User talk:Sarranduin

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[edit] How to pronounce Pokemon names

I se you've decided to put in how to pronounce the Pokemon names. What is the key to this? How do I know, for example, what WORE − tohr − tul means? User142 05:41, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] anon blocks

Logged in users are not hampered by anon IP blocks that happen to be for the same IP they use, such as in your case, through a school system. - UtherSRG (talk) 20:27, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Seizure response dog

Hi. I see you are working on the various Assistance dogs and have provided "See also" links between the articles. Generally, Wikipedia prefers to provide links in the body text and if such a link is made, then the "See also" isn't required (see Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout#See_also). In addition, there is an "Assistance dog" category. If all articles had "See also" links for all related pages, the list would grow exponentially - which is why they are discouraged.

Can I suggest that

  • The various assistance dog articles lose their "See also" section. All of them mention e.g. service dog in their lead sentence and all are in the category. The reader can jump to from either of those links to the "overview" article/category, which in turn leads to the other dogs.
  • The Service dog provides an explicit list of service dogs as part of the article, rather than in the "See also" section, which can be removed.

Regards, Colin Harkness°Talk 08:29, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


Hi. I think your recent rearrangements haven't improved the article - but perhaps you are reorganising it to allow the addition of more material. Therefore, I haven't made changes myself but suggest the following:

  • The current article isn't really long enough to warrant the two section headings you have created.
  • The introduction is now too brief.
  • The list of tasks that is currently under "Training" is not really a training issue. This probably belongs back up in the first section (the intro). If the article was expanded considerably, then these might go in a "Tasks" section.
  • If "Training" warrants its own section, then it needs expanded to include issues such as selection and rejection of dogs, training techniques (reward methods, etc), pairing dogs with owners, etc.
  • I wouldn't put "alert" in quotes (POV issues). That is what they are called, regardless of whether their "alert" abilities have been scientifically proven.
  • The place you moved the reference to is better than the previous (the end of the last list item). However, you should place the tag immedicately after the punctuation (full-stop, colon, etc) rather than after a space. If there is a sentence after the reference, then the space goes between the reference and the next sentence.
  • There is an extra blank line before the references section.

Cheers, Colin Harkness°Talk 07:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi. You say it is "obvious" why the dog must be trained for a specific owner. This is true for someone who understand epilepsy and/or dog training. I do think is worth mentioning this in the article.

I noticed from your user page that you intend to work on assistance dog organizations category. I don't think such a category will work (for now). The category system is for organising a large set of existing Wikipedia pages. The items in a category can't exist without the article. I suspect that the vast majority of such organisations are not notable (see the essay Wikipedia:Notability) and I haven't found any articles as yet. For example, the UK's Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is the world's largest breeder and trainer of working dogs[1] but doesn't have an article at present.

If you are interested in this area, it would be great if you could create some articles for the big organisations (think international!) Have a look at articles for other big charities. The chartity needs to be notable in some way (first, biggest, etc). If you create a handful, then a short list within one of the assistance dogs articles would suffice. I would discourage you, however, from researching a complete list of such organisations and adding external lists to them. See Wikipedia:External links and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Cheers, Colin Harkness°Talk 17:50, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guide Dog Training Length

Thank you for leaving all the information and sources on this subject in the Guide dog article. Best regards, Icemuon 12:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:"Thirty-second"

Haha, I can see myself doing the same thing. No worries. Just a note, your use of edit summaries is a little inconsistent. The best way to make your intentions clear is to add an edit summary every time, even if it's just a short one. Anyway, happy editting! Axem Titanium 04:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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