Just wanted to say "hi," I'd noticed your edits to various Ethiopia-related articles via my watchlist. Welcome and Happy New Year! -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Mike, A very hearty welcome from another IU person. It's great to see you aboard! If you have any questions or need any assistance of any kind, please feel free to drop me a note, or we could meet for lunch sometime here on campus. -- Durin 15:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mike,
I saw your question over at User talk:Mark Dingemanse and, since he appears to still be off the wiki attempting to recover from ArbCom madness, I thought I'd throw my two cents in. Are you thinking of adding the Ethiopian script into various articles, much like has been done with Arabic? See {{ Arabic}} for a neat template encouraging people to add script. There doesn't really seem to be especially relevant existing page for suggesting this. I would suggest Wikipedia talk:Africa-related regional notice board, with a cross-referencing note at Talk:Ethiopia to catch those who don't watch the board.
If you are thinking of creating a Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Ethiopian) along the lines of Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Arabic), you may want to draft something in a user subpage and then ask at the above places for initial comments before moving it into the project space as a proposal. If I've completely missed your meaning, please let me know. I have not been on the wiki nearly as frequently over the past little while so a response may not be prompt. Regards, Banyan Tree 01:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
You are barely a month here, but our coverage of Ethiopian languages has already noticeably improved. For your great expansion of Tigrinya, your knowledgeable edits all over the Ethiopian language area, and your cooperative and friendly attitude I hereby present you with the Exceptional Newcomer Award. Keep up the good work! — mark ✎ 09:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
I've only seen you contribute new information once (and that was just now to the Oromo language article), but it was a very substantial and informative contribution. Apparently this is an ongoing thing, which is even better. I hope you continue to help add to Ethiopia-related articles and bring them up to par!
Yom 18:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
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There is a debate going on over at Talk:Tigray_people over the name to use for the article. It'd be great if you could participate to widen any consensus reached and increase the input(right now only Merhawie and I are engaged in it).
Yom 18:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
I wrote a reply to your question on my talk page. I would like to discuss with you the proper way to split the articles on Gurage languages there. yhever 06:30, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
I have a couple questions about your additions at Tigrinya. Could you answer them at Talk:Tigrinya language? Thanks. :)
Yom 19:31, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Do you think English would benifit from a spelling reform? Cameron Nedland 21:39, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Wikiproject Ethiopia is up now, and I know you'll be interested, especially in the transliteration system used. I know you're interested in this (I put up a link to your proposal), so maybe you should be the first to start up the discussion if no one else does (or if Mark doesn't beat you to it ;) ).
ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 04:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Sure, I'm glad to see it happen. You're really doing a great job on it. I wish I could help, but all I can really do is copy edit. I think Oromo language, Tigrinya language, and Amharic language should all be made key articles — just not one of the five central ones. I've been a little lazy regarding key articles, so I have to start analyzing and listing about 30 existing articles to focus on apart from the 5 main ones listed (whose discussion needs revival btw). Good job again on Tigrinya; I really think you can make it an FA in no time. It's very complete, needing only copy-edits and shortening of certain sections with appropriate splits for large enough sections. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 04:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
You are listed in the linguist by profession category. Would you please look at the discussion at Talk:Caron? It has been suggested that professional opinions are required to resolve the dispute there.
I noticed that you listed yourself as a linguist. There is currently a dispute at the Lindy Hop article the Dance WikiProject about the capitalization of dances that could use the expertise of a linguist. If you think you might be able to help, we would certainly appreciate your comments. Thanks! -- Cswrye 05:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mike, have you had a glance at Aecis' proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethiopia/Geography? -- llywrch 02:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, those types of contributions are hard to assess when you don't know the language. Regarding your recent (2 weeks ago) additions to the Amharic language page, why did you simply put "berr" ("bärr") instead of "berrun/bärrun" in the phrase: lä’almaz bärr käffätku-llat (and the subsequent one). Also, what do you think about the use of "ʷ" (basically superscripted "w," but distinct) for Amharic words with that form, as opposed to simply using "w," which is phonetically correct, but not a strict transliteration? — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 05:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I know it's an old edit, but I noticed something a wee bit fishy with it. The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region does not have a "Silt'e Zone". It does, however have a Silte woreda. Is it possible that this division is what the article is referring too? Or maybe the Gurage Zone, which includes Silte Woreda? Maybe User:Llywrch can help: he created almost single-handedly the article for all the current subdivisions of Ethiopia. Circeus 04:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Once upon a time, I thought adding articles about all of the Ethiopian sub-national units would be a fairly straightforward chore: find a reliable list of these units, some reliable statistics, hopefully a map or two & voila! Wikipedia would be one small step further from displaying a systemic Euro-American bias. However since starting on this project about a year ago, I've come to learn that it is a far more complex task.
In a nutshell, the first source that I would expect to be authoritative -- namely the Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia) -- has a number of contradictions that I have been struggling with from the start. (Take a look at all of the edits I have had to make in the Zones & woredas of the Somali Region, for example.) So my strategy was from the beginning to "work to rule": reproduce the information that I could verify, & wait until someone who knew the information was wrong to appear & present the information I needed to do the job right -- then accept it with thanks & correct the articles.
I have tried to use UN documents to verify & imporve on my information, but sometimes these have introduced even more contradictions. About a month ago I learned of the existence of a number of local administrative maps on the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Department, which have only given me more problems! Now, I know that it's not unusual for local administrative units to change their boundaries, absorb their neighbors or be divided -- but there seems to be no easily-accessible source that documents this. In a way, I'm not surprised: I have seen a number of reports about how the Ethiopian government is very understaffed, & the process of publishing documents about these administrative changes is obviously not high on their list of things to do, let alone translate these documents into English & put them on the Internet for me to find.
Also, I'm currently wrestling with the simple task of putting something, no matter how incorrect, up on Wikipedia in the hope that someone more knowledgable than me will come by & fix my mistakes. I had hoped when I started this mini-project that I could structure the information I had found, use a script to write 80-90% of the articles, then after only a little proof-editting upload them to Wikipedia; unfortunately, I have encountered many different complications, & doing the work by hand is about just as quick as automating the task & then revising the published information on Wikipedia. The strategy of contributing something to attract better contributors has worked in the past: my earlier clumsy work on Ethiopia has attracted a number of informed editors like Yom & MikeG (to name only two -- there are many more, some of whom have made their edits anonymously) who have added material I could never find or even think exist.
Anyway, that's the state of these articles. I hope it answers your questions -- & if you see things that need fixing about these articles please step in & fix them. I'm sorry for the length of this post -- especially on MikeG's Talk page, who has no responsibility for either these articles or my mistakes. This post would have been much shorter if I had more time. -- llywrch 06:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
I'd appreciate your input on the RfC re the number of Tigrinya speakers (the request as of 07:19, 1 March 2007), whatever it be. Thanks. Itayb 07:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello! The Wikipedia:Graphic Lab is working on artwork related to Ethiopia, and we need some help to get the proper Amharic language text into the artwork. Please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Images_to_improve#Ethiopia_Scout_Association and see if you can help! Thanking you in advance, Chris 07:31, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Can you please help render "National Scout Association of Eritrea" and "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Tigrinya? Thanks! Chris 07:08, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I saw you are a member of the Ethiopia WikiProject. When you get the chance, please improve Ethiopian Civil War as the article is a two sentence-stub. Thanks, Perspicacite 02:44, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Mike. I noticed that you have extensive knowledge in the Tigrinya language. Please help write the Tigrinya phrasebook in Wikivoyage. ויקיג'אנקי ( talk) 14:02, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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Just wanted to say "hi," I'd noticed your edits to various Ethiopia-related articles via my watchlist. Welcome and Happy New Year! -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Mike, A very hearty welcome from another IU person. It's great to see you aboard! If you have any questions or need any assistance of any kind, please feel free to drop me a note, or we could meet for lunch sometime here on campus. -- Durin 15:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mike,
I saw your question over at User talk:Mark Dingemanse and, since he appears to still be off the wiki attempting to recover from ArbCom madness, I thought I'd throw my two cents in. Are you thinking of adding the Ethiopian script into various articles, much like has been done with Arabic? See {{ Arabic}} for a neat template encouraging people to add script. There doesn't really seem to be especially relevant existing page for suggesting this. I would suggest Wikipedia talk:Africa-related regional notice board, with a cross-referencing note at Talk:Ethiopia to catch those who don't watch the board.
If you are thinking of creating a Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Ethiopian) along the lines of Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Arabic), you may want to draft something in a user subpage and then ask at the above places for initial comments before moving it into the project space as a proposal. If I've completely missed your meaning, please let me know. I have not been on the wiki nearly as frequently over the past little while so a response may not be prompt. Regards, Banyan Tree 01:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
You are barely a month here, but our coverage of Ethiopian languages has already noticeably improved. For your great expansion of Tigrinya, your knowledgeable edits all over the Ethiopian language area, and your cooperative and friendly attitude I hereby present you with the Exceptional Newcomer Award. Keep up the good work! — mark ✎ 09:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
I've only seen you contribute new information once (and that was just now to the Oromo language article), but it was a very substantial and informative contribution. Apparently this is an ongoing thing, which is even better. I hope you continue to help add to Ethiopia-related articles and bring them up to par!
Yom 18:52, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
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For your great contributions to Ethiopian languages ( Tigrinya, Oromigna, and Sebat Bet Gurage in particular). Yom 05:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC) |
Yom 05:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
There is a debate going on over at Talk:Tigray_people over the name to use for the article. It'd be great if you could participate to widen any consensus reached and increase the input(right now only Merhawie and I are engaged in it).
Yom 18:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
I wrote a reply to your question on my talk page. I would like to discuss with you the proper way to split the articles on Gurage languages there. yhever 06:30, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
I have a couple questions about your additions at Tigrinya. Could you answer them at Talk:Tigrinya language? Thanks. :)
Yom 19:31, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Do you think English would benifit from a spelling reform? Cameron Nedland 21:39, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Wikiproject Ethiopia is up now, and I know you'll be interested, especially in the transliteration system used. I know you're interested in this (I put up a link to your proposal), so maybe you should be the first to start up the discussion if no one else does (or if Mark doesn't beat you to it ;) ).
ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 04:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Sure, I'm glad to see it happen. You're really doing a great job on it. I wish I could help, but all I can really do is copy edit. I think Oromo language, Tigrinya language, and Amharic language should all be made key articles — just not one of the five central ones. I've been a little lazy regarding key articles, so I have to start analyzing and listing about 30 existing articles to focus on apart from the 5 main ones listed (whose discussion needs revival btw). Good job again on Tigrinya; I really think you can make it an FA in no time. It's very complete, needing only copy-edits and shortening of certain sections with appropriate splits for large enough sections. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 04:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
You are listed in the linguist by profession category. Would you please look at the discussion at Talk:Caron? It has been suggested that professional opinions are required to resolve the dispute there.
I noticed that you listed yourself as a linguist. There is currently a dispute at the Lindy Hop article the Dance WikiProject about the capitalization of dances that could use the expertise of a linguist. If you think you might be able to help, we would certainly appreciate your comments. Thanks! -- Cswrye 05:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mike, have you had a glance at Aecis' proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethiopia/Geography? -- llywrch 02:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, those types of contributions are hard to assess when you don't know the language. Regarding your recent (2 weeks ago) additions to the Amharic language page, why did you simply put "berr" ("bärr") instead of "berrun/bärrun" in the phrase: lä’almaz bärr käffätku-llat (and the subsequent one). Also, what do you think about the use of "ʷ" (basically superscripted "w," but distinct) for Amharic words with that form, as opposed to simply using "w," which is phonetically correct, but not a strict transliteration? — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 05:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I know it's an old edit, but I noticed something a wee bit fishy with it. The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region does not have a "Silt'e Zone". It does, however have a Silte woreda. Is it possible that this division is what the article is referring too? Or maybe the Gurage Zone, which includes Silte Woreda? Maybe User:Llywrch can help: he created almost single-handedly the article for all the current subdivisions of Ethiopia. Circeus 04:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Once upon a time, I thought adding articles about all of the Ethiopian sub-national units would be a fairly straightforward chore: find a reliable list of these units, some reliable statistics, hopefully a map or two & voila! Wikipedia would be one small step further from displaying a systemic Euro-American bias. However since starting on this project about a year ago, I've come to learn that it is a far more complex task.
In a nutshell, the first source that I would expect to be authoritative -- namely the Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia) -- has a number of contradictions that I have been struggling with from the start. (Take a look at all of the edits I have had to make in the Zones & woredas of the Somali Region, for example.) So my strategy was from the beginning to "work to rule": reproduce the information that I could verify, & wait until someone who knew the information was wrong to appear & present the information I needed to do the job right -- then accept it with thanks & correct the articles.
I have tried to use UN documents to verify & imporve on my information, but sometimes these have introduced even more contradictions. About a month ago I learned of the existence of a number of local administrative maps on the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Department, which have only given me more problems! Now, I know that it's not unusual for local administrative units to change their boundaries, absorb their neighbors or be divided -- but there seems to be no easily-accessible source that documents this. In a way, I'm not surprised: I have seen a number of reports about how the Ethiopian government is very understaffed, & the process of publishing documents about these administrative changes is obviously not high on their list of things to do, let alone translate these documents into English & put them on the Internet for me to find.
Also, I'm currently wrestling with the simple task of putting something, no matter how incorrect, up on Wikipedia in the hope that someone more knowledgable than me will come by & fix my mistakes. I had hoped when I started this mini-project that I could structure the information I had found, use a script to write 80-90% of the articles, then after only a little proof-editting upload them to Wikipedia; unfortunately, I have encountered many different complications, & doing the work by hand is about just as quick as automating the task & then revising the published information on Wikipedia. The strategy of contributing something to attract better contributors has worked in the past: my earlier clumsy work on Ethiopia has attracted a number of informed editors like Yom & MikeG (to name only two -- there are many more, some of whom have made their edits anonymously) who have added material I could never find or even think exist.
Anyway, that's the state of these articles. I hope it answers your questions -- & if you see things that need fixing about these articles please step in & fix them. I'm sorry for the length of this post -- especially on MikeG's Talk page, who has no responsibility for either these articles or my mistakes. This post would have been much shorter if I had more time. -- llywrch 06:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
I'd appreciate your input on the RfC re the number of Tigrinya speakers (the request as of 07:19, 1 March 2007), whatever it be. Thanks. Itayb 07:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello! The Wikipedia:Graphic Lab is working on artwork related to Ethiopia, and we need some help to get the proper Amharic language text into the artwork. Please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Images_to_improve#Ethiopia_Scout_Association and see if you can help! Thanking you in advance, Chris 07:31, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Can you please help render "National Scout Association of Eritrea" and "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Tigrinya? Thanks! Chris 07:08, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I saw you are a member of the Ethiopia WikiProject. When you get the chance, please improve Ethiopian Civil War as the article is a two sentence-stub. Thanks, Perspicacite 02:44, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
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