User talk:Amcaja/Archive8

Japanese Mythology infobox

Just as a question.. why was the infobox changed back to Japanese mythology? Even though the idea of mythology isn't inheirantly an offensive phrase, it's still pretty strange that infoboxes such as the one on christianity aren't called christian mythology because people object to it being branded "myth". 213.40.67.65 00:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Because it's part of the Japanese mythology WikiProject, and because the infobox covers not just Japanese religion, but also Japanese folklore. And so far, no one has objected. If you feel the name needs to be changed, it's best to raise the issue on the infobox talk page or (better yet) at WP:Jmyth or WP:Japan. -- Amcaja 01:03, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Okiagari-koboshi, was selected for DYK!

On January 25, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Okiagari-koboshi, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Cameroon

Do they like macaroons in Cameroon? :) Wahkeenah 02:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

No, but everyone speaks Walloon and flies hot air balloons. It's really cool! — Amcaja 03:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Awesome. Hot and cool at the same time. :) Wahkeenah 19:11, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Tourism in Cameroon

Hi Brian. I saw your DYK entry, Tourism in Cameroon, and I'd like to complement you on it - it certainly might reach good article status at the state it is in. I've got three questions:

1. On a whim, I expanded Waza National Park, but Google doesn't turn up very many reliable looking (read: non-blog, non-advertising) potential sources. Do you think any of the sources you used would be able to help it out?
2. In the notes section, you list page 174 alone and pages 174-175. Would it be proper to merge those into one ref?
3. Is this picture of yours in Waza National Park? Picaroon 05:01, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments! I'm trying to get Cameroon up to FA status, which involves some work on redlinks in the article. Tourism in Cameroon was one of those. To answer your questions:

1. Yes, I do have enough to expand Waza National Park by at least a little more. I'll take a look at it sometime in the next week or so to see what I can do. Good job on finding the sources you did online and not resorting to unreliable blogs and the like as a lot of others might have done.
2. The reason I did the 174–5 thing is because the bit being referenced is a summarative statement covered by material on both of those pages. The references to page 174 and 175 individually are on those pages alone. So, in the interests of verifiability, it's probably best to leave the pages referenced separately where possible.
3. No, that is near the village Rhumsiki, southwest of Waza. I really should write up that village; it's a major tourist draw in Cameroon. — Amcaja 06:07, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. I saw a reference to "Rumsiki" without the h, and it seemed to suggest it was quite near - maybe in - the park. For the record, ghits for the spelling without the "h" are higher, being 15,000 to 1,000. However, Rumsiki has no incoming links, while Rhumsiki has several, so I'm not sure what the better page title would be. Picaroon 18:46, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, and to complicate things, there are also Rhoumsiki and Roumsiki. I'll try to check a few maps and go with what the published consensus seems to be (as opposed to the blogs and things you mentioned earlier). — Amcaja 22:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Igbo people

Brian, at [1] you say you are going to keep reverting till they provide a source, but the number that you are reverting to is unsourced and seems to me to be wildly high; the other might be a tad low, but seems much more likely; I'd have thought 25-35 million (and, no, I don't have a source). You might want to look & see if there is any basis for the number you are defending; I suspect that there is not. - Jmabel | Talk 06:08, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I've tried to find a citation to put an end to the constant changing of that article's population statistic. See Talk:Igbo people and see what you think. — Amcaja 10:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Images and headings

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I reverted your change moving the images below the section headings. The manuals of style says (at WP:MOS#Images) to be sure to place the images above the section headings so that they don't cut the title off from the text. --Sopoforic 00:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. This flies against all common sense and all my experience on Wikipedia, so I've posted a question about it. Seems more useful to have all section headings left-aligned rather than allowing images to bump some of them over. — Amcaja 02:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Beaufort beer label.jpg)

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An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Tourism in Cameroon, was selected for DYK!

On February 4, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tourism in Cameroon, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 14:57, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Military of Cameroon

Hi, RobNS. I've removed your edits to Cameroon regarding its military pending a source citation. I'm currently trying to get the article up to Featured Article status, and to that end, unsourced information cannot be present. Can you provide a source? Thanks, — — Amcaja (talk) 22:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Brian, no problem. Actually, all I did was transfer some of the information from the Military of Cameroon page into the Cameroon main page, since it didn't have a wikilink to a Cameroon military page. I didn't actually add or change any of the information. --RobNS 23:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Location Maps

On the WikiProject Countries talk page, you had either explictly declared a general interest in the project, or had participated at a discussion that appears related to Location Maps for European countries.
New maps had been created by David Liuzzo, and are available for the countries of the European continent, and for countries of the European Union exist in two versions. From November 16, 2006 till January 31, 2007, a poll had tried to find a consensus for usage of 'old' or of which and where 'new' version maps. At its closing, 25 people had spoken in favor of either of the two presented usages of new versions but neither version had reached a consensus (12 and 13), and 18 had preferred old maps.
As this outcome cannot justify reverting of new maps that had become used for some countries, seconds before February 5, 2007 a survey started that will be closed at February 20, 2007 23:59:59. It should establish whether the new style maps may be applied as soon as some might become available for countries outside the European continent (or such to depend on future discussions), and also which new version should be applied for which countries.
Please note that since January 1, 2007 all new maps became updated by David Liuzzo (including a world locator, enlarged cut-out for small countries) and as of February 4, 2007 the restricted licence that had jeopardized their availability on Wikimedia Commons, became more free. The subsections on the talk page that had shown David Liuzzo's original maps, now show his most recent design.
Please read the discussion (also in other sections α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ) and in particular the arguments offered by the forementioned poll, while realizing some comments to have been made prior to updating the maps, and all prior to modifying the licences, before carefully reading the presentation of the currently open survey. You are invited to only then finally make up your mind and vote for only one option.
There mustnot be 'oppose' votes; if none of the options would be appreciated, you could vote for the option you might with some effort find least difficult to live with - rather like elections only allowing to vote for one of several candidates. Obviously, you are most welcome to leave a brief argumentation with your vote. Kind regards. — SomeHuman 7 Feb2007 20:05 (UTC)

Annie Awards

I'm sending a photographer to the Annie Awards this Sunday, on behalf of Wikinews. I'm giving the photographer a sheet of people to lookout for, including John Lasseter, Bill Plympton, Genndy Tartakovsky, Andreas Deja, and a bunch of voice actors. Anyone on the nominee list that you ID as being really important to get a pic of? -- Zanimum 22:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Minstrel Show

Hello Brian - I have watched your minstrel show article and it has shaped up very nicely. Many kudos! It has occurred to me that Prof. Irwin Corey ('the world's foremost authority') is a nearly perfect example of the "stump speech" interlocutor still extant among comedians today and that he could be included as such an example in the legacy section of the article. However, since it is simply a personal observation (although a thoroughly grounded one, having seen him in performance numerous times, and since I worked with him on a video in NYC during the late 1990s) I have hesitated to edit this into the article myself because you seem very concerned that such an observation be accompanied by a citation. So, I have decided to simply offer this up as a humble, but friendly suggestion.Wlashley 23:29, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. The "Legacy" section of minstrel show is already quite long, I think, so it might be more noteworthy to mention Corey in the article stump speech (minstrelsy). However, you're right; it would be nice to have a source citation to back up the connection. Let me know if you find such such a source; I'll look myself once my attention returns to minstrel show (currently it's on Cameroon). Thanks again for your help. — Amcaja (talk) 22:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congrats on the Atangana article reaching FA status ! I am still stuck with the Fon , Fon of Bafut and Achirimbi II articles. Not getting time to visit the University libraries for the Ritzenthaler books. Also could not make time to visit the Smithsonian to see the documentary about the festivals of Cameroon. Will get around to expanding the articles one day. Till then, congratulations on a job well done ! ray 08:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Ray! It is tough to find time to do the research for Wikipedia sometimes, isn't it? I really enjoy it though; writing articles helps me to synthesize the information I might otherwise just forget if I simply read about things. Keep up the good work on your end; perhaps we'll find ourselves collaborating sometime. — Amcaja (talk) 22:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

From me too; I saw this on the front page and figured it must be you. Nice work! I'm constantly impressed by your dedication. So are you still in Japan? How's life? I'm back to teaching here in SE Asia... good times, good times... --Dvyost 11:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, long time, right? Thanks for the congrats; that's funny you could tell it was me without having to check the history . . . :) Yup, still in Japan, and loving it for the most part. What country are you in? — Amcaja (talk) 22:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

In Thailand, but working with Burmese refugees. Good times, good times. Next stop--back to school for the Ph.D.! Take good care of yourself out there... --Dvyost 13:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Pidgin

Hey Brian, by chance I came across this very interesting collection of photos: Pidgin English.swf (at the bottom of this page on Roger Blench's web site). CPE is being demonized in academic circles for sure! Best, — mark ✎ 09:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, yes. A lot of my American friends who lived in Anglophone Cameroon tried to learn Pidgin, but some people refused to ever speak it with them. It's certainly stigmatized by the educational establishment. A related phenomenon is Camfranglais or Frananglais, a modern pidgin. This BBC News story talks about its precarious status. Perhaps I should write an article . . . . — Amcaja (talk) 01:59, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Looks like you just did... Impressed as always! — mark ✎ 20:39, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Franglais and Frananglais

Hi Brian. I've always thought that the two terms refer to the same thing. Also, i think they (it is) are spoken in other countries such as Côte d'Ivoire. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up ®} 11:16, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. I don't really know about its use outside Cameroon. If necessary, the Cameroonian variety can be moved to Camfranglais, though. — Amcaja (talk) 12:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 24 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 20:04, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Charles Dibdin birthdate

Hello Brian, I have a little volume of Dibdin's Sea songs 'A New Edition' (words only) published by HG Clarke & Co (66, Old Bailey) and Hayward and Adam (Paternoster Row) 1846, prefaced by a Memoir (no named author). As I haven't got the big edition with the tunes in I don't know if this is the same memoir as that one, but this gives the birthdate as 15 March 1745, which is not quite the same as in the Wiki article (saw your note). I presume the other is from Encyclopedia Britannica? I have an interest in Dibdin as I sing some of his songs. Not sure how to verify this information. Should I add it as a footnote or something? Also I'd like to slightly enlarge references to his roles and songs etc. Any advice gratefully received! Best wishes, Dr Steven Plunkett 04:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Steven. Unfortunately, my knowledge of Dibdin is pretty shallow; I came to his page due to Dibdin's association with early blackface minstrelsy, and that's about the extent of what I know about him. As for his birthday, the date currently given in the article has no source provided and is listed with a question mark. If you have a source that provides a different date, by all means, please change the date and start a "References" section to list your source. Add a footnote to show where you got the information. In short, sourced information trumps unsourced information. If someone wishes to dispute your changes, the footnote can be expanded to denote the fact that sources disagree on the exact date of birth. Best, — Amcaja (talk) 01:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, South Cameroon Plateau, was selected for DYK!

On February 26, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article South Cameroon Plateau, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 00:19, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Mami Wata

MWHS has been inactive for months. I think it's safe to replace the page wholesale when you do. - ∅ (∅), 13:12, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. Thanks for the heads up. I've put the article on the back burner for now, but I do intend to return to it. I'll go section-by-section, as I agreed in the mediation, but I'm sure we'll find out if they're really watching it or not. — Amcaja (talk) 22:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

"Duh"?

So it's obvious that it's a screen capture. However, can you say that it could not have been taken from a web site that made the screen capture? It doesn't even begin to qualify as a "duh". - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant "duh", as in "Why didn't I supply the source when I uploaded it?" It was directed at me, not you. — Amcaja (talk) 04:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, okay, glad that's all resolved then. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Why?

Hello, I wasn't "vandalising" wikipedia I was adding info - this has completely ruined my thoughts of wikipedia. I'm not a "Vandal" and I won't be using Wiki again.

I'm not sure what you're referring to, since the only two contributions from your IP address are to my talk page. Can you point to a specific edit or set of edits that were labeled vandalism? — Amcaja (talk) 22:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Images requiring sources

[2] - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, fixed. — Amcaja (talk) 22:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Compsognathus

Brian, Thanks for your contribution and effort to help us bring Compsognathus to FA status. They were very much appreciated (at least by me). Just a note: could you add a bold "support" next to your struck "Oppose" so that Raul could see it when reviewing FAC. Thanks again. ArthurWeasley 17:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I also wanted to say thank you for reviewing the article, Brian. Your comments and contributions have certainly improved the article. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 17:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Invitation

You have been invited to join the WikiProject Africa, a collaborative effort focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of Africa. If you'd like to join, just add your name to the member list. Thanks for reading!

Belovedfreak 20:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Executive Order (United States)

My edit which you marked rv was not vandalism. I only deleted duplicate text. I do not think it makes any sense to repeat whole lines verbatim in the summary, so I kept only what I thought were the most important statements in the summary. --KarlFrei 15:56, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Rather than removing lines completely, then, it would make more sense to rephrase them. The summary is supposed to be just that, a summary, and should duplicate information from the main article. — Amcaja (talk) 22:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Definite article in DRC

Can I ask your help with something? I noticed you are a member of WikiProject Central Africa. Should articles on DRC include the word "The" in their title? I'm thinking of National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and others which have recently been moved. Personally I think yes they should, as this is what english speakers normally say (despite the general ban on articles in wikipedia). Could you let me know what you think by commenting at Talk:Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many thanks!! AndrewRT(Talk) 21:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Cameroon

Just translated French Cameroun. Actually, I have some sources somewhere that details lots better the colonial war with the UPC (the French article was a bit of an apology of colonialism...) Lapaz 00:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Some new stuff. Funny the French don't talk about it :) Lapaz 01:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Cameroon

OK. What's your interest in the country? Tony 02:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:20, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Yaphet Kotto

Why was my edit reverted? The band are well established as a screamo band. Hardcore is a wider term than necessary to describe them, and punk is just wrong, really. Plus they are referenced as a screamo band on the emo (music) page. I queried this on the talk page, but it received no response, so I figured I'd ask you directly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matthew Proctor (talk • contribs) 00:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC).

Replied at Talk:Yaphet Kotto. — Amcaja (talk) 02:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Three Kingdoms Portal

Hey I Am trying to create a Three Kingdoms Portal Do You Think You Could Help Me Out?

Winn3317 01:54, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

That sounds like a really good idea. Unfortunately, I'm pretty swamped in real life and on Wikipedia at the moment, so I don't think I can do much to help. Maybe post a note at Talk:Romance of the Three Kingdoms and at the Chinese history project? — Amcaja (talk) 02:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

please cut back on the reverting

please do not revert; discuss the things you are unhappy about first.

Maybe if you mentioned a specific instance, I could comment. — Amcaja (talk) 02:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Kokopelli

Any reason why you keep removing the Kokopelli / Trivia reference to a music festival, with the name and logo of kokopelli? Agreed, initially I added a link to their website and you might think of it as "linkspam", but when I added the info again (this time without the link to their website), you deleted it again.

What's the difference between an Arizona pizza company's logo featuring kokopelli (including website link), and an music festival logo (even without website link).

Just curious. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.200.74.144 (talk) 17:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC).

Sorry, you're right. The pizzaria trivia item was linkspam as well. I've removed it. Thanks for the heads up. The other two "trivia" items should probably be cut as well, but because they are about people with Wikipedia articles of their own, I'm going to leave them be for the moment. Should the music festival you mention ever get its own Wikipedia article, the trivia blurb is more likely to be pertinent. — Amcaja (talk) 22:12, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Washi

Hi - I enjoyed your pic of millet beer in Cameroon, then noticed you are now in Japan & evidently have an interest in traditional life. *If* you happen to pass by the workshop of a maker of Japanese handmade paper (Washi) and can take some pics of the papermaking process (which is very interesting), it would be a great addition to the rather thin Washi page. I will have a go at the text as I have good access to books on the subject, but I can't get to Japan for real life pics. Thanks! Mark Nesbitt 07:44, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. No promises, but I'll keep my eyes open! — Amcaja (talk) 08:05, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Mark Nesbitt 08:43, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Photo request

Requesting Permission to Publish Photo. Hello Brian [name withheld for privacy reasons], Thomson Learning would like to publish the photo "A bush taxi gets stuck while trying to pass a stalled logging truck on the road between Abong-Mbang and Lomié, East Province, Cameroon." in a Sociology textbook. Did you personally take the photograph? If not, can you tell me where you found the image? If it is your photograph, can I obtain your permission to publish the image with a signed permission release form? <email address removed> -Thanks, Jill

Responding via email. — Amcaja (talk) 22:07, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Lucky Charms

Brian - I see you've removed my mention of the cereal shapes that can be found in the Lucky Charms cereal. Can you explain why you removed the entire entry? Would it be reasonable to at least include a description of the cereal pieces? Thanks. 76.173.233.32 21:40, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Sure, that would be fine. What I was more concerned about was the symbology being mentioned. We need a source to back up any assertions that the cereal shapes are supposed to convey Christian messages (per our policy concerning original research). Feel free to reinstate what you feel relevant. — Amcaja (talk) 22:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

about Donkey Kong(witten in Japanese)

• If you can't read my Japanese, please take your message into my note.

日本では1983年に任天堂と池上通信機の間で裁判が行われました。この裁判は、判決が出ないままで終わり、和解になりました。

しかし、この裁判により、ドンキーコングのプログラムの制作を、池上通信機がしたということは、日本のゲーム愛好家に知られました。

ドンキーコング（最初のアーケードゲーム）のプログラムの中には、隠されたメッセージがあり、ここに答えがあります。

Please do google with "SYSTEM DESIGN IKEGAMI"!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dolnk-jp (talk • contribs) 12:04, 7 May 2007 (UTC).