User talk:Grika

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Thanks for uploading APlatoWhat72.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, Bratsche 00:14, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Good job 2 dude 3 Dolphin 4 Yeah 5 Usage in Herb Grika 6 Article names 7 No problem 8 Yiddish words in English 9 Possible interest 10 Double spaces after periods 11 Hmong 12 subphylum 13 Cats! 14 DO NOT CUT AND PASTE MOVE! 15 Your welcome 16 Commas 17 RE: 18 Barnstar 19 August Wilson 20 Imation (3m) 21 Revert 22 reply 23 Green frog 24 Image Tagging Image:Mickve.jpg 25 Minnesota meetup 26 First-generation

[edit] Good job

In Names of the Jewish people. Do you know all these languages? I've changed Slovic to Slovak language. Please correct if I'm wrong. It would be great if you downcase your text for consistency. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 07:45, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Just saw this Grika, I made some modificações to the page...hope I didn't mess up what you were trying to do there. :-) I don't know any Thai, so I couldn't help out with that one... Tomer ^TALK 00:07, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] dude

that's what i meant. lapsus digitorum. sorry. gaidheal 01:45, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dolphin

Turns out dolphin was protected due to vandalism on April 15, and no vandalism-protected tag was put on it. I've removed the protection, so expand away! Best, Meelar (talk) 19:38, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yeah

in québec and more conservative french dialects, rather than totally silent it is the same sound as in un an. gaidheal 00:57, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Usage in Herb Grika

In Herb Grika it mentions "last year". I'm assuming this was 2004, but I think it would be better to just say "In 2004" rather than "last year", since that usage will require changing the article in 2006 to say "year before last", and in 2007 it will have to be changed to "year before the year before last", and so on in perpetuity. Tomer ^TALK 00:49, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article names

Several of the articles you started are named X(language) Pronunciation. Would you be horribly offended if these were moved to X(language) phonology (also note lower case on "phonetics")? This convention is used with numerous other languages, including Russian phonology, German phonology, Romanian phonology, Hebrew phonology, Vietnamese phonology, etc. In fact, in the case of French pronunciation and Spanish pronunciation, these articles should probably be merged with French phonology and Spanish phonology. In the case of Italian Pronunciation, the information at Italian language#Sounds should be merged with it into Italian phonology, IMHO. BTW, how did you learn so much about Hmong? Tomer ^TALK 01:21, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

I'll look at the way the other articles are organized and see—it may be that they could stand to be reorganized to address the concerns you mention as well. I didn't realize you were in Minnesota...for some bizarre reason I actually thought you were in Texas. I'm in Eau Claire, so I'm familiar with Hmong...when I was a kid I learned hmoob leeg well enough to carry on a brief conversation. That was back in the '80s. Now it seems most of the Hmong here are hmoob dlawb.  :-/ Tomer ^TALK 17:12, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

I read Grika's comment on your talkpage, Tomer, so I'd just like to remind you both that while it is certainly very useful for someone learning a new language to have a page that explains pronunciation for laymen, it is completely contrary to Wikipedia policy that we set up pages that are essentially usage guides. Try to keep in mind that our goal here is no more different than that of any other encyclopedia, which is to describe the language, rather than to write a language course. This includes using all the standard terminology of the various fields of linguistics, including proper usage of IPA.

Peter ^Isotalo 18:07, May 29, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] No problem

I actually had no idea I was following you. But yea, I like to categorize, especially plants and animals. Helps people find them a lot quicker and eliminates confusion. --DanielCD 19:56, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yiddish words in English

I think for now it would be easier to just make sure that words are on one list or the other, not both. As I recall, User:Ajd was quite insistent that the lists be kept separate; I'll let him/her know. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:23, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Possible interest

You may, or may not, be interested in the current fracases (fracae?) regarding the proposed deletion of Category:Anti-Polonism and Anti-Polonism and the proposal to rename Wojsko Polskie. Tomer ^TALK 16:08, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Double spaces after periods

Hi,
It took a lot of work to put in all of those spaces. I find that they improve readability. --Smack (talk) 02:33, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Clarification: they improve readability in the edit screen. I'm aware that they don't actually display. And the space necessary to store a few hundred extra spaces in an article is negligible compared to the space necessary to store a whole extra revision of an article created when someone edits it just to remove spaces. --Smack (talk) 02:59, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Oh, yes, no problem. There are really few topics on which Wikipedia is definite. Really it's because of people like me, who run around writing stuff without bothering to hash out policy, or even read much of it. --Smack (talk) 03:09, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hmong

No problem. I know absolutely zilch about the language, but I'm one of the editors of the volume in which Golston and Yang 2001 appeared, so I'm just synthesizing the data out of that article. Considering how short Hmong language is, though, I'm going to merge Hmong phonology into Hmong language if that's okay with you. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 19:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

If you look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Phonetics you'll see that some languages have independent articles for their phonology, while others just have a phonology section in the main article. I think a separate article is a good idea only if the language page is already quite long without the phonology section. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 19:56, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] subphylum

Please don't add subphylum taxobox entries to anything below the Class level. It's really not helpful. The Taxobox is meant to be a snapshot, not an all-inclusive listing. Your addition of subphylum to mammal was appropriate, but to dolphin it was not. - UtherSRG 21:12, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

On an ad hoc basis is fine. There are some folks who patrol their pages (such as the beetle taxoboxes) where they insist on keeping all the rankings listed, though. - UtherSRG 22:35, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cats!

Wow! Just, wow! Love it. --Mothperson cocoon 23:20, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DO NOT CUT AND PASTE MOVE!

If you need to move one page over another, ask an admin. Cut and pastes give us headaches in preserving edit history. Sasquatch↔讲↔看 22:28, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Alright, all done =) happy editing and just remember to use the move button and don't be afraid to ask for help. Sasquatch↔讲↔看 22:35, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your welcome

P.S. You seem to be making good edits; now get yourself an account and stay a while.

Thank you for your kind words, but I already do and already have. I can't be bothered to remember the password, though. Just passing through from where I'm at. :-) I also like giving people a scare when they see an IP address doing things like reverting vandalism, tagging for speedies and welcoming folks, but don't tell anybody I said that. Uh, I mean, delete this after reading it... :-) 131.155.69.249 13:51, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Commas

In fact in British English the "serial comma" is less common than in U.S. English; here, it's known as the "Oxford comma" because it's the house style of UOUP (among a few others). I prefer it because it makes more logical sense, and because it can often avoid ambiguity (it's true that including it can be made to create ambiguity, but only in very unusual and rather contrived conditions). The Manual of Style has been debating this for some time, and it keeps getting changed back and forth. The last time I looked it was mandatory, and who knows what it is now. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:53, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RE:

Thanks for the heads up on Category talk:Christian mythology. I'm wading through the discussion trying to figure out what the problem is, and trying to formulate potential solutions on the fly...I'm sure most of them will have been discussed already on the /Proposed compromises page. If I think I have anything helpful to add, I'll weigh in when I've finished considering the issues. Meanwhile, see by comment at #Good job above. Tomer ^TALK 00:10, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

There is a proposal currently being discussed at Category talk:Christian mythology/Proposed compromises#JHCC's_new_proposal. Your input would be appreciated. Thanks. JHCC (talk) 20:23, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

[edit] August Wilson

Hi Milo. Your question on the August Wilson talk page was a good one. So I put back the info about Mr Wilson's time in Minnesota that you had entered. There doesn't seem to be any reason for its removal. Maybe the person who had made the edit that removed it didn't realize what they were doing. Although it may be worth putting the page on our watchlist for a few days to see if there is a problem. I have been fortunate to see six of the ten plays in his cycle and they are each special. Thanks for your timeMarnetteD | Talk 14:56, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Imation (3m)

Hello. You merged Imation (3m) into Photographic film, which was fine. However, you then listed the former article for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imation (3m). As Uncle G stated on that page, if one merges information, one usually needs to create a redirect and not delete the original the article. Subsequently, you did create the redirect from Imation (3m) to Photographic film.

I assume that you are satisfied with this result and don't want Imation (3m) to be deleted anymore; thus, I closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imation (3m). Please let me know if my assumption is wrong. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 01:10, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Revert

I was probably reverting multiple vandalisms at the same time, and didn't notice the double vandalism in your article. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-10-31 15:46

[edit] reply

Yes, it is an interesting idea, I am certainly in favour of the general idea discussed on that page. However I feel simple is often better, and as such simply having an editable and a stable version of each article is possibly better, although this brings in the problem of updating the stable version (who decides it, who does it, when etc.) which is a problem your suggestion doesnt suffer as much. I suppose the real problem is that we don't know what is the best answer until we try them in practice. Regards Martin 23:20, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Green frog

You created this article in June, but have not given the frog a scientific name. Could you please give me the scientific name of this frog, so I can create the taxobox. In this article's current state, it does not describe one particular frog. I would normally ask the main contributor of the article, however as he/she is anonymous, and I doubt I would get a response. Thanks --liquidGhoul 12:36, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Mickve.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Mickve.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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[edit] Minnesota meetup

A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 22:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 16:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the late notice, but there is a change within the mall for the meetup location today: see this page. Jonathunder 15:20, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First-generation

Sorry; my bad. The usage seems a bit counter-intuitive to me, but such is life! :) --RJCraig 04:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)