User talk:Koavf
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Your interesting signature[edit]
Although I like to think my English is good, it was not the language I first spoke and I could not decipher what the symbols meant. If it's a secret you can email me and I promise to keep it; if not, please explain here, Justin. Thanks! -- Alice✉ 08:46, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
- No secrets First off, your English seems fine to me--I certainly understand you! Furthermore, my signature isn't a secret: ❤ (heart) is for love, ☮ (peace sign) is for peace, ☺ (smiley face) is for non-violence, ☯ (taijian) is for intuition. Or, to put it in religious terms, agape, shalom, ahimsa, and wu wei. Feel free to ask me whatever you'd like here or via e-mail. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:48, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the prompt response, Justin. I did look at your very interesting User page on Wikipedia before I wrote you and I kinow that you are a person of faith and convictions. I think my confusion was because of the circular shape of the symbols and I wondered if they should be substituted for the letter O-oscar, leading to a signature of "I love ToCoMo" and I could not figure out who or what ToCoMo was! Sorry to be abstruse or nosey -- Alice✉ 22:42, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
- ToCoMo No, they don't mean that, but I now wonder how many others thought that... No worries, being nosy--you're fine! How's the weather in Singapore? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
- The weather doesn't change very much in Singapore so we talk about other things (grin). I'm not in Singapore right now - I get to travel quite a lot and the weather right now in the Southern Hemisphere late spring is terrific - it's Goldilocks weather - not too hot, not too cold, just right! So, again being nosy (just don't answer if you don't care to), why are the symbols separated by those particular consonants of Tango-Charlie-Mike, Justin?
- Incidentally, I think some good points were made atWikivoyage:Travellers'_pub#Babel_templates, don't you?
- What the heck is the section underneath about? What on earth are "DotM and OtBP icons"? -- Alice✉ 06:53, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
- Symbols T = User talk:Koavf, c = Special:Contributions/Koavf, m = Special:EmailUser/Koavf. Wikidata just got started up and establishing user language categories is a real priority over there, since it's multi-lingual, so that just got me thinking. I don't want to see some mistakes repeated over here. "DotM" is "Destination of the Month"—a highlighted spot that has a well-written travel guide—and "OtBP" is "Off the Beaten Path"—for more obscure locations. See Wikivoyage:Destination_of_the_month. How are you enjoying South America? Do you know Portuguese or Spanish? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:36, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
- Ahhhhhhh, now the penny drops!
By the way, did you know that, for some obscure reason that I cannot fathom looking at your signature code, the "T" is not being linked to your Talk page when I hover my mouse over it or even click on it? - Thanks for explaining those acronyms - I've been searching for quite a while but was too frightened of asking Peter - he can be a bit sharp.
- I've never been in South America and I'm a bit reluctant to specify exactly where I am in the Southern Hemisphere since, due to my rather special position, I value my privacy very highly - sorry not to be as open as yourself but I think you would understand why if we ever meet and I tell you the full story... -- Alice✉ 07:50, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
- Ahhhhhhh, now the penny drops!
- Symbols T = User talk:Koavf, c = Special:Contributions/Koavf, m = Special:EmailUser/Koavf. Wikidata just got started up and establishing user language categories is a real priority over there, since it's multi-lingual, so that just got me thinking. I don't want to see some mistakes repeated over here. "DotM" is "Destination of the Month"—a highlighted spot that has a well-written travel guide—and "OtBP" is "Off the Beaten Path"—for more obscure locations. See Wikivoyage:Destination_of_the_month. How are you enjoying South America? Do you know Portuguese or Spanish? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:36, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
- ToCoMo No, they don't mean that, but I now wonder how many others thought that... No worries, being nosy--you're fine! How's the weather in Singapore? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the prompt response, Justin. I did look at your very interesting User page on Wikipedia before I wrote you and I kinow that you are a person of faith and convictions. I think my confusion was because of the circular shape of the symbols and I wondered if they should be substituted for the letter O-oscar, leading to a signature of "I love ToCoMo" and I could not figure out who or what ToCoMo was! Sorry to be abstruse or nosey -- Alice✉ 22:42, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
Acronyms and such I'd be interested in knowing more about your adventurous lifestyle. If you're willing, go ahead and e-mail me... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:37, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
