User talk:Truthanado/archive9

ARCHIVE: April 2012 – May 2013

Random unsolicited comment
I'm glad your userpage denotes that your name is a combination of truth and aficionado, because I thought it was a portmanteau of truth and tornado. Anyway, happy editing! - Running On Brains (talk) 05:07, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Wonthaggi desalination plant
Hey, thanks for those updates to the article. They WERE needed. I do, however, take issue with your Edit summary. Miles, etc aren't "International unit". They are, these days, American units. Everybody else, except for Libya and Burma, has officially metricated (although the UK's process is very slow). Not meaning to be rude. Just very sensitive to this at the moment due to some nasty happenings at the UK metrication article. HiLo48 (talk) 12:35, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson
Hi Truthanado, I spotted your comments here and I've had a go at creating a Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson article. All text is rewritten (definitely no copyvio) and I've used a variety of references, which I cited inline. What do you think of the article? If you've found other good sources in your searching and want to add material, I'd be pleased. Best wishes — Hebrides (talk) 12:44, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Germans
Hi. I found an error in the article (see photo). Copernicus was not a German, he was from Poland. --Top811 my talk —Preceding undated comment added 15:49, 12 May 2012 (UTC).

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Peter Isaacson
Hi, I think it's courteous to ask people who've worked on the article before you nom for GAN -- I had planned to do so myself but only after getting a few more pieces of info from the library, and in consultation with the other main editor. Would you mind withdrawing it, and discussing next time? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:56, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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Edits to Boeing 377
Hello, I noticed you changed the formatting for dates in this article from the American style (month-day-year) to the European style (day-month-year) of formatting dates. I changed all the dates back; please see Talk:Boeing 377 for a more complete explanation, and post your comments there. Thanks, Comp dude 123 19:11, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

GCOR
"The introductory statement about Class I's west of the Mississippi has been modified, per you comment on the article's talk page." Are you sure your change is correct? --NE2 03:17, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, but it's still unclear. Is it used on all Class I lines west of the Mississippi? Is it only used on lines west of the Mississippi in those systems that cross? Is it used on CSX, which doesn't cross it? In short, which railroads use it, and do any use it on only some of their lines? --NE2 03:39, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

You've been dnagged...
User_talk:Ferox_Seneca   :-)       70.112.178.121 (talk) 02:28, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

"Above treeline"
I may change it if our own article does that, but as far as that usage goes I seem to have a lot of company. Daniel Case (talk) 02:37, 8 September 2012 (UTC)


 * And it looks like a bunch of our other articles don't use the article either:
 * "''Alpine tundra is a complex of high-elevation meadow s, fell (barren) field s, and talus (rock) slopes above treeline"
 * "The summit of Sugarloaf offers the only lift-serviced above-treeline skiing in the Northeast"
 * "The 44 km Skyline Trail, Jasper's most popular, highest and above treeline ..."
 * And so forth. Perhaps I should say that the article is dropped when the word's part of a prepositional phrase. Daniel Case (talk) 02:45, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Uncertain birth dates
I've reverted you at John J. Mullen (mayor). WP:MOSNUM doesn't require us to remove precision, and in this case we know from the available fact that the subject wasn't born in 1874. I'll update the examples at MOSNUM; if you disagree with my reasoning, I suggest that's the place to discuss the matter. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:31, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Jackie Evancho
The article Jackie Evancho you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 30 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Jackie Evancho for things which need to be addressed. Tomcat (7) 18:17, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Your reinsertion in Trial of the Knights Templar
We seem to have crossed each other with the revision you re-inserted. Since it was having the 54 templars burned in the wrong time period, I moved it down to the next paragraph where it makes it chonologically accurate.

The text was never meant to be removed, it was put into the proper paragraph. Now it is in both paragraphs so I am reverting it in the paragraph above. Thanks Mugginsx (talk) 15:33, 20 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Your welcome. No problem, it happens.  Thanks Mugginsx (talk) 21:33, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jackie Evancho
The article Jackie Evancho you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jackie Evancho for comments about the article. Well done! Tomcat (7) 20:47, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Duplicity
Hello. I was the person advocating the addition of the word "had" in the lead paragraph at Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which you removed in this edit. In your edit summary you said that you were removing duplicity. I was a little surprised to see my suggestion labelled in this way: could you please explain why you felt this? To clarify: I am not being hostile here but I was genuinely surprised. Thanks and best wishes 138.37.199.206 (talk) 13:50, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the reply. For the current meaning of "duplicity", most dictionaries seem to give deceitfulness as the first definition, with duplication mentioned as a lesser or archaic definition. You appeared to be accusing me or others of intent to deceive; I am glad that you were not. As for the simple past, I cannot agree that it suffices, for the reasons already stated, and I am disappointed that you seemed to ignore the Talk page discussion of this. I am back off my largely unsuccessful break and will be replacing the "had"; please feel free to take it up on the Talk page if you disagree and it can all be aired again. With best wishes 138.37.199.206 (talk) 08:50, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Cindi Avnet
Hello and thanks for tagging this for notability back in 2008. It's still tagged 5 years later. You may want to take it to the Notability Notceboard or AfD to get it resolved. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 08:55, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Rodrigo Bueno
Hey! I noticed you've been doin corrections on this article some days ago. I've previously posted the article on the Guild of Copy-editors page. I wonder if you're done since I want to nominate it for GA. Thanx.--Rod840 (talk) 18:49, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help and taking the time to work on the article, really appreciated.--Rod840 (talk) 17:34, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of serial commas
Please stop deleting serial commas, without good reason. Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * No need to jump around our talkpages. You can keep discussion here, where it started.  Thanks. Nothing in the MOS supports you deleting the serial commas in an article, that consistently uses them.  Nothing at all. I'm perplexed that you think the MOS supported your deletions of what was completely appropriate in the article as it was. The article was entirely consistent.  Before your deletions.  Plus, it is with regard to an American subject -- where use of such commas is the convention. --Epeefleche (talk) 23:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I replied on you talk page because it is more convenient for you, and the way most Wikipedians have communicated with me in the past. Wikipedia automatically notifies you of a change to your talk page; you have to watch my talk page if I post it here. Having said that, I have no problem discussing here. As an American who has edited technical documentation as part of my job for more than 30 years, I can only tell you that a comma before the conjunction in a list of objects is not the convention in the U.S., it is the exception. In fact, documentation specialist are trained to avoid it, except where it is needed. The reason is historical and goes back to American colonial days and printing. Removing an unnecessary comma saved ink, as did simplifying the spelling of words (ex: programme to program, colour to color, etc.). FYI, when I edit serial commas, I do my best to assure that they are consistent within the article. I'm human and sometimes makes mistakes. If that's what you found, my apologies. Truthanado (talk) 00:01, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * People usually follow comments on pages where they've left one that call for a comment. Have it automatically added to their watchlists.  In my experience.  Jumping around pages makes it harder to follow. As to what is common in the US, I have to disagree.  We tend to follow the approach of the Chicago Manual of Style, and Strunk and White's Elements of Style, and the United States Government Printing Office, all of which mandate use of the serial comma.  My experience is as long as yours, and at a high level, and unless one is a journalist following AP and saving ink -- not our concern today -- convention is to use it.  It's also not appropriate to -- where the page is completely in line with the MOS, to change it because you have no other reason than you like it.  Defer to the initial editor there.  That's what we do with dates, for instance, after years of discussion.  It was consistent, it was completely within MOS, and it was in accord with  the Chicago Manual of Style, and Strunk and White's Elements of Style, and the United States Government Printing Office as well as others.  We're not an AP shop.  Thanks, though.  I know you had the best of intentions.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:29, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

David Owen Dodd
I see by the edit history that you're responsible for an inconsistency. Mary Dodge's age is given as 15 in the intro and 16 later on. Also, I found a rather long article in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly you might find useful (added to Ext. links). Clarityfiend (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
I've begun the GA review for your nomination of Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph. This is clearly ripe for promotion, but I need your input on one small issue. Drop by the talk page and let me know your thoughts--thanks! -- Khazar2 (talk) 20:31, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed your work on the article (I am currently doing the same). I was planning to add "cave infobox" to fill in the small amount of facts I collected from secure sources (the sign on the entrance, for example). Do you mind (I ask in relation to your facts)?--Utar Sigmal (talk) 22:15, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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