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November 4

Little Turkish translation, please

I'd just appreciate a Turkish translation or paraphrase of the following sentence:

This article was translated from en:Frank Major, written by Behemoth, Dacho2, Magioladitis, Plasticspork, Punkrock pulgas, Taketa, Tassedethe, and Uncle Dick.

If you want background, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Major, Talk:Frank Major, and Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 April 2 (final section). Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 00:40, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since no one else has responded yet, here's my best attempt: "Behemoth, Dacho2, Magioladitis, Plasticspork, Punkrock pulgas, Taketa, Tassedethe ve Uncle Dick'in yazdığı bu makale en:Frank Major'dan tercüme edildi." Lesgles (talk) 19:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I've added it to the Turkish article. The lack of a translation had held up deletion for several years (I'm not exaggerating), so it's good that we can finally proceed. Nyttend (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The sound of pouring rain

There's a psithurism (The sound of wind in the trees and rustling of leaves) and tintinnabulation (the sound of ringing bells), but what's the word (if there's any) of the sound of pouring rain? 149.78.124.20 (talk) 12:31, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

pitter-pattering? Contact Basemetal here 12:38, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Pluviosity"? Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's entirely possible that it shares a common prefix ~Helicopter Llama~ 12:39, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In some contexts, white noise. Matt Deres (talk) 14:17, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Trickle-trickle, splash-splash / Tell me, how long will this rain last?" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:30, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some of these links may help. --Jayron32 15:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to that link, I've discovered a lovely new word. Petrichor is the scent of rain on dry earth, or the scent of dust after rain. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:32, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way. For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way." Contact Basemetal here 18:53, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thoughts of water seem ike distant memories, I don't remember where I'm from. Cannot live in this world, this is what I know. Something inside me is pushing me on and on. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:05, 6 November 2014 (UTC) [reply]