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Hello, Snaevar, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as 200.000 naglbítar, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of 200.000 naglbítar

A tag has been placed on 200.000 naglbítar requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Mo ainm~Talk 19:23, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I created that article becouse there was, and probably still is a request to have an english article on the matter. That request can be seen on the Icelandic chat page on the same matter. Also, becouse of that, I don´t care if that article exsists, or not.--Snaevar (talk) 23:46, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for your hint concerning the usage of cross-language picture usage..

To be honest, I found it already after extensive searching, but thanks anyways. I am always happy to realize that there are real persons out there! All best from Germany! Brn-Bld (talk) 10:30, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

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Favor/Request

Can you take this on? I helpdןǝɥ I 10:03, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Well, the oldest requests have a priority over the newer ones. Don't worry though, your image will be taken on soonish.--Snaevar (talk) 18:52, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 May 2013

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The Signpost: 17 July 2013

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Greenlandic @Babel

Hi, I was notified you changed kl-0 Babel template to corectly show Greenlandic instead of Danish. Could you possibly update the rest of the Greenlandic signs as well? Tnx a lot. --Auvajs (talk) 09:05, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

User:Auvajs: It depends on where these messages come from. It's not like the editor that added those messages speaks greenlandic.--Snaevar (talk) 13:35, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

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Snaevar, how did you change the Vikings page? I am not able to. DaJamez (talk) 18:33, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, I haven't had a chance yet to do a thorough comparison between my original template code and the Lua replacement you designed, but I've found only a few issues so far. I don't know Lua, but I was able to fix one of them (the title input into the case1 parameter was not supposed to wikilink), but I don't know how to correct the page field, which should display ___ when no value is entered. Instead, it's not displaying anything. A bigger issue is that the opinion column sorting no longer works (this relied upon the "justice[#]-sortcode" field inputs). I've reverted to the original template code for now until the Lua code is functional in this regard. Thanks, postdlf (talk) 19:47, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Fixed the two remaining issues. Tested the sorting issue on the first two entries of "2007 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States" and it worked fine there.--Snaevar (talk) 22:39, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
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I was having a really hard time finding a specific year for the cannabis ban, thanks for the key help from an Icelandic speaker! Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 04:03, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Database reports/Long pages datestamps

Could you adjust the datestamp on this report to be more parseable, for example by mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time? 17:20, August 19, 2015‎ (UTC) is confusing, I think because the commas serve multiple purposes. The closest clean analog to what you have is 17:20, 19 August 2015‎ (UTC), which is what most other Wikipedia:Database reports use. I don't know how this WP page is generated, so I don't know what program/script change would accomplish it. DMacks (talk) 07:51, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Done.--Snaevar (talk) 20:50, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! DMacks (talk) 21:17, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Parser was still upset...it turned out there was some nonstandard whitespace or other nonprinting character between "2017" and "(UTC)". I changed it and now Wikipedia:Database reports is happy. DMacks (talk) 21:29, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi. I happened to notice this edit and decided to stop by. I'm re-using this section, hope you don't mind.

Regarding the timestamp, it's usually easiest to use ~~~~~ (five tildes), which MediaWiki will automatically turn into a decent timestamp: 01:25, 24 January 2017 (UTC).

Regarding the report's update frequency, are you volunteering to keep this report updated monthly? If so, great! :-) If not, I may be able to (re-)set it to update more frequently. It's kind of strange that this report is broken, in some ways. Maybe someone figured Special:LongPages was good enough? I don't remember the report being particularly complex, so it's a bit strange that other reports are continuing to update but this one is not. It makes me think it might've been intentional, but I dunno. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:25, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Err, actually, I happened to notice this edit. I looked at the report's page history after. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:02, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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User:LaundryPizza03: That seemingly incomplete deletion was complete until this diff was made and here is my response to it. Note that the TimedText namespace (where my deletion nomination was made) does not display any templates properly. In addition to that reasoning I do not have the time to take part in this beurocratic process, as in this particular namespace it is misleading at best. As such, don´t expect any further actions on my part regarding this.--Snaevar (talk) 17:37, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

Hi Snaevar! In Persian Wikipedia, I'm having problems regarding the correct, standard Icelandic pronunciation of his name. Based on the IPA provided in the page (/ˈhafθour ˈjuːlijʏs ˈpjœrtn̥ssɔn/) and Help:IPA/Icelandic as well as Icelandic/Alphabet and Pronunciation, all "s" letters in his name should be pronounced like the English "s" (/s/), as in "sing". However, it is argued that the audio file in the page (provided below) somehow hears like English "sh" (/ʃ/), as in "shop". So, what is the correct standard pronunciation? Is IPA really incorrect? Thanks. MS 会話 06:12, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

The pronunciation and the sound file where both added by Þjarkur. The standard way of pronouncing the word is /s/, but the emphasis on the "s" is an North Iceland variation and as such is an acceptable way of saying it. In his edit summary Þjarkur mentioned the IPA dataset by the Icelandic linguistician Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, which is in English here: https://notendur.hi.is/eirikur/ipv.pdf . On page 8, there is further explanation about the regional difference between the North Iceland variation as compared to the common way of saying those things.--Snaevar (talk) 19:53, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

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Hello Snaevar, Would you help to find an user to write the article of Isabelle de Charrière (Q123386) for the Icelandic Wikipedia? That would be appreciated. Boss-well63 (talk) 12:35, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

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* = {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getAliases |fwd=ALL |qid=Q2191959}}
* = {{#invoke:WikidataIB/sandbox |getAliases |fwd=ALL |qid=Q2191959}}
* = {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getAliases |fwd=ALL}}
* = {{#invoke:WikidataIB/sandbox |getAliases |fwd=ALL}}

into Twospined angelfish and observing on preview that the last one returns nothing.

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to allow nil qid values through:

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Hello Snævar, I have just created Nýey and think I may have fallen into the bear trap that you described in Talk Geirfuglasker in 2011. Could you check please and I will try to fix it. (I speak no Icelandic) Many thanks. Chienlit (talk) 11:01, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

  • Hello Snævar, with a clearer head this morning, I have disambiguated both Geirfuglasker islands and corrected the coordinates. Chienlit (talk) 08:26, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks. That one would be hard for an non Icelander anyway. The island used to be in a ridge called Eldeyjarboði, which is a bit further southwest. There is no other "Nýey" like with Geirfuglasker, not a current island anyway.--Snævar (talk) 19:31, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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Draft:Hans Jóhannsson

Hi Snævar, thank you for your work on the draft. Do you mind if I change the submitter from you to the creator so they get the acceptance message? No issue if you do. I will just leave a manual note on their talk page letting them know. Also, just an fyi, if you believe a draft is acceptable for mainspace you can move it yourself. There is no obligation for a draft to go through AfC, outside of things like COI/Paid or other restrictions. S0091 (talk) 16:52, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Sure, you can change the submitter. Looking at the talk page of the draft, the original author is a bit lost, so I will probably edit the article more than he will. As far as moving the article myself, this is an biography, and with that come bigger standards, so that would be why I have not moved it myself. Even if the article is good enough, the AfC process would just make it better, and that is a good thing. Snævar (talk) 17:00, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
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Why are you blocked me on Icelandic Wikipedia??? I told you about article, created by globally locked long term cross-wiki abuser (hoaxer). See blocklog of that account. Хоббит (talk) 15:08, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed by checkuser of English Wikipedia Zzuuzz. Хоббит (talk) 15:47, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
About my first edit (now deleted): maybe someone edited my comment, I wrote only one word 'Gabb' ('hoax'); that cross-wiki abuser several times edited my replicas. Хоббит (talk) 16:01, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
SPI is here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Birdsflyinghigh123/Archive. If you want some info Snævar, I'm quite informed about it. Хоббит isn't the hoaxer here. Meanwhile I do recall seeing Birdsflyinghigh123 edit iswiki. -- zzuuzz (talk) 16:11, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raísa_Vasíljeva , https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerfissíða:Framlög/Хоббит , https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerfissíða:Framlög/Gabb_co (maybe another puppet of that hoaxer). Хоббит (talk) 16:18, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Answered on the Icelandic wikipedia. No one is calling Хоббит a hoaxer.--Snævar (talk) 17:11, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
What about hiding of block? Хоббит (talk) 17:15, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ortenso new account. Хоббит (talk) 07:16, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

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I would love to expand the articles on Istorrent and/or Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda. If you can provide reliably sourced information, it would be greatly appreciated. My primary interest lies in accurately representing record charts and recording certifications, but I am limited by my lack of knowledge of the language and which local sources are reliable. If we can expand the Istorrent article to five times its current size, we could consider adding it to the DYK nomination. This seems feasible given the article's length on the Icelandic Wikipedia. --Muhandes (talk) 12:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

The majority of the is:Istorrent covers controversies. Namely most of the "Fjölmiðlaumræður" (english: Newspaper discussions) chapter and it's sub-chapters covers controversies - distribution of stuff that both Americans and Europeans would find repulsive. Getting that article into English is not just an translation, it is also a matter of traversing that minefield. Snævar (talk) 20:31, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
I will take your word for it. I'll be happy to cooperate on any other article in the future. Muhandes (talk) 10:02, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

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Canada - Iceland relations in Trump's shadow

Hello Snævar,

You commented on the thread I started at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) regarding '''Interlanguage link issues''' and then I noticed you are an admin on the Icelandic Wikipedia. Since I am in Canada I am curious to learn your take on Trump's stated ambitions to annex Iceland, Canada, the Panama Canal, the Gaza Strip and who knows where else. It would appear that he has the same empire building dna as Putin does - which would go a long way to explain their fraternal relationship.
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Enquire (talk) 01:07, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
Greenlanders used this interest of Trump when they where enlarging their airports in Trumps first regime. They voiced to the Danes that they could just turn to the Americans for investment, but the Danes then stood up and said, no no, we have this covered. These airports where then enlarged while Biden was in office and are now nearing completion. It was a necessary step for them, because their international airport was in the middle of nowhere, built for military purposes, where as now they will have two international airports, one near the capital in the west, and one near a sizeable town on the east. Greenlanders control their own home affairs, Denmark is not letting them up so I expect Greenland to stay as is. After all, Harry S Truman did try to buy Greenland and was unsuccessful.
Icelanders do care what happen to Canada. A number of people left the country in the 19th century to an area called New Iceland.
Native Icelanders are unlike mainland Europeans in the way that they like both American and European products. I think there are three main differences between Iceland and the USA. One is whaling - which is due to be cancelled later this year. Second is the left and right wing political parties - where as the USA is mostly on the right Thirdly there is the opinion on global warming - Iceland agrees with global warming, as most of Europe does too, but Trump clearly does not think global warming is a thing. USA did have a play in making Iceland independent from Denmark in 1944, mainly by invading the country. I think Icelanders will just use Trumps interest in a similar way to Greenland and will stay independent, but at the same time it will not really be a big difference if USA does take it over either. Snævar (talk) 02:07, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

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Afsökunarbeiðni

Kæri Snævar. Ég vil fá að biðja þig afsökunar á þeim grímuleikjum sem ég hef því miður stundað á íslensku Wikipedia. Ég hef hugsað málið undanfarna daga og ég átta mig á því núna að það er ekki ásættanlegt að gera slíkt. Ég vil verða betri notandi á Wikipedia og mun því einbeita mér að ensku Wikipedia í einhvern tíma og ef mér tekst að standa mig þar þá vonandi get ég snúið aftur á þá íslensku. Ég gengst við fyrri mistökum og er tilbúinn að takast á við vandann. Bestu kveðjur: Bjornkarateboy. Bjornkarateboy (talk) 23:29, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Ég hef bara atkvæðisrétt, ég tek ekki ákvörðun einn um bönn annara. Ég mun kjósa á grundvelli þess hvort þú hefur gert það sem ég hef ráðlagt þér. Það er hægt að skoða þetta bann eftir að þú hefur einbeitt þér að ensku wikipediu í a.m.k. tvær vikur. Snævar (talk) 13:56, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Ég mun reyna mitt besta á ensku Wikipedia í umsaminn tíma. Ég viðurkenni það fúslega að Wikipedia er ekki það eina sem ég á erfitt með. Ég stunda nám við Háskóla Íslands og það hefur yfirleitt gengið vel. Ég vinn hægt og þarf reglulega aðstoð í að velja aðalatriði og stytta texta ef ég skrifa of mikið og ég þarf að passa mig að hengja mig ekki í smáatriðum en á endanum þá skila ég alltaf af mér góðum hlutum. Ég fæ litla sem enga leiðsögn á Wikipedia sem skýrir að miklu leyti það hvernig ég ber mig þar en ég vil standa mig vel, bæði í skólanum og á Wikipedia. Bjornkarateboy (talk) 18:15, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Ég er tilbúinn að fyrirgefa þér fyrir að hafa stutt varanlegt bann gegn mér. En á móti þá vil ég að við setum upp sameiginlegt plan um hvernig ég get losnað úr því einn daginn. Ég er ekki að biðja um að banninu verðu aflétt strax en ég tel að það sé betra fyrir alla að ég vinni í mínum málum og komi til baka heldur en að ég geri það ekki. Eins og ég hef nefnt þá eru fleiri hlutir sem mér finnst erfiðir en ég finn alltaf leið til að leysa hlutina, þótt það taki oft langan tíma. Bjornkarateboy (talk) 21:35, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

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