Talk:Laguna Copperplate Inscription

Antoon Postma should be credited
Dr. Antoon Postma, a Dutch Catholic missionary in the Philippines, is the scholar who deciphered the LCI. His name should be mentioned in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.120.32.84 (talk) 22:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I made an internal link out of Dr. Postma's name above. Obviously, I concur with 82.120.32.84's assertion that Postma should be credited. Alternativity (talk) 10:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Is LCI tagalog or not
"corresponding to 900 CE. It contains many words from Sanskrit, old Javanese, old Malay and old Tagalog."
 * I don't think tagalog language even existed in 900 ad it might had been a dialect of proto-central philippine.---Kasumi-genx (talk)


 * There are cognates with Tagalog words, as one would expect of any Austronesian languages. But no, it's not Tagalog. --Chris S. (talk) 22:00, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Pulilan
Currently this links to a municipality. Perhaps the alternate translation of Laguna de Bay might also be added. --Ancheta Wis (talk) 14:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Must have Neutral Language Balance
It should have a native-Language for balance..

I add Filipino Language or Tagalog on the title and the text portion. . .to have a Neutral and Balance point of view the English (American's) and Filipino. (Just what in the Textbook was written on Philippines). because it found in the tagalog-region of Laguna plus, it is also containing the  Archaic Tagalog which is  widely-Spoken during High-Middle Ages (Classical Period). which the root of the Modern Tagalog Language, thank you .---P.Andrew (talk) 11:00, 28 April,2014 (UTC)

How Much ?
Can the amount forgiven be calculated ? If so, how much in modern terms was it, in terms of American dollars or average salaries ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.68.64.77 (talk) 12:06, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Restoring Tagalog translation
Some trolls and exclutionists here using an IP address as a handle are doing nothing but to distort and delete some parts of the article, i restored the deleted parts. (Jasper0070 (talk) 05:23, 11 June 2017 (UTC))

Tagalog Translations need to be cited, otherwise they're violations of the Wikipedia Policy on Original Research
I won't comment here on whether it's appropriate to add a full Tagalog translation of the text in the English Wikipedia; that's not an aspect of English Wikipedia that I have much expertise about.

However, the various Tagalog translations that have been added here over the years all seem to violate the Wikipedia Policy on Original Research and have been removed for that reason. Translation has the potential to add or remove meaning from the original LCI text, so it's important that the Tagalog translation provided be a translation done by an expert ("reliable source"), and not simply be the Original Research of a wikipedia editor.

The way I see it, there are two ways to address this WP:OR problem:
 * One is to use a translation from a reliable source such as a journal article. If someone has access to the Tiongson translation, which I have been looking for for quite a while now, then I think that translation can be added here provided it's properly cited.
 * Second, if it turns out that one of the old translations provided is an expert translation from the original, it simply needs to be cited properly. Based on a perusal of the source currently cited, the translation doesn't actually seem to be there. Perhaps the editor who added it actually got it from a different source? All that's needed is a verifiable citation to adress the OR issue.

As I said earlier, others can discuss whether the Tagalog translation belongs in the English or Tagalog Wikipedia. My concern here is WP:Verifiability and WP:No Original Research- Alternativity (talk) 14:20, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Old Tagalog
I removed the Old Tagalog mentioned in the introduction. The language is clearly Old Malay, with a lot of Sanskrit loans and some Sumatran vocabulary ("sanak", "sadanya"). If there are reliable expert sources for Old Tagalog words, please provide them. I really doubt there are any Tagalog words in this manuscript (maybe there are cognates, but that's probably all they are). 18:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

== Presidential Decree No. 1586 declares that any area which has historical  significance or has unique historic, archaeological, and scientific interests are considered environmentally critical. Hence, the place where the copperplate was discovered should be now considered environmentally critical area. You are hereby tasked to produce any evidence like news clips, online article, or photo or any document to prove that the area where the copperplate was discovered is already protected by the government. If there is none, you are going to formulate recommendation to any concerned government agency or local government unit. ==

Answer 158.62.68.138 (talk) 13:18, 9 March 2024 (UTC)