By sheer coincidence (or sheer sockpuppetry) I have also returned to WP around the same time after a long absence. When I saw your name pop up on my neglected watchlist, it was definitely a welcome blast from the past. I've enjoyed your previous writing and I wonder if you would care to collaborate on a Cambodian article or two? I'm up for a low pressure joint project or two, if you are. Welcome back in any case. I hope you stick around. Cheers, Paxse (talk) 10:26, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind words. It's always great to hear from other editors who share similar interests. I'm still fairly busy in real life, so I don't know how much time I'll have to spare, but I intend to resume editing at least on a semi-regular basis. So, "welcome back!" to you too and Happy Editing!--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 01:12, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

William, thanks for your work on Bulgaria. I have footnoted non-roman scripts that occur at the outset of en.WP articles whenever I see them; indeed more ... sometimes even roman-script original-language equivalents. If the latter are of very secondary utility to English-speakers, the former are a downright irritant. Few English-speakers read non-roman scripts, and they are accessible in the very first footnote if of some particular use. Thanks. Tony (talk) 07:02, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

They may be "cluttering" and "downright irritant"s to you, but don't assume that they are to others, and it is just not true that "few English-speakers read non-roman scripts". As an academic encyclopedia, the native name of a country is of utmost relevance, hence the usages in most all country articles (see my examples on the Bulgaria talk page for just a few). It sounds like your issue is Wikipedia-wide and perhaps you should seek consensus at the appropriate project page(s).--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 07:11, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countries/Templates--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 07:19, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And while we're talking of irritants, would you be able to fix your talk page so the right side of the text doesn't float beyond view? Tony (talk) 08:12, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Sir... I am Sorry... Please Guide me for Editing... Thanks Vithurgod (talk) 05:03, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sir... In the Wiki Page of Ranina reddy, please Restore the 'Discography" Section. I will explain you my point. Its a Table containing the list of songs sung by the singer and its a Must appear in her wikipedia. All other singers in the same category have it. Its all having proofs and please include it and restore it. . Thanks Vithurgod —Preceding undated comment added 10:15, 11 April 2012 (UTC).[reply]

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Hi and thanks for your message. I can take a look at the article but it may not be for a few days. Are you in a hurry? :) Riggr Mortis (talk) 04:46, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not in a hurry at all. A peer review was done this morning and it seems, in addition to copyediting, there is quite a bit of work to do on the references, but I'm in it for the long haul, so sooner or later, it will get done. Cheers--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 04:56, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Best not to copyedit if there are substantial changes coming to the text, but it sounds like you're talking about adding citations more than reworking text? Thanks for reminding me that I'm listed on the peer review page, BTW--not sure anyone's contacted me based on that. Riggr Mortis (talk) 23:47, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think there will be a lot of adding citations and updating/verifying existing references. But with that usually comes changes in text as problems are found or new or more current info is discovered. So, yeah you're right, my request for copyedit may have been a bit premature. Thank you, nonetheless, for your response and willingness to help out! Once the referencing is done and other issues are worked out, I'll resubmit it for Peer Review and/or Copyediting.--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 00:47, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't view Cook Islands and Niue as sovereign states. They are like Puerto Rico and French Polynesia, incorporated territories and have succession rights. But that does not grant sovereignty to those. Remember definition of Sovereign states on Wikipedia: A sovereign state is classically defined as a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. I don't think those exercises internal and external sovereignty. Neither do they have the rights to grant citizenship to their people. They haven't declared independence either, why do you think they are sovereign states? You can hold a "referendum" on wikipedia if you want. 183.91.13.72 (talk) 14:50, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

But your edit removed Bosnia and Herzegovina from the list, not Cook Island and Niue. Please discuss your edits on the talk page of the article so people who regularly edit that article can participate, I was merely reverting the removal of Bosnia and Herzegovina that I noticed through Recent Changes.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 17:41, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

is appropriate when you have exhausted all resources and only a block can resolve the matter. Please learn how to communicate with (misbehaving) users. I can help with that. We rarely block a user who has not been warned about our policies. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 04:53, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hhhmmmm, I didn't mean to do that. I had to look at my edit history to see what you are talking about. I must have hit the wrong Twinkle button a few times. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I will be more cautious in the future.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 05:03, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. Yes, Twinkle and Huggle are known to glitch sometimes and report a user/IP at will, especially in times of server problems like today. Materialscientist (talk) 05:19, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that you specified cherry tomato as one of the ingredients in Cambodian papaya salad. Are you sure about this? In Thailand the much more meaty plum tomatoes are used. I can't really imagine the watery and non-meaty cherry tomatoes being used in this dish at all. - Takeaway (talk) 10:20, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch, I meant to type grape tomato, which is a roma or plum-type tomato that is the size of a small cherry tomato. I was thinking "grape tomato" but my fingers typed "cherry tomato". Funny how the brain works (or doesn't work) sometimes. I'll change the article right now. As an aside, Cambodians in the US (at home or informal vendors in parks, etc. but not in restaurants) often use (red but slightly unripe) cherry tomatoes added toward the end of the pounding process. It does result in a more watery consistency, but not as runny or messy as you might think.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 16:35, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't mind can you petrol my new article Jaya Suriya Engineering College. Ramesh Ramaiah ^talk 18:35, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello WilliamThweatt. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Joseph Uliano, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 03:37, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Will, I didn't know where to leave you a note, so I'm using this page. Can you please not change Bulgaria's page and replace Formation section with independence, Bulgaria's history goes well beyond 1878 and starting with this date is not consistent with Wikipedia's standards. Please, see countries like Czech republic, Poland, Germany, France, etc. these all have formation and not independence. Thus, kindly stop changing Bulgaria's Formation section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.202.157.163 (talk) 20:52, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the discussions on the talk page of the Bulgaria article. Per the discussions there, history belongs in the history section of the text, not in the infobox. The date in the infobox is for the establishment of the current political entity which came into being after independence from Ottoman rule.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 22:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm OK with your version. Ximhua (talk) 02:33, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. I know this happened just recently but no administrator would close these frequent rm's down, so here we go again. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 00:25, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Will, why are you so stubborn with this change? Most other countries have listed their important dates in this box, why not Bulgaria? And it is not as the it did not exist for these 400 years, even on maps in XVII century the area was refereed as Bulgaria... let alone the cultural, tradition, etc. continuation. Why are you doing this? Ximhua (talk) 18:32, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i meant to do what you just did and restore talk page comments. i have already 3-4 times on this page recently and my last attempt i mangled, thx for correcting my error.  :) Darkstar1st (talk) 03:41, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi William! Can you please create an article on Chittagong each in Khmer, Lao and Koine Greek languages? Thanks --Zayeem ^(talk) 16:07, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(random user commenting) Why would you want a translation of the article about Chittagong in Koine Greek? It's a dead language which was spoken between 300 BC and 300 AD. Also, there's no Koine Wikipedia (in fact, there's no Ancient Greek Wikipedia). πr² (t • c) 19:48, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I saw the language in the userpage that's why asked for it! Sorry about that! --Zayeem ^(talk) 10:16, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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You mentioned that other sources declare it as being phonemically /soun/, could you provide a citation? I'm having no luck verifying your claim (in Huffman or Jenner), and it's worth noting that spelling and pronunciation aren't forcibly correlated. The vowel in clip provided on this website sounds rather flat more than like the diphthong in the English word 'tone'. — Io Katai ᵀᵃˡᵏ 22:58, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help with that language article. – SJ + 14:55, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is the ⟨a⟩ in Tampuon really pronounced [u]? Might that just be an English pronunciation spelling? — kwami (talk) 07:23, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, good catch...well actually it's the Khmer pronunciation spelling. A small oversight on my part transcribing the wrong word. For the Tampuan pronunciation, the unstressed vowel in the pre-syllable would probably be better rendered as /ə/. I'll go change that now.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 08:33, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, here's a gnomish task for you, if you're interested:

1. update all Mon-Khmer speaker populations per Ethn. 17
2. cite Ethn's sources directly if you have access
3. cite better or more up-to-date sources if you know of some

I'm gradually doing all lang articles, but won't get past level 1. I won't have the time for 2, and in most cases don't have the knowledge for 3. — kwami (talk) 23:58, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks. One petty point, though: In this edit you imply that the number of speakers is from the 2009 census, when it's from Bradley 2007. I don't know what Bradley based his figures on, but if it's from several years earlier, there may be a significant difference from 2009 due to population growth or language shift, as well as from different methods of estimating. Thus dividing the number of speakers by the number of people does not provide the percentage of people who speak the language, as the article now implies. — kwami (talk) 01:05, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I can see that. I didn't mean to make that implication. Guess I shouldn't edit after a long day of work. Just trying to point out the disparity between the number of people and the number of speakers. I'll just leave the infobox to speak for itself.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 08:53, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, I've added support for "linglist" in the ref field. Only useful for a few extinct languages, but Ethn. is gradually shifting support of extinct languages over to Linglist. — kwami (talk) 00:42, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The E17 figures for Manak Hindi are not actually for Manak Hindi, but rather based on speaker identification. The Indian census makes that clear, but the nuances are lost in Ethn. — kwami (talk) 22:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hhhmmm, I'm not familiar enough with the Hindi situation to disagree (I should have read the 2nd paragraph in the lede, doh!). However, one would think that for a nation as large and developed (2nd most populous, 10 largest economy) there would be a reliable source with info more recent than a 22 years ago. For a 1991 number of 180 million and a current population growth rate of 1.51%, the number of Hindi speakers in India alone is bound to be much, much higher than the number we have now. I'll add looking for source to my already large (and growing) list of things to do.--William Thweatt ^TalkContribs 22:46, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is a rather remarkable problem, and there are a lot of us who would appreciate it if you're able to find anything.

Besides the general rate of population growth, there may be language shift, so the number could be growing quite quickly indeed.

The census has a category for "Hindi" in the broad sense, and then breaks it down into Awadhi, Hindi, Chhattisgarhi, etc. The problem is that the numbers reflect speaker identification, so that for example the majority of Awadhi speakers reported their language as "Hindi" rather than as "Awadhi". The result is that only the total for all languages called "Hindi" has any validity, but this "Hindi" is a social construct that doesn't have any linguistic validity. — kwami (talk) 01:00, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]