Talk:Hehe people

message: is this really real?
: Yes, there is a people group known as the (Wa)hehe, is that what you meant? — Matt Crypto 13:52, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This explanation for the origin of "Hehe" sounds like an urban legend.  Do you have ANY evidence to support this?  It's a good story, but without support, it doesn't belong in Wikipedia.  And, despite having lived for years in Iringa, I've never heard it, which adds greatly to my suspicions. Malangali 22:07, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've added a fact request. It might be in one of the sources provided at the bottom of the document. — Matt Crypto 22:17, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  this can't be real 

message: What about the imitative aspect of this definition? Its also an immiatative sound signifying laughter or amusement.
(See Above, Norm)
: Wikipedia isn't a dictionary. — Matt Crypto 11:24, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why, that's very true. — Matt Crypto 22:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hehe

message: Neil916's concerns:
*References. Information must be cited.
*Possible copyright violation.  Need assurance from contributor that he is not copying the information straight from a book.
*Needs cleanup and sections added.  Minor, I'll volunteer to do it if the first two get addressed.
-- Neil916 (Talk) 07:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for looking into this Neil. Those are pretty much my concerns. The only additional one is that the opening lead section had been obliterated, and we need a lead section. — Matt Crypto 09:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Concerns with recent additions by Pianor

message: I understand I am being blocked.  Why?   I am only trying to complete the work on the Hehe.  There is only about a page to go!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pianor (talk • contribs) 22:21, 1 September 2006
: According to the logs, you have not been blocked (in the sense of being unable to edit the site). Have you had trouble editing? — Matt Crypto 21:23, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: blocked

message: Please.  Without them, that is what we call a mush.martianlostinspace 19:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Paragraphs

message: Here is a more authoritative source for this (Iliffe relies on Redmayne and others):
  ‘Those who today call themselves Hehe are descended from many different small groups of people who, before c.1860, had no common name, together with a large number of prisoners whom they captured in war before 1894 and also during the Maji Maji rebellion, 1905-1907.  The subjects of Chief Munyigumba and his successor Chief Mkwawa used to go into battle shouting: Hee, twahumite, Hee twahumite, Hee, Hee, Hee “Hey, we have come out…”, and thus the name Hehe first grew up among their enemies as a nickname which later was gradually accepted by the Hehe themselves.’ (Redmayne 1970: 795)
 
Redmayne, A. H. (1970). ‘Riddles and Riddling among the Hehe of Tanzania’, Anthropos, 65: 794-813.
I'm loathe to attempt to include this and other info in the text as it is because I think that it needs a total rewrite. Zahir Mgeni 23:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the name Hehe (again) 

message: On the basis of this talk page, it seems the article has been in need of a re-write for years now! I will attempt it, but are there any other active users keeping an eye on this page who will be around to at least check over what I do? Best regards. LudicrousTripe (talk) 03:44, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Sorting out the article