User talk:Greatgavini
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A picture is worth a thousand words - so if you're going to write me a boring essay, don't bother. Draw me a pretty picture instead.
User talk:Greatgavini/Archive I: November 2005 - July 2006
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[edit] Note to self to fill space
Gavin, you da man. - THE GREAT GAVINI {T-C} 17:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- Why, thank you. Tell me, have you ever read Pride and Prejudice, my good fellow? - THE GREAT GAVINI {T-C} 17:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed I have. I heartily recommend it. - THE GREAT GAVINI {T-C} 17:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Languages
Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 17:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Just wanted to tell you...
The fact that you like Regina Spektor, Pride and Prejudice, Salvador Dali and Slavic languages officially makes you cool. Really. --Missmarple 17:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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Nice article and story for the tagline! Enjoyed reading it. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 06:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Town names pronounciations
Hi. I replied to your query on pronounciations of Coagh and Killylea here. I hope it helps. --Mal 13:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reply from Xn4
Hello, the Greatgavini. You wrote on my talk page "Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy, and have been reverted." I'm always happy to be corrected, but if you could tell me which edit(s) this refers to and in what way it/they did not conform, it would speed up my learning curve. Greetings, Xn4 07:01, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, I didn't mean any of your edits are POV! That's just one of the welcome notices available, and thinking that they're all similar, I put that one on your talk page. I see now it does have some extra stuff about NPOV, but I think it's more for warning you rather than for informative purposes. I'll change it to a more suitable one. All the best, -- THE GREAT GAVINI {T|C|#} 07:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
If it was not intended, then the correction would certainly be appreciated. Regards, Xn4 07:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
It has been corrected. -- THE GREAT GAVINI {T|C|#} 07:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Belfast Project
As you have contributed to an article relating to Belfast, I hope you could take some time to read this page about our new project: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Belfast.
Thanks. --Mal 01:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Flanking maneuver
The MoS says:
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- Articles should use the same dialect throughout.
- If an article's subject has a strong tie to a specific region/dialect, it should use that dialect.
- Where varieties of English differ over a certain word or phrase, try to find an alternative that is common to both.
- If no such words can be agreed upon, and there is no strong tie to a specific dialect, the dialect of the first significant contributor (not a stub) should be used.
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Since the article name is "Flanking maneuver", we should not include other spellings of the word per point one. I have made a redirect Flanking manoeuver to the article already, so there should be no problem. Point two and point three are invalid; per point four, the article should use the dialect of the first significant contributor, which is me.
The examples you gave are single words, whereas an alternate spelling could be provided. However, "flanking maneuver" is a term, and a variant of only one of the word is best not included. See Aluminium battery for example, where the word Aluminium could be spelled Aluminum.
The sentence I removed is: "spelled flanking manoeuvre in Commonwealth and other countries" Incidentally I find this sentence a bit strange and confusing, which is one of the reasons I removed it. "other countries" can mean any other country in the world - whereas it should be any other country in the English-speaking world only.
I have now linked the word "maneuver" into its article, which included the different spellings - hopefully any confusion from Commonwealth readers will be cleared.
Thanks for the compliment :). Unfortunately I made typos throughout the article. Aran|heru|nar 04:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Courtesy notice of proposed deletion
I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article List of English words of Romanian origin, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:List of English words of Romanian origin. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Lagringa 23:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not quite sure what you mean. Firstly, there is no deletion notice on the article, and secondly I've re-added pastrami because the article of the same name states the word is from the language, and Online Etymology Dictionary thinks so too. An unsupported theory (the "definitely not Romanian" one) which contradicts another article in this encyclopaedia is probably not worth going by. -- the GREAT Gavini 15:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Someone removed my deletion tag. I've got no problem with adding pastrami. The information that was there that said it wasn't from Romanian looked pretty detailed and convincing. I still question whether one word justifies a whole article on the topic, and I'm not too optimistic about finding more. Lagringa 18:36, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Award
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| For your continued service to Wikipedia. Good job!Sharkface217 21:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC) |
[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Sarie.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Sarie.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr.) 01:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
