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snoyes 16:21, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I think what you found on Wiktionary must have been quite old. Exploding Boy 13:35, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)

Hollywood Jam
The material contained in the article Hollywood Jam is a complete and utter fabrication. See User:Morwen/Cartoon and Template:VfD-debate Hollywood Jam. I don't know how things work over at Wiktionary, but that user that posted it needs an immediate moderately long-term ban. His most recent address on en is currently in the middle of a one month block because shorter blocks didn't seem to deter him. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 13:40, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * This applies to Tiny Toon Adventures The Baby-Sitters Club as well. You need to check all contributions by that user and will probably need to delete or revert them all. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 13:47, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Thanks Cyrius. See the discussion on my Wiktionary user page and your Wikipedia page.  The user posted anonymously.  I will bring this up on Wiktionary.  Thanks for pointing this out. &mdash; Paul G 15:12, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Tore Uppström
Since you moved this article from Wiktionary, I wonder if you could please check who originally posted it there. / u◦p◦p◦l◦a◦n◦d 12:10, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I have had a look and the entry has been deleted. There is no entry without the diaeresis either.  Neither entry has a history or "View deleted edits?" link.  I'm sorry.  When transferring material from Wiktionary to Wikipedia in future, I'll make a note of who the original poster was.  &mdash; Paul G 12:46, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Jeremy Corbyn
You put in a request for an article on Jeremy Corbin. This already exists (as a stub) under the correctly-spelled name. Would be nice to expand it though as it is a bit thin. David | Talk 11:47, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Template:Wiktionarypar
You, along with several other editors, suggested replacing &#123;&#123;wiktionary&#125;&#125; with &#123;&#123;wiktionarypar&#125;&#125; a while ago, which is gradually being done. Netoholic is now repeatedly redirecting Template:Wiktionarypar. Please read the prior discussion of this (which I've reminded Netoholic of) at Template talk:Wiktionary and contribute. You may want to put  Template:Wiktionarypar on your watchlist. Uncle G 08:47, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

AfD Nomination: Donal Blaney
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Re-booting Magic WikiProject
Following various discussions and posts on the project talk page I've drafted a new version of the project page. In particular it seeks to clarify aspects of the structure of the project and guidelines regarding publication of magic methods. I'm contacting you to ask for your opinion because you recently made a helpfulcomment on one of the articles I'd edited. The draft is posted at WikiProject Magic/draft magic project page. Despite linking off the project talk page and posting an announcement on the Community bulletin board there doesn't seem to have been any response yet. Any comments from you would be valued. Circusandmagicfan 16:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

RE: editing wikitionary username papges
Hi Paul G, you sent me a message to ask me to stop editing wikitionary user pages, I have done no such thing to the best of my knowledge and it may be another user with the same name as me on the wikitionary site. Could you please link to the offending material. Thanks

Pluke 09:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied to on OP's page. &mdash; Paul G 09:20, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Paul, Seems that I did edit your user page all that time ago! Sorry for the inconvenience, I was quite new back then. Pluke 13:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied to on OP's page again. &mdash; Paul G 11:29, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Cinesite
You may want to go to WP:DRV to have the deletion appealed. In the meantime, set up a subpage with your new version of the article so that it can be approved.  bibliomaniac 1 5  BUY NOW! 16:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I've posted a request on WP:DRV. &mdash; Paul G 17:06, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Ingo Molnár
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 * Not my article. I only fixed a double redirect. &mdash; Paul G 14:49, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Jeffrey Abrahams
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"Linux" pronunciation
I have found this helpful page http://www.safalra.com/science/linguistics/linux-pronunciation/ which describes three ways of pronouncing "Linux". Particularly note the second pronunciation given, which is similar to the one you just removed. Would you be able to incorporate the alternative pronunciations into the Linux article? (I am not familiar with the IPA so I am wary of doing it myself.)

Also note that the Manual of Style (pronunciation) states "Pronunciation transcriptions based on traditional English spelling are deprecated. Forms such as pro-NUN-see-AY-shun may be misinterpreted by people who speak a different dialect or whose first language isn't English. They can however be used in addition to the IPA version so that it's easy for people who don't know the IPA to understand them. A key can be linked from Help:Pronunciation respelling key, to make the transcription more universal across Wikipedia. It may also be helpful to add comments such as "rhymes with..." or "stress on the first syllable"."

Thanks. --121.45.229.21 (talk) 03:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that. However, the source you mention gives the vowel in the second syllable as /ʌ/, the vowel in "up" as pronounced in English as spoken in southern England. I have never heard this used. I have only heard /ə/, the vowel in the first syllable of "about". The vowel used in the web page is /ʊ/, which is the vowel in "cook". This is distinct from /ə/, but some US English accents merge the two. There is a dispute between "long" and "short" i in the first syllable, but I would go as far as to say that the source you mention is mistaken when it uses /ʌ/. Certainly /ɤ/ is incorrect - the writer uses it to represent "oo" (whatever sound that is), but in IPA, this represents a consonant (resembling "g") &mdash; Paul G (talk) 13:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I have tried to find a more reliable source for Linux's IPA pronunciation and The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (which hopefully uses IPA; I'm not entirely certain about it) says it should be pronounced ˈlɪnəks, ˈlainəks, or ˈli:nəks. If you can obtain access to Oxford Reference Online (apparently "available in almost all public libraries in England"), the entry is available here. It looks like you have tried to change the pronunciation, but the article got truncated so your edit was reverted. What do you think about these alternative pronunciations, and could you please make the necessary changes? --121.45.229.21 (talk) 06:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your research. The Canadian dictionary is in agreement with what I have been trying to input; namely that the vowel in the second syllable is a schwa. /ai/ should be /aI/, at least in UK English - maybe that's a transcription error on your part, or maybe Canadian does use /ai/. I don't have access to the Oxford website, at least, not immediately, and "Linux" is not in the second edition of the (printed) OED. I'll try again to make the changes to the article. &mdash; Paul G (talk) 09:42, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks good. I have double-checked the online Canadian Oxford and the ɪ/i is printed as I have shown above. What do you think about Linus Torvalds' pronunciations in these audio files? Is this accurately depicted by /ˈlɪnʊks/ (English) and (/ˈlɪːnɤks/ (Swedish)? --121.45.229.21 (talk) 21:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

An anonymous user has reversed your changes claiming that ˈlɪnʊks is the correct IPA pronunciation according to Linus. I would like to have ˈlɪnəks kept on the article seeing as it is actually written in the Canadian Oxford whereas I cannot yet find a reliable source for ˈlɪnʊks. If you could listen to the audio files I linked to in my previous comment and tell me if ˈlɪnəks or ˈlɪnʊks is a reasonable interpretation of his pronunciation I would greatly appreciate it. --121.45.229.21 (talk) 04:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. The thing is, Linus is not a native English speaker, so he can't make claims on how "Linux" should be pronounced in English. &mdash; Paul G (talk) 08:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Digeri Dingo
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 * I didn't create this page. &mdash; Paul G (talk) 15:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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