User talk:SergeiXXX

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, SergeiXXX, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

If you are interested in Russia-related themes, you may want to check out the Russia 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.

Again, welcome!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Hi, Sergei! In general, when a user is a diligent Wikipedian, someone usually notices and nominates him/her. However, if you don't want to wait for that to happen, you can submit a self-nomination. The page for requesting adminship is located here (there is a good explanation how to format and submit an entry there, but the bottom line is that you'll have to explain why exactly you want to be an admin and why you being an admin would be beneficial to Wikipedia, as well as to be ready to answer any questions folks might throw your way). A voting process then commences, and if a significant majority supports you by the end of the voting period, you'll be promoted. All in all, however, the person applying for adminship have to have been with Wikipedia for a while (at least a few months); often the applicant's editcount (the number of edits they made; yours is available here) is considered in making a decision (there is no strict limit, but in practice folks with less than 2,000 edits don't really have any chance to succeed). The reasoning behind this is that the person willing to be an admin must understand how Wikipedia works, and that understanding only comes with experience. Thus, my recommendation for you would be to continue enjoying editing Wikipedia now and think about adminship later. When you are ready, you'll know it :)

I should also mention that if fighting vandalism is the only reason why you want to become an admin, it will most likely not be viewed as a good enough reason to support you. Admins don't really have that many more powers enabling them to fight vandalism more effectively; admin powers are more helpful in doing general cleanup and maintenance. You might want to look into using one of many automated tools, which are in fact more effective in fighting vandalism than any of the powers admins have.

Please let me know if you have any further questions. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Just a quick note, I notice you've gone ahead and created an adminship request. I'm afraid I can almost guarantee that at this time, your nomination won't be successful and you would be best continuing to edit, in a few months someone will notice you and nominate you for adminship. Hope this helps. Nick 22:56, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Transliteration policy

As a member of WikiProject Ukraine, you are invited to participate in the discussion about transliteration of Ukrainian words. I would appreciate your participation. Discussion is located here. Thank you. — Alex(U|C|E) 17:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grutte Pier

You are right on Ivan Poddubny; same goes for an even greater man; Pier Gerlofs Donia, greatest Frisian ever, and the strongest man that ever walked the earth. With an appearence so impressive, that one look at him could make his opponents go weak trough there knees, he was probabaly the most fiersone enemy to coould face uop with in history; his live would make a great action movie-script dammit! 84.87.138.105 20:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:A dmitrij pevtsov.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:A dmitrij pevtsov.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 21:06, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UFC 84

A discussion is happening right now on the fate of UFC 84. Because the outcome of this discussion could affect other MMA event pages and how/when they are created, your input would be greatly appreciated. The discussion is happening here. Thank you for your assistance! Gromlakh (talk) 17:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Banditskiy_Peterburg_Advokat.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Banditskiy_Peterburg_Advokat.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, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 02:40, 22 February 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 02:40, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incivility on Talk:Fedor Emelianenko

Your comments to other editors recently on Talk:Fedor Emelianenko have crossed far beyond the line of incivility. Regardless of whether or not you agree with others' viewpoints, resorting to name-calling and personal attacks is not a constructive way of dealing with disputes. It's also an extremely serious violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue to be uncivil in your dealings with other editors, it will result in you being blocked. Please tone it down. Gromlakh (talk) 04:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Vancouver

You are receiveing this message because your name appears on the WikiProject Vancouver Members List. The WikiProject Vancouver is currently having a roll-call; if you are still interested in participating, please visit Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vancouver/Members and remove the asterisk (*) from your name on the list. If you are unavailable your name will be moved to the inactive list on Monday, April 28, 2008. Also the WikiProject is currently discussing some proposed changes on the talk page. Thank you for your time. Mkdwtalk 08:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] repsonse to accusation of Russophobia

well, that wasn't very rational... i've been accused of being anti-French, English (that's interesting), Arabic, Portuguese, but thanks for the new irrational accusation. The point is, which I already made, is that the article is about what the ethnologue says. The article on Russian is another matter, using seveal sources. Please read what people say before making accusations. Spacebo bolshoi Drmaik (talk) 06:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver Meetup 2008

Wikimedia Vancouver Meetup

Please come to an informal gathering of Vancouver Wikipedians, Monday, May 5 at 6:30 pm. It will be at Benny's Bagels, 2505 West Broadway. We'd love to see you there, and please invite others! Watch the Vancouver Meetup page for details.

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See you there! Franamax (talk) 07:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Are you a student of Physics?

More specifically, on Day 1? --Jw21/PenaltyKillahCANUCKLEHEAD? 20:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)