User talk:Cam

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Welcome!

Hello, Cam, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Punjabi Language Speaker

I see you've added some bits to the [List of languages by total speakers]. Please could you check out my comment on the talk page under Punjabi Language Speakers and see if you agree? Sukh 17:26, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Comunlang VFD-2

You are receiving this notice due to a consideration that has come up during a VFD for the article Comunleng. As there was no clear consensus in Comunleng's previous VfD, it has been nominated again. We are notifying all participants of the original VFD. Please see Votes for deletion/Comunleng 2 for comments. The Literate Engineer 23:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] a Karadjordjevic

Could you kindly explain, why you call the account of three proven genealogical lineages in the talk page of Dim of yugosl. as "rant".

"nonsens": Could you kindly explain why you indicated, against facts, that in genealogy in the talk page has claimed that he is son of crown prince Alexander (as there was no such claim, the talk page clearly saying that he is son of that Alexander who is son of Paul and Olga).

Could you kindly explain why you have decided that explication of his descent from Scanderbeg and from certain medieval Balkan monarchs is "nationalist cruft"...

In my opinion, it is an interesting thing that despite odds against it (such as centuries of foreign rule, and persecution, and tendency to sink into oblivion as centuries go), a Yugoslavian prince actually verifiably descends from medieval monarchs of the same area./And, why cannot Wikipedia give such information - as it is undeniably information. 62.78.104.95 07:11, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interlingue Wikipedia

Hello!

I saw that you are one of the administrators of the Interlingue Wikipedia. No one is working on this Wikipedia now and I would like to continue translating the system messages, but only an administrator can do it. What can I do?

Thanks! 07:11, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Hello! Just leave a note in my discussion page there, and sign it. I will make you an admin. --Cam 22:08, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chad-Sudan conflict

In the future, please view the talk page before making large edits. KI 04:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

No. His edits were understandable, yours was not. You changed the wording so that it exactly matched Reuters reports. I reverted your edit because I was keeping the wording in the form one would link to on Wikipedia; I used official titles. KI 04:22, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UFDC

Great, thanks. Would you mind if I moved your translation to User:KI/Temp? That way such a long message wont take up the talkpage. Eventually it should be moved to Wikisource. KI 22:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

When in doubt, I try to assume good faith, but based on the edit summary, I believe the anonymous editor was trying to vandalize the article. The two comments by the foreign minister were on completely different sides of the issue-the anon attempted to sneakily edit out content. KI 22:13, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] my RfA

Hi, Cam

We have worked together on the Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (biologist) article. Can you check my Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alex Bakharev to see if I such a bad Russian nationalist as some of my opposers claim? abakharev 17:24, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UIA

thank you for clarifying the United Iraqi Alliance article dates. We were both trying to put the same thing, but in two different sections. Your latest revision fixes it with the addition of the sentence on the latest results on the very bottom. Swatjester 23:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Castellammare di Stabia

Forgive my impertinence, but please help me to understand the thinking behind your recent sub-eds to this article. 1) why replace capital "P" in province? I checked and the Italian version is capitalised as is the English language article on the province. 2) why convert to the American spelling of "kilometer/kilometre"? The European version is acceptable in English (and the correct one in British English and Commonwealth English) and, I assume, in articles on European topics. 3) is "southeast" more correct than "south-east"? I'm not sure of the approved Wiki usages. Folks at 137 21:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] James Parke, Baron Wensleydale

Hi Jeff,

A book I am reading states that the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced by "Justice Baron Parke", which I assume means James Parke, Baron Wensleydale. Can you confirm this? If it is true, then it should be mentioned in the article on Parke.

Cheers, Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 06:04, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 22:26, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Georgia Guidestones

Thanks for the corrections to Georgia Guidestones. It's amazing what you can miss in proofreading, even when you're being very careful. I'm fond of those crazy 'stones, sed io min cxiam konfuzas: kial mankas la reguloj en Esperanto?

Gxis, --Craigkbryant 21:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] baloto

Se vi hazarde legas tiun cxi mesagxon, tiem bonvolu vocxdoni duafoje cxe por la dua alternativo. Amike eo:user:narvalo

[edit] That Cardinal at Deus Caritas Est

I think it's Archbishop Paul Joseph Cordes. Fuller discussion here. Stroika 20:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Personally I think on the balance of probabilities it is Cordes although I admit that might not pass beyond reasonable doubt. Wouldn't it be possible to have some text attached to the photograph saying it is believed to be Archbp Cordes, that he drafted part of DCE and was involved in its public presentation? I think it is a funny angle.--Stroika 09:17, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Farsi Transliteration

I'm using the loosely phonetic transliteration scheme from all of the Farsi courses and books I've used (c.f. Thackston's An Introduction to Persian and Stilo, Talattos & Clinton's Modern Persian). The only other "system" I've encountered involves English-based "phonetics".

[edit] Thanks

Just to say thanks for your work on the Iraq pages - much appreciated! AndrewRT 23:42, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling Reform

Ok, I see what you're getting at. I just see "thru", "nite", and "laf" in print every once in while, and I kind of like it. It looks like progress to me. Maybe I'm just a weirdo who needs to learn how to spell. It's just one of those things I want to pass on.Cameron Nedland 04:00, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holy shit!

How did you figure out "It is English, typed on an Arabic keyboard layout. It says "she is my berst friend ever I had". I guess "berst" should be "best". --Cam 01:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)"! Arabic isn't even listed on your user page!!! Shit you're good!

(forgot to sign: 82.131.189.233 16:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC), ie someone else, just reading the archives. so it's not my place to thank you. But SHIT you're good!!! Work for the NSA by chance? ;-) )

Thanks! I'm familiar with the Arabic alphabet but I don't know the language really. I googled for the words individually and found a couple of them in a thread in a forum that was people joking around typing English with an Arabic keyboard. Then I found an Arabic keyboard layout and worked out the sentence and lo and behold, it made sense (sort of) in English. A cryptographer I am not! --Cam 19:01, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] RFC

Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Arabic)#poll for standard transliteration. I noticed that you previously contributed to the discussions on Arabic. thanks. Cuñado - Talk

[edit] Re: Interlingua Rambot

Thanks for the heads-up. I only intended to "translate" the Loveland, Ohio entry. Do you happen to know enough Interlingua to correct the errors? If not, I'll try and find someone to fix it. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 02:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siberian language (2 nomination)

This stuff was undeleted... --Vladimir Volokhonsky 08:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MOS-AR

Hi, you previously commented at WP:MOS-AR. Would you be interested in participating in a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Arabic)#Solar letters again? Cheers, —Ruud 10:14, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:wikiassessment

lol, yeah I have - • The Giant Puffin • 17:15, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, sorry lol. They signed it Cam 17:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC), my mistake - • The Giant Puffin • 19:41, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Admin at vo.wiki

Dear Jmb, you're currently one of the Admins at the Volapük Wikipedia. There is now a proposal there for removing admin status from two people, you being one of them. If you're still interested in contributing (I note how much your list of Volapük words has been helping me in the Volapük Wiktionary -- I'm now finishing letter F partially thanks to you), I would oppose this suggestion. You can give your opinion here (in Volapük or English, as you prefer). -Smeira) 19:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Volapük again

Dear Jmb, there is a new problem with the Volapük Wikipedia in discussion at Meta: m:Proposals for closing projects/Radical cleanup of Volapük Wikipedia. I personally disagree with the proposal, for the reasons I mention in the discussion (it looks like a wiki coup-d'état, the Lombard case was actually different, the proposal should have been made in the vo.wp community first, etc.); and I thought maybe you'd agree and also cast a vote there to oppose it. (Of course, judging by the opinions you expressed in the first closure proposal, you might actually agree with the proposal; please feel free not to oppose it, or even to support it, if you see fit.) Smeira 02:45, 29 dec 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Summaries

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