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[edit] Referencing

Hi, first of all welcome to Wikipedia. You did a great job with the Irish Sea article, but I just want to point out one small error. You need to use this character -> " in the <ref name="foo">bar</ref> element, as the character you used is not recognised and caused the problem you encountered. I went and tidied it up, but well done for being bold and having a go. Sorry if I sound patronising, but not many new users attempt to use the <ref> tags, and you did a bloody good job nonetheless. You're definitely the type of contributor we should be helping and encouraging. Keep up the good work!

— superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 12:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
You're very kind, and also very quick! Thanks. The perils of compiling an article using MS Word where " becomes ”. --FactotEm 13:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Irish Sea

The Special Barnstar
I award you the Special Barnstar for your excellent work on the article Irish Sea
— superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 17:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I got my first barnstar the other week, so I'm only too happy to award you one too.

— superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 17:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] question on help desk

which image do you want to use? Chanueting 12:55, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

It was the map of Omaha beach, but the question has been answered now. Thanks. --FactotEm 13:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Barnstar of Diligence
I award Factotem the Barnstar of Diligence for his excellent, detailed and dedicated work on Omaha Beach. His willingness to remain calm, cool and polite whilst around him raged abuse over Severloh is also notable. Gillyweed 22:55, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re:Use of fair use image

Hi there Factotem. You have done nothing wrong with inserting these Images into the article on Omaha Beach. One thing I may suggest is getting some references in the paragraph that it's in, if unreferenced text is removed, more than likely Images having to do with unreferenced text can be nominated for deletion.

A problem I spotted is that 3 Images, Image:Capa, D-Day2.jpg, Image:Capa, D-Day1.jpg and Image:Capa, Death of a Loyalist Soldier.jpg do not have rationales and I am going to tag them as such. The uploader of all three Images is User:Cactus.man, so I'll leave him messages regarding it. But you can help if you like. You can write rationales for these Images if you like, see Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline if you like to learn how to. After seven days of me tagging them, they will be deleted, so you can either write a rationale or see if Cactus.man will.

If you need help, just drop another line :) — Moe ε 17:23, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response. Sure, you move the Image were you think is most appropriate for the article. If you check the Fair Use rationale writing guideline I linked above and followed a few categories to articles using fair use templates, I'm sure you'll find some that are properly sourced. If you need help finding them, ask me. Or if you're in doubt that an Image has correct information, you can ask that as well. — Moe ε 18:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I found an essay if you like: Wikipedia:Fair use rationale examples. Cheers! — Moe ε 18:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Hmm.. I suppose the most applicable one would be {{Non-free historic image}}. Just type this (under a heading called Licensing) and rationale for Fair Use in the description box while uploading and you should be fine. — Moe ε 19:03, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Almost perfect, but otherwise a gem :) — Moe ε 19:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi FactotEm, thanks for adding the fair use rationales to these images. You just spared me a wee bit of work. No big deal perhaps, but much appreciated nonetheless. Best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 13:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Your edits were also valuable to the final product that is the article on Augustus. I commend you and everyone else who contributed.--Pericles of AthensTalk 19:42, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I'll toss my thanks into this basket. Appreciate the feedback on Operation Battleaxe, I've started on a few of them and I'll try to address the other suggestions when time permits. Thanks again! Oberiko 20:03, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

Congratulations on Omaha Beach becoming a featured article. Well deserved! Gillyweed 10:04, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

And thank you kindly for the barnstar - and on my birthday too! Gillyweed 10:25, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

It is indeed a great picture, but it is an unfree image, and it does not add anything to the article that a free image could not do. Danny 13:31, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gimli Glider

Just wanted to say, excellent additions to Gimli Glider, the story of how it went wrong is the part I wanted to read most. Hope you don't mind my rather extensive copyedits. :) Eaglizard 21:45, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Omaha Beach

Fact, I'm honestly very glad that someone is checking my work, thank you! And I will concede to your opinion completely on undaunted; I really thought it was over the top myself, but I guess I was feeling a little impressed by those damned engineers! As for other changes you made, I'll have a look the next time I pick up this article, but I'm sure I'll like them. I'm mostly just trying to rewrite some of the really dry, oddly-syntaxed sentences in that one, maybe hilight a bit of the drama more clearly (which is not out of place in an encyclopedia, within reason; for instance, I really liked the change to the active "found themselves passing struggling men" (although I don't like the two "...ing" words together), but undaunted I guess is too much :). This sort of copy-edit is actually what I do for fun and relaxation when I need a break from the deeply-obfuscated and emotionally challenging Talk: Alice Bailey page. :) Eaglizard 11:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I made a minor change, inserting the word "however" at the beginning, for a slight dramatic effect, and replacing "40%" with "forty percent", as per WP:MOS. The second change prompted me to reword the sentence altogether, so see if you're ok with it, if you want. Also, I want to add that my reference to "dry, oddly-syntaxed sentences" wasn't meant to malign anything you wrote; in fact, perhaps I was a bit inconsiderate using those terms. I hope you'll take my meaning well, but if you feel slighted, I certainly apologize. The kind of edits I making would be rather absurd on a blank page, so thanks for your contributions! Eaglizard 12:28, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Short-form clarification

To clarify, I wouldn't switch the entire ref section to short-form. Just the things you cite more than once, to avoid repeating the entire ref info. Pagrashtak 16:11, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flying Matters

Thanks, I have responded to your useful comments on the Flying Matters talk page which is probably the best place for the main thread of the discussion.PeterIto (talk) 21:32, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Could you engage with the discussion on Talk:AirportWatch as it is currently being challenged very strongly in a way I find unhelpful and needs input from others with a konwledge of the sector. Thanks. PeterIto (talk) 15:41, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. Possibly we should first move all the discussion on this to the talk page for your 'Future....' article. Personally have been thinking along the ideas of an article/section on 'aviation campaigning and protests' which would list the issues, the airports that each issue relates to, and then a table showing organisations are active in which geographical areas on which issues. For example StopHeathrowExpansion are active on noise/climate change/air quality/airportexpansion in relation to Heathrow, StopStansted expansion in regard to Stansted, and Plane Stupid are active in the whole of the UK on airport exapansion, short haul flights and taxation. Flying Matters can also fit into this structure. This article could be a world scope article to pick up on campaigns (pro-growth and anti-growth) all round the waorld as the issues are likely to be the same PeterIto (talk) 15:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Domestic aviation & Kyoto protocol

Yep, although Kyoto gives individual countries/parties a free hand over what it does domestically, it defines what forms the AAU - assigned allowance units - can take, and how they can be traded internationally. Aviation is explicitly excluded. This was set up in the Marrakesh Accords immediately after Kyoto. This will present the European Commission some challenges, as they wish to include aviation within their ETS trading system. They use EAUs which are currently fungible/equivalent with AAUs, as they built them on the Marrakesh standards. There is currently no legal basis for exchanging a tonne of aviation carbon - however that eventually gets defined - with an AAU. Thus any domestic or EU scheme cannot trade Kyoto units for its own aviation units. This isn't just a problem of "whose carbon is it?", but there is currently no definition in aviation terms of a what an equivalent tonne of CO2 (CO2e) is, and what factor it should take at high or low altitude. (There are agreed factors for the fluorocarbons, methane, etc.) There is a similar problem with maritime shipping which is also outside Kyoto. Ephebi (talk) 18:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Future of air transport in the United Kingdom

An editor has nominated Future of air transport in the United Kingdom, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Future of air transport in the United Kingdom and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 19:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Now that made me laugh! --FactotEm (talk) 15:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Glorious First of June

Thankyou very much for your comments and peer review, I have responded at the [FAC page].--Jackyd101 (talk) 14:05, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou very much for your comments and support for the Glorious First of June article which has just passed FAC. Your input was much appreciated. --Jackyd101 (talk) 00:48, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the copy-edit!

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Thank you so much for the thorough, unexpected, and extremely useful copy-edit! Maximian's looking much cleaner now that you're through with him. Geuiwogbil (Talk) 18:52, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
I've replied to your issues on talk. Have they been suitably clarified, or do you still feel there are issues with the article? Geuiwogbil (Talk) 19:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
I've clarified their qualifications. Geuiwogbil (Talk) 19:19, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it's accurate. Geuiwogbil (Talk) 19:31, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Are further changes needed? Geuiwogbil (Talk) 21:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

(unindent) I've tweaked out all but one "purples" and all the "thrones". About the possessive "s", it's general practice to require it in more formal settings. According to Wikipedia: "Traditionally it was more common to require and many respected sources still do require that practically all singular nouns, including those ending with a sibilant sound, have possessive forms with an extra s after the apostrophe. [...] Such sources would demand possessive singulars like these: Senator Jones's umbrella; Mephistopheles's cat." The MOS accepts both styles, but requires consistency: "Usage varies for the possessive of singular nouns ending in s sounds. Maintain consistency (James' house or James's house, but not both in the same article). Some forms almost always take an extra s (Ross's father); some usually do not (Socrates' wife; Moses' ascent of Sinai; Jesus' last words)." It's not an entirely uncommon practice in this situation, as Google searches can attest: Constantius's and Galerius's. (Do you know how to get the search box to recognize a search for "Galerius' "? Google's obstinate on this point, so I can't get comparative data.) So it's not a straight-out error, though it may be the less popular choice. As for the general quality of the prose, I'll give it a going over some time in the coming days. Thanks again for the copy-edit! Geuiwogbil (Talk) 23:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I've checked: Barnes and Williams don't use the "'s", so I'll remove them. Geuiwogbil (Talk) 00:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I believe I've addressed your final comments. Geuiwogbil (Talk) 09:18, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. :) Geuiwogbil (Talk) 09:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brevity

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I would just to say thank you, for all the copyedits which you have made over the last couple of weeks. They have really helped in whipping the Operation Brevity article into shape. Prost!--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 16:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)