User talk:LordOfPens

Your edit to Canada.
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Re: Serena Williams
It appears that I was mistaken regarding the proper format to be used in possessives. I apologize for the misunderstanding. Helmut von Moltke (talk) 15:14, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Apostrophes
Please discontinue your widespread changing of possessive apostrophes without discussing it with other uses. Instances such as Gates&#39;, James&#39;, and Williams&#39; are all correct and shouldn't be changed from one style to another. Please also pay attention to official names. Thanks. Nihlus 19:02, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I am aware of the MOS. I have heard each of those without the additional ɪz sound at the end and with it. Neither is wrong; but there is no reason to mass change them without discussion. Nihlus  19:20, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Your edit to Tesla Model 3
It is nice that you want to help out the encyclopedia with proper grammar but your changes to the Model 3 article such as going from "standard battery model" to "standard-battery model" is not correct. Please focus on something else. --Frmorrison (talk) 23:05, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * "standard-battery model" is correct; "standard battery model" is incorrect.


 * "standard" is an adjective, "battery" is a noun, and "model" is a noun. "battery" is used as a noun adjunct for the noun "model", and when used together, it would be "battery model". However, we have an additional modifier (the adjective "standard") that modifies the noun adjunct specifically - not the root noun - which requires a hyphen in-between. This is an example of a compound modifier that modifies a noun.


 * Here are some examples of compound modifiers:
 * standard-battery model (a model of something that is of a standard battery)
 * standard battery model (a battery model that is used as an industry standard, e.g. a Matlab standard model of a lithium-ion battery)


 * long-term contract (a contract that is effective over a long term)
 * long term contract (a term contract that is lengthy)


 * zero-liability protection (protection against all liabilities)
 * zero liability protection (no liability protection)


 * man-eating shark (a shark that eats men)
 * man eating shark (a man in the process of eating a shark)


 * concealed-weapons permit (a permit that allows for carrying concealed weapons)
 * concealed weapons permit (a concealed permit for carrying weapons)


 * Springfield has little-town charm (a town called Springfield has a type of charm commonly known as "little town")
 * Springfield has little town charm (a town called Springfield has low amounts of "town charm")


 * For more examples, please perform a web search for "compound modifier".
 * LordOfPens (talk) 00:38, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Thank you for your edits at Volkswagen emissions scandal. When you make changes, can you also summarise your change in the 'summary' text box. This makes it much easier to verify your changes. Thank you.  Stepho  talk 20:57, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

June 2018
Please stop moving articles to hyphenated names without discussion. The policy is at WP:COMMONNAME. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:21, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed. If you have international boards setting standards for naming, they likely know better than you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:30, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

November 2018
Just like those people told you in July, please stop moving pages to hyphenated names without discussion. The terms "public domain" and "free software" are not hyphenated. lethargilistic (talk) 16:25, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I support the changes in question. They bring the articles into conformance with MOS:HYPHEN and common English and thus improve the articles.
 * The WP:DRN case is premature, in my opinion, as there are lots of people on the talk page for MOS that are deeply interested in hyphens and have lots of opinions and arguments on the subject that could well change one or another disputant's minds on this issue, so it ought to be discussed there.
 * (But from what I read at DRN, the heart of the dispute might be not hyphenation rules, but what constitutes a proper noun or a name - no matter, the same MOS people have a lot to say about those things). Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) (talk) 23:08, 14 November 2018 (UTC)


 * A discussion about this has been started on the Manual Of Style talk page.
 * Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) (talk) 23:23, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

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