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[edit] WikiProject Iceland

Maybe you are interested in this project... --Michkalas 14:54, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Icelandic language

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[edit] WikiProject Iceland Newsletter

May 2007
Latest Announcements & Discussions Welcome to the first instalment of the WikiProject Iceland Newsletter! The main aim of this newsletter is to keep you informed of the goings-on in the Iceland WikiProject, so that you can help use improve our articles! Our New Look As you may or may not have noticed, our project page has recently had an overhaul, please give us feedback and suggestions as to how we can improve it and you can decide what content goes on the page! Icelandic language The Icelandic language article has been nominated for the Article Creation and Improvement Drive. Please vote for the article so that we can get it up to FA!	Needed Articles You can help us out by starting any of the following articles: Breiðamerkursandur Minister of Finance of Iceland Fimmtardómur Icelandic Language Council Icelandic Language Fund Skálholt Agreement Langaréttarbót Miklabæjarrán Píningsdómur Sveinsstaðafundur

// ENewsBot ^(talk) on behalf of Max Naylor 21:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Iceland Newsletter

June 2007
Latest Announcements & Discussions Since the May newsletter, membership of the project grew from 14 to 24 Wikipedians. A bot to automatically detect new Iceland-related articles was created, run by Alex Bakharev. See current search results, search results archives, log, rules. A logo for the WikiProject was created. Templates {{Navigation Iceland}}, {{Iceland topics}}, {{Parties of Iceland}}, {{Waterfalls of Iceland}} and {{Welcome to WikiProject Iceland}} were created. The Icelandic language article is still nominated for the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive. If you have not done so already, please vote for the article!	Proposals You can translate the article on linguistic purism in Icelandic from German. You can check if the articles in the Politics of Iceland series are updated after the May parliamentary election in Iceland. Article on Renewable energy in Iceland has been nominated for featured status. You can help by improving it. You can assess an Iceland-related article. Other project tasks are also available.

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[edit] Request

Do you have a microphone? If so, we are in need of some recordings in OGG format of the cognates listed here, apparently my pronunciation was inaccurate and so a native Icelander was requested. It’s a hard language! LOL. Anyway, if you could drop me line to let me know if you’re interested or not. Thanks! Max Naylor 13:24, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Góða(n) daginn

Thanks for your message. From what I understand, both versions are correct. As you said, "flest fólk segir Góðan daginn". I've never seen or heard Góða daginn used (although I'm not a native speaker, so I don't know how often it's actually used in Iceland). Certainly, it's never been mentioned in any phrase books or Icelandic courses I've used. Also, a Google search for "góða daginn" returns only around 250 results, and a number of those are links to discussions about which version is right.

Anyway, I think the bottom line is this: the article is primarily intended for English speakers, not necessarily Icelanders. The phrase in question is part of a list of phrases for foreigners, not a grammar textbook. It is therefore better to use the most commonly used variant: góðan daginn, so as not to confuse learners. I assume the article you read is this one. Note the last sentence: "Myndirnar góðan dag og góða daginn eru því málfræðilega réttar en góðan daginn er algeng málvenja." Yes, it's technically grammatically wrong, but most people use it as a set phrase.

--Malfidus ~ (talk) 08:39, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for awarding my first barnstar to me! Greatly appreciated! Max Naylor 08:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive

Vá, fyrir algjöra tilviljun ráfaði ég inn á þessa síðu og sá að íslenska er samvinna mánaðarins. Gerðir þú tilnefninguna? Flott framlag. --Steinninn 06:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Það mættu fleirum þykja það. Ég tilnefndi ekkert en hef samt verið að vinna á öllum þeim íslenkutengdu greinum sem að ég veit um. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 17:30, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A translation request

Hi, I was just wondering if you could translate this passage:

Smjörið er brætt og hveitið smátt og smátt hrært út í það, þangað til það er gengið upp í smjörið. Síðan er mjólkinni smáhellt út í, og hrært stöðugt í, til þess ekki fari í kekki. Þegar mjólkin er gengin upp og grauturinn orðinn vel jafn og saltið komið í, skal taka hann ofan. Með honum er borin saftblanda eða mjólk, einnig steyttur sykur og kanel.

For the Icelandic language article (the text examples section). Ta! Max Naylor 18:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem, Máx Náýlór:

The butter is melted and the flour stirred into it (slowly but surely), until it is has blended with the butter. Then the milk is slowly poured into, and stirred constantly, so it doesn’t get lumpy. When the milk has blended well and the porridge has become steady and salt has been added, it should be taken off. It is served with a (fruit) juice mixture or milk, even stirred sugar and cinnamon.

Damn, that proved to be harder than I anticipated. I don't really know anything about cooking so I'm not sure what was being talked about. It's some recipe, sounds foul. The words inside () can be skipped, it won't change the meaning, but including them makes it a bit more describing, I guess. I'm sure people are gonna go "Oh! That's terrible translated, I'll have to do it myself!" but one (with my knowledge) can only do one's best. Enjoy. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 03:45, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Iceland Newsletter

July 2007
Latest Announcements and Discussions Unfortunately renewable energy in Iceland failed its featured article candidature. You can still help improve the article, and help to get it up to FA standard! Last month we welcomed three new members to WikiProject Iceland. The Icelandic language article was the ACID article for last week. The article now includes sound samples and a text extract.	Proposals You can translate the article on linguistic purism in Icelandic from German. You can create one of the many needed articles. You can assess an Iceland-related article.

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[edit] Paint.NET

Please keep in mind that the Wikipedia pages are not forums. That said, in answer to your question, it is a great program, but whether or not it is professional is a matter of opinion- and it's absolutely free, so it doesn't cost you anything to form your own. If you have any other questions about the program, consider asking them at [1]. Hope that helped! =David^(talk)_(contribs) 12:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't asking for myself but for a field called "Description" in the article "Comparison of raster graphics editors". I would have added something like "Professional image editor and graphics creation tool", this is actually about Adobe Photoshop which everybody knows is pro. And if Paint.NET is too I would have written the same or something similar. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 12:26, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, my apologies! We've had several people post installation questions and such on the talk page, and I thought that's what this was. Again, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding!

As for your question, I think it would be best to leave "professional" off. It's really meant to be easily accessible before powerful; besides, the moment you put it on there, a {{fact}} tagger would pounce. Thanks for the consideration, though! =David^(talk)_(contribs) 17:45, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chile article

I'm sorry your edits were reverted while I got rid of vandalism. ☆ CieloEstrellado 13:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bot help

{{helpme}} I am looking for a Wikimedian who can help me with bot problems. I am trying to program a bot for other Wikimedia-projects with C# but I need some assistance with the setup, and general advice would be well appreciated. The helper would have to be familiar with the OS Windows XP, be ready to communicate via MSN and, of course, have some understanding of C#.

It would also be quite cool if bots were also categorised by programming language. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 21:11, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Have you read through Wikipedia:Creating a bot and Wikipedia:Bot requests (and its talk page)? The first one has lots of good general advice (so it seems to me, who has never created a bot), and the second and its archives might help to give you an idea of what sort of bots people have made. Perhaps some of the people there will be able to help you.

I'm not sure you'll get much help with the {{helpme}} template, since bot writing is a fairly specialized topic. I'd try asking on one of the bot pages here on wikipedia, or possibly a post to the help desk might attract attention from someone who knows more and can help you.

I hope you find the help you're looking for. --Sopoforic 21:44, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I did read both those pages. My problem is with my CMD, which neither page covers. I just wanted someone to talk with via MSN to solve this and for future problems, like with development, should they occur. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 22:35, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I see. I've only ever written programs that read from wikipedia, never edit it, so I probably can't help you, personally. I suspect that a nice, targeted question on either WP:BOTREQ or its talk page will find someone who can help, although I don't know whether anyone programs bots in C# specifically. --Sopoforic 23:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)