User talk:Dodger67/Archives/2009/October

Municipalities and place names
You said: "The actual town name is more useful. A municipality is an organ of government that wields authority over a defined area whereas a town is a specific place" in an edit summary at South African Airways

First and foremost people usually refer to places in "Houston, Texas" even though Houston is a geographically large area. New York City is a geographically large area, yet New York City needs to be mentioned in articles dealing about things about NYC. In many instances it is more important to refer to the municipality than to the neighborhood/suburb/"town".

For instance it is more important to say Continental Airlines is headquartered in Houston than in Downtown Houston, even though Houston is a very large municipality, while Downtown is a specific area. Other companies in Houston are based in other business districts or neighborhoods, but usually they are first and foremost based in Houston. However I have no problem with mentioning Kempton Park in the South African Airways article, so I kept that. BTW, the map is required as a reference to prove that the airport is located in the municipality (and in the Kempton Park area too).

From my understanding in South Africa municipalities typically govern several distinct communities ("towns") - But the communities have no legal jurisdiction. They essentially are neighborhoods and communities of the larger municipality. American cities, British cities, etc. also have many different communities within their borders. Kingwood is a distinct community, but it is clearly within the city limits of Houston, so places in Kingwood are first and foremost in "Houston, Texas" WhisperToMe (talk) 00:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

point well taken...
So... could you go through the article and make any changes you see fit (if there are any)? Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 18:57, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

RE: MeerKAT photos
Hi Rodger,

In respone to your question at Talk:MeerKAT. The best way to post the photos would be to upload them to Commons at, just click on It is entirely my own work if they are your own photos and then fill in the form. --NJR_ZA (talk) 14:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Flickr photo license
Nice photos you have there on Flickr. I'd love to upload those, but first you will need to change the license on them to something other than all rights reserved. The Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licence will be good. Flickr gives you an option to edit the license under Additional Information on the photos.


 * Additional Information
 * All rights reserved (edit)

If you can change the license on Image0021, Image0019, Image0018, Image0017,Image0010, Image0009 and Image0008 and let me know when it is done, then I can use Flickr2Commons to upload the photos with attribution to you. --NJR_ZA (talk) 19:41, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

MeerKAT images on commons
OK, I have uploaded some of you Flickr photos, you will find them at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MeerKAT. I have also added a commonscat link from the wikipedia article to commons an have added one of the photos to the infobox on the wikipedia article. --NJR_ZA (talk) 20:20, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Schwa
Why don't you like my edits to schwa? I have explained them in my last edit summary. WP:Hatnotes should not link to articles other than their desired target and the symbol is specifically mentioned, so why not link to it? I don't want to get into an edit war and I'm happy to discuss, but on what grounds do you disagree with my edits. Cheers, — sligocki (talk) 22:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)