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[edit] Hi Homunq

Thanks for your insightful suggestions on how to improve the coverance of Mayan languages, which ahs been neglected for too long.Maunus 08:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spanish Translation of the Week: Trillo

The current Spanish Translation of the Week is located at Threshing-board/Translation. This week's project is to translate es:Trillo into English. You previously expressed interest in working on this translation. If you are still interested, please consider joining the translation taking place at Threshing-board/Translation. Fagles 22:20, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linking to templates

Hi, you can use {{tl|Ʒ}} syntax to link to templates, like this: {{Ʒ}}. You can also use {{subst:tl|Ʒ}} in which case it will be expanded like this: {{Ʒ}}. --Kjoonlee 06:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

{{tl}} probably stands for "template link." --Kjoonlee 06:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Condorcet criteria

Thanks for the explanation on why approval/range voting is classified as failing the condorcet and condorcet loser criteria. I had run through a number of different scenarios and could not come up with a situation in which a range/approval winner was a cordocet loser, but I was making the (apparently) false assumption that the determination would be coming from the same voting system. Apparently I had to allow the theoretical voters to place votes using both systems to expose the issue. Thank you for the example. Deathbane27 01:39, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naked Woman Debate

[edit] Naked Woman Debate

A simple solution to the naked woman debate. Please tell me what you think, as you seem ultra keen on this issue. Regards, --ToyotaPanasonic 15:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yucatec/Yucatek

Hi. There has been some discussion both on this page and the Mesoamerican project pages. If you think a page should be moved, please discuss on the talk pages first. Thanks, -- Infrogmation 17:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] River Awbeg

Thank you for fixing the typo in the River Awbeg article. I don't know how I could have been so sloppy. Happy Holidays. -◄HouseOfScandal► 11:11, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Threshing-board peer review

You may be interested to know that I've requested a peer review for threshing-board. Perhaps we will get some useful advice.-Fagles 19:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mesoamerica

I did changes in the Tzol'kin, and geography, made a cacao article in it, and add several other things, please give your feedback, (I also made my user pageAuthenticmaya 01:58, 7 January 2007 (UTC)AuthenticmayaAuthenticmaya 01:58, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I now that is Kakchikel but the link goes red, that's why I spell it the old way, I would appreciate your help in editing my editions, I don't know a lot and the Guide is quite confusing, when I link Maya sxript, and emblem glyph for example, it says that there is not an article, when in fact there are such articles {I wrote Emblem Glyph in the Maya script page???? Authenticmaya 23:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)AutnenticmayaAuthenticmaya 23:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Vivo en Santa Catarina Pinula

[edit] some bugs to watch

bugzilla:6455 and bugzilla:7865 --Homunq 17:24, 13 January 2007 (UTC)mayasautenticos 01:32, 17 January 2007 (UTC)Authenticmayamayasautenticos 01:32, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please help protect vandalized woman article and photos

Women are increasingly taking an active role in many societies. I thought that you might be interested that User:TRFA is stripping out a section on women's advances and is stripping out a list of women premiers and other political leaders such as Tansu Ciller, Condoleezza Rice and Nancy Pelosi from the woman article. Dogru144 14:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IPA Template

Hi,

For whatever reason, discussion of your template seems to have been stalled. I've made a version similar to the one I proposed on the {{IPA hover}} page; it's at {{IPAGuide}}. Would you mind taking a look at it to let me know what you think? And how can I get the text underline on the link to go away?--Gheuf 23:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for you comments. You are right, the box is too big. It is hard to read. Your idea about 'cobbling together' sounds good, but I don't understand what exactly a subtemplate is. Also, I couldn't understand if you wanted the "unexplained symbols that need no explanation" to be included in the box or not. Their omission would save space, but their inclusion would ensure punctilious completeness.--Gheuf 00:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mayan languages FA nomination

Hi there Homunq. Not too sure whether you're around at the moment, but if you are then you might be interested to know that the Mayan languages article which you've substantially contributed to has been put forward for Featured Article candidacy. See the nomination Featured article candidates/Mayan languages|here, also in-progress review comments at Talk:Mayan languages/Comments.

If you've the time you may wish to help out in addressing the concerns which the FA reviewers have been raising. Regards, --cjllw | TALK 07:38, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No

not you man - your work is top-notch (excellant, i might say as well!) - actually, I think pretty much everyone who contributes to the project is pretty top-notch. I meant AuthMaya, who contributes some really cool stuff that just needs a little revision. But I haven't seen him around here in a while. Peace -- Oaxaca dan 19:41, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mayan languages

Oh no, not at all. Don't worry about it. Cheers, Gzkn 01:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Linguistic overview of Mayan languages

I'm looking at this page, and I see it has, for all practical purpose, no content that is not already in Mayan languages. Would you oppose if I deleted it since it doesn't seem to have any meaningful links (those that exists should be removed anyway)? Circeus 21:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Mayan Language copyedit

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[edit] New languages map

Could you have a look at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Images to improve#Languages_of_Guatemala? I think some of the labels need confirmation.Circeus 20:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations at Mayan languages

Hi Homunq. There are a few places that need citations at the end of the history section in the parts dealing with mayan identity etc. I haven't written that part and don't know of any sources that mention those subjects (although I do not doubt they exist). I seem to remember you wrote those parts, maybe you could provide the proper citations for the claims? I copy the specific paragraphs below:

Nonetheless, the Maya area is now dominated by Spanish. Some Mayan languages are considered endangered, although others remain quite viable with speakers across all age groups and native language use in all domains of society.[citation needed]
As Maya archaeology advanced during the 20th century and nationalist and ethnic-pride-based ideologies spread, the Mayan-speaking peoples began to develop a shared ethnic identity as Maya, the heirs of the great Maya civilization. [citation needed]
The word "Maya" was likely derived from the postclassical Yucatán city of Mayapan; its more restricted meaning in pre-colonial and colonial times points to an origin in a particular region of the Yucatán Peninsula. The broader meaning of "Maya" now current, while defined by linguistic relationships, is also used to refer to ethnic or cultural traits. Most Mayans identify themselves first and foremost with a particular ethnic group, e.g. as "Yucatec" or "K'iche'"; however, they also recognize a shared Mayan kinship.[citation needed]
Language has been fundamental in defining the boundaries of that kinship.[citation needed]


In Guatemala, matters such as developing standardized orthographies for the Mayan languages are governed by the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG; Guatemalan Academy of Mayan Languages), which was established and funded as part of Guatemala's 1996 peace accords. It is gaining growing recognition as the regulatory authority on Mayan languages both among Mayan scholars and the Maya peoples themselves.[citation needed]

It is not the veracity of the claims that is doubted, but it would be useful for the general reader to have references to literature where one might read more about ethnic idenity and language among the mayas. Also some of the phrasings can come off as a little bold sounding to a critical reader. I think it would be a shame to have to cut parts of it because we cannot provide sources. Thanks in advance:·Maunus· ·ƛ· 09:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it anymore. We have taken care of it - User:Ling.Nut provided som very good quotes.·Maunus· ·ƛ· 10:39, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] popups

dev version moved to production, now quickhelp can get moving again.

[edit] So...

The ongoing "naked woman" debate seems to have toned down since my post there. Curious, no? Everyone is ready to criticise, but when asked to "step up to the plate", there is a deafening silence (and no, I don't mean you - just a general observation). It's rather curious - I expected a firestorm! Esseh 07:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Petroleum and Iraq

Hi! I saw that you have been helping out in the Iraq War page on the issue of whether and how oil played a role in the U.S. going to war. I don't know if you know a lot about this topic, but I think the discussion of that issue in the Rationale for the Iraq War#Petroleum article could use a lot of improvement. Any interest in helping me out with that topic? Thanks! --Mackabean 19:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Black Like Me (1987)

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[edit] I like your idea of the IPA template

The discussion on Template talk:Ʒ seems to have wound down - what became of it? — Sebastian 20:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it wound down. There was some debate about the best design, and the design I favored (including actual links to the specific phoneme articles) had a problem with the Popups javascript thingy (which I don't use). The Popups author was quick about resolving this in their dev branch, but by the time the fix had percolated into production, I had cut back on my wikipedation too much to resume a project like this.
In other words: Feel free to take this idea and do whatever you want with it. You can see how the discussion ended up - there were no fundamental objections to the idea that I saw. I'll be watching occasionally but I won't have much energy for participation. Good luck. --Homunq 20:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll think about it. in a discussion on template talk:IPA, I realized what a mess the current pronunciation descriptions are, but I didn't encounter much encouragement there to do something about it. — Sebastian 21:01, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Problem is of course that IPA has many uses, depending on how much you want to blur/emphasize subtle dialect distinctions; and that, on the blurrier side (which is IMO the more useful) there's no clear standard. My advice is: be bold and blurry. If you create these templates, I guarantee that there will be more normal people loving them than phonetics geeks picking nits. The phonetics geeks will be forced to fulfill their natural and proper role: finding soluctions, not finding problems. :) --Homunq 21:11, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, those are good points. — Sebastian 21:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Winpdb

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Thank you Shoessss. That bot sure is annoying - I can understand templating my article once, but the second time when I had already made an argument in the Talk page is just over the top. Homunq (talk) 16:01, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL – Sorry to say Don’t blame the Bot – Blame me. I was the one that put the speedy on, than saw your {Hangon}. Thanks for the contributions. Shoessss |  Chat  16:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I realized that just after, and commented on your page. As I said there, I think you should lighten up on the hair trigger, check the talk page first at least. Cheers, Homunq (talk) 16:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Homunq - I am still unsure as to how I can get a message to you via your talk page... so hopefully you will read this anyway. Yes, I'll go ahead and post a "Weasel Beer" page, whilst following the guidelines, and hopefully will get it right. I will post it under my other login which is Elle1971. Thanks again for the feedback. Elle xx Canarynightlife (talk) 15:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Why remove the Benevolent dictator page content?

Could you please comment on Talk:Benevolent_dictator why you removed the page content? -- Peter Th - 01:57, 12 March 2008 (UTC)