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I am a little bit baffled about this section in Population history under the “Ethnic groups in the Philippines” article. This history is from Dr. Henry Otley Beyer's theory of waves of migration. This theory is long been debunked by many prehistoric scholars like F. Landa Jocano, Peter Bellwood and Wilhelm Solheim. I am also wondering why many still believe Dr. Beyer's theory. Pls/ update the entire section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gemicat16 ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
According to a retired professor of Southeast Asian history, a lot of Philippine historians had an utang ng loob for Beyer, so they didn't feel a need to challenge him. Consequently, for the most part this has left things unchanged in textbooks. The current Austronesian theory has been supported by arhaeologists and linguists - Dr. Peter Bellwood of Australian National University is a major proponent to this theory. And while Weekeejames may be right that theories may be theories, Bellwood's theory has the most compelling evidence by far. And the body of evidence continues to grow from various, related, academic fields. A good place to start is the 1995 The Austronesians: Comparative and Historical Perspectives by Bellwood, Tryon, and Fox of ANU. -- Chris S. 03:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
BTW, regarding all these ethnic groups, Filipino minorities and minority groups articles and templates, would you all be so kind to exclude Zamboangueños from these categories and templates? The Zamboangueño is neither one ethnic group nor a minority group. To be precise, the Zamboangueño is one regional collective group of people. Kelan pa naging minority ang mga Zamboangueños? On the article Ethnic_groups_in_the_Philippines, the Zamboangueño Chavacanos were categorised as "smaller ethnic groups" Waaaaa ang lufet! =( Weekeejames 11:22, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
The article Kulintang is currently a featured article nominee.
The article was currently under peer review but considering the comments of many that it should be featured, I decided to self-nom for feature status. If you believe you have any ideas for improving it, level them here. You're help getting another Filipino article featured would be much appreciated. Thanks - PhilipDM 10:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Can I request for a picture? I'm not really good with images. I'm hoping that we could improve this article further as this animal is a unique and endangered Philippine treasure. Lenticel 01:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
This guy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/210.213.127.212) has been deleting large chunks of content relating to Bisaya. Help wanted in cleaning up.
He is of the party which thinks Visayans should not be lumped together. It is really just a matter of opinion whether or not they should be lumped together in Wikipedia. But it is better organized if they are. (If they aren't, then we should break up Moro and Tribal groups as well... then we have to create individual sections for the other Visayan ethnic groups, which are ~20. I'm talking here if the Ethnic groups in the phil article.)
If you are reading this, 210.213.127.212, please discuss first before deleting. Thanks.-- Nino Gonzales 05:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC) -- Nino Gonzales 05:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Ilonggos, Warays, etc. have always been called Visayans. There are plenty of verified sources for this. I have a copy of 1977 work by an American linguist who specializes in Visayan languages (and is fluent in Aklanon and Tagalog) by Dr. R. David Zorc. He lists 36 known Visayan tongues as well as their alternate names.
For Hiligaynon, he lists only Ilonggo. However the three varieties of Waray-Waray all have Binisaya as an alternate name. Other groups that he lists as having Binisaya as an alternate name are Alcantaranon, Bantayan Visayan, Guimarasnon (this refers to 'both Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a!), the Cantilan dialect of Surigaonon, Kawayan Visayan (Negros Occidental), Masbateño, Naturalis dialect of Surigaonon, Pandan dialect of Kinaray-a, Semirara Visayan, Santa Teresa Visayan (of Brgy. Sta. Teresa, Magsaysay, Occ. Mindoro), Romblomanon, and the Jaun-Jaun dialect of Surigaonon. It would not surprise me that Binisaya would also refer to languages NOT listed by Dr. Zorc.
Also, in the 2001 work Facts about the World's Languages Dr. Zorc writes in the Hiligaynon article:
I hope this helps. -- Chris S. 03:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Other points:
-- Nino Gonzales 05:29, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Just an FYI: I called COMELEC's Education and Information Division and asked which municipalites/cities now comprise Maguindanao and Surigao del Norte's districts. Since COMELEC Resolution 7813 states Maguindanao and Surigao del Norte will still have 2 legislative districts despite the carving out of Shariff Kabunsuan and Dinagat Islands from them, respectively, as such, they are now re-grouped:
Take note though, 1st District of Maguindanao even if its comprised only of Cotabato City is still called Maguindanao's first district since Cotabato City is not yet a highly-urbanized city. — Scorpion prinz 09:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I am asking anyone or all to respond to this! I am still absorbing, and/or stalling? heheheh! -- Ate Pinay ( talk• email) 17:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the late, late, late response, I know some people were waiting for this. I will be posting my thoughts at the talk page of the Chiz Escudero article, so if you can't find it there, it means that I'm still writing it. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 04:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Do you have a Wikiproject Philippines template that usually appears on the talk page of an article within the project's scope? I haven't been seeing any while surfing Philippines-related articles. Shrumster 05:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Unencyclopedic, a directory of Roman Catholic priests in a particular geographic area. I guess if I had to pick a criteria for deletion, it would be WP:ORG or WP:NOT#IINFO. (As an aside, I'm probably going to Hell for nominating this article for deletion.) RJASE1 Talk 06:29, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the long hiatus. toomany things to do. I'll be back up this summer. I'll just finish classes. I'll have to do a lot of catching up perhaps?- Justox dizaola 15:05, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys. It'd be cool if we all could collaborate to bring the Jollibee article up to GA/FA status. While it's not really an interesting topic for me, I was thinking if there's one iconic Filipino restaurant/fast food place, it would be that. And right now, it sorely needs attention. So, is the community up to it? (No, I'm not affiliated with the company...honestly, I prefer to eat McDonald's myself. :) ) Shrumster 05:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I kinda changed the layout of the template, if it doesn't look good feel free to rv it. I'm just wondering though i think it'll look better if everything is centered? I dunno how to do it. Ü — Scorpion prinz 08:32, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
The other day I went to Comelec library to get info about previous elections as part of my Wikipedia research. Since its late afternoon, I decide to go back the next day. Then I was surprised that the building is burnt into ashes. Now my research is incomplete. :( -- Exec8 18:00, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Sineserye-> Sineserye Presents, then redirect sineserye to teleserye. Thanks! -- Howard the Duck 08:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys, I am requesting your assistance at Filipino people. I'm involved with two young Americans (AFAICT) in a content dispute involving the addition of "Hispanic" in the "related ethnic groups" field of the infobox. Ba't laging Kano ang kaaway ko sa mga Philippine-related articles? ;-) In any case, if you wish to help please see the talk page and the edit history of the article in question. Thanks. -- Chris S. 12:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
With a score of 9.40 (10 being the most corrupt and 0 as the least), RP has bested both Indonesia and Thailand (8.03) as the most corrupt country in Asia. This statement is from the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy group.-- Lenticel 23:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
According to the article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer [1], the info was released yesterday by PERC to Agence France Presse. Last year was 7.80. A chart about the corruption trends in selected Asian Countries can be seen on the front page of the inquirer today. -- Lenticel 04:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
more data could be found here [2]-- Lenticel 04:43, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Why am I not surprised? Anyway, which article(s) do we stick the data in? Shrumster 07:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
You people can also add this on Talk:Philippines, there's an international rankings section there waiting to be developed. -- Howard the Duck 09:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I copied the entire discussion and inserted it to your discussion in Talk:Philippines.-- Lenticel 00:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Did you know that the
Wikipedia Cebuano is composed mainly of bot-generated stubs? Cebuano tops Tagalog and ranked as No. 31 with 32,520 articles while Tagalog is on the 80th with 5,494. Please see the
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11:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
This user created a bunch of hoax articles in the past few days. He's the one responsible for creating the hoax DZUP article. Please help me verify those articles especially the provincial radio stations he created since I am not familiar with those... thanks! - Danngarcia 19:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
That guy recently created new hoax articles, at least on NCR FM radio, and I'm suspecting all of his/her edits are bogus too. Can the admins check it out, and if possible ban this user? -- Howard the Duck 18:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
As part of getting Wikimedia Philippines moving forward, I am now asking anyone and everyone who would be willing to conduct a review of the WMPH Articles of Incorporation and make suggestions on what to change, or to add and/or delete parts of the Articles. After this, I can move onto the by-laws. -- Sky Harbor 13:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Someone inserted the Batangan vocabulary in the article. — Scorpion prinz 09:17, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Please help make Estefania Aldaba-Lim better! 21:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
added refs and stub tag. A great person should have a better article-- Lenticel 00:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
See this page under the Socio-political category. Kudos! -- seav 15:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I didn't even know there was going to be an awarding ceremony. I'd totally go if I could. -- Chris S. 12:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Congrats! You're the Man! I saw this so late, busy with work.-- Jondel 02:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow, thanks guys. Ang sobrang bait ninyo. No need for the fuss. hehe. -- Chris S. 05:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Magpainom ka naman... ng coke!-- Lenticel 03:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations, Chris S.! Sayang di ka pupunta tol ;) Would've liked to meet Pinoy wikipedians in person. I'll be there to support my GF, who's also a finalist for the Tech category. Good luck to both of you! I hope both of you win the grand prizes for your respective categories! :D Malaking karangalan din para sa Pinoy Wikipedia community. --- Corsarius 18:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't get this maybe you do, COMELEC Resolution 7837, refer also to [3] and [4]. — scorpion prinz 02:36, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Please vote for the establishment of the Tagalog Wikinews. Finally, we'll have reliable Tagalog-language news on the Internet. You can sign your support (if you're willing to contribute or are willing to back up the project) here. -- Sky Harbor 07:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I do not know why Scorpion Prinz insists on putting the Zamboanga del Sur template on the Zamboanga City article. I, a Zamboangueño, do not really care whether Zamboanga City is included in that template or not. It's not relevant. This has been discussed at length in the past. Zamboanga del Sur doesn't have anything to do with the independent chartered city of Zamboanga and vice-versa. The only truthful fact is that Zamboanga City gave Zamboanga del Sur a name and nothing else! The Indy Philippine cities template is more relevant to the Zamboanga City article than the Zamboanga del Sur template. If you all read the Zamboanga City article carefully, the first paragraph gives emphasis to the city as a chartered city and not somewhere else in the article. It's something we Zamboangueños are proud of being one of the first in the country and something we have enjoyed and continue to do so. -- Weekeejames 12:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Type of city | Independent of province | Votes for provincial officials 1 |
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Highly urbanized city | YES | Depends on charter |
Independent component city | YES | No |
Component city | No | YES |
Anyway here's my proposal, if we use the {{ Philippines political divisions}} template for Highly urbanized cities, like Zamboanga and the likes, other fields there are impertinent to the LGU. I take the cue from TheCoffee to come up with individual templates, and I think we can group them like this in the main Philippines article:
This way we can have {{ Philippine territorial disputes}} included in the Sabah, Spratlys, Scarborough Shoal articles, without dragging the entire {{ Philippines political divisions}} to it. I can also accede to removing HUCs from provincial templates, but for ICCs lets just have them included, and labeled below as such. What do you think? This will entail however the deletion of {{ Philippines political divisions}} as we will render it useless. For the cities it's really hard to monitor their charters as to they will continue to vote or not for provincial officials, so I think lets have them all in one template, and categorize them as HUCs, ICCs and Components. — scorpion prinz 04:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Exclude all HUCs in provincial lateral templates, then include them at {{ Indy Philippine cities}}; all HUC articles will display only the {{ Indy Philippine cities}} and no trace of any provincial navigation template.
One of the regular contributors of Japanese child actors at the tl:Tagalog Wikipedia, tl:User:GNHK, is concerned that an article is used for a French porn community site. Any advice on what to do? -- bluemask ( talk) 01:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
hey, I just visited the other regional notice boards out of curiosity and found out that they have some interesting sections in their project pages. I suggest that we add to expand, to destub, to cleanup etc. sections rather than just requested media alone on the project page. I think that would guide Filipino wikipedians to the articles that need help. However the added info might bulk up the project page. Sub-pages might solve this problem. Anyways I leave the decision to the veterans here.-- Lenticel 08:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Cheche Lazaro is a Filipino broadcast journalist, but how notable is she? Have the members of the Phillipines Portal heard of her? I am considering a deletion if notability cannot be shown. -- Guroadrunner 15:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry I had to create a new topic for this one, since the original discussion is getting longer. Anyway...for those who are interested to watch the Phil. Blog Awards, it looks like there will be limited seats for the event. The good news is, the organizers will be raffling off giving away 100 seats for the event. Joining is easy, but you'll need to have a blog to get started. Please visit
this page for more information. NOTE: As of this date, 28 people have signed up, so that means there are only 72 tickets left!!! Just to be sure, I'll be signing up as well. ---
Tito Pao
05:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey folks, my friend User:Pepe alas (of http://alasfilipinas.blogspot.com & http://www.skirmisher.org) will be representing me at the Blog Awards on Saturday. Wish me luck, ha? ;-) -- Chris S. 04:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Really? -- Howard the Duck 17:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
According to this, President Arroyo has ordered the conversion of Puerto Princesa City into a highly urbanized city. Presuming I got the text correct, it will still remain the capital of Palawan, but it's only a guess. -- Sky Harbor 01:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
FYI: The Community enforceable mediation has recently opened a 90-day evaluation period for the community. Basically, it's a cross between an arbitration request, a mediation request and a case handled by members of the mediation cabal except that, unlike an ArbCom case, both parties will come up with a set of resolutions (under the mediator's guidance) and will submit these resolutions to the community for the community's approval. The resolutions are enforceable only if the community has reached such a consensus. No cases have been filed so far, but as members of the WP community, let's help decide if this new program should continue after the said 90 days. Thanks. --- Tito Pao 05:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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Now its election campaign season, can you help me look into campaign posters, banners, ads and lets take a picture on them.
Interestingly, no images of these political parties are circulated in the entire world wide web:
If you have a link to show me, please paste it below. If you took a picture on them, please provide a photobucket or any image bank link. If it can be enhanced through Photoshop or CorelDraw, thats good. I need it for my project at school. -- Exec8 00:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Someone changed Manila's infobox. I dunno what to do. Should I revert it? -- Howard the Duck 01:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
This infobox looks pretty good actually (though I prefer we still use our own "Infobox Philippine city"). I like the prominent skyline picture. I personally don't like the idea of putting "settlement" and "incorporated" dates for Philippine cities, since that can mean wildly different things for different cities. TheCoffee 12:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey guys, just saw the guy on the news, decided to start a Lito Sisnorio stub on him. I put in a handful of references but this just ain't my thing so I'm wondering if anyone would want to do the honors of bulking up the article from the references I've dug up so far? One of the links has a detailed biography on the guy, all of them have the details of his last fight and his subsequent death, some of the references have stuff on the aftermath (banning of Thai fights, etc), etc. There's a lot to be summarized and wikized. Shrumster 11:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Do you remember Ernie Baron's episode regarding "hacking"? Can someone shed light with this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/BAO_Team_(2nd_nomination) This is supposed to be a start-class article. Yunaffx 10:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I would like to invite you all to participate in a discussion at this thread regarding bilateral relations between two countries. All articles related to foreign relations between countries are now under the scope of WikiProject Foreign relations, a newly created project. We hope that the discussion will result in a more clean and organized way of explaining such relationships. Thank you. Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I was given the municipal reports for San Teodoro Oriental Mindoro by its Mayor, Apollo Feraren and i see here that there is a lot of information which can be used to expand the article. I also have the pictures of its 20 waterfalls and other attractions, its seal, and other paraphernalia to use for his campaign video which i will make... I wish to use them for wikipedia purposes, maybe turn San teodoro to a featured Article candidate (ambition...) but how can i fit these to our policy? Aren't these copyrighted? I am baffled.... please help. - Justox dizaola 06:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I did not take ther photos. As I see the text is in NPOV so it is not a problem. Are seals copyrighted? I plan to ask a letter from the municipal gov't allowing free use of their images and other media for Wikipedia. It will be easy. Tito ko ito, but how will i conduct the making of the letter? is there any prescribed format or what specifications must be necessary? 222.127.44.6 05:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)-Justox Dizaola
There are currently 7 articles listed at WP:MWA#Philippines that might be of interest to this project -- Sapphic 20:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello! I've nominated an article about a barangay in Sta. Maria, Bulacan. Although I know the place (I am a Bulakeño), I think an article about a barangay that not many Filipinos may have heard of is taking the limits of WP too far. I don't know if another article about a barangay has been nominated before, so to the best of my knowledge it's the first time I've ever encountered an AfD like this. Hence, I'd appreciate your inputs on the AfD's discussion, if only to serve as a reference point for those who are thinking of writing articles about their own barangays. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 01:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
I might be lifting my own bench here, but I'd like to nominate this to Good Article status. :) — scorpion prinz 13:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
The Asian American is pretty sketchy on Filipino Americans although they are supposed to be the second largest subgroup after Chinese Americans. In contrast, there is quite a bit about Indian and Japanese Americans. If any of you can help fill in the article with more information about Filipino Americans, that would be.....helpful. Chiss Boy 12:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
I just made the article, please improve it. History and architecture is really not my niche.-- Lenticel 13:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
I just protected Angeles City. Susanbryce has been adamant about putting some info about certain social issues there (imho, she's going overboard). Another user has been removing them. Anyone want to help? -- Chris S. 03:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
From what I understand (and I'm no expert), Angeles City is a notable destination for prostitution. I get this from a few editors on Talk:Sex tourism, and from the online material used to source the following line in the Angeles City article:
Since the early days of Clark Air Base, Angeles City has become known as a centre for prostitution. This industry increased greatly after the end of World War II. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
This is the centre of the Philippines sex industry. ... There are 100,000 child prostitutes in the Philippines, according to the UN children's agency, Unicef.
The predominance of Australians in the sex trade in the Philippines was confirmed by a delegate from the Australian Law Reform Commission who visited the Philippines as part of an Australian study tour in July 1995.... In Angeles city in particular, up to 80 percent of the bars and hotels are owned or managed by Australians. When the Manila local government attempted to close down the sex industry in central Manila, many of the businesses moved to Angeles. Once the site of a major US army base, it seems that Australians have taken over this thriving entertainment and prostitution centre (Lauber, 1995, p 2)
The country's top five spots for child prostitution all have more than their fair share of foreign visitors: Metro Manila, Angeles City, Puerto Galera in Mindoro province, Davao and Cebu.
Angeles City, two hours north of Metro Manila, is the home of the most organized sex industry in the Philippines. Thousands of sex tourists from all over the world go there to look for cheap sex, much of it with under age minors. Some go looking for children younger than 12. It is estimated that 60,000 children are exploited annually in this business in the Philippines.
Fields Avenue in Angeles, a seedy city north of Manila, is the center of the sex industry in the Philippines. Many bars and clubs employ underage girls. The city grew up around the huge U.S. Clark Air Base, and although the base closed in 1992, prostitution is still the only industry in town.
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I can't speak to User:Susanbryce's edits, but at this point RodentofDeath seems to be the last one standing, and has taken an obstreperous WP:OWNership of the article. RodentofDeath repeatedly deletes the above, well-annotated sentence, typically with misleading edit summaries. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Two anonymous editors have also deleted this passage. I'm pretty sure one is not RodentofDeath, perhaps neither is. [10] [11]
RodentofDeath has taken to disputing every source on the Talk page, using nitpicky, opportunistic arguments [12] [13] [14], then removing without consensus. Discussion has become lengthy, and I don't think further discussion will be productive as he deletes regardless. Rodent's general campaign has been to remove anything perceived as unflattering, without compromise. This may be a reaction to the Susanbryce edit war, but he's now going pretty far in the other direction.
The quotes in these citations became quite long because Rodent has been misrepresenting (for a while I assumed simply misreading) the citations in deletion edit summaries. Now I really think he's simply bulldozing, and giving any plausible excuse for the deletion.
Any suggestions?
If Susanbryce returns I'd be pleased to see a mediation happen, and help where I can, but I've arrived late to this mess, and I'm in it mostly for this one edit. / edgarde 04:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Forgot to mention, there is currently an incident report on the Administrators' Noticeboard on this subject. / edgarde 05:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
As of today, I would like to announce that Philippine National Railways has been elevated to good article status, making it WP's 2,135th good article. Well, now I think we have a reason to celebrate. -- Sky Harbor 18:56, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Did you know that there is a Philippine Wikia but the only article is the very useless Philippines movement? Perhaps all of the content destined to be deleted, barangays, anything under the sun can be transfered there. -- Howard the Duck 16:51, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
"When the Americans established a civil government in the Philippines, they held the first election in the country in the town of Baliuag, Bulacan on May 6, 1899. "<<-- I doubt the veracity of this fact because I believe that it is highly improbable that an election was held in Baliuag, if it was really true that the first local elections was actually held there, in 1899. why?
1. 1999 was the height of the conflict between the Filipinos and the Americans. the province of Bulacan was a hotbed of "insurrection" during that year. A civil government may be established only in a pacified province, city or town.
2. the Americans only began organizing a civil government in 1900. Even with the establishment of the civil government with the Philippine Commission as the legislature, executive powers still resided in the Military Governor. Civil Government was only fully established on July 4, 1901 with William Howard Taft as Civil Governor.
Angeles624 19:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone verify this article ( BEPZA, Bataan) written by Reinerdiz ( talk · contribs)? -- bluemask ( talk) 14:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I reformatted my hard drive but I forgot to back up the files on my Windows desktop, including all the Photoshop source files for all those maps I made. :( Aaargh! -- TheCoffee 05:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Is it acceptable take content from the english wiki and just translate it for tl.wiki? There seems to be very little activity over there and maybe we can start a project to move more content from the english wiki to the tagalog one.— Sandtiger 10:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, I have this trend now to insert local (other than Filipino) names into international airport articles. So far, this is what we have:
All international airports have their names in Filipino (ex. Laguindingan International Airport, which I will add in Filipino and Cebuano). However, for those good in translation, I do want to ask the translations of the following airports' names in their respective local languages:
Subic Bay International Airport and General Santos International Airport can be translated, but I do not know the dominant languages in their respective provinces/cities.
Thanks for all the help. -- Sky Harbor 01:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Anyone willing to clean/wikify these up? Brazen political propaganda. oops. Ü — scorpion prinz 08:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
A move has been proposed. Talk:Philippine piso#Requested move. - Will Beback · † · 20:23, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
AFD discussion here. It doesn't look like it's gonna get deleted though, due to overwhelming precedent. Still I think an effort should be made to expand the article.— Sandtiger 02:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
The List of United States Presidents by longevity is itself nominated (courtesy of TheCoffee), and some of the editors who have voted Delete so far have cited the Philippine version as a precedent. So if you were one of the editors who opined that the US list should be deleted as well, this is your chance. Offer good while supplies last ;-) --- Tito Pao 12:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Earlier this month after I settled into my seat on a Cebu Pacific flight from Cebu to Manila, I checked out their-in flight magazine and saw this half-page feature on Dumaguete City. It took me a few moments to realize it, but that image looks very very familiar. -- TheCoffee 03:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Someone please rename Caloocan City to "Historic City of Caloocan" to conform with the renaming of "Samal City" and "Muñoz City" to Island Garden City of Samal and Science City of Muñoz, respectively. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.213.179.202 ( talk) 06:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC).
Option | Google hits | Google hits |
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Samal | 66,700 for IGaCoS | 1,440 for Samal City |
Munoz | 557 for SC of Munoz | 214 for Munoz City |
Caloocan | 5 for HC of Caloocan | 203,000 for Caloocan City |
I was at the Philippine Heart Center one time at an isolated corner I came across an exhibit of Philippine Carnival Queens (1908-1939) and I got the chance to photograph it. I was wondering if I could upload the pictures of those carnival queens here, I'm not sure if I'd be violating any copyright provisions. Scorpion Prinz | talk 05:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I just remembered about Wikimania 2008, of which unofficial city bids are finally being accepted. As far as I know, I am willing to support a Philippine bid for Wikimania 2008, of which I think can be held in the following cities:
I am even willing to work double time to establish Wikimedia Philippines for such. I think the convention though brings good publicity to Wikimedia projects in the Philippines, and even might be able to increase awareness of free media there. What do you think? -- Sky Harbor 01:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Advantages of Cebu: 1. It is probably cheaper than Manila 2. It is less busy than Manila 3. If the people who are gonna attend the Wikimania, want to go on vacation they could do it all in one place or fly to other tourist destinations like Boracay 4. A lot cooler than Manila Disadvantages of Cebu: 1. Very little international flights. People to/from other international destinations would probably first fly to Manila then to Cebu. If there are no connecting flights available to/from their place from/to Cebu. Advantages of Manila: 1. Plenty international flights. Flights to/from Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia can depart/arrive from NAIA 2. A lot of places to choose from for the convention, or whatever you call it 3. If the people who are gonna attend the Wikimania, want to go on vacation they could do it all in one place or fly to other tourist destinations like Boracay Disadvantages of Manila: 1. It is probably more expensive than Cebu 2. It is busier than Cebu 3. It is hotter than Cebu So this is only my opinion, BTW no offense to those people living in Manila or Cebu... -chris^_^ 13:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
If you want to confirm your attendance for the the May 20 meet-up, please click on this link and then sign your name. Thank you. --- Tito Pao 08:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Its better we plan for a Filipino version of Wikimania '07. Suggested venues are as follows:
— User:exec8( talk • contribs) 02:20, 4 May 2007
(resetting indent) If we're going to do it in, say, Megamall, how about a reservation at a resto with a separate conference room or something similar? For example, if I'm not mistaken, the Jollibee branch at the fifth floor has a separate enclosure for parties and such (but then again, some people may think that Jollibee is best rented out for children's parties). I think that the other restos may also have similar facilities. From what I understand renting out the room/enclosure this way is way, way much cheaper than renting out the trade hall if there are not too many people coming in. --- Tito Pao 03:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm available May 20, June 3, June 10.-- Exec8 20:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Since we now have a set meetup date and time (but no place), I will now propose the following agenda (it's roughly the same as Exec8's agenda sent over the PhilWiki group, but edited:
Well, go comment! -- Sky Harbor 00:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
There being 220 legislative districts (from the 200 districts provided in the 8th Congress) for the 14th Congress and the constitution mandates that at most 20% of House membership is elected through the party-list system that would make it now 55, therefore total maximum membership is now 275. Our House & Congress articles still provides for the 250 initially set by the constitution, where it says "The House of Representatives shall be composed of not more than 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by law" and laws have been passed to create new legislative districts thus rationally increasing as well the maximum number of seats allocated to the party-list system. I need your input before i proceed with the change in figures. Scorpion Prinz | talk 16:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to point out that someone placed the calatagan pot in the Tagalog language.-- 23prootie 04:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
The inclusion of Batasang Bayan and Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council of the Philippines in the Legislature template is a point of argument between me and Rizalninoynapoleon, if other could add their inputs, we'd appreciate it. -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 15:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Just a little report and suggestion: the sudden growth of the Cebuano wikipedia ( http://ceb.wikipedia.org) is due to the importing of more than 30,000 articles on French communes. This wikipedia is flooded by these Fench commune articles. I'm not against France or its communes, I just think that the cebuano wiki does not serve right the Cebuanos or anyone researching for anything Cebuano in this wikipedia. For example, clicking on the random article link always returns a French commune, not anything related to Cebuano or even the world. Its portals, the supposedly navigational point of entry to related topics, have almost empty content (red links). This is not what I expect of a local encyclopedia, I expect it to present local, international or whatever information of general interest rather than trivial articles on every French commune, which in my opinion is so remote and foreign that it may have little weight or nothing at all in serving the local community or even the expectations of someone who is or will use the cebuano wikipedia. Thus, I suggest that all French commune articles be removed in the cebuano wiki, maybe except for the largest communes.
Confusion on the usage of "famous" refering to people coming from San Fernando. We're not even aware that the aforementioned figures are famous. It's even much funnier to see the entire clan of Abad Santos here in this section and worst, even including Jamby Madrigal who basically grew up in Manila. Somebody rephrase this entry, please? Jeez! They're not even known by our folks here in Pampanga.
Another important thing. Just when did we hear local actress, Judy Ann Santos, coming from our city? She was born in Manila and never raised in San Fernando at all so why should we claim that she hails from our city? Well, ok. Her mom (Mrs. Lumagui) came from Angeles City and Porac, Pampanga but it just appears silly and highly insignificant to place her in this entry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.132.173.219 ( talk) 15:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC).
What a silly old person you are, Ivan. To include anyone like Judy Ann or Jamby Madrigal is irrelevant! You keep on saying they have a grandparent from San Fernando, thus easily placing them in the list. So you mean to say that since Jamby's Madrigal clan came from Bicol area, she'll be regarded a Bicolana at once? You're tickling our funny bones here, Ivan. I am a Kapampangan myself but I don't agree with you to include anyone not even born nor raised in your city.
To Ivan Henares, please don't mess up the article on San Fernando. I know that you work for the local government but make it as reliable and credible as possible. Some facts you may insert or change need to have a back-up link to support your statements. Otherwise, it's considered vandalism. Thanks, Cabalen! :) 69.132.173.219 Fernandino —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.132.173.219 ( talk) 15:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC).
So is that basically the reason why you included the Dayrit clans in this so-called "notable Fernandinos?" Am I smelling any partiality here? Likewise, don't go telling me as to when "Abad Santos Day" is cause I was raised in Dolores, San Fernando so I should know. What I don't get is that most of the people in the said list are not even popular at all, with the exeption of Jose Abad Santos, I may have to say.
You have "better and productive" things to do in our country? Whew! That somehow relieves me, Ivan. Then prove it, by not putting "showbiz" personalities in your "FAMOUS FERNANDINOS" list...showbiz figures who don't even come from our city in San Fernando, though you claim they do. I ain't acting like a Fil-Am brat, Cabalen. I'm only practicing my right to voice out my opinion, just as anyone of any nationality.
Just so you know, I don't see anything wrong with the idea of placing showbiz folks in the list of "notable people" as long as they contributed to the society and have made big names in foreign countries... something the Philippines can be truly proud of. Salamat dacal queca, Kong Ivan.
In Flag of Bohol fashion, I have an idea on how to (partially) resolve problems over the PhilippinesGov template. Unfortunately, I cannot do this, but if someone is willing to vectorize the provincial, city and Presidential seals (recreate even), then I think we can partially get the license problems resolved. What do you think? -- Sky Harbor 19:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Will it sit well with everyone if we'd use Sabah instead of Malaysia whenever our Philippine maps would display that part of Malaysian territory? This is what is NAMRIA is doing. -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 08:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Should be Sabah. Berserkerz Crit 17:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I commented about this in the discussion pages of the towns of Nueva Ecija. All the maps of the cities and municipalities of Nueva Ecija have the same error. Tarlac should be labeled as Pampanga. Pangasinan should be labeled as Tarlac. And Benguet should be labeled as Pangasinan. The error is obvious since Benguet does not border Nueva Ecija. Ivanhenares 13:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Ever wonder why clicking on the "Log-in" link gives you a different message these days? Read this for more information (or rather, you must read it). And while you're at it, please, please consider strengthening your password now...consider replacing your password if it contains your name, your birthday, your ATM's PIN number, your address, or any related information about your family and friends =) --- Tito Pao 08:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Philippine Nebula has been nominated for deletion... it's not very related to the islands, but somewhat is... 132.205.44.134 22:36, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
Can we put a link to PhilWiki in the noticeboard? It's not a very active mailing list, but some things related to Philippine Wikipedias are coordinated there. (Well, hopefully.) -- Bentong Isles 11:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Inviting Native Tagalog Speakers, you can also contribute in the Tagalog Wikipedia. -- Mananaliksik 15:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Are the quick counts necessary to be shown here? Philippine general election, 2007 -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 09:51, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Rizalninoynapoleon added an announcement on the Tambayan's main page that says "Philippine Senator Richard Gordon has asked Tambayan prevent deletion of the media quick counts which must tackled immediately". Is this true? I tried looking this up at news websites but I was unable to find this. --- Tito Pao 06:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Mr. Lopez i have noticed the 2007 elections page of WIKIPEDIA of the regards to the quick counts, i am asking if you can tell your group known as the TAMBAYAN PHILIPPINES to tell its members to stop their proposals of deletion since it is against the Amending Modernization Act and against the right to information. I hope so action this as soon as possible. Sincerely yours: Sen. Richard Gordon
Tambayan i am asking you let the quick counts to stay for they are valuable information though partial and unofficial besides TEAM Unity deputy spokesperson Tonypet Albano is criticizing the media quick counts who knows if there will be electoral fraud this can be used as evidences, so think over -- Rizalninoynapoleon 15:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
(resetting indent) As if this wasn't enough: apparently, the COMELEC requested TV networks to stop conducting "unauthorized" quick counts. (This is just an initial report, but I'm sure a more definitive report will follow.) Nevertheless, this is what I and other editors have been saying all along: these unofficial (and "unauthorized") quick counts are unencyclopedic and do not deserve space on WP. If the COMELEC itself disputes these quick count's authority or validity, then so must we. In the meantime, I haven't received a reply from Sen. Gordon's email address, but as soon as I got a response, I'll let you know. --- Tito Pao
Just want to let everyone know about this...after all the brouhaha over this email that was supposedly sent by Sen. Richard Gordon, Rizalninoynapoleon has recognized that the email is a fake. However, the response he gave me was very vague...did someone inform him? did he receive another email? did he contact Sen. Gordon? (And, as other fellow Wikipedians might have put it, did he even make up this one?)
Regardless of whatever anyone wants to say about this, this latest development leaves some questions lingering in my mind:
Rizalninoynapoleon want me to "end" this issue "as soon as possible." Sorry, I can not just let this pass just like that. Sorry na lang ba? Because, after all, everyone is entitled to the truth. What you sow, you reap...now go and face the music --- Tito Pao 01:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
ADDITIONAL UPDATE. Senator Gordon's office has spoken. Please see this: http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/titopao/gordon.jpg (I've obscured some details to protect the privacy of my contact; however, Chris S., Ate P and Bolanon can confirm that I do have a GMail email address. Thanks --- Tito Pao 01:35, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Who: Wikipedia Contributors, Administrator(s), Readers
What: First Informal Meeting
Where: Kenny Rogers,
SM Megamall Building A,
Mandaluyong City,
Metro Manila
When: May 20, 2007 1:00 PM
How (to participate):
-- Exec8 09:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I hope this would push through this time. I am expecting 5 in attendance but if would go higher, the better. There are things to talk about and doing this at 1:00pm is good since some would go from Prayer Meetings and Masses while others have work to do the following day. I pose a challenge to you. The first one who shook my hand libre, my treat. -- Exec8 09:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey someone bring a camera and upload a pic or two for the rest of us. :P TheCoffee 23:31, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Sana maging matagumpay itong First Informal Meeting ng Filipino wikipedians. See you people! Kgargar 00:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
P.S.
for those who have no jobs yet (like me), there is a job fair at the megatrade hall 1. So bring your resume, para may kasama ako hehe.-- Lenticel ( talk) 07:53, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Since we have more than five Wikipedians who have indicated their interest in showing up tomorrow, I'd decided to make a round-up of the details for this meeting:
DETAILS
COMING
NOT COMING
AGENDA
I'll try to bring a print-out of the related posts/discussions related to these agenda. Please feel free to bring your own notes, as well as anything that you think can help us with our discussion.
(And per Lenticel, please feel free to bring your own resumes in case you want to come to the Inquirer Jobfair ;-)
If there's anything that I missed, or if you'd like to add your name to the list of people who will or will not attend, or if you want to add another possible agendum for the meet-up, please let me know...I'd like to include it in my notes.
Thanks and see you very, very soon! (",) --- Tito Pao 05:27, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
'guys hindi ko kayo nakita. Naiinis na kasi yung nanay ko so kelangan kong maagang umalis. I stayed in Kenny Rogers until about 1:30 but I did not see any Wikipedian :(. Anyways, the jobfair was OK. I hope you had a great time. — Lenticel ( talk) 07:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I would like to thank seav, Berserkerz Crit, Jojit_fb, Jondel, Tito Pao from attending the kenny rogers meeting and to Scorpion prinz and Sky Harbor from catching up in the starbucks meeting. The meeting was lengthy but its meaty. We are actually seated near the entrance of kenny rogers in Ground Floor, Mega Building A from 1 to 3pm and inside starbucks at around 3pm onwards. As expected we wore our designated shirt colors. There was a wikipedia logo in our dining table. -- Exec8 12:20, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Isang matagumpay na pagbati sa lahat ng dumalo sa isang Makasaysayang Katuparan kahapon! Isa ito sa una at marami pang hakbang tungo sa inyong mabuti at malinis na adhikain para sa mga Pilipino sa buong mundo. Mabuhay Kayo! Fddfred talk 04:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Please accept my apology for not making it there. I look forward to hearing the minutes. Kgargar 03:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Sad that I just saw this! :-( Wish I'd known. Unfortunately, though, I'm based in La Union so I wouldn't have been able to go anyway. It would have been great to meet you guys. Alternativity 04:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that the Inquirer ran a brief news report about this on their website. Just so that you may know, I have made a protection request for this article. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 06:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Anyone has a copy of the dataset used to produce the articles on Philippine legislative districts? -- Bentong Isles 11:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
COMELEC has just proclaimed that Fr. Eddie Panlilio (YEHEY! To end jueteng in Pampanga) as the new Governor of Pampanga. Howard, Scorpion and Others today is a day to end corruption and poverty and i ask that Among Ed should have a page he deserves it. Don't you second the motion rizalninoy 23:42, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
The Tagalog Wikinews proposal has been refiled since the old proposal was closed in a "supposed" reform of the system. You may support the new proposal here. By the way, I need more contributors! -- Sky Harbor 01:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
The initial by-laws of Wikimedia Philippines are now available! You can view them here. Be sure to add on stuff and comment! -- Sky Harbor 02:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Sky Harbor, I saw your invitation at the Tambayan de los Chavacanos at the Chavacano Wikipedia. The Wikimedia Philippines page is great. I have translated the page to Wikimedia de las Filipinas. Great job! Hope this will push thru. Have you registered the foundation yet? -- Weekeejames 14:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I couldn't help it. Texas was supposed to be the New Philippines. I know there are more appropriate places to mention this.-- Jondel 06:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Very intersting. There are still other priorities as of now like translation of Bomburza. Then I 'll see if I can work on an article.-- Jondel 06:03, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Now that we agreed to setup the organization, Where do we go from here? Let's discuss. You can also visit the Pinoy Wikimedia Talk. -- Exec8 10:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I just bought a new book called Rulemakers made by the PCIJ it contains a list of political clans who were legislators from 1898 - 2007. I need help in making my article by making tables. Please help Rizalninoynapoleon 04:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC) Rizalninoynapoleon
The Parokya article needs cleaning. Also, the sub-articles have a lack of information. I realize this is not a top priority, but it would be appreciated if someone knowledgeable about the band would contribute in some way. I unfortunately don't know enough to help myself. - KingpinE7 21:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Just take a look at this article. I couldn't find the original, though, but it does read like it was another copy-paste operation like what he did to the Tessie Aquino-Oreta and the Prospero Pichay articles. If someone can help me pinpoint the original article, I"d really appreciate it. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 07:39, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Sigh... Kinausap ko na siya sa talk page nya. Matigas talaga ulo-- Lenticel ( talk) 07:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
In order to get Wikimedia Philippines moving forward, we need to get two things done:
Please do participate in the processes! To vote on whether to support or oppose the Articles of Incorporation, go here. -- Sky Harbor 02:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
At a glance, the article looks like it was lifted from the official website. patingin naman oh. I know the we have some copyright problems with GMA stars lately.-- Lenticel ( talk) 07:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
The title of the President of the Philippines should be left blank as most Filipinos do no recognize the present presidency to be the legitimate one.
I can't find a specific reference, but isn't it improper to add "Metro Manila" to city names, e.g.
Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Well not really improper, but a bit syntactically awkward?? I believe adding Metro Manila is only required for Municipalities (San Juan, Navotas, and Pateros) but city addresses can be written as
Marikina City, Philippines
I remember having this discussion with my teacher when we had to make the transition from using "Marikina, Metro Manila" to "Marikina City, Philippines." If this is the case then some articles need to be fixed ( List of shopping malls in the Philippines, for one).— Sandtiger 20:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I've addressed mail to my great-uncle in Pasay as:
blah blah ST. Pasay City 1300 METRO MANILA PHILIPPINES
-- Chris S. 03:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Quezon Avenue MRT Station is being threatened with AFD because there are no references for it (meaning that it is not notable). I highly doubt there is any literature on MRT stations for one thing. What should I do? -- Sky Harbor 06:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
All the information of Wikipedia is supposed to be based on reliable sources, so if there's no literature at all on MRT stations then that's a problem. I notice on the talk page you say the article is written based on actual experience of riding the system. That would make it a perfect example of Wikipedia:original research. TheCoffee 08:15, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Update: The AfD Debate was closed. The result of the debate was a keep. Thanks. --- Tito Pao 22:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Jessie Castillo has just shown up on AfD. The nominator seems to believe that the mayor is not notable. Unfortunately, there are few sources. Would it be possible for someone to add a few reliable sources to this? I'm not in the Philippines and can't find much online, but I strongly suspect that a mayor of a city of 300,000 people is highly notable. The AFD is here. -- Charlene 10:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Update The AfD debate has closed. The result was no consensus; hence, it may be nominated again in the future (if ever). Thanks. --- Tito Pao 22:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Template:Philippine quasi-legislatures I nominated this template for {{ TFD}}, apparently there's only 1 item in it. Other editors would rather have "experts" share their opinion before acting on it. -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 21:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Ok don't get me wrong, I'm just really curious about these two "icons" but I can't find good sources for them. Googling would only bring up Filipinos saying Panahon pa yan ni Kopong-kopong or 19Kopong-kopong pa yan.
There is a theory (from an internet forum) that Mahoma is the Spanish term for the prophet Mohammed. Since the Philippines have a Muslim background prior to the Spanish colonization, it might be concluded that the Spaniards use the term the "time of Mahoma" to characterize our "primitive" lifestyle and the term stuck. Sadly I don't have hard sources.
I have no idea who or what kopong-kopong is (alter ego of lapu-lapu?).
Anthropology and culture-inclined people, care for a challenge and research them?-- Lenticel ( talk) 02:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I know this may seem a bit odd to ask here, but who here is willing to donate anything to our chapter-in-formation ( Wikimedia Philippines)? Donations will be accepted in cash or in kind. I'm ready to donate a mobile phone so the org can have a permanent telephone number (until we get a landline of course). -- Sky Harbor 14:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Most of the inhabitants of the Philippines learned that Pangasinan province is in Ilocos region. They also learned that inhabitants of the Ilocos region are Ilocanos. According to this education (propaganda), the inhabitants of Pangasinan province are Ilocanos. This appear in elementary textbooks approved by Department of Education, which is an arm of the Philippine government.
The inhabitants of Pangasinan province right now are mostly Pangasinans and Ilocanos. The forefathers of Ilocanos were migrants from Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur in the 19th century due to drought experienced in those areas. Before this period, the Ilocanos were not inhabitants of Pangasinan province. For humanitarian reasons, the Pangasinans accepted them and did not drive them away. The term Pangasinan refers to the location and to the people, who are original inhabitants of the location.
The Philippine government decided to include Pangasinan province into the Ilocos region. By doing this, the Philippine government ignores a separate ethno-linguistic group in the Philippines. Until this is not corrected, it is difficult for a Pangasinan to become a Filipino, because the concept of "Filipino" ignores his being Pangasinan. What could the government do? It could continue to ignore the Pangasinan people. Or it correct the name of the region it belongs to, such that its name becomes "Northwestern Luzon Region". Or it removes Pangasinan province from the region it presently belongs to.
I have studied for a long time outside the Philippines. I could not be proud to be a Filipino, because being Filipino rejects the Pangasinan in me. How can anyone be proud to an oppressive concept? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.41.222.3 ( talk • contribs)
It has been nearly a year since we had a new Philippine-related Featured Article. How about getting Flag of the Philippines up to FA-status? There are already 9 other featured flag articles to follow the lead of-- most recently, Flag of Portugal and Flag of Armenia. In fact, the Armenia article got featured even with just 16KB of content and only 15 sources. The text of RA 8491 alone is enough to give us a lot of content on our flag. So, anyone care to join me? No need for structured outlines and division of labor, I think... just successive improvements that should bring us progressively closer to perfection. :D TheCoffee 06:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
(Ipinababatid sa lahat ng gumagamit ng Wikipedia, na ang Tagalog Wikipedia ay umabot na sa mahigit 6,000 mga pahina.)
The Tagalog Wikipedia already reach more than 6,000 pages. -- Mananaliksik 13:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys. I made a wiki a few days ago on Melba Padilla Maggay, the anthropologist, author, and President and Founder of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC). I did not immediately cite sources, and frankly there aren't that many websites mentioning her which aren't directly connected to ISACC, and she's not very well known outside of Evangelical protestant circles. In the Evangelical community, however, Dr Maggay is rather well known, since her books are widely published by OMF Lit.
Well, someone questioned the notability of the article. I've since attempted to beef it up, but I've no idea if what I've done is sufficient. I would appreciate it if you could look at it and give me feedback? Thanks. Alternativity 14:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Just a heads up for the rest of the Tambayan...our fellow editor Kguirnela's user page and talk page are being subject to a repeated vandalisms from a single user/many users who's now using different IP addresses (probably hopping from one Internet cafe to another) to vandalize his user page (about five or six, as of my last count). This stemmed from an argument about a link that was repeatedly removed from the Bacolod City article, for which the original anon IP account was warned and eventually banned for 24 hours. Malas lang ng vandal because I've bookmarked Kurt's user page (as with many others), and Kurt's user page always comes up each time I refresh my watchlist. However, I may not always be around, as I may be away from home, out of the office or commuting. So may I ask everyone else to please lend him a hand in case this very resourceful anon comes back again; feel free to re-revert any vandalisms on his user page. Thanks. --- Tito Pao 07:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Voting on the WMPH Articles of Incorporation has been extended until June 14. Unfortunately, no one (and I mean no one) voted in the original time period. Please do participate so I can forward the document to the Chapters committee. You may vote here. -- Sky Harbor 02:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
For those interested...there is a current campaign for all the Wikignomes out there (you know who you are ;-) If you are interested, just visit the page, and then sign up as one of the volunteers (I signed up myself, btw). Thanks! --- Tito Pao 05:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I guess this is the place to ask what the description ("Bahay kubo ng mga T'boli") means that is added to this image on tl.wikipedia. I have uploaded the image to commons by the way ( see here). I know that Bahay kubo means Nipa hut and T'boli are a people on Mindanao. Magalhães 13:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Don't forget to remove the apostrophe. It should just be Tboli. -- Chris S. 03:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
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I am a little bit baffled about this section in Population history under the “Ethnic groups in the Philippines” article. This history is from Dr. Henry Otley Beyer's theory of waves of migration. This theory is long been debunked by many prehistoric scholars like F. Landa Jocano, Peter Bellwood and Wilhelm Solheim. I am also wondering why many still believe Dr. Beyer's theory. Pls/ update the entire section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gemicat16 ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
According to a retired professor of Southeast Asian history, a lot of Philippine historians had an utang ng loob for Beyer, so they didn't feel a need to challenge him. Consequently, for the most part this has left things unchanged in textbooks. The current Austronesian theory has been supported by arhaeologists and linguists - Dr. Peter Bellwood of Australian National University is a major proponent to this theory. And while Weekeejames may be right that theories may be theories, Bellwood's theory has the most compelling evidence by far. And the body of evidence continues to grow from various, related, academic fields. A good place to start is the 1995 The Austronesians: Comparative and Historical Perspectives by Bellwood, Tryon, and Fox of ANU. -- Chris S. 03:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
BTW, regarding all these ethnic groups, Filipino minorities and minority groups articles and templates, would you all be so kind to exclude Zamboangueños from these categories and templates? The Zamboangueño is neither one ethnic group nor a minority group. To be precise, the Zamboangueño is one regional collective group of people. Kelan pa naging minority ang mga Zamboangueños? On the article Ethnic_groups_in_the_Philippines, the Zamboangueño Chavacanos were categorised as "smaller ethnic groups" Waaaaa ang lufet! =( Weekeejames 11:22, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
The article Kulintang is currently a featured article nominee.
The article was currently under peer review but considering the comments of many that it should be featured, I decided to self-nom for feature status. If you believe you have any ideas for improving it, level them here. You're help getting another Filipino article featured would be much appreciated. Thanks - PhilipDM 10:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Can I request for a picture? I'm not really good with images. I'm hoping that we could improve this article further as this animal is a unique and endangered Philippine treasure. Lenticel 01:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
This guy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/210.213.127.212) has been deleting large chunks of content relating to Bisaya. Help wanted in cleaning up.
He is of the party which thinks Visayans should not be lumped together. It is really just a matter of opinion whether or not they should be lumped together in Wikipedia. But it is better organized if they are. (If they aren't, then we should break up Moro and Tribal groups as well... then we have to create individual sections for the other Visayan ethnic groups, which are ~20. I'm talking here if the Ethnic groups in the phil article.)
If you are reading this, 210.213.127.212, please discuss first before deleting. Thanks.-- Nino Gonzales 05:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC) -- Nino Gonzales 05:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Ilonggos, Warays, etc. have always been called Visayans. There are plenty of verified sources for this. I have a copy of 1977 work by an American linguist who specializes in Visayan languages (and is fluent in Aklanon and Tagalog) by Dr. R. David Zorc. He lists 36 known Visayan tongues as well as their alternate names.
For Hiligaynon, he lists only Ilonggo. However the three varieties of Waray-Waray all have Binisaya as an alternate name. Other groups that he lists as having Binisaya as an alternate name are Alcantaranon, Bantayan Visayan, Guimarasnon (this refers to 'both Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a!), the Cantilan dialect of Surigaonon, Kawayan Visayan (Negros Occidental), Masbateño, Naturalis dialect of Surigaonon, Pandan dialect of Kinaray-a, Semirara Visayan, Santa Teresa Visayan (of Brgy. Sta. Teresa, Magsaysay, Occ. Mindoro), Romblomanon, and the Jaun-Jaun dialect of Surigaonon. It would not surprise me that Binisaya would also refer to languages NOT listed by Dr. Zorc.
Also, in the 2001 work Facts about the World's Languages Dr. Zorc writes in the Hiligaynon article:
I hope this helps. -- Chris S. 03:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Other points:
-- Nino Gonzales 05:29, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Just an FYI: I called COMELEC's Education and Information Division and asked which municipalites/cities now comprise Maguindanao and Surigao del Norte's districts. Since COMELEC Resolution 7813 states Maguindanao and Surigao del Norte will still have 2 legislative districts despite the carving out of Shariff Kabunsuan and Dinagat Islands from them, respectively, as such, they are now re-grouped:
Take note though, 1st District of Maguindanao even if its comprised only of Cotabato City is still called Maguindanao's first district since Cotabato City is not yet a highly-urbanized city. — Scorpion prinz 09:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I am asking anyone or all to respond to this! I am still absorbing, and/or stalling? heheheh! -- Ate Pinay ( talk• email) 17:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the late, late, late response, I know some people were waiting for this. I will be posting my thoughts at the talk page of the Chiz Escudero article, so if you can't find it there, it means that I'm still writing it. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 04:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Do you have a Wikiproject Philippines template that usually appears on the talk page of an article within the project's scope? I haven't been seeing any while surfing Philippines-related articles. Shrumster 05:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Unencyclopedic, a directory of Roman Catholic priests in a particular geographic area. I guess if I had to pick a criteria for deletion, it would be WP:ORG or WP:NOT#IINFO. (As an aside, I'm probably going to Hell for nominating this article for deletion.) RJASE1 Talk 06:29, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the long hiatus. toomany things to do. I'll be back up this summer. I'll just finish classes. I'll have to do a lot of catching up perhaps?- Justox dizaola 15:05, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys. It'd be cool if we all could collaborate to bring the Jollibee article up to GA/FA status. While it's not really an interesting topic for me, I was thinking if there's one iconic Filipino restaurant/fast food place, it would be that. And right now, it sorely needs attention. So, is the community up to it? (No, I'm not affiliated with the company...honestly, I prefer to eat McDonald's myself. :) ) Shrumster 05:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I kinda changed the layout of the template, if it doesn't look good feel free to rv it. I'm just wondering though i think it'll look better if everything is centered? I dunno how to do it. Ü — Scorpion prinz 08:32, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
The other day I went to Comelec library to get info about previous elections as part of my Wikipedia research. Since its late afternoon, I decide to go back the next day. Then I was surprised that the building is burnt into ashes. Now my research is incomplete. :( -- Exec8 18:00, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Sineserye-> Sineserye Presents, then redirect sineserye to teleserye. Thanks! -- Howard the Duck 08:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys, I am requesting your assistance at Filipino people. I'm involved with two young Americans (AFAICT) in a content dispute involving the addition of "Hispanic" in the "related ethnic groups" field of the infobox. Ba't laging Kano ang kaaway ko sa mga Philippine-related articles? ;-) In any case, if you wish to help please see the talk page and the edit history of the article in question. Thanks. -- Chris S. 12:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
With a score of 9.40 (10 being the most corrupt and 0 as the least), RP has bested both Indonesia and Thailand (8.03) as the most corrupt country in Asia. This statement is from the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy group.-- Lenticel 23:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
According to the article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer [1], the info was released yesterday by PERC to Agence France Presse. Last year was 7.80. A chart about the corruption trends in selected Asian Countries can be seen on the front page of the inquirer today. -- Lenticel 04:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
more data could be found here [2]-- Lenticel 04:43, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Why am I not surprised? Anyway, which article(s) do we stick the data in? Shrumster 07:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
You people can also add this on Talk:Philippines, there's an international rankings section there waiting to be developed. -- Howard the Duck 09:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I copied the entire discussion and inserted it to your discussion in Talk:Philippines.-- Lenticel 00:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Did you know that the
Wikipedia Cebuano is composed mainly of bot-generated stubs? Cebuano tops Tagalog and ranked as No. 31 with 32,520 articles while Tagalog is on the 80th with 5,494. Please see the
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This user created a bunch of hoax articles in the past few days. He's the one responsible for creating the hoax DZUP article. Please help me verify those articles especially the provincial radio stations he created since I am not familiar with those... thanks! - Danngarcia 19:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
That guy recently created new hoax articles, at least on NCR FM radio, and I'm suspecting all of his/her edits are bogus too. Can the admins check it out, and if possible ban this user? -- Howard the Duck 18:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
As part of getting Wikimedia Philippines moving forward, I am now asking anyone and everyone who would be willing to conduct a review of the WMPH Articles of Incorporation and make suggestions on what to change, or to add and/or delete parts of the Articles. After this, I can move onto the by-laws. -- Sky Harbor 13:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Someone inserted the Batangan vocabulary in the article. — Scorpion prinz 09:17, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Please help make Estefania Aldaba-Lim better! 21:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
added refs and stub tag. A great person should have a better article-- Lenticel 00:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
See this page under the Socio-political category. Kudos! -- seav 15:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I didn't even know there was going to be an awarding ceremony. I'd totally go if I could. -- Chris S. 12:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Congrats! You're the Man! I saw this so late, busy with work.-- Jondel 02:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow, thanks guys. Ang sobrang bait ninyo. No need for the fuss. hehe. -- Chris S. 05:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Magpainom ka naman... ng coke!-- Lenticel 03:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations, Chris S.! Sayang di ka pupunta tol ;) Would've liked to meet Pinoy wikipedians in person. I'll be there to support my GF, who's also a finalist for the Tech category. Good luck to both of you! I hope both of you win the grand prizes for your respective categories! :D Malaking karangalan din para sa Pinoy Wikipedia community. --- Corsarius 18:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't get this maybe you do, COMELEC Resolution 7837, refer also to [3] and [4]. — scorpion prinz 02:36, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Please vote for the establishment of the Tagalog Wikinews. Finally, we'll have reliable Tagalog-language news on the Internet. You can sign your support (if you're willing to contribute or are willing to back up the project) here. -- Sky Harbor 07:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I do not know why Scorpion Prinz insists on putting the Zamboanga del Sur template on the Zamboanga City article. I, a Zamboangueño, do not really care whether Zamboanga City is included in that template or not. It's not relevant. This has been discussed at length in the past. Zamboanga del Sur doesn't have anything to do with the independent chartered city of Zamboanga and vice-versa. The only truthful fact is that Zamboanga City gave Zamboanga del Sur a name and nothing else! The Indy Philippine cities template is more relevant to the Zamboanga City article than the Zamboanga del Sur template. If you all read the Zamboanga City article carefully, the first paragraph gives emphasis to the city as a chartered city and not somewhere else in the article. It's something we Zamboangueños are proud of being one of the first in the country and something we have enjoyed and continue to do so. -- Weekeejames 12:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Type of city | Independent of province | Votes for provincial officials 1 |
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Highly urbanized city | YES | Depends on charter |
Independent component city | YES | No |
Component city | No | YES |
Anyway here's my proposal, if we use the {{ Philippines political divisions}} template for Highly urbanized cities, like Zamboanga and the likes, other fields there are impertinent to the LGU. I take the cue from TheCoffee to come up with individual templates, and I think we can group them like this in the main Philippines article:
This way we can have {{ Philippine territorial disputes}} included in the Sabah, Spratlys, Scarborough Shoal articles, without dragging the entire {{ Philippines political divisions}} to it. I can also accede to removing HUCs from provincial templates, but for ICCs lets just have them included, and labeled below as such. What do you think? This will entail however the deletion of {{ Philippines political divisions}} as we will render it useless. For the cities it's really hard to monitor their charters as to they will continue to vote or not for provincial officials, so I think lets have them all in one template, and categorize them as HUCs, ICCs and Components. — scorpion prinz 04:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Exclude all HUCs in provincial lateral templates, then include them at {{ Indy Philippine cities}}; all HUC articles will display only the {{ Indy Philippine cities}} and no trace of any provincial navigation template.
One of the regular contributors of Japanese child actors at the tl:Tagalog Wikipedia, tl:User:GNHK, is concerned that an article is used for a French porn community site. Any advice on what to do? -- bluemask ( talk) 01:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
hey, I just visited the other regional notice boards out of curiosity and found out that they have some interesting sections in their project pages. I suggest that we add to expand, to destub, to cleanup etc. sections rather than just requested media alone on the project page. I think that would guide Filipino wikipedians to the articles that need help. However the added info might bulk up the project page. Sub-pages might solve this problem. Anyways I leave the decision to the veterans here.-- Lenticel 08:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Cheche Lazaro is a Filipino broadcast journalist, but how notable is she? Have the members of the Phillipines Portal heard of her? I am considering a deletion if notability cannot be shown. -- Guroadrunner 15:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry I had to create a new topic for this one, since the original discussion is getting longer. Anyway...for those who are interested to watch the Phil. Blog Awards, it looks like there will be limited seats for the event. The good news is, the organizers will be raffling off giving away 100 seats for the event. Joining is easy, but you'll need to have a blog to get started. Please visit
this page for more information. NOTE: As of this date, 28 people have signed up, so that means there are only 72 tickets left!!! Just to be sure, I'll be signing up as well. ---
Tito Pao
05:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey folks, my friend User:Pepe alas (of http://alasfilipinas.blogspot.com & http://www.skirmisher.org) will be representing me at the Blog Awards on Saturday. Wish me luck, ha? ;-) -- Chris S. 04:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Really? -- Howard the Duck 17:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
According to this, President Arroyo has ordered the conversion of Puerto Princesa City into a highly urbanized city. Presuming I got the text correct, it will still remain the capital of Palawan, but it's only a guess. -- Sky Harbor 01:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
FYI: The Community enforceable mediation has recently opened a 90-day evaluation period for the community. Basically, it's a cross between an arbitration request, a mediation request and a case handled by members of the mediation cabal except that, unlike an ArbCom case, both parties will come up with a set of resolutions (under the mediator's guidance) and will submit these resolutions to the community for the community's approval. The resolutions are enforceable only if the community has reached such a consensus. No cases have been filed so far, but as members of the WP community, let's help decide if this new program should continue after the said 90 days. Thanks. --- Tito Pao 05:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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Now its election campaign season, can you help me look into campaign posters, banners, ads and lets take a picture on them.
Interestingly, no images of these political parties are circulated in the entire world wide web:
If you have a link to show me, please paste it below. If you took a picture on them, please provide a photobucket or any image bank link. If it can be enhanced through Photoshop or CorelDraw, thats good. I need it for my project at school. -- Exec8 00:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Someone changed Manila's infobox. I dunno what to do. Should I revert it? -- Howard the Duck 01:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
This infobox looks pretty good actually (though I prefer we still use our own "Infobox Philippine city"). I like the prominent skyline picture. I personally don't like the idea of putting "settlement" and "incorporated" dates for Philippine cities, since that can mean wildly different things for different cities. TheCoffee 12:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey guys, just saw the guy on the news, decided to start a Lito Sisnorio stub on him. I put in a handful of references but this just ain't my thing so I'm wondering if anyone would want to do the honors of bulking up the article from the references I've dug up so far? One of the links has a detailed biography on the guy, all of them have the details of his last fight and his subsequent death, some of the references have stuff on the aftermath (banning of Thai fights, etc), etc. There's a lot to be summarized and wikized. Shrumster 11:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Do you remember Ernie Baron's episode regarding "hacking"? Can someone shed light with this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/BAO_Team_(2nd_nomination) This is supposed to be a start-class article. Yunaffx 10:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I would like to invite you all to participate in a discussion at this thread regarding bilateral relations between two countries. All articles related to foreign relations between countries are now under the scope of WikiProject Foreign relations, a newly created project. We hope that the discussion will result in a more clean and organized way of explaining such relationships. Thank you. Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I was given the municipal reports for San Teodoro Oriental Mindoro by its Mayor, Apollo Feraren and i see here that there is a lot of information which can be used to expand the article. I also have the pictures of its 20 waterfalls and other attractions, its seal, and other paraphernalia to use for his campaign video which i will make... I wish to use them for wikipedia purposes, maybe turn San teodoro to a featured Article candidate (ambition...) but how can i fit these to our policy? Aren't these copyrighted? I am baffled.... please help. - Justox dizaola 06:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I did not take ther photos. As I see the text is in NPOV so it is not a problem. Are seals copyrighted? I plan to ask a letter from the municipal gov't allowing free use of their images and other media for Wikipedia. It will be easy. Tito ko ito, but how will i conduct the making of the letter? is there any prescribed format or what specifications must be necessary? 222.127.44.6 05:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)-Justox Dizaola
There are currently 7 articles listed at WP:MWA#Philippines that might be of interest to this project -- Sapphic 20:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello! I've nominated an article about a barangay in Sta. Maria, Bulacan. Although I know the place (I am a Bulakeño), I think an article about a barangay that not many Filipinos may have heard of is taking the limits of WP too far. I don't know if another article about a barangay has been nominated before, so to the best of my knowledge it's the first time I've ever encountered an AfD like this. Hence, I'd appreciate your inputs on the AfD's discussion, if only to serve as a reference point for those who are thinking of writing articles about their own barangays. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 01:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
I might be lifting my own bench here, but I'd like to nominate this to Good Article status. :) — scorpion prinz 13:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
The Asian American is pretty sketchy on Filipino Americans although they are supposed to be the second largest subgroup after Chinese Americans. In contrast, there is quite a bit about Indian and Japanese Americans. If any of you can help fill in the article with more information about Filipino Americans, that would be.....helpful. Chiss Boy 12:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
I just made the article, please improve it. History and architecture is really not my niche.-- Lenticel 13:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
I just protected Angeles City. Susanbryce has been adamant about putting some info about certain social issues there (imho, she's going overboard). Another user has been removing them. Anyone want to help? -- Chris S. 03:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
From what I understand (and I'm no expert), Angeles City is a notable destination for prostitution. I get this from a few editors on Talk:Sex tourism, and from the online material used to source the following line in the Angeles City article:
Since the early days of Clark Air Base, Angeles City has become known as a centre for prostitution. This industry increased greatly after the end of World War II. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
This is the centre of the Philippines sex industry. ... There are 100,000 child prostitutes in the Philippines, according to the UN children's agency, Unicef.
The predominance of Australians in the sex trade in the Philippines was confirmed by a delegate from the Australian Law Reform Commission who visited the Philippines as part of an Australian study tour in July 1995.... In Angeles city in particular, up to 80 percent of the bars and hotels are owned or managed by Australians. When the Manila local government attempted to close down the sex industry in central Manila, many of the businesses moved to Angeles. Once the site of a major US army base, it seems that Australians have taken over this thriving entertainment and prostitution centre (Lauber, 1995, p 2)
The country's top five spots for child prostitution all have more than their fair share of foreign visitors: Metro Manila, Angeles City, Puerto Galera in Mindoro province, Davao and Cebu.
Angeles City, two hours north of Metro Manila, is the home of the most organized sex industry in the Philippines. Thousands of sex tourists from all over the world go there to look for cheap sex, much of it with under age minors. Some go looking for children younger than 12. It is estimated that 60,000 children are exploited annually in this business in the Philippines.
Fields Avenue in Angeles, a seedy city north of Manila, is the center of the sex industry in the Philippines. Many bars and clubs employ underage girls. The city grew up around the huge U.S. Clark Air Base, and although the base closed in 1992, prostitution is still the only industry in town.
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I can't speak to User:Susanbryce's edits, but at this point RodentofDeath seems to be the last one standing, and has taken an obstreperous WP:OWNership of the article. RodentofDeath repeatedly deletes the above, well-annotated sentence, typically with misleading edit summaries. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Two anonymous editors have also deleted this passage. I'm pretty sure one is not RodentofDeath, perhaps neither is. [10] [11]
RodentofDeath has taken to disputing every source on the Talk page, using nitpicky, opportunistic arguments [12] [13] [14], then removing without consensus. Discussion has become lengthy, and I don't think further discussion will be productive as he deletes regardless. Rodent's general campaign has been to remove anything perceived as unflattering, without compromise. This may be a reaction to the Susanbryce edit war, but he's now going pretty far in the other direction.
The quotes in these citations became quite long because Rodent has been misrepresenting (for a while I assumed simply misreading) the citations in deletion edit summaries. Now I really think he's simply bulldozing, and giving any plausible excuse for the deletion.
Any suggestions?
If Susanbryce returns I'd be pleased to see a mediation happen, and help where I can, but I've arrived late to this mess, and I'm in it mostly for this one edit. / edgarde 04:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Forgot to mention, there is currently an incident report on the Administrators' Noticeboard on this subject. / edgarde 05:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
As of today, I would like to announce that Philippine National Railways has been elevated to good article status, making it WP's 2,135th good article. Well, now I think we have a reason to celebrate. -- Sky Harbor 18:56, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Did you know that there is a Philippine Wikia but the only article is the very useless Philippines movement? Perhaps all of the content destined to be deleted, barangays, anything under the sun can be transfered there. -- Howard the Duck 16:51, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
"When the Americans established a civil government in the Philippines, they held the first election in the country in the town of Baliuag, Bulacan on May 6, 1899. "<<-- I doubt the veracity of this fact because I believe that it is highly improbable that an election was held in Baliuag, if it was really true that the first local elections was actually held there, in 1899. why?
1. 1999 was the height of the conflict between the Filipinos and the Americans. the province of Bulacan was a hotbed of "insurrection" during that year. A civil government may be established only in a pacified province, city or town.
2. the Americans only began organizing a civil government in 1900. Even with the establishment of the civil government with the Philippine Commission as the legislature, executive powers still resided in the Military Governor. Civil Government was only fully established on July 4, 1901 with William Howard Taft as Civil Governor.
Angeles624 19:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone verify this article ( BEPZA, Bataan) written by Reinerdiz ( talk · contribs)? -- bluemask ( talk) 14:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I reformatted my hard drive but I forgot to back up the files on my Windows desktop, including all the Photoshop source files for all those maps I made. :( Aaargh! -- TheCoffee 05:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Is it acceptable take content from the english wiki and just translate it for tl.wiki? There seems to be very little activity over there and maybe we can start a project to move more content from the english wiki to the tagalog one.— Sandtiger 10:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, I have this trend now to insert local (other than Filipino) names into international airport articles. So far, this is what we have:
All international airports have their names in Filipino (ex. Laguindingan International Airport, which I will add in Filipino and Cebuano). However, for those good in translation, I do want to ask the translations of the following airports' names in their respective local languages:
Subic Bay International Airport and General Santos International Airport can be translated, but I do not know the dominant languages in their respective provinces/cities.
Thanks for all the help. -- Sky Harbor 01:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Anyone willing to clean/wikify these up? Brazen political propaganda. oops. Ü — scorpion prinz 08:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
A move has been proposed. Talk:Philippine piso#Requested move. - Will Beback · † · 20:23, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
AFD discussion here. It doesn't look like it's gonna get deleted though, due to overwhelming precedent. Still I think an effort should be made to expand the article.— Sandtiger 02:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
The List of United States Presidents by longevity is itself nominated (courtesy of TheCoffee), and some of the editors who have voted Delete so far have cited the Philippine version as a precedent. So if you were one of the editors who opined that the US list should be deleted as well, this is your chance. Offer good while supplies last ;-) --- Tito Pao 12:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Earlier this month after I settled into my seat on a Cebu Pacific flight from Cebu to Manila, I checked out their-in flight magazine and saw this half-page feature on Dumaguete City. It took me a few moments to realize it, but that image looks very very familiar. -- TheCoffee 03:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Someone please rename Caloocan City to "Historic City of Caloocan" to conform with the renaming of "Samal City" and "Muñoz City" to Island Garden City of Samal and Science City of Muñoz, respectively. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.213.179.202 ( talk) 06:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC).
Option | Google hits | Google hits |
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Samal | 66,700 for IGaCoS | 1,440 for Samal City |
Munoz | 557 for SC of Munoz | 214 for Munoz City |
Caloocan | 5 for HC of Caloocan | 203,000 for Caloocan City |
I was at the Philippine Heart Center one time at an isolated corner I came across an exhibit of Philippine Carnival Queens (1908-1939) and I got the chance to photograph it. I was wondering if I could upload the pictures of those carnival queens here, I'm not sure if I'd be violating any copyright provisions. Scorpion Prinz | talk 05:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I just remembered about Wikimania 2008, of which unofficial city bids are finally being accepted. As far as I know, I am willing to support a Philippine bid for Wikimania 2008, of which I think can be held in the following cities:
I am even willing to work double time to establish Wikimedia Philippines for such. I think the convention though brings good publicity to Wikimedia projects in the Philippines, and even might be able to increase awareness of free media there. What do you think? -- Sky Harbor 01:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Advantages of Cebu: 1. It is probably cheaper than Manila 2. It is less busy than Manila 3. If the people who are gonna attend the Wikimania, want to go on vacation they could do it all in one place or fly to other tourist destinations like Boracay 4. A lot cooler than Manila Disadvantages of Cebu: 1. Very little international flights. People to/from other international destinations would probably first fly to Manila then to Cebu. If there are no connecting flights available to/from their place from/to Cebu. Advantages of Manila: 1. Plenty international flights. Flights to/from Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia can depart/arrive from NAIA 2. A lot of places to choose from for the convention, or whatever you call it 3. If the people who are gonna attend the Wikimania, want to go on vacation they could do it all in one place or fly to other tourist destinations like Boracay Disadvantages of Manila: 1. It is probably more expensive than Cebu 2. It is busier than Cebu 3. It is hotter than Cebu So this is only my opinion, BTW no offense to those people living in Manila or Cebu... -chris^_^ 13:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
If you want to confirm your attendance for the the May 20 meet-up, please click on this link and then sign your name. Thank you. --- Tito Pao 08:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Its better we plan for a Filipino version of Wikimania '07. Suggested venues are as follows:
— User:exec8( talk • contribs) 02:20, 4 May 2007
(resetting indent) If we're going to do it in, say, Megamall, how about a reservation at a resto with a separate conference room or something similar? For example, if I'm not mistaken, the Jollibee branch at the fifth floor has a separate enclosure for parties and such (but then again, some people may think that Jollibee is best rented out for children's parties). I think that the other restos may also have similar facilities. From what I understand renting out the room/enclosure this way is way, way much cheaper than renting out the trade hall if there are not too many people coming in. --- Tito Pao 03:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm available May 20, June 3, June 10.-- Exec8 20:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Since we now have a set meetup date and time (but no place), I will now propose the following agenda (it's roughly the same as Exec8's agenda sent over the PhilWiki group, but edited:
Well, go comment! -- Sky Harbor 00:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
There being 220 legislative districts (from the 200 districts provided in the 8th Congress) for the 14th Congress and the constitution mandates that at most 20% of House membership is elected through the party-list system that would make it now 55, therefore total maximum membership is now 275. Our House & Congress articles still provides for the 250 initially set by the constitution, where it says "The House of Representatives shall be composed of not more than 250 members, unless otherwise fixed by law" and laws have been passed to create new legislative districts thus rationally increasing as well the maximum number of seats allocated to the party-list system. I need your input before i proceed with the change in figures. Scorpion Prinz | talk 16:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to point out that someone placed the calatagan pot in the Tagalog language.-- 23prootie 04:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
The inclusion of Batasang Bayan and Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council of the Philippines in the Legislature template is a point of argument between me and Rizalninoynapoleon, if other could add their inputs, we'd appreciate it. -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 15:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Just a little report and suggestion: the sudden growth of the Cebuano wikipedia ( http://ceb.wikipedia.org) is due to the importing of more than 30,000 articles on French communes. This wikipedia is flooded by these Fench commune articles. I'm not against France or its communes, I just think that the cebuano wiki does not serve right the Cebuanos or anyone researching for anything Cebuano in this wikipedia. For example, clicking on the random article link always returns a French commune, not anything related to Cebuano or even the world. Its portals, the supposedly navigational point of entry to related topics, have almost empty content (red links). This is not what I expect of a local encyclopedia, I expect it to present local, international or whatever information of general interest rather than trivial articles on every French commune, which in my opinion is so remote and foreign that it may have little weight or nothing at all in serving the local community or even the expectations of someone who is or will use the cebuano wikipedia. Thus, I suggest that all French commune articles be removed in the cebuano wiki, maybe except for the largest communes.
Confusion on the usage of "famous" refering to people coming from San Fernando. We're not even aware that the aforementioned figures are famous. It's even much funnier to see the entire clan of Abad Santos here in this section and worst, even including Jamby Madrigal who basically grew up in Manila. Somebody rephrase this entry, please? Jeez! They're not even known by our folks here in Pampanga.
Another important thing. Just when did we hear local actress, Judy Ann Santos, coming from our city? She was born in Manila and never raised in San Fernando at all so why should we claim that she hails from our city? Well, ok. Her mom (Mrs. Lumagui) came from Angeles City and Porac, Pampanga but it just appears silly and highly insignificant to place her in this entry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.132.173.219 ( talk) 15:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC).
What a silly old person you are, Ivan. To include anyone like Judy Ann or Jamby Madrigal is irrelevant! You keep on saying they have a grandparent from San Fernando, thus easily placing them in the list. So you mean to say that since Jamby's Madrigal clan came from Bicol area, she'll be regarded a Bicolana at once? You're tickling our funny bones here, Ivan. I am a Kapampangan myself but I don't agree with you to include anyone not even born nor raised in your city.
To Ivan Henares, please don't mess up the article on San Fernando. I know that you work for the local government but make it as reliable and credible as possible. Some facts you may insert or change need to have a back-up link to support your statements. Otherwise, it's considered vandalism. Thanks, Cabalen! :) 69.132.173.219 Fernandino —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.132.173.219 ( talk) 15:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC).
So is that basically the reason why you included the Dayrit clans in this so-called "notable Fernandinos?" Am I smelling any partiality here? Likewise, don't go telling me as to when "Abad Santos Day" is cause I was raised in Dolores, San Fernando so I should know. What I don't get is that most of the people in the said list are not even popular at all, with the exeption of Jose Abad Santos, I may have to say.
You have "better and productive" things to do in our country? Whew! That somehow relieves me, Ivan. Then prove it, by not putting "showbiz" personalities in your "FAMOUS FERNANDINOS" list...showbiz figures who don't even come from our city in San Fernando, though you claim they do. I ain't acting like a Fil-Am brat, Cabalen. I'm only practicing my right to voice out my opinion, just as anyone of any nationality.
Just so you know, I don't see anything wrong with the idea of placing showbiz folks in the list of "notable people" as long as they contributed to the society and have made big names in foreign countries... something the Philippines can be truly proud of. Salamat dacal queca, Kong Ivan.
In Flag of Bohol fashion, I have an idea on how to (partially) resolve problems over the PhilippinesGov template. Unfortunately, I cannot do this, but if someone is willing to vectorize the provincial, city and Presidential seals (recreate even), then I think we can partially get the license problems resolved. What do you think? -- Sky Harbor 19:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Will it sit well with everyone if we'd use Sabah instead of Malaysia whenever our Philippine maps would display that part of Malaysian territory? This is what is NAMRIA is doing. -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 08:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Should be Sabah. Berserkerz Crit 17:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I commented about this in the discussion pages of the towns of Nueva Ecija. All the maps of the cities and municipalities of Nueva Ecija have the same error. Tarlac should be labeled as Pampanga. Pangasinan should be labeled as Tarlac. And Benguet should be labeled as Pangasinan. The error is obvious since Benguet does not border Nueva Ecija. Ivanhenares 13:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Ever wonder why clicking on the "Log-in" link gives you a different message these days? Read this for more information (or rather, you must read it). And while you're at it, please, please consider strengthening your password now...consider replacing your password if it contains your name, your birthday, your ATM's PIN number, your address, or any related information about your family and friends =) --- Tito Pao 08:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Philippine Nebula has been nominated for deletion... it's not very related to the islands, but somewhat is... 132.205.44.134 22:36, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
Can we put a link to PhilWiki in the noticeboard? It's not a very active mailing list, but some things related to Philippine Wikipedias are coordinated there. (Well, hopefully.) -- Bentong Isles 11:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Inviting Native Tagalog Speakers, you can also contribute in the Tagalog Wikipedia. -- Mananaliksik 15:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Are the quick counts necessary to be shown here? Philippine general election, 2007 -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 09:51, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Rizalninoynapoleon added an announcement on the Tambayan's main page that says "Philippine Senator Richard Gordon has asked Tambayan prevent deletion of the media quick counts which must tackled immediately". Is this true? I tried looking this up at news websites but I was unable to find this. --- Tito Pao 06:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Mr. Lopez i have noticed the 2007 elections page of WIKIPEDIA of the regards to the quick counts, i am asking if you can tell your group known as the TAMBAYAN PHILIPPINES to tell its members to stop their proposals of deletion since it is against the Amending Modernization Act and against the right to information. I hope so action this as soon as possible. Sincerely yours: Sen. Richard Gordon
Tambayan i am asking you let the quick counts to stay for they are valuable information though partial and unofficial besides TEAM Unity deputy spokesperson Tonypet Albano is criticizing the media quick counts who knows if there will be electoral fraud this can be used as evidences, so think over -- Rizalninoynapoleon 15:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
(resetting indent) As if this wasn't enough: apparently, the COMELEC requested TV networks to stop conducting "unauthorized" quick counts. (This is just an initial report, but I'm sure a more definitive report will follow.) Nevertheless, this is what I and other editors have been saying all along: these unofficial (and "unauthorized") quick counts are unencyclopedic and do not deserve space on WP. If the COMELEC itself disputes these quick count's authority or validity, then so must we. In the meantime, I haven't received a reply from Sen. Gordon's email address, but as soon as I got a response, I'll let you know. --- Tito Pao
Just want to let everyone know about this...after all the brouhaha over this email that was supposedly sent by Sen. Richard Gordon, Rizalninoynapoleon has recognized that the email is a fake. However, the response he gave me was very vague...did someone inform him? did he receive another email? did he contact Sen. Gordon? (And, as other fellow Wikipedians might have put it, did he even make up this one?)
Regardless of whatever anyone wants to say about this, this latest development leaves some questions lingering in my mind:
Rizalninoynapoleon want me to "end" this issue "as soon as possible." Sorry, I can not just let this pass just like that. Sorry na lang ba? Because, after all, everyone is entitled to the truth. What you sow, you reap...now go and face the music --- Tito Pao 01:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
ADDITIONAL UPDATE. Senator Gordon's office has spoken. Please see this: http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/titopao/gordon.jpg (I've obscured some details to protect the privacy of my contact; however, Chris S., Ate P and Bolanon can confirm that I do have a GMail email address. Thanks --- Tito Pao 01:35, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Who: Wikipedia Contributors, Administrator(s), Readers
What: First Informal Meeting
Where: Kenny Rogers,
SM Megamall Building A,
Mandaluyong City,
Metro Manila
When: May 20, 2007 1:00 PM
How (to participate):
-- Exec8 09:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I hope this would push through this time. I am expecting 5 in attendance but if would go higher, the better. There are things to talk about and doing this at 1:00pm is good since some would go from Prayer Meetings and Masses while others have work to do the following day. I pose a challenge to you. The first one who shook my hand libre, my treat. -- Exec8 09:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey someone bring a camera and upload a pic or two for the rest of us. :P TheCoffee 23:31, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Sana maging matagumpay itong First Informal Meeting ng Filipino wikipedians. See you people! Kgargar 00:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
P.S.
for those who have no jobs yet (like me), there is a job fair at the megatrade hall 1. So bring your resume, para may kasama ako hehe.-- Lenticel ( talk) 07:53, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Since we have more than five Wikipedians who have indicated their interest in showing up tomorrow, I'd decided to make a round-up of the details for this meeting:
DETAILS
COMING
NOT COMING
AGENDA
I'll try to bring a print-out of the related posts/discussions related to these agenda. Please feel free to bring your own notes, as well as anything that you think can help us with our discussion.
(And per Lenticel, please feel free to bring your own resumes in case you want to come to the Inquirer Jobfair ;-)
If there's anything that I missed, or if you'd like to add your name to the list of people who will or will not attend, or if you want to add another possible agendum for the meet-up, please let me know...I'd like to include it in my notes.
Thanks and see you very, very soon! (",) --- Tito Pao 05:27, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
'guys hindi ko kayo nakita. Naiinis na kasi yung nanay ko so kelangan kong maagang umalis. I stayed in Kenny Rogers until about 1:30 but I did not see any Wikipedian :(. Anyways, the jobfair was OK. I hope you had a great time. — Lenticel ( talk) 07:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I would like to thank seav, Berserkerz Crit, Jojit_fb, Jondel, Tito Pao from attending the kenny rogers meeting and to Scorpion prinz and Sky Harbor from catching up in the starbucks meeting. The meeting was lengthy but its meaty. We are actually seated near the entrance of kenny rogers in Ground Floor, Mega Building A from 1 to 3pm and inside starbucks at around 3pm onwards. As expected we wore our designated shirt colors. There was a wikipedia logo in our dining table. -- Exec8 12:20, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Isang matagumpay na pagbati sa lahat ng dumalo sa isang Makasaysayang Katuparan kahapon! Isa ito sa una at marami pang hakbang tungo sa inyong mabuti at malinis na adhikain para sa mga Pilipino sa buong mundo. Mabuhay Kayo! Fddfred talk 04:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Please accept my apology for not making it there. I look forward to hearing the minutes. Kgargar 03:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Sad that I just saw this! :-( Wish I'd known. Unfortunately, though, I'm based in La Union so I wouldn't have been able to go anyway. It would have been great to meet you guys. Alternativity 04:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that the Inquirer ran a brief news report about this on their website. Just so that you may know, I have made a protection request for this article. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 06:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Anyone has a copy of the dataset used to produce the articles on Philippine legislative districts? -- Bentong Isles 11:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
COMELEC has just proclaimed that Fr. Eddie Panlilio (YEHEY! To end jueteng in Pampanga) as the new Governor of Pampanga. Howard, Scorpion and Others today is a day to end corruption and poverty and i ask that Among Ed should have a page he deserves it. Don't you second the motion rizalninoy 23:42, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
The Tagalog Wikinews proposal has been refiled since the old proposal was closed in a "supposed" reform of the system. You may support the new proposal here. By the way, I need more contributors! -- Sky Harbor 01:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
The initial by-laws of Wikimedia Philippines are now available! You can view them here. Be sure to add on stuff and comment! -- Sky Harbor 02:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Sky Harbor, I saw your invitation at the Tambayan de los Chavacanos at the Chavacano Wikipedia. The Wikimedia Philippines page is great. I have translated the page to Wikimedia de las Filipinas. Great job! Hope this will push thru. Have you registered the foundation yet? -- Weekeejames 14:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I couldn't help it. Texas was supposed to be the New Philippines. I know there are more appropriate places to mention this.-- Jondel 06:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Very intersting. There are still other priorities as of now like translation of Bomburza. Then I 'll see if I can work on an article.-- Jondel 06:03, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Now that we agreed to setup the organization, Where do we go from here? Let's discuss. You can also visit the Pinoy Wikimedia Talk. -- Exec8 10:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I just bought a new book called Rulemakers made by the PCIJ it contains a list of political clans who were legislators from 1898 - 2007. I need help in making my article by making tables. Please help Rizalninoynapoleon 04:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC) Rizalninoynapoleon
The Parokya article needs cleaning. Also, the sub-articles have a lack of information. I realize this is not a top priority, but it would be appreciated if someone knowledgeable about the band would contribute in some way. I unfortunately don't know enough to help myself. - KingpinE7 21:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Just take a look at this article. I couldn't find the original, though, but it does read like it was another copy-paste operation like what he did to the Tessie Aquino-Oreta and the Prospero Pichay articles. If someone can help me pinpoint the original article, I"d really appreciate it. Thanks! --- Tito Pao 07:39, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Sigh... Kinausap ko na siya sa talk page nya. Matigas talaga ulo-- Lenticel ( talk) 07:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
In order to get Wikimedia Philippines moving forward, we need to get two things done:
Please do participate in the processes! To vote on whether to support or oppose the Articles of Incorporation, go here. -- Sky Harbor 02:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
At a glance, the article looks like it was lifted from the official website. patingin naman oh. I know the we have some copyright problems with GMA stars lately.-- Lenticel ( talk) 07:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
The title of the President of the Philippines should be left blank as most Filipinos do no recognize the present presidency to be the legitimate one.
I can't find a specific reference, but isn't it improper to add "Metro Manila" to city names, e.g.
Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Well not really improper, but a bit syntactically awkward?? I believe adding Metro Manila is only required for Municipalities (San Juan, Navotas, and Pateros) but city addresses can be written as
Marikina City, Philippines
I remember having this discussion with my teacher when we had to make the transition from using "Marikina, Metro Manila" to "Marikina City, Philippines." If this is the case then some articles need to be fixed ( List of shopping malls in the Philippines, for one).— Sandtiger 20:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I've addressed mail to my great-uncle in Pasay as:
blah blah ST. Pasay City 1300 METRO MANILA PHILIPPINES
-- Chris S. 03:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Quezon Avenue MRT Station is being threatened with AFD because there are no references for it (meaning that it is not notable). I highly doubt there is any literature on MRT stations for one thing. What should I do? -- Sky Harbor 06:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
All the information of Wikipedia is supposed to be based on reliable sources, so if there's no literature at all on MRT stations then that's a problem. I notice on the talk page you say the article is written based on actual experience of riding the system. That would make it a perfect example of Wikipedia:original research. TheCoffee 08:15, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Update: The AfD Debate was closed. The result of the debate was a keep. Thanks. --- Tito Pao 22:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Jessie Castillo has just shown up on AfD. The nominator seems to believe that the mayor is not notable. Unfortunately, there are few sources. Would it be possible for someone to add a few reliable sources to this? I'm not in the Philippines and can't find much online, but I strongly suspect that a mayor of a city of 300,000 people is highly notable. The AFD is here. -- Charlene 10:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Update The AfD debate has closed. The result was no consensus; hence, it may be nominated again in the future (if ever). Thanks. --- Tito Pao 22:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Template:Philippine quasi-legislatures I nominated this template for {{ TFD}}, apparently there's only 1 item in it. Other editors would rather have "experts" share their opinion before acting on it. -- Scorpion prinz ( Talk | contribs) 21:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Ok don't get me wrong, I'm just really curious about these two "icons" but I can't find good sources for them. Googling would only bring up Filipinos saying Panahon pa yan ni Kopong-kopong or 19Kopong-kopong pa yan.
There is a theory (from an internet forum) that Mahoma is the Spanish term for the prophet Mohammed. Since the Philippines have a Muslim background prior to the Spanish colonization, it might be concluded that the Spaniards use the term the "time of Mahoma" to characterize our "primitive" lifestyle and the term stuck. Sadly I don't have hard sources.
I have no idea who or what kopong-kopong is (alter ego of lapu-lapu?).
Anthropology and culture-inclined people, care for a challenge and research them?-- Lenticel ( talk) 02:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I know this may seem a bit odd to ask here, but who here is willing to donate anything to our chapter-in-formation ( Wikimedia Philippines)? Donations will be accepted in cash or in kind. I'm ready to donate a mobile phone so the org can have a permanent telephone number (until we get a landline of course). -- Sky Harbor 14:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Most of the inhabitants of the Philippines learned that Pangasinan province is in Ilocos region. They also learned that inhabitants of the Ilocos region are Ilocanos. According to this education (propaganda), the inhabitants of Pangasinan province are Ilocanos. This appear in elementary textbooks approved by Department of Education, which is an arm of the Philippine government.
The inhabitants of Pangasinan province right now are mostly Pangasinans and Ilocanos. The forefathers of Ilocanos were migrants from Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur in the 19th century due to drought experienced in those areas. Before this period, the Ilocanos were not inhabitants of Pangasinan province. For humanitarian reasons, the Pangasinans accepted them and did not drive them away. The term Pangasinan refers to the location and to the people, who are original inhabitants of the location.
The Philippine government decided to include Pangasinan province into the Ilocos region. By doing this, the Philippine government ignores a separate ethno-linguistic group in the Philippines. Until this is not corrected, it is difficult for a Pangasinan to become a Filipino, because the concept of "Filipino" ignores his being Pangasinan. What could the government do? It could continue to ignore the Pangasinan people. Or it correct the name of the region it belongs to, such that its name becomes "Northwestern Luzon Region". Or it removes Pangasinan province from the region it presently belongs to.
I have studied for a long time outside the Philippines. I could not be proud to be a Filipino, because being Filipino rejects the Pangasinan in me. How can anyone be proud to an oppressive concept? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.41.222.3 ( talk • contribs)
It has been nearly a year since we had a new Philippine-related Featured Article. How about getting Flag of the Philippines up to FA-status? There are already 9 other featured flag articles to follow the lead of-- most recently, Flag of Portugal and Flag of Armenia. In fact, the Armenia article got featured even with just 16KB of content and only 15 sources. The text of RA 8491 alone is enough to give us a lot of content on our flag. So, anyone care to join me? No need for structured outlines and division of labor, I think... just successive improvements that should bring us progressively closer to perfection. :D TheCoffee 06:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
(Ipinababatid sa lahat ng gumagamit ng Wikipedia, na ang Tagalog Wikipedia ay umabot na sa mahigit 6,000 mga pahina.)
The Tagalog Wikipedia already reach more than 6,000 pages. -- Mananaliksik 13:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys. I made a wiki a few days ago on Melba Padilla Maggay, the anthropologist, author, and President and Founder of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC). I did not immediately cite sources, and frankly there aren't that many websites mentioning her which aren't directly connected to ISACC, and she's not very well known outside of Evangelical protestant circles. In the Evangelical community, however, Dr Maggay is rather well known, since her books are widely published by OMF Lit.
Well, someone questioned the notability of the article. I've since attempted to beef it up, but I've no idea if what I've done is sufficient. I would appreciate it if you could look at it and give me feedback? Thanks. Alternativity 14:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Just a heads up for the rest of the Tambayan...our fellow editor Kguirnela's user page and talk page are being subject to a repeated vandalisms from a single user/many users who's now using different IP addresses (probably hopping from one Internet cafe to another) to vandalize his user page (about five or six, as of my last count). This stemmed from an argument about a link that was repeatedly removed from the Bacolod City article, for which the original anon IP account was warned and eventually banned for 24 hours. Malas lang ng vandal because I've bookmarked Kurt's user page (as with many others), and Kurt's user page always comes up each time I refresh my watchlist. However, I may not always be around, as I may be away from home, out of the office or commuting. So may I ask everyone else to please lend him a hand in case this very resourceful anon comes back again; feel free to re-revert any vandalisms on his user page. Thanks. --- Tito Pao 07:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Voting on the WMPH Articles of Incorporation has been extended until June 14. Unfortunately, no one (and I mean no one) voted in the original time period. Please do participate so I can forward the document to the Chapters committee. You may vote here. -- Sky Harbor 02:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
For those interested...there is a current campaign for all the Wikignomes out there (you know who you are ;-) If you are interested, just visit the page, and then sign up as one of the volunteers (I signed up myself, btw). Thanks! --- Tito Pao 05:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I guess this is the place to ask what the description ("Bahay kubo ng mga T'boli") means that is added to this image on tl.wikipedia. I have uploaded the image to commons by the way ( see here). I know that Bahay kubo means Nipa hut and T'boli are a people on Mindanao. Magalhães 13:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Don't forget to remove the apostrophe. It should just be Tboli. -- Chris S. 03:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)