User talk:DHLister

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Contents 1 License tagging for Image:Emmett watson.jpg 2 Rindge article 3 Your GA nomination of Emmett Watson 4 Usage of the comma

[edit] License tagging for Image:Emmett watson.jpg

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[edit] Rindge article

Hi DH,

Thanks for getting in touch about the population figure in the Rindge, New Hampshire article. I did hesitate about restoring the info, because every edit you've done has been thoughtful and informative. As I alluded to in the edit history, basically if you see a town in New Hampshire with a 2005 population estimate figure, it's because somebody first put in a figure and called it "2005 Census". Since there is no such thing, I consult the state Office of Energy and Planning web page, which conducts yearly population estimates, and retrieve the published figure for that town. (Concord and Peterborough are a few other places where I've had to do that.) I can see the point of wanting to stick with just the decennial census figures, but I also see that there is a lot of pressure out there among readers to come up with more recent population figures -- it may be boosterism, but it also may be caused by people concerned at how rapidly their community is growing. Anyway, I've enjoyed watching your edits go in, and I look forward to seeing more! --Ken Gallager 12:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I think "Notable Inhabitants" follows naturally from the history section, especially when (as in Rindge) most of the people listed are from the past. It doesn't hold up quite as well when people start adding their friend who appeared on a reality TV show or who just published their first graphic novel! By the way, I alphabetized the section just because I wanted to see some sort of order to it. If you have a better idea, go for it. Sometimes they get sorted by birth date, for instance. See you --- --Ken Gallager 16:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA nomination of Emmett Watson

The article Emmett Watson you nominated as a good article has failed , see Talk:Emmett Watson for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a review.

The Sunshine Man 16:50, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Usage of the comma

In Surviving veterans of World War I you chose to remove my changes to this sentence:

British WWI veteran, 111-year-old Henry Allingham (born June 6, 1896), is currently the oldest living verified veteran.

It was correct as I had it. It would also be correct this way:

British WWI veteran 111-year-old Henry Allingham, born June 6, 1896, is currently the oldest living verified veteran.

But it is incorrect the way you have it. There is a simple test. If you remove the commas and the text between them, the remaining sentence would still make sense:

British WWI veteran is currently the oldest living verified veteran.

But it does not. So it has been fixed again, this time using the correct example above, which I hope you find more to your liking. --DHLister | Talk 21:07, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

DHLister,

First off, I didn't write the sentence, but your 'correction' was no better than before, which is why someone else changed it.

Actually you are wrong. How much would you like to bet? First off, the word "The" is missing, but can be assumed. Therefore we would have "The British WWI veteran is currently the oldest living verified veteran." Thus the problem was the lack of an article, not the use of a comma. So, you 'fixed' what was not broken, and missed what was broken.

Because the sentence as written uses both 'veteran' and 'Henry Allingham' as 'nouns' in separate clauses, they must be set off with commas to be correct. Thus, for you to claim that your version was correct is spurious.

Please apologize for your rashness and presumption.Ryoung122 05:14, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I've reviewed my attributes and it turns out I possess neither rashness nor presumption. No apology will be forthcoming. I did not, as you say, make a claim that you wrote the sentence. Your argument about assuming the word "The" is precisely the issue. With it, the commas are appropriate. Without it, they are not. It is, so far as I can determine from the reference works I have easy access to, the deciding factor regarding whether the commas are appropriate. In any case, PiCo's solution for the original sentence is better than mine. --DHLister | Talk 16:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)