User talk:Ratzer/Archive 2008

Reply
Hey; firstly, the text I put in upper case was aimed to draw people's attention to it - it stands out as opposed to lower case stuff, and has a greater chance of being noticed. Secondly, it is not my duty to find a source for these time sigs. If you look through the history of the page, you'll see most of the edits are reverting or adding unsourced material. If someone wishes to add a time sig, it is their duty to provide the source - the Wikipedia editors cannot be expected to search for sources for other people's additions. The warning I added help emphasises this. ≈  The Haunted Angel  16:19, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Atlas or almanac facts
I agree with you that atlas or "almanac-type" facts don't need a citation! See my note following your note at WP:NOR. It would be great to hear your reaction to the (somewhat) larger issue. GiveItSomeThought (talk) 22:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Peros Banhos Map, etc.
Ratzer, I will do so shortly. Please give me a bit of time. Mohonu (talk) 14:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I am out of location and in the process of moving to a new house. Hopefully in about two weeks I will be having a desktop at home and I shall transfer the Chagos files to Wikipedia Commons. Sorry for the delay. Mohonu (talk) 02:19, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands...
Hi there. Do you have a reference for your contribution to the Ashmore and Cartier Islands. It's not that I'm doubting you, rather, everything should be verified by a reliable source. Many thanks. --Merbabu (talk) 01:16, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, I added some info to the article. The reference to the indonesian name seems clear. The claim that the reef is considered part of Roti Ndao district I could not verify as an official Indon.govt. claim (but only what some Indonesian wrote in Wikimapia), that's why I wrote "by Indonesians". But the district of which Roti Island is the main island is the closest Indonesian district, and it seems clear that Ashmore Reef would be part of that district if there were a valid Indonesian claim.--Ratzer (talk) 10:54, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps someone can translate what it says on this Indonesian government page, it talks about Pulau Pasir in the context of Rote Ndao.--Ratzer (talk) 11:00, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Tschagos Karten
Ratzer, hier sind endlich die Karten. Ich bitte um Entschuldigung wegen der lange Zeit dass es gedauert hat. Image:Saya map1lg.PNG, Image:Salomon islands1.png, Image:Peros banhos snr1w.PNG, Image:Peros banhos map2.PNG, Image:Egmont3804q.PNG, Image:Chagos map2y.PNG.
 * Danke, die muss ich mir noch genauer anschauen.

Hast du diese Image:Tyuleni-archipelago.png Karte gesehen? Ich habe gemerkt dass es kein Artikel auf Deutsch gibt über die Robbeninseln im Kaspischen Meer.Mohonu (talk) 04:50, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * So geht das natürlich nicht, deswegen gibt es jetzt einen Artikel auf Deutsch: .--Ratzer (talk) 08:10, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Translate
Hi, can you please translate what is written here below the three separate images.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 08:37, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 09:29, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Liwa Oasis
Dear friend,

please have a look at the table of villages in the article Liwa Oasis. Can you help completing the nearly empty column of Arabian village names?--Ratzer (talk) 13:15, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Done.   A M M A R   17:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hehe, anytime you need help im at your service.   A M M A R   07:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Maps
Hi Ratzer, I've just uploaded on commons an english version of the mangaia and Rarotonga topographic map. I've not made the modifications on Rarotonga tapere map yet. I still need to check the location of the taperes of Matavera and Titikaveka which i'm not sure about. Concerning Te Puna tapere, I am still uncertain. In this article, it states that Turea Nui is a kainga (piece of land) on Te Puna tapere  (http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/h398h.htm). I checked the notes I took at the land court and according to it, Tuarea Nui is located on the tapere named Akapuao ??? This uncetainty is I suppose due to the actual land conflict on this tapere. All i know is that it is probalby not far from what is called Titikaveka village, that means quite close to the Titikaveka CICC church. Kia manuia Nevers (talk) 11:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Fishing banks
Hi Ratzer. You seem clued up on marine topography, and I see you are the main author of Bank (topography). I see you state the Grand Banks are not technically banks. Can you source and expand on that, and is it possible to provide a more precise definition of what a bank is and isn't? I wondered if you would mind giving me some pointers on "banks" and "fishing banks". I suppose some banks are good fishing banks and some aren't. I would like an article that deals with fishing banks for the Fisheries and Fishing Project. Are you okay if I try and expand your article to include and characterise "fishing banks", or do you think it would be better to have a separate article? I suppose geologists may have one take, physical oceanographers another (to do with tidal flows and upwellings), marine biologists yet another (to do with high photic and biological levels), and fisheries yet another (to do with whether commercial fish are sufficiently abundant). --Geronimo20 (talk) 03:05, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Arabic city name
Hi Ammarshaker, how is Berenice written in Arabic writing? Talking about the Egyptian port city that is described in article Berenice Troglodytica.--Ratzer (talk) 14:12, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Medinet-el Haras : مدينة الحرس
 * Berenice Troglodytica : بيرينايس تروغلوديتيكا
 * Berenice : بيرينايس
 *  A M M A R   20:35, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

An Invite to join Arctic WikiProject

 * Thank you, I will be pleased to help where I can.--Ratzer (talk) 18:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

interesting
Interesting new article on Independence Fjord! Chergles (talk) 18:20, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and I found the book interesting that you reference in the discussion.--Ratzer (talk) 18:49, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Danke sehr- Vielleicht können Sie mir helfen?
Please forgive me if I speak not entirely in one language or the other; my German is such that I cannot depend upon it entirely.

I noticed your useful contributions of Independence Fjord. Currently I am looking for native speakers of German to help me translate Inuit-Kultur. If you have the time and the inclination, please see User:Lithoderm/Inuit culture, where any comments or additional translation would be greatly appreciated. I am working on the section up to ''Übergang ins 21. Jahrhundert'' offline; so if you want to help, please start there.

Vielen dank, Lithoderm (talk) 20:56, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This is the English Wikipedia, no one is expected to speak or write German here :-)
 * I shall be pleased to help here, too. But this is a very long article, I cannot do this in one day. Do you mean that eveything up to the paragraph 3 ins 21. Jahrhundert has been translated already, and that paragraph has not been started yet? I think if more than one work on the translation of an article, it must be done online, not offline. Any suggestions?--Ratzer (talk) 05:39, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I've responded on my talk page. Lithoderm (talk) 14:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Ratzer, but I have too many obligations in the real world to continue working on this, or wikipedia at all... I have "retired", see my user page. If it isn't too much trouble, please translate the last two sections and launch the article. If you need help refining it, talk to User:CambridgeBayWeather. I hate to leave you "in the lurch", as they say, but I wouldn't unless I absolutely had to, which I do. Thank you for your help on this project..... 216.54.198.18 (talk) 23:07, 25 October 2008 (UTC)(Lithoderm's IP)

I've translated all that I had on paper, as well as the picture captions. The main problem with launching the article now is the lack of citations. It frustrates me that I have no time and plenty of printed sources. Maybe someone at WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America has some... try canvassing, as I did. A 2nd (and perhaps not as good) alternative is to wait until December, when I will be out of school and have plenty of time to adequately reference the article. Vielleicht dann müssen sie keine Doppelarbeit machen. Consider the options and make a decision, but please don't bother to respond for now. I say this all in the most grateful way possible. Lithoderm (talk) 07:54, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Summit Camp
It had the website links for the Greenland location camp but the content of the deleted version was completely different then the current version. In fact, this is the website of the camp mentionned in the 3rd deleted version. That camp is in Pennsylvania. Considering that the area of the Summit Camp (on the current version) is very cold each year I really doubt it is a good place to hold children camps there. So it was a different place -- JForget  15:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Oman regions
Actually a region includes many governorates, A governorate stands for a city or a village while Regions stands for inner states. I think something wrong in the article or maybes its different in Oman.  A M M A R   11:43, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Governorates of Yemen
21 July 2008 you provided governorates areas, but you didn't referenced any sources of data added (in Wiki were known theseonly, but source had not any official nature) Bogomolov.PL (talk) 20:27, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The statoids figures don't seem to add to the totals. I used the areas from here, also no official page, but at least they add up.--Ratzer (talk) 20:58, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I see, but may be it is reasonable to add world-gazetteer reference link? Bogomolov.PL (talk) 21:39, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You are right, of course, I added the link as reference. Thank you --Ratzer (talk) 06:28, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Markazes of Egypt
Hey, well no. But I am an Egyptian, so I could help you if there were online Arabic sources. Cheers, Abdallah (talk) 22:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Inuit culture
Hello, Ratzer:

My semester is finally over, so in the next few days I will begin to work intensively on the Inuit culture article. As pointed out by Death Bredon on the project's talk page, it needs extensive re-writing and verification- there are also some issues with factual accuracy. I think that I can address all of his points, and hope to have the article up in the mainspace within two weeks, if not sooner. I apologize for the delay.  Litho  derm  05:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Lithoderm, thank you, I am looking forward to seeing the finished article in the mainspace.--Ratzer (talk) 06:27, 17 December 2008 (UTC)