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Hi Nytoussaint! Thanks for your edit on the Compas music page. It is a good thing that you are keeping a positive eye on it, however, I think you should reverse the "konpa to Compas music" for the reason that Compas direct has a clear meaning (direct measure in Spanish) in conformity with Nemours Jean Baptiste who popularized it. The name has a history. I hope you will think about it for the sake of accuracy. Thank you.

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Mass page moves in Haitian Creole naming conventions

Hi Nytoussaint, I have noticed your many moves into Haitian Creole titles and referred to the formers as “misspellings”, though have you forgotten that French still exists? The recent “official spelling” does not supersede what is most the common spellings by English sources and thus on the English Wikipedia. That would make your work original research by completely ignoring the sources cited. These moves are controversial and should at least be discussed first. Please see tips to keep in mind on WikiProject Haiti. With that being said I applaud your enthusiasm. Bests, Savvyjack23 (talk) 09:33, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Savyjack23, I am unsure which edits you specifically are referring to but I do know that French exists. Yet when talking about Haiti is important, from a local and diasporic perspective, that things are in the indigenous tongue. The continued use of French is linguistic neo-colonialism. As a supporter of the Haitian Creole Institute of PAP, the spelling errors were made to align with the official grammar rules. If you feel French should be presented in a place it is not I suggest that French always come after the Creole to avoid continued anti-Blackness and stigmatization of Creole languages. Best, Nytoussaint (talk) 04:08, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Savyjack23, I am unsure which edits you specifically are referring to but I do know that French exists. Yet when talking about Haiti it is important, from a local and diasporic perspective, that things are in the indigenous tongue. The continued use of French is linguistic neo-colonialism. As a supporter of the Haitian Creole Institute of PAP, the spelling errors were made to align with the official grammar rules of Creole and to place the language first especially when talking about Vodou . If you feel French should be presented in a place it is not I suggest that French always come after the Creole to avoid continued anti-Blackness and stigmatization of Creole languages. A reminder the letter C doesn’t even exist in creole so presenting Vodou words with the letter C is not okay. Best, Nytoussaint (talk) 15:54, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Unsourced entries and unexplained content removal

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Concern regarding Draft:Jean & Alex

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Your draft article, Draft:Jean & Alex

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Jean & Alex moved to draftspace

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A note about spelling

Even though the Haitian Creole spelling may be Gede, if the English spelling is Guede, that's what we use on the English Wikipedia. —C.Fred (talk) 14:04, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

This doesn’t seem to make sense. We are talking about proper nouns, names of people. Additionally the spelling used here isn’t necessarily always English, it is French and an English affirmation of French as more formal. As a linguist, I highly disagree that the proper spelling shouldn’t be used first and then French/English variations in parentheses if necessary. Nytoussaint (talk) 14:14, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Which spelling is the more common in English, though? See WP:COMMONNAME. —C.Fred (talk) 14:15, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Digging deeper, it would help if you could point me toward some online articles, for quicker verification, of what the current preferred scholarly spelling is. I'm looking at the lwa article and the notes about spelling there and thinking that Guede/Gede might be in the same situation.

WP:Verifiability is a core policy of Wikipedia. If I can verify the changes you are trying to make via independent reliable sources, then I will be glad to assist in making the changes. —C.Fred (talk) 14:21, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

What are you looking for? You can check the Haitian Creole- English dictionary, Mama Lola Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn, anything in Creole. Additionally the word Geude and loa are not English or French words and do not have equivalents- they must be defined not directly translated. The spellings that are deemed English or French are truly just guesses as Creole wasn’t written down. But these guesses don’t make sense to kreyol grammar rules set by the academy. Nytoussaint (talk) 15:34, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

This doesn’t seem right, it’s like changing the name Luis to Lewis to give it English spelling but more over this word Geude is not an English word. It’s a guess of how to spell a previously oral language. Nytoussaint (talk) 17:40, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Jean & Alex

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:25, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

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