User talk:Pikachurin/Archives/16 September 2009

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RE: Congratulations
Why thank you :)

My new powers have enabled the creation of a template you may like: USERNAME. You may wish to check it out. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

Foreign relations
Hello again,

I noticed you've been expanding your article on foreign relations to include many other countries in the Cyberverse. Are these all pulled only from your RP, and is there any way to get Großgermania up there? I do a fair bit of RPing, mostly private stuff with a few other friends, but I have a map I maintain with all the countries - player-controlled and otherwise - that end up in my RP. It's almost up-to-date, I still havn't added the Republic of Jerna, but the territory you occupy is more-than-less free:

If you'd like to perhaps get involved in the RP, I'd be glad to have you, as most of the people I used to RP with have been... inactive, for various reasons. It would also give us a chance for our two nations to expand our knowledge of one another.

Let me know if you're interested. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * Excellent. My RP's not something that is over-demanding, just casual posting whenever you feel like it.  I'm working on getting some new nations involved, so I thought I'd ask you, as you seem to RP quite a lot.  And when I get done with my article on Slovakia, I'll add a note about my relations with Disparu to my foreign relations section as well. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * By all means, you are welcome. Now, as I said in my last message, it is just a casual thing, so if I were you, I'd expect to still be doing the majority of my RPing in CNRP, as you seem to do a lot there.  But for occasional things, you may wish to post in mine, and you are more than welcome.


 * There's a few differencs to this RP that others. In general, it is continuous: rather than create a new topic for everything that happens, everyone just posts new posts in the one, continuous, topic.  Another difference - actually, more of a restriction-turned-problem, is technology.  The original two members of the RP both set their nations in a WW2-era world, limiting their technology to that era.  When I joined, problems began occuring, since my nation is set in the present.  The restriction we agreed on was that no direct reference can be made to modern technology, nor to the year (though we have had occassional slip-ups, such as wehen I put in some copies of the Imperial Observer which had the years in the corner).  With regard to wars against non-player-controlled nations, we could assume that we had modern technology to help us in our war if our RP agreed with it, but, of course, a problem still arose should we ever decide to war each other.  Luckily, that has not yet come up, but as we subsequently add new players, the risk definately increases, so I figured I'd forewarn you.


 * Now, you say you wish to join, and that sounds good, but I also post all this to give you a bit of an idea behind the roleplay, and, if it doesn't quite fit your idea of fun, I will completely understand if you do not wish to proceed. The general description of how the roleplay has developed is: Powerful nations, some far-left, some far-right, as well as some more centrist, slightly-left- or right-of center nations, in a struggle for diplomatic and military control of the world.


 * What I'm going to do is pre-register you an account and email you the login details, and you can change your password and whatnot afterwards. I'll mask you initially as a read-only member, and give you a chance to look over what's happened so far.  Currently, there are two active player-controlled nations, myself and Penisola Italiana (though he hasn't had a computer for a while, so you'll notice he's not RPed a lot lately).  There's also a now-inactive nation, who hasn't RPed since he left CN.


 * So I'll email you login details in a minute, here. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

Fair enough - as I say, this RP definately isn't for everyone. Perhaps we'll run across each other in some other RP eventually. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation

Error, and support team
Hey -

I hope you don't mind, there's an error in the way the Archive box works due to a MediaWiki update. When the heading "Archives" is clicked, it no longer gives the correct list. I'm having someone from Wikia look into it, and to avoid any complications that may arise with the inclusion of the eszett in my user page (for example, if their email incorrectly encodes the eszett), I've linked them to your talk page here as an example of the failure. I doubt you'll even notice, but in case they try changing your template or anything, don't freak out :P

~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * Yeah, Uberfuzzy just fixed it. Apparantly there was some change in the MediaWiki software that altered the PHP modifiers, changing what   did and creating a new modifier, , to do what   used to do. Anyway, thanks to Uberfuzzy, it's all patched up now. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

Recent edit to Template:Talkarchive; Ambassador
Hello,

Regarding your recent edit to Talkarchive, I'm afraid that it is grammatically incorrect to say that you made the archive on 26 August 2009; the corect version would be as it was originally, made 26 August 2009. Now, if you wished to make the statement read made on August 26, 2009, use of the word "on" would be correct. I am currently working on a way for the template to automatically insert the word "on" in that case, but more likely, such a case would simply require anyone making an archive dated in that format to manually insert the word "on". It's merely a contrast of European and American dating formats, and the grammar surrounding them, that makes the whole thing difficult.

Regarding my ambassador, I think that the name of my ambassador should be Karlheinz Schreiber No, no, that's not the name I want... :P Actually, use the name Wilhelm Mitchell, please. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Right, if you should wish to archive your talk pages in a manner that the word "on" will appear there, you can set the parameter on {{{T|Archive box}} (such as on User:Pikachurin/Archivebox) to    Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation

Provinces
Hello again,

I just wanted to leave a note about the provinces of Disparu. Back when you were using RL province names, I can see the purpose behind adding (Disparu) to the title. But I was wondering if there was still a purpose behind it, given that you are using unique names. Up to you, just thought I'd leave a note. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Done and done ;)  Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation

Style Guidelines
As someone who, like me, seems to appreciate articles that look like articles and not like random jumbles of information, I figure you may wish to review my proposal to expand our style guidelines here. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation

Template:Infobox Treaty
Tentatively imported to Template:Infobox Treaty, but I'm not guanteeing it'll work, as I've not tested it. If you have any problems using it, just let me know. Blank syntax:

Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation

Re: Inuktitut
Does it really? Hmm, do you perhaps have any trouble viewing the eszett on my articles? Just curious. Generally, a lack of ability to display such characters indicates a lack of Unicode fonts on your computer, or the browser attempting to display it in non-Unicode fonts (a problem that should have been remedied by Unicode). There are several Unicode fonts, all of which should be able to display the Inuktitut. The most common of these is Arial Unicode MS, which comes with all Windows XP systems and most Vista systems. On the off-chance that you have that font and it still will not display, you can download Inuktitut-exclusive fonts from the Government of Nunavut or the Government of Tartupaluk. Alternatively, it may be easier to revert to the images for better compatibility, but I think most systems nowadays should be compatible, and it is a Wikia policy to use Unicode fonts over images when available. As for typing them, I used the Character map to select the necessary characters from the Arial Unicode MS font and paste them onto the document. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Hmm, that's quite odd. Well, see if those fonts help.  I'm slightly puzzled as to why Arial Unicode MS doesn't display the characters, though... what browser do you use, by the way?  If I can replicate the problem it may present a simple solution.  As for the IPA, that has been a problem for a while, but it should have been solved using IPA anyways.  And since you mention the translation, I should point out, it's not exactly perfect.  Literally, it would translate to "Northern Regions," but the word "Regions" is often used in Inuktitut similar to how "Frontier" is used in English.  If I can find a better translation, I will substitute it, but I'm pretty sure that's what would be used.  Your question regarding my actual translation goes back a couple years when I began work with a project to establish an independent state on Hans Island (sadly, the project has more or less died out).  But Inuktitut was one of the official languages of the nation, and I took it upon myself to learn a limited amount of the language for improved communication with other citizens.   Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation
 * No problem! :) I've tried to replicate the problem in Firefox, but it doesn't seem to happen to me for some reason, even when I uninstalled all applicable fonts.  Perhaps it's an XP problem.  Regardless, if tose fonts work, it shouldn't make a difference.  I'll put a note on the page regarding fonts as well.   Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation

Forums
Please see and respond to my private message on the CN Forums. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Message sent. — Pika churin 20:28, September 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent, I just wanted to be sure. Due to your decision to revamp the article, I'll import  from Wikipedia for you later today.   Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation
 * Oh, on an unrelated note, the vote has started for Project talk:Style and I'd appreciate your vote.  Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation

RE: Congratulations
Why thank you :)

My new powers have enabled the creation of a template you may like: USERNAME. You may wish to check it out. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

Foreign relations
Hello again,

I noticed you've been expanding your article on foreign relations to include many other countries in the Cyberverse. Are these all pulled only from your RP, and is there any way to get Großgermania up there? I do a fair bit of RPing, mostly private stuff with a few other friends, but I have a map I maintain with all the countries - player-controlled and otherwise - that end up in my RP. It's almost up-to-date, I still havn't added the Republic of Jerna, but the territory you occupy is more-than-less free:

If you'd like to perhaps get involved in the RP, I'd be glad to have you, as most of the people I used to RP with have been... inactive, for various reasons. It would also give us a chance for our two nations to expand our knowledge of one another.

Let me know if you're interested. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * Excellent. My RP's not something that is over-demanding, just casual posting whenever you feel like it.  I'm working on getting some new nations involved, so I thought I'd ask you, as you seem to RP quite a lot.  And when I get done with my article on Slovakia, I'll add a note about my relations with Disparu to my foreign relations section as well. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * By all means, you are welcome. Now, as I said in my last message, it is just a casual thing, so if I were you, I'd expect to still be doing the majority of my RPing in CNRP, as you seem to do a lot there.  But for occasional things, you may wish to post in mine, and you are more than welcome.


 * There's a few differencs to this RP that others. In general, it is continuous: rather than create a new topic for everything that happens, everyone just posts new posts in the one, continuous, topic.  Another difference - actually, more of a restriction-turned-problem, is technology.  The original two members of the RP both set their nations in a WW2-era world, limiting their technology to that era.  When I joined, problems began occuring, since my nation is set in the present.  The restriction we agreed on was that no direct reference can be made to modern technology, nor to the year (though we have had occassional slip-ups, such as wehen I put in some copies of the Imperial Observer which had the years in the corner).  With regard to wars against non-player-controlled nations, we could assume that we had modern technology to help us in our war if our RP agreed with it, but, of course, a problem still arose should we ever decide to war each other.  Luckily, that has not yet come up, but as we subsequently add new players, the risk definately increases, so I figured I'd forewarn you.


 * Now, you say you wish to join, and that sounds good, but I also post all this to give you a bit of an idea behind the roleplay, and, if it doesn't quite fit your idea of fun, I will completely understand if you do not wish to proceed. The general description of how the roleplay has developed is: Powerful nations, some far-left, some far-right, as well as some more centrist, slightly-left- or right-of center nations, in a struggle for diplomatic and military control of the world.


 * What I'm going to do is pre-register you an account and email you the login details, and you can change your password and whatnot afterwards. I'll mask you initially as a read-only member, and give you a chance to look over what's happened so far.  Currently, there are two active player-controlled nations, myself and Penisola Italiana (though he hasn't had a computer for a while, so you'll notice he's not RPed a lot lately).  There's also a now-inactive nation, who hasn't RPed since he left CN.


 * So I'll email you login details in a minute, here. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

Fair enough - as I say, this RP definately isn't for everyone. Perhaps we'll run across each other in some other RP eventually. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation

Error, and support team
Hey -

I hope you don't mind, there's an error in the way the Archive box works due to a MediaWiki update. When the heading "Archives" is clicked, it no longer gives the correct list. I'm having someone from Wikia look into it, and to avoid any complications that may arise with the inclusion of the eszett in my user page (for example, if their email incorrectly encodes the eszett), I've linked them to your talk page here as an example of the failure. I doubt you'll even notice, but in case they try changing your template or anything, don't freak out :P

~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * Yeah, Uberfuzzy just fixed it. Apparantly there was some change in the MediaWiki software that altered the PHP modifiers, changing what   did and creating a new modifier, , to do what   used to do. Anyway, thanks to Uberfuzzy, it's all patched up now. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

Recent edit to Template:Talkarchive; Ambassador
Hello,

Regarding your recent edit to Talkarchive, I'm afraid that it is grammatically incorrect to say that you made the archive on 26 August 2009; the corect version would be as it was originally, made 26 August 2009. Now, if you wished to make the statement read made on August 26, 2009, use of the word "on" would be correct. I am currently working on a way for the template to automatically insert the word "on" in that case, but more likely, such a case would simply require anyone making an archive dated in that format to manually insert the word "on". It's merely a contrast of European and American dating formats, and the grammar surrounding them, that makes the whole thing difficult.

Regarding my ambassador, I think that the name of my ambassador should be Karlheinz Schreiber No, no, that's not the name I want... :P Actually, use the name Wilhelm Mitchell, please. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Right, if you should wish to archive your talk pages in a manner that the word "on" will appear there, you can set the parameter on {{{T|Archive box}} (such as on User:Pikachurin/Archivebox) to    Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation

Provinces
Hello again,

I just wanted to leave a note about the provinces of Disparu. Back when you were using RL province names, I can see the purpose behind adding (Disparu) to the title. But I was wondering if there was still a purpose behind it, given that you are using unique names. Up to you, just thought I'd leave a note. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Done and done ;)  Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation

Style Guidelines
As someone who, like me, seems to appreciate articles that look like articles and not like random jumbles of information, I figure you may wish to review my proposal to expand our style guidelines here. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation

Template:Infobox Treaty
Tentatively imported to Template:Infobox Treaty, but I'm not guanteeing it'll work, as I've not tested it. If you have any problems using it, just let me know. Blank syntax:

Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation

Re: Inuktitut
Does it really? Hmm, do you perhaps have any trouble viewing the eszett on my articles? Just curious. Generally, a lack of ability to display such characters indicates a lack of Unicode fonts on your computer, or the browser attempting to display it in non-Unicode fonts (a problem that should have been remedied by Unicode). There are several Unicode fonts, all of which should be able to display the Inuktitut. The most common of these is Arial Unicode MS, which comes with all Windows XP systems and most Vista systems. On the off-chance that you have that font and it still will not display, you can download Inuktitut-exclusive fonts from the Government of Nunavut or the Government of Tartupaluk. Alternatively, it may be easier to revert to the images for better compatibility, but I think most systems nowadays should be compatible, and it is a Wikia policy to use Unicode fonts over images when available. As for typing them, I used the Character map to select the necessary characters from the Arial Unicode MS font and paste them onto the document. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Hmm, that's quite odd. Well, see if those fonts help.  I'm slightly puzzled as to why Arial Unicode MS doesn't display the characters, though... what browser do you use, by the way?  If I can replicate the problem it may present a simple solution.  As for the IPA, that has been a problem for a while, but it should have been solved using IPA anyways.  And since you mention the translation, I should point out, it's not exactly perfect.  Literally, it would translate to "Northern Regions," but the word "Regions" is often used in Inuktitut similar to how "Frontier" is used in English.  If I can find a better translation, I will substitute it, but I'm pretty sure that's what would be used.  Your question regarding my actual translation goes back a couple years when I began work with a project to establish an independent state on Hans Island (sadly, the project has more or less died out).  But Inuktitut was one of the official languages of the nation, and I took it upon myself to learn a limited amount of the language for improved communication with other citizens.   Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation
 * No problem! :) I've tried to replicate the problem in Firefox, but it doesn't seem to happen to me for some reason, even when I uninstalled all applicable fonts.  Perhaps it's an XP problem.  Regardless, if tose fonts work, it shouldn't make a difference.  I'll put a note on the page regarding fonts as well.   Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation

Forums
Please see and respond to my private message on the CN Forums. Michael von Preußen  voicemail  •  nation
 * Message sent. — Pika churin 20:28, September 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent, I just wanted to be sure. Due to your decision to revamp the article, I'll import  from Wikipedia for you later today.   Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation
 * Oh, on an unrelated note, the vote has started for Project talk:Style and I'd appreciate your vote.  Michael von Preußen   voicemail  •  nation