User talk:Giangian15

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WikProject Malta[edit]

Hi, sadly, WP Malta is largely inactive, for now. If you would like to see the Maltese articles become better, I advise that you attempt improvement on your own. However, a post on the WP Malta talk page may just come to fruition, and I personally would be quite happy to help out with these Malta-related articles. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Archiving[edit]

For future reference, your archiving efforts like those at Talk:Maltese language were a bit improper. Marking some old discussions with the label asking editors not to modify the section is fine (maybe a little overzealous), but then you also did it for a one-day old discussion. That is way to quick to end a discussion. You also chose to create an archive and move just the recent conversations that you'd cordoned without moving all the older ones. I've added the older conversations as well. Regards. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]} 17:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can see that you're fairly new here. I can also see that English is not your native language, so I'll try to be clear. The reasoning for closing the discussion was that only one person was in opposition in a poll. Wikipedia is based on cooperation, discussion, and agreement and not by voting. The user in opposition wasn't given a chance to respond to the later rebuttals to their argument. It's one thing to edit an article with this kind of agreement, it's another thing to quickly archive the discussion without giving opposition a chance to respond. This sort of behavior is not "justified" and doesn't facilitate participation in talk page discussions.

I also don't see how you can argue that years-old discussions aren't concluded. After a certain period of time, it becomes apparent that a discussion has died. Archiving then becomes appropriate (though not necessary). If users would like to address an archived discussion, they may do so by creating a new section in the talk page.

The next time you have an edit conflict, you should be able to scroll down to the second edit box and copy your text. While it might be frustrating to lose your edits in the confusion around an edit conflict, it's most certainly not something that you can blame on other editors. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]} 17:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll just say a few things and then I'll be done because I don't see this discussion going anywhere good.

Firstly, I based my belief on your status as a non-native speaker of English on your grammar. You said things like "Every discussion that i archived were concluded" but perhaps native speakers can write like this.

Secondly, the policy of WP:BITE is for dealing with new users who may not know Wikipedia policies. If users demonstrate awareness of policies, then the period of "no biting" so to speak, is over (though the period of civility is never over). In other words, if you are able to cite WP:BITE, it doesn't apply to you.

Thirdly, you would do well to read WP:NOTDEMOCRACY, the first line of which reads that the "primary method of determining consensus is through editing and discussion, not voting." What you are referring to is the practice in AFD of shorthand. In such cases, an overwhelming majority, consensus is obvious, but in cases where it's close there is no consensus (see here and here for AFD discussions with no consensus).

Lastly, I suggest you not cordon off discussions anymore. If I catch you doing it again, I will undo it. Good day. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi]} 21:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help[edit]

Hello, you left a comment on my talk page saying i could help in the Maltese Wikipedia. Could you tell me if I am needed or not. I have a page on the Maltese Wikipedia.

88.203.18.52 (talk) 17:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

At Talk:Maltese language; your oppinion would be welcomed :) MagdelenaDiArco (talk) 18:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re Lawrence Gonzi's article.[edit]

Hi Giangian15 ,

Xtaqt nigbidlek l-attenzjoni li mhux jien kont li zidt il-hmerijiet li nkitbu. Anzi kont jien illi hassartom ftit sieghat wara li timesofmalta.com gabet l-artiklu .

dwar il-profil ikkupjat mid-DOI , jekk ittini l-email tieghek fejn inkun nista' naghmel kuntatt mieghek privatament , nispjegalek sewwa. Nahseb ikun aktar korrett jekk il-profil fuq dan is-sit ikun jixbah lil tad-DOI bhala kontenut. Jekk ittini l-email tieghek .. inkun nista nispjegalek.

Nistenna minn ghandek ...

Jurgen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jurgencassar (talk • contribs) 18:51, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the names of the Maltese village articles[edit]

There is currently an ongoing debate about whether the articles on Maltese villages should be given their English names. Kyarichy has already gone and renamed a bunch of articles such as as Kalkara citing these changes from an old obsolete paper and http://www.geody.com, even though these names are no longer in use.

The naming convensions clearly state that foreign location names commonly used in English should be used as the article names.

It would be appreciated if you could assist us in this discussion. ~ ► Wykebjs ◄ (userpage | talk) 10:58, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quinqueliteral (5-letter) roots in Maltese[edit]

Hi Giangian15! Could you maybe help me out: I would like to know if the Maltese language exhibits any roots with five or more consonants – also if they only exist only in slang. If it does, are these roots inflected as verbs, as nouns, as adjectives etc.? Are these inflections problematic? How does the National Council for the Maltese Language address these roots? How do speakers of Maltese regard these roots? Any information (and many examples!) would be greatly appreciated! Please write me here on my talk page. Thanks very much, Dan ☺ 13:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rabat[edit]

Hi, thanks for your work on disambiguating Rabat. I need to point out, though, that the page should have been placed at Rabat (disambiguation) instead of Rabat as the capital of Morocco is the clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. I've done the move, so there's nothing for you to worry about - I just wanted to point out the policy. Cheers! --JaGa^talk 10:22, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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