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xx
editHi. A huge number of people from certain countries create rubbish entries with XX in the name (mainly they don't intend to vandalise Wiktionary, but they are trying to find pornography, you know, XXX stuff), and we had to block some of these editing patterns for this reason. Maltese is possibly the only language on Earth that uses xx, so you got unlucky. You might want to raise this at WT:BP as we could potentially make an exception to the rule to help you to edit. Equinox ◑ 17:07, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- By the way, I think you would have to create an account (user name) for us to do this, because IP addresses are too changeable. If you don't mind doing that, then you can probably create xx without a problem. But if you get stuck then drop me a message. Equinox ◑ 17:10, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
replied
editHey there, I replied on my talk page (User talk:Qehath#Thanks) and tried to ping you, but I'm not sure pings work for IPs, so I figured I'd let you know here. — [ זכריה קהת ] Zack. — 21:57, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
għattan
editWhat kind of word is the term għattan? I found it in the Chinese Wiktionary, albeit as *ghattan. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 07:48, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- P.S. Have you seen Wiktionary:Requested entries (Maltese)? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 08:51, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- Now how about għads, also *ghads in the Chinese Wiktionary? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 21:26, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thirteen different spellings from the Chinese Wiktionary: *fahhar, *farrag, *fuhhar, *gamblu, *garraf, *gedded, *ghabra, *ghagin, *ghaqli, *gharaf, *gharrex, *gholla --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 23:57, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- I don't necessarily feel like helping you if you mess up entries as you did at Ġakbu. There's a difference between "James" and "Jacob" in English, there's a difference between "Giacomo" and "Giacobbe" in Italian, and there's a difference between "Ġakbu" and "Ġakobb" in Maltese -- even if they are all originally the same name. 2.202.159.91 05:58, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- My apologies; besides, I found the aforementioned entries in the Chinese Wiktionary as they were, and moved others to proper namespaces. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 06:14, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hmm, okay. I'll see what I can do. 2.202.159.91 06:15, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Right now, I'm data-mining User Shibo77's list of contributions. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 08:20, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hmm, okay. I'll see what I can do. 2.202.159.91 06:15, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- My apologies; besides, I found the aforementioned entries in the Chinese Wiktionary as they were, and moved others to proper namespaces. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 06:14, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- I don't necessarily feel like helping you if you mess up entries as you did at Ġakbu. There's a difference between "James" and "Jacob" in English, there's a difference between "Giacomo" and "Giacobbe" in Italian, and there's a difference between "Ġakbu" and "Ġakobb" in Maltese -- even if they are all originally the same name. 2.202.159.91 05:58, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thirteen different spellings from the Chinese Wiktionary: *fahhar, *farrag, *fuhhar, *gamblu, *garraf, *gedded, *ghabra, *ghagin, *ghaqli, *gharaf, *gharrex, *gholla --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 23:57, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- Now how about għads, also *ghads in the Chinese Wiktionary? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 21:26, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Correcting Certain Entries for Maltese in the Chinese Wiktionary
editYou could check out my list of contributions at the Chinese Wiktionary for entries like *cahhad, and make entries with correct spellings for them in the English Wiktionary. Then I could use the correct spellings as a kind of reference, as I can suppress the creation of redirections in the Chinese Wiktionary. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 03:29, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- P.S. You may post any questions or concerns, that you may have, so I may read them later. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 04:23, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
ħawħa
editWhat relation does the word ħawħ have with ħawħa? Also, don't forget to check out Category:Requests for pronunciation in Maltese entries. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 04:51, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks; Template:mt-noun should be updated to include collective forms. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 05:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Yes and allow for alternative forms. 2.202.159.91 05:27, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- About the requests for pronunciation, here's Category:Requests concerning Maltese. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 06:05, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- Yes and allow for alternative forms. 2.202.159.91 05:27, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
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