User talk:Nfe

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[edit] Regarding edits made to Artillery

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Nfe! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule \bmembers\.tripod\.com\/.+, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 01:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:V

Dear Nfe, I am answering here, though it would be better even on WP:V or somewhere else.

Don't understand me/us wrong, I am not saying your information is incorrect (I have no proof for either possibility, and I am far from knowledgeable in the subject, so), what I am saying is, that there should be proof it is correct. You say that other people use your site, if they are recognised, independent sources, then that is what is meant in WP:V, and the site can be used as a reference (IMHO, it would then far better used as a reference, in stead of 'just a link in the external links section'.

Let me try to explain what difference I mean (this has nothing to do with your site!). A 'stupid' example, I can write a website stating that grass is definitely orange. If I select my sources correctly, I can put in references that say that grass is not blue, purple, black, white, red, yellow .. and omit the proof that grass is green and the references that state that grass is not orange. At that point my text looks quite OK, it is citing (respectable) sources. Still it is complete rubbish. When respectable, independent sources are using my page as proof that grass is indeed orange, then apparently my data is true, and verifyable (even: it is verified).

I see that you are knowledgeable in the subject, I am sorry that your site became the subject of a (bit heated) discussion, but I hope this makes all a bit clearer. User:Shadowbot reverts some links that are in almost all cases not allowable per WP:EL (e.g. there is absolutely no reason to link to http://www.example.org, so that gets always reverted). It thus makes a small number of mistakes, but even human editors do that. It would not revert if you would have put the link inside <ref>-</ref>-tags (then it is a reference, not just an external link). And when too many Shadowbot-reverts get reverted because Shadowbot is really wrong, the link is removed from the blacklist (as has already happened with members.tripod.com) and we check by hand.

I would say, expand the articles, use your site as a citation, that gives it more credit. Happy editing, and see you around! --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:52, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 6 inch Howitzers at Gallipoli

Hello Nigel, you've added a comment on the 6 inch 26 cwt talk page that 4 batteriers served at Gallipoli. I had assumed the 6 inch howitzers theere were 30 cwt, as the intro date for the 26 cwt is a bit late, and because Galipoli was a lower priority than the Werstern Front it wouldn't have got first use of new ordnance. Most writers don't bother to differentiate so it's diffilcult to work out which gun they are referring to during the transition period. Farndale in his history of the RA in WWI is disappointing here.Rcbutcher (talk) 06:46, 20 January 2008 (UTC)


IIRC there are photos showing both types there. I suspect the 26 cwt were 17 Siege Bty.Nfe (talk) 07:05, 20 January 2008 (UTC)