User talk:Richard David Ramsey

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Contents 1 July 2007 2 Sweden 3 Citations 4 A friendly reminder 5 Barnstar - Churches of Christ - BC/BCE

[edit] July 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although we invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to List of people with Restoration Movement ties, was not constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Action Jackson IV 01:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Action Jackson IV: Can you perhaps specify the reason for the rejection? Ove Johansson indeed did kick the longest field goal (69 yards in Abilene, Texas, in 1976, a record which still stands). After a few years in the NFL he retired to Amarillo, where he is a member of the Church of Christ, one of the groups in the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. David Richard David Ramsey (talk) 02:26, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sweden

Hi there. I reverted the latest edit you made to Sweden. Systembolaget is open on saturdays these days, and the piece about drunk driving needs some references. Hope I did not offend. Cheers --mceder (u t c) 21:17, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Not at all offended. I'm impressed that you read my changes in virtual sync with my making them. My wife, who is Swedish, was over there this summer but stayed entirely "nykter" (sober). So the information I had was anachronistic. The government is out of money and may be pushing the booze to get some "pengar" (money). Additionally we have seen a number of changes to harmonize to EU requirements. I assume that Systembolaget is still closed on election days. I am certain that the smuggling business has continued as usual, now facilitated by the gleaming bridge between Denmark and the "folkhemmet." We take special note of the fact that, when Sweden entered the EU, the few Swedish taxes which were below the EU norm were raised to meet it but the ones which were above stayed there. David

[edit] Citations

Hello! Thanks for your contributions to Sweden; I hope you stick around. I have one request though: Could you include citations for the material you add? Wikipedia is now strongly encouraging that material be cited from reliable sources, and citing is so much easier when done right at the beginning when material is added. If you're not already familiar with the wikipedia citation styles, WP:CITE has some instructions. I'd be happy to answer any questions about it too. henrik•talk 23:26, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Henrik. I agree with you about the desirability to provide published sources for data not available in the public consciousness, and I'm generally familiar with the Wikipedia style or know where to find advice. What I added to the article comes from personal experience in the culture as I have been married to it for over 25 years. You are welcome to insert any published sources of which you are aware and certainly to correct or eliminate any misleading phraseology or inaccurate information. David

[edit] A friendly reminder

		Edit summary reminder
		Hello. I noticed that your edit to USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) did not include an edit summary. Please remember to use one for every edit, even minor ones. You can enable the wiki software to prompt you for one before making an edit by setting your user preferences (under Editing) to "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary". There is also a tool you can check to see your current usage of edit summaries. Thanks, -MBK004 23:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Understood. I've made hundreds of edits, most of them summarized. Some of the others hardly qualify as "minor" but are closer to pedantry or nitpicking. But in the future I'll raise the threshold barring use of the minor-edit checkbox without summary. David

[edit] Barnstar - Churches of Christ - BC/BCE

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		I must say, I am quite impressed by your line of reasoning on the issue of using BC or BCE as you stated on the CoC page. Very palatably convincing. Kudos! standonbibleTalk! 17:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)