User talk:Elrith
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Some previous talk at my archive.
I've found I prefer to have conversations on one page, so if I write on your talk page, I'll be happy to read your replies there; if you write on my talk page, I'll reply here.
[edit] Eurovision Song Contest
Hi. What is your problem with dashes? EuroSong talk 10:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- In this particular case, I thought they were very clumsy and broke up the text. On that page, I felt each sentence with dashes read far better without them. If you feel differently, you can restore them; I'm not in any way opposed to them. Elrith 11:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for your answer. I do feel differently: many of the replacements you made with commas, for example, I feel are over-use of commas – and do not distinguish between the correct use of commas, and parenthetical asides. Are you interested in Eurovision yourself, or did you just stumble across the article in your Wikisurfing? :) EuroSong talk 11:30, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- Go ahead and replace them! My main objection was that a lot of the sentences are a little clunky and overlong; I suppose I didn't do too good a job of fixing that, but I didn't really think the dashes helped. I suppose most of the sentences I changed should really get a slight rewrite.
- I have actually been watching the Eurovision song contest for as long as I can remember, and I was reading up on Ruslana, who I've loved ever since she won the contest. So I ended up on the other Eurovision song contest pages, and tried to do my bit for them. I suppose from your nick that you're a fan too? =) Elrith 11:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- I shall :) And yes, of course! I'm a huge fan of the Contest: been going to see it live for the past 11 years; founder of eurosong.net; re-writer and majority contributor to the Eurovision Wikipedia article. My nickname here does rather give that away, hehe. I see you say you're "currently residing in Finland", and speak Finnish and English to a near-native level; but you don't say exactly where you are from, and what your native language is. May I ask?
- With regards to the sentences – if you have re-write suggestions then please be my guest: if they're good ones then they shall stay. I think that the sentences with dashes are good as they are, but two heads are better than one; you can always contribute :) EuroSong talk 11:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sure you can ask; I was born in Switzerland to Finnish parents, raised in Finland and schooled in English in Finland, Denmark and Switzerland. So I don't entirely know what to write down as my nationality. =) My native language is technically Finnish, but my entire education is in English, which means there are some gaps in my Finnish. So I don't really speak either at a native level; the dilemma of being bilingual, I suppose...
- Amazingly enough, the Eurovision Song Contest is in Finland next year, so I may be going to see it live too! I have to say none of us would have believed we'd ever see Finland win. I bow to your superior Eurovision props, though. =) I looked at Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest and realized that there's an awful lot of red in the list; I think that since I'm done with Wikipedia ice hockey for a while, I'll make that my next personal Wikiproject (I like creating pages!). I already started with Nina Åström; at the very least I'll try to write a stub translation from Finnish Wikipedia for everyone who's covered there. Since you're a greater expert than me, I'd really appreciate it if you check out my contributions to see I don't mess anything up. Elrith 12:30, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Naming conventions (Finnish)
Your proposed guideline/policy Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Finnish), while excellent, has not generated any more discussion yet than yet another argument between me and User:Masterhatch. Should it be brought to the attention of more Wikipedia users? Perhaps a straw poll? JIP | Talk 11:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Hi! I'm sorry, I somehow didn't notice your message here earlier. I've been off Wikipedia for a good while, and having seen the reception my policy proposal got, I'm not much interested in advancing it. I don't see any hope for this debate after certain people made it into an issue of "linguistic prestige", which I simply can't understand. If you want to run with it, I wish you luck! Elrith 03:27, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Grammar issue
I noticed that you listed yourself as a grammar nazi. I actually have a grammar issue that I thought you might be willing to help with. It is regarding whether or not dances (like waltz, tango, swing, ballet, etc.) should be capitalized. There is currently a discussion about it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dance and Talk:Lindy Hop. We would certainly appreciate your input. Thanks! —Cswrye 14:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
