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== Greek d in classical words ==

Hi! Concerning [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Eudaimonia&diff=447883032&oldid=447502044 this] I would have thought that the ancient Greek "d" would be the correct one for a philosophical term like this. The Ancient Greek pronunciation also matches all of the international versions of the word, including all forms of English, apart from in modern Greek (and maybe Castilian)?--[[User:Andrew Lancaster|Andrew Lancaster]] ([[User talk:Andrew Lancaster|talk]]) 17:05, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

:I'm not following what you're asking. The 'd'? or one of the vowels? — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 17:10, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

::The d. Perhaps you were not the one that changed it I just realized. I saw you edit the IPA, and then noticed the d is given as a fricative.--[[User:Andrew Lancaster|Andrew Lancaster]] ([[User talk:Andrew Lancaster|talk]]) 19:29, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

:::Yeah, I'd only edited the English. That's how the Greek was added back in Nov. I fixed it up just now, per our conventions on the IPA link. — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 19:31, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

== West Lafayette ==

I don&rsquo;t want to get into an edit war, which is why I largely stopped editing WP a few years ago, so I will ask you if you have a good reason for reverting my edit on [[West Lafayette, Indiana]].  I know the IPA and I am a native of the town.  I know the pronunciation.  It really is a minor thing, but I would request that you not revert again, without at least providing a justification.<BR>
&mdash; [[User:Ford|Ford]] ([[User talk:Ford|talk]]) 00:13, 2 September 2011 (UTC)<BR>
In attempting to revert the change, I find myself unable to get the page to render the IPA correctly, so I have restored it to your version.  Perhaps that problem emerged from my original edit, which is what you were trying to undo, though generally I check the page preview to avoid that problem.  In any case, if you were fixing a problem with the IPA rendering and I caused it, I am sorry for the trouble.  But perhaps then you would be so kind as to remove the length marker (and the length markers in [[Lafayette, Indiana]] as well, which are also spurious).  I believe I have successfully edited the new IPA system in WP before, but I appear no longer to know how to do it.  Thanks.<BR>
&mdash; [[User:Ford|Ford]] ([[User talk:Ford|talk]]) 01:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

:If you want to use a local pronunciation that's distinct from generic English, you'll need to use something other than the normal English IPA template. {{tl|IPA-endia}} has been set up for English dialects. Though it isn't fully supported, it won't generate any errors. 

:The problem with the generic templates is that they connect the reader to a specific IPA-for-English key, which doesn't support the symbols you were using. Since the key is incompatible with your transcription, it's not really appropriate to use it, and therefore not appropriate to use the normal English IPA template. 

:/ɑː/ is defined in the key as the vowel of ''father''. If you pronounce the ''fa'' of Lafayette the same as you do the ''fa'' of father, it makes no practical difference to use the supported (and defined) symbol. Usually we don't bother with local pronunciations unless they aren't predictable, though it really doesn't matter. In this case, you only have to know that most US dialects don't have a length distinction to understand the conventional transcription. Most of our readers probably wouldn't know the difference: they click on the ɑː and see that it's pronounced as in 'father', so they pronounced Lafayette as in 'father', which is correct for their dialect, whatever it is. — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 01:40, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

== [[Template:IPAc-en editable]] ==

As an admin, you should know better than to cite [[Wikipedia:CSD#T3|policy]] ''while'' disobeying it — that template was never tagged, AFAIK, and certainly not for seven days.  I suggest you undo what you've done as soon as possible. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 15:11, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

:Uh, I deleted a redundant template with no apparent use, no documentation, and no discussion of what it was even supposed to be for, which simply pulled articles out of maintenance. Perhaps I should have marked it as "routine cleanup". Why don't you start with the purpose/use you should have provided in its documentation? — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 17:31, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

That's how most templates start.  If you wanted to see the difference, you should've diff'd them (or simply asked).  You should have marked it with a template as explained in [[Wikipedia:CSD#T3]] if that's truly what logic you were following.  Why don't you start with reverting your clear violation of policy.  It is not I who has violated Wikipedia policy (as an admin, no less), but you.  The burden at this point is not on me but you.  I really don't want this to escalate, it won't go well for anyone. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 18:33, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

:Mostly I just object to your attitude, which out if politeness I won't characterize further. Also, it wasn't the start of a template. If it were a test template I would've left it alone, but you were using it in articles that were therefore not maintainable from the original template, without any indication on that template that there was a fork out there. I only stumbled on it by accident. 
:The only diff is in the speaker icon. That's not reason to fork the template. If you want different options for the behaviour for the icon, you can discuss it on the talk page, or add it to the template after testing, just like anyone else.
:If you want the template back for testing that's fine (and nothing is preventing you from restoring it), but please don't use it in mainspace. — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 19:33, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

My attitude?  You're an admin who can't even follow policies you link to.  I ''will'' restore it, and you will look even more incompetent if you violate policy ''again''. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 20:35, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

:I've cleaned up your mess again, and tagged the template for deletion, since it served no purpose apart from disrupting WP, and you apparently aren't using it for anything else. However, I will delete it and salt it to prevent you from using it if you continue to put it in mainspace; I figure that's a better option that having you blocked for disruption. — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 06:30, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

It's interesting how you perceive your complete defiance of Wikipedia policy as me being a disruption.  It'll be more interesting still to see what others think of it once your actions attract attention. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 09:10, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

:Ah, the censoring of one's own talk page.  I'm sure that will keep everyone from noticing your abusive behavior. :p ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 09:34, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

::Yes, I'm sure it will. And I'm sure that self-righteousness will keep everyone from noticing that you're using WP mainspace like a sandbox. — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 09:45, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

:I'm not the one deleting templates that are still included in pages.  No one else minded my edits, bit odd for being so "disruptive", no? ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 09:52, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

::It's not being ''used'' on any page, only linked from talk pages. And there's no problem with red links on talk pages. — [[User:Kwamikagami|kwami]] ([[User talk:Kwamikagami|talk]]) 10:20, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

:"09:<strong>30</strong>, 2011 September 3 Kwamikagami (talk | contribs) deleted "Template:IPAc-en editable" — [[Template:IPAc-en editable]]
:"09:<strong>3<em style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: one;">2</em></strong>, 2011 September 3 Kwamikagami (talk | contribs) m (107,367 bytes) (Reverted edits by Reisio" — http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Benzodiazepine&action=history
:¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 10:26, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

==Deletion review for [[Template:IPAc-en editable]]==
An editor has asked for a [[Wikipedia:Deletion review#Template:IPAc-en editable|deletion review]] of [[Template:IPAc-en editable]]. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. <!-- This originally was from the template {{subst:DRVNote|PAGE_NAME}} ~~~~ --> [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 09:52, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

== Dinner for Three ==

Hi Kwami, Would you be able to look at the recent actions of {{User|Dinner for three}}? The user who only signed up a few days ago has gone on a disruptive mass editing spree in the past 2 days. I believe that the user is also using this {{IP|213.226.17.10}} in order to push a similar agenda but make it look like he is not the only doing so. Efforts made to at least have some discussion went unanswered and the editing continued. The similarity between the usernames is also unusual, to say the least. Thanks. [[User:Lunch for Two|Lunch for Two]] ([[User talk:Lunch for Two|talk]]) 11:54, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

==Semi-protection==

Hi, Kwamikagami! Would you please, semi-protect the page [[Todor Aleksandrov]]. There appears again that unregistred User with the same geolocation Aracinovo-Skopje as many others IP-s (sock of blocked {{User:MicoApostolov}}) that has regularly vandalized other articles of Macedono-Bulgarian history. Thank you. [[User:Jingiby|Jingby]] ([[User talk:Jingiby|talk]]) 13:21, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

==Albanian phonology==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language#Phonology
There is no q (/c/) and gj (/ɟ/) in English. Please check out the vowels before reverting edits. Thank you.--[[User:TheAmericanizator|TheAmericanizator]] ([[User talk:TheAmericanizator|talk]]) 15:13, 3 September 2011 (UTC)