User talk:Dvyost/Talk Archive 9/1/05 - 10/21/05

Tidjani/Tijani
Hi, I just did what may seem a draconian edit of the Tijani page, unilaterally changing most of the words spelled with French-phonetics to Arabic phonetics. I know people working in Senegal are accustomed to French phonetics, but as these terms and names are actually Arabic and it's a multilingual community, I consider it more appropriate to use Arabic transliterations and to put the French alternatives in parentheses. I'm tempted to move the whole article to one called "Tijani" or "Tijaniyya" and have "Tidjani" point to it to remain consistent in the transliteration question. (If you look at my other contributions you'll see that I'm big on using correct transliteration for a given language, especially Arabic and Wolof, which are often twisted beyond recognition according to French orthography.) Do you think my current or proposed changes go too far? Jbenhill


 * Replied here and here. --Dvyost 13:04, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

change of venue
Thanks for your edits and your comments! Mark in Historic Triangle of Virginia Vaoverland 03:19, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for your kind words, i've been afraid that people would be angry at me for not providing enough info, if you care to help there is a website www.contemporaryafricandatabase.com that's been helpful. If you can help me i'd appreciate it. you know before i put these categories and sub-categories down they didn't exist, and i'm not even black, i'm a white irish catholic kid.
 * comment left by Briaboru on 25 Sept


 * Replied here.--Dvyost 05:37, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a ton !!!
saw your edits on Aruna Asaf Ali and your comment "a nice article here!" Thanks for making my day! (p.s. I started that article) Gurubrahma 04:47, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied there. --Dvyost 16:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Your message
Thanks for your message; I'm glad that you liked the article (it was all new to me too). Phronima 14:35, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Welcome to the B Team:
Welcome to Wikiproject Battles! I hope you enjoy working with us.

If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask either myself or another member. I find that these people are particularly helpful.


 * R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) Usually polishes new articles.
 * Kirill LokshinGreat for anything really.
 * LordAmethLoads of experience.

Ask around if you want anything to do, people tend to leave tasks on their user pages.

Well now that I've greeted you, I must say goodbye. Spawn Man 14:04, 3 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Replied there. --Dvyost 17:22, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Eva-Maria Buch
Thank you, but it would be dishonest of me to take all the credit. It is after all a translation of the German article. I do, however, like to make them a bit better than the originals by adding extra material gleaned from here and there. There'll be a photo, too, if I can find one. Kelisi 01:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Gyrofrog RfA
I just wanted to thank you for your vote of support in my request for adminship! -- Gyrofrog (talk) 05:37, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your compliment on the article with the really long name. -- Mwalcoff 03:18, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Request:
Can you please vote for our good old friend LordAmeth for his adminship here? I'm sure he would greatly appreciate having such a valued member of Wikipedia like yourself vote for him. Spawn Man 04:04, 10 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks alot Dvy for voting!!! Spawn Man 05:47, 10 October 2005 (UTC)


 * No problem! Looking at his edits, it was a pleasure.  --Dvyost 05:51, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

As Requested
I added the lecture number and date to the artifact page. Thank you for the welcome and advice! --Tima47 04:51, 10 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Replied there.--Dvyost 04:53, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Brain Teasers:
Hi, just sending out a friendly notice stating that I have now got brain teasers on my user page. Will post new questions one day after the older ones have been answered. Thanks, Spawn Man 05:45, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Hurricane Gordon article: Thanks for compliment!
Hey, thanks for the compliment on the Hurricane Gordon (1994) article I created. It was my very first article, and the kudos for it really means a lot to me! :) Thanks! PenguinCDF 06:23, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Wolof Sources
Hello Dyvost, I've added a bibliography serving as reference material. Unfortunately, the best sources on Wolof are publicized in French and German. The reference material usually give the percentages, so that the actual number of an ethnic group has to be calculated from the number of the population and the percentage. The total number of Senegal's or the other countries' population are found in governmental databases like those of the German or U.S. State Department (e.g. US State Dpt. page on Senegal http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2862.htm). Regards, --Leipoldt 11:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Replied there. --Dvyost 04:55, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

DYK Robert Meerpol
Please see talk page on article for constructive criticism to improve article. Thanks. Vaoverland 18:17, 15 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Replied there. --Dvyost 05:03, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Your name
I've just found out that I misspelled your name. Sorry for that. Best regards, --Leipoldt 10:40, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

FatherSkeel, Dogman1, Hubris
Actually, I hadn't run into them before but uncovered them while trying to find out what the heck The Man Known As S was. I have no decent ideas on how to take care of problems like these without nuking them from orbit. RasputinAXP  talk  *  contribs  20:58, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

RE:DYK
Thanks for the compliments, thou (perhaps with a little regret) it is probably my most rapidly growing article to date after all my time in wikipedia! :D Btw..which picture you refering to?--Huaiwei 00:52, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments
Thanks for the comments, Dvyost. Too bad about Sarah's page being removed, I was going to go through all the people I have met who are associated with Duran Duran over the years - Katy Krassner, Patty P, Andy Wickett, David Twist, John Slater... but I see it isn't really worthwhile. Maybe I will find something else to write about at some point :) I'll carry on reading til then. It's all I know really!  Jax Jacquimunroe 13:45, 18 October 2005 (UTC)jacquimunroe

Gnawa
Hi Dvyost. Good news to hear that Gnawa is the collaboration of the week (Africa). A couple of months ago, I had a conversation w/ TUF-KAT and we thought about splitting the article into 2. Gnawa is both a music topic and a people. Surely, the music topic is the important one as people are not considered a nation neither a race. I suggest having both articles (Gnawa music and Gnawa. -- Svest 02:14, 22 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Replied there. --Dvyost 02:17, 22 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick reply! I'll deal with your comments ASAP. -- Svest 02:26, 22 October 2005 (UTC)