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Ah! I had not realized that my internet provider had blocked it (should have realized that). Thanks for the restore! Egonw (talk) 08:50, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

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Akhooha: Thanks for the polite inquiry posted below. Regarding #1: let's find an English reference for that statement. #2: when there is no good English source, then foreign language sources are ok, but I think we can find an English reference. I'll try later. --Zefr (talk) 22:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look at the article and give me your opinion on the English language source I've found. Thanks. --Akhooha (talk) 00:21, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

(1) Since the statement "Some countries require yogurt to contain a certain amount of colony-forming units of bacteria" still stands in the text of the article, it would seem that a citation that does not refer to legally defined "certain amounts" is not backing up that statement. The reference I used specifically refers "total of at least 10 million colony forming units of microorganisms" and would seem to be more appropriate.

(2) As for your comment, "Not helpful for the English encyclopedia", was that because the title of the source was in German (I had forewarned the reader that the document (which is an official Swiss gov't document) was (in German); or were you objecting altogether to a non-English source? I've seen plenty of English WP articles with references in foreign languages, so I can't figure out what your objection is. By the way, Swiss gov't docs are available in German, French, and Italian, but unfortunately not in English.

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Request

Greetings Mr Akhooha,

Nice to meet you.

Here is an example of the Arabic alphabet written in the Tausūg language:

• Latin script = Wayruun tuhan malaingkan Allāh, hi Muhammad rasūl sin Allāh
• Arabic script = وَيْـرُٷنْ تُـهَـنْ مَـلَـيِـڠْـكَـن هَالله، هِـمُـحَـمَّـدْ ئِـڠ رَسُـولْ سِـڠ الله

Could you kindly help me write (ie. transliterate) this Tausūg text into the Arabic alphabet? (with vowels also) please:

• Latin script = Landuꞌ tuud malasa in Tuhan ha manga mānusiyaꞌ, hangkan atas niya piyalahil pa dunya in hambuuk-buuk Anak niya amu in miyatay, ha supaya hisiyu-siyu in magparachaya kaniya diꞌ makapanarkaꞌ ha adlaw mahuli iban makabāk siya kabuhiꞌ salama-lama.
• Arabic script = ?

Your help would be fully appreciated, Thank you. --DaveZ123 (talk) 22:19, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Here is my attempt (using online keyboard):

Tausug written in the Arabic script:

لَندُ تُود مَلَسَ إن تُهَن هَ مَنغَ مَانُسِيَ، هَنغكَن اتَس نِيَ پِيَلَهِل پَ دُنيَ إن هَمبُوك بُوك انَك نِيَ امُ إن مِيَتَي، هَ سُپَيَ هِسِيُسِيُ إن مَغپَرَشَيَ كَنِيَ دِ مَكَپَنَركَ هَ ادلَو مَهُلِ إبَن مَكَبَاك سِيَ كَبُهِ سَلَمَ لَمَ.

Could you kindly help me fix the mistakes or write your own transliteration? (including the vowels also) --DaveZ123 (talk) 22:50, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

I'm really not at all qualified to pass judgement on Tausug Arabic script. All I know about it is what I've just read in Tausug language#Arabic script. Some issues, however, do come to mind: First of all, what sound is the glyph "ꞌ" supposed to represent? Secondly, it looks like there's an inconsistency either in the Latin transliteration or the Tausug transliteration in the example you gave (which came from the Tausug article), i.e. the word sin is shown as

سِـڠ which, according the chart should read as sing. One would expect سِن. Thirdly, you've transliterated in as إن which is correct if it were Arabic, but according to the info in the article, in in Tausug should be written ئِن or, (as appears in later examples in the article) ئِـڠ. Looks like boundaries between "n" and "ng" are rather loose... One last thing: for manga you've got مَنغَ which is right I suppose if the word were [man ga] (مَنگَ could also be right). But if the word were actually [ma nga], then it would need to be written مَنـڠَ. Other than what I've brought up, everything else looks pretty much ok. Hope I've been of some help. Akhooha (talk) 00:33, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Second attempt

I have taken your advice into consideration and retyped it as follows:

لَندُء تُود مَلَسَ ئِن تُهَن هَ مَڠَ مَانُسِيَء، هَڠكَن اتَس نِيَ پِيَلَهِل پَ دُنيَ ئِن هَمبُوكبُوك انَك نِيَ امُ ئِن مِيَتَي، هَ سُپَيَ هِسِيُسِيُ ئِن مَغپَرَشَيَ كَنِيَ دِء مَكَ پَنَركَء هَ ادلَو مَهُلِ إبَن مَكَبَاك سِيَ كَبُهِء سَلَمَلَمَ.

Feel free to point out any errors or give your own transcription of the text (with vowel markings included) --DaveZ123 (talk) 21:11, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Request 2

Greetings Mr Akhooha,

Thank you so much for your feedback. It is very much appreciated.

Here is my second request.

Here is an example of the Arabic alphabet written in the Maranao language:

• Maranao text Latin script = Langon a taw na inimbawata a ndudon so kapaar ago ndatadatar sa bantogan ago kabnar. Bigan siran sa kabnar ago gagaw na aya patot a di kapakasusurota o omani isa ko kapakiphapagariya.
• Maranao text in Batang Arab = لاڠون ع تاو نا اينيمباواتا ع ندُدون سو كڤاعر اڬو نداتاداتار سا بانتوڬان اڬو كابنار۔ بيڬان سيران سا كابنار اڬو ڬاڬاو نا عيا ڤاتوت ع دي كاڤاكاسُسُروتا عو اوماني ايسا كو كاڤاكيڤحاڤاڬارِيا۔

Could you kindly help me write (ie. transliterate) this Maranao text into the Arabic alphabet? (with vowels also) please:

• Latin script = Kagiya tanto a pekebabayaan o Allah so doniya na inibegay niyan so botong a Wata iyan kaan so oman i isa a peparatiyaya rekaniyan na di pekanaraka, ka kebegan baden sa kaoyagoyag a da a kaposan iyan.
• Arabic script = ?

Here is my attempt (using online keyboard):

Maranao written in the Arabic script:

كَغِيَ تَنتُ ا پءكءبَبَيَان ا الَّه سُ دُنِيَ نَ إنِبءغَي نِيَن سُ بُتُنغ ا وَتَ إيَن كَان سُ امَن إ إسَ ا پءپَرَتِيَيَ رءكَنِيَن نَ دِ پءكَنَرَكَ، كَ كءبءغَن بَدءن سَ كَُيَغُيَغ ا دَا كَپُسَنِيَن.

Could you kindly help me fix the mistakes or write your own transliteration? (including the vowels also) --DaveZ123 (talk) 00:57, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

I'll be happy to take a look at your attempt at Maranao, but first can you answer my query regarding your first request: "what sound is the glyph "ꞌ" supposed to represent?"

Akhooha (talk) 16:38, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

P.S. --- One mistake I see right away is that you're using نغ when you should be using ڠ to transliterate "ng". For example, you've written "botong" as بُتُنغ and it should be بُتُـڠ . Akhooha (talk) 17:03, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Also, you're using a hamza (ء) to transliterate a short (e). According to the chart you've linked to, you should use a sukun above the preceding consonant. For example, you've written "pekebabayaan" as پءكءبَبَيَان when it should be (according to the chart) پْكْبَبَيان. As for that chart, I'd be a little leery of it ---- although it shows a short "e", a hamza (ʔ) and an "æ", none of those show up in the Latin transliteration of the example provided.Akhooha (talk) 17:51, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your very helpful insights. I have now found a native Maranao speaker on Wikipedia and will contact him by email. Hopefully he can help shed some light on how it is typically written. --DaveZ123 (talk) 07:38, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

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I just discovered that you're the one who did the re-alphabetizing. Great job, thank you! WQUlrich (talk) 17:44, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome. It was surprising to see how many editors had been so apparently analphabetic ... Akhooha (talk) 18:00, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Your kind comment at History of Tunisia talk page

Sorry for the snark in my reply, I was a bit frazzled after all that editing. I admit that I am obsessive/compulsive about these things; I've been getting a reply together for you with a list of tools and got caught up in editing other things (not the first time). I will get that to you, but at the moment I'm in a state of shock at fantastic user KylieTastic's ignoring all the work I've done, and getting on me for using a script because it introduced some errors, which I should have checked for. These scripts do make mistakes. I can't believe this guy. Anyway, I do appreciate your comment, and thank you for it. Carlstak (talk) 20:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

No offense taken. I can understand your being frazzled from all that work. In your comment on the article's talk page you mentioned using google docs for simple "find and replace" functions --- is there some reason you'd prefer that over MS Word? I find that MS Word can do that very nicely and is a lot more responsive than google docs. Another question: your conversion of all the weird "at"s into "p"s and "pp"s was obviously more than a simple "find and replace" action. If it's not too complicated to explain, what "simple script" did you use? I do appreciate all the work you've been doing on that article. Akhooha (talk) 18:09, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Apology

Terribly sorry about what I said in the Arabic coffee.--Sarah Canbel (talk) 11:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the apology, but don't you think it would be more meaningful if you apologized on the page in which you made your comments? Akhooha (talk) 16:55, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

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Greetings Mr Akhooha,

Nice to meet you again.

Could you kindly help me write out this Javanese text? (including the vowels also) please.

Your help would be fully appreciated, Thank you. --DaveZ123 (talk) 12:21, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

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