User talk:Bkonrad

what did acl do to you to have a personal vendeta against it lol. ~2026-38037-79 (talk) 10:40, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

All of below was posted by Leone~enwiki

Hello Bkonrad, Here are the detailed discussions of the page move. Lately the page has been moved without any discussions. Someone removed these discussions from the talk page and I have now added them back there. So please move the page and its talk page to the title "Maldivian language".

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved per well-argued request. - GTBacchus^(talk) 01:28, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Dhivehi language → Maldivian language –

• According to Wikipedia naming conventions the English name of the subject from reliable sources needs to be used as the article title. In the English speaking world and in reliable sources of English language usage the name Maldivian is most commonly used to refer to this language. In all the major encyclopedias and famous English dictionaries (such as Ethnologue, MSN Encarta, Oxford dictionary, Encyclopedia Britannica, etc…) Maldivian is used to refer to this language. (Refer the links given below). In most of the reliable sources where the name Dhivehi is preferred over the name Maldivian, still there are indications that Maldivian is the English name of the subject. For example in some sources it’s written “Dhivehi (Maldivian)” and on. Also, the search engine tests even prove this. The search results for Maldivian language are many times more compared to the results for Dhivehi language when searched through the Web, Google Scholar, Google Books... In almost all of the philological works and research works in English language even the name Maldivian is used. Thus, the name of this article needs to be changed to “Maldivian language”. In almost all of the reliable sources giving information about this language the name Maldivian can be seen. So, with respect to the Wikipedia naming conventions the most suitable name for this article is Maldivian language. Useful links:
  • http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Maldivian
  • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DEEGSDFwMk0J:encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561537068/Maldivian.html+maldivian+msn+encarta&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=mv&source=www.google.mv
  • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359932/Maldives/4498/People#ref220997
  • http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=div
  • http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maldivian
  • http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&uid=2ffgh3ce88
  • http://unicode.org/udhr/index_by_name.html
  • http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=div
    • Leone (talk) 16:55, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

In case of Malaysian language also the official name is Bahasa Malaysia and it is the common usage among Malaysians when they write English. The same way Bahasa Melayu is used more commonly than "Malay" in Malaysia and Malay speaking countries. However, according to Wikipedia naming conventions the common name of the subject in the English speaking world or in reliable sources of English language usage has to be preferred. That's why Malaysian or Malay is used in cases of the former and Maldivian has to be used for Dhivehi. So no matter the internal sources use the native name "Dhivehi" commonly, in the English speaking world and reliable sources such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, journals, etc... it is very different. Please refer to oxford dictionary and many other sources given on top. When searched through the reliable sources of English language usage "Maldivian" turns out to be the common name of the subject. While a commonly used English name of the subject exists that is the one which has to be preferred according to the guidelines. It is very clear from the reliable sources given on top that Maldivian is not only just a geographic term. It has the same use as that of the words Spanish, Dutch, Russian, etc... Leone (talk) 10:00, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Clearly should be "Maldivian". Just ask any monolingual English speaker to read "Divehi" out loud, and see what nonsense you get! "Maldivian" is the normal English name, and the only one most people will know, or at least be able to recognize. — kwami (talk) 10:29, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Concerning the argument that "Maldivian doesn't only refer to the language, it is the word for the people of the Maldives any thing which is connected to the Maldives, like Maldivian food", you could say the same for English, French, Japanese, Russian, or almost any other glottonym. That's why the name of the article is Maldivian language, like probably every other language article. --Thnidu (talk) 04:03, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

@Leone~enwiki:, Ah yes, the history for this is rather tortuous. Basically, Asukite should not have performed this move as a technical request. BTW the old move discussions are at Talk:Dhivehi language/Archive 1. Please avoid doing cut and paste moves or moves as it muddies up the history tremendously more than it already was. If you are unable to perform a move yourself, please request admin assistance at WP:RM/TR. I'll see what can be done about sorting the mess out. older ≠ wiser 18:46, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I thought that the page was already copy pasted as it didn't look good. Hope you will look into this matter and get ut resolved as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience my latest edits would have caused. Leone~enwiki (talk) 18:54, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

I'm not going to touch anything content related as I know next to nothing about the subjects. I've moved them to what appears to be the consensus based on the previous discussions. older ≠ wiser 18:58, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Good point about the "Neijin" article, that needs a lot of work and I'll circle back to it when I have time and references prepared, including support for the word on its own and for the fact that in English it is often incorrectly spelled with a "g" at the end. The terms "jin" and "jing" are both used in Chinese martial arts instruction, and the confusion that causes in English is why I believe we should include a link to the "jing" article as well. Jōkepedia (talk) 22:24, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi! Recently I've made an edit to "Himawari" page, adding up information to "Music" section (music band named "Himawari" added). Very shortly after that, it was cleared out by you respectively. I would like to simply know the reason, thank you Kuroko156 (talk) 11:46, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

There was no existing Wikipedia article linked that supported the claimed usage. older ≠ wiser 11:49, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, the band is not really mainstream (which is a common issue for the Visual Kei genre), so Wikipedia page about it simply doesn't exist. What can I do to support proof of existence of this music band?

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Kuroko156 (talk) 11:52, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Find reliable sources and create an article. The primary (if not sole) purpose of disambiguation pages is to help readers navigate to articles about the topic they are looking for. older ≠ wiser 11:55, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you one last time, I'll note that for all my future edits and will create an article for Himawari music band! Kuroko156 (talk) 11:56, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

If you are not already aware, you might want to have a look at the notability guidelines for musical groups. older ≠ wiser 12:02, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

User:Bkonrad, may I request to move the article DXMF-AM to DXMF because no other radio stations using DXMF callsign. How can I help? CryingSulfur (talk) 01:41, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Can you explain why you think it necessary to repeat the word sculpture? The name of the work is Chevron, period. The qualifier is a technical requirement of Wikipedia and most other examples use the WP:pipe trick to conceal it. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 13:55, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

WP:DABPIPE: Apart from the exceptions listed below, piping should generally not be used on disambiguation pages.. older ≠ wiser 13:58, 25 July 2026 (UTC)