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Reference list style
Duncan, In your latest edit you have again imposed your preferred style of reference list, for no obvious reason. I don't want to get into an edit war but please restore the original form of reference list, with the individual references listed in the "reflist" and only short inline refs in the text. My understanding is that the style of references and reflist established in an article should not be changed without good reason. Thanks. Pam D  11:27, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * WP:LDR explains "List defined references" which is the form of reference list which was established in the Steve Haake article. Its use is also mentioned at Citing_sources. Pam  D  11:32, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * And note As with other citation formats, articles should not undergo large-scale conversion between formats without consensus to do so.. There was no consensus to change the format of the reflist for this article. Pam  D  11:33, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, I will change back. I'm not used to using that style so give me some time to read and understand the documentation first. Wikipedia allows both reference styles, but I take your point about switching styles without consensus. Note that references defined in the reference list template can no longer be edited with the VisualEditor. Duncan.Hull (talk) 14:37, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I gave up on the visual editor years ago, after trying it, because it didn't allow me to do some things I wanted to - I see to remember problems seeing the text while inputting categories or stub types, or perhaps DEFAULTSORTs, which was a real problem when trying to input an unfamiliar geographical term or foreign name etc. I find the LDR style good to use because I can find a reference very easily if I want to tweak it - I add them in A-Z of ref name - and the text of the article becomes much less cluttered. The downside is that I can't edit a ref in a section, but that's fairly common with re-used refs anyway if they are defined in a different section. And of course there are the various other styles of references allowed too, Harvard etc, where I sometimes struggle to match the style of existing refs... or to patch up the problems when refs are broken, perhaps because someone's imported a chunk of content carelessly without noticing that it breaks some refs. Ah well. Happy editing. Pam  D  16:52, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I don't like the visual editor at all, but it is popular with (and useful for) new editors. Wikipedia need plenty of those! Duncan.Hull (talk) 17:00, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I suppose that's quite a strong argument against LDR ... But can VE handle Harv style references, if a VE editor wants to modify one of those? I really don't know, having very little to do with either VE or Harv refs!(For info, pinging only works if you add the ping and your signature in the same edit. I saw on my watchlist that you'd edited this page again, so came to look.) Pam  D  22:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

File:Professor Jennifer Doudna ForMemRS.jpg
The description at File:Professor Jennifer Doudna ForMemRS.jpg is confusing. Who should be credited for this photograph? You or The Royal Society? I have no doubts about the license, just want to clarify the credits. --- C &amp; C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 13:04, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I uploaded it but the attribution should to the Royal Society, it says that on the page? Unfortunately, I couldn't upload pictures using the name RoyalSociety because it violates guidelines around usernames Duncan.Hull (talk) 08:13, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

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Synairgen
Hi there,

I noticed that you edited the Synairgen page one week after their phase 2 results. It appears another user has updated Synairgens wiki page. Is there any way to find out who has completes the edit?

Thanks

Jm4910 (talk) 20:49, 3 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello see the diff e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Synairgen&type=revision&diff=1069752428&oldid=969871205 Duncan.Hull (talk) 22:22, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi Duncan, thanks for this. They've since edited my edit. It's actually someone from Synairgen doing to edits. They want to link Stephen Holgates name on the Synairgen page to Stephen Holgates wiki page. Can you tell me how to do that so I can let them know and build rapport?

Thanks for your time.

Best wishes

Jm4910 (talk) 22:44, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I've corrected their mistake now Duncan.Hull (talk) 22:46, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Ignore my emails from jon_mahoney@rocketmail.com Jm4910 (talk) 23:00, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

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Hi Duncan.Hull, I noticed you on WP:Medicine and thought you might be interested in an article I'm suggesting improvements. Dana Pe'er's article is outdated and lacks context about her research. I've proposed an updated version of the article in my sandbox. Are you open to reviewing the sandbox? If you approve of it, would be open to publishing the new version? I have a COI with the subject so, I'll refrain from directly editing unless otherwise permitted. Appreciate your help in advance.--Chefmikesf (talk) 00:27, 24 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, I think the best way to have small changes reviewed is to make them on page itself at Dana Pe'er, sandbox seems like overkill to me for changes like this, you don't need permission, just edit and Be_bold Duncan.Hull (talk) 16:08, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Duncan

I am considering doing work on the various Articles relating to the Acorn range of computers. There is so much overlap with BBC BASIC / BBC Microcomputer / Archimedes / RISCOS so it is a bit difficult to know where to start.

In October I put a note on the BBC BASIC Talk page so I think I might start there and overlap to the BBC Microcomputer where appropriate.

I got a BBC model B with FDD for myself. I had gone to an evening presentation at Coventry University (as it now is) before the micro was available, but I no longer have my handout. Because I wanted to know more about how RISC worked I bought an A440 as soon as one was available.

In my UK employment I was very involved in operating systems (on a mini / mainframe) doing various development such as a LAN (in assembler) and beta-testing new releases of the OS. I did visit Manchester from time to time when I interviewed potential employees in the 'milk-round' system at the university.

Now in Australia. I did some intermittent contract work with the Acorn range in local schools. One of my customers phoned me for support and had worked out that the system had given 2.5 years fault free use! Alongside this I did some teaching at tertiary level here for a few years. Now retired. Unfortunately all my BBC model Bs & Masters (about 50) and various 2nd processors (6502, Z80, 32016) together with most hard copy manuals were lost in a bushfire. Also a few were setup as HDD econet file servers (I had to fix a software bug in Acorn's HDD format program).

I am left with my original A440 plus 7 other A4x0, 2*A4000, 2*A5000, Risc-PC 610 also StrongARM with Intel chip and Yellowstone HDD interface, plus assorted documentation (eg various PRMs, Level 4 Fileserver, ANSI-C also fair selection of BBC model B/Master stuff).

I have programmed in BBC BASIC, ANSI-C and assembler (6502 & ARM) both for myself and for schools.

The BBC BASIC Article is such a jumbled mess, it really needs almost a complete re-write. I would like to reduce the proportion on the built-in assembler (the heading is BBC BASIC after all) and version identification. Rather to push it more to the BBC TV involvement in setting the requirements and selection of Acorn and how this gave us BBC BASIC with its good design. At the time similar computers were going into schools in France, Netherlands and other countries, so the UK was not on its own.

My knowledge covers the Acorn period, not the later developments.

Your thoughts... BlueWren0123 (talk) 11:42, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, BlueWren0123, sounds great, be bold and start editing! WP:BOLD Duncan.Hull (talk) 13:02, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * do you have any views for me to think about? BlueWren0123 (talk) 13:24, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * A good place to start is, find something that is wrong and correct it. Lots of small edits, rather than fewer bigger ones tends to be easier on wikipedia Duncan.Hull (talk) 16:19, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes I have been considering that. A bit tricky as so much is a mess and doing small edits will necessarily introduce inconsistencies during the change. But many small is good advice and I have worked on Sophie Wilson in that way. The edit explanations can be better that way and linked to 'Talk'. I remember having read that it is possible to state that "this is a work in progress". Must track that down. BlueWren0123 (talk) 18:59, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yup, the whole of wikipedia is a work in progress, and it is often inconsistent and overlapping too. But don't let that stop you 😉 Duncan.Hull (talk) 21:30, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

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