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Hi, and thanks for the question. In brief, FlaggedRevs is an extension to the software that runs wikipedia and other wikis, which changes the way edits are processed and displayed. So when an editor makes an edit, instead of that edit being visible ''immediately'' to all readers, the edit is held in a 'queue' until it is "sighted" by someone that we trust to check that it doesn't contain things like vandalism or libel. So you, as a logged-in user, wouldn't see anything different, because all logged-in users always see the latest revision whether or not it's "sighted". Annonymous readers, however, wouldn't see those edits until they were sighted. All administrators and rollbackers would automatically have the ability to sight revisions, and anyone else can ask for a new [[WP:UAL|user right]] called "reviewer", which allows them to sight revisions too. The German wikipedia already has over 7,000 reviewers; the expectation is that people like yourself would easily qualify, so you'd get it if you asked for it. I hope this explains further, don't hesitate to ask if you've got any more questions. <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 10:33, 3 January 2009 (UTC) |
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Again, welcome. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:29, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the input at Category:Christian denominations. Any ideas or you have are appreciated.--Editor2020 (talk) 19:25, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Your comment on Jimbo's talk page
I've copied the following comments, which have since been archived, from Jimbo's talk page and unindented them. Florian Blaschke (talk) 18:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible that experts will insist on minor incorrectness such as wording "English is a West-Germanic language" rather than "English is a descendant of" or "English is derived from" or similarly insisting that Futurology be described as "art" or "postulating" (the latter word being very correct yet likely to be obscure in the absence of a modereately advanced study of some related subject, being that postulation may be confused as another word for futurology in practice). The manual of style suggests that an article be directed at the person assumed to have no prior knowledge of the subject. Is this a largely overlooked principle as was once copyright and citation? Where edits are reverted, this principle is rarely acknowledged in my experience, although it is directly in line with Wikimedia principles. ~ R.T.G 15:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- There's nothing even remotely incorrect about the wording "English is a West-Germanic language" (even though I would omit the hyphen), just as there is nothing even remotely incorrect about saying "a cat is a mammal" or "Jimbo Wales is a human being". In fact, it would be incorrect to say "English is a descendant of" or "derived from West-Germanic", because, in fact, it is derived from "proto-West-Germanic". Florian Blaschke (talk) 16:25, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- Well Florian, obviously you do not mind confusing the man with the monkey and if you would omit the hyphen or add a proto, I would suggest there is something, perhaps remotely, WRONG. High-level gubberish of some sort really (West-Germanic is a group from which others are derived/evolved/descended... !?). The article is up for Article of the Year on the Norwegian and apparently they would differ with you. ~ R.T.G 20:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- Excuse me, but ... an appeal to authority, which you otherwise despise so much? Sorry, I just cannot take you seriously as a discussion partner here. Florian Blaschke (talk) 18:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- The lead section of English language consists of two sentences. The first one contains a single and confusing classification. The second is a short list of countries of the world. But they are very long two sentences yes? Well, not really no. ~ R.T.G 04:13, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Reply to comment at Talk:Ulster Scots#Ulster Scots/Ullans disambiguation?
We have drifted off the topic of Cooke's question, but I would like to respond to your questions in case it helps you contribute to the articles.
Mid Ulster English is not called Ullans. Ullans is a neologism that is closely linked to the name of the magazine of the Ulster Scots Language Society, and is analogous to the Scots word Lallans, which can be loosely translated as Lowland Scots.
People around Derry and Coleraine do indeed sound quite Scottish. (Sounding a bit Scottish is not just a unionist thing: have you ever listened closely to the Deputy First Minister?) However the sources used for this article suggest that Scots actually died out in County Londonderry over 50 years ago, though the accent and many words remain in the way people speak English. You will also find this in East Belfast. This seems to be the conclusions of the researchers, but the language boundaries they draw are not hard and fast, so I would not be surprised if there are varieties in the middle between Mid Ulster English and Ulster Scots.
By the way, Seamus Heaney credits the Scots language heritage of his mid Ulster language for some of his English skills and his affinity with Anglo-Saxon texts like Beowulf.
You are very unlikely to meet people who will speak Ulster Scots to you. I have never heard it face-to-face. James Fenton pointed out in an interview a few years ago that Scots speakers speak it in their own homes, but (unconsciously) switch to a standard Ulster English when speaking with strangers.
If you listen to A Kist O Wurds (BBC Radio) you will find that perhaps 5 to 10 minutes of each 30 minute programme is in Ulster Scots, and if you are lucky, spoken by contemporary speakers from Donegal, Antrim or Down. You (and perhaps the UFF supporters) will be surprised to find that the speech is more than 'a bit Scottish': it doesn't sound very different from the works of Robert Burns, or indeed the contemporary spoken language of rural Ayrshire or Aberdeen.
--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 21:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
FlaggedRevs
Hi, and thanks for the question. In brief, FlaggedRevs is an extension to the software that runs wikipedia and other wikis, which changes the way edits are processed and displayed. So when an editor makes an edit, instead of that edit being visible immediately to all readers, the edit is held in a 'queue' until it is "sighted" by someone that we trust to check that it doesn't contain things like vandalism or libel. So you, as a logged-in user, wouldn't see anything different, because all logged-in users always see the latest revision whether or not it's "sighted". Annonymous readers, however, wouldn't see those edits until they were sighted. All administrators and rollbackers would automatically have the ability to sight revisions, and anyone else can ask for a new user right called "reviewer", which allows them to sight revisions too. The German wikipedia already has over 7,000 reviewers; the expectation is that people like yourself would easily qualify, so you'd get it if you asked for it. I hope this explains further, don't hesitate to ask if you've got any more questions. Happy‑melon 10:33, 3 January 2009 (UTC)