User talk:Colsmeghead

License tagging for Image:Rotox front page.JPG
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Engines of Destiny
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A Time to Heal
Hey there. I noticed in your comment on the List of Star Trek novels talk page that you think your style may need changing. Unfortunately, you are correct. Because the information in A Time to Heal is right from the back of the book, it is a copyright violation. The book itself could warrant an article of its own if writtin properly. If you would like to keep the article now, try summarizing the synopsis/plot in your own words and maybe upload an image of the front cover using the bookcover template in the summary box. As for "Orians Hounds", which is part of the Titan series, it would probably be more beneficial if you worked in the Orian's Hounds section of the Star Trek: Titan article, in order to create a more comprehensive article there, and avoid the creation of stub articles. Hope this helps some, Newnam(talk) 22:04, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Telescope Shops
Orion Telescopes] seems to be held in pretty good regard by amateur astronomer communities in America. You may want to start your search there. They have a "product wizard" that can help you select a scope.

When I last researched buying a scope, I recall that there were many tradeoffs in telescope selection. If I recall correctly (and it's been a while) the gross generalizations were as follows:


 * newtonian reflector: simple and easy to produce, so typically of good-excellent quality. usually low cost, but very large size (for magnification achieved)
 * refracting telescope: range of qualities, from very poor to very good. Smaller size, fair-middle cost.
 * catadioptric, like the Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope: low size (for magnification achieved), expensive, tend to range in the fairly good to very good quality.

I also recall that a good telescope mount makes a huge difference in your enjoyment of the device. Invest wisely in a mount that may live through several scopes.

dpotter 00:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:A_Time_to_Be_Born.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:A_Trime_to_Be_Born.jpg
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Proposing merger of Star Trek: A Time... novels
Hi, you seem to be interested in these novels. I rescued one stub from proposed deletion today. Would you be prepared to merge the articles? otherwise they will be deleted in time. It will be easier to show notability for the series than for each book. See Category:Star Trek novels. - Fayenatic (talk) 18:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)