Talk:Malta/Archive 1

message: What!? No image of a Maltese Falcon? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DennisDaniels (talk • contribs) 02:27, 3 September 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Initial text

message: Does anyone have any information regarding this party/movement, and perhaps a few links? I heard nothing about it.
: I haven't and neither does Maltesedog from what he told me yesterday. └ VodkaJazz/talk┐ 13:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New Malta?

message: * Hi! Please consider visiting the Wikipedia:Malta-related topics notice board.  (should this be in a little box or something?) Srl 05:01, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Message board 

message: :The islands later came under the control first of Carthage (400 BC) and then of Rome, before being conquered by Arabs in 1180 AD.
Just AD? That's over two millennia of history there. Surely the timespan could be more specific than that. — Ливай | ☺ 06:13, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, here's another timeline outlining Malta's history throughout the ages. I don't know whether this is a reliable timeline or not, but note that it says 'Greek Influence' and not 'Colonised by the Greek'. The dates it gives are 700-600BC.Keith Azzopardi 22:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Huh? 

message: Can someone explain why the 02:19, 22 Jun 2005 81.178.95.250 edit removed my work.
Answer:
Because (1) it is cliche which is (2) groundless and (3) irrelevant.
 Further question 
On what basis is it groundless?
 Further answer 
The onus of proof is upon you.
 Proof 
The contribution of the Church is seen in our daily life.
Another fatuous claim. "The contribution of the Church is seen in our daily life" -- even my having bacon and eggs for breakfast tomorrow? Is this an encyclopedia or Emmy Bezzina's latest rant?
User:Demdem
 Proof 
[] Maltesedog 08:15, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contribution by the Church 

message: Cleaned up this section for grammatical errors. --Sir Edgar 09:00, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economic History 

message: The external links section in this article is too long. Can someone who knows the subject check and trim the list? See Wikipedia:External links for criteria. Rl 10:18, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: A recent addition to demography on number of births in the past and at present, as influenced by the insularity of the island and the powerful influence of the church in the past was removed.  Why was this done? 
Maltesedog 08:55, 04 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Demography

message: Gibraltar is not even the most southerly point on the Iberian Peninsula — Punta de Tarifa in Spain is further south — let alone in Europe.
-->> I do not know which is geographically the southernmost, but there are also the Spanish enclaves in North Africa to consider...Ceuta and Melilla if I'm not mistaken...
* We're talking geographically not politically here. Even though politically, the spanish enclaves in North Africa are further south, they geographically do not form part of Europe Maltesedog 16:36, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Southernmost point in Europe? 

message: I know it is a CIA map, but isn't it out of date? The main town on Gozo is called Victoria, Rabat is an older name not now used much.
No, Rabat is a Maltese version of the English name 'Victoria' which is still in use.  Maltese people refer to Victoria as Rabat. Maltesedog 15:47, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Both Mdina & Victoria are citadels (fortified cities), which are situated in the middle of an even larger town (Cittadella in maltese). Keith Azzopardi 22:18, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rabat or Victoria? 

message: Can someone explain the reason for the removal of the history of Malta from the article Maltesedog 13:26, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't do it nor can I explain it.  However, I wonder if it is due to the duplication with the 'history of malta' article, which duplication I have wondered about for a while. hth.  Srl 04:57, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of History from site 

message: Malta says dialect, Maltese language says language.  See discussion here: Talk:Maltese_language#language_or_dialect? Srl 11:01, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language or Dialect? 

message: I understand English is the secondary language in Malta, but does anyone speak it natively or does it have a similar status to English as an official language in India. And, if so, why wasn't it done away with as an official language when Italian was? Just a general wondering.
:One must have a background of both the history and politics of Malta to understand why Italian was done away with. The British made Maltese the official language so as to stop any italian influence during World War II. I'd suggest you'll also see Minglish. Keith Azzopardi 22:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: English in Malta

message: Someone changed Malta#Demographics to:
:Education in Malta is based on the British Model owing its origins in Malta's previous occupation.  
I reverted it back to colonial past, otherwise it seems like POV implying a hostile takeover or at least a more contentious situation than my understanding of the history would lend itself to.  Any comments? Srl 18:35, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  colony or occupation? 

message: Spain did not even exist in the year 1530. The islands were given by the Ancient Reign of Aragon--Paco ✉ 07:57, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: Is the repositioning of the temples image correct? I think it was better before. Maltesedog 15:02, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repositioning of Image 

message: Moved from article. El_C 11:44, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved from article

message: Why is someone always changing the flag. The actual flag is the one shown before.
The matter has been resolved, and the flag in SVG format has been updated. Special thanks to User:Zscout370, for his help. More details about the flag, can be view both on my talk page, and on the talk page of User:Zscout370. Maltesedog 22:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag 

message: Geophyisical controversy.. please cite your source from where you are getting the knowledge that geophysically Malta forms parts of the African Plate. Hopefully this would solve the Vandalism Maltesedog 22:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It has always been a controversy and my last remembrance from school is that we were on the Eurasian, but from the research I did it seems the plate boundary cut sicily horizontally, so we would be on the African.  I'll ask Prof. Lanfranco at UM and update as necessary. VodkaJazz 02:58, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Not yet, sorry. He (and me) are busy with exams at the moment. Will take another two weeks from my part. VodkaJazz 19:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

text: An "is irrelevant" is not the answer we are seeking VodkaJazz 12:57, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: I have added the page was removed from wikification.
Some heavy labour work is needed for the information table, which has to be converted from Wiki table format into the Infobox_Country format. See it used effectively in the UK page.
The article in general has a somewhat old base, and therefore there are many "old styles" which need to be updated. In particular is the issue of characters (like the em-dash) which need not be written with the HTML ampersand style anymore since unicode is now supported, and the use of HTML in some parts of the text. VodkaJazz 03:59, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you sure HTML ampersands for emdash and en dash should not be used? Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dashes) doesn't seem to agree. -- Mikeblas 21:48, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  <strike>Wikification</strike> 

message: The recent additions on food etc. appear to be a copyvio. please advise. Maltesedog
:All of Axismbb's edits were copyvios or similar trash - the guy thinks wiki is some sort of scrapbook :/
* Economy -- "It is currently ranked in 58th place in our top 80 markets." our = who? our = Bizezia = copyright owner  p.3 onwards
* Food & Cuisine -- © World Infozone Limited 2006 
* Arts -- © World Infozone Limited 2006 
* Holidays -- Carnaval 
* Jessicart is a commercial link (famous? LOL) 
* In addition, BOTH these YourMalta and ChooseMalta are commercial.
I'll do the mass revert, hoping no edit wars will arise :/
VodkaJazz 02:12, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio 

message: Hi
I would like to propose the addition of the link to the video Map about Malta and Gozo
http://www.bestof-malta.com/country.php?lg=GB
First and unique map of this kind
Fabrice H 13:30, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The map is cool, good job, but there's no place for it on wikipedia unforunately. Marcus1234 16:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

text: All that stuff is still present (commented). The problem is that either the fields do not exist or I do not know them. I'm not that experienced with them so I don't know if one can add to the template. Anyone who manages to find a way will find all the missing info towards the end of the infobox source. VodkaJazz 12:48, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links 

message: DeAceShooter (→See also - Removed link to Pan Am Flight 103 (irrelevant).)
The Pan Am case put Malta on the map and is still sometimes in the news to this very day. It's a tragic day in history to which Malta is directly connected to. It is not mentioned in the article itself but in an appropriate section.
Vodkajazz, I cannot agree with you on this. There are hundreds of articles in which Malta is mentioned. Should we list them all on the basis of the above argument? Maltesedog 19:38, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  18:46, 4 March 2006 

message: MYLO (Once again IMPROVED artciel.)
* You did not improve the article.
* You went against these Wikipedia guidelines: Wikiquette, Unilateral action, Resolving disputes, Flaming.
* You went against article guidelines set up to prevent an edit war. In particular the guideline not to change the first section of the article before a consensus is reached in the Talk page.
I have reported the dispute, given you a vandalism warning, and decided that it will soon be time to get myself a meta:Wikistressmeter (please note the irony).
Now I cannot talk for everyone here, but you improvements, at least by me, are not welcome anymore. (Vodkajazz).
Mylo, please refer to the above comments by Vodkajazz. In this instance, I can do nothing but agree with him on this point.  If there is disagreement on something, you cannot simply take the initiative and commence edit wars.
Maltesedog 19:40, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  00:02, 5 March 2006 MYLO 

message: 194.204.104.203 (→External links) 
Change to external links without posting on the Talk page was deemed as vandalism, see above. User reported.
VodkaJazz 19:10, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  16:29, 5 March 2006 194.204.104.203 

message: I am a bit concerned about the latest additions to the Politics section. While I do not know whether the content is true, the layout and language is rather out of stylistic context compared to the rest of the article. A list (sort of!) is simply not opportune. There is a whole article about politics and I do not see why the new parties should be given more than simple mention here. At the moment they occupy more space than the two main parties together! The additions were also made by an IP with a known vandalism history.
I think the article Politics of Malta should be expanded. Particularly missing are detailed historical accounts of the process for independence, accession into the EU, local election results, and current happenings, which IMO possibly represent a rich source of news, daily. List of political parties in Malta needs a lot of work. In the present state, there is no use in having a seperate article.
└ VodkaJazz/talk┐ 01:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics 

message: Maltese have got a Semitic African heritage.  They are only classed as European because they are Christian and adopt western culture. They are mixed race and many do not look white in appearance. Geoff Fenech the Austalian Maltese Boxer is a good example.
(Unsigned)
Disagree.. Malta being located between Africa and Italy has a mixture of cultures Maltesedog 07:22, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Apart from the fact that the first Maltese came from Sicily, Malta was often mostly influenced from European Empires, such as Aragona, France, the British, the knights of St.John and probably a few more that I'm forgetting. But one thing is sure, European poeple have spent more time in Malta then African/ Semetic ones. Keith Azzopardi 22:35, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ETHNICITY 

message: Is English widely used on Malta? That is, it is stated as one of the two official languages - but is it in common use among the people on Malta? 83.20.173.234 11:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language - common use of English 

message: 1.What is average salary per month in Malta(when you make it into Euros)?
:The minimum wage is around €150 per week. I would say the average is around double, but this is only me. 
More or less correct, excluding earnings from the black market economy, that is.
2.Does many people in Malta speak Italian amongst themselves?
:Maltese and English are the languages used in normal conversation, but most people can speak Italian discretely and virtually everyone understands Italian.
Saying that Maltese and English are the languages used in normal conversation is a bit exxagerated.  English is spoken in normal conversation by no more than 10%  of the people (probably a lot less.)  English is spoken by no more than 75 % of the people at best.  Also saying tha virtually everyone understands Italian is incorrect.  I guess no more than 50 - 60 % of the people do so.  (Do not forget the large number of uneducated people in Malta, especially in the south)
I agree with the above comment. Most people (maybe 90%) understand English but FEW can speak fluently (Maybe 40% at most; the truth is most people are much more comfortable speaking Maltese and find expressing themselves in English somewhat tough). When it comes to Italian, I'll guess around 60% have a decent understand of the language, but VERY FEW can actually speak it (Maybe 20% at most). Just my two cents.
Drew88 18:55, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: From the ETC, see http://www.etc.gov.mt/site/page.aspx?pageid=2128
Thank you very much
212.200.215.162 03:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 3 questions for someone who lives on Malta

message: I would like to suggest this site for inclusion: It is a free translator from the english language to the maltese language :
http://malta.atspace.com/english-maltese-dictionary.htm
what u think?
thank you
No, the link is more relevant under Maltese Language. Maltesedog 14:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  dictionary online from english to maltese 

message: I added some information about Malta, it was deleted twice for me and to add insult to injury I was sent a message telling me that I was vandalising the page. I think it is the other way round here - other people are vandalising my work? Didn't you read the Guidlines of Wikipedia that you should NOT delete other people's work but add to it or make changes so that a compromise should be arrived at. I hope this does not happen again as it does not reflect well on our country.
Thanks
Macros 23:31, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism