Collogue:Main Page/Archive 2

This is Archive 2.

Ma watchleet

A wis jist wonderin gin ther be a reason fur the change fae "ma watchleet" tae "my watchlist". It's ma thocht that it'll be a computer misdeid. Scroggie 00:33, 27 Apryle 2007 (UTC)

Di' ken hou that happened -- guid catch -- fixt nou -- cheers. Mendor 09:15, 27 Apryle 2007 (UTC)

Airticle O The Day?

Dis this saund a braw idea? OchAyeTheNoo 21:07, 9 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Braw eneuch. We haena duin it till nou syne we'v bin warkin on uppin the airticle coont an ither sic wark. But gin ye'v a mind tae dae it, caw awa! -- Derek Ross| news 23:59, 9 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Aye, braw eneuch, but aiblins it shoud be "o the sennicht", as we anerly hae aboot 2000 airticle's, atweel no aw o thaim deser frontpage tent? -- Jin 00:12, 10 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Aye, we cuid dae ae airticle a week, or a fortnicht. It'd mebbes be a guid wey ae garrin ays tae redd an airticle up tae a guid staundart. Gin we haed a week or twa, atween ays we cuid dae a fair bittie tae the ae airticle. Bazza 09:04, 10 Mey 2007 (UTC)

A fortnicht saunds aboot richt...gin onywan disnae wint tae have it, let me ken. OchAyeTheNoo 19:12, 10 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Sairy, fawk. I can only dae airticle o the week, but it should be fine onyway. OchAyeTheNoo 19:53, 10 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Ye can nominate here. Please dae sae. Cheers OchAyeTheNoo 21:19, 10 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Whaet aen Erruth is this pseudo Lallans keech daeing on thae Internet?

Nae comment, luks laik an episode o' the Crankees! — Precedin unsigned comment addit bi 87.7.84.139 (talk)

Whit? the Wikipaedia? OchAyeTheNoo 18:43, 24 Juin 2007 (UTC)

If this is pseudo-Lallans, whit micht real Lallans leuk like? Mendor 19:09, 24 Juin 2007 (UTC)

Weel said, Mendor! OchAyeTheNoo 19:13, 24 Juin 2007 (UTC)

Black backgrund

That black backgrund is awfu sair on the een. Can it no be duin awa wi? Jimmy 09:12, 11 Mey 2007 (UTC)

That's odd, A dinna see onie black backgrund (on a Mac uisin Safari) -- whaur ar you seein it? Mendor 17:18, 11 Mey 2007 (UTC)

It's blue, Jimmy...I can get rid o it if ye wint. OchAyeTheNoo 19:37, 11 Mey 2007 (UTC)

An' it's the main page he's talkin aboot, Mendor. OchAyeTheNoo 19:49, 11 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Fixit nou, Jimmy. The problem wis that Microsoft Internet Explorer cannae handle three-digit html colour codes. But they're nou six-digit. OchAyeTheNoo 12:07, 12 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Breetish Naitional Pairty

Can a bodie tak a keek at the page fer Breetish Naitional Pairty? Am no a fan o thim massel (bein o human ancestry a object tae their particularites ower the definin o the word "race") an though a empathise wae whaever skreived the page, it juist looks glaiked at the moment. Aiblins a foreign non white Scots learner ootside the Unitit Kinrick wuid like tae ken frae wikipedia wha the BNP is so as tae avoid them. This airticle wuild leave thum wayoot a clue!ممتاز 20:43, 12 Mey 2007 (UTC)

http://sco.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breetish_Naitional_Pairty&oldid=27936

Erm, cheers fer that. OchAyeTheNoo 13:55, 13 Mey 2007 (UTC)

When ye stairt a new airticle, is it no richt tae pit the fower tiles efter yer skreivin? Ave stairtet ain on the Celtic leids, but a doubt itll maun need an expert tae tak a keek at it.ممتاز 18:00, 14 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Nether Saxon?

Hello again. Ad like tae propone a name chynge fer the airticle ower "Nether Saxon", as Laich German wuid be a better general term (in ma opeinion) tae cover aw the laich dialects frae the Wast alang the coast till the Polish border, whereas, Niedersakksisch has mair tae dae wae the Eastren dialect group nor aw the Laich varieties. Aussi, bu cryin it Nether-Saxon, a link till Laich-German on the Dutch Leid airticle, disnae tak ye naewhaur. ممتاز 18:23, 14 Mey 2007 (UTC)

ad like tae tak issue wae the cheil wha said that Nethersaxon wis the wrang title fer thon airticle )ie wae massel:}!) as av done a wee bit mair readin, an realised that a wis in the wrang fer linkin Nethersaxon wae Eastren Germany...( A wis in fact thinkin o whit the German leid cries "Ostniederdüütsch" )mebbes cried "East Nethersaxon in Scots?}ممتاز 08:25, 23 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Great Breetain

Hi A wis jist wonderin gin there be a preference tae Great Breetain or Graet Breetain. Acause baith are bein uised an I just wanted tae check which ane A shuid uise. Scroggie 11:00, 15 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Dinnae ken. Ah guess we hae the "ae" soond in "hae" an "sae" an that, sae mibbes "Graet Breetain" richt.

Bit ah foond this whan Ah wis haein a keek: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_the_United_Kingdom. Loadsae info an picturs an that, likes. Bazza 11:38, 15 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Help!

Please! can a bodie wae a heicher level o Scots an Scots graimar tak a keek at the collogue fer the Inglis leid airticle ower the apologetic apostrophe, tae see whither whit ave skreived thaur anent its superfluosness in Scots is sticly richt nor no. A cheil cryed Boothman hus insisted on the necessity o apostrophies fer the sake o dipthongs, an ave charged in tae defend the Scots lingueistic concept o no tholin it in modren orthographie, but am in dire need o an expert like mebebe Mendoe:} tae help me uphaud the Scots lingueistic position regairdin no uisin it in skreivin. Help! (sorry fer ma mixter maxter spellin an aw)ممتاز 19:37, 15 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Celtic Leids

Can a bodie tak a keek at the twa airticles anent the same subject! Twa ower the Celtic leids and The Celtic Leids. A think its best tae delete the secon ain wae the capital L, or rename it an chynge aw the wordin (a took some o it an added it till the langer ain wae the wee l in "leid" an chynged the link in the German version till that yin, But nou am gey confuised! ممتاز

Ah've juist reddit-up the Celtic Leids airticles. Bazza 10:37, 16 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Thons braw tae here, cheers Bazza.ممتاز 17:42, 16 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Ceity or Ceety ?

Thare kythes tae be nae greement on this ane?

Hae a keek at this. 84.135.236.81 08:04, 24 Mey 2007 (UTC)

Things that needs daein!

• Shape airticles frae this list Scots WP MAIST WANTIT.
• Check aw FIXSCOTS pages for richt Scots spellin.
• Shape Reguidin (REDIRECT) pages for airticles in English an re-shape airticle on page Scots richt spelling (eg: A shaped New York Ceity tae New York Ceety.
• GIT MAE YAULD!

New Leuk

As ye can see, the main page nou haes a complete mako'er. Hopin ye aw like it! OchAyeTheNoo 20:18, 25 Juin 2007 (UTC)

• Aye, thon's nae bad. Guid on ye! Bazza 08:14, 26 Juin 2007 (UTC)

• Aye, A'm likin that! Mendor 12:33, 26 Juin 2007 (UTC)

• It's grand. Weel deen! -- Derek Ross | News 18:35, 26 Juin 2007 (UTC)

• Guid new leuk! A like that! --Icepenguin 10:06, 4 Julie 2007 (UTC)

w/index/php

Can we no block fowk frae creatin thae "w/index.php" pages?? Bazza 15:04, 4 Julie 2007 (UTC)

Aye. we can dae it by makkin a blank page there an protectin it. -- Derek Ross | News 23:16, 5 Julie 2007 (UTC)

Best. Wikipedia. Ever.

I love you guys.

Just saying

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous --69.138.69.107 03:12, 18 Julie 2007 (UTC)

Need some help.

On wikibooks someone has just started a wikibook about learning the Scots Language (the lowland variety in particular), but we need some help from some native speakers. I figured I would come here to ask. Would anyone like to help (if you do I’m sure some more people would come here to this wikipedia)? you can find it here in the link below.

[1]

--12.19.87.98 16:57, 23 Julie 2007 (UTC)

Weel, ye, I suppose I culd help, if I could fit it i. OchAyeTheNoo

New Wirds

A wis on this wabsite (http://www.scuilwab.org.uk/WirdOTheMonth/Mar2005.htm) an A saw that thay are makin new Scots wirds for things ( Pitmirk Thirl for the Inglish Black Hole). A wis jist wonderin whit oor view wis on this. Shuid we mak an airticle cried Pitmirk Thirl? Scroggie 14:32, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

A think ye'll find the Scots for black hole is em, er, black hole. That abuin is juist the leeterati playin theirsels wi Scots. They'd be lauched aff the bus gin they did siclike wi English. :Jimmy 17:58, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah hink sometimes we mibbes need new wirds, gin the Inglis wird disnae soond richt. Bit Ah cannae see onyhin wrang wi "black hole". There wis a boy in Wales that made up new wirds for scientific concepts mibbes a hunner year syne, an they've aw entered the modren Welsh leid, sae ye *can* dae it. Welsh isnae sae seemilar to Inglis, mind... Bit, gin fowk stert usin wirds like pitmirk thirl, then we shuid an aw. Bit ah dinnae like juist makkin wirds up. Weel, at least, Ah'm no shuir at Wikipedia's the place tae dae it! Bazza 09:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

OK A accept yer point aboot Wikipedia maybe no bein the richt place for new wirds. A wuid disagree wi Jimmy though, A'd bet the man wha first cried a Black Hole a Black Hole in Inglish ne'er got lauched off o a bus, same wi aa discoveries or inventions. An it's no like these are jist random invented wirds, thay are descriptive an shaipit fae aaready uisit wirds (like wi vacuum cleaner, motor bike etc in Inglish. Nane o these were lauched aboot). A dae think that Black Hole is fine though, syne in aa ither leids that A haed a keek at seem tae cry them by the direct translation o Black Hole. Houaniver, A cuid see the arguement for makin new wirds for mair technical things, as A think this is a problem that Scots haes. As soon as ye try to spak technical ye end up practically spakin in Inglish. Houaniver, technical terms in mony European leids are practically the same (tak television, Mathematics etc) acause the are shapit fae the Laitin and Greek. Whit we need is a organisation like the Academie Francais tae tell us whit tae cry things in the Scots Leid. Wha kens whit will happen, maybe we will be uisin some o these wirds in the futur.

A wuidnae hud ma breath aboot Scientists spakin aboot Pitmirk Thirls though. 86.131.167.5 15:57, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (A wisnae loggit in Scroggie 15:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC))

Spikkin ae vacuum cleaners, d'ye ken whit the Norwegian is fir thon? Støvsugar, pronouncit mair like "stoor sooker". Gin we're gaunnae tak wirds frae ither leids, Ah think we shuid tak that ane! Bazza 16:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

A jist raked for stoor sooker and stoorsooker on Google an thay producit 38 an 47 results respectively, mony o them were sites in Scots uisin it tae mean a hoover, includin ane wi a short rhyme aboot a hoover. So maybe we shuid uise it, acause A rekon thay are pretty high results for a Scots word on the wab. But A dinnae ken whit ye think. A'm no keen tae start makkin airticles wi makkit up names athoot consensus, acause A'd hate Wikipedia tae become filled wi airticles wi names naebodie kens an therefore cannae uise makkit bi every Tam, Dick or Harry wha wants to coin a Scots wird. Houaniver, A am keen on the idea o new wirds as Scots needs to develope an grow in order nae tae dee oot aathegither. But hou dae we decide which o these new wirds are popular enough? Scroggie 17:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Ye can decide whit new wirds is popular eneuch whan ordinar ilka-day Scots speakers uises them as pairt o their ordinar ilka-day speak. Whit aboot a new wird in English for a black hole - hou aboot pit murky thrall? A dinna see it catchin on mynd. Jimmy 20:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

A'm wi Jimmy on this. There's naethin wrang wi native spikkers makkin up new wirds for their ain uiss. But we shidna be makkin up new words for Wikipaedia. Wirds shid be in common uiss by native Scots-spikkers, or failin that shid be in the Scots Naitonal Dictionar. Failin thon, the Scots wird is maist like to be the same as the English wird onyroad. A'm nae seyin there's onything wrang wi the likes o stoorsooker -- truth tae tell A like it fine masel -- but it's nae easy for onybody ither than a native spikker tae sey fit soonds richt an fit soons wrang, sae let's nae ging doon that row. -- Derek Ross | News 04:47, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah spose whit we cuid dae, gin there's ony disagreement, wid be tae redirect frae stoorsooker tae hoover, say, and mention in the airticle that some fowk cry a hoover a stoorsooker. Bazza 08:26, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Is it alright if I talk in English here?

It's not as if anyone's not gonna understand me. I tried creating an article. I can speak Scots, because I am Scottish and live in Scotland, but I don't actually speak it. A friend of mine once remarked that he thought that this Wikipedia was a joke. Any of you guys want to refute this?--HisSpaceResearch 16:14, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I mean, this Wikipedia is amusing in a good way, but I can't really take it seriously - I thought Scots was a dialect of English, and not a language in itself?--HisSpaceResearch 16:16, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's a language. See for yourself. It has an ISO code (a code every language has) and has it's own Wikipedia (made by WikiMedia big-bosses, not some tacky site), so yeah, it is. OchAyeTheNoo 18:43, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

If its a joke Wiki ye're efter gang here. Jimmy 21:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Just wondering: can you guys actually type in Scots (i.e., there is a set spelling and structure for Scots language that can be memorized) or is it something that you do phonetically? I know it's an actual language, I've just never seen it before. This Wiki is frigging awesome, though. --69.144.233.96 07:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Aye, we can type in Scots :-) There's a few wee fechts oan/on spellin, bit there's been mony fowk afore ays that hae wirkit on a seestem, an we ettle tae uise thon. Hae a keek at RRSSC gin ye're wantin mair info. Bazza 08:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

69.144.233.96 ye micht find an answer tae yer speir at Wikipedia:Spellin_an_grammar. Mynd an follae aw the links an read awthing ithergates ye'll no hae the hale answer. 84.135.241.216 08:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. --69.144.233.96 21:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

How do you say...

...Featured? Is it featurit? Excuse my lapse in attention! OchAyeTheNoo 16:17, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm gingtae uise "Featurt". OchAyeTheNoo 17:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Airticle O The Week Nominations

This is back up nou, please nominate away. OchAyeTheNoo 17:34, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Main Page

Wuld onywan mynd gin I uised the home page fra the Danish Wikipedia fer this ane? OchAyeTheNoo 18:59, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

hierarchy o categories?

A wis thinkin for tae mak findin airticles easier for fowk (we ken typin in the teetle brings twa-three problems wi it acause o spellin) we shoud mebbes sort a hierarchy o categories.

Fae thon aw the heidins unner:

• Applee'd sciences an industry
• Daily life an leisur
• Mathematical an naitral sciences
• Social sciences
• Politics, law, an society
• Philosophie, Releegion an Meethologie > Philosophy, Releegion an Meethology
• Airt an cultur

micht coud be airtit tae category pages wi names sic as Aerospace an Muisic etc. Sic categories shoud syne hae sub-categories sic as Clessical Muisic an Metal (Muisic) etc. We can eik sub-categories tae thir whan the list is sae lang that its a sair taw tae gang throu thaim aw.

Thon wey fowk wad find aw airticles adae wi whit thay're interestit in (gin the pages is categorised;-) bi sneckin throu the categories. Ilk category shoud hae a paragraph anent the subject an a jot tellin fowk that aw ither categories an airticles adae wi the subject can be fund ablo. Siclike micht dae awa wi the reid airtins on the main page.

We shoud pynt oot hou thon's duin in Wikipedia:Lessons_(Editin) askin fowk tae eik the richt category tae ony airticles thay mak. For tae find the richt category they can sneck throu fae the categories on the main page.

Whan thon's aw sortit, efter Scotland's Ceeties, we coud eik:

For tae find an airticle aboot whit ye're interestit in sneck on the categories ablo.

Jimmy 13:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

The airtin tae the Scots-English-Scots dictionar needna be thare unner 'Gettin Startit. It can be fund unnder writin Scots whaur its richtly aucht.

Europe isna in Scotland sae it shoud be some ither gate. Mebbes Geography unner naitral sciences or Social sciences A dinna richt ken.

Some o the subjects listit is aiblins sub-categories o ithers unner the selsame heidin. Mebbes thir coud be semplifee'd wi less Subjects.

Jimmy 14:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Eimages arnae richt

A few o the eimages aw o'er MediaWiki arnae working at the meenit. A dae ken whits gein awn ther but a hope they'll be back sain. OchAyeTheNoo 18:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Spelling correction

The words 'electricity' and 'electronics' as well as 'telecommunications' are spelled incorrectly on the Main Page.74.129.43.130 21:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Na. They're richt eneuch. -- Derek Ross | News 05:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Are ye no shuir it micht shoud be:

Eletricity > Electricity

Eletronics > Electronics

Comunications > Communications

Telecomunication > Telecommunication

an whit aboot

Technologie > Technology?

84.135.207.117 09:29, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Weel, A'll grant ye the twa -communication anes an Technologie > Technology but A wad hae said that the eletr- anes are juist follaein the pronoonciation. -- Derek Ross | News 15:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Whase pronoonciation? A'v niver iver seen it written thon wey afore. Is this the ae place whaur A'll can find it spelt lik thon? 84.135.207.117 16:53, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

New heidins!

A propone the follaein. Gin fowk kens Scots wirds for some o thir A wad walcome sugeestions-but no o the -iefor -y endins kin o cairy on.

Mebbes Algebrae, Geometry an Stateestics is juist pairt o Mathematics an can be drappit here.

Mebbes Ecology is pairt o Biology an can be drappit here.

Mynd Radio, TV, Beuks, Jurnals etc. is pairt o Media.

Gettin Stairtit

Walcome page - Writin Scots - Editin Lessons

Scotland

Aw the airts - Cultur - Economy - Fowk - Law - Scotland's leids - Politics

Applee'd Sciences

Agricultur - Airchitectur - Communication - Electronics - Ingineerin - Heal - Industry - Medicine - Transport - Wather

Naitural Sciences an Maths

Algebrae - Astronomy - Biology - Chemistry - Computers - Yird science - Ecology - Geometry - Mathematics - Pheesics - Stateestics

Fowk an Social Studies

Anthropology - Archaeology - Geography - Eddication - History - Leids - Philosophy - Psychology - Releegion - Sociology

Govrenment an Law

Defence - Economics - Government - Law - Politics

Airt an Cultur

Airt - Fuid & Farin - Cultur - Dance - Habbies - Media - Muisic - Gemmes & Sports - Theater

Fae thon A coud stairt a hierarchy o categories.

Jimmy 07:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Bi gaun tae the category tree wi an airtin lik that ye see hou fowk can sneck throu the hierarchy. Uise Scotland as an exaumple for tae see sub categories.

Jimmy

The selsame hierarchy can be gotten at Category:Main. Jimmy 08:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Yon's a guid idea. I can chynge the main page gin ye wint, Jimmy. OchAyeTheNoo 21:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Ye can sned an batter the code for the abuin an sort that intae the layoot. Mebbes haud on a wee an see whit ithers says aforehaund. Efter that A s' get yokit tae sortin the category hierarchy.

Jimmy 15:12, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Eez dees a jook?

Skots eez not eevin a diferint langooige; eetz just Eenglish weeth a hevy Skottish aksent. Ferthermoor, how duz wun leern to type een Skots? Eez dere a free onlyne deecshunary sumware that tranzlatez normil Eenglish eentoo Skottish?

No its no a joke. The haivers abuin tells us mair aboot yersel nor it daes aboot us. The joke Wikipedia is here.

Jimmy 09:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Does every minority langauge Wikipedia have to put up with this twaddle on a regular basis? We seem to have a new version of the Allo Allo policeman popping in to say "Good moaning" every other week. puzzle 01:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I have poor scottish

Helloo, I'm an American and my scottish isun't that good. Ee'd like to create a pag called airsoft and it would say this:

"Airsoft ees a spurt that uses repleeca goons and firus plastic BBs."

I hope I speelt that currectly. I'd appreciate it if someone helped me out. 67.150.171.38 01:14, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Pou yer finger oot yer airse an hae a read o writin Scots like aw ither fowk. 84.135.241.40 14:12, 3 October 2007 (UTC)