User talk:Jack Daniel Adams

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'bout gongs
Hi Jack Daniel Adams! I'm writing you from your antipodes, in Veneto. First of all, it's the first time I write on someone's talk page, so tell me if I should have written this somewhere else (or in a different manner...). I'd like to ask you about a very little correction you made on "Oleg Gordievsky" english wiki page: I found a phrase about a "gong" given to someone, in which the same word linked to a wiki disambiguation page. It seemed clear to me that that "gong" was undoubtely a medal, so I changed the link to the "medal" page. Since you erased this in a matter of seconds, I think I made a mistake. Is any word with several meanings supposed to be linked to a disambiguation page, even if the meaning in the context is clear? I thought it should have been clever to give a searcher the correct link. Or was my error something more subtle (or grosser? :-) ) Have a nice work!89.118.72.94 (talk) 05:27, 27 March 2009 (UTC)89.118.72.94
 * Ahh I see thats my fault sorry when i read over the changes made i thought i had been changed to medal in the main article, I didnt realise you were linking it to the medal page i will change that back Sorry. Jack  05:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Correction, i think we should leave it as is Beause if u click on the "Gong" Link on the page it has medal in the Disambiguation. Jack  05:35, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok Jack. But, still not clear to me: wouldn't be more user-friendly to give the straight link? Why forcing the wiki looker to a two step search, in which the finding of the right meaning could be not so immediate? 'T has been my case: not an english mothertongue, it took me a few seconds to get to the "medal" page from the disambiguation. Ciao! 89.118.72.94 (talk) 05:53, 27 March 2009 (UTC)89.118.72.94
 * By the way, thank you for the quick answer! 89.118.72.94 (talk) 06:06, 27 March 2009 (UTC)89.118.72.94
 * Yes i do see where you are coming from, But i didnt atually write the page, so im not going to change that and im sure if it was a problem in the past it would have been changed and no problem Jack  06:10, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Jack, I think we should restore the link to the medal page, the disambiguation page is massive and the "medal" link is right at the bottom. By linking to medal we will help people understand the english slang, without in any way subverting "correctness". r (talk) 19:33, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok Seems Fair enough, i didnt want to just go ahead and do it owing to the fact i didnt write the page, and i didnt know if it had anoter meaning, so if it hasnt been done already ill do it now Jack  03:56, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Didn't want to revert your either without agreement! r (talk) 22:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No Problem, Its Done Now, so if the Person who wrote the page wants to change it they can Jack  23:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

New Challenge for Oceania and Australia
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Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay
Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

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