User talk:Marcus1234

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Magic Book

Hi Marcus1234 I always wondered what happened to the magic book i donated and thank you for letting me know. I am happy to know that the Magic Book I donated actually ended up with someone who does enjoys the subject. Regards Brian Role

Sorry

Hi Marcus, I was hoping no Maltese would read my comments. Im sorry for offending you. Language is, in my opinion, the principal feature of ethnicity. Most Moroccans or Algerians for example have little or no Arabic ancestry yet they still consider themselves Arabs because of the language. Some Lebanese Christians, who speak the same Arabic as all other Lebanese, deny their Arabic identity because they claim to be descended from the Phoenicians, mainly out of spite for the Muslim majority in their country. One can argue that ethnicity is a matter of personal choice and of politics. Most Mihrazi Jews in Israel do not consider themselves Arabs. They probably would though, had it not been for the establishment of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict. If the Maltese overwhelmingly feel that they are not arabs then they are not. Nevertheless, one must not forget that Arabs, as a people are a multiracial and multi religious ethnicity who are held together only by language. It is not a clear cut issue and you must not take it as an attack. Ethnicity is just complicated. --Burgas00 19:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No actually Moroccans do consider themselves Arabs although genetically they are mainly berbers. Cheers :-) --Burgas00 12:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to add something to your discussion. Morocco is a mix of Berbers or Amazighs (natives) and Arabs (conquerors). The official language is Arabic though Moroccan Arabic and Berber languages are the ones to be used widely (as well as French). Historically, most of the dynasties that governed large parts of North Africa and the Iberian peninsula for centuries were Berbers and not Arabs (i.e. Almoravids, Almohads, Merinids). -- Szvest Ω ^{Wiki Me Up ®} 12:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes but one could say that Moroccan Arabs (as opposed to berbers) are fundamentally the descendants of arabized berbers...--Burgas00 18:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's a debated point as mass arab immigration from the Arabian peninsula didn't stop until 2 or three centuries ago. -- Szvest Ω ^{Wiki Me Up ®} 11:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Maltese words in Sicilian

Done. Your translation were all right, I've just added the Sicilian equivalent of "police" (polizia, as in Italian). --Angelo 15:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I revised one of the Sicilian words, "pulizzìa" rather than "polizia" which is an Italianism. The rest are pretty good. There are so many dialects of the Sicilian language and unfortunately no standard as of yet. So at this point a couple spellings and pronunciations could be debated:

ripùbbrica vs. ripùbblica;

'uvernu vs. cuvernu, the ' representing a glottal stop, commonly found in place of "g", "c" and "v", for ex. rè'ula (Lat. regulam), pa'ari (Lat. pacare) and 'urpi (Lat. vulpem); and

(c)uernu /(c)wernu/ vs. cuvernu.

Thank you for putting the time and effort into filling the blanks regarding Sicilian! Salutamu...Calicchiulusiculu 14:59, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Your userpage

You state that the essay you've placed on your userpage "probably ... goes against Wikipedia's soapbox policy ..." - I'd go further and say it definitely goes against WP:SOAPBOX. Don't get me wrong - it isn't imflammatory or offensive or whatever - I just don't see why you've added it? --SandyDancer 22:38, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was just bored I guess? Dunno... I wanted to tell other users something about me. Something interesting rather than the usual My name is X and I am X years old and I live in X and I like X music etc. But somehow it took the form of a political essay rather than a short bio. Oh well... Marcus1234 12:30, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Carmelo Pace

Hi Marcus - First of all, thanks for your support re the Ghonnella article! I'm surprised that you found it! On the Carmelo Pace article, I meant to go back and put in references, but got distracted. I've added the sources of my info now. Take a look and let me know if you feel that the tag can now be removed. Cheers. lamato 02:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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Keen. I suspected that was unadulterated bovine excrement, and pared it down from utterly insane to perhaps plausible, but wasn't certain if the entire mess should be removed. And now I don't have to think about that any longer. >;-) — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 11:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SmartCity

Hello! I've left a message at Talk:SmartCity that might interest you. Please take a look.--thunderboltz ^(TALK) 05:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Malta Height

I see you added the average height for Malta, but the source is not complete enough. We need some link, or AT LEAST the name of the study, the author, and the date of publication. --Criticalthinker 06:29, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Maltese people

Marcus - can you take a look at the revisions I have proposed for the Possible genetic links section of this page? I am disturbed by the frequency with which amateur observers assume Arab or Phoenician origins based purely on language (which is as ridiculous as the assumption that all Maltese must have English ancestors, because we speak English, or that Canadians have "French ancestors" because French is an official language of this country). However in the context of the Maltese people article, I am concerned about presenting all sides of the debate, in a neutral tone. I look forward to your comments. lamato^(talk) 12:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Maltese People: Regarding selection of people

I have noticed that you reverted the box to what it was before, with only 4 persons: namely Boffa, Mizzi, Strickland, and de Bono. While I agree with you that they did their own work well, and are honourable people, however I do not agree with the fact that you removed contemporary people. People nowadays identify themselves much more with Michael Mifsud (who, by the way, does have an article) rather than Gerald Strickland! How is he afterall, anyway? Go ask people out there who is Michael Mifsud and Joseph Armani and you would get cheers from Maltese and foreign people, and ask who is Enrico Mizzi and you would probably get offended for wasting people's time! My point is that these contemporary people are true samples of Maltese people and what they have achieved. Yes, I agree with you about Rachel Vella, and I will change that. Thanks for your time mate Tsum60 12:41, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Good work as usual. If I had an award or something I'd give you one. I'd like to see some solid policy on this, i'm sure wikipedia has one somewhere. From the Malta/Maltese usage point of view it is pretty clear that the names are best as simple names with articles given just as interest in the article. An English speaker is not going to refer to Ħ'Attard. 「ѕʀʟ·✎」 19:51, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

National Action (Malta)

Hi, I think it is important to note that it is primarily Malta Today saying they're a far right party in the article. MT is politically alligned with the left, so it may not be a neutral source on the topic. - Soprani 20:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Normanlowell.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Kmb.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Newoperahouse.JPG

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Cottonera lines.JPG

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could you take a look?

at Florentine Histories? I have attempted to translate from it:Istorie Fiorentine - but I am not as fluent as to understand as well, or to be sure that I am correctly translating. I would appreciate your help. Thanks.--Kiyarrllston 00:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree Image:Portomasodevelopment.JPG

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Hello! I need the maltese word for the hoopoe. Thanx

Eliko (talk) 11:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the names of the Maltese village articles

There is currently an ongoing debate about whether the articles on Maltese villages should be given their English names. Kyarichy has already gone and renamed a bunch of articles such as as Kalkara citing these changes from an old obsolete paper and http://www.geody.com, even though these names are no longer in use.

The naming conventions clearly state that foreign location names commonly used in English should be used as the article names.

It would be appreciated if you could assist us in this discussion. ~ ► Wykebjs ◄ (userpage | talk) 11:00, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

mt.wiki

I saw that you are from Malta.. why not participate also on the Maltese Wikipedia? Nistenna risposta mingћandek ;) Chrisportelli (talk) 06:04, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Metropolis.JPG

Replaceable fair use

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File source problem with File:Royal Opera House.jpg

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File source problem with File:Portareale.jpg

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Smart cities

I am editing the smart cities article heavily at the moment and am inviting you, as someone who has contributed significantly in the past, to it to engage. Please engage on the article talk page if you are interested rather than here. Thanks. PeterEastern (talk) 08:30, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 10:04, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Maltese legislative election, 2008

Template:Maltese legislative election, 2008 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Steel1943 (talk) 00:44, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of File:Operahousedetail.jpg

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