User talk:DrMennoWolters

Please contact me on the Netherlands sibling page. DrMennoWolters (talk) 10:43, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Trail blazing, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Marking (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 22:52, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the problem has been solved, but I did not mention that on this page.DrMennoWolters (talk) 18:26, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi, Am Enock4seth from Ghana, thanks for your recent contributions to Ghana related articles on Wikipedia. I will like to know if you are in Ghana. --Enock4seth (talk) 21:38, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Enock, sorry for my late reply. I am currently in the process of settling in Tamale, but from January on I hope to contribute more on Ghana, both in Wikipedia and in Wikivoyage. DrMennoWolters (talk) 18:09, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi DrMennoWolters, akpe nawo (thank you in Ewe) :-) and welcome. You can join our mailing list. Wish you let the Ghanaian community know about you. Here is my email kwadzo459@gmail.com let me add you to the mailing list. You can also check on our blog. Nice meeting you. Cheers! →Enock4seth (talk) 20:47, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Gondja, Enock (the standard Dagbanli reply to your amarhaba), I will add myself when I feel ready to write about Ghana. DrMennoWolters (talk) 18:49, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Haa! I love the way you're exchanging Dagbani with me. No problem, thanks. And nice having a talking with you. →Enock4seth (talk) 19:12, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ney Za-abre, Enock (this is Good Evening in Moore; the Mossis do not only live in Burkina Faso, but also in Ghana). DrMennoWolters (talk) 20:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! Will come for lectures sometime. :) :) Eza ne nyo nawo (Good Night in Ewe) :) →Enock4seth (talk) 20:55, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Tamale, Ghana, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Dagomba (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:54, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and sorry. The link is now corrected, and also the one to Dagbon Kingdom. DrMennoWolters (talk) 20:29, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Dagbani language, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Northern Region (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:58, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

classification of Frafra

Hi,

I see you changed the classification of Frafra. If you have a better classification than Manessy, perhaps you could update the classification at Oti–Volta languages as well? — kwami (talk) 20:06, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What I changed is based on my personal acquaintance with native speakers around me, here in Tamale. The other languages are basically foreign to (Northern) GhanaDrMennoWolters (talk) 20:19, 29 December 2013 (UTC) and seldom heard here, so I prefer to refrain from a judgment about them. However, it is certainly true that the Dagbani languages are related to Moore, Qusasi etcetera, so big changes of the existing classification are not necessary. It is at the level of mutual intelligibility that I make changes. A Mossi girl who lived three years in my house, but came from the Ghanaian/Burkinabe border, needed three months to learn Dagbani, whereas her Dagbani speaking sister does not understand her relatives when they speak Moore. DrMennoWolters (talk) 20:19, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Good info, but that's not the same as a classification. Also, what's "Qusasi"? — kwami (talk) 20:47, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Qusasi is spoken in the Qusaug, a kingdom you cross on the road from Bolgatanga to Bawku. The kingdom covers part of the Bawku West District. Qusasi is the language you learn in Primary and Junior Secondary School in that area. Wikipedia writes it as Kussasi and Kussaug, but the signboards along the road, placed by the local traditional government (i.e. the king) write the kingdom's name as Qusaug. DrMennoWolters (talk) 21:16, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Odd that intelligibility would cut across branches like that, but not be reliable within branches. Makes me wonder if we're dealing with contact bilingualism here, like when people claim the Scandinavian languages are mutually intelligible. — kwami (talk) 06:56, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I will find out the details when I travel to Upper East Region next year. I'll definitely check the schoolbooks in Bolgatanga and Zebilla, and possibly get information from the chiefs. DrMennoWolters (talk) 09:34, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Chumburung language, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Northern Region (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:53, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Chumburung

You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

A tag has been placed on Chumburung, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising, . Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. A.Minkowiski (talk) 09:49, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This newly created user "Minkowiski" probably committed an act of vandalism. Anyway, the proposal to delete the article has been quickly denied. DrMennoWolters (talk) 12:27, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Chumburung (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)
added a link pointing to Banda
Yeji (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)
added a link pointing to Gonja

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:54, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]