User talk:Regatta dog

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 08:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Reid Stowe Talk page comments

Hi RD,

Just a quick comment on the name of the NY Daily News article. I'm quoting the printed version of the article as published on February 22, 2008, page 8, which did indeed bear the title "Seasick, she's bailing Novice got in too deep with 1,000 Day sail". I'd rather quote printed than online versions of articles, because online versions can suddenly change. Witness the online version of this article. The early version referred to Ahmad as Stowe's wife, not girlfriend. A good change in this case, but it does illustrate the capacity of an online version of a news article to be a moving target, and not a good anchorage to the idea "it sez here" because 'here' can change on the web.

I should address your other comments, but I prefer doing that on the article talk page. Also, if you don't mind, I'm going to link your comments on my talk page back to the article discussion. There seems to be nothing of a personal nature in what you wrote on my page; it's pretty much all concerning the Reid Stowe article, so it seems to me to be more pertinent there than at my talk. Insofar as actually addressing them, maybe later in the week. You've written thoughtful comments, so I owe your comments some thought, but I've got stuff to deliver in the real world, and it's going to be a busy weekiend for me.

Oh, by the way. I'm being impolite. Welcome to Wikipedia, and all that. The mindless bit of automation that posted the previous comment on your page wants you to sign your talk page comments. You sign your talk page comments by typing four tildes after your comment ('~~~~'). When you save, MediaWiki expands the four tildes into your name, and furnishes a datestamp.

Oh, by the third way. I'm working with Aloha27, also of SA, on other articles of people and the sea. Jon Sanders, in particular, which, to my mind, ought to be as developed as Reid Stowe. If you want to play in those sandboxes, pitch in. There's more to the world than Stowe, after all. Take care. Gosgood (talk) 11:43, 2 March 2008 (UTC)