User talk:ReveurGAM

Welcome!

Hello, ReveurGAM, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Expats welcome

Hi you might also see that there is an Indonesia project - would be well worth having a look - cheers Satu Suro 03:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Satusuro, I noticed the page about Indonesia and wrote something last week. :)

How do I start my own topic on this page? Regards, Glenn ReveurGAM 03:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mottos and other issues

Firstly may I express my respect for the way you prompted and participated in the debate about "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" on the Indonesia talk page. I sincerely believe that civilized debates such as these make Wikipedia better. Secondly, I look forward to working with you on the the other point you commented on, namely the "Murdering thousands Chinese-Indonesian". I have recently bought Kerusuhan Mei 1998: Fakta, Data and Analisa, which is a detailed account of the May 1998 riots. I plan to use it to Jakarta riots of May 1998. The book is a very detailed, and frankly deeply disturbing, account of what went on. Of course, the key to writing about these emotive issues is to retain a NPOV stance. something that is sometimes difficult (I was in Medan in 1998). Hopefully we can keep each other in line there... Regards. Davidelit (talk) 16:47, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear ReveurGAM,I am glad this problem about the language of the Indonesian motto is solved. I am very busy lately. Are you interested in Old Javanese language and literature? Then you should indeed read Dr. Zoetmulder's books. Furthermore I have Soewito Santoso's book on Sutasoma in here with me. P.S. I do also know Dr. Stuart Robson and Dr. Willem van der Molen personally. Meursault2004 (talk) 17:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No need to apologize, but thanks anyway! I want to apologize as well as I didn't replied on your post. You could have pinged me though.

Well most Javanese don't speak Old Javanese or Kawi. Unfortunately they think it is similar with Sanskrit. The situation is different than in Europe or US for example where pupils on schools still get Latin, Greek, Old English etc. It was different 50 to 30 years ago

I am a PhD student in Old Javanese at the University of Leiden. But I am in Indonesia at this moment until mid January or so. I'll try to find more sources if you want to.

Drawing board

Hello, ReveurGAM. Thank you for your note at the drawing board. You have a reply. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:38, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

file: anglospeak.svg

{{helpme}}I need help to determine if I am being overly sensitive or if Joeldl is being as difficult as I feel he is. The discussion in question, regarding the anglospeak map, is located on the [commons], and I have also tried to bring it up with him on his commons talk page [Joeldl]. IMHO, he is distorting, and interpreting in isolation, the meaning of what I say, and he is also saying I have said things which I have not. In addition, I feel that he is being argumentative and is making his own survey less than productive. Further, he seems to attack that which he doesn't agree with. Finally, I feel that he may be trying to go this route of a survey on the commons instead of the English_language or file_talk:anglospeak.svg talk pages because he apparently has been going around and around with other users about the map. I can see that he has done a lot on Wiki and he knows the ropes really well. Whereas, I'm new (mostly inactive) and know very little about the ins and outs of Wiki, and maybe I'm just too sensitive, so I really need a neutral party to help me see the real situation. I don't want to keep on arguing with him - I want to come to a compromise that is acceptable for all (not just him)- but he doesn't seem to want that. HELP!ReveurGAM (talk) 11:30, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Having not been involved in the situation, I don't know what to say. Discussion is almost always helpful, but if you think you're having a problem with the user, you can try talking it out one-on-one on their user talk page. I don't know what else you can do since the issue is on Commons, though. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 13:21, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All I'm really looking for is a neutral opinion about the content and direction of the discussion. As noted above, I've already tried to discuss this on his talk page. Am I over-reacting, or are we both, or is it just him? If I have that info, then I can proceed to figure out another approach to the problem.125.163.208.245 (talk) 00:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Minangkabau Wikipedia

Hello! Do you remember me, Ramzy Muliawan, from the LangCamp? Please support Minangkabau Wikipedia request in Incubator. Thanks! Spartacks Compatriot 04:51, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Help please

Check it out! Spartacks Compatriot 09:11, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here. :D Spartacks Compatriot 09:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, don't worry. You did not offend me. Sorry for late reply, I'm busy in newly-created Minangkabau Wikipedia. :D Okay, I will try to search about Sumatera traditions, myths and so on. If I get it, I'll inform it at the Wikivoyage soon. Spartacks Compatriot 16:18, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Minangs are the world's largest matrilineal society; properties such as land and houses are inherited through female lineage. Some scholars argue that this might have caused the diaspora (Minangkabau, "merantau") of Minangkabau males throughout the Maritime Southeast Asia to become scholars or to seek fortune as merchants. As early as the age of 7, boys traditionally leave their homes and live in a surau (a prayer house and community centre) to learn religious and cultural (adat) teachings. When they are teenagers, they are encouraged to leave their hometown to learn from schools or from experiences out of their hometown so that when they are adults they can return home wise and 'useful' for the society and can contribute their thinking and experience to run the family or nagari (hometown) when they sit as the member of 'council of uncles'.

The Minangkabau are known as the educated society and therefore they are spread across Indonesia and even foreign countries in a variety of professions and expertise such as politicians, writers, scholars, teachers, journalists, and businesspeople. The Minangkabau are strongly Islamic, but also follow their ethnic traditions, or adat. In addition to being renowned as merchants, the Minangs have produced some of Indonesia's most influential poets, writers, statesmen, scholars, and religious scholars. Being fervent Muslims, many of them embraced the idea of incorporating Islamic ideals into modern society.

Thats all I can explain. Hopefully it would be useful. Spartacks Compatriot 03:07, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Semarang

Hello ReveurGam is was also nice to see you! As for the etymology of Semarang, the quote is indeed the most common explanation of Semarang ('scarcity of tamarind'). Although it might have been some kind of folk etymology. Another name of Semarang used to be 'Pandanarang'. In Indonesian arang indeed means 'charcoal' but in Javanese the form areng is more common. Meursault2004 (talk) 07:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Accident

I have had an accident. I've got 1st-3rd degree burns over part of my body, but only my right hand is severe. I have several blisters there, including 3 of my fingrtips, so I'm afraid that my productivity is going to be quite poor for the next 2-4 weeks. I apologize f this inconveniences anyone. I will monitor this page. ReveurGAM (talk) 12:46, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry to hear about your accident man! As someone who has had only 2nd degree burns, I can't even imagine your anguish and the pain that comes from doing the most trivial of tasks. My deepest sentiments are extended to you that you to have a rapid and speedy recovery.

When you are feeling better I responded to your talk page note in sustainable energy.

Rest up man, you'll need it!

Boundarylayer (talk) 07:50, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the concern, BL. As it turns out, there were no 3rd degree burns after all - much to my relief! I had to get off the nebacetin ointment as I was having an allergic reaction, but the aloe vera from the yard did a great job helping me to heal. It's been 2.5 weeks now, and while the skin is still pink and there're still spots of dead skin hanging on, (and one thing that'll scar because of a blister that popped halfway through healing), so I'm doing fine. Yay!

I'll respond post-haste to your comments on S.E. but I think you're in for a disappointment. ReveurGAM (talk) 13:58, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of usertalk message

Hello ReveurGAM, my apologies for the mixup and the brusque removal. I mistook you for the original editor re-instating their already-deleted message. Anyway, I am not really interested in this discussion on my personal user talkpage and will remove this post once again. Per WP:OWNTALK I can remove posts from my own user talkpage. Thank you for your understanding and sorry for the mixup of the usernames again. GermanJoe (talk) 19:35, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, that's what I figured anyways. :) Clever of them to remove the signature information. I certainly have no objection to you removing it if it offends you - it's your own talk page, after all.ReveurGAM (talk) 19:39, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]