User talk:Fizan

Greetings to (and from) wikipedia
Usually you should be geting a greeting message from the welcoming committee. Since they didnt you see you coming, here I am doing that.

The rules, in brief, are
 * Be bold
 * Be neutral
 * Edit in good faith

I can see that you already got a copyvio tag for you edit in Malé International Airport. It is against wikipedia's policy to post copyrighted material. You will have to re-write your own version from the available information. However copying a line or two is harmless.

Same goes with uploading images. Its source should be clearly defined with the appropriate tag inserted to it.

The policies could be boring and long, but I recommend you read them before becoming a Wikiholic. Some important ones are listed in my user page under general stuff.

Happy wiki'ing --Oblivious 20:33, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

about airports article
Oblivious, thank you for your welcoming note. Really appreciate the heads-up on copyright policies of Wikipedia. The Airports article was the very first edit I ever did on Wikipedia, and I was merely testing it with full intentions of posting my own work shortly. Too bad that I didn't know about the Sandbox lastnight.

Am glad that we have a veteran Wikipedian (judging your work) among us. Am relying on your expertise to guide me right now.
 * You are most welcome! --Oblivious 15:46, 7 August 2005 (UTC),

Greetings
welcome, and yes Oblivious is great help. He is also a wiki-holic, which ofcourse is a good thing for us.

Gaumii salaam
Nice work you have done on Gaumii salaam. --Oblivious 09:30, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

The National Anthem and Wiki Formatting
Thank you Oblivious for your praise on the article I wrote on the National Anthem of the Maldives. I still feel that something is missing from it, particulary the bit about the commissioning of a new melody prior to the arrival of her majesty, the Queen. I haven't been able to make much sense out of the online research material I've read on the subject. Something about not confusing her. (It sure did me). If anybody has a less clouded opinion on it, please elaborate.

Need some help with alignment of pictures. Suppose I want to place a picture on a specific part of the page, how should I use the instruction string? Any help regarding this matter would be duly appreciated because I have a lot of trouble with pictures.

Oh, and this one is directed towards you Oblivious. How exactly do you use this Unicode formatting for Dhivehi language? I've seen the source and frankly, even Greek makes more sense to me than that thing. Sometimes I wish I had chosen a career in computing. --Fizan
 * For extended image support check Extended_image_syntax.
 * To convert thaana into HTML unicode I use a pretty simple menthod. Assuming you have language pack installed and dreamweaver installed... First open dreamweaver then press Alt+Shift. This will turn your keyboard to thaana keyboard (to revert press Alt+Shift again). now a blank html page, in dreamweaver, type in thaan. View the source of the document and you will see HTML equivalent of characthers you typed. copy and paste it! Hope this helps. --Oblivious 15:24, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Oblivious. Got the problem with pictures licked. Now how do I handle (just like pics) templates such as these ? And text too. Fizan


 * Before going to templates, I suggest you familiarize yourself with basics of wiki in different areas. You may want to spend extensive amount of time at here --Oblivious 04:59, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

work pending on rufiyaa article

 * Here is unicode converter for you. It will be more suitable if you post article-related stuff in it's talk page. Eg in this case its Talk:Rufiyah. And btw... currentdate does not stamp the time you posted... instead try signing your entries with --~

I know displays the current time, was waiting for someone to point out the correct way (syntax?) to do it. thanks. Fizan --Fizan 12:24, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Come on to the Maldivian_Wikipedians'_notice_board and add yourself --N3m6 13:38, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Dhivehi translation request
Hi Fizan, would you be willing to translate my user page to Dhivehi for me and put it here? I would be most grateful! — Nicholas 23:15, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Maldivian-related topics
Hi Fizan. Salaam Aleikum. I have got a few Maldivian-related topics which will be right up your street. They are Coins of the Maldive Islands, Banknotes of the Maldive Islands, & Maldivian Honours System. - (Aidan Work 01:19, 17 January 2006 (UTC))

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 * All the relevant info you put on my talk page needs to be added to the image description page and put that link to the source. I would use the copyright tag instead of  just in case. -Nv8200p talk 17:17, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I've done this. --Oblivious 21:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

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CSD
Fizan, I was workign CSD's and saw your request for User:Fizan/Suvadive rewrite. It looks like you used this as a work place for building an article (a good thing) but that it was also contrinuted to by User:Oblivious. If you are going to use a cut and paste move on this, their edit attributations will be lost, if you are sure that this is not an issue, please remove the and reply here. xaosflux Talk  / CVU  06:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I dont have a problem with that. --Oblivious 06:44, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Since Oblivious has no problems, please proceed to remove it.

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Translation request!
Hi, Fizan.

Can you Translate the article United Suvadive Republic in En: to Dhivehi for dv:United Suvadive Republic. Write it in Microsoft word using xp fonts (MV fonts) so you can copy and paste. :) Ayersalisa 11:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Create map for Maliku Atoll
Hi, Fizan.

Can you create a map for Maliku Atoll as you have done maps of Maldivian atolls. Reference image is

Ayersalisa 09:54, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

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Hi Sam, I noticed the great job you did on the vector version of the US Presidential Seal, a task I failed miserably at. Anyway I was wondering if you'd take a look at this Image:Maldives_National_Emblem.png, and let me know if you can help create a proper SVG for it. You can find the vector file here. Thanks. --Fizan 10:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Like this? [[Image:Maldives_National_Emblem.svg|200px]] --Keeleysam 01:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Languages
Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 19:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

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Hi!!
Hi Fizan, It have come to my attention recently tha ur a Maldivian. It's really nice to see Maldivians working on projects such as this. I also have noted that you are contributing English wikipeadia. Is user ފިޒާން on Dhivehi wikipedia ur account? If so thanks for creating an account there, though i've joined Wikipedia recently. By the way, i juz wanted to ask u whether is there any way you can help Dhivehi Wiki. Dhivehi wiki has been taken its first step. It's relly GROWN!! Thanks For ur time. --Glacious 16:22, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

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Project NEW PAGE on Dhivehi Wiki
Hi again, Fizan! Sorry for not mentioning about our project NEW MAIN PAGE on Dhivehi Wiki. So i would like ask u to help us create a better main page for the wiki. thanks!! --Glacious 10:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

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 * I think we can let this particular image slide. It CAN'T be used for any counterfeiting purposes because of its low resolution. --Fizan 03:46, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Maldives Scouting
Can you help render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Divehi? Thanks! Chris 04:44, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Its "ތައްޔާރަށް ތިބޭ" Hope that helps. --Fizan 13:49, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

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 * It was meant as a genuine starting point for an anthropologist and was not an attack page. Even the fact that he molested the children was phrased as "alleged" and was referenced with verifiable sources. If you are familiar with the world of anthropology and the contribution by Lizot as well as the allegations, I am guessing you wouldn't have acted so hastily. You could've waited for my response before deleting it. No wonder people are abandoning contributing to bloody Wikipedia, thanks to people like you. Enjoy your high horse. Fizan (talk) 12:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hello!
You do great graphic work! Would you consider vectorizing File:Maldives Girl Guide Association.png and File:Scout Association of Maldives.png? Thanks! --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:18, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll give it a try. But the quality of the reference images are pretty poor. --Fizan (talk) 14:11, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks and I am sorry for that. I can't find websites for them.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:44, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

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Help with Divehi language
Good day! Could you help me and provide Divehi translations for the following 100 basic word in your native local variety (dialect) (and indicate please of which location). If there are synonyms or known dialectal variants provide them with comments if possible. Also please indicate if you know that certain words are borrowing. You can fill in right here using either IPA transcription or some other Roman/Latin spelling. Thank you in advance! --Koryakov Yuri (talk) 13:14, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I, me – އަހަރެން - əhəren
 * thou (you, singular) – ކަލޭ - kəleː
 * we – އަހަރުމެން - əhərumen
 * this – މި - mi
 * that – އެ - e
 * who? – ކާކު - kəːku
 * what? – ކޯއްޗެއް - kɔːtʃe
 * not – ނޫން - nuːn
 * all – ހުރިހާ - hurihəː
 * many – ބައިވަރު - bəiveri
 * one – އެކެއް - eke
 * two – ދޭއް - deː
 * big – ބޮޑު - bɔɖu
 * long – ދިގު - d̪igu
 * small – ކުޑަ - kuɖə
 * woman – އަންހެނާ - ənhen
 * man (adult male) – ފިރިހެނާ - firihen
 * man (human being) – އިންސާނާ - insəːn
 * fish – މަސް - məs
 * bird – ދޫނި - d̪ɔni
 * dog – ކުއްތާ - kut̪əː
 * louse – އުކުނު - ukunu
 * tree – ގަސް - gəs
 * seed – އޮއް - ɔ (o'h)
 * leaf – ފަތް - fəi
 * root – މޫ - muː
 * bark (of a tree)- ގަހުގެ ތޮށި - gəjuge t̪ɔʃi
 * skin – ހަން - hən
 * meat (flesh) – މަސް - məs
 * blood – ލޭ - leː
 * bone – ކަށި - kəʃi
 * fat – ސަރުބީ - sərubiː
 * egg – ބިސް - bis
 * horn – ދަޅު - d̪əɭu
 * tail – ނިގޫ - niguː
 * feather (of a bird) – ފަތް - fəi
 * hair – އިސްތަށި - ist̪əʃi
 * head – ބޯ - bɔː
 * ear – ކަންފަތް - kənfəi
 * eye – ލޯ - lɔː
 * nose – ނޭފަތް - neːfəi
 * mouth – އަނގަ - əngə
 * tooth – ދަތް - d̪əi
 * tongue – ދޫ - duː
 * claw (nail) – ނިޔަފަތި - nijəfət̪i
 * foot – ފައި - fəi
 * knee – ކަކޫ - kəkuː
 * hand – އަތް - əi
 * belly – ބަނޑު - bənɖu
 * neck – ކަރު - kəru
 * breast(s) (of a woman) – އުރަމަތި - urəmət̪i
 * heart – ހިތް - hi (h'i)
 * liver – މޭ - meː
 * drink (verb) – ބުއިން - buin
 * eat (verb) – ކެއުން - keun
 * bite (verb) – ދަތްއެޅުން - d̪əieɭun
 * see (verb) – ފެނުން - fenun
 * hear (verb) – އަޑުއިވުން - əɖuivun
 * know (verb) – އެނގުން - engun
 * sleep (verb) – ނިދުން - nid̪un
 * die (verb) – މަރުވުން - məruvun
 * kill (verb) – މަރާލުން - mərəːlun
 * swim (verb) – ފެތުން - fet̪un
 * fly (verb) – އުދުހުން - ud̪uhun
 * walk/go (verb) – ހިނގުން/ދިޔުން - hingun/d̪ijun
 * come (verb) – އައުން - əun
 * lie (down) (verb) – އޮށޯތުން - ɔɽɔːt̪un
 * sit (verb) – އިށީނުން - iɽiːnun
 * stand (verb) – ތެދުވުން - t̪ed̪uvun
 * give (verb) – ދިނުން - d̪inun
 * say (verb) – ބުނުން - bunun
 * sun – އިރު - iru
 * moon – ހަނދު - hənd̪u
 * star – ތަރި - t̪əri
 * water – ފެން - fen
 * rain – ވާރޭ - vəːreː
 * stone – ގައު - gəu
 * sand – ވެލި - veli
 * earth – ބިން - bin
 * cloud – ވިލާ - viləː
 * smoke – ދުން - d̪un
 * fire – އަލިފާން - əlifəːn
 * ash – އަޅި - əɭi
 * burn (trans. verb) – އެދުން - ed̪un
 * road (path) – މަގު - məgu
 * mountain – ފަރުބަދަ - fərubəd̪ə
 * red – ރަތް - rəi
 * green – ފެހި - fehi
 * yellow – ރީނދޫ - reːnd̪uː
 * white – ހުދު - hud̪u
 * black – ކަޅު - kəɭu
 * night – ރޭގަނޑު - reːgənɖu
 * warm (hot) – ހޫނު - huːnu
 * cold – ފިނި - fini
 * full – ފުރުން - furun
 * new – އައު - əu
 * good – ރަގަޅު - rəngəʃu
 * round – ވައް - və
 * dry – ހިކި - hiki
 * name – ނަން - nən

Done in the local Thaana script. Will put in the IPA transcripts a bit later. Hope this helps. --Fizan (talk) 19:26, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Fizan! It's cute. For me it would be quite enough to write broad transcription like koocha in place of kɔːt͡ʃə if it makes your task easier. --Koryakov Yuri (talk) 11:19, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * There, the entire list is of words is complete and I tried to stick with the IPA guide on the Thaana article. A few words had the "sukun" diacritic and the article didn't offer any help with their transcription so expect minor mispronunciations with those.--Fizan (talk) 14:38, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Fantastic! You really helped me very much! By the way, what about "bark (of a tree)" - there's no such a word in Divehi or you are not sure about exact translation? --Koryakov Yuri (talk) 06:46, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That was the only word I wasn't sure about, but am fairly certain that I've got it right. BTW, I understand you're a linguist, whats your particular interest in Dhivehi/Thaana? --Fizan (talk) 12:40, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

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