User talk:Esedowns

Welcome back in your new electro-personification. Years ago I had a similar mishap and had to recreate myself. Some points for your guidance. First, it would be a good idea to explain your continuity from Seadowns on your User page so that former correspondents don't take you for an incompetent new kid on the block. Second, it is WP policy to fill in the summary box at the foot of your edits when you make them so that people can see the reason for (or intent of) your changes. Third, bear in mind the necessity of providing a source when you provide new facts. We talked about that back when we were working on A. E. Housman together. Sweetpool50 (talk) 09:11, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

June 2022
Hello, I'm Victor Trevor. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Hammersmith Bridge seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Victor Trevor ( talk ) 13:05, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

April 2023
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you have been adding your signature to some of your edits to articles, such as the edit you made to Salimah Aga Khan. This is a common mistake to make and has probably already been corrected. Please do not sign your edits to article content, as the article's edit history serves the function of attributing contributions, so you only need to use your signature to make discussions more readable, such as on talk pages or project pages such as the Teahouse. If you would like further information about distinguishing types of pages, please see What is an article? Again, thank you for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 20:59, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Salimah Aga Khan, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 20:59, 3 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I shall have to look for a source to show that I knew my own granny and uncle, I suppose. No source is given for calling him Edward. Esedowns (talk) 23:54, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Arthur Poole was born in Paris, but his birth was registered at the US consulate to avoid his becoming liable to French military service.
 * Also I believe that Croker is a baptismal name, not a surname, taken from an earlier marriage in Ireland. Esedowns (talk) 10:12, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * All information added to Wikipedia articles should be cited to a WP:Reliable source. See also WP:V.  All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:29, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Metabasis paradox
In the block quotation by Aristotle you deleted the quotation HTML, leaving the text looking like it's part of the article text. But you also didn't change the text or "emend" it. It's exactly the same. What then was you purpose?

You left the two brackets at the end so they show in the text. A quotation that long is normally in a block quotation form, instead of using quotation marks.

Also, I would like to know what your reference to Vahlen and "three methods" is about. Cdg1072 (talk) 18:16, 29 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I can't now find any of this, my computer is unreliable in some ways. I think perhaps it failed to delete something I had written and then meant to delete. The reference to Vahlen would have been to the fact that he conjectured some words that he thought should be inserted to correct Aristotle's arithmetic, and Butcher translated those words without mentioning what he was doing, or putting them in his text, they are merely recorded in his apparatus.
 * Apologies for causing confusion. Esedowns (talk) 20:44, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Mentioned at WP:ANI
Hello Esedowns. Your name has been mentioned at a noticeboard, where the other party complained about your use of the word 'grotesque'. You can respond to the complaint if you wish. EdJohnston (talk) 15:07, 17 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I have already apologised and changed the word to "obscure". Esedowns (talk) 10:28, 19 July 2023 (UTC)