User talk:OrangUtanUK

Hi.

You have to create a page at fairey rodentine for it to be useful. Create that page first and then put links into it. Hang on a minute, I'll give you the standard user greeting. Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 11:13, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)


 * Hello Orang, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Drop us a note at New user log so we can meet you and help you get started. If you need editing help, visit How to edit a page. For format questions, visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Help or add a question to the Village pump. Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 11:17, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

PS you can do editing experiments at sandbox or create your own sandbox at User:OrangUtanUK/sandbox Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 11:17, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Flettner-184.jpg
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Swiss inventions
Hi, I copied the discussion from Talk:List of famous Swiss people onto Talk:Swiss inventions -- list of famous Swiss people was just a Redirect page and hardly anyone would see the discussion. I hope you don't mind. - Motor (talk) 11:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Overweight people in Harry Potter
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Fixed-wing aircraft
Hi there, OrangUtanUK.

I see that you changed "aircraft" to "airplane" in this article. Please be aware that this used to be an ongoing issue between British and American English (British usage is "aeroplane"), until a happy compromise was made by using the word "aircraft". This word exists in both languages. If I changed all the words to "aeroplane" then that would irritate American readers: similarly, if you change them to "airplane" then that irritates British readers. Let's try to be neutral, by using a word which exists happily on both sides of the Atlantic. That word is "aircraft". Please see the Wikipedia policy: "Where varieties of English differ over a certain word or phrase, try to find an alternative that is common to both." Thanks :) EuroSong talk 15:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I replied on my talk page, so the discussion does not get split across two pages. EuroSong talk 15:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Muggle Protection Act
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If you were planning to work on the article yourself later then sorry for deleting it. Feel free to recreate it with more content. You might want to add the template Underconstruction whilst you are working on it. Alternatively you could create the article in a subpage of your user space e.g. User:OrangUtanUK/Muggle Protection Act whilst you work on it, and then move it once you are happy to Muggle Protection Act.

Any more problems just drop me a line. the wub "?!"  16:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

More Spelling Contention
According to the Imperial Reference Dictionary, ca. 1950, "propellor" and "propeller" are both correct. OrangUtanUK 10:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I've taken that off my list now. Cheers, CmdrObot 14:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

RE:Characters
The reason I did that is because it is a standars AWB guideline, and wikitext is supposed to be easy. Imagine if people see weird &amp;abcd; everywhere, some people don't know what that is. If it is not on your keyboars, you can copy it from another place, or you you can just write the &amp;abcd; and wait for another person using awb to unicodeify it.

GeorgeMoney (talk) 18:07, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Discworld humour article
Hi, I've been keeping an eye on the Discworld humour explained article and am a little concerned that before long it will be nominated for deletion, mostly on the grounds that it is unsourced and on the surface appears to be cruft. If you have some sources for the contributions you have made, please cite them in the article - for help on doing so see Citing sources or ask for help on the article's discussion page, or my talk page. Cheers! QmunkE 20:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

SelTrac
It seems adverty since it doesn't explain how it is different than any other train signaling and controlling technology/ manufacturers, nor does it explain its notability in relation to the industry (i.e., is it the largest manufacturer of signaling technology? the oldest?  why or how is it different than its competitors?)  Just my two cents. Cornell Rockey 16:03, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Viscounts coronet
Hello! sorry for my like this belate answer, I come not frequently on en:wiki. I hope that now my graphic Image:ViscountE.jpg is correct? When Yoy find any mistake on my heraldry images, please, wrote me, but better on my pl:wiki page. Sorry for my owfull english too :( When You had experience in heraldy tell me please, why on en:wiki by articles about noble families and peerages are not coats of arms? Its custom, overlooking or legal restriction?

Thanks for yours help --Steifer 01:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Error in "Software evolution" page
Hi, the link about Lehman biography is uncorrect.

Copyrighted material in Clifton MaCabe Murray article
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 * I could not find the autoblock, so it must have been removed by another administrator. Nishkid64 (talk) 13:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Swiss inventions listed at Redirects for discussion
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