User talk:Elf/Archive Calif

Highway 85

If you're still editing the page, I noticed you put a link at deAnza Community College (which is a red link), and thought you'd like to know the college has an article at De Anza College. I'd make the change myself, but I don't want to cause an edit conflict. Have fun, Gentgeen 17:04, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

San Jose, California

Hi. When I noticed how far back your San Jose, California edits go, I was a little surprised you haven't left an opinion at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/San Jose, California. Perhaps you just hadn't noticed it was there? Niteowlneils 21:47, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Great. Thanks for your support and letting me know. I rarely write articles, but I'll probably kill a few more redlinks before I go back to 'housekeeping'. Looking forward to seeing the picture--hope it turns out well. Niteowlneils 01:53, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

History of California text

Thanks for your message.

I wrote it all in one sitting. I consulted the book to confirm names and dates. Nothing is quoted. The book is 235 pages, so the amount is well within fair use. The publisher is now defunct, but copies can be ordered from AbeBooks online, which is where I got mine. I confirmed much of Dr. Talbott's research for accuracy, but the fact is that little research has been done on the topic. The book is quite a find. Thus, Wikipedia's entry is now better than anything online!

I think I forgot to unclick the "This is a minor edit" box, but I don't know how to fix that after the fact.

--Wighson | Talk 00:39, 2005 Feb 5 (UTC)

Pronunciation

In Yosemite National Park, you also changed the SAMPA to IPA. Problem is, now I can't find anywhere that tells me how to read it! I looked at the article International Phonetic Alphabet which is clearly for linguists with a specialized terminology and not for people who just want to know h ow to pronounce things, and I looked at International Phonetic Alphabet for English but after scrolling up and down dozens of times I had still found only a couple of the characters. Can you point me to a table that shows the characters on the left and sample words on the right showing the pronunciation? (And add a link to such to each occurrence of this notation, as was originally there for the SAMPA notation)? Otherwise this is pretty much useless. Thanks. Elf | Talk 17:42, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hi Elf, All the symbols are there at International Phonetic Alphabet for English but I agree that they're not organized in a layman-friendly way. I'll work on adding a chart to that page that will make the symbols easier to find. --Angr 19:07, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Okay, it's there. Look at the bottom of International Phonetic Alphabet for English and let me know if that's what you had in mind. --Angr 21:34, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Disneyland

Why do you keep reverting my Disneyland edits? I find them very informative.