User talk:Garik/Archive 5

could you do me a favor

and be clearer about whom you are responding to (on the evolution talk page)? When you put a comment after mine (which is fine) some might think all your comments are direct ad me. If they are directed at someone else, it is beter to name that person. Thanks, Slrubenstein | Talk 13:16, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Good point! Sorry about the ambiguity. garik (talk) 14:37, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Slrubenstein | Talk 12:22, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Rob Terry in Welsh Language and also..

when you have time can you do it please and also could you create the South Wales Scorpions page in welsh language too if you dont mind, thanks Youndbuckerz (talk) 06:58, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

One quick question does South Wales Scorpions in Welsh language = De Cymru Sgorpions? Youndbuckerz (talk) 07:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

If I have time! A literal translation would be "Sgorpionau De Cymru", but it all depends on whether or not they translate the name in Welsh or not and, if so, if they have their own translation. Translating this kind of trademark-type name can be a bit funny. garik (talk) 09:25, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

English language article

Hi Garik, Thanks for your answer I added a comment on Talk:English language What do you think about it ? Bye --Mahdi.mrabet (talk) 20:04, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Re. "Church is singular, not plural"

Thanks for the heads-up. It's nice to see an article that sums this all up and makes some sense of it all. I've been wrestling a bit lately with the issue of is/are applied to collective nouns.Peyre (talk) 18:09, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

River/Afon Wnion

Hi, do you have reliable English-language sources to support your claim that "Afon Wnion" is the normal name in English (and which outweigh sources for "River Wnion")? I grew up there and I have my doubts. garik (talk) 13:59, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

The 1953 Ordnance Survey map shows the rivers as Afon Mawddach and Afon Wnion, in contrast to the Dyfi which is shown as River Dovey (Afon Dyfi). The current edition OS map also shows the Mawddach and Wnion as Afon rather than River. Therefore the standard English mapping reference for place names has used Afon for at least half a century. RGCorris (talk) 09:16, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

A minor point...

Hi there! I'm just a bit confused by your comment on Talk:Bisexuality where you say that reliable sources are needed for discussion on a talk page. Do you mean that to discuss improving an article, one must cite reliable sources for one's viewpoints and conclusions? If so, that certainly isn't true... even your comment there (and mine) would then need several sources cited. I must be misunderstanding you. -kotra (talk) 22:48, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see that I wasn't very clear. No, I certainly didn't mean that. What I really meant was that the talk page isn't the place for discussion of original research any more than the article is a place for publishing it. I'll try to clarify myself! garik (talk) 23:34, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying! I understand now. -kotra (talk) 18:00, 17 June 2010 (UTC)