User talk:Wakuran

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello Wakuran, welcome to Wikipedia!

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax τεχ 02:57, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Help with Translation!?

Can you help translate this for me to swedish? Many thanks in advance!

For a small country, Albania is endowed with considerable resources. The southwestern part of the country is rich in petroleum and natural gas. The northeastern region has substantial reserves of metallic mineral deposits, including chromium, copper, and iron-nickel. Large deposits of lignite (soft coal) are found near Tiranë, and natural asphalt is mined near Selenicë.

Albania is also rich in rivers and streams with significant hydroelectric potential. These have been exploited quite effectively, making the country an energy exporter. A number of huge hydroelectric power plants have been built, mainly on the Drin River, and more than half of the country's arable land is irrigated, largely from the artificial reservoirs created upstream of the dams.

--Armour 14:07, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, then, I could give you a rough translation. For what reason?

För ett så litet land, har ALbanien stora natturliga resurser. Den sydvästra delen av landet är rik på petroleum och naturgas. Det nordöstra området har stora reserver av metalliska mineralfyndigheter(?), inklusive krom, koppar och järnnickel(?). Nära Tiranë finns det stora fyndigheter av lignit(?), och nära Selenicë finns det gruvor med naturlig asfalt.

Albanien är också rikt på floder och åar med stark potential för vattenkraft. De har utnyttjats rätt effektivt, vilket gjort landet till en exportör av energi. Ett antal stora vattenkraftverk har byggts, huvudsakligen på Drinfloden, och mer än hälften av landets odlingsbara jord har bevattnats, mestadels från konstgjorda reservoarer som har satts upp uppströms ifrån dammarna 惑乱_分からん 15:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response

When I initiated and wrote the page you talk about, I envisioned it not as a storage for cognates randomly taken from every IE language that has been recorded. I asked on the talk page to add only one, most representative cognate from each language family. Therefore, you repetitive addition of "oko", an entry identical to the existing one and taken from two closely related Slavic languages, seems redundant to me. Such random additions don't add anything valuable to the list but destroy the system that underlay it. --Ghirla | talk 21:41, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
OK, thanks for telling me. Since you created the page, we, (Imperial78, me et al.) have started a reworking on the page, creating a table showing representative words from most major languages. We have done that for more than a month, now, but it's looking good, and if you want to revert it, go and start a discussion on the entry talk page. I think the table is easier to follow than the original list, and Imperial78 has gone through a lot of the entries, fixing errors etc. so I'd like it that you only revert incorrect examples such as false cognates and borrowings in the future. 惑乱 分からん 22:05, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Subjective Cleaning"

Sorry if that sounded a little ominous, I just cleaned up some subjective entries, ones more fanon than anything. Jack Cain 03:01, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, you weren't the one that was subjective... Alright... 惑乱 分からん 10:26, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yes the edits to Stuart are vandalism

something like that needs to have a source, i.e. something to justify that claim.Eagle (talk) (desk) 00:27, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Suspected that, but the edit wasn't anon, so I gave it a chance. 惑乱 分からん 12:03, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia's LGBT Community

Hi, Wakuran!
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Glad you're a part of Wikipedia - and Thanks! This invitation posted here by SatyrTN -- talk
Please remove it if you so desire.
Thanks, but I feel more confused than openly LGBT, actually, I haven't chosen that userbox only as a reference to sexuality, but to my outlook on life, as a whole... =S 惑乱 分からん 22:10, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] check out this site

hey wak, check out this forum . Seems like interesting, thought-out stuff, not like usualy forums out there. I just found it and started posting (there oes the well thought-out part...). thought you might enjoy. Jasbutal 03:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I see if I could find the time. 惑乱 分からん 09:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Japanese to Roman Text Error

You have incorrectly rendered either the Japanese or roman text version of your username, tho it is probably the roman text version.

It's a joke. The Roman says "Wakuran", the Japanese says "Wakuran Wakaran". I thought that I might possibly spoil the joke if I explained it... 惑乱 分からん 00:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Anyway, thanks... 惑乱 分からん 00:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
I've been waiting for somebody to not get the joke and point out the "discrepancy", haha.  freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ  05:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hehe... My Japanese is quite limited, actually, but you think it'd reasonably "work" as a silly pun? 惑乱 分からん 12:09, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eisner & Iger

Hi. Just wondering why the rv to blockquote on Eisner & Iger. The Wiki quote graphic appears throughout Wikipedia without problem. Was it somehow not working here technically, or breaking up a page layout in an unfixable way? Thanks for any info. -- Tenebrae 19:36, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Oops. Never mind. I went back in the history and saw the big, blank space with "{{{1}}}" in it. I'll go back and fix. Good catch; don't know how I missed it. --Tenebrae 19:38, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I don't mind the Cquote in itself, but all the text disappeared for some technical reason, so I just chose the simplest way I could think of to make it appear again... It looks alright now, as far as I can see... Good done... 惑乱 分からん 20:10, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Russian Ship Names

Hello. Thank you for your reply to my question.

Yes, the ship names I already have were Mir and Nadezhda, and I was hoping for more such words. Nadezhda, by the way, is apparently a female name and the name of a few Russian warships. I don't require them to be names for people, just virtues and ideas. I would use Russian to English dictionaries but they're notoriously inaccurate. Thank you for translating "Courage," can you think of any really cool sounding words? I can provide you with a list of ship names in English, if it will help.

Resilient/Resilience
Opportunity
Curiosity
Fury/Rage/Anger, etc.
Fortune/Luck/Lucky, etc.
Quick/Fast/Lightning, etc.
Undauntable/Fearless/Brave/Courage, etc.
Peerless/Unique/Elite
Golden

Thanks a lot. :) --Demonesque 23:26, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I actually don't know much Russian, and I'm not 100% sure about "Muzkh", either. You could also try the discussion page of the Russian language article. 惑乱 分からん 01:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

I believe the second part of your signature actually reads, "wa-ka-ra-n". It should be 分くらん. Actually, I'm not even sure about that kanji…--Siva 21:36, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Look above! Anyway, you'll get a kiss on the cheek for telling me! ;) 惑乱 分からん 00:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok...now what does wakaran mean? Or am I supposed to figure that out myself?--Siva 04:37, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Try to look it up at Jim Breens' WWWJDIC dictionary first. I could give you a hint in that it's slang, and 分 is a kanji sign, not a kana... 惑乱 分からん 11:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
WWJDIC only has wakarasuya, "obstinate person; blockhead".--Siva 00:14, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
It's kansai dialect... 惑乱 分からん 17:47, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I see. It's short for wakaranai. Heh heh… --Siva 02:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non-Roman Characters

Hey Wakuran. Can I suggest you change your signiture (when written to one of standard, latin characters? It just doesn't display well on some peoples' screens (I don't know if you put 分 in deliberately, or if it represents something else my computer can't display.)martianlostinspace 15:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

It's part of the joke, and I like the way it looks. I don't know if it should matter that much... 惑乱 分からん 16:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Swedish-speaking Finns

Hi

You'll be happy to know that Finland Swedes has been renamed according to your suggestions. --Espoo 18:21, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I guess I was OK with either, but alright... Thanks for telling... 惑乱 分からん 21:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] From Ref Desk

[edit] Eskimo question on Ref Desk

Copied from Ref Desk:

I need to find information that will allow me to compare the food and clothing of Mexican children to those of Eskimo children. Where should I look? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.99.65.8 (talk) 19:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

First, learn the PC/professional word "inuit", it should improve your searching. 2nd, you could check out the articles on Mexico and Greenland. Don't know much about Greenland, but I think they import a lot of cheap foods from Europe.惑乱 分からん 00:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Per "DON'T BITE THE QUESTIONER" the article Eskimo says "There are two main groups of Eskimos: the Inuit in northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland, and the Yupik of western Alaska and the Russian Far East." so your politically correct/professional usage is questionable. Edison 00:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Okay... There it is... I was sloppy, sorry... More work for the questioner, though, the scope must give a huge range of varying clothes and food for the ethnic group. 惑乱 分からん 01:14, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Sort of defending my sloppiness, here, but at least it appears that the Inuit population is far more numerous than the Yupik, with the global Inuit population possibly around 150.000, and the global Yupik only about one fraction of that, maybe 20-25.000 extrapolated from the Yupik/Yupik languages articles. 惑乱 分からん 01:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Wakuran! | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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Well, I guess you were wrong. :-) | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 19:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Da Vinci's Education

Could you please supply a source for your statement[1] in answer to the Da Vinci question? We need to keep Wikipedia's verifiability policy in mind while responding on the desk.—eric 01:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't have a source. It's from a documentary I saw in my Italian language class once. Sorry. 惑乱 分からん 12:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit on the Misc ref desk

Can I suggest you consider reverting or seriously amending your edit about the Virgin Mary? Some people are bound to find it offensive. --Dweller 13:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

It looks fine, right now. Even if someone's faith is strong, he should be able to accept alternative opinion from heretics. =S 惑乱 分からん 15:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks! I skimmed through it, seems interesting! 惑乱 分からん 23:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Old Frankish

Hallo Wakuran, I was wondering what you meant with your comment "Old Dutch is part of OLF, otherwise, I think Jonathan might have deleted some valid information. Someone knowledgeable could check out the edits..."

As far as I see the only things I really deleted are claims about pommerania and bavaria. Since the origin of Franks is widely attested by contemporain historians and is undisputed by modern scholars I'm not sure what you mean. Could you cure my curiosity? johanthon 21:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, if the things you removed aren't particularly based on historical sources and evidences, I guess it might have been correct to do so. I admitted I wasn't that knowledgeable. 惑乱 分からん 00:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

Howdy! A quick request, would you consider using edit summaries more often? It generates extra work for some folks when you don't, especially when cleaning up after a vandal, and the community has even indicated that it considers the subject of edit summaries important enough that it has, on occasion, rejected adminship candidates on that basis alone. So please consider just adding a word or two whenever you edit, it'll make our jobs easier and will reflect positively upon you in the community. Regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 15:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Aaah, sorry. I guess it's basically laziness... I'll try to think more about it in the future... Not that I plan on being an admin in the near future, but still... 惑乱 分からん 16:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Hey Wakuran,

I have noticed that lately your signature contains exclusively non-Latin characters. It's not a problem for me, since my browser supports them, but the official WP guideline (Wikipedia:Signatures) says that you should also include Latin letters because some people's browsers won't support other characters. Of course, this is just a guideline, so it's not necessary, but I wasn't sure if you were aware.

Thank you. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 16:41, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

So it's a guideline, Should think about it... 惑乱 分からん 16:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Would 1337 suffice? Like the font... (Hmmm, I'd need to learn some sig programming) =S 惑乱 分からん * \)/ * (\ * )< * \) * (2 * /) * /)/ * 17:06, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I just noticed the change. j00 PWN3D T3H H4X0R2!!!!1 V-Man737 02:39, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Mwuuhahhahh!! (Old Ascii Art geek...) It's kinda big, though, I'd like to reprogram it as two half-size lines or something, but it needs some complex programming... 惑乱 分からん * \)/ * (\ * (< * \) * (2 * /) * /)/ * 03:07, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure you can figure it out, you're t3h 1337 n00b h4xx0r! V-Man737 04:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Hope so, though I might just be a pretentious artsy twat... =S Thanks for your support, anyway... 惑乱 分からん * \)/ * (\ * (< * \) * (2 * /) * /)/ * 04:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] False cognates

Thanks for removing that footnote about theos/deus. The bizarre thing about it is that if the person who added it thought it was true, then it should have occurred to him that by definition the words would be true, not false, cognates, and shouldn't even be on the list. —Largo Plazo 14:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it's weird... Anyway, I have made that mistaken assumption, myself... Thanks for the thanks... 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 18:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Woman Accused

Thanks for catching my goof. I must be accursed... Clarityfiend 01:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Indeed... @_@ You're welcome... 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 01:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lift

Hi Wakuran. The problem with using dictionaries is that you are bound to find only the Old Icelandic forms of Old Norse words. The Old East Norse that contributed to Old English had different forms from Old Icelandic. The word for "after" was æftiR and not eptir and thus the form for "lift" would have been lyfta and not lypta.--Berig 09:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, alright, I just looked for an attested form, found in popular dictionaries. "Lyfta" turning to "lift" makes more sense to me. The modern Scandinavian descendants are "lyfte" (Danish, Norwegian Bokmål) and "lyfta" (Swedish) so I figured at least some of the Norsemen used "lyfta". Thanks for letting me know. Go ahead and change it back, then. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 09:55, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
It is a shame that the user who called himself Utgardaloki did not provide references. It was obious that he knew what he was writing about and no one objected to his contributions, but it would have helped future editing if he had provided refs.--Berig 09:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The deal with the two no. 17's

Ah. Now it looks like you have a good idea of what's up with them. A novel with illustrations, in the « Bibliothèque Verte » series.. fr.wiki is brief and bedetheque lists it last as hors-séries[2]. I think you've solved it fine. Cheers. MURGH disc. 22:28, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I looked it up on Bedetheque and googled the title, and found some French webpage where I could work out the gist with my school French. Maybe could need some rewriting, however. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * (talk) 22:58, 18 November 2007 (UTC)