User talk:Bill Ferguson

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[edit] Moving walkway

Could you please tell me why you continue to remove my text, even though it is completely within the Wiki manual of style? In this particular case, the registered trademark symbol is completely relevant, considering that it is used to differentiate between generic (colloquial) and brand name products. I don't even know who you are, but I can't help but read your edits as an act of aggression. Could you please explain? This is really very frightening for me. Thanks. --BFDhD 03:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

There is no need to be frightened. No aggression is intended. I just happen to disagree with you. I gently suggest you may be being a little proprietorial about Moving walkway. I think, by the way, you have re-inserted the trademark symbol as many times as I, and another editor user:Bdve, who would appear to agree with me, have removed it. I understand your point of view, but it seems I interpret the MoS differently. I take the sentence: "Do not use the ™ and ® symbols, or similar, unless unavoidably necessary for context (for instance, to distinguish between generic and brand names for drugs)." to mean that the ® symbol should not be used unless unavoidably necessary. In this instance I do not see any unavoidable necessity because the text and the eccentric capitalisation make it clear that Trav-O-Lator is a trademark. There may be something of a cultural difference here. Americans are, I think, used to seeing the ® symbol liberally sprinkled over everything. People outside the US, and probably many within, may see this as an ugly and unnecessary intrusion in good writing style. It is not just Moving walkway that I have removed the ® symbol from: if I see it and find it 'avoidable', I remove it, and intend to continue doing so. It is not the job of Wikipedia to pander to commercial sensibilities. So, unless you can persuade me that the the ® symbol is absolutely essential to the article, it is my opinion that it is better without it. I also need to be persuaded that using the ® symbol in an article title such as Trav-O-Lator® is a terribly good idea. How will this help users to find the article? Bill F 08:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Re F.M. Swengel Bill, some time back in the steam locomotive article you asked about F.M. Swengel. I've left a note on him. Regards Tonyob 14:09, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

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