User talk:GwydionM

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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Star-Names and Their Meanings

There is no need to make an internal link for the original title "Star-Names and Their Meanings" since it has become a redirect page anyway. Regards, BorgQueen 20:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Middle-earth!

Hello, GwydionM!

Thank you for joining WikiProject Middle-earth and contributing to improve Tolkien-related articles. We are glad to have you join in the effort!

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Thank you for your contributions and have fun editing! —Mirlen 18:20, 10 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning

You seem to be a frequent contributor and the creator of this article. I'm concerned that the tone is inappropriate for Wikipedia, and it currently seems to be in violation of WP:SOAP and WP:NEU. There also seems to be no assertion of notability beyond the POV praise within the article. If there's anything you can do to improve on this, especially in terms of providing some citations that demonstrate notability, it would be appreciated. Lucky number 49 17:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Take a look here and here. Also the article on Canopus and Talk:Alpha Monocerotis. I'm one of many who find it a useful work. It was published more than 100 years ago - to still be in print indicates some quality. I have zero connection with the publishers etc., except I find some of their books useful.--GwydionM 18:48, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Whether you yourself find it useful or not, the tone still violates the guidelines at WP:NEU, and if you are basing the statements on your own opinions or conclusions about the topic, that's original research, which is also forbidden. Neither of the links you point to are reliable, one is a personal website, and the other is a page of Amazon reviews. Lucky number 49 19:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Also, I'm not concerned with whether you have any connection with the publishers. I'm concerned with whether the article has a bias in favor of the subject, which is apparent. Lucky number 49 19:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] fog bow

Yes, I also believe that these are 2 of the best fog bow images available at the NET. After all I took them myself. So I nominated one on FP: Here are the responces I've got:#1IMO enc or value of the pic do not increase with the number of phenomena depicted. On the contrary, I'd prefer pictures with one single phenomenon each, that makes it much clearer to see what's described. --Dschwen;#2Oppose Quality is very low, and I don't say why you had to use a focal length of "0mm" to get this - it's distorted the image horribly and it looks like you could have easily got the full bow in with say a 17mm lens --Fir0002 22:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)#3Oppose per Fir. I agree that a 17mm lens would be plenty wide enough to capture this phenom and would reduce the distorsion significantly. As Dschwen commented on another candidate: "Lack of votes = lack of interest = not an interesting picture = not FP material". I also think that sometimes it is a good thing to not be a subject matter expert when voting on an image. Cacophony 08:00, 25 July 2007 (UTC) As you could see one of the three, who wants images back is user Cacophony , who said "Lack of votes = lack of interest = not an interesting picture = not FP material". So why he wants the images back at the page now? I just do not want to confuse anybody with my "confusing", "low quality" and "not interesting" images. If these unique are rare images are not good to became FP, they for shure is not good to be displayed at such a "reliable" source as Wikipedia is. No responce needed. Regards. --Mbz1 15:52, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Li Na (daughter of Mao Zedong)

I noticed you made a comment at the above AFD. I was wondering if you wanted to qualify your "keep" with regards to individual articles. Are all 5 individually notable or do some of them not qualify? I noticed you said the sisters may possibly be deleted. Thanks, Axem Titanium (talk) 22:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I said 'Keep' for all because all of them may matter as blood-ties, even if personally they were not major figures. --GwydionM (talk) 22:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi there

Hi, I just read your user page and realized that you are Raymond William's son. What a pleasant surprise! Just wanted to say that I was a great admirer of your dad's in my college years (and remain so, although I don't get much time to read NLR-type criticism). Somewhere, in my book collection, I still have the NLR annuals (and some, I think, edited by your dad). Sorry about the reverts on the Angus Maddison page, which may have stemmed from my frustration over another page. Please go ahead and revert my changes if you so wish. Regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 19:15, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Table and COBOL

Hi, please read the Talk page here about the guidelines for disambiguation pages. Thanks. —johndburger 16:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I care about contents, not style. What was there before I first changed it was factually wrong: table as array was a major meaning and one I remembered, though I'v enot used COBOl for years. --GwydionM (talk) 17:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Finland pamphlet

Nick Cohen has tracked down or borrowed a copy ("I've read it twice", What's Left, 2007, Harper Perennial (pbk), p241). He has referred to this elsewhere also. In What's Left Cohen also cites this blog entry from Oliver Kamm. Philip Cross (talk) 19:38, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks.--GwydionM (talk) 14:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Tek-Tips

An article that you have been involved in editing, Tek-Tips, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tek-Tips. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Ecoleetage (talk) 11:57, 10 June 2008 (UTC)