User talk:Noula69
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[edit] Re: Creole languages
Hello, if you have carefully read all of my contributions on the talk pages, then you will have noticed that my initial comments emphasize the mechanical concerns of articles, call attention to useless comments, and occasionally responsed to hypersensitive people who take critiques too personally; your characterization is distorted. Since you self-identify as an expert, then I will take the time to explain my misgivings, such as: (1) The etymology of "creole." It is derived from the Spanish and Portuguese "criado," or (literally "raised"), indicating a dependent of an affluent household (socially considered "minors"), suggesting the lower social status of those born in the Americas, because it was argued that the American climates negatively affected the physical and intellectual condition of those born there (yes it sounds irrational). The term "creole" applied to ALL American-born non-natives, including Africans until the nineteenth century, so the European-creole elision is retroactive essentialism. (2) Under "Recognition and renaissance," what are the sources of your assertion? (3) Same question for the first paragraph of the section "Substrate and superstrate"---for those of us who are unfamiliar with these terms (such as I), it would be helpful to more clearly explain these terms, and since it ISN'T common knowledge, then citations are needed. (4) The first paragraph of the section "Shared features" is inconsistent in its citations; the first sentence contains weasel words and needs to be substantiated. (5) The section "Gradualist and developmental hypotheses" is also inconsistent in its citations.
I stand by my tag requesting more verification and sources, and will re-insert it. The citations that are given are fine, but again, since you self-identify as an expert, I would suggest that you keep in mind the (inexpert) general audience that would appreciate more careful citations and brief, cogent definitions of the specialized vocabulary. In the future, I will enter suggestions in the talk page before I insert tags. Kemet 14:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Altaic languages
Could you source the claim that most linguistics accept the inclusion of Japanese and Korean. To the best of my knowledge, most linguists reject it, not accept it. JdeJ 14:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Look at just any textbook right now on the market and you will see that the Altaic hypothesis has become totally uncontroversal. Noula69 19:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] User Kemet
I must say that your attempt at administration against User:Kemet is in poor form. It is much more appropriate (and friendlier by the way) to address editors on their behavior to help them correct it themselves. Part of WP:AGF is assuming that editors acting improperly are doing so out of ignorance rather than willful malice. Ƶ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 17:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- He's been at this since November 2004 and I don't see any signs of him changing his ways or correcting anything. On the contrary, he just reverted without commenting or explaining my change on the Charles Hamilton Houston article where I had restored this man's ethnicity, based on fact and prior editorial consensus, back to African American. He cannot decide just on his own, without any consensus on this matter, to change all African American to Americans.
- I stand by my request for sanction. Noula69 19:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
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- What about his behavior contradicts what I just said? If you believe that his behavior is inappropriate then go on his talk page and say so, even point to the proper guideline and policy pages. Then you give him a chance to correct his behavior. Ƶ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 20:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
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- That's what I did. Didn't I accommodate him, even helped him reformulating his things? If I hadn't discovered what he has been doing all over the place for the last 2 1/2 years, I would have let it go at that. Did you read his reply on the incidents page? He has been a bad boy in the past, long time ago, now he has changed. He is going to be good. They all say that. People like that never change, they are like alcoholics, they can't stop doing this. Anyway, it's too late now.
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- You might also want to look at Tenisland's brief droppping by.
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