User talk:Decumanus

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OK

I've have changed the redirect to a sockpuppet tag. Borderer or whatshisface certainly seems to be an odd individual. - Ta bu shi da yu 04:25, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

That's cool. Not a problem. - Ta bu shi da yu 05:00, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know about Borderer's ban, and that it was an alias for someone else I had never heard of. That was thoughtful of you, and I appreciate it. Wesley 04:27, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You might want ot check out the naming debate that has arisen again there. Rmhermen 00:58, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)

New York

I see you are adding a lot to History of New York City, which is great. Judging by the nature of what you are adding, you probably have some citable sources. Could you possibly start a "References" section on that page? -- Jmabel | Talk 05:59, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)

lenape

You're of course right; it's Herb Kraft, not Bob. Brainless typing.

My source is Ray Whritenour, the authority on the Munsee language. I have notes of our conversation somewhere, although I think for Wiki purposes we can find a middle ground. Whritenour says that 'Lenapehoking' is a constructed, although perfectly grammatical inflected term, whereas 'Scheyischbi' is historical. I can see that 'Lenapehoking' might have been a word that gained currency sometime in the mid-1700s -- like 'Unalachtigo.' Auto movil 04:16, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Whritenour and David Zeisberger wrote The Delaware-English Lexicon, which is as far as I understand the standard text on the Lenape language. But it's true that one runs into blind alleys and confusing dilemmas with Lenape. Whritenour gave me a pronunciation of manhattan that's nearly identical to the way the word is pronounced today, while another credible source insisted it was pronounced, 'mannathan.' It's possible to be quite wrong with Lenape, even with the best intentions. Auto movil 05:08, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Saugatuck

Would you mind if I referred to or copied some of the text from your Saugatuck River article to add to the Westport, Connecticut article?--Nkrosse 00:30, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks--Nkrosse 16:45, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)

Hey

Whats this about? Cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 16:32, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

See my reply. Cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 18:16, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've found this, suggesting there is such a (apparently ridiculous looking) creature. (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 20:10, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I guess the question I'd want to know is, should it be a redirect to something like Botswana Antelope , or a redirect to Antelope population of Botwsana ? -- Decumanus 21:47, 2005 Apr 2 (UTC)

Well, it probably shouldn't redirect anywhere until theres an article. I'm willing to help write an article on Botswanan_Antelopes, but I wouldn't know where to start... Myabe we need help from a zoologist? (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 21:49, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think so too. -- Decumanus 00:13, 2005 Apr 3 (UTC)

I redirected to antelope for the time being, cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 10:59, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)