User talk:Nmate

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[edit] Hungarian Wikipedians' notice board

Hi. You might be interested in checking out the Wikipedia:Hungarian Wikipedians' notice board. All Wikipedians interested in Hungary or subjects somehow related to Hungary are invited to use this noticeboard as a tool for better organizing their activities, making announcements to others with similar interests, and discussing any actual issues related to their work on Wikipedia. You are welcome to add this notice board to your watchlist, so that you could see when it is updated and thus take part in any projects, initiatives, and improvements relating to articles about Hungary. Also, you are welcome to report your own articles here so they could be peer-reviewed and expanded by other contributors. Hobartimus (talk) 03:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kosice

Thank you for adding more famous people to the Kosice article. Next time, could you add only persons with their own article in Wikipedia please? We are trying to avoid the so-called "red links" (i.e. links to non-existing articles) or names without any link. Another possibility is to create an article for each person you add. For example, Róza Déryné Széppataki would be a good candidate for a new article. If you happen to have any more information about here, you can click on the red link to her name and create a new article. Also the description of the person and his/her connection to Kosice in the list of famous people should be as short as possible. That is why MarkBA and I have copyedited your edit. Cheers. Tankred (talk) 16:43, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Alternatively you can simply delink the name (write it witout the [[) Róza Déryné Széppataki would look like Róza Déryné Széppataki without the link. I would also add that while red links are sometimes avoided that is not always the case for example I could count about 100 red links(just a guess) in the List of Slovaks Hobartimus (talk) 16:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

No, we usually do not mention people without an article in Wikipedia in articles about cities and towns. List of Slovaks and other similar lists are full of red links in order to encourage people to write new articles. Articles about cities and towns do not serve this purpose. Red links and delinked names of non-notable people usually prevent an article about a city to achieve a higher status (GA or FA). This practice is strongly discouraged in this type of articles. Tankred (talk) 19:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually it can serve the same purpose it's that the city articles are more visible and they can help more with starting new articles. Red links do motivate people to at least start a stub on the person. And if some peoples' eyes are 'hurt' by red links they can still be easily de-linked. Hobartimus (talk) 20:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

If you do not believe, try to nominate an article for GA or FA. You will see how it works. Tankred (talk) 02:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I know you have made your edits in good faith and I do not want to be discouraging or something, but your today's edits were written in a very bad English and it was sometimes really difficult to figure out what exactly you meant. It took a lot of time to copyedit them. There are also two other points I would like to make: First, the history section of Kosice is supposed to be a short overview and it would be nice if you could think more about your additions in terms of the overall length of an article. What I mean is that a significant part of the section now talks about how Kosice changed hands in the turbulent 17th century. I left it there, but I am sure someone else will cut that paragraph because this kind of information is not very interesting for an English-speaking reader. The overall story and quality of prose are paramount here. Second, you did not provide any citations. Please read WP:CITE and apply it. It is one of the main pillars of this encyclopedia. Again, I do not want do discourage you from editing the English Wikipedia, but it would be perhaps a good idea to spend some time in the Hungarian Wikipedia first and familiarize yourself with the system. Writing an English encyclopedia requires a reasonably good command of English. Tankred (talk) 21:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for adding properly formatted citations templates. But, unfortunately, sister Wikipedias in other languages are not considered reliable secondary sources here. So, please do not cite the Hungarian Wikipedia. Instead you are more than welcome to cite verifiable published works, such as books and articles (as you have already done on several occasions). Cheers. Tankred (talk) 00:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Possible harassment by user:MarkBA

Hi I'm concerned that you might feel harassed by this user whose action might be in violation of Wp:AGF, WP:HAR, WP:BITE, WP:NPA. This user openly(!) admits having prejudice against "most but not all" Hungarians (diff [1]) and refers to the mere presence of Hungarian editors as a "difficulty" and that he sees his own editing as "keeping them (sic) at bay" (diff [2]). Since you are a new user it is imperative that actions possibly intended to discourage you from editing not be allowed. Also please remember to try to remain calm and try not to react to any possible provocation or harassment coming from other editors. Hobartimus (talk) 20:26, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Hobartimus! You are right.Nmate

Hobartimus, you are misrepresenting facts as always. What I should do when you have done more damaging edits in sum than I did? I find this intolerable. Please stop harassing me.

[edit] Your level of English

Since you are not only a new user but as far as I can tell one that's having some problems with language barriers it would be a good idea to indicate this to other editors. Your actions might be completely misunderstood because of language difficulties or it might be assumed that an edit is vandalism or was made in bad faith when in fact it was a bad choice of words. It's also good to indicate it to others the need to use simple English as far as they are able when communicating with you to ensure better understanding. You can do this by placing a language template on your user page user:Nmate. Hobartimus (talk) 20:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

A template would look like this

to place it you can type {{user en-2}} or whatever level is good for you. Hobartimus (talk) 20:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your comments

I repeat: adding POV tags without proper explanation is vandalism. You have stated something like "because I want". An equivalent would be if I'd put POV tags across Hungarian articles. Why do you refuse to answer to questions? Are you even interested in making a better encyclopedia? MarkBA ^{what's up?/my mess} 11:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Great Moravia sources

Yes, I think these may be cited. At the first one I don't know who the author is, so from the first reference it would probably be better to use the sources the author used (see literature at the bottom of the page).
This is a good article, so I'd start with the reference from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Squash Racket (talk) 16:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Dear whoever-you-are, I don't know what you are talking about, but I don't know any Mark here, but your edits are only your propaganda and that's not nice. I may only suggest you to download this game, where you can do your rage against someone you hate instead of here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.99.176.151 (talk) 18:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Bratislava Castle

Nmate, I'll try to more straight-forward. What exactly do you find wrong with Bratislava Castle? I mean specific wording, not a vague "it's biased" complaint. Whatever it is, start at a section at Talk:Bratislava Castle and write it out. If people know what your specific issue is, then people can discuss it. Simply claiming that it is biased is not going to get you anywhere. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 18:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

If you want to see what I mean, compare the original complaint and what I started work at Talk:Hedvig Malina. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 18:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Some advice

• Slow down a bit, patience is needed; this encyclopedia won't be perfect in a couple of weeks, there will always be things you might not like
• Use talk pages for discussion (at least an attempt) before/while adding templates
• Careful edit summaries focusing only on the changes you make
• Always cite reliable sources with inline citations, so that your edits remain in the article
• Start new articles about something notable to learn to write good articles: how to cite, categories, sources, layout etc. (You can find red links for example at Budapest, Hungary etc.)
  

Squash Racket (talk) 05:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

All right. Nmate (talk • contribs)

No need to comment on that. Warn him to stop it (and/or report him at WP:ANI). It's just not worth it, he deletes it from his talk page anyway. As you can see, Tankred has already tried to get you blocked.

Just make your additions using reliable references, everything will be OK. Squash Racket (talk) 12:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

All right. Nmate (talk • contribs)

[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Your edits

Nmate, I have yet to see an attempt to the article talk pages. Continuing to edit on the page and edit-warring could result in blocks. Otherwise, I am not interested in playing games with everyone. I blocked User:84.47.32.229 because of how aggressive he's been, but, honestly, you are going to get pushed around here unless you take of things yourself. If you are annoyed with some else's edits, use the warning templates on their talk page and then report it to WP:AIV. If it is appropriate, the person will be blocked. Be prepared that if you are the one who initiated it (or it is equal), you could be blocked as well. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:16, 3 April 2008 (UTC) All right Nmate

She didn't speak on her cell phone, so don't insert this back, OK? She didn't remember if she had spoken on the cell phone or to someone on the street after feeling dizzy because of the beating. She most probably gave directions to a Hungarian couple in a car.

Slow down, read the whole article, look at the talk page, read about it. The article is factually correct right now, so only make changes if you are absolutely sure. Don't talk to other editors in edit summaries, they will only use it against you. Squash Racket (talk) 08:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

O.K. Nmate

[edit] Warning about civility

Please do not attack other editors, which you did here: User talk:MarkBA. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 01:34, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

FYI, see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Personal_attacks_and_harassing_by_Nmate. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 01:34, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

First of all, two wrongs don't make a right. Even if he is uncivil to you, do not respond in kind. You should review Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#User:Nmate which, although it veered off, still applies. You'll see that his comments were criticized as well. -- 19:39, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] False information?!

Please, can you explain what exactly is false in the information removed in this diff? What is wrong with Ján Andrej Segner or Rudolf Vrba for example?! I do not think editing like this is bold, but I have hard time finding appropriate yet civil name for that. --Ruziklan (talk) 10:37, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ANI

Since it is obvious that I have become too involved, I have asked for other admins to comment at WP:ANI. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hungarian counties

Since you're also involved in the Hungarian counties reverting circus, see the discussion at Talk:Kingdom of Hungary#Disputed edits in articles about counties. Markussep ^Talk 09:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I favour Hobartimus opinion. Nmate

Ehmm, Hobartimus didn't give his opinion (says he doesn't have the time to), so all we have is his versions of the articles. Markussep ^Talk 07:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jadviga

Hi - I just changed Jadviga back to Hedviga on the Hedvig Malina article. Whether this is the correct Slovak version of the name doesn't particularly matter - in most sources of Slovak origin Hedviga is used. We should just copy their usage so that people reading them and Googling for more information can find the right article - as you can see here the Jadviga form is practically unheard of. Best, Knepflerle (talk) 12:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Personal attacks

Stop using personal attacks in the edit summaries as you did here [3], here [4] and here [5]. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 09:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Hungary

Please do not add WikiProject Hungary to the places currently located in the Slovakia or other countries. It is a long time consensus that this doesn't lead to anything then frustration and edit wars. There are hundreds places that could belong to other WikiProjects, wikiproject doesn't establish base for ownership, please remember that. It doesn't make any sense to put for example WikiProject Austria into all places in Hungary and vice versa. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 10:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] farewell texts

i was asked to not to harm them, so WP:IGNORE, leave them alone --Rembaoud (talk) 12:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits

Your edits to articles like Žilina and Trnava are not very constructive to say the least. A few examples:

• In the Trnava article, you replaced "Magyarisation" with "industrialization" about 10 times (examples: [6], [7], [8], [9]) since 6 April. Do you really deny that there was a policy in the Kingdom of Hungary of imposing Hungarian language and culture, and discouraging the use of other languages (e.g. in education)? Your message on the [10] is not very convincing.
• In the Žilina article, you replaced "Slovak inhabitants" with "nomad intruder Slav tribes" [11], [12], [13], [14] and [15] 5 times, and after you admitted that these edits were injurious [16] you started replacing "Slovaks" with "Hungarians" [17], although the Privilegium pro Slavis document itself (see Slovak translation here) says "Slovaks". Or is that an ancient term for "Hungarians"?
• This edit to the Trenčín article is nothing more than vandalism, what's the use of replacing the etymology section with the opening line? Calling people "miserable clone" isn't very civil either.

I urge you to stop your disruptive edits immediately. Otherwise you will get blocked sooner or later. Markussep ^Talk 18:12, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I can imagine that you don't see your own edits as disruptive (although you said yourself that they were a bit injurious). But the fact that they are instantly reverted should give you a clue. You could at least discuss the disputed parts, without calling people names. I admit I'm not a historian and I don't live in the area, but I know enough about Central European history to see that these edits are biased, to say the least. Markussep ^Talk 12:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

One more thing, could you refrain from using foreign languages in your edit summaries? Markussep ^Talk 12:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

You should read Wikipedia:Etiquette. If someone is uncivil to you, that's not a valid excuse to be uncivil to them. What is this "Netherland nation is not exist" supposed to mean? What happened after WW2 (I suppose that's what your numbers refer to) is not the issue here, we don't deny that the Beneš decrees existed. The Magyarization policy of the Kingdom of Hungary after 1870 is well known, if you deny it that says more about you than about Slovaks. Markussep ^Talk 13:42, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Civility

Nmate, I echo the concerns of some of the other editors here, that your comments, especially some of your edit summaries, have not been civil. I think that you will find that your voice will have more weight in your arguments, if you keep your comments polite. --Elonka 18:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputes

I have created a centralized discussion page at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment. If you have concerns about the behavior of editors or the way that certain articles are being edited, please post them there. Thanks, Elonka 06:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notice of editing restrictions

Notice: Under the terms of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren, any editor working on topics related to Eastern Europe, broadly defined, may be made subject to an editing restriction at the discretion of any uninvolved administrator. Should the editor make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he or she may be blocked for up to a week for each violation, and up to a month for each violation after the fifth. This restriction is effective on any editor following notice placed on his or her talk page. This notice is now given to you, and future violations of the provisions of this warning are subject to blocking.

Note: This notice is not effective unless given by an administrator and logged here.

Elonka 07:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Nmate (talk · contribs), I see that you are still reverting pages, but without participating at talk. You must stop. If you continue reverting without engaging in discussion, your account access will be blocked. --Elonka 08:15, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 day in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for reverting without discussing your changes at talk.[18]. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below. Elonka 07:40, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Nmate, I am very sorry to have had to take this step, but these edit wars have to stop. I reviewed the talkpage at Talk:Žilina, as well as the discussions at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment, and could not find any discussions from you about why you chose to revert Svetovid without comment. If there is discussion somewhere and I missed it, please provide a link so that I can review the situation. Thanks, Elonka 07:44, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I tried to explain the situation at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment#Editing restrictions. Please stay calm and civil, you may also ask for unblock as you can see in the block notice. Next time use the talk page of the article if you feel the edit may be questioned by others. Squash Racket (talk) 10:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

O.K. I forgot myself at Zilina.Nmate

Alright, if I lift the block, will you try harder to remember? --Elonka 15:17, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes.Nmate

Alright, in a minute I'll lift the block as "time served". However, you are now on a 30-day "no revert" editing restriction. You can revert obvious vandalism, but you are not to engage in any other types of content reverts, for 30 days. --Elonka 16:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Nmate, I just spot-checked your contributions since your block was released, and I am very disappointed. You seem to be adding unsourced information,[19][20][21] making controversial edits without discussion at talk,[22] and using uncivil edit summaries.[23][24] If I impose another block, it will be for a longer period of time. I recommend that you immediately provide sources for the information that you added, that you put notes at the talkpage on any article where you made a controversial edit, and that you ensure that all of your edit summaries from now on are extremely civil. I am not going to warn you again. --Elonka 22:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

O.K.

But I think for example if there is a debate about an article, putting out an NPOV template to it would be just. I do not understand that why should accept the reverted earlier version without a trace for the Hungarians.Nmate

I am not sure that I am understanding you (language difficulties). But I think you're asking if it's okay to put an {{NPOV}} template on an article? Yes, you can, but you must put a good reason for the template on the article's talkpage. If someone removes the template, you should not put it back. Instead, put more on the talkpage for why you think NPOV is the right template. Also, post about it at the Experiment page. Ask for other editors' opinions about whether the NPOV template is appropriate. If there is consensus to put the template back, the template will go back on the page. --Elonka 07:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Nobody has challenged your putting {{NPOV}} template on these articles so far. The problems are different. --Ruziklan (talk) 07:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proto-Slovaks

It is a nationalist invention. Since you seemingly speak Slovak, I guess you can read all the articles in this topic too in both HUN, SK and ENG. Please help collecting all these articles from where Fico speaks about proto-Slovaks to the recent rewriting of history books to here: [25]. If they are all in the same place (English, Slovak, Hungarian), they would create a base wich will be more than enough to delete some real propaganda. Do not insert or delete anything without sources. --Rembaoud (talk) 14:07, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Blocked for 1 week

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for ethnic slurs and incivility[26]. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below. Elonka 15:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Why was I uncivilized? That many Dutchmans do not know that Hungary is exists?I do not know much things about Netherlands.He knows the many Hungarian cities opposite this and He is surprising informed in the Central European history.I was surprised at this.Where is here an ethnic conflict? Nothing my trouble with the Dutchs, or with Markussep.Nmate

Nmate, how are you making your signatures? Are you signing with ~~~~? --Elonka 03:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Nmate (talk • contribs)

Okay, that's non-standard. It would be better if a date appears in your signature, as it does for most other editors. It looks like you are trying to sign with three tildes (~~~) instead of four (~~~~)

Also, did you try playing with your preferences at some point? You might want to start over from the beginning:

• Click on "my preferences" at the top of the page
• Look for the box that says "Signature". Blank it.
• Look for the box that says "Raw Signature". Make sure it is not checked
• Try signing again, with ~~~~ (make sure that you use four tildes)

--Elonka (talk) 10:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

For more information, see Wikipedia:Signatures. --Elonka 11:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gabčíkovo - Nagymaros Dams

Hi, why did you place the cleanup tag on this article? "it is a poorly written incomplete article" is a vague statement.--Svetovid (talk) 22:38, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Because this is an Hungarian - Slovak common topic, but does not imply the Hungarian point of view at all.Nmate

Can you please give an example of something from the Hungarian point of view that is missing? --Elonka 11:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

1,The article does not deal with the antecedents of the contract. 2,Slovakia hurt Hungary's territorial integrity because diverted the boundary river to their own area.(Danube river more serious river than Wisła river because I saw the Wisła river in Warszawa.) 3,The article does not deal with the environment protection aspect at all.Nmate

Thanks, I'll copy that over to the article's talkpage, and I'll change the "cleanup" tag for a "neutrality" tag. Also, please fix your signature so that it includes a date stamp. See Wikipedia:Signatures. --Elonka 15:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Let me disagree with you on points 2 and 3.

The mere fact of large amount of water divertion had no effect on territorial integrity of Hungary. The border has not changed at all, it is still old stream filled with water, albeit with less water. This was a matter of dispute before court as far as I know. On what do you base your claim?

Article deals with ecology aspect in sentences "The argument against the dam was danger to the environment and to the water supply of Budapest." and "The threat of ecological catastrophe didn't materialize during the following years; on the contrary, the Danube floodplains surrounding the area have been saved from draining observed in the past." Of course, this is unsourced, but your claim of article not dealing with this is not true. Expansion of this would be surely helpful, I would even say that enviromental aspect would be worthy of own section later, after expansion of article.

On general, however, I would not say the article is "poorly" written. Incomplete - why not, there are many facts missing there. --Ruziklan (talk) 15:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Better to stay that it hurt Slovakia's territorial integrity, since the border between HU & SK is the main stream of the Danube, according to the treaties. Or not, I don't remember where did I read this. --Rembaoud (talk) 23:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Rembaoud. Nmate (talk) 07:18, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mass edits

Please stop. --Elonka 21:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, the anon is blocked. In case you didn't notice, you were being reverted as fast as you were making changes. I recommend going in smaller batches. Let's stop for now and look at the articles that you changed. How are you choosing them? --Elonka 21:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I have started a thread at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment#Hungarian names, let's talk there. --Elonka 21:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Poll

I haven't seen your votes yet in the poll about modifications to the Hungarian-Slovak naming convention proposed earlier. Voting is open until 11 May 20:06. Markussep ^Talk 14:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I do not know exactly that where is the place of the votes.Nmate (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment#Poll. Markussep ^Talk 14:46, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

Nmate, you are not allowed to revert. This edit [27] was a revert. Please do not do this or you will be blocked. Talk about the problem on the talk page of the article or at the experiment page please. Shell ^babelfish 17:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC) All right.Nmate (talk) 06:49, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] adding names

Hi, I see you've added Hungarian names to a lot of (I counted 22) biography articles yesterday, referring to the naming convention we're discussing at User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment. Please wait with that until we have finished the discussion, as there are still several points on which no consensus has been reached yet. As I already wrote on the experiment page, my edits last week were meant as a test, not as a starting signal for mass implementation. I'll check your edits later. Markussep ^Talk 10:49, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Some advice from what I saw in your edits:

• the proposed naming convention says that alternative names are given only at the first occurrence. The alternative names shouldn't be linked.
• in the Jozef Tiso article you linked to the Nitra article several times. If this happens several times in one paragraph, it's considered to be excessive, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Overlinking and underlinking: what's the best ratio?.
• I noticed that several Hungarian names for Slovak towns changed over the years, for instance Terchová (Tyerhova to Terhely) and Štiavnické Bane (Pjerg to Hegybánya). Make sure you use the contemporary name, see also what Elonka and I discussed at Talk:Juraj Jánošík and the link I gave there. Markussep ^Talk 12:03, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spiš, Bratislava etc.

Some replies:

• I didn't see you adding Presporok, I only saw you removing Slovak names. That's definitely not right, the least you could have done is leave the Slovak names there in parentheses.
• Don't give me that "I know the local history better than you" line again, you know nothing about me.
• Don't complain to me about other users.
• I'm not very familiar with the Zápolyas, but if the Slovak name is commonly used, is it really that bad to show it in an article? After all, he was born in a predominantly Slovak speaking area.
• I don't have a clue about what you mean with this reverting phrase. I revert edits I consider wrong, and I explain that.
• Where did you find that the really native name of Spiš Castle is the Hungarian variant? The area never had a large Hungarian-speaking minority (in 1910 11% in whole Spiš, 18% in Spišské Podhradie).
• My main problem with your most recent edits is that you completely replaced Slovak names with Hungarian names. I'm fine with you adding Hungarian names, not removing Slovak ones. Markussep ^Talk 22:11, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, I missed that one (I don't think that's the right place for all those alternative names BTW), I meant in the body text of the article, for instance several instances where you replaced [[Devín]] with [[Devín|Dévény]] (Theben) (same for the castle), thus completely hiding the Slovak name. I thought you were improving your editing style (most of your biography edits were OK), but this was disappointing, and your Spiš edits even more. Same problem, you completely hid the Slovak names, and that was even in post-1918 context. Markussep ^Talk 12:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)