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==Absence/Activity==
== Language infobox color ==


Hey, stuff is happening on my end so I'm not able to post much. I've noticed it's kind of quiet though, anything I could do to give it a kick that doesn't invovle a great deal of creative power on my end? Or is there quiet stuff going on that I haven't noticed?  
Hello. I seem to be unable to change the color of my conlang's [[Riagi|infobox]], is there a trick to it?


Also, I recall you mentioned something about original literature or some contest for that which I could at least try or help endorse.
== Ooops!  Misplaced Page==


-Cheers, [[User:Fauxlosophe|Fauxlosophe]] ([[User talk:Fauxlosophe|talk]]) 04:51, 6 June 2013 (CEST)
Hi Chrysophylax,


:I'm a a bit busy as well until at least mid June, so I'll be a bit quiet as well. Well, you could spread the word ;)
Apologies, I goofed when I was making an IPA template for the vowels in Nankôre. Now when I go to the Templates page I see "Nankôre" but I don't see the name for the template, which is "Nankore_Vowels_IPA". Could you please help me and remove "Nankôre" from the Templates page and replace it with "Nankore_Vowels_IPA"? I know I successfully created the template, because it appears on my conlang's page when I call the template.
:I will look into the library idea later! --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Chrysophylax</span>]]''' 00:40, 8 June 2013 (CEST)


We do have literature category for conlangs :) Feel free to add things to it, preferably things that gives a challenge in translation or things you plan on translating yourself. [[File:Zelos.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]]&nbsp;'''[[User Talk:EmperorZelos|<span style="color:#800080;">Emperor Zelos</span>]]''' 10:54, 8 June 2013 (CEST)
Thanks!!


Yeah, I've already taken advantage of that. I think you, myself and GreatBuddha [who is primarily on wikia due to simpler table interface and more activity] are the only ones using it and I'm the only one with original works in written in my language [though you and GB may have translated it yourselves]. I'd like to see a competition or some sort of stronger incentive for short stories/poems in order to draw people out and encourage them to try and use their languages to their fullest extent and share it with the rest of us, because in the words of Tolkien;  "Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c, &c, are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends".
~~Anyar~~


Even if it would only lead to small things like short stories, myths and rhymes that are only a few paragraphs long, it will help people get a fuller feel for the language and would make it easier for us to pick featured langs in the future.
== Subcategory for Czecklish ==


-Cheers, [[User:Fauxlosophe|Fauxlosophe]] ([[User talk:Fauxlosophe|talk]]) 03:37, 11 June 2013 (CEST)
Can you make a subcategory for my conlang Czecklish? I have three separate articles for it, and it's getting hard to manage them. There will likely be three or four more articles concerning Czecklish in the future. I believe it would be more convenient for Linguifex visitors and users to view Czecklish and its various articles if it had a subcategory, like Khaz or Valian.


== #projectlibrary ==
== Tagchen ==
Can you delete my [[Netagin]] page and all its associated pages? Many thanks, [[User:IlL|IlL]] ([[User talk:IlL|talk]]) 21:50, 29 October 2014 (CET)


Whist I approve of this project of yours, I disapprove of the intermixing of constructed language literature and the natural language texts. Texts in the previously pseudo-namespace "Translation", such as "The Tower of Babel" are in my opinion not to be categorised under the literature banner; they serve a different purpose, since they exist to promote the conlangers' translations of the same texts, for comparison.
::- Sure! If you don't mind me asking, any particular reason why? --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 22:02, 29 October 2014 (CET)


People are more inclined to translate non-conlang literature, and many of the texts have become an institution to translate, say "Babel" and "The Lord's Prayer". There is a big chance that the literature category texts will live up to their name and simple be stored in the library for interested people to read. I therefore object to the intermixture of the two namespaces.
:::I decided to discontinue Netagin... it struck me as too much an ad-hoc hodgepodge. Though features from it will be absorbed into my other languages. In passing, what do you think about partaking in Linguifex Relay the Fourth (prematurely)? [[User:IlL|IlL]] ([[User talk:IlL|talk]]) 01:17, 30 October 2014 (CET)


Sincerely, [[File:Waahlis.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Waahlis|<span style="color: Orange;">Waahlis</span>]]'''   07:54, 12 June 2013 (CEST)
::::Ah, I know that feeling. I would be okay with that! --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 01:42, 30 October 2014 (CET)


Waahlis is right, red riding hood and such should be under translation or possible something else, literature is for conlang literature. [[File:Zelos.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]]&nbsp;'''[[User Talk:EmperorZelos|<span style="color:#800080;">Emperor Zelos</span>]]''' 09:58, 12 June 2013 (CEST)
== How does one even ==
... make an a priori conlang they feel confident about? <span style="background:#006400">[[User:Ceige|<span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''CEIGE'''</span>]][[User talk:Ceige|<span style="color:#FFFFFF">⟨TAWK⟩</span>]]</span> 14:01, 7 December 2014 (CET)


== <strike>Ixnay'ed on the Acebookfay Accountway? </strike> ==
<strike>It's coming up as a removed account for spam/abuse - you've got my email (somewhere maybe...? :P ) so feel free to email me mate <span style="background:#006400">[[User:Ceige|<span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''CEIGE'''</span>]][[User talk:Ceige|<span style="color:#FFFFFF">⟨TAWK⟩</span>]]</span> 13:12, 10 March 2015 (CET)</strike>


:I understand your concerns, yet I am not so sure creating another namespace is the way to go. I do not think creating 'translation only' and a 'conlang-only texts' would be beneficial, as it would split up text content (intended for translation) unnecessarily with prefixes when a simple category such as [[:Category:Translation exercises]] would do. I, following on what I perceive to be Fauxlosophe's intent, feel that both texts from natlangs and conlangs should be encouraged to be translated. Thus, separating it into a whole new namespace feels a bit overkill. I mean, it's literature. To assuage fears of conlangers not translating texts, I have started writing a few templates to "single out" the ''standard'' texts for translation.
==Concerning the Fourth Linguifex Relay==


:I have also modified a few templates to allow one to add one's language from the get-go as seen on [[Literature:Ishtar spoke to her father|Ishtar spoke to her father]]. It's not perfect as it currently just preloads the whole page but in a subpage, but it should help encourage people to translate texts. I also intend on adding a large section to [[Library:Portal]] regarding translations, clarifying, and encouraging users to translate.  
Since Dē Graut Bʉr hasn't shown any signs of activity, I'm passing the relay to you.


:Currently, I've styled my translation-encouragement-pages on The Lord's Prayer example, not on the Little Red Riding Hood. I would like it if you gave some input on http://linguifex.com/index.php?title=Special:WikiForum&thread=30.
===Fo hoinga fatipu===


:Do the honourable lord administrators still object? --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Chrysophylax</span>]]''' 04:43, 14 June 2013 (CEST)
''Rótrest léhkodé [[Fourth_Linguifex_Relay/Sceptrian|khugu]], lateeprlest roi bapu!'' (You should go there quickly and dance above the words!)
 
[[User:Juhhmi|Juhhmi]] ([[User talk:Juhhmi|talk]]) 21:57, 12 July 2015 (CEST)
 
===Wååhlis===
It seems Waahlis has not completed his whisper in time. Will you pass the relay to the next person? [[User:IlL|IlL]] ([[User talk:IlL|talk]]) 15:59, 16 July 2015 (CEST)
 
One å is enough. I got sick while translating the relay. But please, do pass it on. [[File:Waahlis.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Waahlis|<span style="color: Orange;">Waahlis</span>]]'''  16:17, 16 July 2015 (CEST)
 
:Done --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 16:23, 16 July 2015 (CEST)
 
== Can you do me a favor? ==
 
Could you delete every subpage and their talks listed here: [[User:Ílchőfti Lēmáthīd]]? You can leave a redirect from [[User:Ílchőfti Lēmáthīd]] to my current username. I've moved beyond that ugly name. [[User:IlL|IlL]] ([[User talk:IlL|talk]]) 04:14, 13 July 2015 (CEST)
 
:Done --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 15:13, 13 July 2015 (CEST)
 
== How do I tag? ==
I want to get my conlang, [[Latirdo]], on the list of languages, but I can't add the category to the article. What do I do?
Thanks.
 
--[[User:Sihithe Avralte|Sihithe Avralte]] ([[User talk:Sihithe Avralte|talk]]) 17:49, 22 March 2016 (CET)
:You add the category by writing <nowiki>[[Category:blahblah]]</nowiki> anywhere in the document. I usually recommend at the end. I have added the relevant tags to your article for you for now. If you have any other questions, I'lll gladly answer them. --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 20:01, 22 March 2016 (CET)
 
== Dėkujå ==
Just wanted to say thank you for fixing the page. Didn't know, where to do it though, so I'm just leaving it here. (Raistas)
 
== Delete ==
 
If I make a mistake and create a page that is clearly stupid, how do I tag it for deletion?  I don't have the power and it doesn't seem right to bug specific people to delete a specific page.  Is there something <nowiki>[[:Category:Delete me]]</nowiki>? --[[User:Aquatiki|Aquatiki]] ([[User talk:Aquatiki|talk]]) 03:39, 1 December 2018 (CET)
 
::You should tag it with <nowiki>{{speedy|reason}}</nowiki>. Check [[Template:Speedy]] out. [[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 11:07, 2 December 2018 (CET)
 
== Infobox language ==
 
So, I recently noticed that I'm prevented from editing templates that're transcluded on the main page, specifically [[Template:Infobox language]] and its subpages, and I was wondering either 1. if there's a way to work around this, 2. if you could turn-off cascading for the main page, or 3. if I could be given permission to edit these pages? If you just don't want non-admins editing these pages, that's completely fine too, but please let me know. -[[User:Учхљёная]] <sup>([[User_talk:Учхљёная|talk]],[[:Category:Conlangs by Elliott Wheeler|conlangs]],[[Special:Contributions/Учхљёная|edits]])</sup>. 18:20, 19 January 2019 (CET).
:: Hi, that sounds perfectly reasonable. I will investigate this weekend if there's something we can do technically to allow safe users to edit high-frequency templates --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 14:35, 22 January 2019 (CET)
:: I've disabled cascading protection for now. Hopefully it won't bite the wiki in its bum. --[[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 00:03, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 
== Deletion of Template:LangAbb ==
 
<del>[[Template:LangAbb]] was deleted, breaking functionality of [[Template:Etym]], which is used in various Contionary entries. I do not ask it be reinstated, but I would like to have access to its history so that I can view its interface and update Etym to use [[Template:ISO]].</del> Nevermind, I figured it out, the template is back in working order
 
--[[User:MIGUELbM|MIGUELbM]] ([[User talk:MIGUELbM|talk]]) 09:10, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 
== Deletion of an image and changing of a page title ==
 
Hello,
 
</del>I'm quite new here in Linguifex and I did a (or two) mistake(s).
1. At updating a image which shows ,,Zimâna Ħāwārî (translates to ,,Hawari language")" in my newly invented Ṭoňżeĝâyî script, it always shows the former version of the image where I set the direction so: top to bottom, right to left, even if it should be left to right. To fix that issue, I would like to let it be deleted, and I don't know how one does it.
2. This mistake is less important to fix: Instead of giving my article title the name ,,Hawari language" I just wrote ,,Hawari". If possible, would you be able to change it?</del>
 
Thank you and have a good day👋🏼
 
Update (01.05.2020, 17:29 UTC): Thank you for fixing these two issues.😀
 
Yours sincerely, [[User:MansenBk|MansenBk]] ([[User talk:MansenBk|talk]]) 16:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC).
 
== Lost Conlangs ==
 
Hi. A while ago a user on Frathwiki started a project to try and rescue info about conlangs that had been stored on Langmaker in the 2000s, gone down with it but was retrievable via the Web Archive copies of Langmaker. They got so far then drifted off. I'm volunteering to start it again, and I also want to make my own (privately run but publicly accessible) list of the world's conlangs (probably in spreadsheet and searchable database form). I want to combine the jobs to reduce work time; I also think it would be good to have the same info in different places (as what was so unfortunate about Langmaker going down was so much of its info was not stored elsewhere). So I was wondering, would you be interested in allowing similar records of such langs here? I'm guessing not on account of your "non-sufficient content/long inactivity" deletion rule plus high style standards etc. However even if not how about a single page (/multiple if running over) with a name and barest details? I'd be prepared to do all the work, although help would certainly be appreciated. :)
[[User:Matthew McVeagh|Matthew McVeagh]] ([[User talk:Matthew McVeagh|talk]]) 04:32, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
:: If you keep it on one page that'd be fine [[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 07:32, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
 
== Safety on the Website ==
 
Dear Chrysophylax,
I have a quite important question about the website itself. Well, whenever I (it is also not only me) open the site from Discord, I get a warning saying that this website may steal personal or financial information and thus should be closed. Do you know why the warning appears?
 
Yours sincerely,
MansenBk [[User:MansenBk|MansenBk]] ([[User talk:MansenBk|talk]]) 15:40, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 
::Nope, no idea. We use TLS 1.3 and don't take any personal and financial data beyond your email and username when you register. [[File:Admin.png|35px|link=Linguifex:Administrators]] '''[[User talk:Chrysophylax|<span style="color: #3366BB ;">Χρυσοφύλαξ</span>]]''' 00:02, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 
== New featured language ==
 
Wow, I'm quite honored to see that [[Avendonian]] [[Special:Diff/231620|has become]] a featured language. Many thanks! Cheers, [[User:Sware|'''swar'''<span style="border-radius:4px;padding:0 3px;background:#fc3;color:#03192d">'''e'''</span>]] • [[User talk:Sware#top|🗣]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sware|🏲]] 16:16, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 
== Tahano Hikamu font ==
 
Hi! I've been tinkering around lately with [[:Category:Ayeri lemmas|Ayeri entries]]. As you probably know, Ayeri is written in this quite-Brahmic script called ''Tahano Hikamu''. The creator of Ayeri, Carsten Becker, created a font for it and [https://github.com/carbeck/tagatibookg released it]. I've been wondering if it'd be possible for you or any administrator to add this font to Linguifex so I can use it. Since it's based on SIL Graphite engine, the font declaration must use the .ttf file, not .woff. Thanks! Cheers, [[User:Sware|'''swar'''<span style="border-radius:4px;padding:0 3px;background:#fc3;color:#03192d">'''e'''</span>]] • [[User talk:Sware#top|🗣]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sware|🏲]] 15:17, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 
: '''Edit:''' Wording and further details. 11:46, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
: '''Edit 2:''' I'll also need a script definition in Linguifex's common.css for <code>.Ayer</code>, much like [[wikt:MediaWiki:Common.css|Wiktionary's]]. Thanks! 17:12, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
 
== Change of Username ==
 
Dear Chrysophylax,
 
I would like to change my username from Aydbayk into Aydın Baykara. Would you arrange it please?
 
Yours sincerely,
 
~~Aydın Baykara~~
 
Aydın Baykara [[User:Aydbayk]] ([[User talk:Aydbayk|talk]]) 30 April 2023
 
== Making citations show up ==
 
Hello Chrysophylax, <br>
I've made a few edits to the aUI page, but after hours of trying cannot make all the citations show up in the Reference list (also, there's no "Cite" menu item like in the main Wikipedia). I've compared them with the apparently original ones in Wikipedia and they seem exactly the same to me. As you can see, I'm getting these error messages:
 
Cite error: <ref> tag with name "Weilgart-LOS" defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
and
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has no name attribute.
 
Could you please explain what I'm missing and/or fix it?
 
Thanks so much!<br>
 
Andrea Weilgart Patten[[User:Andiweil|Andiweil]] ([[User talk:Andiweil|talk]]) 16:54, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 
      <br> PS I got a work around to finally do the trick per @sware, thanks...if you want to check it[[User:Andiweil|Andiweil]] ([[User talk:Andiweil|talk]]) 03:45, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
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