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First, it's great to see you around again! The number of competent Romanian editors is always tiny, so it's good to have one more back in the ranks. Second, if I may express my disagreement on a point, I don't think we need separate articles on pre-1950 and post-1968 counties, where those share the same name. For one, the borders are often similar: Bihor, Arad, Alba, Hunedoara, Dâmboviţa, Brăila, Iaşi, Tulcea and others look basically the same now as they did then. For another, even where there were significant changes (Cluj, Mureş, Maramureş, Olt, Suceava, etc.), it seems to make more sense to add in another section describing what they looked like in 1859/1925-50 rather than do a whole new article, which would simply add in another layer of needless replication.

In practice, we're already doing something similar with Bessarabia: the articles on Bălţi, Cahul, Orhei, Soroca and Tighina counties cover, or could cover, everything before 1918, up to 1944, and 1998 to 2003, and if the counties are ever brought back, I assume the same articles would cover them as well. What say you? - Biruitorul ^Talk 16:34, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh, the "no Romanian villages" consensus is definitely still alive, at least for the 2 or 3 people who care about it! I've been steadily adding village names into commune articles and redirecting them to the articles. In fact, once I finish Teleorman and do Galaţi, Moldavia and Wallachia will be complete. Now that I've redirected Soloneţu Nou back where it belongs, the remaining village articles are all in Transylvania, so I expect to encounter a bit more resistance there. But feel free to jump ahead of me, or at least to move Zimandköz to Zimandcuz (it's been over 90 years...).

I'm sure you noticed the diacritics mess, which I've highlighted over here. Kotniski has graciously been working on a bot, and I do hope that gets up and running soon, because we do need to restore order at some point.

I must say, I breathed a sigh of relief when Băsescu's mega-counties plan was thwarted, at least for now. First because I think it's absurd—I say to bring back the 1925 counties, perhaps overlaid with Ţinuturi (and, incidentally, I was not the only one to note the fascist inspiration behind the Băsescu proposal)—rather than create a bunch of artificial entities dreamed up one day. And second, because of the absolutely huge task this would have created here. Think: every commune article rewritten and recategorized to reflect the new mega-county, every "people from X county" moved, every map redrawn, etc, etc. If they're not going to bring back the 1925 counties, what Ceauşescu gave us in 1968 isn't perfect, but at least it represents some stability and continuity. - Biruitorul ^Talk 15:01, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Peris

That map (and basically every map with the administrative divisions of Constanta you'll find on the Web) is plainly wrong. The ANCPI messed it up when they drew the new borders in 1989. As a result, everybody (including the County Council) is using a wrong map. This is certainly not the only error on that map (e.g. Agigea is placed inside Techirghiol, Nistoresti inside of Vulturu). Considering Peris was merged with Olteni, and Olteni remained with Independenta after the 1989 reform, I'm 80% sure its territory is still administered by Independenta. The only way to find out exactly would be asking the mayor's office (fortunately they have an e-mail address).Anonimu (talk) 21:07, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, if you're sure about it, I have nothing against moving the info about Periş to the Independenţa article. Regards, Mentatus (talk) 10:17, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Nevertheless, for information only, according to the "Great Geographical Dictionary of Romania" (1898), Armutlia was a deserted village in the Hairam-Chioi commune, i.e. Dumbrăveni. Periș was afterwards rebuilt on the ruins of Armutlia. Mentatus (talk) 21:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I did try contact by e-mail the mayor's office of all the communes in the area. Only Independenta replied, and they said "Cea mai mare parte a terenurilor satelor Peris si Cealmagea apartin comunei Independenta, judetul Constanta. Nu stiu sa va spun care sunt acestea." Not very helpful...Anonimu (talk) 22:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Another info: in 1931, Periș was part of the Dumbrăveni commune, see here. Mentatus (talk) 21:51, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

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I don't know - I will think about it, and please don't take it personally if I do take it to AfD at some point in the future. I will say that I was traveling and not really paying attention to who wrote the article. Anyway, as a general rule, I would say it's important to provide sufficient quality sources on a musician as soon as possible, simply because there are so many non-notable ones alongside the notable ones. (As opposed to, say, politicians or academics, where the guidelines are more clear-cut.) - Biruitorul ^Talk 02:25, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

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	I am, at least, on time on the Julian Calendar with my wishes. Biruitorul Talk 19:42, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Accidental rollback, Romanian Gendarmerie

Apologies first, but I accidentally rolledbacked your edit on the Romanian Gendarmerie article, (I'm editing on a mobile device and my fat fingers hit the wrong option) I've since rolled back my own rollback.Italic text

The option I wanted was to get to your talk page, to say: its no big deal but since both forces have jurdistiction over the civilian population, "which" would be an appropriate word to use, though perhaps, on second thoughts, phrased as "which have" rather than "which has". I'm thinking of "both have" as an alternative phrasing would that be clearer do you think? Regards.--KTo288 (talk) 11:09, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi, no prob. I was also thinking before about using "both" as in "It is one of the two main police forces in Romania (the other being the Romanian Police - a civil force), both having jurisdiction over the civilian population." What do you think? Best regards, Mentatus (talk) 11:21, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that would be perfect.--KTo288 (talk) 13:40, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Done. Cheers, Mentatus (talk) 13:45, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

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Văitoianu

Hi, here's what I could find:

• His remains are - or were - at Mărăști.
• The Bellu thing is strange, so I'm inclined to take the inscription at face value - i.e., it's just the family (wife, children) there, while the general himself is at Mărăști.
• It seems the Sighet story comes from this guy's memoir - not the most reliable reference. At any rate, there seems to be no record he was arrested/imprisoned.

Good luck. - Biruitorul ^Talk 15:27, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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Re: Mircea Badea

The paragraph was libelous, he is seen by some, who? as an ardent supporter of PSD. Also the article's about Mircea Badea, not Dan Voiculescu. --Vlad|-> 15:13, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

I was looking precisely to the article history, in order to see who added the paragraph. I could see we both helped the article during the past, for instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mircea_Badea&diff=next&oldid=597506475

You do agree that the paragraph is hearsay, weasel words, seems like whatever stuff he's libelled by Romanian propaganda and bluntly translated to English. --Vlad|-> 15:24, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

I've finally found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mircea_Badea&diff=next&oldid=819669831 it has been added by this user and from the tone and the content I clearly notice the bias. --Vlad|-> 15:29, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Of course, once the dirt was there, anonymous users would happily enhance it: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mircea_Badea&diff=next&oldid=845405315 --Vlad|-> 15:31, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Someone already tried to alleviate the tone before: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mircea_Badea&diff=next&oldid=858598437 but I'm convinced it hasn't been added in good faith. --Vlad|-> 15:32, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

And finally, the user that added the paragraph came back and added it again twice. --Vlad|-> 15:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

IMHO you perfectly summarized the last 4 years. Thanks for letting me know! --Vlad|-> 19:50, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

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A cup of tea for you!

Great article creation in 'Otto Roth'! Keep it up! Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 19:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

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No, please don't "move" a page by cutting and pasting as you did here. I have reverted your edits, and have made a request for the page to be moved - here. That way the edit history of the page is preserved, but some of the most recent edits you have made will be lost, sorry about that. Thanks. PamD 10:14, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

And it's already been moved in response to my request. PamD 10:16, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

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Multumesc frumos! Si tie la fel! Mult spor la anul. - Biruitorul ^Talk 21:00, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Crăciun fericit right back at you!

Mulțumesc pentru urări, și de asemenea: un Crăciun fericit pentru tine și toți cei dragi ție! Și mă bucur de întâlnirea recentă pe câteva subiecte aici. Dahn (talk) 21:22, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Category:Transylvanian Romanians

Hi there. Would you be interested in discussing this category, its subcategories, and its Banat correspondent(s) to approximate some renaming that would more accurately reflect the intention? As we stand, there is nothing in that category that would prevent it holding anyone from John Hunyadi and Olahus to Gheorghe Funar, Nicolae Furdui Iancu and Sabin Gherman. Off-hand, I would propose splits along the lines of more tangible and chronologically localized political entities (as in: Category:Romanians in the Voivodeship of Transylvania, Category:Romanians in the Principality of Transylvania, Category:Romanians in the Banat of Temeschwar, Category:Romanians in the Hungarian Banat (1867–1918) etc. etc.), and if we keep the supracts you created we use them as holders of those categories. I welcome any input, troubleshooting, and advice. Dahn (talk) 21:54, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Dahn, what you suggest above makes sense, I'll be glad to help. Mentatus (talk) 07:32, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

You rock. I'll get back on this this weekend. Dahn (talk) 07:55, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Also, how would you feel about renaming the categories along the lines of: "in pre-1918 Transylvania/Banat"? That would cover all jurisdictions (not just Austro-Hungarian) and would prevent the addition of modern-day people from Transylvania/Banat, who I suppose aren't really meant to be included. Dahn (talk) 07:22, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Corruption in Romania

Hi! I just found the comparison unnecessary. But I stopped reverting if you really kept so much to place it. Regards, Christina

Hi Christina, please try not to interpret mere facts emotionally (see WP:NPOV), my purpose was not to tarnish Romania's reputation (the politicians has taken care of that already). I am glad we were able to reach an agreement. Regards, Mentatus (talk) 12:04, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

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Hello, I have been going through the backlog of assessment requests at WP:BIO, and I found your request. I assessed it at a B, and I actually think that it may be worth a GA nomination. I really don't have an interest in that article besides fulfilling your request, so I thought I would leave it to you. Whether or not it's a "Good Article" just yet, it's a damn good article and you should be proud of it. Anyway, give it a thought. Happy editing! Prometheus720 (talk) 15:36, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Prometheus720. Mentatus (talk) 10:20, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

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Hi There are a problem with the website. PSD have lost 2 MP, and PRO won 2. And in the website, only one MP (non inscrit) have joined PRO, when one PSD became non inscrit. Why? --Panam2014 (talk) 20:26, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

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please look on this ([1]). I'd revert, since the statement is true, however, I did not check the details of the referred "Republic of Moldova census". Thank You.(KIENGIR (talk) 02:42, 9 December 2019 (UTC))

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Hello. Where in that source shows the Military rank equivalent because i can't see. Here i have the original rank equivalent source.--MSClaudiu (talk) 08:21, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi, MSClaudiu, please have a look at your link, article 73, paragraph 1, part A, points i) and j) were updated by the OUG No. 89/2003: "i) general-locotenent - chestor-șef de poliție; j) general - chestor general de poliție.". I hope this answers your question. Mentatus (talk) 12:11, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

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Hi. A couple of observations on these, if I may:

• 1) Four Romanian flags in succession (kingdom, two communist republics, post-1989) strikes me as overkill. Yes, there were different regimes, but it was the same country under international law. Personally, I would just put the current flag and call it Romania.

• 2) Regarding Cluj (and most cities in Transylvania), this is somewhat tricky, because for example we don’t want to mislead readers into thinking it was effectively part of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. My suggestion would be some deliberate ambiguity about just which Hungary was theoretically in charge:

Austria-Hungary 1867–1918 (de jure Hungary until 1920)
Kingdom of Romania 1920–1940 (de facto from 1918)

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Hi, Biruitorul,

1. OK, your argument makes sense, it's not worth listing all the regimes representing the same country under international law.
2. I fully agree - listing all the statal entities who claimed de jure the respective cities is an overkill and doesn't provide for clarity.

I'll rework all these changes accordingly. Thanks a lot for the sensible suggestions, it's always a pleasure talking to you! Mentatus (talk) 06:51, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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