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[edit]Creating a new article HELP
[edit]Hi, My article for Notheia anomala got refused by the editor and I was given some feedback on what to edit. I have done the edits - but there was no re-submit button??? Now I'm not sure how to get my article to be re-reviewed.
Icey28 (talk) 00:07, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- Icey28, you removed the "Resubmit" button with your last edit. Dismas|(talk) 00:26, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- Icey28, you're welcome. Dismas|(talk) 21:11, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
Gay Gadsden Flag
[edit]I am curious if there is a flat image of the rainbow #ShootBack Gadsden flag. I have seen photos, but am looking for a flat image suitable for computer wallpaper. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 06:53, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- Best I could find is [1]. Since File:Gadsden_flag.svg is an SVG and I'm sure we have SVG rainbow flags (and actually you don't really need one), it's fairly trivial to make one. Nil Einne (talk) 09:09, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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Manchester Schoolboys U15 1960
[edit]I am iooking for any information regards to the games played between Sept/Dec 1960 by manchester boys U15 rugby team, one was against huddersfild and the other against nuneaton. any help would be gratefully recieved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brentwood20 (talk • contribs) 12:24, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
Elephant statue?
[edit]Is this a man-made elephant statue or just a natural stone pattern?--93.174.25.12 (talk) 15:44, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
In the context of the article - about discovering hidden cities in the Cambodian forests - it is clearly being identified as a statue. As the photographer must have got a lot closer to it than we are able to do through a photo, I see no reason to doubt that identification. 86.191.126.192 (talk) 15:54, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- Here are elephants carved at Angkor Thom about 12th-13th century. It takes strong faith to suppose the pictured clump was ever a realistic elephant statue. AllBestFaith (talk) 16:08, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
pronunciation guide.
[edit]Why are the pronunciation guides you use so utterly unhelpful?? Can't you just use a more common-sensical suggestion than the unpronounceable, undecipherable symbols currently in use??? 64.20.206.10 (talk) 19:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- See Help talk:IPA for the official answer to this question. Tevildo (talk) 19:18, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- Tevildo's link explains the policy on WP, but I am sympathetic to your frustration. I was annoyed by this at first too. But don't get mad at WP for following the international standard. If you want to get mad at anybody, get mad at the people who published your textbooks and dictionaries, for teaching you a non-standard, insular system for pronunciation guides. I admit IPA takes some time to learn, but so do all systems. I've found this [7] web page useful for helping me learn IPA. With a little practice, you'll see it's just as easy to understand. SemanticMantis (talk) 19:43, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- Tangent: I was disappointed when the OED's second edition switched to IPA. The first edition used a scheme that appears to describe many dialects at once; the second edition's IPA tells us only the Oxford pronunciation. —Tamfang (talk) 09:06, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
- I always have to look at the IPA guide to understand a lot of the symbols as well but I can understand why they're used when I consider the many ways even basic English words are pronounced. There are so many regional differences in accent that it's difficult to use any other system with much accuracy. Dismas|(talk) 19:53, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- If you use Linux, BSD or a AppleMac you can install lexconvert.py, eSpeak and Python, then use
lexconvert --try unicode-ipa '/ˌwɪkᵻˈpiːdiə/ '
to use speech synthesis to render an approximate pronunciation. It should work on Windows as well, but I haven't tried it. LongHairedFop (talk) 20:23, 17 June 2016 (UTC)- @LongHairedFop: That is really cool, thanks! SemanticMantis (talk) 21:37, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- Forgive a slow-witted old fogey: install it from where? —Tamfang (talk) 09:08, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
- Do a Web search for "lexconvert.py". --71.110.8.102 (talk) 06:13, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
- Wah, that's too hard. Can't I send you my computer and have you install it for me? —Tamfang (talk) 01:31, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
- Do a Web search for "lexconvert.py". --71.110.8.102 (talk) 06:13, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
- If you use Linux, BSD or a AppleMac you can install lexconvert.py, eSpeak and Python, then use
- I've witnessed plenty of pointless arguments of the form "it sounds like [word]" "no, it sounds like [other word]" between speakers of dialects that pronounce the reference words differently, each of them writing with common sense and in good faith; these arguments could have been prevented by using IPA. —Tamfang (talk) 09:06, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
- IPA used to annoy me until I realised that it is extremely clever. Usually (but not always) one spelling specifies the various ways a word would be pronounced by people in different parts of the English-speaking world. Thincat (talk) 09:24, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
- If you see a word written in a foreign alphabet you're not familiar with, and you are told this word is pronounced like the English word "bow" (or, say, "row"), can you guess how it's really pronounced? I can't, and that's why WP uses another alphabet, other than the ambiguous English one. HOTmag (talk) 07:49, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Help with targeting aboveboard charity (specific to elephants)
[edit]I have decided I want to donate to a charity that specifically helps with saving the lives of elephants. The problem is that I really don't know how to vet charities – and I am very wary of throwing away my money on crooks. I have just seen too many stories over the years of unscrupulous operators setting up charities that are either entirely money-making fronts, or, in between, those that actually do some good work, but when looked at, only some small percentage of the money is used for charitable purposes.
Can anyone advise some aboveboard charities in this area, and possibly what resources you looked at to to determine they were above-board, so I might know how to do that for myself? Thank you--108.54.152.77 (talk) 22:10, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- If in the US, try the Charity Navigator: [8]. StuRat (talk) 00:32, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
- I want to endorse and reinforce StuRat's recommendation here. Charity Navigator is the "gold standard" in the United States, and I invite other editors to mention similar sites in other countries. On the specific issue, I believe that the World Wildlife Fund is a good performer. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:41, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
- In the UK the Charity Commission for England and Wales is the regulatory body for all charities - and lets you check that a charity is genuine and complaint with the rules. For what it is worth, my advice would be to support a good general conservation charity, rather than one that focuses on a single animal. Unless a whole ecosystem is protected, individual species will struggle. Wymspen (talk) 17:50, 18 June 2016 (UTC)