User talk:Greg.loutsenko

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I have been registered for ages but for some reason my username details were not recognised so i re-signed up

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[edit] why did u revert my edit on voter turnout

I don't know what you're talking about, you've never edited Voter turnout. --Rory096 09:25, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

You mean when you bolded all those things? I don't see any reason why they should be both, do you have one? --Rory096 15:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm undecided. Generally, it's better for stuff to be written in prose rather than formatted, but in this case, it was just a list anyway. You're better off just asking on the article's talk page. --Rory096 15:49, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Russia

Hi there. I see that you edit Russia-related topics. Come check Portal:Russia/New article announcements and Portal:Russia/Russia-related Wikipedia notice board. You may even want to add these boards to your watchlist. Cheers, Ghirla -трёп- 13:29, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikilyrics

I'm not entirely certain why you posted that message on my talk page, since I've not had any prior dealings with such a project. I'd have to say, however, that it would be a very bad idea. Song lyrics are copyrighted, and a wiki made up solely of such content would be an egregious copyright violation. The Wiktionary and Wikispecies projects can exist because the information is in the public domain (though individual dictionaries are not, which is why Wiktionary doesn't simply copy content from Merriam-Webster's.) GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 10:54, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oxford Dictionary

There is no international regulating organisation for English, as much as the English might like. Despite asking, because I had an interest, I've never had any of my (Canadian) instructors provide the Oxford English Dictionary as *the* authority. Not that I don't respect it, or that I prefer another dictionary. I'm just saying that I have not experienced this particular bias towards Oxford that you apparently have, and it may be something particular to your location, or the UK. - BalthCat 22:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

  • While I once agreed with your stance, that English flows from the UK and the closer to the UK you are, the more correct you are, I no longer believe something so stuffy and uptight. Languages (all languages) change and evolve, and have always changed and evolved. Those changes are not wrong, and they are not crude, no matter what we think, they are simply changes. For example, ebonics has its own rules, even it is not chaos. If you do not follow the linguistic rules you will sound funny to another person speaking that way.
  • I believe it is arrogant to say that language stops with English, after it has morphed and changed and stolen words from French, from Greek, from Latin, etc. for centuries. Why has English chosen the 20th century to stop? Who decided that the 20th century was the end date for the evolution of English?
  • Or do you believe that it can continue to change, but only with the UK in the lead? If you do, I beg your pardon, but there's a lot more of US (non-UK English speakers) than there are of you. Australia, America, Canada, etc.; we have a say in how English changes too, you know.
  • A couple things lead me to this decision. Among them, poetry, an art which is intended to use and abuse English (or any language) as it sees fit in order to draw out emotion. Words in the wrong order. Sentences verbless. Words even contract'd for effect. Also, my small exposure to linguistics study has lead me to view language as much more fluid, more like giant sets in flux, rather than hard coded rules. There are a few things I *hate* to hear, (such as anymore in a positive context) but I have come to accept them. Like color/colour, it's only wrong if you and your population are not consistent. :) Now, also imagine film, and television, as well as literature, without local colour. Your world has no more Southern (American) drawl, no more Cockney twang, no more Aussie jargon. It's all smooth and uniform. Barren.
  • Now that said, I do understand that this is an English Encyclopedia, and that it is not going to be written in Aussie slang or ebonics. It is intended to be written in Formal English, however, English is not only found in the OED, and it is not, and shouldn't be, completely static! - BalthCat 04:01, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Yanks? I am a Briton

In case you have not noticed, I use a Welsh username. But of course everyone in the world who agree's to something opposite is a Yank.

Amlder20 18:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Let's constantly bash the Welshman day is it. I have my opinion on the matter and you have yours. I disagree with the killings of any innocent civilians and yeah I hate war, but criminals have to be stopped and they HAVE TO FACE justice.

Amlder20 18:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Because when America falls, these terrorists will not stop there. They will feel like they can destroy whoever they like, they did state "We defeated the Soviet Union, so if we can bring one superpower down, we can do the same again" - BBC Documentary about Sept 11 and I am glad we are having this discussion, it is important to have a healthy discussion and might make a clear voice when editing wikipedia articles.

Amlder20 18:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Check out Welsh people - I am ethnically one these now-and-again disliked people.

Amlder20 19:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dunn's River Nurishment

The article Dunn's River Nurishment has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. NawlinWiki 18:05, 6 July 2007 (UTC)