User talk:Ziusudra

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[edit] Prideaux Castle

In regards to your comments on my talk page. Firstly the second set of OS coordinates on the page giving a grid reference to Prideaux place in my opinion were redundant. This is because the article clearly explains that Prideaux castle is not the same as Prideaux place. Plus if the user wants to know more information about Prideaux place they simply click on the wiki link. On the Prideaux Place page the coordinates for the location are clearly given on the top right hand corner where the user can click on it and select their favourite mapping website to view the location. The coordinates in the top right hand corner are by far the most used on wikipedia. It is just convention when you go on an article the location should be in the top right hand corner.

As for your second comment the latitude and longitude coordinates when clicked are converted into a 10 figure grid reference so if that is what people prefer then that is what they can use.

I stand by my edit on the page. But let me know what you think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjaminevans82 (talk • contribs) 00:04, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

As you say, a matter of stylistic"opinion". But in fact, not all "redundancy" is eo ipso stylistically bad; sometimes it constitutes rhetorical pleonasm, a device useful in extirpating a perennial confusion. --Ziusudra 14:09, 25 October 2007 (UTC)