User talk:Billbeee

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Hi Bill, I really liked the sketch you did of the bricklayer's level. I have never seen that tool on a job site. It looks like an original jig. Also I liked the photo of the stanley square. It looks like it has been used on many jobs. --JohnaldenTalk 02:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Dumpy Level Usage

Please see Talk:Dumpy level regarding your addition yesterday. AuroraD 20:18, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re Powder Actuated Tools

Appreciate your contribtion. However, there is already an article Powder-actuated tool and they need to be merged into one article. Herostratus 05:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Corrugated galvanised iron

Hi Bill, the abandoned mine looks superb. Good stuff! - Gobeirne 06:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I vote that the sheets on th etrailer pic is replaced back in the article.moza 11:20, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] work in progress

Hi Bill. I've moved your page to User:Billbeee/Flooring cramp while you're working on it; we prefer to have at least a stub's worth of content before a page is put into the regular namespace. It's fine in your userspace for now though, and you can move it back when it's ready. ··coelacan 06:35, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Billbee!

I'm glad that you like what I've done with the roof article. The problem was that although it contained a great deal of valuable info, it was rated "Start class" as an article because it didn't meet wiki standards... What i did mainly was write introductions to things and tidy up info that was already contained.

We still gotta problem here! The problem is, they want info, but they want it from books. It means that everytime an expert writes about his/her own field, someone gets stuffy about it and calls it "original research". A lot of tradespeople and craftspeople with a huge amount to contribute wouldn't know where to find an article to back up a statement like slate roofs require copper nails! It's common sense, mate! so the result is, there's only one reference at the end of the article! Do you have any trade manuals that you could trot out and write in a list in the reference section?

I'm an architectural historian, and my practical experience has been to do with restoration. If you want to write an article about roof framing, I'll put it into the sort of language that they like. I think that the present article needs some info about roof framing but the description of the bolts and bracket could go elsewhere.

From my POV, I'd like an article (maybe it already exists) that show diagrams of all the different traditional systems. King post, trussed, cross braced, hammer beam, double hammer beam etc, with diagrams and photos of outstanding examples. Sydney Uni, main building, has not one but two superb hammerbeam roofs in the Great Hall and McClaren Hall.

--Amandajm 10:20, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I know what you mean! It's one of the reasons it's easier to write about historic subjects. Even there, the info changes with recent schoolarship, but at least I'm not trying to kkeep up with technical changes. Thank God for Banister Fletcher! A great deal of the info contained therein has not changed much since 1898. The speed with which an efficient team can put up the frame of a house now is amazing.

I'm not suggesting you parrot someone else's words. Not a goood way to go. But there have to be texts which support you in general principal. An, yes, I agree that in a technical industry, it would be better to cite recent texts than 30 yr old ones.

With citing references, an article doesn't need inline references unless it's stating something that is likely to be challenged, or is fairly recent knowledge. If, for example, you say that a slate roof has a longer life than a galvanized steel roof, it doesn't need referencing because it's very straightfoward information, but if you say that a roof treated with aluminium and zinc has been found to have a longer life than a roof treated with zinc alone, it probably does need an inline cite, and the option is to to make a link direct to the Bluescope website, because it's what they say. If it's an academic subject, they require academic texts. But this isn't. But it does need a few more references at the bottom.

So I think I'll track down the websites of some slaters, thatchers, and shinglers, just for the look of it! --Amandajm 03:07, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing image Image:Kakadu 2803.jpg

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[edit] Shinglres etc

I found some. Your pic is great, but on my wide browser, it stuffed up the layout. So I reduced them all, and removed Glasgow which I discovered had a licensing proble. Found a shallower pic. Did nice arrangement for colours, types etc. Hope you like it. --Amandajm 05:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Formwork

Hello. Please do not add size forcing information to images as you did on Formwork. WP:MOS (Wikipedia Manual of Style) will explain to you how size forcing should not to be used except in some rare situations (such as when an image is directly underneath an infobox, and the article is clearly visually improved by having the image the same width as the infobox.

If you add image size forcing to a page, you are overriding user preferences (which you can set in your preferences). If you feel that the thumbs are too big - change your own preferences, and please let others set theirs. Happy editing and Cheers, MadMaxDog 08:26, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concrete Cover

Hello Bill, Thank you very much for adding those photographs in Concrete Cover Page.

[edit] Soffit

I just added a photo to soffit for a different angle. On your photo, how wide is the exposure or width from wall to facia? Also, is it ventilated being in northern Australia? Noles1984 17:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roof construction

calling for tenders... can you take a look at the talk page for Roof and the above article and make comments/suggestions? I'm intending to delete that which I have transferred. Amandajm 16:34, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flow table test

Hi! I just wrote this article in german and translated it into english although I'm not a native speaker either a civil engineer or construction worker. I have no idea if this test also exists outside Germany... It would be grat if you took a look at it! Regards, Arne —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knipptang (talk • contribs) 02:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Floor covering, Flooring into Floor

Hi, I'm proposing (discuss) to merge Floor covering and Flooring into Floor to create what would hopefully be one reasonable article Dmcq (talk) 00:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cyclone Tracy

I noticed your amazing photo of Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy. Were you in Darwin during the storm? --AStanhope (talk) 01:30, 1 May 2008 (UTC)