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Talk:Kordofanian languages

message: I haven't found anything similar to the followed section in mentioned Blench's manuscript: "Roger Blench notes that the Talodi and Heiban languages have the noun-class systems characteristic of the Atlantic-Congo core of Niger-Congo, but that the Katla languages have no trace of ever having had such a system, whereas the Kadu languages and some of the Rashad languages appear to have acquired noun classes as part of a Sprachbund rather than having inherited them. He concludes that the Kordofanian languages do not form a genealogical group, but that Talodi and Heiban are core Niger-Congo whereas Katla and Rashad form a peripheral branch along the lines of Mande."
Is it taken from his other work or just thought up? --Koryakov Yuri (talk) 17:08, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blench 

message: This article (and its 4 children) is in need of rewriting. None of the claims is properly referenced, and, even more seriously, it would be impossible to find (even incredible) references for the views expressed in this article. I wonder if the responsible author (this is surely a single author article) is still around and prepared to discuss this.
Schadeberg (talk) 18:14, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite this article! 
Talk:1734 English cricket season

message: You'll find that long distance coach travel only took off so to speak in the period just before the Napoleonic Wars. The advent of Notts, Norfolk and Sheffield matches after 1830 is a good guide. A coach in 1725 could only carry half a dozen people at significant cost. To travel from Leeds to London and back and play a match would have entailed three weeks. It was difficult to go from London to Brighton bag and baggage with a team in 1820 - and expensive. Pilch based himself in Town Malling you'll remember, it being impossible to trak from Suffolk.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.203.182 (talk) 12:33, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. I've removed the paragraph. I think the earliest reference to team travel might still be the Hambledon wagon which overturned once (in the 1770s?). Of course the real impact on cricket travel was the railways, as William Clarke famously took advantage. Thanks very much. Btw, let me know if you are okay with the matchlists in these reviews especially where there are borderline cases involving teams with few mentions (e.g., Chelsea v Fulham). Thanks again. Jack | talk page 13:58, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

text: The conditions we've laid down for early matches in first-class cricket include: "The historical view centres on the historical significance of a match (which is of course subjective) and its known contemporary importance measured by, as is often the case with early matches, the amount of money at stake. Other factors are the size of the crowd, if known, and the fact that a match was deemed notable enough to be reported in the press". That said, there are a few I've tentatively placed under "other events" so they should be in the main list. Single wicket is in a separate list but it has the same importance. I would draw a line at the Lord's fire in 1825 as I think we are on fairly sure ground from 1826, apart from matters of detail like bowling analyses. I'd be happy to look at the Oswestry/Salop/Eyton games, etc. as I've always thought you have a good point above the so-called "remote areas". I'll make a note. Thanks for your help which is very useful. Jack | talk page 09:47, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  No
Talk:Donald C. Peattie

message: One-half of the article is a debate on whether Peattie was racist or not. This is mostly irrelevant and should be removed or reduced to a sentence or two. 2601:1C0:7184:68B0:71A0:6CF0:397E:A455 (talk) 06:32, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Race
Talk:Dinka language

message: If you are a native speaker of Dinka then you can help translate this template into your own language:
 Edit
--Amazonien (talk) 21:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Dinka language template

message: Regarding Dut Athian's revisions, What makes Malual more  prestige than the other Rek dialects, or Tonj dialect. Is Tonj a Rek dialect?
la gaie (talk) 16:23, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Prestige Language

message: There is no reason to classify [l] as a dental. No evidence or citation. 222.112.34.83 (talk) 06:11, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consonant table 

message: I want to know more about dinka  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.154.18 (talk) 07:15, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  About Dinka Rut 

message: m 197.231.239.159 (talk) 02:42, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dinka &English  & nuer language
Template talk:Willamette University

message: People is only for current people associated with the school, as in they are paid by the university (otherwise the list will get too big). Other is for those things officially associated with the school that do not fit into an above category. Aboutmovies 20:09, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: People

message: Sorry I forgot the "no include" bits--the transclusion bits sometimes take a while to clear themselves out but it should be fine now. Katr67 03:00, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transcluded templates
Talk:Duboisia

message: Why is this plant in the category: Opioids? None of the alcaloids described are opioids; does the plant, or its preparations posses opioid effcts?--84.163.122.90 06:27, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opioid? 

message: I don't understand why mention of Pituriaspis keeps getting removed: after all, it was named after the hallucinogenic effects of the primary product of Duboisia.--Mr Fink (talk) 01:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Remove Reference to ''[[Pituriaspis]]''?
Talk:E. B. Babcock

message: Why is this article entitled "E.B.Babcock" instead of "Ernest Brown Babcock"?. I am not familiar with the conventions of the WikiProjectBiography. I have noticed that very few article titles consist of initials and last name. Does it matter if the person was generally known by his initials, rather than his name? Incidentally, i have noticed that the article on Charles Henry Gimingham has this same format. 72.234.240.55 (talk) 00:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title 

message: 1/17/17 DennisPietras (talk) 19:27, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  moved out of unassessed on the genetics project
Talk:E. J. H. Corner

message: Surely Corner has not gained notoriety among creationists for that partial quotation when it seems to favour their stance? It would be among scientists where any percieved notoriety might lie whereas within creationist circles Corner's name and partial statement would be clasped to the collective bosom as glady as any supportive biblical passage.
Chrysippo (talk) 09:27, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Notorious among whom?

message: I came here because I'm reading his Life of Plants, and it was written in the sixties, and I'm wondering how much of its content is consistent with contemporary knowledge, and how much has been disproven. It would be useful to have a section that discusses how well his work holds up.
72.1.195.4 (talk) 16:47, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is his work still considered accurate?
Talk:Ecotype

message: Word not used in article. 109.157.79.50 (talk) 21:47, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. Fixed. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 21:50, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does "ecophenotype" redirect here? 
Talk:Northern Berber languages

message: Isn't Djerbi just a Tunisian dialect of Shilha? That at least would appear to be the case from Ethnologue. If they're wrong, it would be best to have a source. 
Also, this article is inconsistent with Zenati languages. — kwami (talk) 22:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You've misread Ethnologue.  Djerbi is listed as a dialect of Nafusi.  In the comments section, they mention that "Shilha" is used as a cover term for Berber dialects in Morocco and Tunisia.  This is different than the language Tachelhit which is more commonly known as Shilha.  In the comments to this latter entry, it indicates that "Shilha" is an also an Arabic term for all Berber varieties.  But in its most common English usage, "Shilha" only refers to Moroccan Tachelhit.  --Taivo (talk) 23:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I got it fixed up.  --Taivo (talk) 23:17, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Djerbi
Talk:Elsie M. Burrows

message: Wouldn't she have been a little young to have started collecting data for her book at age 2??--♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ (talk) 15:58, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  1915? 

message: Known to her friends as "Bunny" on account of her surname.  My Mum - Mrs Linda Irvine - knew her well.
IceDragon64 (talk) 14:49, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Bunny"
Talk:Sanhaja de Srair language

message: Hello,
The current version of this article claims that the Senhaja language is a Zenati dialect, according to Blench . Blech, however, says that this paper is "a preliminary list" and that "there are still many problems", making it clear that his "list" can't be considered as a WP:RS.
Note that, on the other hand, Bernard & Moussard (1924), p.278, says that (FR) "Le parler des Ketama et des Sanhadja de Srair se rattache a la tamazirt du Moyen Atlas" (translation: The language of the Ketama and the Sanhadja of Srair (i.e., the tribes) is related to the Middle Atlas Tamazirt). Also note that BRILL's First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936 (1993), Morocco - VII. Linguistic survey, p.598 links the "Sandadja-d-es-Srair" language to the Central Atlas Tamazight.
Thus, classifying the Senhaja language as a Zenati dialect basing on a non-RS source (as claims Blench himself) while two RS gives the opposite statement makes it WP:OR.
Regards,
--Omar-toons (talk) 03:24, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If the only things you have are from a century ago, and you don't understand that much of science is preliminary, then there's no reason to take you seriously.  — kwami (talk) 05:28, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *Mena Lafkioui, in: Atlas linguistique des variétés berbères du Rif, Berber Studies vol.15, 2007: "In the mountainous landscape of northeastern Morocco, a fairly large geographically contiguous Berber-speaking area with a few million inhabitants is to be found, called the Rif. Its people are generally described as speaking a single Zenati Northern Berber language, Tarifit, apart from in its southwestern corner, where another non-Zenati Northern Berber language, Senhaji, may be distinguished"  --Omar-toons (talk) 14:50, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

text: *Lameen Souag in a communication to Ethnologue: "Senhaja de Srair is not Zenati, but rather Atlas, belonging (despite location) with Middle Atlas Tamazight."  --Omar-toons (talk) 15:39, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Now that, IMO, is an acceptable source, even if informal.  — kwami (talk) 19:54, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classification as a Zenati dialect
Talk:John Kilkenny

message: A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/John Francis Kilkenny was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 02:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bot-created subpage
Talk:Ghomara language

message: * Marteen Kossman in Berber subclassification (preliminary version), describes Ghomara Berber as "non-Zenatic" (p. 2-3), possibly part of the "western Moroccan block" (p. 4), ie: Atlas languages. --Omar-toons (talk) 08:22, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  More recent studies 

message: Are netta and nettaθa indeed translated by him and her, or rather by he and she? Is nuçna indeed equivalent to us?
What I read in http://www.academia.edu/23011452/GHOMARA_BERBER_A_BRIEF_GRAMMATICAL_SURVEY pp. 103-109 suggests otherwise, in the sense that the above personal pronouns are used as subject forms for he, she and we respectively.Redav (talk) 21:36, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation of personal pronouns incorrect?
Talk:Sokna language

message: The native name of the Sokna language is maybe Tasuknit and not Sawknah. On the Kabyle page for the town Sokna, there is this word Tasuknit, together with an link for a page which is not yet written. I'm not able to read Kabyle, but if you look at other Berber language names, such as Tanfusit, Tawellemet, Tayiṛt, Tamesgrest, Tafaghist, Tahaggart/Ahaggar and others, the name Tasuknit sounds very likely to be the native one.--Ermanarich (talk) 16:07, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Native Name
Talk:Lynne Barrett

message: I have added some references to Barrett's awards and published works. I am removing the unreferenced template. I will continue to add references as I find them. Thanks! Alohasoy 23:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 
Talk:Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve

message: I propose that Whixall Moss be merged into this page. Fenn's Moss (no page at present) and Whixall Moss do not appear to have clearly defined borders, and the only source I have found (Fenn's, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve leaflet, a now-defunct online version of which is referenced by both existing pages) does not differentiate between the three mosses in most of its information. If more detailed sources can be found, then creation of three separate articles for the three mosses would be possible in future, but meanwhile one article would reduce duplicated effort. Any objections? Espresso Addict (talk) 11:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As no-one commented, I have merged in Whixall Moss. Espresso Addict (talk) 15:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I have checked the article against the criteria for B-class.
* Suitably referenced, with inline citations
* Reasonable coverage - no obvious omissions or inaccuracies
* Defined structure, with adequate lead
* Reasonably well written for grammar and flow
* Supporting materials - Infobox, map, images
* Appropriately understandable
It meets most of these, but fails on criterion 3, as the lead contains facts which do not appear in the body of the article, and it does not adequately summarise the main points of the article. I am rating it C-class for now. Bob1960evens (talk) 09:25, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Lead reworked to summarise the main points of the article, and less important stuff moved into body of article. It now meets all criteria for B-class. Bob1960evens (talk) 09:34, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment
Talk:Ferdinand Lindheimer

message: Stub/Low Bhaktivinode 20:01, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Project Texas
Talk:List of Dreamcast arcade ports

message: Mr. Driller runs on Namco's System 12 hardware, not Naomi! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.80.109.83 (talk• contribs).
Marvel vs CAPCOM runs on CPS2 hardware. The KOF games don't run on NAOMI either. Neither does Gauntlet Legends. Same could be true for a lot of games on that list.
I have revised the intro text to more accurately reflect the nature of this page (i.e. to capture all arcade ports), while leaving a reference to the NAOMI system that does account for many of the ported titles.
Kolano (talk) 01:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-NAOMI Ports
Talk:Tarifit

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: This is a case of WP:NOGOODOPTIONS as no one favors the current name, while opinions are split between "Tarifit" and "Rifian language". I am going to close as the former as editors have cited authoritative English-language sources using it.   (t · c) buidhe 23:40, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Riffian language →  – I think of the two valid English language spellings the single F version matching the Rifian language spelling makes it the more valid English language spelling TheRifian (talk) 16:21, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  That's not how an exonym works.  It's also not how WP:PLACE works.  That being said, I don't think the other options proposed are overwhelmingly preferable.  162.208.168.92 (talk) 15:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm not saying that's how an exonym works - I'm saying it is an exonym based on how an exonym does work anyway (This alone makes it equally as accurate as the double F option) and it is the closest of all the exonyms to the endonym as well (It being an exonym along with this in addition makes it more accurate than the double F option). And as for the Wikipedia naming convention guideline, it is if it's a modern widely accepted English language name. In fact I'd make the argument that it's also in favour of the guideline because it would help disambiguate it from this Riffian. It also matches the place. TheRifian (talk) 22:48, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

text:  As I said - English sources using it doesn't necessarily make it an English word as they could just be explicitly using the actual Rifian word instead. Especially when you take into account that English sources do also use Rifian, which we do know for sure is an English word. TheRifian (talk) 21:53, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 13 February 2021 

message: ⴰⵔⵔⵉⴼ 41.250.208.68 (talk) 15:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rif
Talk:Shawiya language

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Support. To verify:  Rennell435 (talk) 16:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: There was no discussion above. A quick check on GBooks will come to the opposite conclusion: if LLC (a WP republisher) is excluded from the search, and searches are restricted to post-2000, "Chaoui Berber" has 56 hits, of which 36 display, whereas "Shawiya Berber" has 414 hits, of which 173 display. The millions of hits above are mostly people's names and geographical. — kwami (talk) 15:21, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Lack of discussion, conflicting evidence
Talk:Flora of Australia (series)

message: The notability of a 59 volume botanical series that has described over 20,000 Australian flora and published at least 861 new names of taxa in 1981 alone should not be in question.
See 
*Australian Biological Resources Study
*https://www.ipni.org/p/3340-2
*https://www.jstor.org/stable/1224123
*https://www.publish.csiro.au/sb/sb16020
*https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745(2004)107[596:FOAVAL]2.0.CO;2
*and many more from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=0&q=%22Flora+of+Australia%22+series&hl=en&as_sdt=0,15
– Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 20:38, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability not questionable
Talk:Flora of Connecticut

message: This article no longer seems to be actively expanded towards being reasonably complete. If no editors want to start working on it by October 2024 I think this page should be moved to the draft space. 
While I am not interested in maintaining or expanding this page I am willing to show other editors how to download lists of plants from Plants of the World Online. I have a similar page for the state of Colorado currently in the draft space that is an example of what can be done with this information. Draft:Flora of Colorado. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 01:05, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Draft space move
Talk:Francis Ernest Lloyd

message: The article states he was "Alabama Polytechnic Institute (professor of botany, 1906-1912)", but gives no source for this title, neither for the dates.  Yet the title page of his 1911 monograph on "Guayule"  Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray): A Rubber Plant of the Chihuahuan Desert https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107256927;view=1up;seq=15  states that he is "Professor of Plant Physiology, Alabama Polytechnic Institute".  Should I simply replace the given title with "Professor of Plant Physiology" and the reference?  yoyo (talk) 04:05, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Professor of botany" at Alabama?
Template talk:Skins

message: It's always nice to see your edits get reverted with no reason given.  Does anybody want to give a reason?  J Di 21:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Frankly, the one you keep changing it to is less aesthetically pleasing than the current one. -Trampikey(talk)(contribs) 21:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I could easily say the same for the revision that keeps getting reverted to.  I think the current design looks tacky and unprofessional.  Reasons for why the one that uses the navbox table class looks less aesthetically pleasing?  J Di 21:27, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's too long and has one or two lines. I think it looks better compact, instead of stretched amd thin. -Trampikey(talk)(contribs) 22:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what you mean by "one or two lines", but the width can be changed, though I think the table looks better when the characters aren't on two lines unnecessarily.  Is that the only problem with it?  J Di 22:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Right...  Well, if the width is the only problem, I'll fix it later.  J Di 08:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverts of my edit 

message: * as i created it - User:Russell29 -(talk)(contribs) 21:39, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Silver:

message: Should the 2nd Generation not get their own articles now? 147.197.190.40 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 09:24, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Character Articles

message: I know this has not brought up discussion for about 10 years, but would it be a good idea to link to all of the articles, and then redirect if necessary? Solitude6nv5 (talk) 19:35, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal
Talk:Frederick Orpen Bower

message: Date of birth: was it 1855?
According to the Rootspoint.com website, F O Bower was born in 1856, not 1855.http://www.rootspoint.com/record/1881-UK-Census/F-O-Bower-1856-Ripon-Yorkshire-St-John-The-Evangelist/7ffa6e88-070d-4d27-baca-6d89ae02a311/. The reason I was looking into this is I have seen an antique Staffordshire small china mug with the name "F O Bower" and the date "1856" which I think might commemorate his birth or christening. I cannot find another candidate for the name and date combination "F O Bower 1856".truthordare (talk) 17:06, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Talk:Frederik Marcus Knuth (taxonomist)

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. The taxonomist as proposed, the other to Frederik Marcus Knuth (politician) for more helpful disambiguation per comments in discussion. If someone feels (botanist) is more appropriate for the first or the date dab for the second, please feel free to simply open another page move per WP:NOGOODOPTIONS, as long as the neither is moved to the base page name. (non-admin closure) Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 05:22, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 18 April 2023