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Italian phonology

First, Happy new year. Concerning the subject I have reintroduced the modification (with a correction). Perhaps this looks wrong to you because you are not Italian. But I am and I can confirm that the real pronunciation in Italian are the ones I have written. You can realize directly this by hearing to the sounds of the words chiave and ghianda (and of whichever other words you try) here https://translate.google.it/#it/en/chiave https://translate.google.it/#it/en/ghianda You can easily realize that the sounds are not at all /kj/ and /gj/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.36.255.237 (talk • contribs) 17:20, 5 January 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]

You shouldn't assume anything about another individual's skills. Regarding the information you added to Italian phonology, it is wrong. The pronunciation of 'chiave', for example:

Una chiave: Audio

I don't assume anithing that the fact that the pronunciation is /tj/. Please listen carefully to the sound and you will clearly hear that he first fhoneme is a /t/ not a /k/. This doesn't mean that the word is clearly recognizable if spoken as /ky/, but actually thi is not the way Italians typically speak.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.36.255.237 (talk • contribs)

Note that the linked pronuciation is spoken by an Italian from Milano, who clearly enunciates it as /ˈkjave/. (See Information about that audio file.)

Please se your ears and not restrict yourself to other information; I repeat; the two sequences are certainly allophone but the pronunciation is tj — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.36.255.237 (talk • contribs)

The sound produced by /ʎ/, which you insist on placing in the article, is that which you would find in the 'gl' of "maglia" or "tagliare". No Italian speaker pronounces "ghianda" with a /ʎ/, and certainly not with /dʎ/, which would be approximated by the nonexistent nonsense word 'adglio' by slurring the d and gl together. Please read Help:IPA for Italian to understand the sounds associated with the phonetic symbols you're using. Mind matrix 18:06, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I insist only because this is the reality, the word ghianda is pronounced with a /d/ sonore phoneme followed by another sonore phoneme /ʎ/ (which is the sonore phoneme corresponding to the non-sonore /j/. You can easily try yourself by pronouncing ghianda in the way Italians do by putting your fingers on the throat and you will distincltly realize that the vocal strings vibrate during both phonemes; this means that the second phoneme is just /ʎ/. This is what actually happens. Unfprtunately people are misleaded by the fact that in the dictionaries the sequences /kj/ and /gh/ are used bt this is not correct and perhaps this is the reason why almost no foreigner is able to speak correctly the above sequences.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.36.255.237 (talk • contribs) 18:43, 5 January 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]

Can you cite any research by linguists who study the Italian language that supports your claim? What you're stating appears to be original research, which contravenes WP policies and guidelines. What you claim also contradicts reliable sources on Italian phonology. As I've said, /dʎ/ in no way represents the pronunciation of 'ghianda' (or 'ghiaccio', etc.), and I advise you to familiarise yourself with Help:IPA for Italian. That document clearly states that /d/ is the sound produced by Italian words such as 'dove', and /ʎ/ is the sound produced by Italian words such as 'maglia', which means /dʎ/ has a sound approximated by the Italian letter seqeuence 'dgl'. That's wrong. The onus is on you to provide reliable sources supporting your claim. Mind matrix 19:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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RE: Alberta disestablishments

My mistake sorry about that, I will watch what categories are used more closely to avoid future issues. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Cheers Kyle1278 ^(talk) ^(Ctb) ^(log) 23:27, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My thought was when editing them the categories i.e.this one was

2002 disestablishments in Alberta → Disestablishments in Alberta → disestablishments in Alberta Disestablishments in Alberta by decade → Disestablishments in Alberta by year → Disestablishments in Canada by year

Since it alreay led back to the categories in Canada by year that it was redundant. I see now how that it can complicate categories if not properly broken down into other categories. Cheers Kyle1278 ^(talk) ^(Ctb) ^(log) 00:39, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Eddie Zosky

Just wanted to let you know that if you get a revert notice on this, it's not you, it's them. I'm trying to de-vandalize this completely random article and I apologize if you got a nastygram from being caught up in it; you were really just trying to make the table look better and get rid of some of the idiocy, and your contributions clearly had nothing to do with the puerility the folks on either side of you in the edit history have been trying to introduce for no discernible reason. (Eddie Zosky? huh?! I guess it's a funny name to say out loud but what did this poor shortstop ever do to the universe?!) Take care - Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:52, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No nastygrams so far... No worries though, I've been here a long time and have received everything from cordial requests to death threats. Mind matrix 23:30, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Cities do not have cutaway buses in their fleet

Look at calgary or Winnipeg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.161.21.21 (talk) 22:21, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Transit fleet data does not determine the type of geopolitical entity. Moreover, your opinion and observations are irrelevant given that they so utterly conflict with the facts. Mind matrix 23:37, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but That was my ip

My ip vandalizes a lot  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Autistic editor (talk • contribs) 23:43, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sixth man (fans)

I read the article on Sixth man (fans) and noticed that the article has templates for the Orlando Magic and the Sacramento Kings on it. I also noticed that you removed the Toronto Blue Jays template for Bat flip. For consistency's sake, which course of action should you do? Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 02:53, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would probably delete those templates from that article. Unless there's an overwhelming association of the term to a particular fan base, I don't think such links are necessary. (One way to gauge this, although not as a final determining factor, is whether the article is included in the nav template.) Mind matrix 14:08, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can you check out this user?

There may be a bit of sockpuppeting going on with Autistic editor and 142.161.21.21. Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:03, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead start a Sockpuppet investigation

If you find out that they are the same block them  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Autistic editor (talk • contribs) 15:19, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

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SPI Investigation

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Can't argue this logic. Reso lute 01:40, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm experiencing a certain déjà vu. Mind matrix 04:16, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Brutality (band)

Hi Mindmatrix. I was going to prod Brutality (band) for deletion when I came across Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brutality (band). Are you able to tell whether this current version is basically a recreation of the one that AfD, and thus should be tagged for speedy per WP:G4? I've tried to find any significant coverage that this band might have received, but have had no luck. I also asked at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Metal#Brutality (band), but got no response. FWIW, I went with Prod instead of AfD because there was no {{Old AfD}} tag on the article's talk page and didn't think this would be a controversial deletion. Should this go to AfD if G4 is not applicable? Should it be listed as "2nd nomination"? Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:22, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The article was recreated soon after that deletion discussion by Spearhead (talk · contribs), the same user that created the original version. The new version was more comprehensive; here's the text of the deleted version:

Brutality is a US death metal band. They were formed in Tampa, Florida in 1986. They split up after their third album, but re-united and disbanded again several times afterward. In April 2005, guitarist Larry Sapp died and the surviving members discontinued the band.

There was also a list of members and a discography with three entries. Frankly, an article that has been on Wikipedia for over 10 years with one (poor) reference needs to be removed, as do its sibling articles. Try CSD G4 as you suggest (for the band and its albums), and if someone objects, bring them all to AfD. As they stand, they don't belong on WP. Mind matrix 09:40, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:48, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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