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Oct '06 — Nov '06

Talk:Great Pyramid of Giza sections 11 and 25

Following your response to my request in section 11, someone opened up section 25 regarding own theories. I have placed a link to my paper in this section. I would be interested to hear your views on my ideas.

Mehtopa 21:02, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

OK Mehtopa, I will look into it, though it may take a little while. Regards, --cjllw | TALK 01:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Gentle reminder - 2 months have passed. Mehtopa 17:26, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Dear CJLL Wright,

And now another month... Mehtopa 16:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Mehtopa, my apologies for not getting round to this sooner, however there are quite a number of things both here and in Real Life which I need or try to attend to, and I hope that you will allow me to gauge my priorities in this instance.
In any event, I did earlier review your theory, and having re-read it I agree that it is a "non-cranky" construction method, with possibilities. However I'm by no means an expert in the field and so probably should not be able to offer much in the way of terribly insightful comments; nevertheless I have made some further comments at your talk page. Regards, --cjllw | TALK 06:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much for you response. I apologise if you felt hassled. That was not my intention, I was just checking I had not slipped off the radar. I appreciate your taking the time and trouble. The points you raise are interesting and I am indeed planning a revamped version for which I will post the link in due course. Best Regards Mehtopa 22:35, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem, Mehtopa. Look forward to seeing your revisions. Regards,--cjllw | TALK 23:49, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

dude you rock

I've been looking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mesoamerica. Do you sleep? Do you eat? Dude you rock.

I don't know how much you'd mind if I copied (and appropriately modified) bunches of your stuff to Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups. Let me know if you would feel disconcerted...--Ling.Nut 21:19, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey Ling.Nut, thanks for the kind words. Not a problem at all if you wish to adopt the WP:MESO system to WP:ETHNIC, I see you've made a fine start on that already. If I can help out, let me know...keep up the good work! Saludos, --cjllw | TALK 00:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi again and thanks for all the cleanup work on my attempts to transfer your Wikipedia:WikiProject Mesoamerica work to Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups. I sincerely appreciate your help.--Ling.Nut 14:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

a humble request

Hi again CJLL,

When I started testing the transport of your assessment pages to WikiProject Etnic groups, I categorized my own pet project, Taiwanese aborigines as A-class. That was partly done just to test the system, but the "A" was definitely a self-nomination.

The article is long. And you are busy. But if you have time to put reassessing that page at the bottom of your to-do list, I would be honored. If you are too busy, that is very understandable.

Thanks --Ling.Nut 15:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Sure Ling.Nut, will look into it, hopefully in the next day or two. Cheers,--cjllw | TALK 23:47, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey thanks for the assessment and the kind words!!!
Question about the questionable image: I'm 90% sure it originally came from a Taiwanese government site, here... but they have made a new image! The old one seems to be kaput.... it may still exist on some other site of the Taiwanese government... but given government plus kaput, do I have a chance of keeping this image? A million thanks!--Ling.Nut 01:05, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm no expert in copyright law, but the govt site has an explicit copyright statement on it, and the fact that they no longer have the img on their website would not invalidate the copright. Even so, it may well be OK to use under the terms of 'fair use', I'm just noting that one of the FA reviewers when it comes to that may (or may not) question it. I suppose the only real way to find out is to try...--cjllw | TALK 01:33, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Mayan Astronomy

Will do when I get a chance at the computer with book in hand. WilliamKF 20:06, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

ok thanks, will look out for it.--cjllw | TALK 23:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
It is there now. WilliamKF 15:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, William. I've made some further comments in light of this at talk:Maya civilization. Regards, --cjllw | TALK 00:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Me too => talk:Maya civilization. WilliamKF 01:16, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Muchas gracias

Hey cjllw, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoikhoi 04:39, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Khoikhoi, you're welcome. Congrats on your adminship, it is richly deserved as well as being overdue. Keep up the great work, cheers--cjllw | TALK 23:24, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Another question about a questionable image

HI CJLL,

You may recall we had a brief discussion recently about a fair use image. The link I provided at that time was not correct; I found the actual page elsewhere. The actual page has no copyright notice, but I doubt that argument would carry much weight.

However, there is another possibility. The website in question has a free download page for images, and perhaps I could persuade them to copy the desired image to that page.. Full details are here. If you happen to know of anyone who is knowledgeable about these issues, I would be eternally grateful if you would send them my way.

Thanks, --Ling.Nut 03:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Replied at your talk pg.--cjllw | TALK 06:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  • HI again and thanks for the info. The GFDL is so lengthy; I fear bureacrats whose first language is other than English won't want the trouble. Fortunately, for image use we are "not limited to the GFDL: any free license will do" Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission#For_images.
Thanks again!--Ling.Nut 11:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Category:Central American languages

Thanks for your work categorising the Pipil and Miskito pages. I have a suggestion for the creation of a further new category and would like to ask for your help in implementing it: Central American languages.

There does exist a Mesoamerican languages category, but the two do not coincide. Since Central America is differently defined by different people, for this purpose I suggest taking the geopolitical definition of CA found in the Wikipedia article on Central America as our cue: "Geopolitically, Central America has traditionally consisted of the following countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama." There is only a partial overlap between this area and the Mesoamerican one: Mesoamerica includes part of Mexico (CA under this definition doesn't), and CA includes countries and cultures as far south as Panama (Mesoamerica stops at the southern border of the Maya culture area). For example, Pipil is in both Mesoamerica and Central America; Miskito is in CA but not in Mesoamerica; Nahuatl is in Mesoamerica but not in CA.

What do you think of this suggestion? Would you be willing to implement this? Would you prefer us to work on it jointly? I am new here and my available time for learning Wikipedia technology is somewhat limited, so I await your guidance. --A R King 11:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Alan, sounds good and agree that it would be useful for such an overall category. I'll look to setting it up in the next day or so, cheers! (reply also posted at your talk pg).--cjllw | TALK 00:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Bubi

(in response to posting at user talk:Relir)

Yes, I have many citations to make. I'm still working on expanding the section. Thanks Relir 11:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

ok, and no problem, I thought that was the intention. Go right ahead.--cjllw | TALK 12:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

'Where did he get those wonderful toys?"

cjll, how does the "recent related changes" option work? Thanks--Ling.Nut 03:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Ling.Nut, replied at your talk pg. What is it you are interested in doing? Cheers, --cjllw | TALK 04:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the info.. maybe that's a commonly used feature, but that was the first time I had seen it. I was impressed.
Actually, I'm sure it would be quite useful for the proposed WikiProject Endangered languages. People often pump up the numbers of speakers; it would be nice to keep them documented.
It might be useful for "Ethnic groups" as well... hadn't thought about it; just encountered the feature this evening.
Thanks!--Ling.Nut 04:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
No problem. Quite likely that you've thought about it yourself, but I've outlined at your talk pg one reasonably hassle-free method of compiling a set of project-related links which can then be monitored all at once by the 'related changes' function. There are probably other methods.--cjllw | TALK 23:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks!
Thanks for your input on my (nearly recent) Request for adminship, which regretfully achived no consensus, with votes of 68/28/2. I am grateful for the input received, both positive and in opposition, and I'd like to thank you for your participation.
Georgewilliamherbert 05:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

the sound of one hand clapping

(in reference to discussion here)

The thought has occurred to me, from time to time in my reflections, that arguing the merits of a point is occasionally less fruitful than discussing the futility of arguing. I wonder if I can write a zen koan about this thought.--Ling.Nut 00:50, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh! You may well be right, and it can be tiresome at times revisiting the same (mis-)conceptions. Actually I've been quite surprised how frequently this confusion over the term and its scope comes up. In any event, it seems there's still a need to establish the clarity on this particular issue, though I'm at a loss on occasion as to how to make it any more clearer and simpler than should already be the case.--cjllw | TALK 06:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
It seems that the user in question has an agenda, and a history of driving discussions into a frenzy. Having an agenda is not necessarily bad but we should be a little cautious about what we agree to what we disagreee with and especially how we do it. Maybe we could agree to having a small discussion of the definition of the term on the page? Maunus 19:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
For my part, I'm all about just saying there is no consensus to change & there is a consensus to leave it as it is. Believe discussion/debate will generate zero-point-zero light and potentially much friction/heat.--Ling.Nut 23:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, we'll see how it pans out. I've attempted some further explanation and put forward a proposal for the user to develop what seems to be their intended meaning at some other, more appropriately-named page, and to leave the current structure and associations of the indigenous peoples articles/subarticles alone.--cjllw | TALK 04:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I would never be so silly as to say "I told you so." You'll never hear me saying "I told you so." In fact, I never said "I told you so." :-)
--Ling.Nut 23:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Heh! Maybe so, friend Ling.Nut, however there is a neat forehead-sized dent in the brick wall adjoining...--cjllw | TALK 00:10, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic groups/Renaming survey

You may wanna look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic groups/Renaming survey. --Ling.Nut 16:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey thanks Ling.Nut for the notification; I've added my 2 bits to the discussion there. Regards, --cjllw | TALK 23:41, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your very nice message of support (and vote). I appreciate it. Biruitorul 00:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome, Biruitorul. While we may disagree about whether Aust. should reclaim the top left corner of its flag from imperialist running-dogs Her Maj. (I prefer the Sex Pistols' version of God Save the Queen in any case), I have absolutely no issue in supporting the candidacy of such a fine and accomplished editor as your good self. I am a little surprised, though maybe I shouldn't be, at how this RfA is starting out - but it's early days yet, hopefully there'll be a sensible outcome in the end. Regards, --cjllw | TALK 01:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Template:Languages of South America

What do you think we should do about this extremely incomplete and misleading template {{Languages of South America}} that someone has started putting on all pages relating to languages of south america?Maunus 10:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Maunus, I agree with your assessment and have added some comments there. I note the template's creator has just moved it to {{Official Languages of South America}}...?--cjllw | TALK 02:04, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your compliments

Thank you, CJLL, for your recent notes of support. I have done a few minor clean-up sort of edits today and may, in the coming days, try to find a quiet corner to actually add some content. I marvel that you've been able to keep your sanity for as long as you have. Madman 06:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC) (You have kept your sanity, haven't you??)

Great to see you back around these parts, ol'Madman! If you need any assistance dousing the antics of the befuddled, the intransigent, or the plain imbecilic, don't hesitate to call it out. We'll do our best to work things out, and there's no issue either in taking time out from sanity-challenging episodes if needs be. (And yes, I think I have done what I can to preserve it, with a few deep breaths and temporary refocus on other things along the way...!) One way or another a nett difference for the positive shall be made.... cheers!--cjllw | TALK 07:52, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
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