User talk:SovalValtos

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Kidwelly history

Hi, here is the source from the history I added to the Kidwelly page http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/articles/caervort.html it states that Fort Vortigern is said to be in multiple locations with Kidwelly being one, and the story of Fort Vortigern is from the Historia Brittonum. Kolwing (talk) 20:10, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

IP warning

Quick question, is there a warning template for unreliable sources? It’s not a default Twinkle template, but it would definitely be useful! Danners430 (talk) 09:19, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Danners430 I think it is covered by the last one listed in Twinkle under 'Behavior in articles' "{{UW-unsourced1}} Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material", as citing an unreliable source such as youtube is improper citing. There may be other toolboxes other than Twinkle that have more precise warnings but I only use Twinkle. Best wishes.SovalValtos (talk) 10:14, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Ah gotcha - I just thought you might know of a more specific one :-) thanks all the same! Danners430 (talk) 10:17, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

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Best seasonal wishes from West Sussex. It took 6 months, but finally made it. Tony. Tony Holkham (Talk) 19:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

I hope you got my email response.SovalValtos (talk) 03:44, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I did; I'll reply soon. T. Tony Holkham (Talk) 09:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Bhubaneswar

To the user, Yes I would consider myself hypocritical now (I did change that picture of the cityscape, sorry for that) for changing that picture. But I Changed and lets discuss about it first. Sertyt (talk) 11:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

actually I wont mind one picture in the infobox of that cityscape one.

It think remobve khandigiri and udaygiri caves. Sertyt (talk) 11:25, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Sertyt. Please use the article's talk page to discuss its content.SovalValtos (talk) 11:53, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Brighton meetup

Hi SovalValtos, I'm spamming everyone from the Portsmouth meetup last year. I'm hosting a meetup in Brighton on 3 February 2024 if you're interested. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:34, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

HJ Mitchell sorry I cannot make it. The three week cough has turned into a five week cough. Best wishes to all.SovalValtos (talk) 12:57, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

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Ponterwyd

Hello, you reverted my addition of an IPA pronunciaton for Ponterwyd. I am a Welsh-speaker and have an academic background in linguistics. I can assure you that the IPA I have provided is correct. Moreover, what source would you ideally want? There aren't any Welsh-language pronunciation dictionaries because the orthography is almost entirely phonemic. 2A00:23C7:7C9B:AB01:B0C7:6A2B:FF25:DB4F (talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

What is required for such an addition is a reliable source WP:RS. The fruits of original research WP:OR even with an editor's assurances that they are correct are not acceptable whatever the editor's background.SovalValtos (talk) 19:09, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

It is not 'original research'. I don't think you know very much about this matter.

I shall try to put it simply: in Welsh, a single letter (including digraphs) has a single pronunciation. It is entirely regular. So regular that the there are not pronunciation guides or dictionaries in Welsh. The only 'sources' that could be furnished would presumably be English guidebooks that happen to include an IPA transcription of the Welsh name in question.

I get the feeling that you do not much about the Welsh language or IPA? 2A00:23C7:7C9B:AB01:B0C7:6A2B:FF25:DB4F (talk) 19:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

What you 2A00:23C7:7C9B:AB01:B0C7:6A2B:FF25:DB4F or I know about the Welsh language or IPA is irrelevant. I see that you have made IPA additions and then 'corrected' them. How do we know which 'correct' version or 'uncorrected' version of yours in articles are correct unless you give a source which verifies what you have added, see Wikipedia:Verifiability. There is no requirement to include an IPA transcription in English Wikipedia of Welsh pronunciations so if a source is not available leave it alone. You can always publish the fruits of your research work elsewhere. Incidentally, the edit summary is for a description of what you have done; use talk for explanations etc. Best wishes.SovalValtos (talk) 01:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

If that is so, then almost every IPA transcription for placenames on the English Wikipedia would have to be removed, as almost all of them are unsourced. The reasoning, I imagine, is likewise that those names have a standard pronunciation in the language it came from, especially, such as in the case of Italian and Welsh amd Finnish and so forth, when the language has a phonemic orthography. There is therefore nothing to source: what do you want, a link to an academic work which notes the correspondence between letters and sounds in Welsh? 2A00:23C7:7C9B:AB01:BC5A:2F4E:F7D6:1E3F (talk) 21:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Reversions of IPA

Could you please stop reverting my additions of IPA pronunciation? As already noted, it is my background, and morevoer, Welsh orthography is phonemic, so there aren't many sources for pronunciations because the relationship between what is written and what is said is transparent. In fact, you only tend to find soures for when this is not the case, regarding those rare exceptions. 2A00:23C7:7C9B:AB01:B0C7:6A2B:FF25:DB4F (talk) 19:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Welsh placenames IPA transcriptions

For reasons not entirely clear, you seem to spend a lot of time tagging IPA transcriptions of Welsh-language placenames as needing a citation. The reason that the overwhelming majority of such instances on Wikipedia are unsourced is that Welsh orthography is phonemic. You could similarly waste your time in tagging all IPA transcriptions for Italian placenames as needing a citation, although the reason for their lack of citation is that Italian orthography is also phonemic. As with Welsh, the standard pronunciation is therefore self-evident. They'd only really need a citation if they were contrary to the standard, regular and transparent pattern.

For consistency, why don't you busy yourself by tagging IPA transcriptions of English-language placenames as needing citations, seeing as the vast majority of them don't have this? Otherwise one might come to conlusion that you, who I presume are English, have a strange vindictive obsession with the Welsh language? 2A00:23C7:7C9B:AB01:2D99:5CAE:E071:6F48 (talk) 20:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

2A00:23C7:7C9B:AB01:2D99:5CAE:E071:6F48 IPA transcriptions that I have tagged as needing a citation include those which good faith editors differ, both perhaps giving what they consider as being self-evident. Readers have no reason to prefer the work of one editor over another, even if one says they are Welsh-speaker and have an academic background in linguistics, unless their version is supported by a WP:RS. Might you consider opening an account? I am not interested in your speculation, presumptions or possible conclusions. Best wishes.SovalValtos (talk) 15:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

There was a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales#English-language pronunciations on these edits, if you're interested, although the discussion slowed down. DankJae 16:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Links to external content

SovalValtos, please do clarify the concern with the updates I've made regards WP:EL in case I've not realised a violation of some sort. The links in question are YouTube content which in itself isn't explicitly barred. I have no conflict of interest with the creator having never met them and being here long before their channel, the content does relate directly to the articles (I'm sure you'll have visited them), I genuinely think the series helps to showcase sometimes small geographical settlements which have little other exposure, and without saying it visually compliments the highly prose-based articles here. Regards, 15:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC) The Equalizer (talk) 15:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

The Equalizer Are you sure the links comply with Wikipedia:External links content guidelines? In particular WP:YOUTUBE, WP:COPYVIOEL and copyright music as well as copyright video contained in a YouYube posting are us linkers responsibility. Best wishes.SovalValtos (talk) 21:17, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

You're right, I can't guarantee completely. I saw the content is using YouTube library music, but on delving deeper I see mention that the vids may use other YouTube video music. It's a minefield so safest to remove. Cheers for pointing it out. The Equalizer (talk) 23:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Ten years

Congratulations on "staying the course" for 10 years. Well done. It has been a pleasure editing with you. Best wishes, Tony. Tony Holkham (Talk) 16:45, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Tony for your kind words and moderating influence.SovalValtos (talk) 20:36, 10 April 2024 (UTC)