User talk:Jonathan Oldenbuck/2009

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Suggestions for disambiguation
Greetings. You've previously helped out at Suggestions for name disambiguation, so I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know we have a brand new batch of 3,835 names to be checked! These include sports figures, federal judges, serial killers, librarians, and other assorted sundry folks. This batch also should be a little easier to update, with corrected templates and a handy search function. Enjoy! – Quadell (talk) 03:36, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for William Mylne
--Dravecky (talk) 21:18, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Edinburgh-coa.png
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invitation
You're invited to sign up as a founding member, at WikiProject Council/Proposals ! :) doncram (talk) 07:17, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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Craigiehall
You nominated this article for GA Review, which I have now initated and put up some review points. I liked the article. I hope you are able to respond to suggestions made on the review page. Cheers. hamiltonstone (talk) 00:46, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Lovely. All done. Given the GA tick - nice additions. Look forward to future articles! hamiltonstone (talk) 22:10, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

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St Blanes Church
Hi, if I have understood this correctly, you have deleted the History section from the St Blanes Church wiki page because it was copied and pasted from www.stblaneschurch.org.uk I am the author of the website and have permission from the author of the History section, but to clarify do I have to name him and declare his permission on www.stblaneschurch.org.uk website?

g —Preceding unsigned comment added by GazaB (talk • contribs) 09:55, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

dumyat
Great - now, do you know if any of the vowels are reduced? I'd expect one or both unstressed vowels to be schwas. kwami (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The way you're describing them, no. But it seems odd to me that all three syllables would be pronounced fully, as if they were words: dum--at, rather than d'-at or d'-ut. kwami (talk) 14:32, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Photo of Coatbridge war memorial
Hello a chara, I will take a photo as described and upload to commons. Won't be for about a month though. Will leave a message on this page when done. Cheers. Jayhoolihan (talk) 19:43, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

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Highland Council - logo on page
That logo is now out of date. The gaelic text is now green and exactly the same size as the english text. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.222.115 (talk) 23:43, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

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Charroux Abbey
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Stanely Castle
I just wanted to gently point out that the following sentences contain a contradiction.

"It was probably built in the early 15th century, on an island within a marsh.[1] The castle is now a ruin. Since 1837 it has been partially submerged by the reservoir,[2] and is completely inaccessible. When the water is drained it can be seen that the castle stands on a narrow promontory, which is connected to the reservoir bank on the southwest".

cheers

Eric McCay

--Eric144 (talk) 15:24, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

John. One part says it was probably built on an island, the other one says it lies on a promentary. Not an absolute contradiction, no. I only mentioned it in a fairly light hearted way. It looks strange, that's all. I won't change it.

all the best

Eric

--Eric144 (talk) 17:53, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

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WikiProject Edinburgh
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Archers' Hall
Thank you for your edits on this article. I was curious though why you removed the two categories which refer to the Hall being an attraction and a historic building. It is listed in the Edinburgh visitor's guide as such, and is of course a category B listing means its significant to the region, i.e. Scotland and not just Edinburgh. The Hall is open for tours by prior arrangement, but I was not sure if that should be included in the article.--Koakhtzvigad (talk) 20:57, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply Jonathan. Fair enough about the application of categories. I will have to find the Edinburgh City guide that listed times and contacts for Archers' Hall tours, but since it is a private company also, would it not be considered as a form of advertising?
 * The winners of the Edinburgh Arrow list is incomplete and stops at 1874 because that is the publication date of the work it came from, The History of the Royal Company of Archers, 1875, by Balfour (Earl?). I had made an initial contact with the Secretary of the Company in the hope of later obtaining a list that covers 1875 to the present day. The list did come from an OCR processing of the book, so thank you for the correction, but I had not completed that check yet. The intention was to link any of the notable winners that I think have Wikipedia articles, alas, the time the time. Since the book is 135 years old, it seems there is no copyright violation in reproducing the list, which would in any case be a matter of public record...had anyone sought to obtain it from the RCA.--Koakhtzvigad (talk) 20:44, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Aerial celebration
Scotland on Sunday celebrated the GA with a fantastic aerial photo of Tantallon today - hope you caught it. Ben  Mac  Dui  21:19, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for that Jonathan, I shall do that for the future and go over what I have done already. This is tough for me but I am getting the hang of it slowly but surely, thanks again - Jimmydenham --Jimmydenham (talk) 11:27, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I must say I was in a hurry but after a couple of edits I was receiving some discouraging comments. There has now been three people who have gave me alot of constructive tips and I really am starting to enjoy the experience.--Jimmydenham (talk) 13:40, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Help
Jonathan, I keep getting all the tags and things wrong - I have an article on Couston Castle in my own page - would you mind having a look and correcting it? I'm quite happy to do a bit of research etc. but the formatting is a problem.

Horis (talk) 17:37, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Skath
Saw your unanswered post. I am not an expert but the word has been used in the Lord's Prayer:
 * "And forleit us our skaths, as we forleit tham quha skath us." See here and is possibly of Scandinavian origin. If it sticks to the original Aramaic meaning it presumably translates as "sins" or similar, but it may well mean "harms" also.


 * "our foresaid Burgh" would probably just be "our said Burgh".

If MacR is skiving off, you might try, who will probably take it as an opportunity to become fluent in medieval Scots over the weekend prior to answering. Ben  Mac  Dui  07:58, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

(Apologies for taking so long to reply) If it's the word I think - "scaith" - then it can mean injury as well. There's a later use in Burns' Bonnie Lesley:


 * The Deil he couldna scaith thee,
 * Or aught that wad belang thee
 * He'd look into thy bonnie face
 * And say, "I canna wrang thee!"

--MacRusgail (talk) 09:17, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Ayton Church
Hi Jonathan, thank you for your continued help. Yes, I am rushing and not checking as I should. Re. the references, that is something I still have a lot to learn. On the list of ministers, I would have been at 7, 8, 9 and so on by the time I was finished with them but I noticed you were able to tie them in with a previous reference for the Fasti. That's good to know how to do that. I had previously asked someone how to do that and I was told not to worry about it. Re. the ae ending on Ecclessiae, how are you able to 'join' the a and the e together? Many, many hanks for your help. Regard, James --Jimmydenham (talk) 14:44, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Just to say
Hi Jonathan, I hav just been working on an article 'Polwarth Parish Church'. I have one or two little items I still have to insert on the article but, for the moment, it's done. I have tried to work as closely as I can to what you have told me and one or two tips you have give.--Jimmydenham (talk) 19:58, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

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Change title
Hi Jonathan, i have just uploaded an article for Traquair but in the title I have left a comma, at the end of the title ie Traquair,---How do I remove that comma from the title? --Jimmydenham (talk) 22:09, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Redlink
Thanks again Jonathan, how do I go 'via a redlink--Jimmydenham (talk) 19:31, 26 November 2009 (UTC)'

location map
hi, im quite new to wikipedia and tried to add a locationmap to a military structures infobox, in Wanås_Castle I wanted http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Sweden_Scania_location_map.svg this map, how to do? can you maybe help me? regards Erikhansson1 (talk) 19:53, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Firefox
You mentioned you use Firefox, how does it compare with IE 8?--Jimmydenham (talk) 19:20, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Hello, I would just like to say that was a great article you wrote on Polkemmet Country Park. Also, thanks for merging "The Horn" into it. It's good to see I'm not the only one on here that knows about it. -- Jordan &quot;Eck&quot; Samuel (talk) 22:47, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

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