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Camerini

Ciao, grazie per le correzioni, il mio inglese è abbastanza mediocre e aveva decisamente bisogno di un copyedit. Riguardo all'articolo ogni aggiunta è benvenuta, ricordati solo di aggiungere se possibile le fonti visto che su en.wiki le regole al proposito sono molto rigide. Riguardo alle immagini, purtroppo le uniche possibilità sono aggiungere fotografie (o screenshots) precedenti al 1976 oppure fotografie con una licenza che ne autorizza espressamente l'utilizzo su Wikipedia. Ovviamente grazie se creerai pagine su Camerini in altre lingue! Buon lavoro e se serve un aiuto contattami pure. Cavarrone 19:32, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

• Le foto pubblicate in Italia precedentemente al 1976 sono di pubblico dominio negli Usa e possono essere liberamente caricate su commons perchè i termini del copyright sono scaduti, invece l'ipotesi di chiedere al sito ufficiale l'autorizzazione all'uso su Wikipedia di una o più foto è decisamente più fattibile. Riguardo a youtube, ci sono gli stessi problemi di copyright riguardanti le immagini, vedi WP:VIDEOLINK, il punto centrale è "Linking to online videos can be acceptable if it is demonstrated that the content was posted by the copyright holder or with their permission." Cavarrone 04:13, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Ways to improve Eva Klotz

Hi, I'm Sulfurboy. Mondschein English, thanks for creating Eva Klotz!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. /

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Sulfurboy (talk) 02:14, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Nizo Neto

Thanks a lot, my dear friend! Rei Momo (talk) 20:50, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Richard J. Ashby

Hello, I appreciate your efforts, but that's really not a good idea. We have to be very careful in how we write about living people, as what's written on Wikipedia could potentially cause harm to real people. Also, as a general rule, when a person is known for a single event, it's usually better to have an article on that event than the person. Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:44, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

The POV editors are trying to ban me for NPOV edits of Ukraine conflict entries

I notice that you're an NPOV editor when it comes to Ukraine conflict Wikipedia entries. I am currently under severe attack -- see Haberstr -- for also being an NPOV editor of Ukraine conflict entries. Any comment or support at the Arbitration will be greatly appreciated! Maybe if enough of us protest the obvious, anti-Wikipedia bias, we'll get things moving in the right direction.Haberstr (talk) 00:55, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

FYI

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lokalkosmopolit - keep calm and stay the way you are. Truth will prevail. Ivnovprodolzaetsya boy (talk) 10:24, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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June 2015

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What part of "Now, go away, and don't ever post any of your crap here again." don't you understand? Please, leave me alone. Cease and desist, get it? This is harassment. Stop posting here, stop stalking me. --Mondschein English (talk) 23:17, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

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June 2015

You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the notes for the suspect, then respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lokalkosmopolit. Thank you. Ben^Yes? 15:44, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

A little something in order to tempt you back to Wikipedia... I do believe you started on the wrong foot by leaving a trail of snide remarks and slurs behind you initially, but you've demonstrated your ability to WP:LISTEN and a maturity in discussing issues in a collegial and collaborative manner in your most recent editing. Editors are not always going to agree on issues, but respectful and succinct discussions are conducive to really working out content issues and solutions. I sincerely hope you haven't been put off editing Wikipedia permanently! Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:35, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for whatever those things are (I had to look them up!!), but "slurs"? What "slurs"? "Snide remarks", on the other hand, yes, it can be, especially when I get accused (by someone who is a world champ at snide remarks himself, BTW) of not even being a "person", of being a sock puppet!!! Of a white supremacist of all people!!!! It would have been better if the sock puppet thing was about a Russian guy like a thought at first. To be accused of being the sock puppet of a white supremacist is beyond insulting, and, mind you, although the "investigation" is clearly going nowhere, *NOBODY* has apologized to me, yet. Apologies go a long way, when sincere, they usually start a chain of apologies, reconciliations, and general understanding and cooperation.

For what concerns en.wikipeida.org: thanks but I believe in helping in areas where I really know a lot about a subject, that is why minority language wiki's are a better fit for me. I had created an account here just because a couple of friends had asked me for help on a couple of articles. No good deed goes unpunished... Happy editing and have a nice summer, --Mondschein English (talk) 06:48, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm Australian, so it's winter here ... but I always enjoy winter. It's mild, and beats sweltering in 40°+ weather. Enjoy your winter! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:28, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Australian? My apologies! :-) I will pop in every so often and help any way I can. In the meantime I am trying to enjoy a very expensive European Vacation... Well, my wife and kids are having fun and are happy... If they are happy, I am happy... Take care and keep editing with a keen critical eye, --Mondschein English (talk) 17:21, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Sigh. It's been a long, long time since I've gone to Europe. My best to you and yours... and keep enjoying your vacation together! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:10, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Maria Elena Boschi

Hello, [maˈriːa ˈɛːlena ˈbɔski] is the Standard Italian pronunciation (based on Florentine-Central variants): you can check DOP or DiPI if you want (there's a slight difference in Italian between phonemes and phones: in open syllables vocoids are usually long).--Carnby (talk) 11:35, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Why should we ask a native speaker of Montevarchi (Maria Elena's native place) to be sure that in Standard Italian her name is pronounced Marìa Èlena Bòschi? DOP and DiPI suffice for it; Standard Italian (called also neutal Italian, although the latter may indicate a slight variant suggested by Italian phonetician Luciano Canepari) is the pronunciation used by actors and TV and radio presenters and it's the one found in dictionaries.--Carnby (talk) 23:07, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Italian pronunciation

Hello, I noticed you have edited some articles dealing with Italian people, writing wrong pronunciations. I advise you to always check DOP and DiPI before editing those pages. It is true that many placenames have a local pronunciation that is different from the standard one, in that case it could be put after the official one: e.g. Como [ˈkɔːmo] locally [ˈkoːmo]; Lecco [ˈlekko], locally [ˈlɛkko] or [ˈlækko]; Olbia [ˈɔlbja], locally [ˈolbja]. Usually strict dialectal pronunciation should not be used, since so-called Italian dialects/languages have no official recognization (exceptions are Ladin, Friulian and Sardinian) and pronunciation may differ greatly even among people living in the very same town. That's definitely not the case of articles about people, where only standard pronunciation must be used. Possible exceptions are people pronouncing their names in a way that does not correspond to the official or etymological one: e.g. Cossiga [ˈkɔssiga] (meaning "Corsica") but Francesco preferred [kosˈsiːga]; Padoan [padoˈan] (meaning "from Padua") but Pier Carlo prefers [ˈpaːdoan].--Carnby (talk) 20:03, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

I think the pages where there's no consensus between us are Matteo Salvini, Magenta, Lombardy, Lecco, and Polenta.

I will try to be as polite and clear as I can. I took a degree in Linguistics at the University of Florence. I have studied Italian dialects and various regional pronunciation schemes. I would like to know where did you read that all Northern dialects do not present consonantal gemination or lenghtening. There were not Italian dialectological texts for sure; gemination does not exist in Northeastern dialects (e.g. Venetian) and raddoppiamento fonosinttatico (between words) does not exist at all in Northern Italy. Also you seem to ignore that preconsonantal /n/ in Northern Italy is generally realized with a nasal velar phone [ŋ]: thus [poˈleŋta] not [poˈlenta] is the genuine Northern Italian pronunciation.

You still keep deleting reference to Central Italy in polenta page, even when I put a reference for its presence in Tuscany (must I fill the page with tons of books about Tuscan cuisine?). As far as I know, Wikipedia does not accept dialectal or idiosyncratic pronunciations, especially for languages or dialects which does not have official recognization and Lombard is not recognized as a regional language of Italian.

Your [maˈteːo sɒlˈviːni] is both wrong and inappropriate; gemination does exist in local (Lombard) regional pronunciation of Italian and [ɒ] is wrong; thus in Milan common people (not professionals) may say [matˈteːo salˈviːni] (Wikipedia Help:IPA for Italian transcribes Italian a as [a], even if a more precise IPA symbol would be [ä]). Let's see if we can estabilish consensus. If you want, I can indicate you a (long) series of books about Italian linguistics. Regards.--Carnby (talk) 22:15, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

You seem to ignore the important difference between dialects and regional Italian pronunciations. Northern dialects (such as Milanese) do not generally have distinctive consonantal gemination (not all, to be honest) but may have consonantal lengthening (not phonological but phonetical) due to other causes (Lècch is phonologically /lɛk/ but phonetically [lɛkː] – note slashes vs. brackets! – because it is preceded by a short vowel). Regional (Northern) Italian pronunciations have indeed consonantal gemination (except some very strong accents) and yes they say Matéo in dialect but Mattéo in regional Italian and Mattèo in educated speech. Regards.--Carnby (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2016 (UTC)