User talk:Gwalarn

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[edit] Welcome

Hello, 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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Whosyourjudas (talk) 21:27, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You will need a user account for each Wikipedia. Though they share a name, each is a separate project with separate user account systems. Whosyourjudas (talk) 11:32, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to the Wikipedia 1.0 Review Team!

Hi Gwalarn, Thanks for signing up for the review team. We just released our test CD, which received a surprising amount of press coverage - this indicates that there is a lot of interest in what we're doing. Please help to make the next release even better! Let me know what you're interested in, or if you want some guidance. If you prefer, just take a look at the FAQ page and get started. Thanks! Walkerma 02:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for getting in contact. Yes, I use User:Cacycle/wikEd for editing, and I use Outriggr's tool to see assessments. I also see you're also on the French Wikipedia - do you know fr:utilisateur:Kelson? We're good friends - and he is involved with the 1.0 project on fr. Cordialement, Walkerma 03:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Official status of Breton language in Brittany and beyond right now

Hello, I noticed you wrote a reaction here : [1]. I myself am a Flemingand I was interested in the current French policies with regards to the Breton language. I understand that there are schools where kids are taught in Breton or at least in Breton and French? Do these schools get money from the government right now? And what happens to them after that? Do they have to do their exams in French or in Breton (or can they choose?). Do they have to do a test in an official francophone school to prove their skills in the French language? (Vous pouvez aussi me répondre en français, si vous préférez cela.) Evilbu 19:06, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Your questions are very interesting and cover a vaste subject. I am not personaly involved in the schools in Breton. So in order to be concise and exact, I can only give you some tips.

  • Breton has no official status in France (as any other local languages in France), it is a matter of private choice and must stay private (like any foreigner can teach his mother tongue language to his children, in private). Consequently, teaching Breton is not state-fonded, all the schools ask fees to the parents. In France, Breton is no more than "yet another foreign language".
  • Even being educated in a monolingual school like Diwan, a child will speak and learn French, which is everywhere out of the school (newspapers, ads, TV, radio, shops, etc.). In fact nowadays in France, it is hard to have Breton as your mother tongue (the majority of Breton people turned to educate their children in French before WWII) and it is impossible not to know French. France is not like Belgium, with an official linguistic border. Once again, Breton has no official status. We just recently gained the right to put some bilingual road signs. Anyway, in Diwan schools, French is a normal course, and every pupil learn French and its literature.

I hope this answer helps you. For more relevant information, you may ask directly to the Diwan schools (see their site on the Internet). Kenavo ! :-) Gwalarn 12:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Celts

This culture, which has influenced literature, farming, navigation and so much of European life, for 4,000 years, and covers places as diverse as Portugal and Asia Minor, would be worthy of its own project. Modern areas still Celtic include Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales. Please weigh in at the proposal Chris 04:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Celts

You had indicated on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals page that you would be interested in working with a project dealing with Celts. The project is now active at the page linked to above. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 17:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Celts as Barbarians?

Your thoughts and/or comments are requested here. Thanks. —Aryaman (Enlist!) 14:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)