User talk:Gadget850/Archive (Jan 2006)
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First aid
Thanks for the support on Talk:First aid. I think since no one's said anything else about it since I put that comment, I'll go ahead and start making those cuts. I think I'll leave the "things that often need first aid" or whatever section and put everything that's got its own section, like "bites and stings" as a bullet in that list. Any useful info under those I'll move to the right pages. Sound good to you? Peace, --Delldot 22:16, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I had a go at it, but it still needs a lot of work. let me know what you think. Thanks! --Delldot 04:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
Was that a vote?
Was that a vote you made here If it was, you need to put your name under the support list. --ZeWrestler Talk 14:44, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Article on Shenandoah Acres
Just to let you know, I created an article stub about Shenandoah Acres, inspired by the mention in the Stuarts Draft article. Hope you'll consider adding your own touch to it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:47, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Merit badge collecting
I've written an article on Merit badge collecting, submitted it for peer review, and thought you may like to look at it and provide feedback. Any help would be appreciated. Rlevse 14:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Your suggestion to the ref/footnote part of the article was completed by JohnDBuell. Thanks for the concrete suggestion. Let me know if you have more. Rlevse 15:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Re: "Consensus on one of the other scouting pages was to use the logo tag on these images, and note that it is a copyright or trademark of the BSA."....Which logo and tag are you referring to? Also, you may want to put the Eagle Scout template on your user page.Rlevse 17:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Rudolph
Have you tried Google Book search? There are some interesting references, you might want to start here. --Goodoldpolonius2 15:11, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
Merit badge FAC
I have re-submitted the article Merit badge types (BSA) as a FAC. Any input you may have would be appreciated.Rlevse 13:37, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
No problem. Congrats on the marriage. It will probably still be on the FAC list when you get back, if you have interest and time. Rlevse 14:55, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Capitalization of Scout
On one of the BSA-related pages, I think one of the ones dealing with Eagle Scouts, you said "Scout" should only be capitalized when it's part of a title or rank. So, would you agree that the articles dealing with ranks (which are all named in the same pattern) should be renamed from "(rank) scout (Boy Scouts of America)" to "(rank) Scout (Boy Scouts of America), etc.? Also, would you say in a sentence like " A Scout can earn....." that Scout should or should not be capitalized? Rlevse 13:56, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
I would use "Scout" to refer to any member of the Scouting movement. English-speaking countries consider Scouting a proper noun. I'd consider any country with a recognized Scouting movement a Scout. Since Scouting, is UC; I'd UC Scout in this context, Eagle Scout, Queen Scout, Boy Scout, etc. Capitalizing Scouting but not Scout does not make sense. LC scout could refer to an Army scout, be a verb, or an activity. If we ever get a WikiProject or WikiCollaboration going, we'd need to be consistent. Thanks for the input. Rlevse 18:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
So does this mean we should rename all the rank articles "(Rank) Scout..." from "(Rank) scout...". We likely need to get a WikiProject or WikiCollabaration going soon, as JohnDBuell and Rebelguys2 have suggested.Rlevse 21:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Henry Fonda
Gadget: I saw you fixed the note/correction I made to the Henry Fonda artcle (which I don't mind at all), but both when I made it yesterday and after you worked on it, it makes the ref number in the text "3", but in the footnotes, it's a "1". I'm having trouble making the numbers match up. Can you help with this? Also, what does 'dab' mean in the history note you entered? Rlevse 12:56, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Tks. I agree, let someone really interested in Fonda fix the note/ref numbers. I've been fixing lots of Eagle Scout dabs too. So, the number problem is inherent to wiki and people not being consistent, huh. Did you notice this is an FA? Rlevse 13:25, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Hm, but mixing them causes problems, as you pointed out. And putting them in Ref section with links (such ref the ref/note system) seems to work better. Rlevse 18:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Scout Project
There's been talk of it on various talk pages and the MB acrticle FAC. User:JohnDBuell proposed a WikiProject and User:Rebelguys2 proposed a WikiCollaboration (I'm not sure of the difference). The consensus on the MB FAC page was to get that article to FA, then start the project/collab. Rebelguys2 said he'd do the copyedit and title change of the article and that's what we're waiting on now. Rlevse 15:48, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
