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Saracinesco

Please read my edit summary for undoing your edit. And when you want to remove content, at least have the courtesy to edit in a manner that respects punctuation and grammar because your edit left out paragraph spacing and punctuation marks. Thankyou.58.106.248.81 (talk) 14:47, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for writing here. Sorry if I made some mistake in restoring the original text. Please go to the talk page and explain for which reason your edit is encyclopedic. Alex2006 (talk) 14:57, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Food and Drink Barnstar
		Thanks for your new article creations for cakes, such as Strenna (cake), Inuliata and Cacavellu. Nice work! NorthAmerica1000 03:16, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Season greetings

	Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!
	Hello Alessandro57: I wish you Merry Xmas and a Happy 2015. --CeeGee 16:20, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Rome

Hi Alessandro57, there is this user Luc19 whose recent edits don't seem reliable. I tried to revert the edit from the beginning but can't due to the following edits he did. (N0n3up (talk) 00:16, 8 January 2015 (UTC))

Hallo N0n3up, thanks for writing! Actually the Metropolitan city f Rome replaced since 1. of January the Province, so at a first glance I think that his edits are ok. I will take a deeper look now. Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 10:09, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Alessandro and sorry to bother you again, but there is this user AureaVis who keeps re-adding a seemingly photoshoped image of the Milan cathedral on the Milan article. And the user didn't post his/her reasons in doing so. (N0n3up (talk) 16:32, 12 January 2015 (UTC))

Hallo N0n3up, no problem, you are always welcome! I put Milan on my watchlist. BTW, I saw that this guy removed also the collage at Lecce substituting it with a particular of a bell tower...Quite strange indeed! Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 13:05, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Armenia

Hello. You recently edited the page Armenia. You missed the first independence date which is May 28 1918. Please do correct that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bedigalexanian (talk • contribs) 13:37, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Italians in Croatia

Absolutely incorrect. Italians in Croatia are exactly 78,807 as also confirmed by the last census of 2011, so inform yourself.

‎Kristijan Đorđević (talk | contribs)‎ 17:54, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Pasquino Corso

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Renzo De Felice

"At page 125 there is part of the discussion about the French-Italian armistice of june 1940"

I note you made the above comment on the Greco-Italian War talkpage. It would appear you have access to this book. If i may, and if you have the time, does De Felice have anything interesting to say that could be added to the Italian invasion of France article?EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 23:14, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Of course EnigmaMcmxc, I have the whole Mussolini at home (and I have read it at least twice :-)), I will do it, but in some time, since now I am busy in real file :-) Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 07:44, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much. There is no rush, i have been working to improve this article for the better part of a year now ha! From what i have read over the last few weeks, De Felice's work it is an excellent book.EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 15:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

St. Peter's Basilica

You are well known for edit wars alessandro57. Your reputation for creating discord and stacking users in your favor is well known. And though it is a rediculous thing- to keep changing a page and create an edit war which you started arbitrarily, I will submit for the sake of Wikipedia and the page itself. It is clear that you have a self serving agenda. 04:27, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

February 2015

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount and can lead to a block, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. Cpetty9979 (talk) 04:30, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Corsican Guard

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Edits on slavery

Thank you very much for pointing that out. I shall let the organisation know. I have the feeling they have selected me to do this kind of reconnaisance work for them in order to see how it works. The trouble is, of course, that I am in sympathy with their cause and wish to do what I can to further it. But I accept what you say and will only participate in such an action again when the source can be considered reputable.3world Kid (talk) 11:38, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Italian Barnstar of National Merit
		Thanks for your efforts on Italian articles, I truly appreciate them! --115ash→(☏) 15:50, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Discuss here

Ascolta, sarebbe meglio se discussiamo quí. Comincia tu! --115ash^→(☏) 15:15, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

You can discuss on the thread Talk:St._Peter's_Basilica#Largest_or_Second_Largest.3F. Until consensus has not been reached, per WP:BRD the last stable version should stay. Alex2006 (talk) 15:20, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Ingigné, dá un'occhiata quá [1]. Tuttavia, io nun me offendo a parla itajano or er romanaccio. "This user is proud to be Italian", famme vedé se 6 veramente fiero. (Tutto questo nun é un'offesa) --115ash^→(☏) 15:28, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Neither do I, but at wiki:en we must speak (write?) English... :-) Alex2006 (talk) 15:31, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

"Must we?". You're free to talk in any language, especially on talk pages. I've talked in Italian with other Italian wikipedians. Anyway, that's your view. Sta bene! --115ash^→(☏) 15:40, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Should we? :-) Alex2006 (talk) 18:30, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Port

Where is talk page about this? (your description of the changes). Subtropical-man talk
(en-2) 10:43, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Hallo Subtropical, it's there, i think that there was a server lag, can you see it now? Alex2006 (talk) 10:53, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Hallo Subtropical, you are right, I should have not reverted, but only corrected the info, which is useful. Alex2006 (talk) 11:00, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

for your neutrality. --Esc2003 (talk) 18:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Via dei Coronari

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Lavash

I don't think I have anything useful to add here. Just note what UNESCO itself says about entries in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity:

Takes note that lavash is shared by communities in the region and beyond, recalls that inscription on the Representative List does not imply exclusivity and encourages the submitting State when implementing safeguarding measures to remain conscious of the element’s larger cultural context in the region;

Recalls the importance of using vocabulary appropriate to the spirit of the Convention and avoiding expressions such as ‘unique’ and ‘original’.

That is, just because lavash is important in Armenian culture, doesn't mean it isn't important in other cultures, and it certainly says nothing about the origins of lavash (a subject about which I have no informed opinion). --Macrakis (talk) 14:30, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Need some help with the article Lavash. I think there is a disagreement about how to outline the article. Please see the talk page. --92slim (talk) 19:29, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Un favore

Senti, visto che sei un reviewer, potresti aggiungere su "Ferrari" (ovviamente dopo la terza o quarta frase) questo ----> " In May 2012 the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the world's most expensive car, selling in a private transaction for $38,115,000 to American communications magnate Craig McCaw. ". Grazie. --115ash^→(☏) 16:18, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

N me fai manko sto favore, grz nfinite! --115ash^→(☏) 14:07, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

References

Vatican City voting edit

Hi, You undid my edit on voting in the Vatican City and I don't think your reasoning is correct. Your reasoning: "Vatican is a state ruled by an absolute monarch, and neither men nor women have the right to vote". This is false. See the Wikipedia page for Vatican City, it states "The politics of Vatican City takes place in an absolute elective monarchy" the key word being elective. The Cardinals do vote and elect the head of state, and Cardinals can only be men under the structure of the Catholic Church. Citizenship here is not the issue, since citizenship in Vatican City is not required for choosing it's head of state. The issue is that only men are allowed to vote in the election, while women are specifically banned. It is important to consider the Vatican City State as an internationally recognized independent state here. I would consider moving my edit to a different place in the page, but I do think it is important information that needs to be in the article and have already considered my placement carefully. I will wait for your response before reverting my edit. I appreciate you leaving your reason on my talk page so we can discuss what is best. -Jon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flessner89 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

thanks

thanks or ur reply but I want to say that is the problem tat I have no reliable sourse. this is written in a book name Roxelana empress in the east plz admin resreach on it. I want o send u some portrait so can u tell me how can I upload it because Im new in Wikipedia that's why I hve no expiriencedhttps://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User:Ghunchaali43

Istanbul Pogrom

Dear Alessandro57 I am writing writing to you because I don't know how to access the talk page of the article on Uskudar, my only wish is that you remove the sender claim that women were raped. Because I was born in 1950 and have lived those terrible days. Yes Christians and Jews were attacked, their shops were lotted. But not their private homes. No women was raped. If the contributor insists o this claim he should please provide a reference. The only reference he is providing is the following:

Where in the book by The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul, is there a mention of raped women? The contributor has an agenda. Just check his other contributions and you will see the pattern.

If this page is the wrong place for my comment please forward me to the right area. Thank you. 12:34, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

The Godfather Locations

Read please : http://www.scoutingny.com/the-godfather-the-new-york-city-filming-locations-then-and-now/ In this link we can see the complete informations about the locations in the film. I've put the information of location about "The Death of Paulie" but the users have removed my valid contribute , with the official source. 4:12 pm , 13 April 2015‎ . User: 87.15.145.211

Translations

Hi, Alex, how are you? I hope you didn't mind my changing "desecrated" to "deconsecrated" without discussion – I realised that this was just a small error in translation, and took the liberty of fixing it on the spot. Do feel free to ping me if you find yourself in difficulty with similarly little-used words.

Apropos of translation: I noticed that although Santi Simone e Giuda, Rome‎, is apparently translated fairly closely from the it.wp page, there isn't any attribution of the source on the talk page. So I wondered if you'd simply forgotten, or if you just didn't know that the source for an interwiki translation needs to be acknowledged? The {{translated page}} template is handy for this. Perhaps in due course you could check other translations you have made to be sure that they too have attribution? Regards as always, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:05, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Removing Warning from Talk Page

Dear user, I would to know if removing your warning of vandalism from the talk page of the user by the user is vandalism again? As the same user is again engaged in disruptive editing which conflicts with the neutral point of view of articles. Please advice me on the matter since i'm planning to give a 3rd warning and continue with Dispute Resolution. Agulani (talk) 05:52, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Dear Alex, Thank you for the advice i believe i will be able to reach a consensus with that user on matter. Hopefully he will be able to understand other point of view. Agulani (talk) 07:09, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Dear Alex, Thanks again for the advice! Have a good day)) Agulani (talk) 07:24, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Pact of Steel

I think the article actually and indeed does qualify as a good article at this moment. If you and your friends look at and make edit abundantly, then perhaps it could become a featured article... basically what I'm saying is, please don't work to have the beautiful GA-icon removed! Cheers, Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 20:56, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

whatever

I would like you to direct your warning also to User:Philantonia who has violated the 3 revert rule yesterday and today; I have made my point in talk section of the article without any opposition; User:Philantonia is vandalizing a proper format; Agilulf2007 (talk) 17:37, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

		The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Congratulations for achieving 50 DYK creations/expansions!  — ₳aron 13:40, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism

List of European countries by average wage has been vandalized by a croatian guy named Kristijan Dordevic.he vandalized above all Italy data.He seems to be strongly anti italian in his vandalism.Control him please,thanks.151.40.102.51 (talk) 07:00, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

question about Roma

Hello Alessandro57,

The reason why I'm writing you is because I saw you made significant contributions to Italian-related pages and are of Italian ancestry yourself. I was wondering whether you could ask me with this historical question regarding Roma. Do you perhaps know what Empire or Kingdom ruled Rome in 1688? This would help me alot with perfectionizing a recent article of mine which I want to nominate for GA-status in the very near future.

Regards and thanks in advance,

- LouisAragon (talk) 21:41, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Alessandro57, one more question. I need to add the coordinates of the Santa Maria della Scala to the infobox in that same article. [2] Do you perhaps have any idea or knowledge as how to put this? I think I will be able to nominate it very soon after I got that fixed. Would be great if you could help me with this. :)

Bests - LouisAragon (talk) 19:05, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Check it!

You've been sent an email.--115ash^→(☏) 10:10, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Therefore we can remove them even at Isaac Newton (in which there isn't any source at all) and other Italian painter's articles. --115ash^→(☏) 08:28, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

See this and this. You have to be ashamed of yourself. --115ash^→(☏) 08:32, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

You seem to be very strange, seen that you refuse to reply on your talk page. Countless users have left comments on your talk page, but you pretend that none is talking to you. --115ash^→(☏) 08:43, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Santi Simone e Giuda, Rome

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:56, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

FYI

'sto genio era un altro "lta": la prima utenza che ricordi è "Juanit45761" secondo il quale Nizza ancora oggi è lì lì che cerca di passare in Italia. È un ispanofono che usa traduttori automatici quindi lo riconosci dall'amabile peculiarità che qualsiasi lingua provi a scrivere la mutila orribilmente. Ti volevo avvisare per evitare che ci perdessi tempo dietro, ciao! --Vituzzu (talk) 17:12, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

In effetti non ero stato chiarissimo! L'altro "caso" che mi ha pingato sopra quando parte con lo psicodramma preferisco ignorarlo...tranne se ce le ho particolarmente girate! Alla prossima e occhio che brunodam non annetta tutto fino alla Foresta Nera ^^ --Vituzzu (talk) 18:02, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism

The article " List of European countries by average wage " has been totally vnadalized by 46.118.143.110.The real numbers are just below the map.The map has all invented numbers.Can you restore it?.Thanks.151.40.69.231 (talk) 05:30, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

LMAO!!! No, incorrect, I didn't vandalize nothing, just because you are Italian and you want to show that your country is "better" that doesn't mean it's truth, we all know Malta has a higher average wage than Italy in any sense, so accept the truth and stop hiding these facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristijan Đorđević (talk • contribs) 15:20, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Kaş

Hi,just say me what is the problem with this picture ?? It illustrates perfectly tourism Kaş--Nicoleon (talk) 19:51, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Boat in Kaş

Stop hiding the facts

It's useless you keep on editing it with fake things, we all know that Malta has a higher median wage than italy, you change it only because you are italian and you want to look better, but the reality is quite different. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristijan Đorđević (talk • contribs) 15:18, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Again incorrect

Well, there is no source that Italian average wage is higher than Maltese as well, but it is well-known the fact that Maltese average wage is higher than Italian, please don't hide these facts and search about it. Kristijan Đorđević (talk) 15:25, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

I reported you

Alright, you started to attack me hard, so I decided to report you definitely to this site, get the facts straight and stop lying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristijan Đorđević (talk • contribs) 23:22, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Question

Can I asko u wnt question mr? Im pretty confused if WP:GRAPEVINE applies for livingpersons articles or just info about them anywhere, whete it is stated--Ceco31 (talk) 10:58, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Metropolitan cities

Ciao Alessandro, ho visto che su wiki sia italiano che inglese esistono le voci "area metropolitan di"; pensavo che siano di maggior valore informative I numeri relative all'arrea metropolitan piuttosto che quelli della città metropolitan, che comprendono le intere vecchie province con comuni spesso oltre I 50 km dal capoluogo. Al limite si potrebbero fare due colonne, una per "area" e una per "city". Che ne pensi? Mauro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robur.q (talk • contribs) 12:17, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

I will answer on the Talk page of Italy. Alex2006 (talk) 12:46, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

I partially agree with you: it is true that the metropolitan cities are the only official administrative subdivision, but they are quite inaccurate to describe the characteristics of a metropolitan area and they are misleading. For example the Commune of Bardonecchia is 85 km to Turin so it can not definitely considerated part of the metropolitan area of Turin as identified by the Osservatorio Demografico Territoriale del Piemonte of IRES Piemonte that is a an institution of the Regione . The metropolitan area has not an administrative signification, but has a demographic, social and economic significance. As the metropolitan city of Cagliari, actually there is only a bill that the Sardinian Regional Governament has presented few weeks ago. But the bill has to be discussed and (perhaps) approved by the Regional Parliament (the Consiglio Regionale). Greetings Mauro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robur.q (talk • contribs) 07:09, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Messages

I ask you to remove any "thanks" from my page. I take it as an insult and injury.(unsigned message from Mt hg, 14:03, June 13, 2015‎)

Enrico Fermi

Help! I have a problem on Enrico Fermi with a user that insists (without citing any reference) that Emilio Segrè was not Fermi's student. I have cited Segré's autobiography to no avail. Now I need another opinion. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:25, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

pig god

is not a blasphemy in english, this is an english wiki; erasing talk page entries is not polite ~~ Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk)

don' try again

Don't warn people without a precise reason. --115ash^→(☏) 10:18, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Canna (length unit)

Do you intend finishing the translation of this article? In English usage the m goes after the number, the comma is a thousands separator not a decimal separator. Maybe you meant a canna mercantile nearly 2km, but probably not? secolo, legge, editto, etc... Bazj (talk) 08:50, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Hallo, and thanks for writing! Yes, I will finish the translation until tomorrow evening. At the moment as you noticed it is still in a hybrid state. Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 08:54, 12 July 2015 (UTC) (moved from [[User talk:Bazj#Re:Canna)

Alessandro57, nearly there, "architectonic" is in the dictionary, but it's certainly not in common use, I had to go look it up. Would architecture be an adequate translation? Bazj (talk) 10:02, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Bazj, "architettonico" means in this case "used in architecture", i.e. construction industry. Moreover, I am afraid that your correction about Naples and Genoa is not right. In fact, Neapolitan refers here to the whole Kingdom of Naples, not just the city, and the same applies for Genoa (but not for Rome). Then I think that it is better to leave: Kingdom of Naples and Republic of Genoa. Cheeers.Alex2006 (talk) 16:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Palazzo Serristori, Rome

Hello! Your submission of Palazzo Serristori, Rome at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 14:49, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Palazzo dei Convertendi

Great work, Alex. I've copyedited the first paragraph of the "History" a little, please check if you think it works. I didn't understand the principle for giving the characters' vital dates, when they're linked and the dates are available at their own article, so I removed some of them for consistency. (Perhaps adding them in other places would have been better.) Anyway, please change back if you think the removals were a bad idea, and if I've got anything else wrong. Bishonen | talk 19:09, 15 July 2015 (UTC).

Hi Alex, Nice article, really nice. Just one small quibble: The location section states that the Palazzo Torlonia is another "reconstructed" building. Are you sure about that? I thought it was one of the few buildings which survived of the destruction of the Borgo, which is why it's not quite as aligned with other buildings on the Via della Conciliazione. Giano (talk) 07:33, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Palazzo dei Convertendi

Hello! Your submission of Palazzo dei Convertendi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:16, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

İyi Bayramlar

Molte grazie Alex! I wish your family also "Buone vacanze". --CeeGee 07:01, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Palazzo Cesi Armellini

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:01, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Claudia Cardinale

Hi, I've expanded this and will be taking to FA later in the year. I wondered if you'd be interested in seeing if you can further add to it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:12, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Palazzo Serristori, Rome

Thank you Victuallers (talk) 00:07, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

San Giacomo Scossacavalli

I really enjoyed your new article on San Giacomo Scossacavalli GLG GLG (talk) 05:04, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of San Giacomo Scossacavalli

Hello! Your submission of San Giacomo Scossacavalli at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thank you for your very interesting new article. I've reviewed it at DYK and have raised a few issues, and made some suggestions; the issues should be easy to resolve. Warofdreams talk 12:54, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Palazzo dei Convertendi

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:57, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

DYK for San Giacomo Scossacavalli

Gatoclass (talk) 07:16, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Greetings and congratulations

Thank you for your efforts on bringing this article up to the standards that it takes for it to appear on the main page of Wikipedia in the "...did you know section". I've been involved in the DYK process, and so I know the time it takes and the coordination required between between editors...well it isn't always easy. So I appreciate your accomplishment. I hope you are encouraged to create even more content! Best Regards,
  Bfpage |leave a message  14:16, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! As Italian (and Roman :-)) it is not always easy to write in a decent English. BTW, copyediting is always most welcome! :-) Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 14:22, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

you are so very awesome i love your article and am learning about it myself

Leaping tiger (talk) 15:23, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your diligence and skill. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Editor Bishonen submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate User Alessandro57, an amazing content contributor who has been diligently and skilfully improving the encyclopedia since 2006, especially in the field of architecture. A few examples of his work: Santi Simone e Giuda, Rome, Cuisine of Corsica, Cistern of Aspar, Florestano Di Fausto, Gül Mosque, Rospigliosi family. I picked these at random, really. He has written, and in a friendly and collaborative way maintains, lots of high-quality articles. The nomination was seconded by User:L235 and User:Yash!.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient user box}}

Thanks again for your efforts! . Buster Seven Talk 13:14, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks for your contributions, and congratulations on the award! L235 (t / c / ping in reply) 15:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations! A much-deserved award to an outstanding editor. Bravo, Alex! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Dear @Bishonen:, @Buster7: @L235: and @Yash!:, thanks a lot for this great honor! Actually I`d have preferred this award to be coupled with that of the bunny of the month, but it does not matter, I am happy also to celebrate alone... :-) As kleine dankeschön, I am dedicating to all of you my freshly baked last article, with the secret hope that someone takes the burden of copyediting it (being an Italian, I am aware that this is not an easy task). After all, aren`t we all active in this wonderful cooperative project? :-) Best, Alex2006 (talk) 17:03, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

all of them you are admired by me

Leaping tiger (talk) 20:27, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

by the way i was in Jamaica so sorry for being late

Leaping tiger (talk) 20:33, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

those were UTTER VIOLATIONS of WP:FORUM and WP:SANDBOX

As an Admin, you know ANY user has the right to delete such Talk Page violations.98.67.180.55 (talk) 22:27, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Wasn't he?

Wasn't Mussolini the founder of the fascism? Have you studied history?--115ash^→(☏) 10:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Roxelana

What i put in roxelana is not vandalism because Hürrem was really the most powerfull woman in ottoman history and after her comes Kösem sultan... Jadaboujaoude (talk) 08:55, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Switzerland

Your explanation for reverting my edit ("Redundant statement removed: if is not in the EU, it is clear that does not use the euro." -- https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Switzerland&oldid=647584368&diff=prev) is not true. "The euro can also be found in other countries and regions which are neither part of the European Union nor the euro area.... Four such entities have adopted the euro as their official currency: the Principality of Monaco, the Republic of San Marino, the Vatican City State and lately also the Principality of Andorra." (source: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/world/outside_euro_area/index_en.htm) Therefor my statement is not redundant. Switzerland is similar to the countries mentioned above, in that it is geographically in Europe but not part of the EU, so one could be expected to wonder if it uses the Euro. I would appreciate if you would put back my work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzadikv (talk • contribs) 02:12, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Palazzo Alicorni

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:38, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Article on Amatriciano sauce (or is it Amatriciana?)

Thank you so much for wrifing or editing the article on this sauce. I'm making a birthday dinner for a friend of mine, and I make a terrific sauce for angel hair... But i looked up Pecorino Romano, and found the above arficle. I had never heard of the sauce or guanciale (the meat)... Sorry if I am mis-spelling things, my Italian is poor, and it is almost 1am. I can't wait to try to make this now. I am not certain i will be able to find the meat, as I live in Sacramento, but I will search and try to create this. I also appreciated other articles you have written, not about food. But tonight, I really am happy you shared your knowledge with those Italian food lovers in the U.S. My family comes from Italy (&.Ireland... Do you think I might have been raised Catholic, and loving fresh Italian food???). Sorry... I'm rambling now... Just thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work. Take care.

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A question :)

Hello Alex, long time no talk! How are you doing? I hope fine? I had a brief question I wondered whether you could help me with. Its regarding Teresia Sampsonia; she was born, raised, and lived for quite some time as a Christian in the Safavid Empire, but migrated later to Rome, where she settled in Trastevere and became a member of the Santa Maria della Scala (where she got buried as well).

My question is now; should the category "Iranian emigrants to Italy", or something alike? I think Rome was not under the rule of Italy back then, but perhaps you could tell me more about this. Or any other categories that I might have perhaps omitted? :-)

Bests and take care, - LouisAragon (talk) 21:31, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:46, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Mafia edit-war

Remember a while back we were discussing IPAs for foreign words? Well, the Mafia article was one case I was contending. There's this unregistered user with an Italian IP address who keeps putting the IPAs for mafia in the lede. This guy has now broken the 3-revert rule. You and I agreed that pizza did not need IPAs in the lede - would you not think the same for mafia? Please resolve this dispute for me.Kurzon (talk) 20:45, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Ciao Alessandro57, intanto scusami se ti costringo a leggere queste righe, ti assicuro che non piace neanche a me starle a scrivere...
In merito a questo tizio, ti spiego come stanno le cose il più brevemente possibile.
Qualche settimana fa ho aggiunto l'IPA italiano alla pagina Mafia, solo per vedermi annullato il contributo dal suddetto tizio. Ci ho aggiunto le pronunce americana e britannica, annullate anche quelle. Ho provato a parlarci nella discussione, ma è servito solo a capire che per lui quella pagina è "Cosa Sua". Il tizio era già stato bloccato 2 volte per "edit-warring", avvertito altre 2 volte, e dopo che l'ho segnalato bloccato di nuovo. Quattro (4) minuti dopo che gli è scaduto il blocco, si è precipitato ad annullare le modifiche che avevo fatto e che aveva nel frattempo migliorato un altro utente registrato, ma me ne sono accorto solo oggi. Il risultato è che ha ripreso con la solita solfa da "edit-warring". Stavolta è stato più attento, si è fermato a 2 annullamenti, e per stare più sicuro è venuto qui da te a raccontarti una balla nella speranza di farmi apparire dalla parte del torto: io non ho infranto nessuna regola, ho fatto la mia modifica ([3]) e gli ho annullato 2 volte le sue ([4] [5]). Anche se avrai già capito che persona è il tizio in questione, ci aggiungo un'ultima nota per fartelo vedere a 360°: visto che avevo tirato in ballo il fatto che su altre pagine come quella sulla Pizza è riportata la pronuncia sia inglese che italiana da chissà quanto tempo, questo qua è corso anche su quella cominciando e portando avanti una discussione solo per arrivare a far togliere la pronuncia anche da lì. Non credo serva aggiungere altro.
Se puoi per cortesia far finire in qualche modo questa pagliacciata che sta portando avanti, io per primo ne sarei lieto ma anche alla Wiki gioverebbe; se pensi che debba rivolgermi a qualcun altro fammi sapere.
Notte :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.20.6.111 (talk) 23:00, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Alessandro? Kurzon (talk) 19:26, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Kurzon:, and sorry for the delay in answering, but these days real life needs me. Of course I remember! This is Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Pronunciation#Pronunciation_of_English_words_of_foreign_origin the thread on the manual of style, and I see that the discussion continued. Reasoning analogically, since mafia is not a word with "complicated" pronunciation either, I would remove all the ipas too from the lead. Alex2006 (talk) 06:07, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Ciao, potresti spiegare anche a me? Ho letto che sei italiano madrelingua, così almeno riuscirei a capire meglio anch'io. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.20.102.195 (talk) 07:18, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

On wiki:en discussions should take place only in English, this is a guideline: writing in another language, you exclude most of the users. If you have not enough command of the English language, maybe you should edit on wiki:it. Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 09:45, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Alessandro, you have to do something about this guy. He keeps reverting the Mafia article despite your adjudication. I recommend locking the article against unregistered users. Don't ban his IP because it keeps changing.Kurzon (talk) 10:21, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Ok, since this is your talk page, I write in English to ask this: can you please answer on my current talk page (I have a dynamic IP, sorry) in Italian? (Alessandro573 undid my edit) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.20.14.131 (talk) 10:24, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

He clearly means anywhere on Wikipedia you must write in English. This includes your Talk page.Kurzon (talk) 10:36, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Does "anywhere" include this [6] too? I think a lot of people should be banned for this behaviour, then! But if i were you I would worry about my 4th rv (and ban) ^_^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.20.14.131 (talk) 10:45, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

A ban means nothing. I'm not a regular contributor anyway. Besides, it is you who risks being banned as you seem to like flouting Wikipedia protocol.Kurzon (talk) 11:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Yes, the IP user, who recently also created an obvious sock account, seems to think they can get away with any amount of edit warring and disruption simply because the IP changes. I've semiprotected Mafia for a couple of weeks. Bishonen | talk 18:33, 30 October 2015 (UTC).

T'aggio scrivuto acchì ^_^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.20.71.40 (talk) 15:29, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Ciao, se t'interessa è stata iniziata una discussione sulla discussione (asd) Mafia riguardo a se inserire o meno la pronuncia.
L'utente Aeusoes1, a cui avevo chiesto un parere, è favorevole, se vuoi puoi dire la tua anche tu, mi pare che in linea di principio eri d'accordo.
Io ho proposto d'inserire l'IPA italiano nella sezione dell'etimologia, magari è meglio lì che subito alla prima riga.
Non dovrei scrivere in Italiano qui, perciò se vuoi cancella pure questo messaggio e rispondimi nella vecchia pagina che avevo indicato appena sopra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.20.39.104 (talk) 09:42, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Malta

Hello, I do not know why you have undone ALL my edits from Malta, I'm a student with a MA in Later Roman history and have never vandalised a page on Wikkipedia, and yet you undid all my updates as if I had vandalised the page?  The Emperor of Byzantium  18:19, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello Alex2006, Thank you =) sorry if I seemed a bit sharp with you, only I have noticed that honest edits have been taken down by other Admins as of late and feel that I have been forced to justify myself to every edit I do, ALL of which are honest! But thank you, your re-edit is an improvement on what I had originally edited, not least the quattuorviri iuri dicundo which I forgotten to suggest. Can I only add that there are a few small grammatical errors that I can attend to, nothing big, only they do make the current edit a little clumsy, such as 'island was' rather than 'islands were' and 'preaching the Christian' rather than 'preaching there the Christian' is that OK?  The Emperor of Byzantium  16:56, 02 November 2015 (UTC)

It's ok for editors to blank their talk pages

It's assumed the warnings have been read. No need to, and generally a bad idea, to restore them. Doug Weller (talk) 16:09, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

:-)

Lel, thanks for the heads up. I almost forgot that we should not waste even a second of our time with incompetent peoples. Bests - LouisAragon (talk) 16:43, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Azerbaijan

Currently, you are deleting the list of resources, and linkes and evidences provided to you. I offered the list of of ancient scholars such Strabo etc.

Your refuse to admit the facts so you must explain in details why. The original presented theory on the etymology of Azerbaijan is incomplete. Substantial change from Atropatene to Azerbaijan through indicated path is impossible, unless there is some form of dyslexia. Therefore, I provided all possible variants based on historical evidences with respect the etymology, to provide the reader with option to choose and investigate, if such is required. Freedom of choice source of further discussion rather disruptive deletion of information.

I would gladly discuss it but I need to public view it first. Most of information is based on historical data. Unfortunately, some trolling ID deliberately deleting the information, hence violating the freedom of speech act. basic part of Human Right Act. I presume Wikipedia is about freedom of speech rather propaganda by people who control it.

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It doesn’t matter who was deleting. The fact is it is deleted, and nobody done anything to restore justice. Apparently, Wikipedia team doesn’t believe in free speech. Obviously, you created the online world where you can run your own tiranny and oppression.

Azerbaijan is a visit card of citizens of Republic of Azerbaijan. I don’t think anyone with Persian, Armenian or Russian backgrounds have priority in updating that page, neither you or someone called LouiseArgon. You know nothing about Azerbaijan, and first of all you are experts.

You are wondering why? Well, Iran have occupied a half of Azerbaijan. Certainly, the Persians have no interest in promoting Azerbaijani culture, history or tradition. All they say that any etymon in Azerbaijan derived from Old Persian (nobody even knows what is Old Persian). The Persians have created tyrannical Islamic regime, with no respect to other cultures. Same applies to Republic of Armenia, and Russian Federation.

You can block my account. It is not like I do care. I don’t like people who have no respect to Freedom of Speech, or Human Rights Act. You were acting like monkeys in zoo, when they see a new object in their cage. The speed you were deleting my comments, I can only say that you have no personal life. All you do it is just sitting in front of monitor and … .

Funny part is that I have not deleted the previous text, just added new paragraphs to previous text. I have respect to work done. But you guys, really far from the concept of civilization, all you care about is to delete or perhaps even burn and torture if we were living in same country.

My comments hurt? Well, be my guest block or even close my account. I am sure your Little Tyrannical Egos will be satisfied after that.

Hey

Hey Alex,

Sorry for just having pinged you here, but I had to refer to an earlier comment you placed on Callanec's page where you advocated the return of a topic ban as well. Bests - LouisAragon (talk) 08:25, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

@Alessandro57:, mate, could I ask you a favour? Could you perhaps upload these two paintings? [7] - [8]. I'm in quite dire need of both of them, but unfortunately, I don't know how to upload pictures properly here. :/ If it ain't too much asked, of course. - LouisAragon (talk) 15:12, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Edit on Dimitrie Cantemir

My edit is correct because at the time of D. Cantemir's rule, the state Romania did not yet exist! There was the Principality of Wallachia, also known as Țara Românească (literally - Romanian Land), but at that time, it was a separate state from Moldavia. In 1859, it unified itself with western Moldavia (because the eastern part - now known as Bessarabia - got annexed by the Russian Empire following the 1812 Bucharest Peace Treaty between the Russians and the Ottomans) into the United Principalities. In 1881 the Principalities became the Kingdom of Romania under Carol I. In 1918 the Kingdom annexed Bessarabia following the Russian Revolution, then Bukovina, then Transylvania. After WWII, the Kingdom became the Socialist Republic of Romania, and finally, after the democratic revolution of 1989 - Romania. Another reason why my edit is correct is because nationality refers to a person's legal identity within a state, whereas a person's ethnicity refers to their genetic/ sub-racial/ etc. make-up. Therefore, even if Cantemir was ethnically a Romanian (declared thus post-factum by the way), nationality-wise, he was Moldovan/ Moldavian. So please, bring back my edit. Thank you!--92.114.148.141 (talk) 14:43, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for writing! I answered on your talk page. Alex2006 (talk) 14:51, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Yes. To answer your question - the existence of a Moldovan ethnicity it's a mater of dispute. The main problem here is the ethnonym "Romanian" - nobody knows for certain where it came from, but most people say it's a tribute to the Roman ancestors. You see, originally, the region that is now Romania and Moldova was inhabited by the Dacians - whom researches identify as either Thracians, or a mix between the latter and the Goths, Celts, Scythians, and the Getae. Dacia itself was founded in the 1st century BC, got conquered by the Romans in the 1st century AD, and existed for almost another century as a province, then the Romans retreated. Mentions of the Dacians disappear completely in around the 3rd century. Still, the part of Dacia that later became Moldavia was not included into the Roman province, so one can already assume that the locals developed differently from the conquered Dacians, who intermingled with the Romans, both culturally and ethnically. The countries Moldavia and Wallachia were founded in around the 13/14 century, so obviously there was a lot migration and intermingling between the inhabitants of the region (for example, the region was included in the Bulgar empire in around the 10th century; and there were Goths, Vikings, Tatars, Mongols, and Slavs both before and after that). And yet, for some reason, the inhabitants of what would later become Romania decided to call themselves Romanians not in honor of their Dacian ancestors, but in honor of their conquers - the Romans. Why they decided this, and when, is never explained. But that's how the official story goes. Looking at the origin of the Moldovan ethnicity from a contemporary perspective, many say that it was the Soviets who created it - politically - and that in fact, there's no such thing. So, it is a difficult question to answer, there's a lot of political influence coming both from Romania (who's trying to keep its people and provinces together) and from Russia (who has political interests in the region), and nearly not enough factual, historical data. So, is it all that important to have his nationality stated? Not even the Romanian wiki page has that :D --92.114.148.141 (talk) 16:13, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Giovanni Mangone

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Capizucchi family

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Raimondo Capizucchi

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

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Razzismo in Italia

Salve, Compa'! Ti ringrazio ASSAI per la tua modificazione sulla pagina Racism_in_Italy. Ce ne sono 3 editori ebrei che NON SANNO NULLA del tema (e manco capiscono la lingua!), ma purtroppo hanno dirotatto la pagina. Ad esempio, sapiamo benissimo che Lombroso era ebreo, ed io l'ho inserito varie volte perch'e' rilevante (contribuì vari pezzi a molti giornali ebrei, scrisse un libro intero su "antisemitismo" e quasi tutti gli storici ed accademici si referiscono a lui come "italo-ebreo", "ebreo-italiano" ecc). Ti chiedo un favorone: aiutami a mantenere e correggere quella pagina. Il tema de "razzismo" in Italia e' grosso ed importante perche' ancora esiste. Ma per me e' anche importante parlarsene con fatti e tutta l'informazione oggettiva possibile. Grazie, e buon anno!!!!Trinacrialucente (talk) 21:27, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Use of Wiki Guidelines for Manual of Style/Dates and Numbers: Era Style

Dear Alessandro,

I received a message from you asking that I refrain from making changes in era style (BC/AD vs. BCE/CE). Your request referred me to the Wiki Manual of Style/Dates and Numbers: Era style. In deference to your request, I read through the guidelines, and respectfully refer you back to these points:

"...represented by BC and AD), or the Common Era (represented by BCE and CE."

"Do not change the established era style in an article unless there are reasons specific to its content."

"In general, do not use CE or AD unless required to avoid ambiguity"

"BCE and CE or BC and AD are written in upper case, unspaced, without a period (full point, .), and separated from the year number by a space (5 BC, not 5BC). It is advisable to use a non-breaking space."

The Wiki article under discussion is an outline of the history of the Colosseum of Rome, including a bit about what preceded and followed the construction. I arrived upon it and was frustrated by the messy annotations in use of era style. That Rome at the time was not Judeo-Christian, but a city dedicated to the Pantheon of Dii Consentes is interesting, but beside the point I'm making for the use of the scholarly era style BCE/CE. The article is based on scholarly work, and merits the use of scholarly era style. (A third of data cited from Catholic sources is not a valid reason for use of BC/AD). Any article merits a clean and consistent era style.

This is a article written as a scholarly work: this is why it is significant and very important to give the reading about the Colosseum in terms of BCE/CE.

My initial alterations were as minimal as possible. In reading the Wiki MLA there are new pieces of information that I will be guided by in all future edits, particularly in terms of consistency of effort. My initial changes were, as I see now, a bit of editorial fiddling. I'll make a few further final edits to ensure best accuracy, and outline the reasons why in the query section of the edits box.

My authority comes from a profession in editing collegiate textbooks (science, not history). I apologise for not being thorough in my first edit, and offer thanks for directing me to the Wiki MS/DN.

Best, Alias

Post Script - Your message came almost immediately after I wrote my alteration. I followed the link to your page with a sort of "out of office" sign with a heart-shaped French flag. I do hope that you're well, and to continue this discussion in mutual good health.

--AliasSeaThinker (talk) 22:10, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Kate of Bosnia

Hello, Alessandro! Have you managed to procure the photograph we discussed? I am thinking about nominating the article for GA, and the image of her tomb would improve the quality of the article immensely - thus my eagerness for your help :D Surtsicna (talk) 18:22, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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Philadelphion edit

If someone is looking for information about the Philadelphion, he will know that Constantinople is today's Istanbul, and if he does not know that, then his knowledge level is so rudimentary that he will need to read the Constantinople article anyway. Come on, we can expect people to know about Rome, Constantinople and Athens when discussing ancient history.

It is a matter of consistency: If you write "(today's Istanbul)" in every single article where you refer to Constantinople, then you will have to do the same as well with every other city that was Greek until Turks or Slavs or Visitgoths or Lombards or Arabs or Persians or whoever conquered it. That is not being done, hence it follows that it should not either here.

It is totally superfluous information, and the kind of stuff that annoys and takes up space. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.156.126.230 (talk) 15:32, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Hallo, and thanks for writing! Actually I lose some of my time here reverting Greek and Turkish POV-warriors who are changing Istanbul to Constantinople and vice~versa. That's why I am always verx careful about removing this info, although I concede that most of the readers knows it. Anyway, after a careful examination of the history of this article, I could see that the POV-warrior in this case was me, ;-) so I think that I can make an exception and revert myself. ;-) Bye, Alex2006 (talk) 16:08, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

22:52, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Constantinople - Istanbul

I suppose the policy is Constantinople prior to 1453, and Istanbul after? That would be logical. Or to put it in another fashion: 'Constantinople' is not to be given precedence in any article relating to post-1453 subjects relating to the city, and 'Istanbul' is not to be written in any article relating to pre-1453 subjects relating to the city? Really the Greeks should stop editing Wikipedia and get about conquering back their city if they want reality to be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.156.126.230 (talk)

No, the policy, which was established long, long time ago, before I came here, ;-) is: use Costantinople for context dealing for happenings occurred before the Republic (roughly), and Istanbul afterwards. The reason behind that is that the common name in English (and not only: the same applies for German, Italian, etc.) for the City before the establishment of the Republic is Constantinople, not Istanbul. This decision came not from the Greeks, but mainly from English speaking users. Alex2006 (talk) 07:12, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

12 March 2016

Hello, I'm User:Worldandhistory. Your recent edit to the page Mahidevran Gülbahar appears to have removed sourced information, so I reverted your move for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source that proves the "interview" was fake, or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. The changes you made can be seen in this edit. Thanks. —Preceding undated comment added 14:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Regarding the Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni

Hey Alex, how are you doing mate? As you have seen, the reviewer has started reviewing this article which you almost entirely made to the state it is nowadays by yourself. When I stumbled upon it, I just thought it had to be nominated straight away. I see you have adressed some of the first points already which needed to be adressed, great job. The reviewer has just updated the page with additional points (you might have already seen them, I think).[9] Unfortunately Im still very busy irl, and therefore I wont be able to make any significant contributions to Wiki. Just wanted to let you know, as it would really be a spoil if it would fail the GA nomination simply due to us failing to finish it within the deadline. Bests and take care - LouisAragon (talk) 19:04, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Well done man! :-) - LouisAragon (talk) 21:45, 21 March 2016 (UTC)