User talk:Dr Greg/Archive 6

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Rindler chart


Hi, in a former version of Rindler coordinates, you wrote that the Rindler chart on the left is plotted for g=1 (or α=1 in my notation). However, when I tried to recreate the plot using WxMaxima, I obtained the same result only by using α=0.5. The same observation was also made on https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/26647. Therefore I changed the text in the current article to α=0.5. Do you agree? --D.H (talk) 09:29, 29 June 2017 (UTC)


 * As it's some years ago since I did this, I can't remember exactly how I did this, but I'll look into my archives and hopefully will be able to find the MATLAB code that I used, and check it out. As two different people have got a different plot to mine, it looks like I may have made a mistake. I'll get back to you, hopefully within the next few days. --  Dr Greg   talk  18:35, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

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"Time Phone"
Why did you remove the inclusion of Tell 'Em Steve Dave from the tachyonic antitelephone page? They more than meet the requirement to be considered public figures and they utilize the device much more often than South Park's single use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:a04b:8a00:3d25:d1b3:cc16:fa08 (talk) 04:10, 4 September 2017‎ (UTC)
 * Good point, I've deleted the South Park example as well. The point is, unless the specific phrase "tachyonic antitelephone" is used, or the method that the "time phone" uses is explained in sufficient detail to be sure that it is a tachyonic antitelephone, it's not relevant to the article. --  Dr Greg   talk  18:02, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

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External links on The Fylde
Morning Dr Greg, you've sent me a message about taking external links off The Fylde - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fylde. I'd just like to explain if I may. Visit Fylde Coast (www.visitFyldeCoast.info) is an umbrella site for a suite of linked local websites about the area. Individually they provide the most comprehensive and up to date online resource of information available to date about each place named in the Geography section of the article. Including extensive descriptions with photos, video and maps of the seafronts, local parks, history, local weather, information from local community groups and much much more. It's not a 'newspaper' resource. Between them and Wikipedia a reader would have a full encyclopedia of this coastline to explore. For example, the regular spectacle of sea foam here https://www.visitfyldecoast.info/environment/weather-and-tides/sea-foam. A section-by-section description of each bit of each seafront in each place - the Blackpool coastline is here in 20 different pages https://www.liveblackpool.info/about/seafront/. I might add that none of the 'official' tourism websites include such a large amount of information about the coastline which they represent, more or less sticking to 'we've got beach'! I've been compiling this body of work for the last 8 years and there's still a lot more to do, so I would respectfully ask you to reconsider. Many thanks in anticipation. Kind regards, Jane SeaBirdSoars (talk) 05:46, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I've copied this to Talk:The Fylde to see what other editors think. Please continue the conversation there. --  Dr Greg   talk  18:54, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
My apologies - I wasn't aware of that. But looking at the source... shouldn't that whole paragraph be removed per WP:DAILYMAIL? "Consensus has determined that the Daily Mail (including its online version, dailymail.co.uk) is generally unreliable, and its use as a reference is to be generally prohibited, especially when other more reliable sources exist. As a result, the Daily Mail should not be used for determining notability, nor should it be used as a source in articles." Ghmyrtle (talk) 23:31, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * You are right; there ought to be a better source than that. Or is this really trivia and not worth noting? --  Dr Greg  talk 00:11, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * That whole "In popular culture" section is trivia that deserves to be removed, in my view. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:31, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Have you ever considered writing article pages on those now-closed stations that still have none? You seem well versed in the railways of that area.

Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 22:52, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * I would if I could find anything significant to say about them other than the fact that they existed! --  Dr Greg  talk 22:55, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Rly stn
Template:Rly stn has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Useddenim (talk) 10:54, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Template:Rly stn listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Rly stn. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Rly stn redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 20:41, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

ITV Network
If the ITV network is made up of ITV, STV and UTV then why have you put the audience share as 12.10%? STV and UTV have a share of around 13% so I am going to change this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slindsell15 (talk • contribs) 11:08, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Preston edits
Hi thanks for your message I am just new so thanks for the advice. I will read all the user guides.Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shropshirelad123 (talk • contribs) 19:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

River Wyre
I noticed Poulton is piped as Skippool in the settlement section of the River Wyre article. Is that correct? (I thought Skippool ended before the Mains Lane/Amounderness Way roundabout.) -  NewTestLeper79  talk  00:58, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I think you're right, Skippool and Poulton are two distinct entities. Looks like it's been like that since 2007. I guess the logic was that we don't have an article about Skippool, but Skippool is briefly mentioned within the Poulton article. For what it's worth, I've replaced the pipe with a direct link to Skippool, but that's currently just a redirect to Poulton. If someone later creates an article for Skippool, the River Wyre article will already link to it. --  Dr Greg  talk 01:23, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I created an article on Skippool this evening, which will need your magic wand when you get a moment. I couldn't get the OS grid reference or coordinates to populate correctly either. -  NewTestLeper79  talk  20:48, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

blink fm
blink fm was acquired last October unblocking us from changing our stuff ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.10.212.109 (talk) 20:25, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

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Ettrick Bay
There's an editor at the above article who is insistent that a compass bearing be included in the lede. I've only heard bearings used in nautical terminology, but I'm happy to be corrected if you know otherwise. -  NewTestLeper79  talk  23:49, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

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--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:59, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Module:Location map
Hello!

Forgive me for my poor English. I noticed your contributions in the titled template talk page. I used this module in this article by adding two maps for France & Italy to locate some places.

I wonder if I can use this module to show any of these maps partially (only south of France for example). Can I join two modules together (Italy + France to show the northern west of the Mediterranean Sea?.)

Thanks in advance. أبو حمزة (talk) 17:55, 29 March 2020 (UTC)


 * You need to find or create a map that shows both the south coast of France and Italy together and then create a location map module that specifies the coordinates covered by that map. It would be better to ask your question at Module talk:Location map where other people will see it. --  Dr Greg  talk 18:49, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. أبو حمزة (talk) 19:54, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Saturday Live (British TV Programme)
I saw that you had recategorised the show under "1980s British television sketch shows". It contained some sketches but it's not a sketch show. I'd suggest it either stays under it's prior category, or else start a new category for something like "1980s British television live entertainment shows". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stocko123 (talk • contribs) 08:46, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I think you're right, so I've undone it. --  Dr Greg  talk 12:04, 11 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Cool, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stocko123 (talk • contribs) 12:10, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

The River House
For some reason, the map that appears in the infobox of The Illawalla article isn't appearing in the article for The River House that I just created. Might you know the root of the problem? - Seasider53 (talk) 18:42, 18 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Also, this old sign states that it was in Poulton, which it actually wasn't, unless a boundary changed. - Seasider53 (talk) 18:50, 18 May 2020 (UTC)


 * The map_type parameter hadn't been set. I've fixed it.


 * Boundaries can change over time, but the sign can also be interpreted as saying that Poulton is the nearest town. -- <b style="color:#FFF8C0;background:#494"> Dr Greg </b> talk 19:00, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The Illawalla article has the OpenStreetMap map though, without the use of those parameters. Odd, since it’s less than a mile between that and The River House. - Seasider53 (talk) 10:36, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean. I hadn't compared the two articles. My suspicion is that the OpenStreetMap map gets its coordinates from Wikidata rather than English Wikipedia. For a brand new article, the corresponding Wikidata won't yet exist. I think, in time, the Wikidata will be generated automatically, although it can also be created manually. If you specify map_type, this overrides the OpenStreetMap map. See Template:Infobox building/doc for more information. -- <b style="color:#FFF8C0;background:#494"> Dr Greg </b> talk 11:18, 19 May 2020 (UTC)