Hey, thanks for a cookie! So... I have a question now. As I hear the words like Malayalam, Malayali, Malayala-lipi, you stress the third vowel a (the syllable ya), like Malayalam, Malayali etc. It's like macaroni or Madagascar, so to speak. Or at least they sound that way to my ears. But then, when I see this technical page called Retroflex lateral approximant, someone put an example word "Malayalam" there and according to the IPA there the first vowel is stressed (that is Malayalam, like marmalade). Do you think that's possible? Even if it sounds like Malayalam or Malayali, should I assume that Ma is actually stressed? Or could it be that the sample IPA in Retroflex lateral approximant is simply wrong, by a typo or something? TYIA!! —Gyopi (talk) 10:22, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay, then for now I'll remove the accent marks from Malayali, Malaya lipi, and also from Tulu lipi. I still kind of feel there is some kind of "melody" (clear emphasized syllables vs. fast ambiguous ones) in Malayalam, but I think such distinctions are much less important than in a language like English. Thank you for input. —Gyopi (talk) 13:01, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought those files were kind of strange. One thing is, in Malayali, a in Ma and a in la are too similar. Another thing is, in Malayala lipi, there is a very long pause between Malayala and lipi, which I felt strange. I assumed the speaker was very nervous and self-conscious when recording (understandable if one has to upload their voice to the Internet), and that was why the words were somewhat awkward. Still the sound files can be helpful, especially if native speakers think the machine voice is not too bad. So anyway, what you tried to say was, you think Tulu uses stress accent? —Gyopi (talk) 09:44, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

How do you get to be someone who decides whether an edit is vandalism or constructive? I'm sure the criteria is listed someplace but I am slow to catch on and haven't read it. Non sarcastically yours, 24.167.105.97 (talk) 00:35, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

My error on reverting those edits.Actually your edits were constructive, but while improving those citations, you left a "gap" here.I use a vandal reversion tool called huggle and in that, this revision looks odd.I just could have undid that but my apology for reverting it and issuing you a warning.For avoiding such kind of incidents, Please create an account and then start editing.Thanks.. arunkumar^{checkmate me} 03:58, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the lollipop! I would give you a ROFLpop if there was a template for it. :) — Oli ^OR Pyfan! 05:51, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Ditto. Spreading "teh lulz". -Reconsider! 04:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I've deleted User:ARUNKUMAR P.R/statuschanger2.js - please note that you may need to close your browser entirely for any changes to take place - purging the 'cache' ofttimes doesn't work. Skier Dude (talk) 08:36, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks..!!!When I placed deletion tag on it, it would not appear.Good riddance.. :)  arun  talk  09:34, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for suggesting that we use more sound files for Malayalam. Malayalam script is an article about the writing system, and technically, this writing system is not only used for the Malayalam language. About the sounds of the Malayalam language, we can make a new article: Malayalam phonology. Many languages have this kind of article, for example Tamil phonology, Hindi-Urdu phonology, Bengali phonology. Especially, Marathi phonology has a lot of sound files just like you suggested, which is very cool.

Another thing. How "good" is your sound generator? For example, I think the actual pronunciation of ക്ഷ ('ksha') is 'tsha'. Could it generate this kind of "real" sound? —Gyopi (talk) 09:29, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I am sorry for the wrong happened in Pondicherry.. It happened due to small error.. error is human.. so pls forgive me for the unknowningly happened mistake.. Thanks for your message anyways...--Jai Kumara Yesappa (talk) 20:10, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the Lollipop--NotedGrant Talk 06:40, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You beat me twice, once reverting vandalism on my page, and once reporting the vandal. Guess I can retire for the night! Cheers, Piano non troppo (talk) 10:28, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...Although you beat me before that!!! :)  arun  talk  11:26, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Quit reverting so fast! You beat me at least 2 times today! TheWeakWilled (T * G) 15:56, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Good job on the fast reverting of vandalism. You have beaten me several times. One suggestion, though. Double check blanked pages to make sure that they are not new pages blanked by the creator before reverting them. If they are, tag them for deletion instead. Cheers and happy vandal hunting... Turgan ^Talk 16:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Regarding your issue with my edit, removing content, I might point out that it was I who created that page, and intend to restore it at a later stage, but in a different format.--Owenmoresider

The page might be created by you, but then it was edited by other users too....So blanking page is not the right way...Anyway, blanking an article page is vandalism...I just did my duty...No hard feelings...  arun  talk  17:02, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I didn't mean to be nonconstructive, I was just trying to create a page about myself (John McDaniel).

Is there a way to do this in a constructive way?

Thanks!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanofdisco2 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for welcoming me.... Vpkvishnu (talk) 11:17, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the Barnstar...Thatguyflint ^{Talk to me!} 03:40, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I did not "vandalize" anything and I don't like being accused of doing so, I deleted irrelevant information which had no connection to the subject matter. (75.69.241.91 (talk) 04:49, 8 December 2009 (UTC))

You removed content and didn't say way. That can be considered vandalism. Eeekster (talk) 04:52, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments Eekster.. :)  arun  talk  04:58, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Did you read what I removed? Do you find it "on topic"? Do you know what a tangent is? Do you honestly find it relevant information?

How is an entire paragraph about Bruce Jenner that deals mostly with his not obtaining the role of 'Superman' "on topic"?

How is a comparison to an unrelated film 'Grease 2' "on topic"?

Why was I accused of "vandalism"? Do I have a history of that?

If I read the article about the American Civil War and I came across an entire paragraph about General Grant's home furnishings should I post in discussion page for consensus about weather if it should be removed or not?

I'm not trying to cause trouble here, I deleted rambling and off topic passage from a page, and I'm warned???

You are telling me that if an article clearly goes off topic, and you fix that, that is vandalism, is that what you are saying? (75.69.241.91 (talk) 05:16, 8 December 2009 (UTC))

good work!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.41.113.10 (talk) 11:33, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Aruns Cool--NotedGrant Talk 11:47, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Iam flattteeerrrreddd!!! :D  arun  talk  12:49, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I think you are wrong, that vandalism is the threat to wikipedia... the threat is that people will unwittingly believe that THIS website contains valid and truthful information. MANY times, I have corrected pages, only to have a dim witten, know-nothing edit my work so that falsehoods are presented for all the world to see.

It is better than people know that THIS is not a place do do real research, but is only a collection of opinions by people who might or might not know better than a researcher.

129.63.223.171 (talk) 01:00, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate your understanding about how I felt when things were happening last night. I should have probably thought a bit more about the edits I made before making them. If I do something improper in the future, just let me know and we'll fix it. Thank you. (75.69.241.91 (talk) 01:19, 9 December 2009 (UTC))