Kaleissin

Please use a header when starting something new (that is: not answering/commenting something existing) on this page, as I am a thread-freak much damaged by Usenet and mailing lists and fond of automatically generated tables of contents. Thanks in advance. --Kaleissin

A welcome from Sango123

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Happy Wiki-ing!

-- Sango123 20:43, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you need help with anything or simply wish to say hello. :)

You can file a request at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit, but I'm afraid the service is currently not available. You can always make note of your anonymous edits on your user page, but that's up to you. Regards, Sango123 22:06, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

Welcome from Peter ^Isotalo

Welcome, Kaleissin! Nice to see more linguists join the project. If you're interested, there are several Wikipedia:WikiProjects concerned with languages and linguistics, like Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages and Wikipedia:WikiProject Phonetics. A good way of getting started with language articles is to use the Wikipedia:WikiProject Language Template. Since you're Norwegian, you might be interested in adding info on the articles on Danish, Faroese, Icelandic which aren't all that complete right now. But, of course, any additions are always appreciated. cheers,

Peter ^Isotalo 19:47, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Categories in preview

Hi Kaleissin. You mentioned in an edit summary about categories not being visible in preview. Actually they are, but annoyingly, only right at the bottom of the page, below the edit box and the footer text. Not by any means ideal, but it should help with making sure that you're adding things to the right categories. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 11:44, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

owis hekweskwe

sorry, I did a copy-paste from the German article and fouled up somehow. I'll try to fix it (or, if you like, you are of course welcome to do it :) have a look at the German article and see if the text there is legible for you) -- dab (ᛏ) 14:34, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Google Page Count

I saw your post to my talk page and I invite you to email me on the subject. My email is turned on. I am not just making rampant claims ;). I have some professional familiarity with this and would be pleased to share my knowledge. Eusebeus 15:44, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Conlang WikiProject

Hello!

It has recently been brought to my attention that you might be interested in participating in the new WikiProject concerning constructed languages. The project has been created to observe, maintain, organize and improve all articles on Wikipedia relating to constructed languages. If you are interested, please add your name to the "Participants" section, and also feel free to add anything to the project page, the to-do list, or leave a comment on the talk page. Also, please check out the constructed languages portal.

Thank you!

JonMoore 00:50, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm not so sure how "official" it is at the moment, but there is extensive discussion of conlang policy on Wikipedia at WP:CONLANG. JonMoore 18:01, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Beer categories

It has been suggested by User:BrianSmithson that the Beer and brewery categories should be renamed. The proposal has been supported by User:Syrthiss, and supported and expanded by myself. The notion is that the regional categories should follow the format of "Beer and breweries in Africa" /Europe/Asia/North America/South America/Oceania. "Brewers and breweries" could also be renamed "Beer and breweries by region". And all the countries should also be renamed (and merged if needed) as, for example, "Beer and breweries of Germany", "Beer and breweries of Britain", "Beer and breweries of Poland". The word in each case would be beer rather than beers to allow for general articles on beer culture in each region as well as individual beers.

Comments, suggestions, objections and simple votes to Wiki Beer Project SilkTork 15:04, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Poll

Your vote/opinion on brewery notability is requested here: [1] SilkTork 12:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Beer category decision

As you took part in the last Great Beer Cat Discussion, I thought you might be interested in this one: A discussion has been opened on changes that have been made to the existing Beer category system. The changes reverse the decision made by the Project in April 2006. The changes were based on agreement by only two people, and by a discussion that took place outside the Beer Project. There may be some merit in the changes, and to prevent future conflict it is important that there is some discussion of the matter. If you're interested, please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Beer#Brewery_cats. SilkTork *^YES! 18:18, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Kaleissin! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 873 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

1. Bernard Comrie - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
2. William Croft (linguist) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 18:20, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of William Croft (linguist)

I have nominated William Croft (linguist), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Croft (linguist). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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