User talk:CFynn/ArchiveFeb2009


Help needed

Hi CFynn,

Nice to meet you.

Some people are proposing to close down Dzongkha Wikipedia. It is hoped that you could join in to vote and voice your opinion regarding this matter Here. Thanks. --Jose77 (talk) 09:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "Ngok Loden Sherab"

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Thanks. JaGa (talk) 10:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Bhutan

Hi. Thanks. I love Bhutan. I've asked my good friend User:John Hill to expand the Tashichoedzong article sometime. Any photos or anything you have of anywhere in Bhutan is much needed ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 15:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

You live in Bhutan? Thimphu? Wow thats awesome. Its a very special part of the world, both Nepal and Tibet also I am fascinated by. I just added some images to Paro, Bhutan, one of them is yours I believe. Yes I added most of the towns in Bhutan I think. What we need is images of them and to expand some of the main towns or dzongs into full articles. The country is quite small I think isn't it? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 15:15, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

About the size of Switzerland - but population is under 700,000 so most settlements are quite small.

You may be interested in putting down your name for Wikipedia:WikiProject Bhutan. We could do with expanding coverage of the country big time I think ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 15:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Its not the coordinates it is the map pin points. I've asked User:MJCDetroit to change Template:Location map Bhutan. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 18:57, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Dorje Shugden

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AfD nomination of New Kadampa Tradition

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Ishta-deva vs. yidam

Greetings. I see you've a lot of experience with Vajrayana topics. There is a discussion underway about moving "Ishta-deva (Buddhism) to "yidam"--if you'd care to review the arguments pro and con on the talk page, your input would be appreciated.Sylvain1972 (talk) 14:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

The Gö Lotsawa article

Dear Chris: I have just had a brief look at your notes and the article on Gö Lotsawa and it does look like you are right that I made a serious error last year when I combined information on the two men. I don't know yet how this happened, but the main thing is to correct the errors. I will do my best to sort the whole mess out over the next couple of days and will let you know when I have completed it so you can check the corrections or make any other suggestions you might have. So sorry for all the confusion. Oh, and thanks for picking up on the error - it will be good to get it all corrected! Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 09:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi John - Thanks for your message. There are often many Tibetan figures with similar or even identical names. So one has to be careful with Tibetan biographies. Hope the links I added at the bottom of the article will help you sort it out. Chris Fynn (talk) 09:57, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Dear Chris: I have started on the rewrite of the article and also created a new one for Gö Khugpa. Please do have a look at them both when you have time and please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. I will try to do some more work on them again soon. Cheers and thanks, John Hill (talk) 22:31, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Chris - Thanks for your notes which I have just read and also for your longer note about the Battle of Five Lamas on Blofeld's page. Will you have access to Sangay Dorji's new book when it is published? If so, would you be able to give the proper citations for the battle then, please.
Thank you also for your comments re Gö Khugpa and the Nyingma. Will do some more reading and try to write that up a soon as I can. All best wishes, John Hill (talk) 21:28, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi again! I have just added a few short comments to the Gö Khugpa article as you requested and hope you will approve. (I have just summarised the main point from the article you pointed me to and gave it as a reference). Cheers, John Hill (talk) 04:59, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Little context in Cheri Monastery

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As requested, I've added more information to the article providing context to the reader. If no one else gets around to it first, I will try to further expand and improve the article later. Chris Fynn (talk) 21:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Please use edit summary

Hi CFynn: A gentle, friendly, reminder to please always use an edit summary when editing articles. You can set a reminder for yourself in Preferences | Editing | check "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary". Thanks very much for your edits! Zero sharp (talk) 19:44, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Apostrophe in Wylie Transliteration

Chris, do you know what the correct character is to use for the apostrophe in Wylie transliteration? The Wylie transliteration article uses an ordinary ASCII apostrophe, and I think that most articles that give Wylie transliteration of Tibetan names also use the plain ASCII apostrophe. However, the article on the 'Phags-pa script uses U+2019 (Right Single Quotation Mark), which I think is wrong --- although your reproduction of Wylie's original article also uses U+2019. For typographical correctness I would think that U+02BC (Modifier Letter Apostrophe) should be used, but I think that for Wikipedia a plain ASCII apostrophe (U+0027) is best. If you have any suggestions for the correct transliteration of the script name 'Phags-pa please add something to the 'Phags-pa script discussion. BabelStone (talk) 09:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Since it seems T.V. Wylie avoided any characters not available on an American typewriter keyboard, ASCII apostrophe / straight single quote (U+0027) may be correct. However when published I think his original HJOAS article was typeset with an apostrophe which, in the typesetting of the time is often indistinguishable from –or the same as– a right closing quotation mark. (I don't have the original here, but I know that I tried to make my copy of his article as close as I could to the original). Since ASCII apostrophe gets changed when using a word-processor with “smart quotes” turned on, imo it is best avoided when “Wylie” is used in articles destined to appear in print. Occasionally ASCII apostrophe has problems in Wikipedia where ' is a component in Wiki markup. Right single quotation mark also has problems since it can also unexpectedly get changed to a left single quotation mark by word-processors with automatic quotes turned on – even while doing search and replace. With Unicode U+02BC MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE is probably the best choice for printed articles, since it is unlikely to get changed. But U+02BC it is not ideal where Wylie is being used as an input method since it is not easily available on most keyboards - probably best to stick with U+0027 in an IME. Where possible I think software designed to convert from Wylie to Unicode should try to handle all the different characters that might be used. As far as Unicode names, we used "-" in names of Tibetan characters to represent the character U+0F60 TIBETAN LETTER -A.Chris Fynn (talk) 10:25, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

3rd party sources on Shugden, Geshe Kelsang or NKT

Hi Chris, I noticed that you've asked for 3rd party sources with respect to Dorje Shugden controversy and Kelsang Gyatso. I answered at the talk pages. A list of scholarly papers on both issues you'll find also here: http://westernshugdensociety.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/academic-researches-regarding-shugden-controversy-nkt/

--Kt66 (talk) 09:46, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Category:Articles needing Tibetan script or text

Thank you for adding Tibetan script to Ashtamangala! Can you help with this category? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 17:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Ashtamangala

The "mixed up meanings" are principally a playful synthesis and artful machination... manifest the sources and the scholarship will come.
Svaha
B9 hummingbird hovering (talk • contribs) 13:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Tangton Gyelpo and Thang Tong Gyalpo

Hi! I recently started an article on Tangton Gyelpo but have just discovered that you had already created an excellent stub on Thang Tong Gyalpo. These are, of course, just different romanisations for the same name and, indeed, refer to the same person. The two articles, I believe, should therefore be combined but I am not sure how to go about it and am writing to see if you would like to do it or would be able to help or advise me how to do it. I think that, combining the two articles should make a really excellent contribution to the Wikipedia. Thanks in advance, Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 01:16, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Thang Tong Gyalpo is probably closer to the Tibetan since the second syllable ends with a nga not na. Perhaps take the material from your article Tangton Gyelpo and add it to / or merge it with the one I started earlier Thang Tong Gyalpo then simply make the Tangton Gyelpo page a re direct to Thang Tong Gyalpo. This might be a useful source: Chakzampa Thangtong Gyalpo - Architect, Philosopher and Iron Chain Bridge Builder. best regards Chris Fynn (talk) 14:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Zhang zhang or Xangxung

Hi Chris, just wondered if you would care to express an opinion on the discussion about the recent change of the Zhang zhung page to Xangxung. BabelStone (talk) 13:25, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

"Xangxung" is horrible. Chris Fynn (talk) 17:07, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
And yet we love the Wikipedia.... -- Evertype·✆ 09:29, 7 February 2009 (UTC)