User talk:Ewnsnick

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Happy editing! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Gunter's chain
With regret, I had to revert your edit to Gunter's chain. I don't doubt that what you say is true but you haven't provided any supporting evidence. When you find a citation, please reinstate it. The source does not have to be accessible by the web, though it is more convenient if it is. See wp:citing sources. So that you can copy/paste it back again, this is what you wrote (with some hyperinks added): "A 60 foot (10 fathom) chain was also used in mine surveying. The chain consisted of 120 x 6'-long links with numbered tallies every fathom. Some English mines commonly used the fathom to describe depths. The chain could be made of brass for use in metalliferous mines." Would you follow the link (to Wiktionary) at metalliferous to see if it is what you intended? There may be a more appropriate Wikipedia article? For instance, if it is a copper or tin mine, why would the chain need to be brass. Also the link I added for tallies could be improved, I suspect, but there is no more obvious candidate at tally (disambiguation)? I notice that the article Mine survey is a bit thin, maybe you could improve it?

While I'm here, your edit was small but not wp:minor, a tag that is reserved for trivial grammar or spelling changes. Most new editors make this mistake, including me. No harm done.

Welcome again to Wikipedia! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)