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Contents 1 proposed rename of Wikipedia:WikiProject Burma/Myanmar 2 Request for Mediation 3 Indonesia 4 Is Wikipedia the mouth piece of NCGUB? (Military of Myanmar) 5 Image at Zayat 6 Template:Burmese 7 Zegyo and Panthay Bali 8 Inya Spelling 9 Uploading images 10 Category:Myanmar geography stubs 11 Your input requested 12 Ludu Daw Amar 13 Tin Tun 14 Burmese tofu

[edit] proposed rename of Wikipedia:WikiProject Burma/Myanmar

A new user has proposed the rename of our project. I intentionally used both names so that all views would be represented. But I would like your thoughts as to which name we should choose, Burma or Myanmar, or leave it like it is. Please share your thoughts, thank you. And thank you for your great and tireless contributions! Chris 19:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your great work, if you had said you preferred the name one way or another, I trust you well enough that I would have supported it either way. You've been here making the articles better for a long time before I showed up. If ever you think I've gone the wrong way on an edit or a decision, just let me know. This hotheaded fellow won't listen to others. And those two redlinked users _are_ sockpuppets, you were right, I have labeled and reported them as such, at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Okkar. Chris 19:13, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

This is such a cheap tactic! accusing me of sock puppetry in order to get the upper hand in dispute, this is low. If you want to verify, come to irc.myanmaronline.org and you can verify every single person who is involved in this dispute. The address is irc.myanmaronline.org, you can find us all in #ygnchat - come and see what Myanmar people think of your discrimination against our country! Okkar 01:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Also, there is a new Burmese user today, User:Aung Phyoe, that is having difficulty tagging their images so they're not deleted, can you help? I have invited Aung Phyoe to the Project. Chris 19:48, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Hintha, It is in no way affiliated to the government, however, in order not get blocked, we have to attached the MOTD as instructed. You have to register a nick name before you can join. This network has been around since 2003 and has been used by all internet users in Myanmar as this is their only way out when gtalk, Yahoo and MSN are banned. btw, you are welcome to Myanmar Online (initially it was called Burmese Online and had to rename it due to the blocking). Okkar 01:56, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Hintha, you may find it informative that someone with the name "Okkar" used to post regularly on Burma-related listservs and usenet groups. That person would continually attack Burmese democracy movement supporters. Some speculated that the person was employed by the military, either in the US embassy or in Rangoon. SimonBillenness 12:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)Simon

[edit] Request for Mediation

A Request for Mediation to which you are a party has been accepted. You can find more information on the mediation subpage, Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Wikipedia:WikiProject Burma/Myanmar. For the Mediation Committee, Essjay (Talk) This message delivered by MediationBot, an automated bot account operated by the Mediation Committee to open new mediation cases. If you have questions about this bot, please contact the Mediation Committee directly.

[edit] Indonesia

Your idea sounds great, please continue (you're right, I've got a cluttered mind, it shows on the page, and that's something other parties exploit). I admire your grace under pressure-you've fared better at it than I. It's not that I even want to be Project facilitator, I was just the guy who first started it, I seriously have no agenda other than to see all parties represented fairly, and I am wearing down under the barrage. Your help is much appreciated, and I admire your Buddha nature. Chris 06:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Is this moderator going to contact us or something? Okkar has now placed more personal attacks on my talkpage. Chris 22:22, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I am really impressed with your skills, I would have no idea what I'm doing. Chris 04:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is Wikipedia the mouth piece of NCGUB? (Military of Myanmar)

Why was it necessary for you to remove Military of Myanmar from Myanmar category? was it not represent the country's armed forces or was it because you think it would offend those parties that you are associated with? What are you trying to prove? that Wikiproject Burma/Myanmar only paddle articles that are sanctioned and blessed by NCGUB? is that what you are trying to show? I thought you said you found it insulting to have been accused of having political agendas, but it seems your actions betrayed your words entirely. How can you be free of political motivation and agendas, when you deliberately removed Military of Myanmar out of Myanmar category? It just goes to show how you and your friends are exploiting Wikipedia as a mouthpiece of NCGUB to paddle their political stance towards the country. Okkar 17:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

You shouldn't aggressively accuse others of being biased without prior knowledge. If you actually took a look at Category:Myanmar, you would find that there are very few articles that exist in that category, because more specific categories have been created, which in the case of "Military of Myanmar" is the category of that same name. For this same reason, articles like "Economy of Myanmar", "Culture of Myanmar", "History of Myanmar", "Politics of Myanmar", "Communication in Myanmar", "Education in Myanmar", just to name a few, appear only in those specific categories and not the general "Myanmar" category, which is mainly for uncategorised articles and the "Myanmar" article. Next time, before you accuse me of trying to "paddle articles that [have been] sanctioned and blessed by NCGUB [National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma]", you should see how Wikipedia categories work and check out other country cats (e.g. Category:Singapore, Category:Australia) just to name a few). And don't warn me for vandalism without providing a more reasonable explanation. (This is a response to the following 3 posts: 1, 2, 3) --Hintha 23:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Hintha, you claimed not to have any political agendas in public but I see you have reverted the edits in Myanmar given "incorrect information" as a reason and added opposition leaning statements. The information was correct since i provided the link directly to the news page. If you can accept what Reporter San Frontier wrote as gospel, I'm sure you can accept what Reuters wrote as true fact too. Isnt it time you admit that you do have a political agenda instead of claiming not to have any in order just to get support from others? Why do you feel the need to deny when your actions betrays you? So please, come out and say that you do have a political agenda and that you intend to paddle contents and information that suits the propaganda needs of NCGUB. Okkar 01:45, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I hope you're able to differentiate between factual and incorrect statements. Many of the edits you made were misleading. Please see Talk:Myanmar#Removal_of_cited_information_and_ISBN_numbers for a more thorough analysis. If any of my cited edits are "opposition-leaning", provide me with clear-cut evidence, other than your typical "you're-doing-this-for-the-National-Coalition-Government-of-Burma" or the "you-have-political-agendas!" argument. Thanks, and good day.--Hintha 05:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Hinta hello. I'm contacting you and some other member of wikipedia for a personal reason. I'm an Italian National about to leave for Myanmar. I've already been in the Golden Land managing business for a private italian company some years ago. This time I'd like to make a life experience there and find a job. Mission impossible? It would be helpful and interesting to exchange some opinion with you and have a clearer vision of what I will find. PS. If possible answer to my email address ik4fmy@yahoo.it

[edit] Image at Zayat

Thanks for adding the image. Even if someone else took and uploaded the photo, you remembered my seven month old request! GRBerry 06:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

This user comes from Burma.

[edit] Template:Burmese

Good morning, I just created this, and realized we have not really got codified conventions like Wiki does for other languages. Since you are our linguist, would it interest you to try? And thanks for your exceeding good nature. Chris 13:23, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

ps-also how do you get the map to move the ball to the location of the city? Chris 22:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Greetings, Hintha. I would like to use your Burma outline map in the Latin Vicipaedia, where I have written a couple of stubs about cities. (I think I see how to move the ball, incidentally!) It would help if you could upload the outline map to Commons -- is that possible? Or if there is some problem with that, may I have your explicit permission to upload it to :la:wikipedia? (But Commons would be better.) Thanks -- Andrew Dalby 19:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Will you please help watch Wikipedia:WikiProject Myanmar (Burma)/Members? Our persistent vandal is at it. Chris 10:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zegyo and Panthay Bali

Hi Hintha, I'm sorry to say I did the same thing,forgot to take a picture of the mosque at the time and then didn't manage to find another time to do it. Didn't get to visit Zegyo either. I'll bear it in mind,hopefully next January. Thanks for touching up the images I've uploaded. Wagaung 20:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inya Spelling

Can you please fix the spelling of Inya in Burmese? I don't have access to Burmese type. It is Ya-p-let, and with the third tone with shay-see (two dots). The more formal spelling is with La and ya-pin, IIRC, as inscribed on the portico of the entrance to the girls hostel Inya Hall. Etymologically it makes sense, since it indicates a long or sleepy lake. So you might add both forms. Kanbawsa 12:56, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Uploading images

Please do. Happy to oblige. I took the liberty of using your Sanda Muhki image for Mandalay Hill, thanks. Wagaung 18:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Myanmar geography stubs

There's now a dozen or so new airport stubs in this category. I am trying to cleanup and merge stubs where I can to at least make them more meaty. Should I leave them alone or merge-tag them to their proper city? Chris 08:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Please also help with University of Mawlamyine, it has some good info in it, the author blanked it. Chris 03:21, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Redirected it. It says "late Burmese prime minister Lt-General Khin Nyunt." Did he die? We don't have that on the bio. Chris 04:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Somebody has listed Image:MyanmarSagaing.png for deletion. Chris 22:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

The listing for deletion was vandalism, and I've reverted it. I've also corrected some information on the University of Mawlamyaing article.--Hintha 02:56, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I have been going down the list of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Myanmar#List_of_universities_in_Myanmar and adding them to their geo stubs. Those I could not locate the city, I added the fact-tag to. I renamed Yezin Institute of Veterinary Science to fit the list, and I created stubs for Hlegu, Panglong, and Yezin, based only on what I found on the 'pedia, which means they are rough and sketchy, please give all a look. Thanks! (how do you say thank you in Burmese?) Chris 05:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your input requested

Hintha, in light of your knowledge of Southeast Asia, your input is requested on the Cambodia page regarding a discussion/disagreement concerning the inclusion/removal of Sex Tourism in the Economy section. The discussion is under the "sex tourism" subsection of the talk page there. Thanks.--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 18:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ludu Daw Amar

Hello Hintha, could you help me with this problem I haven't anticipated? I find that you can't google the article since the rest of the world has spelt Daw Ah Mar's name Amar. Although she herself spells it Ah Mar or Ahmar, I think we should conform to the spelling on the net. Do you create a new page and merge or can you simply change the title? Wagaung 12:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I've corrected the name to Amar in the article itself. Hope you'll sort out the title for me. Thanks. Wagaung 13:38, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Done it myself. Just scared I might ruin it. Looks fine. Thanks anyway. Wagaung 18:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

It's OK. Thanks for the disambig. I overlooked that. She was appparently named by a neigbour who rather liked the sound of it, a name among the Portugese descendents in her village, so not quite Burmese but it's a very common name since her generation. Wagaung 08:28, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tin Tun

According to Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout#See_also, it stated that "Related topics should be grouped by subject area for ease of navigation. Also provide a brief explanatory sentence when the relevance of the added links is not immediately apparent" - therefore the appropiate relevances should be explained. In this case, no explanations were made nor provided, instead the article tries to mislead Min Ko Naing and Ye Htoon as scouts. This seems to me is a deliberate attempt to draw attention of particular user base (in this case - scouting fans) to politically motivated causes which has no relevance whatsoever with Wikipedia. Therefore, unless proper explanations are added according to Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout#See_also, the "See Also" section of this article should be removed. Okkar 22:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tin_Tun"

[edit] Burmese tofu

Hi, I just got a package of U.S.-produced chickpea (not kala chana) flour, so I'm going to try the recipe you put at Burmese tofu. In reading the recipe carefully, I think this is really less like tofu and much more like Muk (Korean food), such as Dotorimuk. The method of boiling, then letting it set and slicing up is exactly like Dotorimuk, which I have also made. Can I ask, is Burmese tofu's dough fermented at all, or just simply mixed up with water and heated? Badagnani 03:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I think I'd meant to send this to Wagaung (who is quite the expert in Burmese cuisine), but got mixed up. Badagnani 17:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC)