User talk:JocK

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[edit] Bridge hand articles

Can you flesh these out just a little bit more. If you put in a sentence or two saying that the articel is about bridge and what the implications of each is it would be very helpful. —WAvegetarian•(talk) 19:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Contract bridge

Hi. You might be interested in participating in new Wikipedia:WikiProject Contract bridge. Regards, Duja 10:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I must say dislike your creation of small glossary-type bridge articles. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Contract_bridge. Duja 10:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Well, despite our occasional disagreement, I think you deserve this. Keep up on good work... and try to read WP:MoS a little bit more ;-). Duja 14:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! :) JocK 19:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Fantoni.gif

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[edit] References

Jock, you're undoubtedly the most prolific contributor at WP:WPCB. However, I must ask you to try to provide some more references and external links to the articles you create: per Wikipedia:Citing sources, the articles should provide references to books, web pages and other reliable 3rd-party sources. Since you certainly use the books and other web pages while creating the articles, please add those references. While it's relatively easy to fix spelling, formatting etc. post factum, adding sources latter, after the article is written, is fairly difficult. For that reaseon, please try to add references and external links while editing. See Wikipedia:Footnotes for technicalities. Regards, Duja 09:10, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Will do! JocK 19:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 31 July 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Computer bridge, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

An excellent article! I enjoyed reading it. It's on the DYK section of the Main Page now. Thanks for the contribution --Samir धर्म 00:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! :-) JocK 18:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Backgammon opening theory

An excellent addition — thanks! I've made a few changes, mostly switching from "best" to "preferred", as I think it's a bit more appropriate with regard to WP:NPOV.

Is e.g. "6-5" for dice and "1/7 7/12" the commonly accepted notation these days? I've always seen it written a variety of ways, and I used "2, 1" and "1–7, 7–12" in my recent edits to Backgammon only because it appeared to be the most prevalent of several styles used in the article. If "6-5" and "1/7 7/12" are the established notation, I'd be glad to go through and change the article to match. —ptk✰fgs 15:29, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! On the notation: slashes to indicate moves and doubledigit notation for dice throws are more common. (See e.g. http://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+759). I opted for 3-2 rather than 32 to indicate the dice roll as I thought that would be clearer for the occasional reader. I also deviated from the standard when writing 1/7 7/12. The more common notation is 1/12. But also here I thought the average reader might benefit from making the double move explicit. But perhaps wiser to stick to what seems the standard notation in backgammon literature. JocK 16:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Cool, I'm going to put up an {{inuse}} and change the notation. —ptk✰fgs 16:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I think this might be helpful. Feel free to add/modify! JocK 17:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
You might want to check out the manual of style regarding the use of second person pronouns — the tone of an article tends to be more encyclopedic if things are described using the third person. —ptk✰fgs 22:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
You're right. Have updated (mostly by using 'player' and 'opponent' rather than 'you' and 'your opponent'). JocK 00:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 7 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Backgammon opening theory, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Nice article. Enjoyed reading it. Would be great if you could add a bit more on the neural networks in the article as it made a fabulous tagline. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 08:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks (again ;-). I am actually thinking of writing an article dedicated to computer backgammon. Cheers -JocK 18:25, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Board and table games

You may be interested in joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Board and table games. —ptk✰fgs 06:24, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Total re-write of the main Physics page is in progess

You might like to join us at Physics/wip where a total re-write of the main Physics page is in progess. At present we're discussing the lead paragraphs for the new version, and how Physics should be defined. I've posted here because you are on the Physics Project participant list. --MichaelMaggs 08:04, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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