Please send this onto the next step for Clarking, as I've edited this thing enough. - GV

63RZ05 Për
63RZ06 Për
63RZ07 Për
63RZ08 Aus.
63RZ09 Për

- GV, Fiovâ

This has been a topic of conversation for years, and aside from the existence of the Royal Talossan Navy and the Zouaves, the topic of an "Army" has always died, and for good reason imho.

I live in a slight fear macronational authorities would come across this or some other Talossan forum, see the existence of an "army" and make it out to be the seeds of some insurgent movement.  The Navy and the Zouaves, not so much.

For now, I would vote against such a thing as the Talossan "army".  The "military" we have is more than we need, and the United States of America is a nice buffer-state between us and the existential menace that is Canada.

- GV

I think we all know what this issue covers.  :-) - GV

WHEREAS 23-28 October 2026 saw played the World Series, pitting our Maricopa Brewers versus the Tampa Bay Rays.

WHEREAS in five games, the Brewers prevailed in dominating fashion, winning the team's, Milwaukee's, Wisconsin's, Maricopa's, and Talossa's first World Series,

WHEREAS 28 October 2026 was a glorious day for Maricopa Province and a glorious day for all Talossa,

and WHEREAS, for Bob Euker (of blessed memory) and our Brewers, it had been a long time coming,

THEREFORE, the ZIU offers its heartiest congratulations and toasts to the Maricopa (Milwaukee) Brewers of Major League Baseball on their 2026 World Series championship with best wishes for many, many more.

Proposed by Gödefrïeu Válcadac'h, Senator from Fiova and former Military Governor and Senator of/from Maricopa Province

This has been a long time in coming...  Go Brewers! - GV

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on October 24, 2026, 05:38:47 PM@GV If I am reading the Wiki correctly you are celebrating around 15 years as Talossa's royal archivist? That must be an unparalleled run for national service. Not sure who would do it but it certainly seems worthy of commemoration.

Thanks!  My first four years in-post, I freely admit I did next-to-nothing.  Only ca. 2016-2018 did Talossa begin to see activity from me, and it mostly consisted of me trying to enact complex administrative complexities intended to work well, but also not having evolved "organically".  I failed to fully ascertain needs before I made admin-titles and find people to fill them.

I consider 2020 to be my banner year.  The oodles of free time I had during the pandemic were spent on Talossa.

Hear, hear!  They are amazing individuals and Talossans.

I am relieved to report https://wiki.talossa.com/Royal_Archives has finally been updated as of today, 22 October 2026.  The update is not much, but I've excised all the ancient text from May 2020, and little by little, I will work most every day to keep things on a far-better footing than I have the past few years.

Since 2022, real life has greatly intervened, but I've come to a place where doing more in Talossa besides just voting in the Senäts is something I can actually do.

A word of warning: I work slow, and you will never again see the level of frenzied activity I've put into Talossa as you've seen before, only to see me fizzle out and disappear.  This is why the "42 Project" I put together eight years ago was so successful.  It had specific goals, and I gave myself the time to accomplish most of those goals.

In the next six months or so (not before New Year's into 2027), I will put together a new project that will, like the "42 Project", bring my frazzled brain into order and help to continue to preserve Talossa's collective memory.

Also, I want to thank everyone for your patience and to AD whose random email/DM in the past few weeks about the state of the Archives has prompted me into this new bit of action and iteration.

As to the state of the Royal Archives, my physical holdings continue to reside in the closet of my apartment in five plastic tubs.  In due course, I will provide photos as well as a complete inventory of same.

More soon - GV, Royal Archivist

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 19, 2026, 07:39:43 AM

Quote from: GV on October 19, 2026, 06:59:39 AM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 14, 2026, 02:38:26 PM

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on October 14, 2026, 02:11:52 AMWill we get dark mode?

This is a newer WikiMedia feature, and we'll work on making this possible throughout the wiki.  Once we update, we'll also need to update the CSS styling, but I have read that this is not too hard in the MediaWiki documentation and already have ideas about how to fix it.

Your work on all this looks great - now to get Archives edit access...  ;-)

Did you try password recovery on your original account (Username:GV)?  I sent you a PM when you first asked about this, but you didn't reply, so maybe you didn't see it.  It's much better if we can recover that account, rather than creating a second one for you.

I'm good now, Alexandreu.  I just made my first edit/change to the Archives portion of the Wiki for the first time since 2020, if my old text is right. 

For the next bit of time, I'm leaving the historical text as I left it in 2020, preserving the history therein.  This bit of verbiage will disappear "soon".  My intention is to do a little bit every day or so.  More to come! - GV

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 14, 2026, 02:38:26 PM

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on October 14, 2026, 02:11:52 AMWill we get dark mode?

This is a newer WikiMedia feature, and we'll work on making this possible throughout the wiki.  Once we update, we'll also need to update the CSS styling, but I have read that this is not too hard in the MediaWiki documentation and already have ideas about how to fix it.

Your work on all this looks great - now to get Archives edit access...  ;-)

Once the Brewers' run is over, there will be at least one copy of the WS/LCS pennant in the Royal Archives, and I encourage all Talossans to buy one for themselves.

Beautiful work!

I think I know what "Humphrey House" is: a place where many Talossan events happened over the years before 1991.

In 2003, I made my second Haxh to Talossa, the first being the year previous.  On that trip, I stayed in a hotel with Andy Lowry two nights, two nights at Lytheria, and one night at the Talossan Consulate with Ben and Amy (Amy was out of town that weekend).

To say Lytheria is "eclectic" would be a gross understatement.  You will never find a larger library of fantasy and science fiction than at that place (unless it's at Ián Anglatzarâ's), and as Xherolt has alluded to, it is the site of the in(famous) 2003 Living Cosa and TalossaFest that led indirectly to what came after.

I would daresay the 2003 TalossaFest weekend was one of the great events of Talossan history.

- GV

Best thing I've seen on Witt in years...  I knew Litz had been away for some time, but had no idea of what she's been through recently.

The prayers and thoughts of all Talossans are with her.

GV

63RZ1 Për

I have never thought on public voting along those lines, but I think Miestrâ's reasoning has real merit.  No "real country" that is halfway civilized reveals votes in any way until the election is done.  Why should we be different?

63RZ2 Aus, due to sponsor

I will say this: even a casual glance at the extant works of Ben Madison we still possess shows an individual who cared deeply and (I'm sure) still cares deeply over America's history with indigenous peoples.  Without question, it has been one of his endearing qualities.

I also daresay Talossa's history with natives has been far positive in toto than Europe's as a whole in toto.

63RZ3 Aus, due to sponsor

I wouldn't trust the UN with putting together a simple banquet, much less with global governance of AI.

63RZ4 Aus, due to sponsor

Of this sponsor's three bills this month, this imho comes the closest to being one I could actually vote for.  However, given the sponsor's history of the past year or more, imho an AUS vote this time is fully-warranted. 

Yet again, Lüc, thank you a million times for all you do.  The job of SoS is the most important in the Kingdom, and you continue the long tradition of utter competence in this role, SoS after SoS, and decade after decade...

GV, Fiova

I second Antaglha.

GV, Fiova

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Whatever result comes of this election, Sir Lüc, your work on all aspects of this event continues to be outstanding.  Month after month and Clark after Clark, you and MPF build on the good work of your predecessors, setting your chair next to them and sharing their table as one of them and in the best traditions of Talossa administrative competence.

GV, Senator for Fiova

A. Elections to the 63rd Cosă: URL

B. Elections to the Senate: N/A

C. Organic Referenda

    62RZ07, "Executive Power Reform Act and Amendment" - Üc
    62RZ14, "Broosking Swing Mitigation Amendment (Reconsideration)" - Üc
    62RZ15, "Cunstavál Reform Amendment" - Üc
    62RZ26, "Democracy Act and Amendment" - Üc
    62RZ27, the "We Have a New-ish King Amendment" - an enthusiastic Üc

D. Provincial [Fiovâ Praesedieu]

   1. M. Schivâ
   2. G. Válcadác'h