User talk:Jnothman/Mar-Oct 2005

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Bible quotes

First, welcome to Wikipedia! Regarding your question: you could link to Wikisource:Religious texts, but I prefer the brillant Online Parallel Bible, which allows one to look at Bible translations on a verse-by-verse level, comparatively. (See also Category:Bible verses). Neutrality^talk 04:28, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

Meforshim

Hi, please see discussion at Talk:Meforshim, thanks. IZAK 07:36, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Proposed Judaism template

Hi Jnothman, please see and provide your input on the talk page of the proposed Template:Judaism. Thank you. IZAK 07:40, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel

Hello Jnothman: Please contact User:Humus sapiens who wishes to start a Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel See his request below. Thanks IZAK 07:03, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IZAK (and everyone else here :), Do you think it's time to create Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel similar to Wikipedia:Wikiportal/India, Wikipedia:Wikiportal/New Zealand and other Category:Wikiportals? I'm writing this here because it was you who made those wonderful templates and we don't have a portal yet where we could communicate. What do you think? ←Humus sapiens←Talk 05:26, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Humus, it's only me here, but I will pass your message on to "everyone". Yes, your suggestion is excellent, it is certainly time for what you describe, but I have no experience with Wikipedia portals, and if you know how, go ahead and start an Israel portal and I am sure editors of Israel-related articles will support you and join in the effort/s. Behatzlachah. IZAK 05:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bible version

Hi. I really like the bibleverse template. A very nice tool, and thank you for using it. But I wonder, is it necessary to specify the version? Preferences can be set by the user, if you don't. I haven't followed any of the discussion on this issue, so I might be behind about something. Mkmcconn (Talk) 12:22, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Having not really worked with Talk pages much, I hope this is the right place to reply! I have pondered this myself... It ISN'T necessary to specify the version, and the default will be shown (KJV I think?). From my view, the reason for the various versions was partially because in Jewish-related documents, it is of particular interest to be able to open a source in Hebrew or, better, parallel Hebrew-English. It may nonetheless be useful elsewhere.
I'm not sure what you mean by a user preference. Maybe, yes, a preferable solution would be to open a page with a list of applicable sources for choice (annoying because I then have to keep a register of which sources are OT only, NT only, include or don't include Apocrypha, Pseudepigraphia, etc, but surely possible; also because the current list of sources is fairly unwieldly and would need to be sorted and categorised for end-user use), but I don't really want people to require the middle page. An extension of this could have a cookies-based preference for source (with the limitations of my hosting the script, I cannot have more than client-side prefs).
A further extension, although one likely to annoy many users, could include a frame at the top of the opened page giving alternative versions, but of course some of the current version options have this for a limited selection already. It would certainly be frustrating if the user was presented with a list and was not able to set a preference for default: some articles include many citations, and it would be annoying to have to select the source for each one opened. Certainly an original purpose of the script was to speed the process of finding the cited verse (and to interpret the citation).
But I think this discussion is best continued in Template talk:Bibleverse. If you are okay with that, please copy this discussion there. --jnothman 12:45, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

People use their Talk pages in different ways; but, I prefer to maintain a thread of conversation. So, I add your page to my watchlist, to see if you reply. Sometimes it might be a good idea to leave a see my talk note, on the user's page, so that you get that splashy "you have messages" notice. Mkmcconn (Talk) \

As for my question, I would think that for those Bible sites that use cookies for client-side preferences, the script might allow that cookie to be used rather than force the selection of a default version. Most Bible sites already have a drop-list for selecting versions, if the cookie-default isn't the one you want, after all. I'll continue with you over on that page's talk (which I am watching), if this requires in-depth deliberation and a wider audience. Mkmcconn (Talk) 13:15, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

WP:RM

I have made some format changes to your entry on WP:RM. Please read the guidelines on WP:RM

to make sure that all the steps needed for a requested move have been completed. Philip Baird Shearer 18:05, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rv blanking on My Messenger

You've reverted blanking on the above article twice now... Notably, a vote of deletion has been placed on the article by its author and only editor who had blanked it. I am a relative newbie, so please explain if there is a reason that it should be unblanked, and not just speedy-deleted...? --jnothman ^talk 08:44, 1 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite right. I think I thought there had been more than one contributor but there obviously hasn't. I'm restoring the speedy tag. Flowerparty ^talk 12:49, 1 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

עברית

אתה מדבר עברית? אתה מישראל? ע 14:52, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hebrew Alphabet

Hi! I was looking at the different articles on the different Hebrew letters, and realized that it would be really great if they followed the same format. I jotted down my idea and tried it out with Aleph and Bet here. Check it out and tell me if you think I should start working on the rest of the alphabet. Your comments will be appreciated! Sputnikcccp 13:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I read your comments and agree totally. I'm not a programmer, so the infobox is a bit beyond my limited (read: nonexistant) computer skills. That's a job for a mensch who wants to help out in this project. I agree that there should a letter variant section, and I'll add that to the template with the changes to Bet and Gimmel per your suggestions. Thanx for the input! Sputnikcccp 00:23, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- First of all, Shanah Tovah! Hope you had good holidays and an easy fast. Finally, I can stop missing school. Anyway, the pictures on the Hebrew Wikipedia (like [[1]]) are perfect - they have torah script, rashi script, cursive, everything. But, can we take them from there (Hebrew Wiki) or do they have to be uploaded to commons? And, I do like the basic infobox, and I don't think the other infobox that you suggested is neccesary. After all, that's basically what's in the article, in a box. And as for the chupchiks, I think that's it; I'm not sure about the dalet - I don't know what sound it makes - and the /θ/ sound I've usually seen is a Tav with a chupchik, not a Tet, but again, im not sure. I'll ask my cousin this Shabbat (she's Israeli). But everything looks good, and I really need to go to sleep because I'm exhausted from the fast and I have school tomorrow, so I'm signing off now... Sputnikcccp 02:16, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- - I saw the infobox you added - that's great! Never mind what I said before; I was worried that it would be too much information, but it's great. Nice job! Todah rabah. Sputnikcccp 18:00, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Plenty more missing university yet for me... Sukkot in the last two weeks of term. Oy! Anyway, my fast was well so small-talk done. You're welcome, I enjoyed making my first infobox =P You might be right with the tav thing; it would be more sensible, but something has scarred me since my childhood in a way that I always get these confused in terms of their use as "th". The sound of that IPA character for dalet-chupchik is "th" as in "the" (as opposed to "th" in "thought"). --jnothman ^talk 14:28, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

So I was wondering; when do you think that I should replace the letter pages? Should I wait till I've done all the alphabet on my userpage, and then replace them all, or do it letter by letter as I do them? Just a thought... Sputnikcccp 12:23, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think if you're no longer trialling the idea then you should do it ASAP. I've got them all on watchlist, so I'll hopefully come behind you and clean up. The advantage to doing it on your homepage is that you can tell if they're all being done similarly. --jnothman ^talk

Thanx for the corrections! I was very tired, and the problem was i was now writing it all on my own, as opposed to rewriting the information from the page, as i did with Bet. I do know the difference 'tween shuruk and holam male; i had just put the pronunciation under the wrong heading. And you're right, it isn't a dagesh, but it's not a mapiq either, so i'm not sure what to call it other than 'dot'. Ok, now i get what you mean in 3 but am not sure what you mean exactly to put it. The same with 6 and 7; I don't know how I could explain thiose withoout getting into grammer, which is not what i want to do. And as for 8, does that mean in Arabic, say, vav is just vav, not v, oo, and oh? And that mater lectiones bit... im not sure what that is either... I got to go, but thanx for the correction. Sputnikcccp 11:57, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A response like that is better on the article talk page, so I've copied it there.

Thanx for that; I never actually learnt to how edit/format text, and so it's all been mainly trial and error/ looking at how other people do it. Anyway, I've semi-corrected Vav per your comments; any other corrections? I think I'm going to start replacing the letter pages soon, if I have time. Sputnikcccp 03:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've already joined. At least, my name is on the list of participants, I think. But you're right, it has been inactive. Anyway, I'm working on replacing the letter pages. Thanks! Sputnikcccp 02:13, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to be better at this pronunciation thing than me; I was wondering if you could help me with the pronunciation sections, since you will probably correct it anyway. I'm working on Heth now, and I'm not sure about pronunciation. What is the difference between Heth and Kaph in terms of IPA or whatever? How else is Heth pronounced? I've been looking through the IPA articles but they're very hard to understand if you're not a phonologist. Thanks a lot!! Sputnikcccp 14:57, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to be a very good point; I'll ge tright on it. The only reason I had put it in, in the first place, was because there was sometimes something in the original article itself about that. Thanks for all your help so far! Sputnikcccp 02:39, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What Wikipedia is not...

Hello Joel: Please see User talk:FDuffy#What Wikipedia is not... for observation and input. Thank you. IZAK 04:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]