User talk:Richwales/Archives/2006

Nasality of Czech

Do you have any other sources (preferably linguistic in nature) to support your idea that Czech is somewhat nasalized? I will admit that I first started to really pick up on nasality after my last trip to the Czech Republic, but I had significant linguistic training before that trip and did not notice anything particularly nasal about Czech.

Ryan Smith 05:39, 3 January 2006 (UTC)Ryan Smith

Sorry, no, I don't have any specific sources. This was simply my own observation based on hearing lots of Czech speakers. Richwales 05:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Hi Rich, hey I noticed that there are 3 [edit] links sitting thus in the Majority opinion section: (plus a third [edit] [edit] [edit] condition, namely, that Indian tribes were not considered subject to U.S. jurisdiction when I see this page. I tried once to eliminate them, but without success. They are the edit links for Facts, Issue, and Majority opinion. Don't know if you see them too, or if you will have any better luck at eliminating them then I did. Likly you have already tried to fix it, anyway, just FYI. Thanks, Brimba 05:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, this is a bug in Wikipedia's style sheets. Those "[edit]" things are generated automatically, and I don't think there's any way to rearrange (much less delete) them. I've seen similar problems with some other articles. Richwales 05:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Splarka "fixed" this problem by assigning the images to individual sections and ending each section with <br clear="both">. While this does indeed take care of the [edit] link issue, it seems less than fully satisfactory to me, because it makes the images look like they "belong" to the individual sections, rather than to the article as a whole. Richwales 20:13, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Romanian numerals

Hi Rich. Thanks for "inspiring" me: I wrote Romanian numerals, please have a look. Also feel free to smooth out my wriggly English, or fix any mistakes that might still lurk in the article. Cheers! — AdiJapan ☎ 14:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I was getting there. I just added the distributive numerals earlier. In the meantime I keep descovering things I wasn't aware of... For instance, today I realized that in English grammar the numerals are not recognized as a separate part of speech! In Romanian they are, although in a sentence numerals act as a kind of noun, adjective, or pronoun. — AdiJapan ☎ 15:26, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

You might be right. What I don't like about "Romanian numbers" is that it is misleading. It sounds as if Romanians had a different sort of arithmetics or something like that.

I think I was influenced by the fact that, in Romanian, numeral (plural: numerale) means the part of speech that expresses numbers. Also, the word număr only means the mathematical concept of English number, it doesn't inlcude the meaning number name. On top of that, the PDF listed as reference in the article calls these words "numerals".

I also thought about calling the article "Romanian number names", but it sounds a bit strange, and there is no article in Wikipedia with such a name.

If you think "Romanian numbers" is the best choice for the contents then I agree with moving it there. — AdiJapan ☎ 17:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Noua Dreaptă

Hey Rich,

I have the page on my watchlist, so I'll revert and drop them a vandal warning next time they do it. Once they go the extra mile I can report them here. Adios! —Khoikhoi 07:53, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

That might be a good idea. I have a feeling they'd just try to delete it though. —Khoikhoi 03:34, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

You are right, this word is not in the dictionaries (yet). Technically, "manelizare" (from manele, a rather new music genre in Romania) means the action of spreading or supporting this sort of music, and the result of such action. But there is more to this word. To start with, the word itself was created by those who fight against this music, considering it a sign of low moral value, as reflected in the lyrics of manele. More generally, "manelizare" means the process of social decadence, by which the mentality and behavior of the young people deteriorate under the influence of manele.

Personally I am glad I don't need to hear this sort of music. This doesn't mean I support the extremist views of Noua Dreaptă though. — AdiJapan ☎ 09:52, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Numbers

Hi Rich. I've finished writing Romanian numbers, at least in a first form. Last added were the ordinal numbers which you were waiting for.

If you find mistakes feel free to correct them, like you've already done a few times. Also, if there are things that ought to be there and aren't, please let me know. Thanks. — AdiJapan ☎ 16:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I got your message, thanks. I will make those additions when I have some more time, hopefully in the near future. I guess I just have to many plans, with ro.wp getting most of my attention. — AdiJapan ☎ 13:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

naming immigrants

Hello, While I don't mean to reopen old wounds, I do want to standardize wikipedia's usage. I have indeed read and commented at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (immigration); I posted a comprehensive case for "illegal immigrant" versus other proposed terms several days ago. "illegal immigrant" seemed to be emerging as the consensus on many pages (i frequent a lot of the immigration pages) since before I even started editing. Please feel free to respond to the case that I have made at the naming conventions site. Thanks! TheKaplan 18:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Caloundra

Howdy,

Most people and locals to the area pronounciate Caloundra as Cah-lown-dra. Hope this may be of help, Cheers --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 08:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

*nods*, second one does rhyme with downtown. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 22:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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Ho, sorry for taking so long to respond. I'm not quite sure what is going on with my recent run of VP approvals, but I'm going over it all again now. Please let me know if it still doesn't work; thanks. —Xyrael / 16:00, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

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You appear to have been on the userlist twice, which may be confusing the program. I've removed both and then readded you; please try again. Thanks. —Xyrael / 18:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

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Clair's gone

I know you are also a friend of ClairSamoht, so I thought I would let you know that Clair said goodbye on my Talk page tonight (under section Frog, I think it is number 16). He is gone from WP. I am quite sad about all this. I think I will send him an email in a week or two, but need to think what to say first. I am watching Johnny Appleseed now (his only GA). I am not sure what the missing verb is either. Take care and sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Ruhrfisch 03:38, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof

Hi Richwales, I also had difficulties with VandalProof crashing upon start-up last night. However, I persisted, and on my third try, it did not crash and worked correctly. There is clearly a problem that needs to be fixed, but one can seemingly work around it for now. Sincerely, --BostonMA ^talk 18:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, If you have 'never been able to start VP, perhaps it uses too much resources for your computer. It does seem to be very resource intensive. But then I don't know how powerful your computer is, how much ram etc. so maybe it is something else. I'm sorry to hear you can't work around the problem. :-( --BostonMA ^talk 22:17, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I get the login failed error as well. But eventually a screen comes up with a login link embedded on the page. I then re-login using that link, I don't use the normal Wikipedia login. Then I usually go 100% cpu for what seems like about a minute. Then, VP either crashes or I get in. By the way, when I start VP, I studiously avoid touching anything. I don't even want VP to repaint its window, so I don't touch other applications that might obscure VP. I also keep a minimized version of task manager running next to my clock, and I only touch VP after the CPU goes back down near zero. So perhaps I have found the majic touch, but forgot that others may try things differently. --BostonMA ^talk 22:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, it looks like I can't help you. Sorry for the time not so well spent. --BostonMA ^talk 23:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

This may be of interest

Hi Rich, I believe what you are looking for is this case: Inglis v. Trustees of Sailor's Snug Harbour in City of New York, 28 U.S. (3 Pet.) 99 (1830), it’s a US Supreme Court case, but due to the time it originated, not always easy to find unless you run over to the Law library. Its worth the trip. Take care, Brimba 05:16, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

3RR

I don't think I've violated 3RR unless the rule is construed to mean any 24 hour span instead of one calendar day, in which case, I might have. But, removing spam and vandalism, as far as I can tell from the rule, is not a violation of 3RR anyway. Chicken Wing 08:18, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't think he is vandalizing, but I don't appreciate being stuck now having to argue this matter or having my account name defamed. The fact remains that I was removing spam added by a determined spammer, which is vandalism. I don't think I could seriously be in danger of violating the 3RR policy unless I had notice that the link in question was not vandalism. I've removed so many links to Dread Central at this point, with almost no resistance, that there was no reason for me to believe that one user would suddenly pop off. Chicken Wing 22:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)