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Contents 1 Kulintang music 2 New articles 3 Writing tips 4 DYK 5 Your edits to Hilltribes of Mindanao 6 Sandugo and Sandugo Festival 7 Award 8 Posted in Sandugo 9 Is it just Filipino? 10 DYK! 11 Your GA nomination of Gandingan 12 Your GA nomination of Agung 13 Hi! 14 Eskaya

[edit] Kulintang music

You shouldn't add the same piece of text on Kulintang music to practically every related article. It's enough to give a sentence or two under the appropriate section and then link to the article which provides a more detailed discussion. --seav 11:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

On that note, I've taken the liberty of creating Template:S Filipino instruments; now, you can just type in {{S Filipino instruments}} to an article to insert it, and if you want to alter the template, you only have to make one edit! I really hope you've got more instruments in the works, but even if you don't, it's always useful to reduce code redundancy. Anyway, as I went through Wikipedia to find articles to substitute the template, I noticed the same concern seav had above: it's not so good to insert the same text in lots of places. I'll try to help fix that now... Melchoir 07:14, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks seav and Melchoir for your insightful info. I took the liberty of going over all the articles with the culture section and referencing them back to the Music of the Philippines and Kulintang articles. Much of the repeative text was removed. Sorry Melchoir if I wasn't able to read your message in time for the revisions. The template would be a nice tool to use but ot all the province in the Philippines have the same groups of people in them so it would be hard to make just one edit. (For instance, the Maguindanaon have different terminology for ensemble instruments than those of the Maranao. Usually they like being kept separate.) PhilipDM 12:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New articles

I just ran across your article Kutiyapi. It's really well done, thank you for writing it. I've been wanting to do some articles on non-western string instruments but I don't have good sources for them right now, and not much personal experience. I'm glad to see some of them are getting the coverage they need now. Cheers, Mak (talk) 05:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Writing tips

I'm in awe of your ability to create so many articles from scratch! Maybe I can help out a bit by pointing out a few items from the incredibly long and confusing Wikipedia:Manual of Style that could make your life a little easier:

• From Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links): You don't need to link the same word multiple times in an article; actually, unless you have a special reason, it's better to link a word only the first time you use it.
• I don't know where it's written down, but an article shouldn't link to itself or to a redirect that points to itself.
• From Wikipedia:Guide to layout, although it doesn't come out and say it: If you use a link prominently enough in the body of your article, you don't need to include it in a "See also" section.
• From Wikipedia:Captions: Try to keep image captions succinct. You don't have to duplicate too much nearby text from the article.
• From Wikipedia:Lead section: The first use of the article title should be in bold.

I think that's all. Thanks again! Melchoir 07:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On June 22, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kutiyapi, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--BRIAN0918 01:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to Hilltribes of Mindanao

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[edit] Sandugo and Sandugo Festival

Hi! Please comment on whether there is a need to make a separate article for the Blood Compact/Sandugo and a separate one for the Sandugo Festival.--Pinay06 08:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Definitely should lead to two articles. Take the History part, in addition to the information about the Bohol seal and make that the new article about the Blood Compact/Sandugo. Leave the rest for the Sandugo Festival and leave a sentence about why each one is related to the other in each article. Great Article by the way... kinda like, Thanksgiving Day here in America... the pact broken by one side in the end. PhilipDM 09:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I did as you suggested. You may check Sandugo Festival and Sandugo. Comments, edits, images, etc. are very welcome...--Pinay06 19:30, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

I award you this barnstar

for help with Sandugo and Sandugo Festival articles, and maybe many more..--Pinay06 10:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC).

O you shouldn't have. I was merely giving my best suggestion for the article. Actually, now that Sandugo went through the DYK process, I suggest you try getting it a GA Nomination. This is the criteria and i believe it fits all those qualifications. If you think it's good enough nominate in on the candidates page, in the world history section. Follow the instructions on the candidates page. Your article should have a GA nominee like the one I'm working on, Agung. Highest Thanks. PhilipDM 19:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I do honestly think you deserve it. Your suggestion provided a start off point for the article. I wouldn't have done it at that time! So, my gratitude. As for the GA nomination, I will see what I can do. I still have to do some more improvement, and research on the current conflict on the actual location or site of the Sandugo in Bohol and incorporate it prior to nomination. BTW, your article on Agung is really good!!! You did such a good job! Congratulations! Pinay06 02:15, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Posted in Sandugo

An entry from SANDUGO appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on November 24, 2006.

Your comments, edits, images, etc. to improve the article Sandugo are most welcome!--Pinay06 10:27, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is it just Filipino?

The blood pact is a staple feature in many Chinese kung-fu movies. Borisblue 07:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Any idea on how I should respond to this? --Pinay06 07:39, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK!

On 25 November 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Agung, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Aksi_great (talk) 18:40, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Excellent work I would have never known what a Agong was if it wasn't for you. Keep up the new articles, Ernst Stavro Blofeld 21:59, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks alot Ernst. PhilipDM 19:21, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA nomination of Gandingan

The article Gandingan you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Gandingan for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations. Shimeru 21:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA nomination of Agung

The article Agung you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Agung for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations.--Pinay06 22:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi!

Congratulations...I went through the whole process, I am not sure if I did everything right! Please check! --Pinay06 22:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Lookin good. Has good lead paragraph. You nominated it properly. We'll see what happens in a couple of days. -- PhilipDM 19:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eskaya

Saw your note. Thanks! Good luck to all of us...Ingat! --Pinay06 22:31, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

--Pinay06 01:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)