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Was that anonymous user posting the email adress in this edit you? - Mgm|^(talk) 12:28, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that'd be me. Why? Anything wrong with it? --Syzygy 06:57, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I was going to use Syzygy as my Wiki handle, but it was taken already, so I used my given name instead ... Syzygy Darklock is a fellow wizard. --Dennette 20:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DAMN! I'm with Dennette! I wanted this handle too...but too bad for me! It's definitely a VERY cool word though. However, I want to ask: is it spelled (and spoken) the same in the German language as it is in English? With all of those "Y's" it seems like it would be impossible to say in a German way...! --172.144.136.36 13:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:-) Do you really want to know...? - The forms used are mostly Syzygie or (more officially) Syzygium. As opposed to the english version, which stresses the first and last syllable, Germans will stress the second syllable, and will split the dipthong in the end. (And, of course, the "g" is guttural, as in "guttural", as opposed to the plosive "g" in "German". ;-) Rendered in english, it will sound something like syds'ygeyeay or syds'ygeyewm. Boy, this looks wrong. I can try to come up with an OGG file for you, if you want... -- Syzygy 08:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am translating the article about the Voynich manuscript for the greek Wikipedia. I thought the name "Voynich" was pronounced with the "ch" as "Mach" but i came across some greek websites that prounounce it as "Voynicz" ("ts"). Could you please help? Which is the correct pronounciation? Thanks in advance - Badseed 15:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, Syzygy! :) - Badseed 18:38, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you have any interest in helping get this back to FA status? Do you have copies of any of the books used as sources? --Andy Walsh (talk) 16:11, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Andy, Sorry for the delay in replying. While I'll be happy to give the article about the VM the occassional glance, right now other things with me have higher priority than investing serious amounts of work into it. As for the books, IIRC I own d'Imperio, Kennedy, and Pelling's books in print. Cheerio, -- Syzygy (talk) 11:46, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For Ozymandis project:Chem teacher (talk) 19:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)(reply to comment on mediation page):Yes lets send the existing mediation page to the regular official mediation group, the current mediator is not active. I think we can just send the existing page page as is.[reply]

Hi Syzygy I have subbmited the problem for mediation to:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation/Time_capsule

please sign the mediation page in the appropriate place (parties to the dispute agree) so that they can begin the next phase. Chem teacher (talk) 21:42, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Chem teacher: I just want to let you know that I've opened the mediation discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Requests for mediation/Time capsule with some initial analysis of the Mediation Cabal case page, and an opening question I'd like to put to you both. Many thanks, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 17:54, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Many thanks, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 11:28, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tea is just one of the things that can be warmed gently by Sterno. Thanks for six years of contributions to Wikipedia. May your pot never boil over.   Will Beback  talk  21:53, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Will, that really made my day! ;-) --Syzygy (talk) 11:12, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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i've open an account to VoynichToughts... i don't want use Wiki as a blog. i just want the researchers see that a big part of solution is here. i think that near than 99% of VM is graphical but there is always a place for doubt... Echapfr, 11th December 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.213.180.231 (talk) 00:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for creating this article. I have created some SA band pages but finding refs is hard work. Do you have a subscription to the Oxford Reference? Gbawden (talk) 11:11, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Gbawden! I'm sorry, I won't be able to help you much. I came across Stingray pretty much by accident and created the article mostly as a translation of the German version. Maybe you'll have more luck asking the author there? --Syzygy (talk) 15:45, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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