User talk:Flixtey
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Akan names
[edit]Hi Flixtey - thanks for adding these, a useful addition! Just wanted to double-check, are you sure Acanthiza lineata (native to Australia, not found in any Akan-speaking area) has an Akan name? Thanks! - MPF (talk) 09:02, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hi MPF - thanks for this very necessary question. Its very true that this bird is peculiar to Australia, however birds of this size are called Anomaa in the Akan dialect hence my contribution. Even though it's not from hear, remember the purpose of all this is to share knowledge and to precisely give people the opportunity to variety. The name I used is exactly how an Akan native will call it. Thanks Flixtey (talk) 11:11, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Flixtey - thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, this isn't how Wikispecies works: names have to be verifiable from outside sources. So if you can add Akan names that are verified from other texts (like an Akan-language edition of this), that is excellent, but Wikispecies is not the place to speculate on what a species might be called by Akan speakers if they encountered it. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hi MPF, I appreciate the clarification and thanks for your time.I will revert the changes on the page right away.Flixtey (talk) 17:45, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- Many thanks! - MPF (talk) 18:03, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hi MPF, I appreciate the clarification and thanks for your time.I will revert the changes on the page right away.Flixtey (talk) 17:45, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Flixtey - thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, this isn't how Wikispecies works: names have to be verifiable from outside sources. So if you can add Akan names that are verified from other texts (like an Akan-language edition of this), that is excellent, but Wikispecies is not the place to speculate on what a species might be called by Akan speakers if they encountered it. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2015 (UTC)