User talk:Sbrockway
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[edit] Welcome from Ravedave
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[edit] Minnesota
Nice addition to the Minnesota article, with a good ref and everything. Did you see that it is going to be featured on the front page on May 11th? -Ravedave 17:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] editcount-itis
Checkout Wikipedia:WikiProject edit counters, I usually use [1] and beware of Wikipedia:Editcountitis :). -Ravedave 18:08, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Images
FYI When adding images usually the thumb format with a caption is used, ex: [[Image:Curling Torino 2006 Pinerolo Palaghiaccio scena2.jpg|thumb|right|Curling at the [[2006 Olympics]]]]. This is done without a px size specified because users can specify what size they want thumbnails to be in their spreferences. The caption part is standard as well. -Ravedave 22:35, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Signpost updated for June 18th, 2007.
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[edit] summary
You cannot change summaries, however there is a setting in preferences that wont let you submit an item without an edit summary. -Ravedave 14:04, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Signpost updated for June 25th, 2007.
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[edit] Ceiling fan article
Hello, Sbrockway, and thank you for your thoughts towards editing the Wikipedia article "Ceiling fan".
Your edits have been reverted because:
- Edit 1: "(→Uses - vice versa in two story rooms)": the fact that a ceiling fan has a reduced effect when moved further away from the observers is (a) painfully obvious common knowledge, and (b) is already covered in the "Bases for comparison" section (subsection: Perceived efficacy).
- Edit 2: "(→Uses - explain to define term stratifies)": the sentence "Air naturally stratifies--that is, warmer air rises to the ceiling while cooler air sinks to the floor." needs to be included as text, because not all browsers (notably text-based and slightly older ones) can display that sort of pop-up text, and not all users notice it, and that exact text is essential to an understanding of why ceiling fans have a winter mode. It is not long-winded or otherwise undeserved.
In the future, please make sure to request and discuss all of your proposed edits on the talk page, particularly if you are adding, removing, or altering statements of fact (as opposed to, say, small grammar and spelling errors).
Thank you for your many contributions! Piercetheorganist 01:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Explain
I don't believe the explain template is meant to be used in main space. I'll see about clarifying it on the template page. I've seen it mostly used for reviewing articles so people can copy sentences from articles and use the explain template to provide commentary. An example: Wikipedia:Peer_review/Campbell's_Soup_Cans. I also believe your edit is correct to the fan article, but if someone reverts your edits, the talk page is usually the place to go rather than re-instating. -03:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Signpost updated for July 2nd, 2007.
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[edit] eye movement in language reading
Thanks for your wikifications. In general, please avoid unpiped, simple year links and dictionary terms. However, here I guess that unfamiliar terms such as "cutaneous" are appropriate as links, as you've done. Nice. Tony 03:52, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
PS There is a way of making the wikification box that you've inserted in the talk page much smaller, which would be good coz it's ... pretty big. An example is at the top of the talk page to JS Bach. Thanks again. Tony 03:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Signpost updated for July 9th, 2007.
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[edit] Signpost updated for July 16th, 2007.
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[edit] Signpost updated for July 23rd, 2007.
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[edit] Signpost updated for July 30th, 2007.
Apologies for the late delivery this week; my plans to handle this while on vacation went awry. Ral315
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[edit] WikiProject Germany Invitation
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[edit] Hello
I was bored tonight and did a search for Minneapolis area Wikipedians on linkedin.com, and your name came up. I see that you know Ravedave, who I've met once at a Wikimeet and run into occasionally on Wikipedia itself, and that you do the same kind of work I do, so I thought I'd stop by and say hello. I'm presently working as a software development manager for a Fortune 500 company. Perhaps we'll run into one another at Wikimeet some time.
Kindest regards
The Uninvited Co., Inc. 04:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
