User talk:BMDennis

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[zd] vs. [dz] at Koine Greek
Thanks for bringing up that point, and sorry I reverted you so unceremoniously first. Actually you were half right: Both [zd] and [dz] are given by different authors (Allen, the author quoted in the footnote, argues for zd, though.) It's an open question in scholarship; we once had a very competent specialist here at Wikipedia who actually wrote an extra article about the question. See Zeta (letter). Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

December 2014
Hello, I'm McGeddon. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Hipster (contemporary subculture)‎ because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. McGeddon (talk) 10:24, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. The problem is that growabeardnow.com is a WP:PRIMARY source and a commercial website. Wikipedia uses reliable secondary sources, and some company putting out a "our survey found X and Y, buy our product" press release is not by itself enough to meet WP:V. If you think you can make a good case for including secondary press coverage of that same survey, if any exists, please do so at Talk:Hipster (contemporary subculture). --McGeddon (talk) 12:58, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello, thanks for replying. growabeardnow.com is actually not a commercial website. It sells and ships no products. Instead, it reviews products, and has a blog about beard interests. Your point about primary sources is, however, correct. If the survey gets picked up by other websites as a source, I will add it back to the page. --BMDennis (talk) 17:40, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * A blog of links to Amazon affiliate "BUY NOW" pages is a commercial website. --McGeddon (talk) 09:35, 29 December 2014 (UTC)