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RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for you help! Viriditas (talk) 01:00, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Lambiam: You gave me some help last year to translate some German passages and quotes in English for Red Orchestra (espionage). The work was excellent and I'm just wondering if your still translation work. I'm currently getting this illustration redrawn: File:Barnimstrasse women's prison cell layout.jpg at the moment. It is part of the Barnimstrasse women's prison article. I've managed to translate several of the German entries but several others are acronyms and I have no clue what they mean. I wonder if you could take a look. I've put the list of entries I've already done in User:Scope creep/Sandbox B22. scope_creep^Talk 14:20, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed some things. I leave it to you to create slots for the remaining untranslated terms.  --Lambiam 16:59, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Lambiam: I've added a several more. I can't make head nor tail of them. There pretty severe abbreviations. scope_creep^Talk 21:36, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've added my best guesses. In some case you just have to guess; for example, -z. can stand for either of -zimmer (room) and -zelle (cell).  --Lambiam 22:36, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

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any sources that say parties can raise new issues during WTO Compliance proceedings?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#WTO_Compliance_Proceedings Grotesquetruth (talk) 12:25, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen several definitions and I was surprised "E-edition" and "E-editions" redirected to two different articles. And then there are two related articles that concern one type of eEdition. I'm wondering if those two articles should even be separate articles. You seem to have an interest in this. Discussion here.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:21, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lambiam. I'm looking for some input at Talk:Oasis Management regarding some content that may not meet WP:UNDUE. I noticed that you were involved in the Shareholder activism page move and thought you might be interested in taking a look. Thanks for your time, SandraMurphy33 (talk) 09:45, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your edit on Reference_desk/Computing: The Resize template may not be used within a link's text as it produces a Wiki-link in external-link syntax error, a tracked syntax error that I took part in eradicating all existing cases from Wikipedia this summer. The template can still be used externally to surround a link, however, as I've done here. Additionally, <tt>...</tt> is an obsolete tag and not HTML5 compliant. Some alternatives and their use cases are stated here (halfway down). Typically I use code for highlighted text, and samp for nearly all other tt cases. Best wishes, Zinnober9 (talk) 16:33, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is this {{resize}} issue documented somewhere?  --Lambiam 19:31, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

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	Hello Lambiam, warm wishes to you and your family throughout the holiday season. May your heart and home be filled with all of the joys the festive season brings. Here is a toast to a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!. scope_creepTalk 15:28, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Lambiam: This is an off Wikipedia question and normally I would try and answer it myself but I'm stumped and don't know how to proceed. Would you be able to have a go, if its not too much trouble? The WZW is a word in Germam that is something to do with a cnc machine head, perhaps an angle or something on the drill-head itself. scope_creep^Talk 14:26, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I actually found it. I can't believe it. I searched about a month ago and now a quick search found it. Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 14:36, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So not a WZW model then, but an ATC.  --Lambiam 21:06, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't want to have this conversation on the reference desk because I work professionally as a reference librarian and I feel it is important that anything claiming to be a "reference desk" should actually be focused on references. My issue with the answers on the question about the ICC is that the first one was blatantly misleading. It implied that the United States was providing funding to the ICC and Trump would cut it. That isn't remotely true. The United States does not even recognize the ICC as an authority over anything and has never funded it. The second answer implied that a sanction against the ICC was automatically going to lead to the downfall of Wikipedia. That is pure speculation. It could lead to more finacing for Wikipedia. It have no affect on anything to do with Wikipedia. Neither of those should be read as support for Trump or Musk. I'm too old to like any politician. They are all dirty crooks. I now understand a comment my Grandfather made when I got to vote for the first time and I asked him if he was voting for Ford or Carter. He said that the election would work much better if they let everyone give each candidate a good punch right in the face. Then, you can judge which punch gives you the best satisfaction. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 19:01, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ekō just mailed this around:

I’m worried. Trump has a way to kill Ekō. And lots of reasons to do it.
Ekō is a global organization, but like much of the internet, our servers, data, email list, and website are all housed in the US. And mostly with companies that have now aligned themselves with Trump. They could shut us down in a heartbeat.
Would they? Well, we campaigned against Trump throughout his last term and we’ve already started again. And we constantly fight these billionaire tech companies, like our historic data privacy lawsuit against Facebook in Brazil. If we’ve learned anything about Trump and these tech bro-ligarchs, it’s that they have thin skin – and are quick to lash out if their feelings are hurt.
So we have to move countries. And fast.
This isn’t easy. Shifting all our tech will be costly and require more staff to accomplish. But if a few thousand of us can contribute now, we can make Ekō Trump-proof. Will you help?

Alarmist or prudent?  ‑‑Lambiam 17:24, 11 February 2025 (UTC)  ‑‑Lambiam 17:24, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

My first reaction: They are using servers? They aren't using the cloud? Seriously? Who uses servers? Everyone uses the cloud. You go into the console and select a different region. Your website moves.

My second reaction: I'm suspcious of anything in the format: Everybody Panic!!! And send us money.

My third reaction: If someone were to take the time to make a checklist of everything Trump has done, they would see: Trump cut funding to something. A judge blocked it. Trump closed some office. A judge blocked it. Trump cut pay to someone. A judge blocked it. Trump said he wanted to do something. A judge blocked it. Trump went to McDonalds and ordered a Big Mac combo. A judge blocked it. Anything that isn't blocked by a judge is being allowed by a lot more people than Trump, many people on both sides of government.

I should also point out that I've lived through "Nixon is spying on everything you do so he can put everyone he doesn't like in concentration camps!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Nobody elected Ford, he going to sell us out to the evil rich dictators!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Carter is going to destroy America!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Reagan is going to blow up the world!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Bush is going to blow up the world!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Clinton is going to sell off the entire United States while Hillary secretly kills off everyone she doesn't like!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Baby Bush is such an idiot, he will accidentally give the United States to North Korea!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Obama isn't even American!!! He is going to turn America into Africa!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Trump is going to deport everyone who isn't a straight white male Christian!!!" and it didn't happen. Then, "Biden is so senile that he will start WWIII without even knowing it!!!" and it didn't happen. Now, once again, there is panic that the sky is falling. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 20:44, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per the media-brouhaha surrounding WP:s article on Sambhaji, "White symbolizes purity" struck me as funny. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:57, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]