User talk:Syaoranli

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[edit] IPA (free style)

Hi. I wonder what you mean by "free style" in the title.—Gniw (Wing) 05:05, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

It means that some slight difference in the exact style are only produced by the speech, and will not affect the system, refer to the theories of Y. R. Chao, some phoneme can be combined to make it more systematize. e.g. in the exact style, [pʰ] and [p](also written as [b̥]) is using, but in the free style, simply 〔p〕 and 〔b〕 is using. Syaoranli 09:52, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
The kind of system you describe is called a "phonemic transcription". It is not "free style". In particular, the system described in the article is a very systematic transcription system based on a good analysis of the Cantonese sounds.
Also, the system you describe as "exact" (i.e., Wikipedia's system) is not exact. For example, it does not mark the final stops (i.e., /p/, /t/, and /k/) as unreleased stops, or mark the syllabic /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/ as syllabic consonants. In fact, I consider Wikipedia's system misleading because it misleads readers to believe it to be an exact system when it is not, and it also misleads readers to think that exact phonetic transcriptions are better when they are not.
PS: If you want to discuss this in Chinese you can use my talk page in the Chinese wikipedia.—Gniw (Wing) 06:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Establishment of The Wikimedia Hong Kong

Syaoranli ：

The planning of the establishment of Wikipedia Hong Kong as a society has entered the final stage.

From 27th April 2006, every Hong Kong Wikimedians is welcomed to participate in the discussion on the vote on the official name of the chapter. Then a one-week nomination period and a three-week voting period will be held. At the same time, you are also welcomed to join in the discussion on the draft constitution of the chapter.

After an official name is decided, the recruitment of member will be started and the first general meeting will be held (Please refer to the schedule). If you're interested to join, please sign your name on this page so that an estimation on the number of member could be done.

WIKIMEDIA HONG KONG NEED YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND SUPPORT NOW.

I am the Wikipedian who invites you:encyclopedist 08:51, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

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