sputnik (wiki)

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