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Re:Georgian presidental elections

Hi Suva. The situation is rather complex. The voting was generally free and fair and the election was unusually (for Georgia, of course) competitive. There were some violations, but I don't think that these will significantly affect the results. Many feel disappointed in Saakashvili, who has made several gross mistakes indeed. However, many still suspect that what unites the weak and fragmented opposition is their personal grudges against Saakashvili, and the people fear that the current opposition won't be able to maintain the stability in Georgia in the case of their victory. MAny think that it is better to give Saakashvili his second chance rather than vote for the opposition which includes quite a few unappealing figures and even adventurers. The memory of the 1990s civil unrest is still fresh, and people appreciate what has been done by the Saakashvili government to achieve stability and economic growth, but they experience natural irritation when authoritarian methods are sometimes exploited by the government to push for radical reforms, even though they are mostly progressive. As for Russians, I don't think they were directly involved in the recent crisis, but, given the Kremlin's persistent efforts at undermining a pro-Western government in Georgia, some coordination between Moscow and some of the opposition groups is more than plausible. In this context, the crisis in Georgia proper coincided with the rising tensions in the breakway regions - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - as Russia threatened to recognize their quasi-independence following the Kosovo precedent. A few opposition groups directly controlled or sponsored from Moscow are now too weak and discredited to exert any infuence on Georgia's electorate, but that Saakashvili's most dangerous rival and the erstwhile Russian oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili would be glad to struck some kind of deal with the Kremlin is without any doubt. The final results of the election is still unclear, but Saakashvili is the most probable winner. Cheers, :) --Kober^Talk 15:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

History of Russians in Estonia

Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to History of Russians in Estonia, you will be blocked from editing. RJ CG (talk) 14:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC) P.S. I understand your disappointment with organization criticizing Estonia, but your (and my) personal biases are not reason to remove sourced content. This very article (History of Russians in Estonia) contain musing of university student from Midwestern university, and Estonian editors fought long and hard to keep it there. I suggest that "House", as irrelevant as it may seem to Estonian editor, is more trustworthy than student. RJ CG (talk) 14:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry RJ CG, but if you really are unable to spot differences between university thesis and press release, between person who now is PhD assistant professor and unknown founders of unknown organization, between article about History of Russians in Estonia and article about Estonia-Russia relations, are you sure today is good day for you to edit WP? BTW, WP is not bargaining place, even if you're thinking by yourself that you have graciously "allowed" to include something dubious to somewhere by somebody, that still doesn't mean that you have now right to insert something equally dubious. 194.126.101.134 (talk) 16:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry for mixup. Yes, I meant Estonia-Russia relations. Glad you did understand what I'm talking about, though. Less glad that you call article in student newspaper "university thesis". I do hope this is honest mistake, although I would hesitate to bet on it. I am also not entirely convinced that if somebody (who's father is big kahuna in academia) eventually became assistant professor, her musings from student newspaper are automatically pillar of truth and WP-worthy material. And I'm not advocating "tit for tat" approach, more of "let's treat all sources equally". Speaking about "unknown organization headed by nobody", you may want to check out Russian edition of Postimees (or ask some Russophone you know to do it for you). Head of organization is Rafik Grigorian, and I do believe that you follow Estonian politics enough to know about him. He's "Science Doctor", by the way, and I hope you know this is 1-2 steps above "PhD assistant professor", as you seem to be so obsessed with academic credentials. RJ CG (talk) 16:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Either way, there is no such organisation legally. I know that some media likes to collect probably inflammatory statements from whoever, but either way, wikipedia shouldn't cite someones fantasy pet organization. Which apparently represents of 200 fantasy minorities in Estonia. Not sure, which one exactly, probably elves and gnomes or something similar. Suva Чего? 17:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Let's argue about Kara Brown on corresponding article's talk page (I admit, I was under impression that this article was summary of her master thesis, which covers simalar subject, now I discovered that it was published a bit earlier), shall we? And when it's not about pursuing unreturned deeds anymore ;) , yes, I do understand Russian (so you don't have to be so patronizing), I read that article in Postimees, and still could not find any reference to organizations who are supposed to be founders of beforementioned organization. I do know who Rafik Grigorian is and I would have no objections if this analysis had been his, published under his name. But this analysis is pretending to be from big organization representing nearly 200 minority organizations - sorry but no cigar, having only a big name as chairman is not enough to buy credibility they pretend to have. And shall we continue this discussion on other and more proper talk page, where your input is long awaited? 194.126.101.134 (talk) 17:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Ei ela ma majas, ei tänaval, mu aadress on NSVL

Can you take a look at this and this. Oth (talk) 10:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

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Fortune Cookie joke

Dear Suva, Just to let you know that your joke about "some regions where it's customary to eat the table" had us on the floor here at Parahyangan University in Bandung, Indonesia. Thanks a lot, and keep tickling Wikipedians' funny bones. After I had translated a scenario for a documentary about heroic pigeons from Dutch into English, I had a meal at a Chinese restaurant in Amsterdam. The message in the Fortune Cookie read: "ALWAYS BE KIND TO PIGEONS - A STATUE MAY ONE DAY BE MADE OF YOU". Cheers, Frank Landsman (talk) 08:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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