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The File:Original South Park flag.png Confederate flag is a matter of pride and heritage, not hatred.

In the early years of the study there were more than 200 speakers of the dialect, including one parrot. (from the WP article Nancy Dorian)

Mikebrown is unusually eccentric and not very bright. [...] Astronomers have not noticed any outbursts by Mikebrown. (from the WP article 11714 Mikebrown)

Keep Redskins White!

"homosapiens are people, too!!"

Spaghetti Weevil (and also) a sprig of spaghetti

"I've always had a horror of husbands-in-law."

awkwardnessful

anti–zombie-fungus fungus

"Only an evil person would eat baby soup."

How do u say ."Angel from the snow"thanks. Michaburt (talk) 16:24, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You mean a snow angel? — kwami (talk) 02:21, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Kwamikagami, thanks for your attention to this dispute. Unfortunately some users are trying to achieve ambitious ethnocentric aims and not historically-verified and documented facts are seeking especially in case of so-called the Greater Kurdistan territory. Our goal in free encyclopedia is to promote realistic and not ethnocentric knowledge. I provided some valid citations and sources to discuss but they were moved several times by the user Gomada.

Another falsifying and WP:POVPUSH objective evidence is in cases of Feyli people page [1] and their language [2] which was converted to Feyli Kurds and Southern Kurdish language by this users Oblivious to hot discussions and dispute over their Lurish or Kurdish identity. I hope we find a solution for this dispute. I proposed a move requset to convert these pages to their original names Feyli People and Feyli language and not Feyli Lurs to discuss this pages more honestly. You can see many opposition views over these pages in their talk section.

Best regards.--Shadegan (talk) 17:58, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I moved to "Feyli people" pending resolution of the dispute, but "Southern Kurdish" is the COMMONNAME in the lit so that stays. Whether the people are Kurds is irrelevant to whether the language is Kurdish. — kwami (talk) 02:45, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dear admin, hello and thank you for your attention. But due to inserting two empty brackets, the edit has been undid by another administrator. Please have another looking to this page. Best Regards--Shadegan (talk) 12:50, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Kwamikagami:' Unfortunately your warnings and edits has resulted in widespread ethnocentric and ambitious edits by some vandal users. I waited for your judge about the dispute pages but they were completely reverted and deviated by ethnocentric edits. Please pay attention to these pages. Best--Shadegan (talk) 21:03, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kwami. Firstly, all the best for the new year. I see that the article !Kung language mentions South Africa in the infobox (added by you long after the other three countries) and also in the text, but not in the intro. What I actually want clarity on is whether these later additions on the !Kung in South Africa refer to indegenous South African San or whether these are the San from Angola and Namibia who were withdrawn from those countries by the South African military for fear of reprisals for collaborating with the SA army against the MPLA and SWAPO. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 01:05, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The latter. "Northern Khoisan" wasn't originally spoken that far south. — kwami (talk) 02:38, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that Japanese Wikipedia has added some footnotes quoting the original Edo-era documents, so I've written stuff at Talk:Dai dai shogi#some of the alternate piece moves. Hopefully my translation and interpretation are not those of a blind idiot (although that would make a reasonable name for a shogi-variant piece). It is to confirm this that I write to you! ^_^

Regarding gameplay, though, I did give this and maka-dai-dai a try. The latter is more playable, but both are ridiculous IMHO. The Chess Variant Pages has also finally added articles about the shogi variants, but even they do not cover tai shogi, and their article on taikyoku shogi is only directly quoted from that Japanese book published about it. (I assume tai stopped being impressive when taikyoku was invented. Neither is the largest chess variant anymore, given the existence of 16×16×16 chess since 1996.) Double sharp (talk) 16:37, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I sometimes use Betza's notation for piece movements. The link gives an explanation. Double sharp (talk) 16:43, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bugi language (Papuan) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bugi language (Papuan) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. -- Tavix ^(talk) 19:56, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@Kwamikagami, Hello, I understand you are from Japan and not a native of India. I want to know the reasons for which you have deleted the authentic Kannada language native speakers map added by me. No less valid reason is acceptable and can hide the facts for long. Truth alone shall always triumph no matter how hard the efforts made to hide it are! Satyameva Jayate. Love from Karnataka and India. Cheers NitinBhargava2016 (talk) 14:47, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kwamikagami, I'm against your removing of my articles of Kannada language native speakers map and their total population. As far as its rank among world language speakers is concerned, its not a problem to me. I am saying this as I am neutral to the topic and only in favour of the truth, not blindly relying on some university's flawed linguistic maps rather than observing the ground truths. I am going to accept only valid reasons for removing my maps. If you are not ready to put back my maps, then the current flawed version of Kannada native speakers map on wiki must also be immediately removed as its not based on ground realities[PS: Columbia university study reference is not a proof of ground reality]. I have visited and interacted with people in all these areas. Also, the Kannada population of 50 million is based on 2015 Government census estimates and not a mere 40 million of 2001! If you are not ready to update this population, then at least year 2001 - 40 million should be mentioned along with year 2015 - 50 million speakers, which has highly valid references. I'm ready for a healthy scholarly debate based on the ground realities. I invite you to India to visit these areas, know the lingua-franca of the true native speakers of these regions considering that hundreds of thousands have migrated to the border regions of Kannada native speakers as economic/social migrants in 19th and 20th centuries and it continues unabated till date! Cheers, NitinBhargava2016 (talk) 15:17, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sources. We go by reliable sources. For linguistic info, you need linguistic sources, not whatever you can cherry-pick off the internet to maximize the population. — kwami (talk) 01:37, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As for the "ground realities", @NitinBhargava2016: might find WP:OR useful. There must be reliable sources out there, right? Uanfala (talk) 01:48, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]