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Independence Day 2015[]

June 9 marks the 588th anniversary of Brunant's independence!

Join other Brunanters and Lovians at Beach Gardens on 6 June from 11:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon for a picnic, with music, activities games and of course, Brunanter food and drink.

Guests of the embassy are invited to a reception at the embassy on 5 June from 7:30 to 11:30 in the evening with Brunanter music, traditional hors d'oeuvres and other events.

--Tania Figueras-Costa, Ambassador 15:18, May 16, 2015 (UTC)

Celebrate! :D Independence for all! :D Hoffmann

KunarianTALK 18:54, May 16, 2015 (UTC)

Maybe that would be a fitting day to launch an invasion. :o --Semyon 19:02, May 16, 2015 (UTC)

Yay! Brunant really is very old. You think Aina Sarria can be in the reception of the embassy or the picnic?? She's from Brunant. Traspes - Dianna Bartol

00:52, May 17, 2015 (UTC)

Yes, older than the reformation, the "discovery" of the Americas and the printing press. And yes, Aina would probably be a guest at the embassy's cocktail reception. And anyone is free to go to the picnic, so you can as well. HORTON11:

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13:39, May 17, 2015 (UTC)

Oos[]

I have a message from our bureaucrat. He's taking an unexpected wikibreak for a week or so, as apparently a member of his family caused his computer to explode. More details of this intriguing tale I do not currently have. :o --Semyon 18:40, May 16, 2015 (UTC)

This is highly interesting. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 18:47, May 16, 2015 (UTC)

:o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 12:02, May 17, 2015 (UTC)

Update: apparently there's some home improvement going on 'with kitchen and electricity and shit' (I lol'd :P). The computer was not disconnected prior to turning the electricity back on. --Semyon 12:52, May 17, 2015 (UTC)

Update: 'cle Oos got himself a new PC and can once again actively be involved into the improvement and increase in takavíhkiness of this site and many others :o --OuWTB 18:34, May 19, 2015 (UTC)

For some reason WIFI on 'cle Oos's compie tends to work now :o --OuWTB 08:33, May 22, 2015 (UTC)

History proposals[]

Hey, please have a look here and here, and comment. Thanks! :) --Semyon 18:27, May 18, 2015 (UTC)

I like TM's pre-2008 proposal very much. --OuWTB 09:05, May 19, 2015 (UTC)

I Return[]

I've spent a few days away as my daughter was born on Wednesday after a 24 hour labour without sleep. I now return although be aware of my now busier life, although I fully plan to continue my furious opposition to the government and my other contributions to this wiki. Hoffmann KunarianTALK 10:57, May 30, 2015 (UTC)

:o Congratulations :o Welcome back :o --OuWTB 10:59, May 30, 2015 (UTC)

Somehow, I missed this. :o Many many congratulations. --Semyon 21:03, June 2, 2015 (UTC)

Bot[]

Hey all, I've recently created a bot, User:Sembot, which I've been experimenting with on a small scale in Burenia. I'd like to use it here to do a few tasks, most notably sorting out some categories and placing the DEFAULTSORT template on the necessary pages. To get wikia to flag it as a bot, I need some of you to confirm that you approve of the use and flagging of the bot. :o Thanks! --Semyon 20:33, June 2, 2015 (UTC)

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Sylvania Local Elections Hustings[]

Please put your character's name and then the comment they are making in reply to questions. Once you've answered all questions in a region feel free to enter the debate.

Will close when candidacies close.

Headlands Regional Husting[]

Being held at Saint George's Episcopal Church in Charleston.

Invitees:

David Johnson - Yes! to Progress and Tradition
Niamh Richardson - Lovian Future - Future, Freedom and Fairness
Augustin Durante - SNP; Supporting Farmers, Fishermen, Miners and the Village
Fatima Darmezh - CPL.nm; Democratic Socialism
Simon van der Waal - GP; For the People, the Environment and the Heritage of the Headland
Adriaan Burgers - CCPL; Building an economy whilst protecting the Headlands

Question 1[]

73 year old pensioner from Charleston, Laura - Local councils have the power to regulate, approve and deny property transactions and constructions in their regions, how will you use this power to benefit the people of the Headlands?

Simon van der Waal - It is very important where we allow construction. The Stephen Headland is a major ecological region of Lovia, and the protection of the Stephen Headland National Park is of course a priority. Of course, new housing and the like will inevitably be needed to cater for population increase, but we should make sure that all new construction does not harm the nature of the headland, particularly the National Park.

Augustin Durante - Of course this power must be used carefully. I think we should seek to be as hands off as possible and try and get the local people to be as hands on as possible. I would gladly take any large concern about a development or sale seriously and bring it immediately to the council for a vote and would personally vote according to the feelings of those in the headlands.

Fatima Darmezh - We would like to significantly increase the number of state properties so that they can be used to benefit all citizens of the region. We want to establish a system for local people to be directly involved with deciding how these state properties will be used. We will also ensure that natural regions are protected.

Question 2[]

38 year old farmer from Jason's Ranch, Paul - Charleston may be the centre of the Headlands economically, but what will you do on the committees to see that the rural Headlands are not ignored for the coming year?

Simon van der Waal - An important industry that can and should be further developed in the rural Headlands is tourism. The Headlands, of course, have the Stephen Headland National Park, which could potentially be a major source of nature tourism. Karlhaven, Headland Lakes and Steenveld all directly stand to benefit from visitors to the National Park, and indirectly all of the headland region stands to benefit from the increased attention to the region the National Park could bring. Steenveld could also benefit from tourism of its unique stone architecture. In the southern parts of the headland, away from the National Park, settlements would be less affected, but in settlements like Jason's Ranch agriculture can continue to be developed.

Augustin Durante - I feel that we should aim to encourage businesses, local businesses particularly to utilise the untapped resources of the rural settlements. I'm not just talking about tourism here, which is a good route to take may I say. However I feel that if we support good logistics in the headlands then the central settlements can really get their goods about. Jason's Ranch could also use more transport links to help it really advance and Karlhaven needs to be supported by the council to do the most basic but essential of all its industries which is to fish. Steenveld and Headland Lakes could both benefit from good transport links to their farms and well supported logistics.

Fatima Darmezh - We desire to set up worker coöperatives in order to allow the people of the Headlands to utilize the resources of the region in a way that benefits all and ensures people get the full product of their labour. Otherwise, we agree with the others.

Question 3[]

29 year old cleaner from Charleston, Maarten - Public services are due to be rolled out properly soon, too late in my opinion, but what will you do concerning public services if you get elected?

Augustin Durante - I think the most important public service beyond those mandated by law will be public transport. In such an expanse as the Headlands we really want to help people become mobile, which will in turn help the economy and help people socially. All rural inhabitants should be able to get around without concern and particularly should be able to get to the settlements of Charleston and Train Village with ease. Of course we will be immediately implementing the various care, water and waste and other such services as soon as the council begins but I feel that non-mandated services like a public transport system will be incredibly important and valuable too.

Fatima Darmezh - Services like health and education would be managed from the federal and/or state level, so we are limited in that regard, but we will work to establish public transport, water, waste, electricity, internet, and other services. Again, we stress the importance of a socialist approach in ensuring that the people directly control these instead of corporations.

Debate[]

Highlands Regional Husting[]

Being held at the Miners Union of Lovia Hall in Clave Rock.

Invitees:

Brano Banik - SNP; A Voice For The Highlands
Jos De Moor - CCPL; Protecting the Highlands
Alan Faermar - CPL.nm; Democratic Socialism
Emma Jonker - Yes! to A better future with a better party
Ion Lucescu - RMP; Protecting the Uniqueness of the Highlands and the Minorities of Lovia
Louis Burton - Lovian Future - Future, Freedom and Fairness

Question 1[]

56 year old miner from Severnybana, Patryk - Will the attendees here tonight use the powers of the local council concerning construction to support or inhibit the traditional mining settlements of Coal Town and Severnybana?

Ion Lucescu - I feel this is an issue where we must strike a careful balance. It is certainly important that the environment is protected, and we should make sure to regulate pollution and waste from mines, and make sure that the nature of the Highlands is not harmed. But it is also important that we do not bankrupt these mines, as they play a crucial role in giving employment to the people of this region.

Alan Faermar - We agree completely with Mr. Lucescu.

Jos De Moor - We look to protect the Emerald Highlands, and do agree that it is a priority that the Highlands are not harmed. We must also make sure that the local economy is not harmed, and as they play such an important role in keeping the region employed, we agree that remaining balanced is very important.

Question 2[]

19 year old student from Clave Rock, Ashley - What would you do to help young people like me start a business in the Highlands, and further, what would you do to help others?

Alan Faermar - We strongly support the creation of worker coöperatives rather than traditional businesses due to the problems inherent in the capitalist model, which are outlined online but would take too long to describe here. We will ensure that a group of people who wish to coöperate to produce products can do so in a fair fashion, and ensure that they receive the full product of their labour. This means you'd receive similar amounts of compensation to your would-be employees, which is more fair than under capitalism.

Brano Banik - I find it quite funny that you have completely ignored the question, Alan, and gone down an ideological route. I think it is typical of the CPL, who seem to be here only for politics, to do this. Worker cooperatives are already possible and do exist, that is how the mines in this area are effectively operated. Ashley, I would say to people like you that with what spare money we have as a council, I would like to do what I can to help people like you start businesses. Far from all this nonsense about workers cooperatives, you need to even get started before you even decide how you structure your enterprise. And I would be here both as an advisor in a personal capacity and in the capacity as a councillor I would argue that we create a local investment fund for entrepreneurs like yourself. Further I would support increasing the logistics capability so that you may more properly operate an enterprise that seeks business across Peace island and maybe even across all of Lovia.

Question 3[]

27 year old tour guide from Clave Rock, Andrea - What would be the most important area to allocate funding to after essential public services?

Alan Faermar - Since the Federal and/or State government have authority over education and health, we would like to establish public control of water first, followed by electricity, waste, internet, and transport, not necessarily in that order. There is a necessity for the people to control water due to its status as a human right not fit to be controlled by any other entity.

Brano Banik - The problem here is that the law already provides for what Mr Faermar is saying. And we shall have clean free water, waste treatment, cheap electricity, free education thanks to the voucher system and a free at the point of use health service. Now transport and internet are incredibly important but I consider them essential so after spending money on these services I feel that we must invest our money in ensuring that people can easily find ways of earning money, whether that is through employment or entrepreneurship. And also we should invest money in creating a more cohesive society, with social events and gatherings that bring the highlands together and bring tourism to the highlands.

Jos De Moor - Good transportation links should be maintained, and the basic essentials should be kept low-cost. We must also promote the local culture, as we are located in the Greater Oceana region however are heavily influenced by Sylvanian culture.

Debate[]

Alan Faermar - Then I will give you a direct answer: we won't support the creation of businesses, because the people working in them deserve the full value of their labour and equal say over the running of the company. Instead, we will support the creation of more worker coöperatives. We're not only here for politics. We're here because the people of this region, and the entire nation, need radical change to makes their lives better and more fair. Once those coöperatives are created, we support what Mr. Banik proposes towards the end of his statement.

Bay Regional Husting[]

Being held at the Sylvania State Capitol in Noble City.

Invitees:

Joseph Fletcher - CNP; A New Direction For Noble City
Owen Janssen - Lovian Future; Future, Freedom and Fairness
Willem Brouwer - CCPL; No Forgetting NC
Jason Rogers - Lovian Unionist Syndicate; Syndicalism
Thomas Trough - Parti fo Nesavicelost 'Oshenna; retour à Oshenna
Djeko Vasilyev - GP; For the Environment, the People and the Truth
James Brand - UL - Let's Build Success
Issac Beckett - CPL.nm; Democratic Socialism

Question 1[]

23 year old teacher from Noble City, Anna - How will the attendees here tonight use their powers to concerning education in Noble City?

Issac Beckett - The CPL.nm is a party filled with education activists. From Nabolo in Train Village to our support of education reforms. If elected in the Bay Area council, we will promise to build another school in the Bay Area, probably in Pierresville, as we feel students there should not have to travel to Noble City to recieve quality education.

Jason Rogers - We completely agree. We would also support making more schools directly controlled by the people, so they are transparent and governed by those who use them.

Question 2[]

31 year old farmer from Boborbrod, Thomas - The community and family committee is assigned the roles of creating policies for these two areas, will you seek to have a seat on that committee and if so what will you do on it?

Issac Beckett - Thomas, if we obtain some form of a majority we will work with other Parties and the communities committee to ensure not only right-to-buy schemes for those in the middle class, but also council housing so we make sure that being poor does not come with systematic stratification, and allow the working class to obtain safety.

Jason Rogers - We wholeheartedly agree with the CPL.nm, and will pursue a socialist approach.

Question 3[]

17 year old student from Noble City, Sophie - I find it hard to see that there's a lot of prospects for me in Noble City, job-wise, will you do anything to make sure school leavers are able to find work?

Issac Beckett - This is a great question, mainly because no other party will be able to ensure you get a job after graduating. If elected the CPL.nm would ensure some job either in the private or public sector by increasing job training, public transport, education opportunities, and allowing for more industry jobs. Socialism would mean ensured employment, and at this stage, a well paying job. We can ensure that you will not only have a job but that you will actually live comfortably and the quality of living will increase.

Jason Rogers - Agreed. Socialism means that the people own the means of production. The concept of unemployment will disappear, because the amount of hours people work in a day will contract until all people have jobs. This will allow you to get a skilled job that applies what you have learned, rather than an unskilled one. We also strongly support free job training, public transport, education, et cetera. We also want to transform currently existing corporations into worker coöperatives so that people earn the full product of their labour.

Debate[]

Eastern Regional Husting[]

Being held at Oostermond Hall in Oostermond.

Invitees:

Nick Oostermond - SNP; Protecting Industry and Forestry in the East
Zachary Eastmark - CPL.nm; Democratic Socialism
Charlotte Nichols- Lovian Future; Future, Freedom and Fairness
John Plemming - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia; Christian socialism

Question 1[]

34 year old woodsman from Oostermond, Lars - Will the candidates please make it clear where they think the meagre funds we shall be allocated are best invested?

Question 2[]

67 year old pensioner from Boshem, Stan - Can we be sure that those we elect will hold our best interests at heart and stop any unfriendly property development from entering our region?

Question 3[]

25 year old paper mill worker from Smithston, Merel - As commuting to work takes up a lot of time, family lives in the rural communities can sometimes be drastically affected, especially those including young children, what will the candidates do to help families?

Debate[]

Isle Regional Husting[]

Being held at Pool Village Hall in Pool.

Invitees:

Andrew Wright - Pudlian Party; Collective Growth and Development
Michael Cooper - Shepbeian Party; Standing up for us Shepbeians
Julie Karvor - CPL.nm; Democratic Socialism

Question 1[]

46 year old dockworker from Pool, Benjamin - We aren't going to get that much money from ol' Hoffmann in the City so choices on where money is spent will have to be made, what would you like to use the funds on?

Andrew Wright - I think it will be best spent ensuring that everyone on the isle is happy, healthy and as wealthy as they can be. Happiness will want social investment in the form of community events. Health will want public services that keep everyone fit as a fiddle. Wealth will want employment support to ensure that everyone who wants a job can get one or can train towards getting one.

Michael Cooper - I agree. The purpose of the Shepbeian Party is to serve the citizens of Shepby however it does not mean we will forget about Pool. We look to work with Andrew Wright to ensure the island maintains a good living standard.

Julie Karvor - We agree with Mr. Wright, but we disagree that we'll get significantly less money per capita from Noble City than other regions. Hopefully, we will be able to nationalize services like water, electricity, waste, and internet so the people can directly control them.

Question 2[]

32 year old journalist from Shepby, James - As a journalist I get to see all the varying cultures of Lovia, this makes me love and cherish the diversity of our nation and the cultures of this isle, what will you do to promote our local culture?

Andrew Wright - I am incredibly passionate about the cultures of the isle, both that of Pool which I know well and Shepby which I have enjoyed frequently. Being the owner of Wright & Wright, one of Pool's best exports to the rest of Lovia and beyond, I can only say that our cultures are already strong. I will only strengthen then by ensuring that we continue our sense of community on the isle. I really want to have a sort of fair actually. On the isle with entertainment and stands for merchants, which would allow all of use to show off our businesses and our culture to each other and visitors to this beautiful isle.

Michael Cooper - I share a similar experience to Andrew. I am also the owner of a local Shepbeian business and am very passionate about the island's culture. Ahead of the elections, we discussed a wide range of potential ideas to promote the local culture. Considering we are elected, we hope to hold an event which would allow our businesses to promote our culture.

Julie Karvor - We agree. We'll promote the culture of this isle by investing in cultural events, education, and tourism.

Question 3[]

37 year old manager from Pool, Emily - The enterprise and commerce committee could potentially have heavy effects on our economy depending on how it is used by those who win seats in the election, what will you do to help our isle if you win a majority on the committee?

Andrew Wright - I think things are going fine as they are. However I think that we need to take the enterprise and commerce committee and use it as a problem solver. I think that anyone who has a business or wants to start one should be able to come to the committee and raise issues and get them solved. Our economy doesn't need special trinket policies, just a helping hand now and again.

Michael Cooper - I agree with Andrew. Here in Shepby, we have a strong local economy and from my past experiences in Pool, I believe they have a strong economy too. As a business owner myself, I support that anyone who is interested in starting or promoting a business should be able to attend the committee and raise any issue or problem they have been faced with.

Julie Karvor - We will nationalize industries and put them under the control of the people, and transform currently existing corporations into worker coöperatives. We need radical change to ensure people get the full value of their labour.

Debate[]

Plains Regional Husting[]

Being held at Train Village Town Hall in Train Village.

Invitees:

Anthony Claessens - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia - Serving Train Village, Clave Rock and the Plains.
Katharina Schroder - SNP; Protecting the Plainish Culture, Growing the Plainish Economy
Hugo Mendes - independent environmentalist; Say no to career politicians, say yes to Hugo!
Darius Nabolo - CPL.nm; Democratic Socialism
Peter Kojdova - PVD; The True Party for Train Village!

Question 1[]

29 year old non-worker from Train Village, Lena - I've been unemployed for almost a year now, instability on a national level has caused chaos for my job prospects, what will the local council do to remedy a lack of jobs in the area?

Peter Kojdova - Well, I certainly think that local businesses should focus on employing those from our Vlack Did rather than those from further away in Lovia or overseas. I intend to propose a subsidy/tax scheme where companies receive subsidies or are taxed based upon the proportion of local workers they employ.

Darius Nabolo - We will seek to implement socialism. Local businesses will be transformed into worker coöperatives so that they can help the people rather than work against them. We will ensure that every person that wants a job has one by offering government jobs, using coöperatives to help people, or by providing transportation to other settlements if necessary.

Anthony Claessens - I think a perfect example of solving this issue is the concept used in Pool and Shepby. The economy consists almost entirely of local businesses that employ local citizens. If we could promote local businesses and use a similar concept, unemployment would almost be entirely solved.

Question 2[]

54 year old cleaner from Kustwijk, Maxime - What will the attendees do if they gain seats on the community and families committee?

Peter Kojdova - Our Vlack Did is at a very unique position in Lovia, at the confluence of Greater Oceana and the rest of the nation. It is therefore important that we protect and empower the local culture, and not focus entirely on the Sylvanian aspects of the region, which have often been given priority in the past. The region of Vlack Did has two languages of its own, the highly endangered Muzan Oceana and the effectively extinct Train Village Dutch. We need to recognise these languages and promote them amongst the community, for if we ignore these then we will be losing an important part of our identity, what makes us Vlack Did, the Emerald Goars and the Vlack Did Rovina. Oceana, too, though it is protected across the artificial border that has been erected between Vlack Did and the Emeralds and the rest of Greater Oceana, does not have official status here in Vlack Did, and we should make sure that it is recognised. With only English as official language, the identity of our region is basically oppressed in favour of that of That Mest, and that is not at all good for our community.

Darius Nabolo - But investing in culture doesn't make people's lives better, so we will instead use funds for education and other services like that to increase the well being of people in this region.

Anthony Claessens - Train Village has a local council that should be protected and promoted. As Peter has mentioned, there are two other languages solely spoken in the town, Muzan Oceana and Train Village Dutch. We are also positioned in the Greater Oceana region, and should look to protect Oceana culture in the town. Despite this, Sylvanian culture heavily influences the town and we must make sure that it is also promoted.

Question 3[]

41 year old logistics manager from Neuberg, Alex - Train Village and indeed the Plains is the centre of much of the moving and transporting of goods around Lovia and particularly Peace Island. How will you ensure that all the transport links are well maintained without having low spending in other areas?

Darius Nabolo - While working in capitalism, we'd seek to raise revenue and seek financial assistance from other locations that use our transport links. Under socialism, we'd establish worker control, economic activity that does not improve society would become refocused naturally towards important areas, including these transport links.

Anthony Claessens - We have a railway connecting Train Village with other large settlements in the state, and therefore can transport anything easily, without having to operate it. The railway is under the control of the Ministry of Transportation, and they look to maintain the line so I don't see too much of a problem. We do look to establish a transportation system within the area however, connecting Train Village with surrounding settlements.

Debate[]

Anti-Communists Vow to Disrupt CPL.nm campaigns[]

FreedomFlagACL — The flag used by the movement

A group known as the Anti-Communist League today formed and announced that it would be "taking the fight" to the communists in Lovia. Numbering around 500 in strength they say that they will disrupt the disharmonious campaigns of radical leftists and communists such as Caroline Tywomeski and Isabella Munson.

Comment[]

Aww how cute!!! I always find it weird how liberal groups (anti-radical) always want to censor people by disrupting their campaigns and speeches. And yes I know it said they do not want to "ban" the CPL.nm but by them disrupting peacful gatherings it is censorship nonetheless. Miroslav Znalic 20:00, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Hardly. If the CPL.nm wish to put themselves in the public and hold fanatical rallies in public then the people should surely be able to come with their response. Besides many members of the CPL.nm have supported the AFL, an organisation that actually wants to censor people. I think one peaceful gathering voicing their distaste at another peaceful gathering is surely fine if the latter came out into the public streets and attempted to claim them as their own private shouting grounds. KunarianTALK 20:08, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

I would think the more fanatical crowd here would be the ones disrupting a rally with shouts and screams. Surely, the shrill yellings of some conservative protesters is definitely more distasteful. Wouldn't the ultimate liberal solution, if the group truly purports to be pro-democratic, liberal, etc., would be to just hold a counter protest near the event or after it? Either way I will add this in and use it as a sort of badge of honor more or less for the candidates running. A Munson rally protested? It will only help her in the polls! Miroslav Znalic 20:21, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

It is interesting you've said that the group is liberal and now you say it is conservative. They'll be providing opposition, surely as a democratic party CPL.nm should welcome this? Also they are holding a counter protest, next to the event, with their own slogan like "Munson Mania" but not communist and their own speeches like Munson has but not communist. Loud speakers to the max. Also feel free to use it as a badge of honour, I'll make sure ACL are well represented in this campaign. It'll be sad if the moderates lose but you must show opposition. KunarianTALK 20:27, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Liberalism/Conservatism are not mutually exclusive. Conservative in the populist sense of "we don't like the change coming to our country" or the "radical party threatens our current values" and those current values being mainly liberal. They are classically liberal in the sense of freedom of speech and so on (anti-communist in the name obviously). But I mean it's anti-liberal to disrupt peaceful gatherings. The CPL.nm reaction will include that, and in keeping with liberal values, you'll be happy to know none of the leadership candidates are AFL members. And only one deputy candidate (Johnson) is.

I mean, to an extent I'll add them but not constantly checking what the ACL thinks. Maybe reference them two or three times. I mean of course if their was a SNP leadership election it would be weird to constantly be refering to the Anti-Nationalist League. But neverthless, I agree it is important to add outside voices like I've done with the LF and such. Miroslav Znalic 20:35, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Since when do you know what the ACL thinks, they're hardly thinking ""we don't like the change coming to our country" when a large proportion of them are republican. Further it's anti-liberal to believe that people should be no more than a cog in the communist wheel whether they agree or not. Also if you want to make an anti-nationalist league and campaign against the SNP I would indeed mention all your actions. As you know I don't believe in censorship so I feel that the ACL, and their effect on the leadership election should be noticed. As you say with the LF. Besides if it gets really bad you could just make a section on the page and move most of the content there. KunarianTALK 20:43, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Bring it on!!! --Caroline Tywomeski 20:24, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

By all means have some protest marches and hand out some anti-communist leaflets, but is it right to be "disrupting" communist meetings? Whether or not you're communist (and personally I'm not), you have to accept that they have just as much right to have their voices heard as anyone else does. I, for example, disagree with the views of the RTP, and I'd have no reservations about voicing my opposition to them, but I would never disrupt their meetings. You have every right to openly oppose communism, and set up this group for example, but disrupting their meetings isn't the right way to go about it :o Frijoles333 TALK 20:44, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Disrupting in the form of speaking and being present to question are not wrong at all in the context of a group of communists holding a rally in a public area. If they were inside a secluded private building then we would not enter, we would protest outside. And you're right they have a right to be heard and so does the opposition, that is why ACL will be following them around and speaking the antithesis to communism wherever CPL goes. To suggest we would violate privacy, which would be a violation of the principles of the ACL, is not an action that I recognise the ACL doing. KunarianTALK 20:48, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Seems we're on the same page after all :o Thought you meant disruption as in stopping their meetings from taking place, not the debating and speaking that you described :P Frijoles333 TALK 20:50, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Fair enough. Disruption has a wide remit of actions. We're more towards the "we're not going to follow you home or attack you but hell are we going to argue with you at every possible moment" end not the "I found their home address, lol, let's kill their pets" end. KunarianTALK 20:53, June 4, 2015 (UTC)

Lovian Times Polling 6-7 June[]

Elections

6-7 June 2015 - If a Federal Election happened tomorrow who would you give a major vote to?
- 2 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 1 - United Left
- 2 - Green Party
- 1 - Lovian Future
- 3 - Communist Party of Lovia
- 2 - Party for the Northern Territory
- 2 - Other

6-7 June 2015 - If a Federal Election happened tomorrow who would you give a support vote to?
- 4 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 2 - United Left
- 0 - Green Party
- 2 - Lovian Future
- 2 - Communist Party of Lovia
- 0 - Party for the Northern Territory
- 3 - Other

6-7 June 2015 - If a State Election happened tomorrow in Clymene who would you give a vote to?
- 3 - United Left
- 3 - Party for the Northern Territory
- 6 - Other

6-7 June 2015 - If a State Election happened tomorrow in Kings who would you give a vote to?
- 2 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 3 - United Left
- 6 - Other

6-7 June 2015 - If a State Election happened tomorrow in Oceana who would you give a vote to?
- 4 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 6 - Anna Maria Whithdonck-Malsky (ind)
- 3 - Other

6-7 June 2015 - If a State Election happened tomorrow in Seven who would you give a vote to?
- 3 - Republican Initiative
- 1 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 6 - Other

6-7 June 2015 - If a State Election happened tomorrow in Sylvania who would you give a vote to?
- 2 - Lukas Hoffmann (ind)
- 1 - United Left
- 8 - Other

Flavour Polling

6-7 June 2015 - What's the most important issue facing Lovia now?
- 0 - Immigration
- 2 - The economy
- 0 - Health
- 1 - Housing
- 2 - Education
- 0 - Tax
- 1 - The environment
- 0 - Crime
- 1 - Transport
- 1 - Don't Know

6-7 June 2015 - What's the most important issue facing your family now?
- 1 - Immigration
- 0 - The economy
- 2 - Health
- 2 - Housing
- 2 - Education
- 0 - Tax
- 0 - The environment
- 0 - Crime
- 0 - Transport
- 1 - Don't Know

6-7 June 2015 - Do you think that the brief Leftist Majority Government has divided Lovia?
- 2 - Yes
- 5 - No
- 1 - Don't Know

Comments[]

Feel free to comment. KunarianTALK 12:18, June 6, 2015 (UTC)

2016 IWO Games[]

What about the 2016 IWO Games? With 14 countries participating: Adlibita, Brunant, Cettatie, Inseloärna, Juliana, Kemburg, Libertas, Lovia, Mäöres, Pintona, Prasia, Southern Arc Islands, Strasland and Traspes? Wabba The I (talk) 17:44, June 6, 2015 (UTC)

My wiki![]

Here's my official wiki if you want to participate:

http://martan.wikia.com/wiki/Martan

Chat[]

As we all know, there are users that tend to post a message about once every five hours on our talk page to come online on the chat (I won't call names :o). Therefore, my proposal would be to run a bot that places an automated message on every persons talk page once every five hours to come online on the chat. What you guys think of this proposal? :o --OuWTB 10:38, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

My proposal would be to ban chat, therefore removing the need for either human- or bot-written messages of this kind. --Semyon 10:50, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

:o I can live with that too :o --OuWTB 10:51, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

Pro banning chat. We need to encourage discussion on the wiki rather than on chat, which doesn't keep a record. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 13:46, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

You try to become friends with Bart now? :o --OuWTB 14:00, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

Yes. But he don't post in the Pub much. :o —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 14:10, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

:o --OuWTB 14:13, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

I'm definitely

Contra banning chat. It might be a little hard to enforce, but we could always have a general rule that chat should exclusively be used for non-Lovia related discussion, and have all Lovia related discussion within the wiki. Frijoles333 TALK 17:37, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

I know certain users tend to kick others off chat, they could enforce such a rule :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 18:21, June 13, 2015 (UTC)

All the chatmod positions were removed a month and a half ago by Oos, though, so it's only Oos and Semyon who could enforce. :o 77topaz (talk) 03:47, June 15, 2015 (UTC)

I presume you've already complained about their decision? :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 15:59, June 15, 2015 (UTC)

Lovian Times Polling 15-16 June[]

Elections

15-16 June 2015 - If a Federal Election happened tomorrow who would you give a major vote to?
- 1 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 1 - United Left
- 1 - Green Party
- 1 - Lovian Future
- 2 - Communist Party of Lovia
- 2 - Party for the Northern Territory
- 1 - Other

15-16 June 2015 - If a Federal Election happened tomorrow who would you give a support vote to?
- 2 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 2 - United Left
- 0 - Green Party
- 2 - Lovian Future
- 2 - Communist Party of Lovia
- 0 - Party for the Northern Territory
- 1 - Other

Flavour Polling

15-16 June 2015 - Do you think a resurgent CPL.nm is a good thing for Lovia?
- 2 - Very Good
- 4 - Somewhat Good
- 1 - Somewhat Bad
- 2 - Very Bad
- 0 - Don't Know

15-16 June 2015 - How far should powers be devolved in Lovia?
- 1 - They shouldn't, governance should be wholly Unitary
- 5 - To the States but with a strong central government, governance should be Federal
- 2 - To the States and with strong state governments, governance should be Confederate
- 1 - To local areas, governance should be localised
- 0 - Don't Know

15-16 June 2015 - Was William Krosby right to resign as Minister of Education after failing to pass an important bill on school funding?
- 5 - Yes
- 0 - Yes, but I think he should have stayed
- 1 - No, I think he should have stayed
- 0 - No
- 3 - Don't Know

Comments[]

Leave em here! KunarianTALK 21:41, June 14, 2015 (UTC)

Notice[]

I'm going away (visiting relatives) for a while and probably won't be online for a bit. See you! --Semyon 13:45, June 17, 2015 (UTC)

You never coming back now? :'( --OuWTB 16:31, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

Public transport[]

I think we need an overhaul of public transport, especially in cities such as Noble City and Hurbanova. Also, am I allowed to create a page about myself and have a house, despite not having 50 edits yet? Thanks. :o UnfazedEveryman (talk) 11:43, June 20, 2015 (UTC)

@House/page: of course :o

@PT: agree in NC. Hurbanova is very well-developed though, see Bus Service Oceana and here. --OuWTB 06:42, June 26, 2015 (UTC)

Nice. UnfazedEveryman [-] ^{Annoy Me} 09:56, June 26, 2015 (UTC)

Lovian Future deputy leadership voting[]

VOTING CLOSED, RESULT BELOW

Rules[]

I'm busy tomorrow, so I'm going to be starting voting a bit earlier for the LF deputy election, and this seemed like the appropriate place to do it. As I've said before, Lovian Future, unlike some parties, will be allowing all users to have a say in the election. The election is taking place via single transferable vote, and so voting will take place in a slightly different way to usual. I'm not a mathematical genius, so I found a snazzy website that calculates the results. Go vote! --Frijoles333 TALK 18:24, June 25, 2015 (UTC)

These are the candidates...

Lay your candidacy out like this, ranking the three candidates in order of preference. You do not have to list all three candidates if you don't want to... feel free to include only one or two of the candidates in your vote

Confirmation of vote- use four tildes (~) in order to confirm your identity and the time that you voted
- Your first preference candidate
- Your second preference candidate
- Your third preference candidate

VOTING OPENS- June 25th
VOTING CLOSES- July 3rd

Votes[]

Neil Hardy 18:30, June 25, 2015 (UTC)
- Liam Mitchell
- ...
- ...

Frijoles333 TALK 18:56, June 25, 2015 (UTC)

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 19:29, June 25, 2015 (UTC)

HORTON11: • 20:39, June 25, 2015 (UTC)

Miroslav Znalic 22:24, June 25, 2015 (UTC)
- Sarah Lambert
- ...
- ...

77topaz (talk) 23:37, June 25, 2015 (UTC)

KunarianTALK 07:18, June 26, 2015 (UTC)

--OuWTB 07:28, June 26, 2015 (UTC)
- Liam Mitchell
- ...
- ...

Comments[]

It's with pain in my heart that I chose Mitchell, cuz he got better ideas than Janssen. Gotta admit that Janssen is cuter though :o --OuWTB 07:29, June 26, 2015 (UTC)

Result[]

Owen Janssen has won the election, and is the new deputy leader of LF. Lambert was eliminated in the first round, winning the smallest number of first preference votes. She received two votes to the three votes each for Mitchell and Janssen. The second round was then won by Janssen, who had received four votes to Mitchell's three when first preference votes for Lambert has been redistributed.

:o Your voting system sucks though :P --OuWTB 07:12, July 4, 2015 (UTC)

Janssen's really cute though, so it's ok :o —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 17:26, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

More transport[]

Isn't it time we add more businesses to local/regional transport aside from buses? I remembered I added a bike-share program in Brunant, and I think we could bring that to Lovia. I'd like to add one in Sofasi, and we could do the same for Noble City and other places. HORTON11: • 14:25, June 28, 2015 (UTC)

You mean like a fietsenmaker? :o --OuWTB 10:21, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

No, deelfietsen. HORTON11:

•

17:49, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

Maybe we can combine those :o --OuWTB 08:28, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

Bike repairers and bike sharing systems aren't the same nor exactly in the same field. If we were to reduce our costs with this, we'd have a private entity already working in this field with the cities involved. HORTON11:

•

15:23, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

:'( --OuWTB 15:57, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

Lovian Times Polling 30-1 July[]

Elections

30-1 July 2015 - If a Federal Election happened tomorrow who would you give a major vote to?
- 1 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 0 - United Left
- 1 - Green Party
- 1 - Lovian Future
- 2 - Communist Party of Lovia
- 3 - Party for the Northern Territory
- 1 - Other

30-1 July 2015 - If a Federal Election happened tomorrow who would you give a support vote to?
- 3 - Conservative Christian Party of Lovia
- 3 - United Left
- 1 - Green Party
- 1 - Lovian Future
- 2 - Communist Party of Lovia
- 0 - Party for the Northern Territory
- 0 - Other

Flavour Polling

30-1 July 2015 - Should Lovia have a military?
- 6 - Yes
- 6 - No
- 1 - Don't Know

30-1 July 2015 - Are political parties in general in Lovia too extreme or too centrist?
- 1 - Most Lovian political parties are too extreme
- 0 - Many of Lovia's political parties are too extreme but some are also too centrist
- 0 - Some of Lovia's political parties are too extreme
- 2 - Some of Lovia's political parties are too extreme and some are too centrist
- 1 - I don't think that any of Lovia's political parties are too extreme or centrist
- 0 - Some of Lovia's political parties are too centrist
- 3 - Many of Lovia's political parties are too centrist but some are also too extreme
- 1 - Most Lovian political parties are too centrist
- 1 - Don't Know

30-1 July 2015 - Would you as a reader of the Lovian Times describe yourself as?
- 0 - Retiree
- 2 - Self Employed
- 1 - Business Owner
- 1 - Manager
- 0 - Office Worker
- 2 - Public Employee
- 0 - Manual Worker
- 2 - Student or Educational Worker

Comments[]

Polling back. KunarianTALK 23:20, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

Royal Family on Twitter[]

The Royal Family of Brunant now has a Twitter account. People will now be able to better follow the activities of the Queen and Prince Bernd. HORTON11: • 18:23, July 4, 2015 (UTC)

Article size[]

I believe we had a conversation about this before, but we really need to act now :o Following a chat discussion with Horton, I have come to the conclusion that we need to have a set of hard rules concerning page size. I propose that all new pages need to have at least a size of 1,000 bytes, with at least 600 bytes of readable text (so no images, wiki syntax, templates, cats, but just the text). A new pages gets one week to get expanded to an acceptable size. If it is not expanded, it will be moved to the user's namespace and it can be moved back to the main namespace when the user has improved it to an acceptable size. This way we can really put a stop to all those crappy articles we still get on a daily basis :o --OuWTB 13:39, July 7, 2015 (UTC)

Also, we need to come up with a system that forces people to become civilised and use monobook, because wikia skin is horribly takavíhki. --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 13:47, July 7, 2015 (UTC)

Yes, but let's fix this issue first :o --OuWTB 13:49, July 7, 2015 (UTC)

Sure :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 13:51, July 7, 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor sucks, but that can be manually turned off, and the rest of Wikia skin is fine. :P 77topaz (talk) 05:15, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Wikia skin is takaviki. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 05:17, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Monobook skin is outdated. :P 77topaz (talk) 05:19, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

But at least it isn't takaviki. :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 05:25, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Monobook skin isn't outdated at all, it's netakavíhki, has the type of serious layout that suits a wiki, unlike that other skin which focuses more on mykefötakavíhki nonsense rather than the text, which is therefore given no space at all. And, as Oos conluded but seems to not have mentioned, it causes people to write short pages because its takavíhkiness makes every sentence span several lines. Lastly, the narrow space that is used for text makes it impossible to have a normal discussion, because the text go off the screen after only five colons. You still think Wikia skin is better? --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 08:41, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Or Oasis, to call it by its marketing name... UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 09:02, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Why would you want an oasis if you don't live in the desert? :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 09:25, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Null

To get an idea of my proposal: here's a page with 600 bytes text and 1,000 bytes total. --OuWTB 14:09, July 7, 2015 (UTC)

Here's for the monobook discussion: [1] :o --OuWTB 16:28, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

I just switched to monobook. Man, it's amazing. Especially because there is no evil Wikia propaganda. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 16:58, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

Finally, somebody who understands us :o --OuWTB 17:01, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

First of all, I like Oos' idea about the size. And what is monobook?

OOOoooOoOOoooOOOooOoOooOOOoOooOo (talk) 17:01, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

It's the best skin ever to have existed :o --OuWTB 17:02, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

I remember when there were nine default MW skins, Chick, MySkin, Nostalgia, and the like :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 17:09, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

The good ole' times :') --OuWTB 17:19, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

Fnord. :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 03:33, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Lovian Times Polling 12-13 July[]

Elections

Flavour Polling

Comments[]

Opinions are tasty. KunarianTALK 22:35, July 11, 2015 (UTC)

Extra Poll[]

Because the last question isn't good enough:

—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 23:39, July 11, 2015 (UTC)

Boring[]

This is irritatingly boring. Perhaps I should take a Wikibreak and a Redditbreak. :o I need to work on my Extended Essay. :o —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 02:38, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

Fnord. :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 02:46, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

Lovia's gon' die :'( --OuWTB 09:04, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

Time stop scaring people away with your scaring. :P KunarianTALK 09:19, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

Why are there so many takavíhki people on this wiki? :'( --OuWTB 10:36, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

:o —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 13:53, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

@Oos: Because the head-admin is Limburgish :'( --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 14:18, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

You patronizing the head-admin? :o --OuWTB 16:06, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

I always patronise you, remember? :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 17:10, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

And everyone talks about patronising. :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 00:57, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

Oos tends to tåpas about it very often :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 09:05, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

Ne! UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 09:06, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

4kant tends to verbify about me very often. :o 77topaz (talk) 01:45, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

Oh god with the verbing... UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 03:28, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

Mayhaps Qytokant just really, really likes you, Tåpas :o --OuWTB 09:10, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

It's always fun to throw stones :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 11:39, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

You wanna stone yourself with topazes? :o --OuWTB 08:35, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

Stalker[]

[2] :o --OuWTB 15:44, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

:o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 17:11, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

:o --OuWTB 17:12, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

:o :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 17:15, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

:o —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 17:25, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

It's me! Uh... no. Not really. It's me and my friend working together, anyone at Burenia should know I have an equally takaviki friend. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:02, July 15, 2015 (UTC)

Plan[]

I think we should develop Fromfield and Lessingshoe (near Hurbanova) as villages :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 04:58, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

I think I tend to disagree :o --OuWTB 09:10, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

Why? :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 09:27, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

Cuz Hurb is relatively empty, while Noble City needs more expansion areas :o --OuWTB 11:26, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

But Hurb is full! :o So Fromfield and Lessingshoe will get more people to move in :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:18, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

Overbanken and Newport are not full :o --OuWTB 08:35, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

Joint military vehicle project[]

Anyone interested in having their nation work together on an armored military vehicle? This is what I have in mind:

"The Heavy Armoured Car is a large armored car produced since (after 2015). The HAC is at the concept state and is hoped to be a joint project with several nations, including Brunant, X, Y and Z. The HAC will measure 6080 mm in length, weigh 15,720 kg and have a 105mm gun together with a machine gun.

Components for the HAC will be produced by various companies in several nations." Which can include Lovia if we were to get a military company

The name is a placeholder for now, but I do have a design. Comments? Ideas? HORTON11: • 19:51, July 16, 2015 (UTC)

Pasimi will join :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 03:01, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

Kameron Armaments likes guns. KunarianTALK 03:04, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

I suppose Burenia is not allowed to be part of this? :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 07:24, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

No, that's takaviki. :o --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 07:36, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

Mäöres is always looking for ways to waste money, so they willin' de join :o --OuWTB 08:36, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

How come such a poor country as Mäöres has money to waste? :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 09:50, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

You patronizing Mäöres? :'( --OuWTB 10:00, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

Yes :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 10:01, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

:o --OuWTB 10:02, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

Kameron and Mäöres are welcome to participate. I also created a joint Traspesian-Brunanter armored car (in the 70s) which is used by a few others, but the point of this is to be truly multinational. --

15:21, July 27, 2015 (UTC)

As Wabba The I, the ruler in Libertas, Libertas always wants to participate in any wikinational project. oOO...21xO...OOo (talk) 20:38, July 27, 2015 (UTC)

That's great to hear. --

13:47, July 30, 2015 (UTC)

Alive and kicking[]

Yes, horton is alive. Our summer plans were put on hold, as my mom´s uncle came to visit and my dad had to go to Central America for his work, so he took us along. So, groeten uit El Salvador. -- 15:21, July 27, 2015 (UTC)

Pasimi will participate in the vehicle development. Or rather I will. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 22:59, July 27, 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome to help out. We'd need companies factories and partners. - horton

Sunam's Industry Inc. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 04:34, August 2, 2015 (UTC)

Cat[]

A stupid discussion to revive the wiki. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 08:06, August 9, 2015 (UTC)

So it's finally going to happen in Lovia as well? :o A nonsensical wiki reactivation discussion? :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 09:17, August 9, 2015 (UTC)

Obviously. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 22:56, August 9, 2015 (UTC)

:o --Semyon 10:43, August 11, 2015 (UTC)

Let's discuss Jeremy Corbyn :o —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 19:20, August 11, 2015 (UTC)

Predictable comment. :P I'm quite busy atm though. --Semyon 19:50, August 11, 2015 (UTC)

:'( —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 21:06, August 11, 2015 (UTC)

Who is Jeremy Corbyn? :o --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:00, August 11, 2015 (UTC)

I dunno, some British politician :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

History[]

Could we do a history timeline? Not just for Lovia, but for as many wikinations as possible, put up one or more significant events/births/deaths for each day of the year? 18:47, August 20, 2015 (UTC)

Why not? UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:09, August 20, 2015 (UTC)

2 August 2014: Terrorist attack on the Alcacer train leaves six dead and over 35 wounded (TRA)
12 August 1756: 3500 French troops were landed in Brunant makring the start of the Franco-Brunanter war (BRU)
20 August 2007: King Arthur III of Lovia dies after the longest reign of any monarch (LOV)
16:32, August 22, 2015 (UTC)

Conglomerate[]

I want to start a conglomerate, but I worry it might be a bad idea because look what happened to GoYou. Does anyone agree with me? Disagree? UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 11:45, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

Well, the problem with GoYou was not so much that it was a conglomerate as that it was a) a monopoly and b) rather takaviki. As long as you avoid those two things, I don't see why you shouldn't. --Semyon 12:05, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

For UE it's very difficult to avoid takavíhkiness though :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 12:55, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

I see. :P --Semyon 13:39, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

If you hadn't even realised that I must say your deadness has reached a very sadifying extent :'( --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 14:24, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

I had realised, but I said 'I see' because I couldn't think of anything else to add to the conversation. :P --Semyon 15:05, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

Next time think of something better, like "klýxef" :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 16:37, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

It's not "klýxef" in his takavíhki dijålekt :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

In Fnord it's 'klijef' pronounced as spelled :o --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 03:01, August 28, 2015 (UTC)

But, as we all know, Fnord is mykefötakavíhki, and so is Kòb :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 08:34, August 28, 2015 (UTC)

@Qyto: It's Kob, there is no acute accent. Your spelling is

Takavíhki! in addition :o --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 09:20, August 28, 2015 (UTC)

That's a grave accent though, so you're

Takavíhki! :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 09:28, August 28, 2015 (UTC)

There is no accent. It is spelled Kob. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 09:56, August 28, 2015 (UTC)

Not in my dijålekt though :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 09:57, August 28, 2015 (UTC)

Also I created the conglomerate: North Pacific Corporation. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 10:15, August 28, 2015 (UTC)

Traffic signs[]

On a more serious note, I would like to point to you some new traffic signs I've made. I haven't made all of them yet, but here is a sample.

UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:21, August 31, 2015 (UTC)

You draw perfect octagons... :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 06:38, September 1, 2015 (UTC)

I know, they're not very good. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 08:00, September 1, 2015 (UTC)

Well, at least it's not as bad as the yield sign :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 16:57, September 1, 2015 (UTC)

Wow. That's... wow. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Qyto, how about trying to create a netakavíhki language? I'll be on chat for a while :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Guys, I know they don't look good, but they were made in MS Paint, note. The finished signs will be quite different. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 22:51, September 1, 2015 (UTC)

The concept/style does look good. We'd also probably need to work on other related things like license plates (which I've done for Clymene).

05:01, September 2, 2015 (UTC)

@UE: How's using the best program of all an excuse for their bad quality? :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 05:52, September 2, 2015 (UTC)

You're joking, right? :P 77topaz (talk) 20:11, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

I'm not a very good sign designer :P --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 08:44, September 2, 2015 (UTC)

Then design something else :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 13:59, September 2, 2015 (UTC)

Example:

And this page. And @not a very good sign designer: I could help out when I have time.

19:45, September 2, 2015 (UTC)

Horton's signs sadify me because they have Brunanter place names on them :'( Apart from that, they look better than UE's though :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 17:03, September 9, 2015 (UTC)

:o I wonder whether Kauf was thinking they were very bad too :o Also, I want them to look like the American signs, but using Geneva typeface instead :o --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 07:53, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

Tsss... Non-American is always better :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 13:47, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

That is a particularly ugly green colour though :o --OuWTB 14:59, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

@Qyto - that's cause I had the Brunanter signs already made, and I cannot be expected to be the designer of everything for everyone at each wikination.

18:44, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

@UE - Well the Americas largely follow the same traffic sign conventions so of course it makes sense.

@Oos - The green on the US signs is okay, but I'd change the blue on the Lovian sign proposals.

18:44, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

@Qyto - Why can I not make these signs? @Oos - It might be ugly, but it looks REALISTIC :P Also, the Geneva typeface is quite nice-looking. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:09, September 10, 2015 (UTC)

You can make them, if you want to :o @Ugly green: wouldn't it be better to avoid ugly colours though? :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 05:44, September 11, 2015 (UTC)

What is Lovia?[]

I do not know about this wiki. Maybe it is a front for IS. (123.254.126.37)

"A front for IS"? Are you some kind of troll? :P Also, please sign your posts. 77topaz (talk) 00:35, September 13, 2015 (UTC)

It's another of UE's shenanigans. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

I thought so too, but his previous IP address was 121.220.70.179, which is in a different address block. And, with his proxy, his IP address was 202.142.129.178. 77topaz (talk) 08:29, September 13, 2015 (UTC)

I'm tellin' ya. Or some other mykefötakavíhki Aussie has found this wiki, which is no less plausible. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Yeah, maybe he just has a whole lot of proxies. 77topaz (talk) 23:24, September 13, 2015 (UTC)

That guy is in NSW, whereas I am in Victoria. I only have one proxy, and that guy must be a weird troll. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:26, September 13, 2015 (UTC)

Like we don't have enough trolls yet :o --OuWTB 04:06, September 14, 2015 (UTC)

:o --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 04:15, September 14, 2015 (UTC)

World Market / other NPC businesses[]

Does anyone want to stock goods from other wikinations at World Market? Lance is already adding Phaluhm foods there, but who else would like it? We could have a Wikinational display. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 00:11, September 16, 2015 (UTC)

In case you guys are interested[]

There's an elections poll over in Brunant. 12:47, September 21, 2015 (UTC)

Right. You people haven't had an election since 2013, so I hope this goes well.

UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 21:16, September 21, 2015 (UTC)

A challenge![]

Complete this wikination crossword and the first to complete and get it correct will win.

Should not be too hard to do. 14:56, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

You insulted the President by not including any questions about the most important wikination of all :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 17:13, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

I haven't, cause I have indeed included the most important wikination. If you can't see, you might want to consider a visit to an ophthalmologist. 17:19, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

:o --

UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 21:27, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

It is quite easy, but I didn't get 20 across or 11 down.

UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 22:09, September 22, 2015 (UTC)

Look for a list of Prasian Presidents and search up Brunanter music(ians) in the baroque age. If not, just post what you completed.

18:39, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

Great news from Africa[]

Today the Shadow Parliament has been crushed, today Tagog has been liberated! The rebels, whose sole intention was to disturb peace in the world's greatest nation, no longer exist, and once again the citizens of Tagog can live their lives without threat from their own fellow countrymen, once again they can live their lives in happiness! Let this glorious day be remembered for ever, let President Kanto Qyto and Vice-Baron Adam Hung and all the other great people who fought hard to liberate their homeland be remembered for ever too! --Tagogese President Kanto Qyto 17:22, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

Unfortunately Vice-Baron Adam Hung was unable to travel to Lovia to share in the delivery of this message due to restrictions. :( Nonetheless, he wishes to announce his delight in the new dawn of liberty for the Tagogese people. Glory to Tagog and Hung-Mpwana Vice-Baronial Parish! Glory to the President! --Zheng Hang-Fu 17:44, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

SAKAR A TAGOG --Anti-Tagogese terrorist 22:09, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

^ This is spam. :P 77topaz (talk) 22:20, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

Klijef :P --UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 22:47, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

Everything UE writes is spam though :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 05:46, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

That may or may not be true, but that has nothing to do with the fact that this section is spam. :P 77topaz (talk) 05:51, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

News from another wikination does not count as spam, to my knowledge :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 06:04, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

VOTE TCP, YOU LOVIANS! TO BRING COMMUNISM TO TAGOG! UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 06:13, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

Death to marxist traitors! Glory to Tagog! --Zheng Hang-Fu 17:44, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

Death to reactionary scum! Glory to the TCP! UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 10:57, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

You're asking the Lovians to vote for the TCP? Seriously? :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 16:52, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

C'mon, UE's done things more stupid than that :P --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

That's true, unfortunately :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 19:07, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

VOTE AND WE WILL BRING YOU THE FUTURE! UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 23:46, September 25, 2015 (UTC)

No, you won't bring us the future, but instead the future itself will :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 08:22, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

SLP[]

VOTE FOR SLP!MMunson-talk- SP 01:50, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

I'm running for SDP already though. UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 02:37, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

You can change it, SLP is the best choice!MMunson-talk- SP 02:49, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

Wikibreak[]

Heading says all. I should be back again on the 4th or 5th. :o UnfazedEveryman ^{Annoy Me} 08:40, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

Good riddance.

UE's gone! TIME TO PAR-TAY! :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Svârjë! --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 08:51, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

Xoxòljë!

Vìt'its kútå "Caviata" Wikiù Bureniù? :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

FINALLY! :P --OuWTB 09:42, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

Now that UE is gone[]

Alright, now that our biggest obstacle to rebuilding Lovia has left the country, I propose we get it back on track.

First proposal: Block UnfazedEveryman per community consensus :o

Pro

(Note: It is not allowed to vote pro or Semyon gon' block you :o)

--OuWTB 11:03, September 26, 2015 (UTC)
--Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 11:37, September 26, 2015 (UTC)
--Frijoles333 TALK 12:09, September 26, 2015 (UTC)
--—TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 22:04, September 26, 2015 (UTC)
--DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Contra

(Note: It is not allowed to vote contra or Oos gon' block you :o)

--Semyon 12:34, September 27, 2015 (UTC)
OOO-21xO-OOo 19:00, September 30, 2015 (UTC)
...

Discussion

:o --OuWTB 11:03, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

In order to prevent Wikia-interaction: the remark below contra is meant jokingly :o The main reason for blocking UE would be cuz he's fucking up the wiki and its community fabric by constant trolling. --OuWTB 13:50, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

I think it's fun tho. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

A little bit of trolling is fun, but he is taking it too far. Since he came to this site we've experienced serious progress problems. He's been warned several times, including on related wikis, such as Sliras and Burenia. --OuWTB 14:55, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

What's worse is that he's completely ignored every single warning he's got, which is why I decided to block him in Sliras and Burenia. To me at least it also seems that he isn't even aware of how horribly annoying he is, so I strongly doubt he'll ever improve his ways. --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 17:33, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

To make matters worse: he's Australian :o --OuWTB 18:18, September 26, 2015 (UTC)

VOINA MÖT ÅSTRÁLIA!!! :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 18:21, September 26, 2015 (UTC) Càttù :o

Åstrália ságo takavíhki. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

I think certain individuals involved in the above discussion are being a tad hypocritical. :P But anyway, UE does indeed have a tendency to troll, but discussing this issue behind his back doesn't really help, I think. 77topaz (talk) 05:20, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

Discussing it with him is impossible though :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 07:55, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

He is still existent on Conlang and Chvarqvia though :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

He is only on wikibreak for a week, we could just talk to him when he gets back. :o 77topaz (talk) 08:23, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

No, having this discussion without him would in my opinion be a lot better than waiting until he comes back. --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 10:26, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

@Everybody: Who supports a vote on banning Tåpas for being a pain in the ass with his complaints? :o --OuWTB 10:39, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

I support temporarily blocking him whenever he's likely to make annoying complaints :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 10:42, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

My view:

I think our recent inactivity isn't due to UE's low-quality edits, but due to our previously active users disappearing.
This proposal seems to be based mostly on some users' (maybe justified) dislike of UE. Most of his edits seem tolerable to me. He might be annoying, but I think we can't ban users simply because of that.
I go along with everything 77topaz said. --Semyon 12:47, September 27, 2015 (UTC)
(Also: in order to prevent Wikia-interaction: the remark below pro is meant jokingly. :o) --Semyon 12:49, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

I think you've just proven that I'm the head-admin though :o --OuWTB 13:12, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

Semyon, if only "most" of UE's edits seem tolerable to you, it means that deep inside even you support blocking him :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 15:52, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

No, I don't support it, not even 'deep down.' :P I think those edits that are not tolerable should be reverted, and he should be discouraged from spamming out useless pages in the userspace. But a block, especially eternally, is too far. --Semyon 16:14, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

I tried that in Sliras and Burenia, but it didn't work so I had to block him. I don't see why it'd be any different on this wiki. --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 16:21, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

I know. But unlike in Sliras and Burenia I don't believe UE's even received a warning yet. And although I freely admit to not having much experience of blocking people (something I'm quite happy about) I'd prefer to try a block of a week or so rather than going straight to a permaban. --Semyon 16:36, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

I suppose we can give him a warning and then immediately block him as soon as he does anything wrong. --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 16:55, September 27, 2015 (UTC)

As Semyon seems to be the cockblocker in this case, I propose he gives the warning to UE :o --OuWTB 06:08, September 28, 2015 (UTC)

That word you used, I do not think it means what you think it means.
You're conceding that Semyon is the head-admin, then? :P
Semyon giving UE a warning seems like a good idea to me.

77topaz (talk) 07:08, September 28, 2015 (UTC)

I think your English sucks :o
No, I am the head-admin and Semyon is my slave-admin :o
Yes, you get it :P --OuWTB 11:00, September 28, 2015 (UTC)

If someone creates User:Cock, I'll block it. :P
Dubious. :P
Done. --Semyon 17:32, September 29, 2015 (UTC)

You can't create a user that is already created though.
Elaborate :o --OuWTB 18:42, September 29, 2015 (UTC)

You can't block a user that hasn't been created though :o
Semyon wrongly thinks he's the head-admin :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 18:53, September 29, 2015 (UTC)

:o --Frijoles333 TALK 19:38, September 29, 2015 (UTC)

Pick up where we left[]

So.. Does anyone still remember what we were actually doing before we went inactive? :o I only vaguely recall that I still have the finish the Oceana census, but apart from that, it's pretty blank up there. --OuWTB 13:18, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

"before we went inactive"?

I think that was a looong time ago. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

I was sort-of working on Bredish :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 13:41, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

I think we should concentrate on the non-takavíhki stuff first though :o --OuWTB 14:50, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

I think we should disexistify Oshenna then :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 15:34, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

By Oosian logic we should. Bredish makes much more sense and even Sentinelese is easier to comprehend :P

15:45, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

You talking about Oshenna?

If so, Oshenna is indeed worth disexistifying :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

It seems most of us support disexistifying it, so let's do it :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 16:11, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

Oos is the head-admin tho, and it's unfair because he won't let us disexistify the most takavíhki thing ever :o --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Is he, though? Impartiality is key to being head admin and he's as impartial as Fox News.

19:23, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

Let's make me the new head-admin, shall we? :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 06:24, October 1, 2015 (UTC)

Discussion[]

So, UE is back, but this time with a different user, so as to be less takaviki. FictiveJ (talk) 23:40, September 30, 2015 (UTC)

You know it's actually possible to have Wikia change your username? Also, I'm not sure how usernames influence takavikiness. Also, I thought you weren't going to return until the 4th or the 5th. For that matter, how do we know you're really UE and not someone else trying to get him blocked for sockpuppeting? 77topaz (talk) 01:36, October 1, 2015 (UTC)

Well, FictiveJ seems very UE-ish, so presumably it is him :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 06:24, October 1, 2015 (UTC)

Proof :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 06:26, October 1, 2015 (UTC)

That looks kinda copy-pasted from messages UE said before. Even UE's takavikiness has some variation. :P In other words, I'm not convinced yet. Maybe we could get Wikia to do an IP check, or wait until the 4th or 5th to see if User:UnfazedEveryman returns? 77topaz (talk) 07:10, October 1, 2015 (UTC)

I'm on a mobile device with a moving IP so that will not work. But it is me! Try the latter then. FictiveJ (talk) 09:38, October 1, 2015 (UTC)

A poll[]

Everybody please vot here: [3], a poll about the elections by the De Waarheid newspaper! Traspes - Dianna Bartol 00:27, October 2, 2015 (UTC)

Designing a historical newspaper[]

Do you think we as a community could create an actual issue for a historical newspaper (such as The Peoples News)? It'd be on the wiki, but with newsprint-type paper, period news, images and ads. I got the idea from a French paper I have from 1959, as it has a Bendix refrigerator ad, which Iwas going to do just that. I ended up doing part of an issue for the Cape Times (see it here) and just thought it'd be a good idea to put our history into artifacts, which we don't have too much of. 16:44, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

I like the idea of this. However the dominant newspapers from period to period might be best and of course relevant newspapers would be important. For instance details about local politics in Seven should probably go in The Northern Post. And The Peoples News is a historically quite leftist paper so it'd be interesting to see a left wing view of Lovia in history from that point of view. I think this idea has a lot of room for development and in short, I'm in. KunarianTALK 17:00, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

I just pick the name out of the newspaper page as it covered the interwar period (The Cape Times paper is from 1966, on the first BL attack ever). like the Cape Times one, we only need to do a few pages (a selection, see below); no need for a full paper. And who knows, we might get a nice variety of historical periods covered by several wikinations. Of course we can also do with more non-photo artifacts as well.

18:54, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

I'm well on board with this. I'm going to continue writing my history book soon and I'll do historical artifacts including newspapers with that. KunarianTALK 19:34, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

I've done a few things like that, here and Brunant. Mostly contemporary, but also a few related to WWII. So if we go with the People's news, I could start by doing the header and we should decide the date, hopefully to cover a significant event.

19:44, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

King Arthur's assassination in 1938 seems like a good date.

19:46, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

Personally we should design a 'newsletter'-type thing that was used for news distribution in the original colony of Lovia. FictiveJ (talk) 22:01, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

On the people's news we should take inspiration from old newspapers and newsletters particularly leftist ones. On the 'newsletter'-type thing for early Lovia, there was a newspaper called The Nobel Bulletin. You can read a bit about the history of printed newstuffs in lovia here: Newspapers in Lovia. KunarianTALK 22:13, October 4, 2015 (UTC)

I liked this idea! Already Horton prosposed to me that we can do a copy of Glas Julianska in Juliana, in the communist period. Traspes - Dianna Bartol

01:22, October 5, 2015 (UTC)

OK. FictiveJ (talk) 01:52, October 5, 2015 (UTC)

I'm hoping to create some sort of IC project which digitizes wikination newspapers. Of course we'll never have every issue of say, the Cape Times back to 1780, but with at least part of an issue we can have an idea.

13:10, October 5, 2015 (UTC)

People's news header

@Kun ofc, I've been doing that for Cape Times, and now looking at Trybuny Ludu in Poland for Juliana's paper and 1930s American papers for People's News.

@Traspes- great

Here's my proposed header, simple yet Lovian and for the date just after the king's "purposeful murder". If we go with that we can have a picture of the King on the front page with a black ribbon around it.

14:19, October 5, 2015 (UTC)

Any ideas for other news articles for our paper? 17:35, October 6, 2015 (UTC)

For/from which time period? 77topaz (talk) 19:12, October 6, 2015 (UTC)

1938, the day after King Arthur II's assassination, so jsut before WWII.

14:50, October 7, 2015 (UTC)

Alright guys, if you're interested, I've posted the first pages of Glas Julianska in Juliana here. It may be one of the newest papers in our project but still historically significant. 15:13, October 7, 2015 (UTC)

The People's News doesn't seem very lefty looking. Also why is there a tree in the centre? Also we don't always need pictures, remember it wasn't uncommon to just have text in old newspapers particularly ones on the scale of Lovias. KunarianTALK 20:28, October 7, 2015 (UTC)

Cape Times wants to know...[]

Are you following Brunant's municipal elections?
Do you have a party you'd support?
What are your thoughts on the minor/local parties leading and doing well in polls? Do you think their support can hold?
Do you see and comparisons to Lovia in terms of the parties, viewpoints, the campaign? 15:18, October 10, 2015 (UTC)

FJ's input: 1. Yes. 2. Green and SDP. 3. There's always room to support local minority parties! :)

FictiveJ (discuss) 21:39, October 10, 2015 (UTC)

OWTB's input: 1. No. 2. No. 3. Blank :o 4. No :o --OuWTB 09:04, October 11, 2015 (UTC)

Qytokant's input: I tend to fully ignore Brunant's existence :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 09:24, October 11, 2015 (UTC)

This sadifies me. You need to know your fellow wikinations :o --

FictiveJ (discuss) 22:03, October 11, 2015 (UTC)

Lovian Times Polling 13-14 October[]

Elections

Flavour Polling

Comments[]

Leave a commo. KunarianTALK 22:44, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

LF is good.

FictiveJ (discuss) 23:00, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

State elections[]

When do they start? FictiveJ (discuss) 23:24, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

Nominations begin on the 17th October, voting on the 1st November and that ends on the 14th November. KunarianTALK 23:33, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

OK.

FictiveJ (discuss) 23:57, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

Alright people[]

Time to get the IWO finally doing something. My great idea and Qytokant's great proposal received good support back in the spring here. I think now is a great time to finally adopt our elected-member/represented-by-multiple-parties-forming-supranational-groups IWO Council. This is what it would look like (added 1-2 seats for associate members) and added Juliana (now a full member):

Nation	Base seats	Activity bonus	Total
Brunant	7	2	9
Inselöarna	5	1	6
Juliana	4	1	5
Libertas	7	1	8
Lovia	5	3	8
Mäöres	4	1	5
Traspes	7	1	8
Adlibita	1	-	1
Cettatie	-	1	1
Patriam	1	1	2
Prasia	1	-	1
Phaluhm	1	1	2
Reptin	1	-	1
SAI	1	1	2
Strasland	1	-	1

I propose we hold elections across the IWO for electing our IWO Deputies/MIC (members of the IWO Council), perhaps by december or January? It may be easiest to just create a single forum page here in Lovia for the elections of each country to better have the results on hand.

Since some countries don't have too much activity, it would allow others to look into the politics there, run and even vote without a massive commitment to national politics there.
Upon the conclusion of the election we'd get like-minded parties forming groups, such as Socialists, Christian parties, Greens and then selecting a head of the council, as is done here for Prime Minister. 14:48, October 20, 2015 (UTC)

I'm back! Yeah great idea Horton... supranational parties in particular sound like a good thing to do. So yeah, I guess a single forum page in Lovia would be the easiest way of doing it... maybe we could start just after the state elections? --Frijoles333 TALK 15:28, October 20, 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, supranational groups like the Europarl lead to cooperation within the spectrum, rather than national lines; CCPL is far more likely to cooperate with CDU in Brunant and the Christian Democrats in Juliana than with a number of Lovian parties which may be much different from them. And after State Elections might be a good time to do so, as it'll build on the momentum of those, as well as the ones going on in Brunant. 15:32, October 20, 2015 (UTC)

Okay :o --OuWTB 16:37, October 20, 2015 (UTC)

I like this idea. I can organize the elections in Juliana and in Traspes, any anybody can participate. Traspes - Dianna Bartol 23:06, October 20, 2015 (UTC)

Alright. Allowing people to participate in elections in countries where there is not much activity makes sense.

14:09, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

Unacceptable username[]

Alright, it's official wiki policy that a username needs to be "acceptable", but I'm gonna ask you guys's opinion first. Shall I give Wabba an official warning for his username OOOoooOoOOoooOOOooOoOooOOOo? The name is way too ling, impossible to remember and it fucks up my RecentChanges. --OuWTB 17:01, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

It is ridiculous and incredibly long, but it is not a "bad" word, nor does it involve anything offensive and it is fairly easy to remember and unique as they are just all O's. And if it messes up your Recent Changes, maybe it's a sign you need to abandon 18th century editing and edit as they do in 2015. 17:08, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

It's just not practical. We use usernames for election pages, statistics, buying houses etc. It is not offensive, that's why I ask you guys first. However, it is very impractical and annoying. --OuWTB 17:36, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

Wabba's the one who'll be using him, so he'll be the one having to deal with such a long name. We'll all still call him Wabba. I don't find it annoying and I'd vehemently oppose him being forced to change it. That said, I do not get why he needs to use two accounts, and if there is support we could ask him to consider a different account name if he wants the two. 17:43, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

We need to use his name too... Election results, linking him, editors statistics etc. I am not going to copy his name every fucking time. --OuWTB 18:07, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

If you use modern Wikia, it would automatically suggest his username if you type in, say, the first three letters ([[User:OOO). 77topaz (talk) 22:08, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

I know, but if you use modern Wikia, categorization becomes crappy becuase even not-created categories are linked blue (I'm talkinb about that this is never fixed...), page lay-out becomes f*ckt up and I become depressed. --OuWTB 10:08, October 22, 2015 (UTC)

No, but he will have to. And if he gets tired, he will change on his own. 18:40, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

I'm not going to wait. Also, he can just keep changing his user name, that's even more annoying. --OuWTB 18:51, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

Great news from Europe[]

Today The police and SISMA in Traspes detained 4 people from Tagog because they are a part of the regime and likely they wanted to cause terrorist acts against Traspesian people. Travelling to Tagog is banned and the traspesian people in Tagog all left because of the violence. Traspes - Dianna Bartol 23:36, October 21, 2015 (UTC)

It sadifies the Tagogese government that Traspes has lowered itself to the level of Brunant. --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 13:15, October 22, 2015 (UTC)

It makes the government of Strasland sad that Tagog is lowerng itself to the leve lof Syria and telling lies. Dine løgne og trusler ikke gør folk i Strasland frygte rdig!MMunson-talk- SP 03:07, October 24, 2015 (UTC)

Phaluhm wants to know[]

What is your opinon on:

Iran-Phaluhm proxy war
Phaluhm Muslim Crisis
China-Phaluhm war
Phaluhm Phoueck
Muslim Party corruption issue

Thanks, Yenah Kaliybatan. Lancededcena (talk) 11:38, October 24, 2015 (UTC)

Northcity IWO Champions Cup[]

Dear people of Lovia,

Maybe it's a bit early, but you have to select your players for the first Northcity IWO Champions Cup in 2016. You can select one man player, one woman player, one men double and one women double. I would like to see some players in Northcity next year.

Greetings Richard Greenwich, president of the Patriam Tennis organisation
Niels20020 (Talk) 16:26, October 26, 2015 (UTC)

History[]

OOC we need to write a 'History' section for Wikination. It would probably be quite unusual and silly though, given what happens in our community. :o Mezatir FictiveJ (discuss) 03:27, November 1, 2015 (UTC)

:o --OuWTB 10:35, November 1, 2015 (UTC)

Sylvania Voting[]

Don't forget to vote in the Sylvanian elections! KunarianTALK 09:30, November 3, 2015 (UTC)

Lovian dollar[]

I suggest we create a new '2015' series of Lovian coins and notes. This series will be the best yet and will be symbolic of what it means to be Lovian! Naranja! Mezatir FictiveJ (discuss) 21:06, November 13, 2015 (UTC)

Surprisingly enough, that seems like a good idea. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Most countries don't change their notes so often though. The 2011 series was repalced in 2012 becasue the first series was more provisional and lacked security features which made it prone to counterfeiting.

20:15, November 15, 2015 (UTC)

But it is still good. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 05:04, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Electoral trouble[]

As we noted, earlier there seemed to be a tie-vote in the Sylvania state elections (6 each). But what to do now? Like Horton said, we could have a Hardy-Sheraldin 'duumvirate', or we could choose one person through community vote itself. This poll is only semi-official, but it could decide our government in the end, because voting is closed now. So, in favour of which option?

Duumvirate

Mezatir FictiveJ (discuss) 07:20, November 23, 2015 (UTC)
77topaz (talk) 21:43, November 23, 2015 (UTC)
13:42, November 24, 2015 (UTC)
I like this idea. It's very fair. Traspes - Dianna Bartol 00:27, November 25, 2015 (UTC)

One-person rule (and if you choose this, mention who)

Extend voting until someone else votes, and then whoever that person voted for becomes governor. In character this is retroactive and does not apply. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 17:10, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

Comments

This one's the decider, 2015. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 07:20, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

:o --OuWTB 10:10, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure how a governor duumvirate would work in practice, but it seems like the fairest option. 77topaz (talk) 21:43, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Well, it does. Also, it means we can make all the plans we've been having over the past few years happen. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 21:48, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Well, in case of disagreement, the Sylvanian council could make decisions. --OuWTB 10:44, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

Yeah. I see this the best solution.

13:42, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

@Topaz: Here are some proposed terms of such a duumvirate if this goes ahead. Feel free to further discuss these on chat some time.

Recently, User:Kunarian has been inactive and therefore the state council is somewhat non-functional because in case of a a disagreement he'd determine the result, and there'd be no one to determine such a result. Therefore, we ignore the state council.
Nothing can be implemented unless both User:Happy65 and User:77topaz agree to it.

Neil Hardy 15:19, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

@TimeMaster: The voting's closed and we'd have to open it and have a fair voting time, not next vote wins (that certainly wouldn't work irl either). And it seems we're using this, as Oos is going along with it and is the only active admin at the moment. Neil Hardy 18:27, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

@TimeMaster: I am

Contra extending voting any longer. For one thing, it wouldn't happen IRL, like Happy said, for the second, it needs to be a fair and balanced election. If the duumvirate solution wins out in the end, this will be (I believe) the first ever time we have co-governors of a Lovian state! Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 21:49, November 24, 2015 (UTC)

There are no constitutional provisions for that. I am

Contra a duumvirate. It is really takaviki. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 04:00, November 26, 2015 (UTC)

There are no constitutional rules AGAINST a duumvirate. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 05:00, November 26, 2015 (UTC)

Federal Elections[]

I propose we don't hold them and instead become a commune. :o —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 22:03, December 12, 2015 (UTC)

:'( Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 01:11, December 13, 2015 (UTC)

I think Lovia can't handle elections right now :o --OuWTB 11:09, December 13, 2015 (UTC)

We should void the state elections too then. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 19:49, December 13, 2015 (UTC)

No need to.

21:19, December 13, 2015 (UTC)

@state: no, they done already, and IC the elections probably went through anyway. --OuWTB 11:36, December 14, 2015 (UTC)

4 states only had one candidate and the other is in the deadlock. @IC: so retcon. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 16:10, December 14, 2015 (UTC)

Well those are valid votes, and just cause you alone opposes it doesn't mean we're gona retcon a real happening.

16:28, December 14, 2015 (UTC)

Other candidates can be added OOC, as has been done earlier in Oshenna. --OuWTB 17:41, December 14, 2015 (UTC)

Yes, of course. And just cause there were no other candidates it doesn't mean the governor should or will slack off.

18:28, December 14, 2015 (UTC)

@Sylvania: We voted 'duumvirate' 4-1. That applies IC as well. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 04:35, December 15, 2015 (UTC)

Stop using colons. @duumvirate: no. At this point due to inactivity attempting to use the OOC governor election is dumb. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:58, December 15, 2015 (UTC)

Well most active users did back a duumvirate, over one inactive user who voted for another option.

17:45, December 15, 2015 (UTC)

@Colons: That seems to be the accepted form of conversation on this wiki. @Duumvirate: We are literally too inactive for anything else. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 20:41, December 15, 2015 (UTC)

Stop using colons. @Horton: fuck you. @duumvirate: so let's just cancel elections and make them purely IC. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 15:53, December 16, 2015 (UTC)

Do try and use proper language and follow the conventions of this wiki. We have no need to. Users enjoy being able to participate in real elections, and is something I really like about Lovia. It's unique to wikinations and sets them apart from all other nation/world projects, and is one of the areas that makes Lovia what it is. The same Uncle Oos posters, the heated arguments, the brilliant proposals and ideas and all the projects achieved by the governors. Take that away and what do we have left?

17:11, December 16, 2015 (UTC)

Indeed, what Horton said. We might be adding additional candidates that don't exist OOC, but we won't be conducting the whole election like that. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 21:59, December 16, 2015 (UTC)

Yes, that's a beautiful speech! Of course it works the best weay if we have the elections that are real. Traspes - Dianna Bartol

23:26, December 17, 2015 (UTC)

Stop using colons. @Horton: It is broken right now due to inactivity, and essentially already gone. @Traspes: ???? @All: @Oos: —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 04:37, December 19, 2015 (UTC)

So: state elections - invalid? That greatly sadifies me :'( Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 04:45, December 19, 2015 (UTC)

The state elections are not invalid, there's no need to be sadified. :o 77topaz (talk) 05:27, December 19, 2015 (UTC)

TM doesn't want us to use colons. :P Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 05:41, December 19, 2015 (UTC)

@TM: you can suck my dick. I know you like it :3 --OuWTB 09:51, December 19, 2015 (UTC)

Correct @Topaz - They are totally valid and we get more issues from removing them or making them-non caracter than keeping as it is.

16:39, December 19, 2015 (UTC)

@Oos: Lovia is NOT the place for such conversation. @Horton: Yes. @TM: Still using colons. This is getting RATHER POINTLESS. :P Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 20:52, December 19, 2015 (UTC)

Hold OOC elections

Mezatir FictiveJ (discuss) 22:02, December 16, 2015 (UTC)
Traspes - Dianna Bartol 23:26, December 17, 2015 (UTC)

Don't hold elections

Neutral

Further discussion

Now what? Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 22:02, December 16, 2015 (UTC)

If we'd hold normal elections, CCPL will win. So, I propose we go for that option :o --OuWTB 11:21, December 17, 2015 (UTC)

I propose I shake up the political landscape my running in the federal elections as a right wing liberal capitalist who gains all of your support! :D Miroslav Znalic 06:34, December 22, 2015 (UTC)

Hey, welcome back. And it would be an interesting shakeup.

06:41, December 22, 2015 (UTC)

Conversation[]

CCPL has the worst governor in the history of Oceana; Burenia must be crushed and her allies obliterated from the face of the earth; Lovia should have a military; Federal elections must take place. 17:40, December 26, 2015 (UTC)

Pro Pro Contra Neutral —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 05:08, December 27, 2015 (UTC)

How can you start on two pros and not go all the way :(

16:18, December 27, 2015 (UTC)

@Horton: you not cute :'( --OuWTB 11:24, December 27, 2015 (UTC)

And you very complacent.

16:18, December 27, 2015 (UTC)

Four pros from me. Mezatir

FictiveJ (discuss) 23:28, December 30, 2015 (UTC)

¡Feliz Año Nuevo![]

Prosit Neujahr to all. 06:37, January 1, 2016 (UTC)

Gott nytt år! --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 10:56, January 1, 2016 (UTC)

Goje roetsj! --OuWTB 11:02, January 1, 2016 (UTC)

Lovia's worst flags? Best?[]

Which ones are they? We can put together a selection and hopefully rate them, as NAVA did with the North American ones.

Worst[]

Ughh.... All of the flags with crosses, random colours and Long Brook looks horrible. Lancededcena File:Ostrobia.png 20:21, January 2, 2016 (UTC)

Australian creativity è. --DAH BUY000R! (wall | crimes)

Best[]

I get the impression Northern Lovia has some of the nicer flags, while Kings is full of some atrocities. 18:43, January 2, 2016 (UTC)

Lmao, I didn't even know all of those Kings flags existed. They all need to be deleted, UE uploaded them without consulting anyone. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 03:02, January 3, 2016 (UTC)

Btw, I think the Novosevensk and Clymene flags are awful, especially Clymene. Colors and design clash, and are ugly. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 03:05, January 3, 2016 (UTC)

That Lew is by far the best. And I agree with TM about the Kings flags :o --OuWTB 08:49, January 3, 2016 (UTC)

:3 —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 16:35, January 26, 2016 (UTC) (Also let's start a communist revolution)

Sexy :3 --OuWTB 19:59, January 26, 2016 (UTC) I agree, we need more activity :o

Activity[]

Are we going to let Lovia go inactive permanently? I think that is not a bad idea unless enough return. Though, I REALLY hate Horton and his contamination of this wiki with things to do with other wiki nations aside from Burenia and Tagog, as well as his AWFUL unsightly signature, and his theft and shittification of Cettatie, so... yeah. I also strongly dislike the changes Landedcena made to the IWO, but I just don't care enough to change it. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 17:08, March 3, 2016 (UTC)

It seems that most users (including me) already voted with their feet. To be explicit, I don't currently have any intention of becoming active again. Whether the whole wiki becomes inactive depends on whether any users want to try and revive it. If so, good luck to them. --Semyon 19:26, March 3, 2016 (UTC) :'(

I think the only way to reactivate this wiki would be to have something to work on together, which it seems we don't. Alternatively, we could pretend that this wiki is active by having a nonsensical discussion :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 13:38, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

I don't really have interest in a new project. Nonsensical discussions are always good though. :P --Semyon 19:45, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, but it was such a nice wiki. There is so much friction though (e.g. I hate Horton, Kunar hates me), and everything we try feels forced (maybe we're too old :P). —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 13:51, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

Let your inner child speak, TM :o --OuWTB 14:48, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

So, we need a fresh supply of new twelve-year-olds, is that what you're saying? :o --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 17:46, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

More like teenagers. But what was good about the wiki was the community, which has ceased to exist, and I'm not going to continue in a community with just people like Horton or Landedcena. We can't keep up activity for more than a few days (though we had that great streak from March to June), I think because younger people tend to be more willing to put more effort into roleplaying events. I guess. No one cares enough to do anything more than chat a little. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 19:47, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

Proposal: We turn Lovia into a dictatorship, ally with Tagog and Burenia and launch a ridiculous, totally unrealistic war against Brunant, on the principle that it's better to end with a bang, not a whimper. :P --Semyon 20:01, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

Also, Oos, please delete all the Kings flags than UE uploaded. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 19:48, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

It would be a shame to see Lovia die off, but a lot of the creativity is gone while the petty grudges don't seem to have dies off :P And all of us do seem to be really busy with life now that we're slightly older. But, we have been through adversity before and we can still come up with ways to improve the wiki/keep things going. 23:25, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

I think I pretty much predicted this when I said that AMWM as PM would be the end of Lovia. Clearly, Loiva needs 'cle Oos as its leader :o --OuWTB 10:18, March 5, 2016 (UTC)

Plan your coup I'd say. I'll support you :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 10:24, March 5, 2016 (UTC)

♥ --OuWTB 16:24, March 5, 2016 (UTC)

Well, there's always the usualy solution of war in Lovia :P

14:50, March 7, 2016 (UTC)

Sounds like what Semyon proposed :P --Qytokant^FRÅGOR??? 15:52, March 7, 2016 (UTC)

All in favour of declaring Oshenna independent again, say

Pro! :o --OuWTB 15:59, March 7, 2016 (UTC)

The FICHJEBY church will back your wondrous proposal.

13:37, March 9, 2016 (UTC)

The FICHJEBY is takavíhki though :o --OuWTB 19:00, March 9, 2016 (UTC)

@Oshenna: Neutral, we also need CPL.nm leading a general strike. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 17:28, March 7, 2016 (UTC)

Bringing together a new community[]

I'm working with several other individuals on a new wiki that will be comprised of individuals from multiple wikis to stop their "heat deaths", as their communities begin to wither away. I've watched this wiki slowly erode away over the years, and I've seent the same of other wikis as well. I've noticed that like this wiki, several other wikis are dying slowing, with only a handful of active members at a time once or twice a day. If you are use to the alternate history projects of your wiki and it has died, you may wish to get into conworlding, only to learn that the conworlding wiki has gone the way of your althistory wiki. Where do you go? What do you do? What I and my collegues have planned, is a "super-wiki" of sorts, a place where your ideas and projects can exist side-by-side with other projects, be they fantasy, science fiction, hard-science, real world, ancient, or the like. This wiki is called "Omniversalis". It will encompass any subject you wish to explore. The goal of this wiki is also to bring a level of talent and detail to its articles, with a developed and consistent level of detail for the wiki itself. We are planning good administration and quality control as well. If you wish to join us, please do so, as we need as many members as possible to make this goal a reality. We can't wait to welcome you... Vivaporius: "I don't need a slogan" 01:59, March 14, 2016 (UTC)

May I echo the sentiments of Viva. I've been lurking here I suppose for a bit of time, and while never as fully invested as Viva, I am working on creating an active conworld that incorporates many Lovia-style political and nation-building elements, called Pomona. It is still heavily a WIP, but I encourage you to check it out. Dirk Brandt Reximus55 03:51, March 14, 2016 (UTC)

I HATE Alternate History wiki. It is like 90% map games (which are AWFUL) and 1983: Doomsday, which is less awful but still bad. Before I would even consider joining something like this, map games would have to be completely banned. Anyway, the "quality control" system on that wiki seems incredibly patronizing, just like both of your political views. —TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 18:40, March 14, 2016 (UTC)

Map games aren't exactly what I aimed with the wiki. My goal was to simply create a place where other users could come to find an active community where their ideas could be implemented without having to fall within a single category as outlined by their primary wiki. Map games are for the Map Game wiki, not Omniversalis. Also, I find your view of my political opinions highly insulting. If we didn't live so far apart, I'd challenge you to a duel. Remember TM, the lack of quality control is the reason Conworlds and Althistory went the way they did. I will not permit that for Omniversalis. Vivaporius: "I don't need a slogan" 19:37, March 14, 2016 (UTC)

Harudi Democratic System[]

The Harudi Democratic System is both repersentative and direct. Is there any flaws in this plan? Could Lovia and other nations implement this plan? Lancededcena File:Ostrobia.png 18:48, March 22, 2016 (UTC)