Achim Raschka

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Spam

Please stop Spamming with this Zeno stuff. It will all be deleted anyway. Johnbod 11:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I answered at the deletion request page -- Achim Raschka 15:36, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I think if you just add individual useful links that is fine. I'm pretty sure the templates will be deleted, as we are very sensitive about Spam & they could easily create a bad precedent. Various institutions, like the European Library & a guy for the V&A museum, have got into trouble for "spamming" in the wrong way. But if all or most of your edits are adding external links a bot will pick that up. Some people are more bothered than me by the ads on Zeno. If there already many links to outside image sources, and a Commons page, you need to look hard at the range, for quality and quantity, and decide if Zeno is better, and worth including. If it is, it may be a good idea to remove the weakest one when you add Zeno (not Commons obviously). Also don't always put it top. Hope that helps. Johnbod 11:20, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Audio Barnstar

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		Your adding of sound samples to Whale song greatly improves the article and gives a clear impression of what whale sounds are like. So you deserve an Audio Barnstar. Thanks!  Channel ®   09:24, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Katzen sind doof, stattdessen:

	Heavy Metal Love
	Moin, herzliche Grüße aus Boston! Frank Schulenburg (talk) 12:04, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Correction in List of cities with Stolpersteine

Thanks for taking care of the removal of V-S. I'm not sure I got the point of the article. Was it to shame the city? Also of interest is this discussion: Löschprüfung#Liste der Städte mit Stolperstein-Gedenktafeln bzw. Liste der Orte mit Stolpersteinen. Marrante (talk) 06:40, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Dear Marrante, the article says that V.-S. never had any Stolperstein because of communal denial. Following the Website of of Gunter Demnig there was an information session in Villingen-Schwenningen but no placement of Stolpersteine. Concerning the German deletion request: long discussions and a compromise to delete - I think this deletion should not be but I'm not involved and don't want to have more discussion on this point. Best regards, -- Achim Raschka (talk) 07:46, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

I understood the "what"; it was the "why" that was puzzling to me. So, I guess the answer to my question was "yes". I didn't really get the German WP discussion either, but I didn't have time to read through the entire thing. It seemed like there was good, clear support for the page (not to mention three attempts to establish it (!) but administrative disapproval. A "compromise to delete" doesn't even make sense to me, but I understand your wish to not discuss it further. I replied because I wanted to say a couple of things. Marrante (talk) 11:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

You are totally right and I also would support to get this list in again - what I say is that I'm tired to discuss things over and over again instead of doing other things with my rare time instead. -- Achim Raschka (talk) 11:26, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

I updated the main article, adding VS into the "Criticism" section, where they now stand as the only city (that I know about) that has rejected the idea outright. Cologne did initially, but relented (years ago) and was already in the section, but now it has some more current info! With references, of course. I like the comments section to the article you flagged in your original deletion to the List article. Marrante (talk) 13:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

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Visiting Germany

Hi! I didn't see any email or facebook message from you, as far as I know. On Facebook I see only a very old message from you about the death of a Wikipedian in 2009!

Well, anyway, yes I would like to try to meet up with local Wikipedians when I am in Germany on March 6th. It is too early now for me to know the full logistics of my trip - I believe my speech is mid-day and so what I usually try to do is come to Europe (from London) and return the same evening if I can - to not stay too long away from my family if I can. But if I am unable to make the last flight out, and I'm in Germany that night, then certainly a Wikipedia dinner is a great idea!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 13:39, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Photograph

Hi Achim,

Thank you for taking an interest in this photograph. I was working with Tshelanyemba Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe a few years ago and I personally know the doctor who extracted the pictured organism from a woman's foot. The doctor had no idea what the organism was, so I took a picture and added it to Wikipedia, hoping that someone would be able to identify it. Are you confident that the organism is a Buprestidae larvae and that such larvae do not bore into human heels?

Neelix (talk) 02:04, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

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Wow, cool - and I was not aware of being nominated ... -- Achim Raschka (talk) 09:38, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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You should be very careful about the Uwe Mundlos business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6xSM1jSA1k --217.94.30.84 (talk) 01:03, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Ohhh and by the way you should not underestimate that some people might have become angry about the AMAZON business. NAMASTE

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Hi Achim,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:13-06-07 RaR Biffy Clyro Simon Neil 02.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 31, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-08-31. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:54, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

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Hallo und Danke für die rasche Abarbeitung der VM. Die Verlinkung war zudem ANON-Verstoß, da der Artikel in den Kommentaren einen Klarnamen enthielt. Damit hat Gugerel gegen SG-Auflage verstoßen, die 3 Monate Sperre dafür vorsieht. --When Johnny Comes Marching Home (talk) 10:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

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ha!ha!habe schon verschiedene angefragt, ob sie mich als HELFENDE bei #WikiCon21 eintragen würden... machst du es. in wuppertal konnte ich ja auch mit #sms2smsBAN mit dabei sein... hätte auch themenvorschläge oder würde (auch dieses mal wiederum) einen workshop anbieten. (remoted) --Sms2sms (talk) 15:39, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

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You need Information

Dear Achim Raschka,

You are a racist, because you are now a GreeNa (Green Nazi).

- Alice Whiter 2A02:3030:A03:BF03:9556:40CD:63CB:90 (talk) 12:03, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Go. To. Youtuber. "Erenei".

He is your Hater. Visit his channel, than its over. 2001:9E8:72EB:A700:4D52:C0DA:35E7:C402 (talk) 21:21, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

October 2024

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I don't see that the text I added is to near to the original I cited, so it's not copied. Additional it gives the citation in the footnote. -- Achim Raschka (talk) 13:48, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

The point is that you should have added an attribution template, because the content is released under license. You can view the overlap using Earwig's tool. Diannaa (talk) 21:17, 9 October 2024 (UTC)