User talk:Geoff NoNick

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[edit] Welcome

Hi and welcome to wikipedia. I hope you like it and decide to stay. Here are some handy links for newcomers.

Also you can sign your name on talk pages and vote pages with three tildes like this ~~~, and your name with a time stamp with four like this ~~~~. If you have any questions, ask me on my talk page.Howabout1 Talk to me! 20:46, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Commissioned officer move

You should not make cut-and-paste moves. You are supposed to use the "move" button. Please rectify this by going through WP:RM. Uppland 06:40, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Hey Geoff! Smokin job you did on the Western Standard edits. Thanks Somena 21:29, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rush Limbaugh source

Hi there:

I noticed that on November 3, 2005, you added the clause, "though critics suggest that his influential father pulled strings to arraneg [sic] his passing-over," to the sentence, "Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an 'inoperable pilonidal cyst' and 'a football knee from high school' [Colford, pp 14 – 20]." Do you have a source for this claim?

Please reply here or on Talk:Rush Limbaugh.

— DLJessup (talk) 16:14, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Brunswick

I'm not going to edit the "genteel" part of that phrase anymore - but you would be hard pressed to verify that Fredericton is any more or less "genteel" than any other city in the Maritimes (or anywhere else for that matter). The fact that it is impossible to verify makes it an opinion and not neutral. No Guru 16:35, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Paul Martin Article

Do not revert from the comprehensive updates I have made to the Paul Martin Article. The update is NPOV in every way and to in any way claim that it is not is ridiculous. Where one side's views are listed I have also included the other side's. The aim of Wikipedia is to allow the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. With that in mind, do NOT revert to a previous version again. John Hawke 04:24, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Centurion (Captain or Major)

Hello there,

On the Centurion page you say that the rank is the equivalent of a Captain or Major. I would have said they were much more similar to a Higher ranking NCO such as a Sergeant. Or possibly a lower ranking officer such as a Second Lieutenant. As Centurion's were the second lowest ranking officer. Loth 21:36, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Centurions were just the officer rank - they could command as few as 60 or as many as a few hundred men, depending on what sort of centurion they were. Usually, they comanded between 100 and 300 men, like a Captain or Major today. Geoff NoNick 20:24, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Centurions were suppose to be incharge of a century that was their purpose, the were not suppose to take command of any more, other ranks were reserved for that, such as Senior Centurions, Chief Centurions, Prefects, Tribunes and Legates. A normal Centurion would not usually command more than 120 men (largest size for a century). Then again the Centurion rank was very flexible, Centurions who had been inservice longer outranked newer Centurions this is why i would consider it to be more of a NCO. Only out of their valour have they proved themselves worthy for the position. Loth 23:12, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
If they commanded groups of 120, they were analogous to army Captains or Majors who command companies of 120. Also, the rank was just Centurion not Chief Centurion or Senior Centurion - those others were positions assigned based on merit. As you say, the rank of Centurion was very flexible, which is why even trying to compare it to modern ranks is a dicey prospect at best. I have to say it's still not clear to me why you see this as being closer to a senior NCO. Geoff NoNick 15:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Conflicts in Canada

Thought you might like to know about this page re your trouble with a certain user. 71.198.89.239 06:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Way ahead of you - I've got a Request for Checkuser in on him to confirm he's a sockpuppet of WritersCramp. Glad I'm not the only one who thought his reaction odd, though. Thanks, Geoff NoNick 12:40, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Geoff! -- re Railroad Speeds

Thanks for the good information you added to my query on Railroad track speeds on wikipedia:Talk:Rail_transport I appreciate it. Let's hope others add to it and we can eventually develop a good widipedia page on railroad speeds. N2e 05:46, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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