User talk:ChrisHodgesUK/Archives/2012

en dash
Those were en dashes in MOSFET. I've put them back. See MOS:ENDASH Dicklyon (talk) 15:50, 10 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not going to disagree as such (or change the article again), but I believe that a hyphen is more correct (as is MOS:HYPHEN point 3), especially as when I found it the text actually had a mixture of hyphens and endashes in comparable uses. ChrisHodgesUK (talk) 13:12, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * That point 3 also says "In some cases, like diode–transistor logic, the independent status of the linked elements requires an en dash instead of a hyphen." If you use hyphens, it suggests something involving a metal oxide, which is wrong.  It is supposed to indicate layers of independent materials, a metal, an oxide, and a semiconductor.  The en dash makes that clear.  If there are other inconsistencies in the article, we should fix them, but most likely the various uses of hyphen an en dash are about right, as several of us try to keep an eye on such things there.   Dicklyon (talk) 16:05, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Seems reasonable - though it's not what I'm used to from the literature. ChrisHodgesUK (talk) 18:19, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Your perspective would be of value
Hi there. I would appreciate it if you could visit Talk:Muhammad. The article, Muhammad, has changed significantly since it originally passed WP:GA several years ago. It now states in the opening paragraph that Mohammad is the Founder of Islam and has relegated to a note at the end of the article that Muslims, themselves don't believe this. I have started a discussion on the talk page concerning this and would value your input. Thanks so much. Veritycheck (talk) 00:53, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Veritycheck, thanks for pointing this out - I've added my own views, which I think are similar to those in the images discussion. ChrisHodgesUK (talk) 12:46, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank You for Wikipedia Freeware Picture
Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware picture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_over_Nicoya.jpg). I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:

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I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm

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Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --75.169.27.34 (talk) 16:08, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Active Shooter Revisions
Hi ChrisHodgesUK! Greetings from the U.S. Thanks for leaving me a message. I reverted back to the way the page was with my additions and changes. The pages was marked by an editor as being poor (as of 2009) and I reviewed it and found the same. It contained a lot of blather and extraneous information, and was citing small American towns like Texas for law enforcement procedures rather than, say, Homeland Security. So I tightened a lot of the data, improved the language, added references, cleaned up broken references and outdated info, and otherwise just made the page more Wikipedia like in content form and language. I hope you agree it's better than before, as it was flagged by Wiki. I work with Law Enforcement so I'm pretty up to speed with this stuff. Thanks and Happy Holidays! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GwenNewYork (talk • contribs) 18:03, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi GwenNewYork, I think you're right, I was perhaps a bit hasty in reverting your edit, which superficially looked like so many misguided edits. As you've done in your more recent edit, a summary helps slow down an editor who's over-eager to "fix" recent changes.  Anyway, best wishes and season's greetings.ChrisHodgesUK (talk) 08:38, 20 December 2012 (UTC)