User talk:Faya

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Talk to me! Sag mir! Ditez-vous a moi! Boku to hanashite kudasai! ¡Habla conmigo! Dic mihi!

Current discussion[edit]

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Evolution userbox[edit]

Can you tell me how to put your "supporter of the theory of evolution" box in my page? Free Your Mind! 22:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Translation[edit]

Hi faya, I dont know if there is another way i can contact you privately, its just i have about three or so sentences of irish that i need to translate is there any chance that you may be able to help me?

please let me know, thanks, anon

Anonymous — You're welcome to contact me here on my talk page. Just post your Irish sentences here and I'll see what I can do. Faya 15:27, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Translation from Latin[edit]

Do you think you can do a translation of the following text? We need this for Talk:Ancient Greek phonology#De recte grece loquando. We have already two translations who contradict each other. The question is what Glareanus told Erasmus about the native Greeks he met in Paris; did they pronounce beta as Beta or as Vita? We would appreaciate an expert opinion. Thank you. Andreas 01:44, 23 November 2005 (UTC) Ac Erasmus quidem quâ occasione ad scribendum de rectâ pronunciatione fuerit impulsus, paucis cognitum arbitror. Itaque visum hâc de adjicere, quod in schedâ quadam habeo, scriptâ olim manu Henrici Coracopetræi, viri egregiè docti, doctisque perfamiliaris. Ea ita habet: ‘Audivi M. Rutgerum Reschium, professorem Linguæ Græcæ in Collegio Buslidiano apud Lovanienses, meum piæ memoriæ præceptorem, narrantem, se habitâsse in Liliensi pædagogio unà cum Erasmo, plus minus biennio eo superius, se inferius cubiculum obtinente: Henricum autem Glareanum Parisiis Lovanium venisse, atque ab Erasmo in collegium vocatum fuisse ad prandium: quò cùm venisset, quid novi adferret interrogatum, dixisse (quod in itinere commentus erat, quòd sciret Erasmum plus satis rerum novarum studiosum, ac mirè credulum) quosdam in Græciâ natos Lutetiam venisse, viros ad miraculum doctos; qui longè aliam Græci sermonis pronunciationem usurparent, quàm quæ vulgò in hisce partibus recepta esset. Eos nempe sonare pro B vita, BETA: pro H ita, ETA: pro ai æ, AI: pro OI I, OI: & sic in cæteris. Quo audito, Erasmum paulò pòst conscripsisse Dialogum de rectâ Latini Græcique sermonis pronunciatione, ut videretur hujus rei ipse inventor, & obtulisse Petro Alostensi, typographo, imprimendum: qui cùm, fortè aliis occupatus, renueret; aut certè se tam citò excudere, quàm ipse volebat, non posse diceret; misisse libellum Basileam ad Frobenium, a quo mox impressus in lucem prodiit. Verùm Erasmum, cognitâ fraude, nunquam eâ pronunciandi ratione postea usum; nec amicis, quibuscum familiariter vivebat, ut eam observarent, præcepisse. In ejus rei fidem exhibuit M. Rutgerus ipsius Erasmi manuscriptam in gratiam Damiani à Goes Hispani pronunciationis formulam (cujus exemplar adhuc apud me est) in nullo diversam ab eâ, quâ passim docti & indocti in hac linguâ utuntur’. Henricus Coracopetræus Cuccensis. Neomagi. CI I LXIX. pridie Simonis & Iudæ.[reply]

We have now a good translation, so if you wish you could check it and see if you agree with it. Andreas 01:08, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent translation. Mine is similar. Faya 15:27, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed article: Gay and lesbian history[edit]

According to the Wikipedia:LGBT notice board there is currently no article titled Gay and lesbian history. At my school there is a 3-volume encyclopedia titled "Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America". I'm willing to start this article and use that encyclopedia as an initial source. I'll admit beforehand:

1) I'm 18 and don't have a lot of history behind me :þ

2) I'm not a history buff

But I do feel it's important to document LGBT history, especially since the page has apparently gone uncreated for several months. I can't promise a full-length article (that's where people more knowledgeable than me come in) but I'd like to at least get the ball rolling.

What do you think? Anybody want to help out and/or suggest topics for inclusion? Faya 00:15, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Always an interesting topic. I would not mind collaborating on this. How were you thinking of structuring it? Chronologically, geographically, by type . . .? We could extract much of the material from existing pages and leave short abstracts behind. Haiduc 13:48, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Random Comment[edit]

At the risk of sounding like a total stalker, I just wanted to leave a message saying you seem cool (cool enouygh for me to leave this message and risk sounding like a stalker). I found you because you have the userbox about the HRC, which was made at my request. Anyway, etc., say hello if you like... --Brian1979 23:48, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stirling number[edit]

I left this reply on the talk page there:

Actually, I don't want to discourage you; I think it would be great if you could figure out how to create table templates that improve the look and style; that way, they could be deployed on a number of articles. If you do do this, let the wikiproject math know; they might like it. Actually, you might also ask before you start, see what people think about it. linas 05:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox transclusion[edit]

Hi Faya! Would it be possible for the page User:Faya/Camera not to transclude (ie use as a template) the Sandbox? It is causing a minor bit of bother for us in #wikipedia-bootcamp when {{helpme}} is added to the Sandbox (your subpage gets added to the help category also). For example see User talk:Faya/Camera, where someone got a little confused.

All that is required is that the line {{Wikipedia:Sandbox}} be removed.

Cheers, Commander Keane 16:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

African Elephants[edit]

Hi, I see you are listed as a translator of es:Elefante africano into English (Wikipedia:Translation_into_English/Spanish#Recently_completed_translations) but looking at the English page I see it is much shorter than the Spanish page. Did the translation get completed, was it ever incorporated into the English page? (Had a brief look at the history page but couldn't see it having been added and removed). Thanks for your help :-). Later-edit: I just realised that it might have been much shorter when you translated it, is that the case? --AGoon 07:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please ignore - I was comparing the Spanish version with the english African_Elephant genus page instead of the African_Bush_Elephant species page. :-( --AGoon 05:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cherokee Scouting[edit]

Can you help render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Cherokee script? Thanks! Chris 07:22, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cherokee help[edit]

Would you mind adding a Cherokee description to the image File:Cherokee Central Schools.jpg? I added what I believe to be the Cherokee text seen in the sign, but I would also like a commons description matching the English text. Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 23:03, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]